PSA: Make sure you don't already have Frostcaster Motif before buying in the Crown Store
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I almost made this mistake today. The Frostcaster motif is not listed in the Quest Journal section under Crafting Motifs. If I hadn't been paying attention I would have bought a motif I already owned.
Read the blurb for the Motif carefully in the crown store. It will tell you if you already own it. Or check your style mats at a crafting station (cloth, wood or blacksmith). You will see Stahlrim listed if you own it.
Edited by ZOS_Hadeostry on December 17, 2023 4:22AM Read the blurb for the Motif carefully in the crown store. It will tell you if you already own it. Or check your style mats at a crafting station (cloth, wood or blacksmith). You will see Stahlrim listed if you own it.
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✭✭✭✭you can also check armor/weapon styles in collections or use an outfit station to see if you have it already.miaow! i'm Luna ( she/her ).
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✭✭✭It is [intentionally] possible to do because motifs are learned per-character, and lots of people DO learn motifs on multiple characters.
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seecodenotgames✭✭✭✭✭Yes, I made this mistake a couple of years ago. I looked forward to it returning, bought it immediately and then when I tried to read it, I realised I already had it. Now it just sits forever in my bank.Houses on PC EU (newest first)68. Aldmeri Mansion (Seabloom Villa) - The luxury home as an Altmer family
67. Dawnwood Village (Gladesong Arboretum) - A village built into a new forest
66. Undaunted Fortress (Mournoth Keep) - The undaunted have moved into these Orcish Towers
65. Wedding at Sea (The Fair Winds) - Have a lovely wedding ceremony at sea and relax in the bridal suite in the Captain's Quarters
64. Alikr Oasis Paradise (Sword-singer's Redoubt) - This grand home was built above a deep well to commemorate their ancestors
63. Azandars Tea House (Kelesan Ruhn) - A tea shop/cafe in the shape of a life-sized teapot
62. Sand Castles (Fogbreak Lighthouse) - A literal life size sand castle
61. Riften Meadery (Old Mistveil Manor) - A new meadery has opened outside Riften
60. Helene's Writing Room (Golden Gryphon Garret) - A small room for Helene to get some quiet writing time
59. Picnic at Pelin (Black Vine Villa) - Based on the lore book Picnic at Pelin (A Horror Story)
58. Almalexias Temple (Forsaken Stronghold) - A Dunmer Tower with a shrine to the three
57. Pirate New Life For Me (Highhallow Hold) - A pirate tavern where they gift you loot
56. Woodvine Cathedral (Agony's Ascent) - A living cathedral thriving in the Deadlands
55. Dark Elf Town House (Quondam Indorilia) - A small and cosy town house on the edge of Mournhold
54. The Secret Tower (Exorcised Coven Cottage) - A hidden mage tower in the swamps on the Hag Fen
53. Knight Club (Frostvault Chasm) - A disco in a dwarven mineshaft
52. Dwemer Cave City (The Erstwhile Sanctuary) - A lost dwarven city has been found deep underground
51. Alinor Gryphon Aerie (Colossal Aldmeri Grotto) - A place where gryphons are trained
50. The Charred Towers (Doomchar Plateau) - Deadlands themed fortress with two towers and custom furniture
49. Argonian Sea Town (Tel Galen) - An Argonian sea port
48. Daedric Princess Tower (Seaveil Spire) - An underwater tower dedicated to the Daedric Prince Meridia
47. Fargrave Observatory (Ossa Accentium) - An observatory in the portal realm of Fargrave
46. Hundings Beach House (Hundings Palatial Hall) - Beach house and hottub
45. Crystal Gardens (Snugpod) - Enchanted Gardens with crystalline trees
44. Dawnlight Health Spa (Princely Dawnlight Palace) - Our spa waters are revitalising and ready to heal your aching body
43. Mountainside Retreat (Pariah's Pinnacle) - An orc mountainside hall with an amazing view
42. Volcanic Vile Villa (Kushalit Sanctuary) - A private hollowed out volcano for all your mad alchemist needs
41. Arenthian Water Temple (Strident Springs Demesne) - A relaxing water temple outside Arenthia
40. Woodland Cottage (Ald Velothi Harbor House) - A house in a tree, but not a treehouse
39. Winter Snow Meadhall (Enchanted Snow Globe Home) - A winter meadhall has opened to get everyone in the festive mood
38. Fire and Ice Hotel (Elinhir Private Arena) - An new hotel has opened with an ice bar and a lava room
37. City of Princes (Pantherfang Chapel) - Citadese is under attack from a dragon invasion. Prince Tarvia is leading the escape through the sewers.
