What do I do with too many geodes?

Almakor

A mountain of geodes from the Jubilee event are taking space in my characters' inventory. At the moment I don't have any builds I'm putting together that requires transmutation stones. Is there anything else I can use them for? For the record, I think it's stupid they don't stack, you can't bank them, trade them, or sell them. It's not like you need to transmute gear all the time.

Sergykid

there's a not really secret trick to convert them to gold, but don't tell it to anyone because the prices of it will drop

SirAndy

Make yourself some gear that requires 25 transmute crystals and bank that gear. That will free up some inventory space since you can store 25 crystals in just one piece of gear that way. Monster sets are great for that as is the Maelstrom Bow.

Sanctum74

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Bobby_V_Rockit

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Xebov

Convert them into gear pieces that require 25 stones to make and store them on a alt. Arena weapons, especially Bows and Restro Staffs are nice for this. This way you can decon them whenever you are in need of stones since 25 is the amount you always get back.

Sanctum74

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Even better, good idea!

zvavi

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Wait what? Style materials are worth something?!?! Can you tell me more about this

Saucy_Jack

I came here because I immediately thought this was about the geode FURNISHINGS, and was excited about the possibility of getting a bunch of them for relatively cheap.

I am greatly disappointed.

Pyr0xyrecuprotite

zvavi wrote: »

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Wait what? Style materials are worth something?!?! Can you tell me more about this

@zvavi , SOME style materials are worth a lot (although usually not as much as potent nirncux). Prices have probably dropped recently due to the extra rewards from the Anniversary event, and probably also vary a lot by platform and server.

• Dragon Bone sells around 1.5k each (used to be more), because you only get it from one dungeon (Fang Lair?) and it can also be used as a food ingredient.
• Tempered Brass (from one of the Clockwork City styles) has a similar value, because it is used for crafting Clockwork City furnishings. Similarly, Refined Bonemold Resin is used for the Hlaalu style (and Defiler set in Vvardenfell), and is worth a bit because it is required for most Vvardenfell furnishing plans.
• In general, ANY new zone has new furnishing plans that require a special style material to craft, which is hard to get because many people don't have the new DLC/Chapter yet, and don't have time to find it. The crafted furniture items are usually valuable at first, which makes the style material valuable, especially while demand is higher than supply.

zaria

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Ty for the advice with mimic stones.
Or you could recreate more gear for use in various settings

FrancisCrawford

With all the need for XP farming (CP and soon companions, if you care about those), make sure you have full sets of Training gear to farm with.

Similarly, you could make extra copies of your favorite weapons so as to put Prismatic glyphs on them for when you'll be fighting daedra.

zvavi

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

zvavi wrote: »

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Wait what? Style materials are worth something?!?! Can you tell me more about this

SOME style materials are worth a lot (although usually not as much as potent nirncux). Prices have probably dropped recently due to the extra rewards from the Anniversary event, and probably also vary a lot by platform and server.

• Dragon Bone sells around 1.5k each (used to be more), because you only get it from one dungeon (Fang Lair?) and it can also be used as a food ingredient.
• Tempered Brass (from one of the Clockwork City styles) has a similar value, because it is used for crafting Clockwork City furnishings. Similarly, Refined Bonemold Resin is used for the Hlaalu style (and Defiler set in Vvardenfell), and is worth a bit because it is required for most Vvardenfell furnishing plans.
• In general, ANY new zone has new furnishing plans that require a special style material to craft, which is hard to get because many people don't have the new DLC/Chapter yet, and don't have time to find it. The crafted furniture items are usually valuable at first, which makes the style material valuable, especially while demand is higher than supply.

Tyvm for your answer guess it means next time I am in fang lair I should pick up the style...

Brrrofski

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

zvavi wrote: »

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Wait what? Style materials are worth something?!?! Can you tell me more about this

@zvavi , SOME style materials are worth a lot (although usually not as much as potent nirncux). Prices have probably dropped recently due to the extra rewards from the Anniversary event, and probably also vary a lot by platform and server.

• Dragon Bone sells around 1.5k each (used to be more), because you only get it from one dungeon (Fang Lair?) and it can also be used as a food ingredient.
• Tempered Brass (from one of the Clockwork City styles) has a similar value, because it is used for crafting Clockwork City furnishings. Similarly, Refined Bonemold Resin is used for the Hlaalu style (and Defiler set in Vvardenfell), and is worth a bit because it is required for most Vvardenfell furnishing plans.
• In general, ANY new zone has new furnishing plans that require a special style material to craft, which is hard to get because many people don't have the new DLC/Chapter yet, and don't have time to find it. The crafted furniture items are usually valuable at first, which makes the style material valuable, especially while demand is higher than supply.

Shimmering sand and Akthzand Sprocket (no idea on spelling haha) are another too. Sand from Elsweyr goes for like 5k+ Sprocket from The Reach got for 6k (on xbox eu).

But yeh, potent nirn trick is best way to use up extra transmutes if you don't need to recreate gear.

