Eidetic Memory Bugs/Comments/Help

Kamatsu · June 2017

Sorry if this has been mentioned before. Thought I'd mention it in case it hadn't, and it's relevant/helpful and/or something can be done regarding it.

Doing the pre-Morrowind quest "The Missing Prophecy" and noticed a book on my map in the last section of it. I was in "Dyzera's Realm" and the book I saw was "Excerpt from al-Danobia Heist Journal".

The book is marked as "Hew's Bane Bookshelf" & located in/from [Clean Test] on the map mouse-over. According to UESP this book is located in al-Danobia Tomb, and indeed there is no book in "Dyzera's Realm" to be found.

UESP entry on book: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Excerpt_from_al-Danobia_Heist_Journal
UESP entry on Dyzera's Realm: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Dyzera_Realm

Shadow-Fighter · June 2017

Ashalmawia - Diary of Galur Rithari (approximately)

Tib · June 2017

gkmichelb14a_ESO wrote: »

@nurrtibub16_ESO Oh! Do you remember where you read chodala's writing? It didnt appear in my inventory during the quest--I think it's when his sister tells you about him she hands you something

@gkmichelb14a_ESO I'm quite sure it was in my inventory and I read it from there!

On a second note, I now also wonder about A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures. Is this found inside HoF?

*Firuth's Writ - weird duplicate of Writ of Endorsement, seems not to exist
*Magister's Writ - not readable
*Seythen's Journal - unknown location

WardogAce · June 2017

@nurrtibub16_ESO hmm yeah i tried again it still didnt appear...Red Exile Instructions also didn't register as read for some reason. They need to add the books somewhere that can be read after the quests are done.....

Also according to the internet Dwemer Mega-Structures is in HoF. I haven't completed it yet but I'll try to keep my eye out for it

Moi_523 · June 2017

I am searching for Bitter Travels Among the Nixad in the Gold Coast books and having no luck. I have checked every book shelf in the enclave and many other random book shelves in the map. Any ideas where to look? Also how often do the books in bookshelves change?

Ayantir · June 2017

Kamatsu wrote: »

Sorry if this has been mentioned before. Thought I'd mention it in case it hadn't, and it's relevant/helpful and/or something can be done regarding it.

Doing the pre-Morrowind quest "The Missing Prophecy" and noticed a book on my map in the last section of it. I was in "Dyzera's Realm" and the book I saw was "Excerpt from al-Danobia Heist Journal".

The book is marked as "Hew's Bane Bookshelf" & located in/from [Clean Test] on the map mouse-over. According to UESP this book is located in al-Danobia Tomb, and indeed there is no book in "Dyzera's Realm" to be found.

UESP entry on book: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Excerpt_from_al-Danobia_Heist_Journal
UESP entry on Dyzera's Realm: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Dyzera_Realm

I agree that there is a small bug, but that's what the people send to me

We have few issues here, first in Hew's Bane, the zone is unknown (it should be in the castle of the kinglord when I look to the pos) and yes this place is buggy since TG release.. then, it should also being in Thieves den in hew's bane, but this place is also buggy.

finally, I have a report on this exact place at the coords you mentionned which is known to be an ex bandit den try before being converted into a quest location..

so we have 1-2 pins a bit missplaced ^^

elven.were_wolf · June 2017

thawks wrote: »

I Count the Nights: Blackheart Haven, coordinates 0.59, 0.54.

Copy and post /script PingMap(MAP_PIN_TYPE_PLAYER_WAYPOINT, MAP_TYPE_LOCATION_CENTERED, 0.59, 0.54) in the in-game chat and it'll place a marker on your in-game map where it can be found.

Thanks so much!
Also, I'm on console but this still helps a ton!