36. Dark Brotherhood Home (Stay-Moist Mansion) - A Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary found beneath an Argonian village
35. Volkihar Courtyard (Velothi Reverie) - A castle courtyard modelled on the famous Volkihar Castle in Skyrim
34. Rada's Summer Getaway (Potentate's Retreat) - A Redguard mansion with a dark vampiric secret in the basement
33. Cascadia Wine N Dine (Sweetwater Cascades) - Vineyard and meadery with two restaurants and a chapel
32. Walled Kitchen Garden (Amaya Lake Lodge) - Fresh produce and cut flowers for sale. Hot food served in a family restaurant.
31. Luckycat Summerhouse (Lucky Cat Landing) - A khajiiti villa with spa and dining
30. Helene's Boutique (Water's Edge) - The famous dressmaker has opened a new dress shop in town
29. Alinor Garden Party (Mathiisen Manor) - A party in the flower gardens of a Altmer noble's manor
28. Markarth Bath House (Stone Eagle Aerie) - A relaxing spa and bath house with an arts and craft centre
27. Treeboat house (The Gorinir Estate) - No one know how an imperial ship ended up in the treetops
26. Varlaisvea College (Varlaisvea Ayleid Ruins) - An ancient library has been discovered deep inside an Ayleid ruin
25. City on the Moon (The Orbservatory Prior) - Moonbase with housing and an inn under the stars
24. Lakemire Water Gardens (Lakemire Xanmeer Manor) - Relaxing hanging gardens and a fish restaurant beneath the Xanmeer
23. Hircine's Hunt Club (Hunters Glade) - A relaxing villa for werewolves to feast in the ever refilling hunting grounds
22. Lost Dwarven Kingdom (Shalidor’s Shrouded Realm) - A lost Dwemer king's palace has been found in a mage's pocket realm
21. Replaced with 54. The Secret Tower
20. Topal Fishing Resort (Grand Topal Hideaway) - A resort in the middle of a fishing lake on a private island
19. Castleton Manor (Alinor Crest Townhouse) - The home of Lord Castleton and his daughter Sonja
18. Cave of BBQ N Ribs (Earthtear Cavern) - A secret rocky dome, hosts a BBQ and ribs restaurant
17. Who Lived in a Shoe (The Ample Domicile) - There was an old reach witch who lived in a shoe
16. Dwemer Party Tower (Hall of the Lunar Champion - Lion's Cradle) - A dwarven flying tower repurposed for parties
15. A Taste of Alinor (Sleek Creek House) - A small piece of Alinor beside a creek
14. Lava Submarine Base (Bastion Sanguinaris) - An evil vampire alchemy lab, accessible only via a lava submarine
13. Spirit-tree Library (Wraithhome) - A library built atop an ancient forest within an ancient Daedric ruin
12. Golden Beach Palace (Thieves' Oasis) - A dwarven inspired Redguard beach resort
11. Mad Scientists House (Cyrodilic Jungle House) - Workshop and garage with an experimental De-lore-ean
10. Big Toy House (Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery) - Two life sized doll's houses and a inn beneath the stairs
9. Icy Falls Inn (Forgemaster Falls) - Two Nord lodges on a lake, serving mead and fresh fish
8. Blue-ice Palace (Stillwaters Retreat) - Solitude, but on a frozen lake
7. Mushroom Manor (Coldharbour Surreal Estate) - Dunmer house built from giant mushrooms
6. Vampire Academy with wine bar (Daggerfall Overlook) - Come for the nibbles; stay for eternity
5. Three Pillows War (Grymharth's Woe) - Re-enact the three banners war with pillow forts and floof balls
4. Treefern House (Moon-sugar meadow) - Giant treefern treehouse
3. Artaeum Theatre (Grand Psijic Manor) - Tiered Balcony
2. Imperial Bridal Suite (Linchal Grand Manor) - Wedding venue with bridal suite extension
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✭✭✭✭Grizzbeorn wrote: »It is [intentionally] possible to do because motifs are learned per-character, and lots of people DO learn motifs on multiple characters.
