PS4 - NA Server - Enchanting, How to level it up

Pyro117 · July 2015

I have been successful at leveling up all the other crafting skills basically without any major difficulties. I always gather all the ore I can find, craft it into sellable pieces and deconstruct anything I receive (except for researchable pieces and high sellable items). That process works fine.

Can't exactly do that with enchanting. The runes are just 1 per and rare to find based on how easy it is to find ore/thread/wood.

Besides getting an enchanting trading buddy - is there a secret to leveling up this crafting skill.

Allyhoo811 · July 2015

Not really, enchanting has always been the most difficult of the professions to level up. The developers actually reduced the experience needed for each crafting level some time ago, but it is still a very time consuming process.

Other things that might help:

1. Doing the enchanting crafting writs everyday. This helps level you quite a bit and has a chance to give you runes, glyphs to deconstruct, or enchanting surveys as part of the reward.
2. Buying glyphs (to deconstruct) or runes from guild stores to speed the process along.
3. Putting a point or two into the enchanting keen eye passive to better help you spot runes while exploring.

Pyro117 · July 2015

I have the keen eye maxed but it doesn't really help me spot them. I can see that blinking colored light usually well before the keen eye ever shows up.

I will have to start doing the daily enchanting writ in hopes of something good. I have also attempted to do the buy runes to extract but that gives little XP.

Thanks for the advice - kinda of helps knowing that this is a pain in the behind to level up and there is no magic bullet that I was missing.

Violynne · July 2015

I don't know how much time you have invested in it, but if I were you, I'd respec and put the skills somewhere else. Enchanting is the absolute worst skill to work.

The runes are randomized. You're likely to come across Essence and Aspect runes about 75% of the time, and Potency runes 25%. You'll need the Potency runes because you'll run out quickly making glyphs.

Leveling up is going to kill this skill because runes will also level, but you may not have the skills to use them. This is where I was frustrated, and decided to give up. Even as I ran back to find lower-leveled runes, it was much too time consuming to find Potency runes.

By the time I sold all my runes, I had: 122 Essence, 176 Aspect, and 16 Potency (all above my current level).

It's far easier to buy the glyphs than it is to make them.

Pyro117 · July 2015

Violynne wrote: »

I don't know how much time you have invested in it, but if I were you, I'd respec and put the skills somewhere else. Enchanting is the absolute worst skill to work.

The runes are randomized. You're likely to come across Essence and Aspect runes about 75% of the time, and Potency runes 25%. You'll need the Potency runes because you'll run out quickly making glyphs.

Leveling up is going to kill this skill because runes will also level, but you may not have the skills to use them. This is where I was frustrated, and decided to give up. Even as I ran back to find lower-leveled runes, it was much too time consuming to find Potency runes.

By the time I sold all my runes, I had: 122 Essence, 176 Aspect, and 16 Potency (all above my current level).

It's far easier to buy the glyphs than it is to make them.

Yes, It is the most frustrating thing to level up. However I can create better runes than I can buy in the stores. I also decon everything I get and I have a few friends sending me their unwanted glyphs (because you get nothing for selling them). Lastly, I try to find folks working on this skill as well and trade glyphs of the same caliber with them (green for green, etc...)

Decon another toons created glyph is a lot better experience. Honestly though I found that the armor glyphs really don't make that much of a difference - I rarely use them any more and moved to creating new armor every 2 levels. I will probably go back to using them once I hit VR ranks where I won't be creating armor very frequently.

I forgot to mention that I have 3 toons and all glyphs/runes found go to the one toon doing the enchanting skill - still I am level 40 and struggling to get to level 25 in echanting. I am at level 28 in blacksmithing and I don't focus on that skill as much.

Pyro117 · July 2015

Oh and there is an acheivement about creating an legendary glyph and applying it to legondary gear. Gotta catch em all...