Nirnroot

hauke

Nirnroot in elderscrolls was allways singularity, not repeatable alchemy super ingredient

now in ESO...

i got more nirnroot then anything else


why ?

because its not singular, it respawns.

because it makes a sound, you can hear it, the only alchemy ingredient you can hear

because it has an inner light, in the night you can see it for max range

so in TESO this most rare ingredient becomes the most common

Celless

I'm not a follower of the lore, but if I were to speculate based on the information you've given... All of us running around picking up easily identifiable Nirnroot in this era may contribute to why they won't be available in the later years / earlier Elder Scrolls games.

seanolan

Oddly it was also supposed to be a relatively unknown reagent whose properties were being discovered by Sinderion in Oblivion and ridiculously useful. Now it's a weed with one use - invisibility potions. But for the record, it DID respawn in Skyrim.

hauke

in oblivion it was THE ingredient to improve skill value, THE only ingredient that could improve player values permanently

Basil_oz

Yes, I was thinking this too. It is almost a weed in how prolific it is!

I was trying to think of the background story to it in Oblivion. If I remember rightly, the background story was that it was prolific but became rarer. Is ESO prior to Oblivion or between Oblivion and Skyrim?

Wherever it fits, Nirnroot is certainly not worth stockpiling as I first started to do.

Abeille

Nirnroot made a sound and had an inner light in previous TES games.

It respawns because this is a MMO.

Basil_oz

Abeille wrote: »

Nirnroot made a sound and had an inner light in previous TES games.

The only flora item with its own mantra and inner peace!

Abeille

Basil_oz wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

Nirnroot made a sound and had an inner light in previous TES games.

The only flora item with its own mantra and inner peace!

Yeah, it is so annoying that I often harvest it just to make it stop xD

Cats525

Basil_oz wrote: »

Is ESO prior to Oblivion or between Oblivion and Skyrim?

Roughly 750 years before Oblivion.

Tuerai

Honestly, I find way more Water Hyacinth than I do Nirnroot. But maybe the OP doesn't spend as much time by water.

hauke

water hyacinth almost as much about 160 nirnroot 150 waterhyacinth ....
if that answers your question

when i gather nirn root usualy i see at least 1 waterhyazinth

but i do ignore waterhyacinth more then nirnroot

VampiricOmen

That's a lot of Nirnroot (and Water Hyacinth)!

In my opinion it isn't the most common, perhaps though, it is the most obvious/noticeable. From what I have seen, reagents spawn in certain demographic areas. Nirnroot and Water Hyacinth near water, mushrooms located in caves or in the shadows of trees/buildings, others typically out in the open located on grass of some sort, so for this to be your most harvested item you've likely spent some time near water.

Personally, I've harvested more Bugloss and Dragonthorn (the blue and orange stands out against the green grass) than Nirnroot and Water Hyacinth as I tend to explore the areas away from water, and that was before putting a point into Keen Eye. Although, I will mention that the majority of the Nirnroot and Water Hyacinth I've harvested was from the very same river during the same harvesting trip - by running up and down the riverbanks and harvesting nodes as I saw them. Might've taken me a few hours of harvesting, but it's the easiest reagent to harvest as I know the general location of where to find it. Doesn't mean that I'll only harvest them though as the effects aren't that useful for me other than the Restore Health trait on one of them. The others are more hit or miss as some can be rather well camouflaged into the landscape. Discounting the various mushrooms, Columbine is the hardest for me to find.

But yeah, I have to agree with Abeille - if it didn't respawn (or only spawned rarely) there'd likely be a Nirnroot black market (and it's making me chuckle thinking about shady alchemists trying to sell vocal, glowing plants).

hauke

columbine is super rare, got 2 columbine, and i do have 160+ nirnroot

Natjur

For me, Columbine, Bugloss and Mountain Flowers (as they are need for the super potion) are rare. Once you find out their 'preferred' areas, I found tons.

If you walk waterways, you will have endless Nirnroot and Water Hyacinth. Used them to LEVEL alchemy, now I do not even stop to pick them.

ArielleJureaux

Nirnroot in ESO has only one positive effect, which is "Unstoppable". Until they add ability to use poisons to the game, it is basically only good for that one potion of unstoppable.

rtx

As far as I remember nirnroot in oblivion was soundless.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Garetth

Nirnroot makes my thighs quiver.

Salsadoom

I have to admit I still get a jolt of excitement every time I see one. Darn pavlov conditioning.

I am fine with it respawning, if it didn't there would be 0 IG in less than a week.