Farming Dreugh Wax

Amorpho

Any ideas of a good spot or good technique to do so? I have all DLCs apart from Thieves Guild.

Uriel_Nocturne

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

D0ntevenL1ft

Crafting writs I get one every second writ or so! Only done them on one char over the past few weeks whenever I log on (not even every day) and I'm at 11 wax

myrrrorb14_ESO

Crafting writs are a good way to obtain gold improvement materials.

As far as farming for refinement, all materials have the same chance to drop gold. About 1 in 150-200. If you don't care about refined material go to starter islands in your silver or gold zone. They typically have a high density of nodes. Hew's Bane seems to be rich as well.

Leandor

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

On pc, tempering alloy is almost twice the price of dreugh. Just advertise in zone (if on pc) or on here (if on console, bear in mind that your post will get locked quickly since trade posts are not allowed, but will get at least some attention from players) that you exchange 2 alloy for 3 wax. I am sure you will get interest.

boldscot

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

DeadlyRecluse

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

Sell your Alloy, buy Wax?

Zerok

You could

boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

This.

Or go to Craglorn and farm the Welwa packs.

Uriel_Nocturne

DeadlyRecluse wrote: »

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Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

Sell your Alloy, buy Wax?

I'm seriously considering it... lmao

Amorpho

boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Amorpho

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

[Sell your Alloy, buy Wax?

I'm seriously considering it... lmao

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I have been tempted to do this, but I get the feeling that heavy armor is going to get decent, to the point that I will need the Alloy to improve armor for myself...

I already do writs every day (only on one character though) but I need more and faster (possibly before DB gets released)

I need a total of 112 Wax to complete 2 more sets...

danno8

Amorpho wrote: »

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boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Problem is, as soon as someone posts a "good spot" on the forums, they very quickly become over-farmed bad spots.

Uriel_Nocturne

danno8 wrote: »

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Amorpho wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Problem is, as soon as someone posts a "good spot" on the forums, they very quickly become over-farmed bad spots.

That's my worry...

Amorpho wrote: »

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Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Sell your Alloy, buy Wax?

I'm seriously considering it... lmao

I have been tempted to do this, but I get the feeling that heavy armor is going to get decent, to the point that I will need the Alloy to improve armor for myself...

I already do writs every day (only on one character though) but I need more and faster (possibly before DB gets released)

I need a total of 112 Wax to complete 2 more sets...

I really only need the Tempering Alloy for my Templar's weapons. All of my characters are Magicka builds, so I nothing in Stamina on any of them. So Heavy Armor improving/worsening does nothing for me, but I can see where you'd be in a pinch for Tempering Alloys.

Since I'm only using TA's for my Templar's weapons, I can spare 50 or so, then buy some Dreugh Wax from the revenue.

I may do that tonight...

Nestor

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Amorpho wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Problem is, as soon as someone posts a "good spot" on the forums, they very quickly become over-farmed bad spots.

I will tell you all the spots to get lots of mats. Ready?

Spoiler

Any Silver or Gold Zone, especially the next to last Gold Zone. They are empty of players, most are jetting through that content if not skipping it entirely. I can farm for hours and never see another player. All the nodes are there for the taking.

Amorpho

Nestor wrote: »

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danno8 wrote: »

Amorpho wrote: »

boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Problem is, as soon as someone posts a "good spot" on the forums, they very quickly become over-farmed bad spots.

I will tell you all the spots to get lots of mats. Ready?

Spoiler

Any Silver or Gold Zone, especially the next to last Gold Zone. They are empty of players, most are jetting through that content if not skipping it entirely. I can farm for hours and never see another player. All the nodes are there for the taking.

Can you find V16 material? If I have to farm, I'd rather farm V16 stuff and get Wax on top of it than just having to sell away all the material

Nestor

Amorpho wrote: »

Can you find V16 material? If I have to farm, I'd rather farm V16 stuff and get Wax on top of it than just having to sell away all the material

I thought you wanted Druegh Wax? I get just as much Gold Tempers from refining Iron Ore and I do Rubedite.

Vendor the refined mats.

Fallen_Ray

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

@Uriel_Nocturne

How in the world did you manage to gather so many tempering alloys & rosins? Better question yet. How and where you farm them? please don't say material gathering please!

Nestor

Fallen_Ray wrote: »

How in the world did you manage to gather so many tempering alloys & rosins? Better question yet. How and where you farm them? please don't say material gathering please!

Gathering mats and refining them and hireling mails are how I got multiple stacks. I kitted out all 4 alts with Gold gear and I still have more than 200 of each Gold Temper. Of course, I had been gathering them since the game launched on the PC.

Uriel_Nocturne

Fallen_Ray wrote: »

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Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

@Uriel_Nocturne

How in the world did you manage to gather so many tempering alloys & rosins? Better question yet. How and where you farm them? please don't say material gathering please!

Unfortunately, it was by material gathering.

Everywhere I go, I don't pass up a material node for anything. I mine/harvest/chop them all.

But since I only use the various metals/ores for my Templar's weapons, I also am sitting on six or seven full stacks (200 ingots/stack) of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash. It's what happens when most every single character has all three Clothing, Blacksmithing, and Woodworking maxed at 50.

