Traits

expressiions · June 2015

Hello.
Complete newb here, how do you learn traits in order to craft an item. To be specific, crafting clothes.

Nestor · June 2015

Go to the craft station for Clothing, select it, then the icon on the far right (looks like 3 circles) is the research window. Choose that, the armor you want to research, then the trait.

Use a spreadsheet to keep track of this. Research times double for each one, and you want to make the most of the time. Otherwise this can take forever to do.

Something like this

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MV5zYvZtRfOfWYjgeJBk43VWPqydtktmOMT_pevQrSA/edit?pli=1#gid=0

Nestor wrote: »

Dwermer wrote: »

Hi
Can you tell what traits each item will have before you research it or will it be pot luck what you get?
What crafting station would I use to research a trait or would any one do ie clothier, bblacksmith etc?
thanks

Here are some hints to researching Traits.

1. You only need to know 2 to 3 traits to start making some powerful crafted gear. Most of my VR characters use a 3 Trait set. The amount of time to learn a trait doubles for the second one, doubles again for the third etc. So, learn the two traits on each piece you will want to craft first before learning the third traits. Learn the third before learning the 4th. The best crafted sets in the game only require 6 traits, so don't start chasing the 7th and 8th traits until you know the 6th traits in all the things you want to craft.
2. Unlock the Research Passive to allow for more items to be researched in less time
3. The most useful traits on armor are Infused, Divines and Impenetrable. Nirn is good, but you need 20,000+ gold to even play on that table (to buy the trait stones). For weapons, Precise and Sharpened are the way to go. Training is good for anything. So concentrate on those traits first and foremost before researching the other ones.
4. Get the Addon Research Assistant so you don't deconstruct or sell something you need to research.
5. If you can't get the item you want for research from loot, then buy it in a guild store. Items made to be researched sell between 200 and 500 gold, try to find the cheaper ones. You can even find them less. It does not matter what level the item is, just that it has the traits that you want. Awesome Guild Store addon can help you find specific traited items.
6. If the item does not have a trait you need, or one your going to soon research, deconstruct it. You get crafting experience to level the craft line and you get trait stones and other things to make stuff with.
7. Join a Guild like Lone Wolf Help or similar as we run crafting nights where we make traited items for people to research. Guildmates will just help too, and this goes for most any guild too.
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See this thread for more:

forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/169603/learning-traits-and-styles

expressiions · June 2015

Appreciate the info., thanks! ^^