lowest level crafting mats

Baconlad · November 2015

Hey everyone, just curious to know where the lowest level mats are BEST farmed. I am trying to farm for yellow upgrade mats, and would like to know where I can best do that on EP side

whyB · November 2015

starter locations I would imagine.

newtinmpls · November 2015

I hate farming. I hate it on personal and cultural and moral and ethical levels.

Rabidly.

That being said, try the starter islands. Probably because they are set up for a plethera of newbies, they tend to have pretty decent supplies of nodes. Wander around a lot.

Jayne_Doe · November 2015

For EP, I found more mats farming in Bal Foyen than I did on Bleakrock Isle. Bal Foyen's a bit smaller area and isn't as mountainous, so is easier to get around to the various nodes.

If you're wanting yellow upgrade mats, then you need to be sure you have your extraction skill maxed out; otherwise, you won't refine any.

Nestor · November 2015

Zone 1 will have the lowest chance to find the nodes, simply because everyone at the lowest levels are broke, so they are all farming. The Starter Islands have a better chance of getting mat nodes simply because not as many people go back to farm those.

However there are a lot of people who have low level mules and alts that have hirelings just for the Tempers and hence get lots of excess low level mats, me being one of them. So I sell all mine in Guild Kiosks. So, I would suggest you shop for them there. A 100 stack will be more than enough for any armor you would make, a 50 stack would cover any weapons for your time at those levels.

newtinmpls · November 2015

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

For EP, I found more mats farming in Bal Foyen than I did on Bleakrock Isle. .

It was the reverse for me - except for jute which stands out like a sore thumb against the volcanic areas.

But both are starter areas, so they tend to be rich - just luck of the draw/day which is better

Aelthwyn · November 2015

In my experience I've found Bleakrock to be great for farming because everything stands out well against the white snow, it's almost like having keen eye. I mainly just make circuits around the coastline of the main and small island, and there are a number of chests along the way too. There are a few sections where you can't follow the coast because of slaughterfish but in general staying on the outer edge of things there's hardly anything to fight except the occasional wolf or polar bear so there's little to slow you down.

In the Aldmeri dominion Khenarthi's roost is great for chests, wood, waterskins, and iron ore around the coast. Jute and runes you have to wander around the interior for more. Auridon looks beautiful but it seems very barren of harvestables so I rarely bother to try farming there.

I haven't found any particularly great spot in the Daggerfall Covenant, Betnikh's alright, and Glenumbra. I think there's more wolves and bandits close to nodes in glenumbra than betnikh though which makes it a little slower there. The western coast of Stross M'kai has a fair amount of ore and stuff along the rocks, the center desert area is pretty barren, or at least the nodes seem more spread out so it feels less profitable to me.