I go into Wrothgar or Hew's Bane, and all I see are Rubedite Ore, Ancestor Silk, and Ruby Ash. So I harvest them all, I only really use the Ancestor Silk in great quantity, which leaves me a TON of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash sitting around.

But refining all of those has left me with a lot of Tempering Alloy and Rosin.

Apparently, RNGesus loves me as a crafting mule... lol

boldscot

Amorpho wrote: »

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boldscot wrote: »

Old Orsinium, kill the harpies, bears and Echateres and you'll get lots of leather scraps.

Any good spots? (names pls)

Old Orsinium is a public dungeon in Wrothgar, just head in there to the central area. There will more than likely be people farming in there already, try to group up with them and follow they're rotation.

Fallen_Ray

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

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Fallen_Ray wrote: »

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

@Uriel_Nocturne

How in the world did you manage to gather so many tempering alloys & rosins? Better question yet. How and where you farm them? please don't say material gathering please!

Unfortunately, it was by material gathering.

Everywhere I go, I don't pass up a material node for anything. I mine/harvest/chop them all.

But since I only use the various metals/ores for my Templar's weapons, I also am sitting on six or seven full stacks (200 ingots/stack) of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash. It's what happens when most every single character has all three Clothing, Blacksmithing, and Woodworking maxed at 50.

I go into Wrothgar or Hew's Bane, and all I see are Rubedite Ore, Ancestor Silk, and Ruby Ash. So I harvest them all, I only really use the Ancestor Silk in great quantity, which leaves me a TON of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash sitting around.

But refining all of those has left me with a lot of Tempering Alloy and Rosin.

Apparently, RNGesus loves me as a crafting mule... lol

Ah I see... yeah I do the same I don't let one node get past me but i refined rubedites a few days ago around 200 ores and only got one tempering alloy. Sad. I thought there was another way, something I was missing... oh well.

Uriel_Nocturne

Fallen_Ray wrote: »

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Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

Fallen_Ray wrote: »

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

@Uriel_Nocturne

How in the world did you manage to gather so many tempering alloys & rosins? Better question yet. How and where you farm them? please don't say material gathering please!

Unfortunately, it was by material gathering.

Everywhere I go, I don't pass up a material node for anything. I mine/harvest/chop them all.

But since I only use the various metals/ores for my Templar's weapons, I also am sitting on six or seven full stacks (200 ingots/stack) of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash. It's what happens when most every single character has all three Clothing, Blacksmithing, and Woodworking maxed at 50.

I go into Wrothgar or Hew's Bane, and all I see are Rubedite Ore, Ancestor Silk, and Ruby Ash. So I harvest them all, I only really use the Ancestor Silk in great quantity, which leaves me a TON of Rubedite Ingots and Ruby Ash sitting around.

But refining all of those has left me with a lot of Tempering Alloy and Rosin.

Apparently, RNGesus loves me as a crafting mule... lol

Ah I see... yeah I do the same I don't let one node get past me but i refined rubedites a few days ago around 200 ores and only got one tempering alloy. Sad. I thought there was another way, something I was missing... oh well.

Nope.

It's all by the blessing of RNGesus... and he's fickle.

Nestor

Fallen_Ray wrote: »

Ah I see... yeah I do the same I don't let one node get past me but i refined rubedites a few days ago around 200 ores and only got one tempering alloy. Sad. I thought there was another way, something I was missing... oh well.

@Fallen_Ray

There is one thing you can do that might give a better return on Tempers. If in the first two refining operations you get no Tempers or Traits, exit the station and re-activate it again. It seems there is a factor that gets calculated that affects how much of a chance you have to get a Temper. All I know is, the times I have pulled one or two Golds from a 100 stack is when I start getting any Tempers early on in the refining process. If I don't get any tempers early on, I barely get any of any type for the whole stack.

Note, reactivating the station is not a guarantee it will get better, as it may even get worse. But, more often than not, I get a better selection of stuff.

RazielSR

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

Wanna trade Dreugh for alloy? PC EU

Uriel_Nocturne

Nestor wrote: »

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Fallen_Ray wrote: »

Ah I see... yeah I do the same I don't let one node get past me but i refined rubedites a few days ago around 200 ores and only got one tempering alloy. Sad. I thought there was another way, something I was missing... oh well.

@Fallen_Ray

There is one thing you can do that might give a better return on Tempers. If in the first two refining operations you get no Tempers or Traits, exit the station and re-activate it again. It seems there is a factor that gets calculated that affects how much of a chance you have to get a Temper. All I know is, the times I have pulled one or two Golds from a 100 stack is when I start getting any Tempers early on in the refining process. If I don't get any tempers early on, I barely get any of any type for the whole stack.

Note, reactivating the station is not a guarantee it will get better, as it may even get worse. But, more often than not, I get a better selection of stuff.

I will second this post.

I don't know what it is about the RNG, but if you're not getting Tempers of any quality early on, then you're going to be missing out on those Gold Tempers.

Even if it is only a Honing Stone or Dwarven Oil, if I don't get something by the time I refine my third try, I exit and reenter the station.

