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Molag_Crow
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Hey. Throughout the months of playing, I've only focused on Blacksmithing, Woodworking, Clothing and Enchanting so I left provisioning and alchemy alone, and I'm seeing why that's a bad idea, especially without the right food.

If I work on my provisioning (I have 100+ recipes learned including a few epic ones) but the things that put me off is the fact that you need stuff like frost mirriam to make the 3 stat food... I have no idea how to get that and I always have only around 20k-50k gold so I can't afford to buy epic food from guild traders etc, i wanted to start making my own... any advice?
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  • Ilsabet
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    Within the first couple days of doing (lowest level) provisioning writs, I've gotten two purple ingredients, including a frost mirriam. So if you're not already doing writs, you definitely want to start. You can even do them on multiple characters and have your main provisioner supply the goods.
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  • Oberon45
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    I am at work now, so I can't check, but I don't think that I have 3/3 and I still get it from time-to-time. Either way going from 26-28 shouldn't take that long. Leveling up provisioning goes quicker than most if not all of the other crafts.
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  • Oberon45
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    Put skill points into the provisioning hireling. They will deliver it every now and again.
  • Molag_Crow
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    @Oberon45 thanks, I'm only 26 provisioning by the way.. so I can't get the hireling til 28, I assume you only get frost mim from 3/3 hireling.
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  • Molag_Crow
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    Ok, thanks got the advice :sunglasses:
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  • SirAndy
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    CrowsDescend wrote: »
    @Oberon45 thanks, I'm only 26 provisioning by the way.. so I can't get the hireling til 28, I assume you only get frost mim from 3/3 hireling.
    You can get it from 2/3 hirelings but the drop rate is higher with 3/3. It also helps a lot if you have more than one character with provisioning leveled.

    All my 8 characters have provisioning level 50 and hirelings at 3/3. It's the best way to rake in the purple mats needed for high level food/drinks.
    :smile:
  • Nestor
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    CrowsDescend wrote: »
    so I can't afford to buy epic food from guild traders etc, i wanted to start making my own... any advice?

    Then make Blue foods and drinks. You can buff two Attributes or Regens, and get more doing so on those Attributes/Regen than the Purple does.

    In the meantime, you should be able to buy the Purple Ingredients for a reasonable amount from Guild Stores, no need to buy the completed foods. On the PC/NA I sell Purple Foods for 699 gold a 10 stack, so those are not really expensive either.

    However even being able to make all the purples I want, I usually use Blue Foods on characters

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  • Thrasher91604
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    I have been doing level 1 provisioning writs for a couple months now on my main, just about every day, and I haven't received a single purple ingredient, nor purple recipe
  • Molag_Crow
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    Hmmmmmm ... well, thanks. I'll give it a shot anyway and stick to blue food for now
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  • Nestor
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    Thrasher91604 wrote: »
    I have been doing level 1 provisioning writs for a couple months now on my main, just about every day, and I haven't received a single purple ingredient, nor purple recipe

    I don't think there are any L1 Recipes (L1 to L15 character) that come in Purple. There are some Blues that go down to character level 10. You need to be doing at least L2 writs to hope to get a Purple Recipe

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  • i3ig_Gun
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    @CrowsDescend

    To level it up quick, using the HIGHEST level provisioning recipe you know, food or drink.

    Most materials can be found in barrels, crates, bags, sacks.

    Its easy to level up for free, just gotta take the time to open up those barrels and crates.

    You can get free frost mirrium and bervez juice from your hierlings and from completeing daily provisioning writs.

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  • Jura23
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    The more I play, the more I think the tri stat food and drinks are overrated. I prefer health + 1 primary stat and I only wish that blue food would last two hours as well.
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  • newtinmpls
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    Jura23 wrote: »
    The more I play, the more I think the tri stat food and drinks are overrated. I prefer health + 1 primary stat and I only wish that blue food would last two hours as well.

    Oddly enough I'm finding that in IC (not regular Cyrodiil) tri-stat drinks are serving me well.
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