Best way to level crafting?

Gordon906

Im doing smithing, woodworking, clothier and enchantment. What would be the fastest way to level craft skills?

Azzazzello

decon all items, do writs
you can craft items on one character and decon it on another

Turelus

As Azzazzello said.

Break down everything you find (sell ornate only).
Do daily writs.
If you have CP buy into the tree for inspiration bonus for a while, additionally become an ESO+ Subscriber for 10% more inspiration.
Craft items with another character on the account, or have a trusted friend craft with materials you trade them then break them down.

Gordon906

So do I message items to myself to he them in another character?

Nestor

Gordon906 wrote: »

So do I message items to myself to he them in another character?

Just put them in the bank. Your Alt can be parked at the Crafting station and decon from there. Makes it much more efficient.

However, this really only works on Enchanting as you get a decent amount of Inspiration for making things. For Armor and Weapons, you get almost nothing for making them, which is why Mob Loot is better for decon fodder.

Mob Loot is better in so many ways, you get gold, character experience, skill upgrades and free loot. Sell what you need to cover repairs (white unimproved) , decon the rest. You don't really need to repair gear while leveling, just wear mob loot.

Here is the thing about Crafting, you don't need it until End Game (post CP160) but you can level it in preparation with few to no skill points invested. Crafting can eat up 122 Skill Points to fully invest, so this will gimp your combat while leveling. Best to invest as few points as possible while leveling your character and crafting.

Equipment Crafting

Decon all mob loot other than what you are using to research traits. Research traits, learn two on all items you would use, then learn 3, etc. Focus on Divines, Infused and Training for your first three for Armor, Sharpened, Precise and Training for your Weapons. Then go for the other ones. Nirn is expensive, and a lot of people suggest putting a priority on that, I can't see why. The Trait is all but useless for Armor or Weapons. Best place to find Mob Loot is Public Dungeons, then over land grind spots. Grind on mobs until your bags are full, then go on a decon fest. Remembering to save the ones you need or want to research. Use the Lock Function and or an Inventory Mule to hang on to those. Only invest Skill points while leveling it into the Research and Extraction Passive, the last really only needing one point.

Enchanting

Ignore all the "advice" on the web about using an enchanting partner. First, use Mob Loot decon to raise this up to a point. Later on as you approach end game have some some gold, then start making Green, Blue or Purple Glyphs on one character and decon them on an Alt. You will level Enchanting faster than trading the glyphs with another player, which is tedious by the way. (like pull out your hair and make a doily tedious). Use Green up to about L15 in the Enchanting Skill, Blue up to about L30/35 and Purple up to about L46/47. Then learn the runes you don't know, you should be at or near 50, if not, make/decon some more Purples.

Provisioning and Alchemy

Don't worry about these, you can level these professions in about an 20 minutes, for both. Just collect the Various Solvents and Reagents and Provisioning Ingredients/Recipes as you go along. Once end game, then you can level it. Use Mushrooms to level Alchemy, or Flowers that make potions you won't use. Make sure you grab solvents (waters) as your leveling as they can be rare to find in the guild stores. For Provisioning, make the highest level Green Recipes you can make. Blue or Purples do not give any more inspiration than Greens, so save those for character use.