Shadowshire · June 2017

@Kamatsu @Ayantir

In my experience, "Hew's Bane Bookshelf" lorebooks are scattered throughout Tamriel and none of them shown by any pin on the Map actually exists there. I'm not even sure that the lorebooks in the Hew's Bane zone that I might have found, and have yet to find, are included in "Hew's Bane Bookshelf". At least one Eidetic lorebook located in Hew's Bane is nonexistent, but, if memory serves it is not categorized as being in the "Hew's Bane Bookshelf".

Sometimes I think that I should follow the example of Charles Messier who made a list of celestial objects which are "not a comet", and make a list of lorebooks which are nonexistent in the locations shown for them by the Map filter pins -- and call it "Not a Lorebook". That would be a very long list. Although I've reported all of them in-game with screenshots attached, ZOS has done very little to correct any of the errors in their database.

Shadowshire · June 2017

For what it's worth, I'm beginning to wonder whether references to "[Clean Test]" are remnants of some activity that the ZOS development team conducted involving the Lorebooks database. The Lorebook shown below is not in the location shown by the pin:

imgur.com/OEvRH6X

The forum "Leave a Reply" editor will not allow me to embed the image in this message. It insists upon a URL then refuses to accept the URL. I have used the "URL" feature instead, and posted the image to www.imgur.com.

Moi_523 · June 2017

in case anyone else was having trouble finding Bitter Travels Among the Nixad in the Gold Coast like I was. I did find it in a bookshelf in the Garlas Agea delve.

Ayantir · June 2017

I'll have a look for the clean test zones. it's basically the zoneId which haven't been collected correctly.

Thal_J · June 2017

The book "Snowmead's missive" is still quest locked as of 13/06/17. I'm in the place the Lorebooks addon shows on the map and it isn't there. According to UESP it is on a NPC called "Kerig" as seen here: http://esomap.uesp.net/esomap.html?world=318&x=212402&y=385254&zoom=11

The NPC doesn't appear to be there after the quest so the book is still inaccessible.

I've reported a bug post so hopefully it will get fixed, would appreciate it if others do the same, too.

Kyoma · June 2017

Anybody happen to know if Invitation to Morrowind can be found somewhere in the world as well? I still have it in my inventory but I cannot read it anymore and apparently I didn't read it when it was a quest item.

Zalakat · June 2017

AlphaAbsol wrote: »

AlphaAbsol wrote: »

Vardan's Diary (Research Notes) is in the Bloodthorn Lair in Betnikh, but that area can't be re-entered after a quest there. Anyone know where it is?

Never mind - it's in another area that is accessible.

Where?

Wolffie · June 2017

"Arrest Writ" is no longer unavailable post-quest. It is in the southernmost section of the Thieves Den on a board behind a cooking fire.

Wolffie · June 2017

Zalakat wrote: »

AlphaAbsol wrote: »

AlphaAbsol wrote: »

Vardan's Diary (Research Notes) is in the Bloodthorn Lair in Betnikh, but that area can't be re-entered after a quest there. Anyone know where it is?

Never mind - it's in another area that is accessible.

Where?

You can access the Bloodthorn Lair through another entrance at the end of a path located here:
http://esomap.uesp.net/esomap.html?world=348&x=620605&y=195313&zoom=11

Once inside, "Vardan's Diary" is located in the middle of the westernmost chamber of the lair.
http://esomap.uesp.net/esomap.html?world=349&x=236816&y=630371&zoom=11

WardogAce · June 2017

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Tib · June 2017

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

WardogAce · June 2017

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

....it sounds like that's the case. I think if one person buys it others can visit the house and read it themselves. Pay to Read haha

Insomnia rex · June 2017

WardogAce wrote: »

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

....it sounds like that's the case. I think if one person buys it others can visit the house and read it themselves. Pay to Read haha

Can you confirm that works though? I think it does not for other books you place, does it? If it does that would be ok new I guess. (You can read but it does not count I think.)

WardogAce · June 2017

Insomnia rex wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

....it sounds like that's the case. I think if one person buys it others can visit the house and read it themselves. Pay to Read haha

Can you confirm that works though? I think it does not for other books you place, does it? If it does that would be ok new I guess. (You can read but it does not count I think.)