Yes, this is true, and I think it will probably stay the way it is because of this.
In the case of Crown Store exclusive motifs, however, there is much less of an incentive for many to learn them on multiple characters compared to non-exclusive motifs.
1) There is no lore library entry, so
a) it doesn't count towards the tracker of known books and
b) it doesn't improve that character's chances of getting master writs (which are based on the lore library entries for crafting motifs).
(That all helps reduce the sense of needing to purchase a Crown Store exclusive for character completion, since it doesn't affect your character-specific records or rewards in any way.)
2) It can only be bought with crowns or from a trustworthy seller with the gold equivalent (which is rising by the day, at least on PC).
3) Crafting in it initially requires Mimic Stones, which cannot be sourced directly in game. Purchasing the style mat itself is fairly pricey because of this, if you can even find one (TTC lists only six right now for PC-NA). That's a significantly higher barrier to crafting in it compared to other motifs, both for one's own account and for those wanting to commission pieces in the style.1 -
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✭✭A note that I accidentally did this myself once. I put in a support ticket and customer service was actually very helpful. I explained that I bought it thinking my main did not know it but turned out she did and that the store text was unclear (at the time, the store made it sound like I had not learned it on the toon I was browsing the store with). Support had me delete the book from my inventory and once they confirmed I had destroyed it, they refunded my Crowns.PS5 NA. GM of The PTK's - a free trading guild (CP 500+). Also a werewolf, bites are free when they're available. PSN = DragonRacer131 -
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✭✭✭✭✭The best rule of thumb is to not buy anything in the Crown Store than can be obtained in game.4 -
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✭✭✭✭✭spartaxoxo wrote: »
Oops. Sorry, yeah, I was thinking of the ones available for Seals in the Crown Store.
But, still, best rule of thumb...
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Czeri✭✭✭✭✭Ugh, I bought it 3 times now. It hate that there is no visible way to tell you already own the motif when viewing the bundle details in the store...Edited by Czeri on December 16, 2023 8:26PM1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Ugh, I bought it 3 times now. It hate that there is no visible way to tell you already own the motif when viewing the bundle details in the store...
hold on, Imgur is being weird...
Okay well, it's no longer giving me links to post images, but anyway at least in gamepad mode, there's an option at the bottom that says Bundle Details and lets you preview what it comes with. From there you can see the content of the bundle without purchasing it, when I view it I see the motif and the 5 mimic stones separately, on the right hand side it shows that I already learned it.
Wait one more try...
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✭✭✭DragonRacer wrote: »A note that I accidentally did this myself once. I put in a support ticket and customer service was actually very helpful. I explained that I bought it thinking my main did not know it but turned out she did and that the store text was unclear (at the time, the store made it sound like I had not learned it on the toon I was browsing the store with). Support had me delete the book from my inventory and once they confirmed I had destroyed it, they refunded my Crowns.
I agree, put in a ticket and explain how you made a mistake and they will fix it for you.
I did something similar and I was advised to do the same thing. Customer service is very helpful for honest mistakes.
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ZOS_HadeostrymodGreetings,
After further review we have decided to move this thread to a category we think is more appropriate for this topic, as it's about a crown store item.
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