The blacksmith writ daily quest requires me to craft ebony stuff. But I never find any ebony in the

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Jayman1000
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The blacksmith writ daily quest requires me to craft ebony stuff. But I never find any ebony in the world, only calcinium and dwarven ore. This must be a bug right? I have tried abandoning the quest and retake it, also restarting eso, my computer waiting days, restarting etc. Nothing helps, the blacksmith writ keeps wanting ebony stuff and I keep ONLY finding Calcinium and Dwarven ore in the world, no matter where I go.
  • Jayman1000
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    Seems I can't edit my OP. But I forgot to include some info, so here it goes:

    Im am on EU server.

    My character name is Gustavogvillads, is lvl 40, blacksmithing is 27 has metalworking lvl 6 (which allows use of calcinium ingots. So why does the writ wants me to make ebony?).

    The location this happens is anywhere I can take a writ quest from the quest board and ores anywhere in the world in any location is always either calcinium and dwarven, doesn't matter where I am.

    I remember at some point some weeks ago for a very brief period, hours only, I found dwarven and ebony ore. However since then I have leveled and put skill point in metalworking skill so I guess the system has updated what ores can spawn for me in the world to calcinium and dwarven, but it seems it hasn't updated the blacksmith writ quest to match.

    Also prior to taking the writ now that requires ebony I last took a writ quest 2 weeks ago or something. Back then it required me to craft dwarven stuff which I had no problem with since dwarven ore appeared in the world.
    Edited by Jayman1000 on June 11, 2017 11:19PM
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    Edited by Jayman1000 on June 11, 2017 11:14PM
  • Trinity_Is_My_Name
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    The reason you cannot find Ebony ore is because ZOS in it's infinite wisdom changed the way your toon finds ore deposits (actually all raw materials for crafting). (Long ago). The way it works basically is based on your overall Blacksmith level. Go to a Crafting station and see what is the highest ore you can use to craft an item. Whatever that is is what your toon will discover about half the time and the other half you will discover Rubidite.

    It use to be based on zones but that all changed...I think with One Tamriel.
    Edited by Trinity_Is_My_Name on June 11, 2017 11:19PM
  • Jayman1000
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    The reason you cannot find Ebony ore is because ZOS in it's infinite wisdom changed the way your toon finds ore deposits (actually all raw materials for crafting). (Long ago). The way it works basically is based on your overall Blacksmith level. Go to a Crafting station and see what is the highest ore you can use to craft an item. Whatever that is is what your toon will discover about half the time and the other half you will discover Rubidite.

    It use to be based on zones but that all changed...I think with One Tamriel.

    The highest ore I can craft is calcinium. Ebony is only the second highest. So your post seems to confirm that this is a bug? Also Im only lvl 40, not 50, so I dont find rubidite, but dwarven ore half the time (and as mentioned calcinum the other half of the time, from the metalworking skill).

    EDIT: wait, you say the writs ingot types is based on my blacksmithing level?? Not my metalworking level? You sure? Because Metalworking is what allows me to use calcinium ingots, which also has to be the reason that I find the calcinium in the world. You 100% sure the ingot type in the writ is decided by the blacksmithing level, and not the metalworking?


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    Edited by Jayman1000 on June 11, 2017 11:35PM
  • Trinity_Is_My_Name
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    Ok....your toon level is 40. Your Blacksmithing level is 27. Look at your passives under Blacksmithing and put skill pts into the top passive (I do believe) to allow you to use higher ores. It's been awhile since I actually looked at the passives. You should also have points in Refinement and Extraction (I think that is what they are called).

    It isn't a bug. Unfortunately it is by design.

    Edited to add: Oh, decon as much Intricate as you can to level up quickly. Have your friends and guildies donate to your cause and you will hit level 50 in Blacksmithing very quickly.