Kwoung

Almakor wrote: »

A mountain of geodes from the Jubilee event are taking space in my characters' inventory. At the moment I don't have any builds I'm putting together that requires transmutation stones. Is there anything else I can use them for? For the record, I think it's stupid they don't stack, you can't bank them, trade them, or sell them. It's not like you need to transmute gear all the time.

You are aware if you open them they do get banked? They are like a currency, you can bank 500 stones, 1000 with ESO+. Just asking because it sounds like you may not know.

ErMurazor

Kwoung wrote: »

Almakor wrote: »

A mountain of geodes from the Jubilee event are taking space in my characters' inventory. At the moment I don't have any builds I'm putting together that requires transmutation stones. Is there anything else I can use them for? For the record, I think it's stupid they don't stack, you can't bank them, trade them, or sell them. It's not like you need to transmute gear all the time.

You are aware if you open them they do get banked? They are like a currency, you can bank 500 stones, 1000 with ESO+. Just asking because it sounds like you may not know.

I think many like me filled thoose 1000 as soon ZoS increased cap. And you get geodes from basically anything u do in ESO so they fill your storage space fast

Brrrofski

Kwoung wrote: »

Almakor wrote: »

A mountain of geodes from the Jubilee event are taking space in my characters' inventory. At the moment I don't have any builds I'm putting together that requires transmutation stones. Is there anything else I can use them for? For the record, I think it's stupid they don't stack, you can't bank them, trade them, or sell them. It's not like you need to transmute gear all the time.

You are aware if you open them they do get banked? They are like a currency, you can bank 500 stones, 1000 with ESO+. Just asking because it sounds like you may not know.

He could also be at cap.

Cap is still super easy to hit. I had to make some nirn stuff the other day as I almost got back to 1k and have like 30 of the big boys from pvp rewards unopened.

rumple9

Lots of gold to be made converting geodes to potent nirncrux

SeaGtGruff

One thing I've been wondering is why everyone feels the obsession to grind for crystals, given that thee's a cap on them. Is it all about converting crystals to gold, or is it just the usual obsession to grind everything to its maximum level?

Sanctum74

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

One thing I've been wondering is why everyone feels the obsession to grind for crystals, given that thee's a cap on them. Is it all about converting crystals to gold, or is it just the usual obsession to grind everything to its maximum level?

The thread isn’t about grinding, it’s about what to do with an over abundance of them taking up inventory space. They fill up quickly just doing daily activities and pvp.

SeaGtGruff

If you meant the OP's post, I don't think they were trolling. When the cap was smaller, I occasionally had to transmute a piece of gear so I could "use" a geode without going over the cap, or else just hang onto the geode. If there was nothing I wanted to transmute, I would craft a L1 dagger, transmute it to Nirnhoned, and deconstruct it, or something like that.

What mystifies me is why players say they hate having to grind for things, but then they grind for things anyway. I've never felt the need to grind for some coveted piece of gear. When antiquities were introduced and it seemed like everyone was grinding to maximize the scrying and excavating skill lines and discover leads, I declined to join in the race. When Summerset added the Psijic skill line, it seemed like everyone was rushing to get all of their characters maxed out in those skills, but I've only bothered to do it on one; I haven't even acquired the skill line on any of my PC EU characters. When the CP system changed, it seemed like everyone started grinding for CP; but not me. When the stickerbook was introduced, it seemed like everyone was grinding to complete their stickerbook collections; but not me.

I did grind for a motif page in Wrothgar that I needed for a master writ, and was fortunate enough to find it after a week or so, but the experience changed my mind about not paying for anything I could acquire myself in the game, and I decided I'd much rather just buy motif pages from guild traders. And I did grind for fragments for public dungeon rewards like pets and things, but I ended up buying the fragments I was missing.

So it sort of mystifies me why it seems like everyone is obsessed with grinding daily random dungeons on all their characters in order to farm as many crystals as possible, as rapidly as possible. And then they run into the inevitable problem of hitting the cap. So I'm just wondering if it's all about converting excess crystals to gold, or potent nirncrux, or expensive jewelry trait mats, etc.; or is it just a compulsive need to grind for whatever reason, such as FOMO?

EDIT:

Sanctum74 wrote: »

The thread isn’t about grinding, it’s about what to do with an over abundance of them taking up inventory space. They fill up quickly just doing daily activities and pvp.

I realize what the thread is about. I'm just wondering why so many players seem so intent on grinding for crystals by doing daily random dungeons on every one of their characters. If you have an "over abundance" of something, why not just stop trying to acquire more of it, and throw away or destroy any more of it that you can't avoid acquiring?

Sanctum74

So people should just stop playing the game if they reach the crystal cap? Anyway the only one that seems to be obsessed with grinding is you since you keep trying to change the thread subject.

Edit: Just saw your edit, people continue to do the activity because it’s something they enjoy or there may be other things they are farming for and the crystals are just a bonus they don’t want to throw away. If you can turn it into gold or mats instead of trash then why not.

spartaxoxo

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

If you meant the OP's post, I don't think they were trolling. When the cap was smaller, I occasionally had to transmute a piece of gear so I could "use" a geode without going over the cap, or else just hang onto the geode. If there was nothing I wanted to transmute, I would craft a L1 dagger, transmute it to Nirnhoned, and deconstruct it, or something like that.