That's a good question--all of the lorebooks previously have not been eidetic memory books. This is a new case. I'll check tonight with friends if they can read it.

VolvoXX · June 2017

Insomnia rex wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

....it sounds like that's the case. I think if one person buys it others can visit the house and read it themselves. Pay to Read haha

Can you confirm that works though? I think it does not for other books you place, does it? If it does that would be ok new I guess. (You can read but it does not count I think.)

Checked it with two friends, they visited my home and read the book and they got it unlocked in their eidetic library.

Insomnia rex · June 2017

VolvoXX wrote: »

Insomnia rex wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

nurrtibub16_ESO wrote: »

WardogAce wrote: »

A Guide to Dwemer Mega-Structures is available in crown store

Meh, yes I saw it.. it can't possibly be that we need to purchase the furnishing bundle in order to access this book? :<

....it sounds like that's the case. I think if one person buys it others can visit the house and read it themselves. Pay to Read haha

Can you confirm that works though? I think it does not for other books you place, does it? If it does that would be ok new I guess. (You can read but it does not count I think.)

Checked it with two friends, they visited my home and read the book and they got it unlocked in their eidetic library.

Neat. @VolvoXX Is there any chance that you are accepting more visitors? (PC EU)

Edit: Nevermind. I found a guildie who had it. It worked.

Moi_523 · June 2017

Can anyone tell me can you get both Aera's Letter to Denskar and Aera's Letter to Tryn on one character? It seems to be an either or thing. Please reply if you know how to get both. Thanks!

Insomnia rex · July 2017

@Moi_523

imgur.com/a/WbVcv

I have both, i don't remember how.

MarciusVetrack · July 2017

Please, can someone post a SS of the Book: "Tales of the Spinners" of the Devoted and Derranged Collection? I know he is somewhere in Greenshade, in that Shadows Crawl Fort. I searched it all over and cant find it nowhere! Please Help! I have the Lorebook add-on installed, and turned the Eidetic Memory icons on. The icon show in the map, but i can find the book! Help!

wolf2017 · July 2017

Insomnia rex wrote: »

Edit: Nevermind. I found a guildie who had it. It worked.

@Insomnia rex
Hello,
Can you PM your ingame nickname me so I can also visit your guildies"s home ?

Thanks a lot

Qyrk · July 2017

Anyone from PC NA that has a guide to mega structures that was part of the dwemer pipes bundle pls? PM me pls

BrightOblivion · July 2017

Could someone please tell me where to find "The Fickle Nature of Mudcrabs"? I've been all over the mage's guild in Davon's Watch (where Lorebooks has it marked), but can't seem to find it.

The only other book giving me this much trouble is "A Call to the Worthy" somewhere in Kvatch, which I still haven't been able to find.

Shadowshire · July 2017

Moi_523 wrote: »

I am searching for Bitter Travels Among the Nixad in the Gold Coast books and having no luck. I have checked every book shelf in the enclave and many other random book shelves in the map. Any ideas where to look? Also how often do the books in bookshelves change?

How do you know that "Bitter Travels Among the Nixad" is among the Gold Coast books which you would find by searching bookshelves?

In my experience, books in bookshelves change each Monday, usually at 2 AM EDST (USA), i.e., GMT - 4. Daily quests such as crafting writs and daily dungeons change at 2 AM EDST each day, but bookshelves only change once per week.

However, I am not certain that the books in delve and dungeon bookshelves ever change. What the character finds in each bookshelf is randomly selected from a constant limited set of books each time that the character searches. It seems that, for some delves or dungeons, it may be worthwhile to pay two or more visits, because the books which have been found are reset to "none" after the character exits the dungeon. But I don't believe that the reset occurs either immediately each time the character leaves, or at each time that the character returns. It might instead be reset at 2 AM on the following day.