Purple ingredients

whyB · July 2015

I am not looking to sell via the forums or anything like that, I know it is against the rules. My question is, how much are the purple provisioning ingredients selling for in guild stores on XB1, NA, AD? Have you sold any (if so, at what price)?
I've checked all of the guild stores that I am apart of. I did not see any Frost Mirriam listed for sale... I did see (only a handful) of Bervez Juice listed, but the prices were all over the place.
I am also interested to know, how rare these items are. I'm currently only level 30 with provisioning at level 32. I do plan on leveling ALL of my professions (doing them all as I level and enter new zones - for writ purposes). I got 3 frost mirriams and 3 bervez juices in a hireling (1 skill point in hireling for provisioning), is it worth saving these 3 for later in the game?
In my opinion I am at a crossroad. I need the gold to continue and max out all of my bag space, but I don't want to screw my self in the long run and REALLY need these ingredients if the RNG is terrible.

Leandor · July 2015

They are not that rare. I have one maxed provisioner, and between writs and hireling, I never run out of these even with 3 "users".

That said, endgame currently sees blue food be actually more efficient than purple food, since the current meta is to specialize on one attribute (either stamina or magicka), which stat wise is higher on blues while still providing the necessary health boost. As to regeneration (drinks), it is basically the same except that stam/mag regeneration is mostly used since health regen only really shines on tanky builds with lots of health and defensive options.

whyB · July 2015

Okay, that is really good to know. Thank you! I feel better about trying to sell them now then, since I may have a surplus later and really need the bag space now. Thanks again!

Any ideas on price?

Leandor · July 2015

None... have never sold it.

Also keep in mind that both are used in the Ambrosia recipe, once it comes to console. I personally don't use it, but if you want to have this experience bonus boost, you should NOT sell it.

Tbh, you will make faster and more money by stealing (not pickpocketing!) stuff and selling it to a fence.

whyB · July 2015

Leandor wrote: »

Also keep in mind that both are used in the Ambrosia recipe, once it comes to console. I personally don't use it, but if you want to have this experience bonus boost, you should NOT sell it.

Ah, a potential gotcha. Thanks, I didn't realize that would come into play!

Leandor · July 2015

You're welcome

Just thought of it right now, sorry that I didn't have it in the initial answer...

I_killed_Vivec · July 2015

They stack to 200 so don't take up too much space.

I've never sold any either, the drop rate isn't good enough (and I'm a bit of a hoarder).

If you feel you really do need slot space and gold then a compromise might be worthwhile - Mirriam is for food to boost current stats, Bervez is for drinks to boost regen. You can only use on or the other (the effects don't stack) so you could think about keeping one and selling the other.

Until you get more bank slots than you need and have gold coming out of your ears:)

Nestor · July 2015

I have never sold a Purple Ingredient and never will. They are my Precious.

Panth141 · July 2015

I agree with Nestor - can't bring myself to sell them

Though on PS4 EU Bervez Juice sits around 3000 each - sometimes 3 for 10k