Also, it helps (in my experience) to hold onto as much raw material as possible. The bigger the stack of Ore, Raw cloth, or Raw wood, the more chance you have to start pulling out the higher tiered tempers.

The more times you refine, the more chances you have to get something good (i.e. tempers).

I told you about my gathering habits. It is a rare time that I hit a crafting table with less than 400 Raw materials of one type in my inventory. Save them up, over a couple of days if necessary, before refining.

It can only help your chances.

Fallen_Ray

Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I will second this post.

I don't know what it is about the RNG, but if you're not getting Tempers of any quality early on, then you're going to be missing out on those Gold Tempers.

Even if it is only a Honing Stone or Dwarven Oil, if I don't get something by the time I refine my third try, I exit and reenter the station.

Also, it helps (in my experience) to hold onto as much raw material as possible. The bigger the stack of Ore, Raw cloth, or Raw wood, the more chance you have to start pulling out the higher tiered tempers.

The more times you refine, the more chances you have to get something good (i.e. tempers).

I told you about my gathering habits. It is a rare time that I hit a crafting table with less than 400 Raw materials of one type in my inventory. Save them up, over a couple of days if necessary, before refining.

It can only help your chances.

@Uriel_Nocturne

Never would've thought of that! Thanks for the advice! Ill apply this next time i gather 1k iron hides. Can you believe that on Wednesday night i farmed 1k iron hide rifined them all only to obtain 5 dreugh waxes?! I was about to scream at the TV. But I appreciate this advice. I'll make sure not to refine in a burst.

Uriel_Nocturne

RazielSR wrote: »

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Uriel_Nocturne wrote: »

I would like some insight on this as well...

I have over 100 Tempering Alloy for Blacksmithing.
I have close to 100 Rosin for Woodworking.

Since all of my characters run Light Armor (I think Light Armor looks the absolute best in every Motif I've seen), I'm running very short on Dreugh Wax.

Any way to get more (reliably) without having to file for bankruptcy would be very much appreciated. lol

Wanna trade Dreugh for alloy? PC EU

I would, but Xbox NA...

Fallen_Ray

Nestor wrote: »

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Fallen_Ray wrote: »

Ah I see... yeah I do the same I don't let one node get past me but i refined rubedites a few days ago around 200 ores and only got one tempering alloy. Sad. I thought there was another way, something I was missing... oh well.

@Fallen_Ray

There is one thing you can do that might give a better return on Tempers. If in the first two refining operations you get no Tempers or Traits, exit the station and re-activate it again. It seems there is a factor that gets calculated that affects how much of a chance you have to get a Temper. All I know is, the times I have pulled one or two Golds from a 100 stack is when I start getting any Tempers early on in the refining process. If I don't get any tempers early on, I barely get any of any type for the whole stack.

Note, reactivating the station is not a guarantee it will get better, as it may even get worse. But, more often than not, I get a better selection of stuff.

@Nestor
Very insightful I'll make sure to apply this from now on instead of refining 1k materials in a burst, last time i got 5 dreugh waxes out of 1k hides. Really depressing.

Oreyn_Bearclaw

As for the refining advice, it is hard to know for certain whether there is anything to this strat or if it is superstition. The problem with RNG is that you just don't know, because statistically, anything is possible. There do seem to be a lot of people that find it works, so it definitely doesnt hurt to try. There are other instances in this game where I am almost certain I have encountered "loot seeding", but again, there is no way to be 100% certain. It could all be bad RNG.

If you want tempers really fast, buy them from other people. As a general rule, if you are after something that can be bought, you are better off farming gold in whatever manner you are best at and buying the item, rather than farming the item directly.

If you want to farm tempers, you simply need to hit the field and harvest mats to refine. Various grinds pop up from time to time on creatures to kill that drop some form of leather, but these usually get shutdown pretty quickly. If you are going to farm, I suggest you farm everything. Harvest every node you find and sell what you dont need. Getting 75 points into the lover tree is really helpful here. Orsinium and Hew Bane are were I would go for that.

If you are in it for the long haul, DO WRITS!!! It is not going to solve your problem if you need 32 wax overnight, but they add up over time. You have (i am guessing) about a 30% chance of getting one from the reward box (same applies to Alloy, Rosin, and Kuta). You also get lots of surveys that give you mats to refine. You also get gold and some other goodies (soul gems, repair kits, ambrosia fragments, gloss motif fragments, and decon items).

I do about 20 writs a day across several toons. I get a handful of gold mats each day and about 13K gold. That's about 90k a week, and it takes me prob 30 minutes a day. I highly recommend the Clothing, Blacksmithing and Enchanting. I do them all, but these are the most rewarding. I sell probably 10 Kuta a week for an extra 75k or so. I have stopped doing anything else to make money in this game.

C0wrex

Crafting writs all the way!

On a side note though, I've been getting more gold materials from hirelings

Father_X_Zombie

I go to Nikolvara's Kennel in Wrothgar, you will get rubedo scraps. just do the rotation for completing the delve and kill all of the durzogs along the way and repeat, they spawn pretty fast. i usually get a stack every 30-45 minutes