    Edited by Trinity_Is_My_Name on June 11, 2017 11:36PM
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    The top passive is Metalworking. As I said its on lvl 6, which gives access to calcinium ingots. Calcinium is higher tier than ebony. You see the issue? Putting more points into metalworking is not gonna make ebony spawn in the world for me?

    Yes, Im sure having people donating all kinds of stuff to me can make me progress faster in the game. (its just not how I want to play the game, I want to find everything in the world myself)
    Edited by Jayman1000 on June 11, 2017 11:42PM
  • Trinity_Is_My_Name
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    Oh, thanks! That is the answer right there. You won't find any more Ebony because your toon is higher than that level now.
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    But I do agree you should be getting crafting writs for Calcinium now. That does indeed sound like a bug.
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    But I do agree you should be getting crafting writs for Calcinium now. That does indeed sound like a bug.

    yeah :( I have tried abandoning the writ quest retaking it, rebooted ESO, rebooted my computer, waited days(IRL), tried again. But still just gives me ebony quest.
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    Yeah, that won't work. I think your best bet is to level up Blacksmithing and also put Skill pts into the top passive so you can use all ore types. I just logged in on my toon which is level 50 in Blacksmithing but she cannot craft anything but Iron since I didn't put skill pts into the top passive.

  • lolo_01b16_ESO
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    But I do agree you should be getting crafting writs for Calcinium now. That does indeed sound like a bug.
    I'm almost certain you can't get higher than ebony tier crafting writs before your character reaches level 50. This is a relict from before One Tamriel when calcinium and higher writs had to be delivered in a zone that could only be entered after reaching veteran ranks.
    So either take a point out of metallworking so you find ebony ore instead of calcinium, level your character to level 46 so you find ebony instead of dwarwen ore or level your character to 50 so you get calcinium writs.
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    Nm.. just blew up the picture.
    Edited by Darlgon on June 12, 2017 12:29AM
    Power level to CP160 in a week:
    Where is the end game? You just played it.
    Why don't I have 300+ skill points? Because you skipped content along the way.
    Where is new content? Sigh.
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    I'm almost certain you can't get higher than ebony tier crafting writs before your character reaches level 50. This is a relict from before One Tamriel when calcinium and higher writs had to be delivered in a zone that could only be entered after reaching veteran ranks.
    So either take a point out of metallworking so you find ebony ore instead of calcinium, level your character to level 46 so you find ebony instead of dwarwen ore or level your character to 50 so you get calcinium writs.

    Okay thank you, I will go for leveling I think. They really should get around to fixing this relict/bug.
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    According to this random Blacksmithing guide page I found on the internetz ( http://tamrielfoundry.com/crafting/blacksmithing/ ) Calcinium writs requires to have completed the "Groundskeepers" quest in Coldharbour....? Can someone confirm this? If this is the case how on earth could I have known that I needed to complete this quest to get calcinium writs?

    In any case I teleported to a guild mate in coldharbour and is now talking to the Groundskeeper. Lets see where this leads to.
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    Yup. After Groundskeeper took me for a guided tour of The Hollow City and it's history I could then take a writ from the writ board and it was a calcinium writ.

    So there you have it, the solution to the mystery. (I don't see how a player could ever know that this is required to get the calcinium writs, there are zero clues in game about this.)
    Edited by Jayman1000 on June 12, 2017 7:53PM
  • Mithrae
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    Jayman1000 wrote: »
    Yup. After Groundskeeper took me for a guided tour of The Hollow City and it's history I could then take a writ from the writ board and it was a calcinium writ.

    So there you have it, the solution to the mystery. (I don't see how a player could ever know that this is required to get the calcinium writs, there are zero clues in game about this.)

    Thank-you for the info. Same situation here, 'cept I'm past 50 and I'd previously spent 4500g respeccing specifically to avoid the expensive lvl45-49 materials, so was pretty miffed about it. I shall hie me to Coldharbour anon.
    Edited by Mithrae on August 5, 2017 12:13PM
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