What mystifies me is why players say they hate having to grind for things, but then they grind for things anyway. I've never felt the need to grind for some coveted piece of gear. When antiquities were introduced and it seemed like everyone was grinding to maximize the scrying and excavating skill lines and discover leads, I declined to join in the race. When Summerset added the Psijic skill line, it seemed like everyone was rushing to get all of their characters maxed out in those skills, but I've only bothered to do it on one; I haven't even acquired the skill line on any of my PC EU characters. When the CP system changed, it seemed like everyone started grinding for CP; but not me. When the stickerbook was introduced, it seemed like everyone was grinding to complete their stickerbook collections; but not me.

I did grind for a motif page in Wrothgar that I needed for a master writ, and was fortunate enough to find it after a week or so, but the experience changed my mind about not paying for anything I could acquire myself in the game, and I decided I'd much rather just buy motif pages from guild traders. And I did grind for fragments for public dungeon rewards like pets and things, but I ended up buying the fragments I was missing.

So it sort of mystifies me why it seems like everyone is obsessed with grinding daily random dungeons on all their characters in order to farm as many crystals as possible, as rapidly as possible. And then they run into the inevitable problem of hitting the cap. So I'm just wondering if it's all about converting excess crystals to gold, or potent nirncrux, or expensive jewelry trait mats, etc.; or is it just a compulsive need to grind for whatever reason, such as FOMO?

EDIT:

Sanctum74 wrote: »

The thread isn’t about grinding, it’s about what to do with an over abundance of them taking up inventory space. They fill up quickly just doing daily activities and pvp.

I realize what the thread is about. I'm just wondering why so many players seem so intent on grinding for crystals by doing daily random dungeons on every one of their characters. If you have an "over abundance" of something, why not just stop trying to acquire more of it, and throw away or destroy any more of it that you can't avoid acquiring?

To try new builds, have crystals ready for upcoming changes, and for alts

zaria

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

One thing I've been wondering is why everyone feels the obsession to grind for crystals, given that thee's a cap on them. Is it all about converting crystals to gold, or is it just the usual obsession to grind everything to its maximum level?

Think most are not grinding for the crystals, they are an effect from pledges, random dungeons and Cyrodil.
So the question is that to do with them.

Seraphayel

rumple9 wrote: »

Lots of gold to be made converting geodes to potent nirncrux

How is that done?

Vildebill

Potent nirncrux is the way I do it:
1. Create a weapon. It can be any weapon.
2. Transmute your newly created weapon to nirnhoned.
3. Deconstruct the weapon you just transmuted, and make sure you have both the passives under the crafting skill line and the CP perk to get a higher chance to extract material from a deconstruction.
4. If you're not unlucky with your deconstruction you've just converted 50 crystals to a potent nirncrux.

Hope it helps

Almakor

I thought that the stones changes armor/weapon trait by using trait material you have in inventory.

xv1_me

zaria wrote: »

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Ty for the advice with mimic stones.
Or you could recreate more gear for use in various settings

That sounds like someone tryna get you to spend money in the crown store. I wouldn’t do that. If u can stock up mimic stones don’t waste them for a couple k’s worth of gold lol. They are valuable if u want to ever be a crafter or craft anything. Way more useful than 2k for a style mat ‘possible’ sale with a guild tax and wasted sales slot. Just transmute a trash weapon to nirn and decon them. Have md cp skill and refine skillpoints in crafting.

LightYagami

I have over 2000 transmute crystals including many unopened 50 crystals geos from PvP...

I already wasted quite many of them by crafting mediocre gears and testing traits but there are still over 2000... Please just make the crafting bags available for holding crystals....

Kwoung

Almakor wrote: »

I thought that the stones changes armor/weapon trait by using trait material you have in inventory.

Nope, it doesn't cost anything but transmute stones to make an item in any trait.

Brrrofski

xv1_me wrote: »

zaria wrote: »

Bobby_V_Rockit wrote: »

Sanctum74 wrote: »

You could transmute a weapon and then break it down for potent nirncrux.

Disclaimer I have never done this myself but I’ve heard it works. Just make sure you have meticulous dissasembly slotted in cp.

Also use mimic stones to make it an expensive style, break down for potent nirncrux and a style material. Sell for profit!

Ty for the advice with mimic stones.
Or you could recreate more gear for use in various settings

That sounds like someone tryna get you to spend money in the crown store. I wouldn’t do that. If u can stock up mimic stones don’t waste them for a couple k’s worth of gold lol. They are valuable if u want to ever be a crafter or craft anything. Way more useful than 2k for a style mat ‘possible’ sale with a guild tax and wasted sales slot. Just transmute a trash weapon to nirn and decon them. Have md cp skill and refine skillpoints in crafting.

Not really.

I have like 80 of them and I've never bought a single mimic stone...

They might be useful for master writs, sure. Outside of that they're useless. I craft all my gear in whatever style as I just chance it in the outfit station.

Some style material is worth 5-8k.