Transmute Crystals drop rates

Insandros

Every one has been whining about the crystal cap we can get, the numbers of crystals needed to transmute an item, the amount of vouchers needed for housing stations, the changes in vMa weapons etc..etc.. but only thing i'm being curious for and haven'T found yet post on it, has anyone tried yet vet dungeons/events, got any idea on the drop rates of these by runing dungeons... i don't care if i can only have 200 as cap, what i wanna know is, how easy/hard it is to get a single 40 stack to start with...

Mystrius_Archaion

One per undaunted pledge run so far. They also will patch dungeons up to one per run for veteran dungeons also.

This is only pts though and subject to change. Since they are testing, expect the rate to drop for live to the point of being just another annoying grind and not a fun system most people will use.

Insandros

Thanks for the reply.

Still, faster than find for instance a BSW inferno sharpened/infused staff... once you get a crap trait of the weapon you want, you know, at least, you have a 100% chances of having what you want, just a bit longer, but you know for sure HOW long it is. i don't mind gathering the 40 items, since it's sure thing. I rather a bit long item to gather, then a crappy RNG. so if you get run 2 dungeons per day, exclusing DLC onesin cace you don't run the vet DLCs, it aint that bad, 10 days tp get a single item, versus months.. it's a pain yes. but still, obatinable in different dungeons, not just the same.

Mystrius_Archaion

Though that 10 days you estimate is likely worse on live. They did post in the patch notes that vet dungeons and other related content "occasionally" award these. That means it's probably something like a 15-25% drop chance. That could mean 40-60 days of farming for one item switched.

Nestor

Everyone thought the Grind for Divines or Sharpened was over.......

WolfTickets

From a PVE side with 100% drop rate you are looking at 15-30 mins per crystal, so 10-20 hours of gameplay for 40 crystals. Since the options to obtain these crystals are group events, you have to account for the downtime forming groups, time between runs, and limited runs per day. I would say 30 hours for 40 crystals would be a safe bet, and this is with a 100% drop rate. At a 50% drop rate the time doubles to 60 hours of gameplay. 120 hours at a 25% drop rate. Who knows what "sometimes" means, so pick a drop rate, do /played and you can calculate how many items you coukd have transmuted since you started. Hint:. It's not a lot.

Insandros

@WolfTickets

Now do all your mats wiuth perfect trait specific weapon on how much time invested people did in vMA, you would raise this to thousands. Hint As i said, everyone is still free to farm the old ways if not happey with what ZoS gives us.

bebynnag

theres something in the patch notes about vet randoms and the crystals

so my guess would be that quing for a vet random will give a higher chance of a crystal or maybe even guaranteed

since you can pre-form a vet group & que for a random how long will it take me to re-trait 30 pieces

edt i want an actual answer i hate doing math

Taleof2Cities

Nestor wrote: »

Everyone thought the Grind for Divines or Sharpened was over.......

Agreed, but at least the grind has gotten shorter ...

ZOS_GinaBruno

FYI: Just posted a reply containing some info on the drop rate for Crystals over here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4505195/#Comment_4505195

Insandros

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Oh Perfect! Thanks!!

Hortator Indoril Nerevar

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FYI: Just posted a reply containing some info on the drop rate for Crystals over here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4505195/#Comment_4505195

I cant see the info he was asking for..

He wants to know the chance of getting a crystal when finishing a vet dungeon. NOT a daily pledge or anything.

So example. I have done the daily rubbish that gives a 100% drop chance and now I am just doing vet pledges on farm to get more crystals. So what is the drop chance of that?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Insandros

Hortator Indoril Nerevar wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

FYI: Just posted a reply containing some info on the drop rate for Crystals over here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/4505195/#Comment_4505195

I cant see the info he was asking for..

He wants to know the chance of getting a crystal when finishing a vet dungeon. NOT a daily pledge or anything.

So example. I have done the daily rubbish that gives a 100% drop chance and now I am just doing vet pledges on farm to get more crystals. So what is the drop chance of that?

@ZOS_GinaBruno

So far, how many vet peldges/dungeons have you ran, how mny drops out of it? Have you done randoms as well to see?

olsborg

One per dungeon, holy smokes, thats few. I was hoping id have to run maybe 4 dungeons to get like 20, and even that would be unbearable because i only like to do pvp. And likely ill get 00.1 crystals from bags of the worthy....oh eech, this is looking grim indeed, I cant handle more grind.

Integral1900

One per dungeon, I can't justify a grind of that magnitude, going to stick to normal difficulty, crafted gear and enjoy the stories and the world while looking amazing. Besides, I need to help my wife get ready for a historical reinactor event this weekend and by Azura I know which I would rather be doing

Insandros

olsborg wrote: »

One per dungeon, holy smokes, thats few. I was hoping id have to run maybe 4 dungeons to get like 20, and even that would be unbearable because i only like to do pvp. And likely ill get 00.1 crystals from bags of the worthy....oh eech, this is looking grim indeed, I cant handle more grind.

It was intended as an altanative way to get stuff, not primary way, if in 4 dungeoins you would grab your stuff that would make it primary way to grab perfect weapons Take it the good way, you get the easy hand coming in pve grabbing stuff, for us pver, when there is stuff we wan't in pvp, it's a pain and torture for us, and for you guys when we are around lol :P

idk

puffytheslayer wrote: »

theres something in the patch notes about vet randoms and the crystals

so my guess would be that quing for a vet random will give a higher chance of a crystal or maybe even guaranteed

since you can pre-form a vet group & que for a random how long will it take me to re-trait 30 pieces

edt i want an actual answer i hate doing math

The time it will take you highly depends on how active you are with the specified content.

driosketch

olsborg wrote: »

One per dungeon, holy smokes, thats few. I was hoping id have to run maybe 4 dungeons to get like 20, and even that would be unbearable because i only like to do pvp. And likely ill get 00.1 crystals from bags of the worthy....oh eech, this is looking grim indeed, I cant handle more grind.

@olsborg Saw this posted in the feedback thread.

NBrookus wrote: »

For Rewards of the Worthy (30 day, purple), I got a geode with 40 crystals. That'll handle one itme; seems reasonable.

Only being able to store a max of 200 is unpleasant, however, since I also can't do anything with the geodes except have them take up inventory space until I need them.

olsborg

driosketch wrote: »

olsborg wrote: »

One per dungeon, holy smokes, thats few. I was hoping id have to run maybe 4 dungeons to get like 20, and even that would be unbearable because i only like to do pvp. And likely ill get 00.1 crystals from bags of the worthy....oh eech, this is looking grim indeed, I cant handle more grind.

@olsborg Saw this posted in the feedback thread.

NBrookus wrote: »

For Rewards of the Worthy (30 day, purple), I got a geode with 40 crystals. That'll handle one itme; seems reasonable.

Only being able to store a max of 200 is unpleasant, however, since I also can't do anything with the geodes except have them take up inventory space until I need them.

Ok well, thats nice, thx.