Consumable crafter Writ bug?

LotusBladedancer · January 2017

Hi, i'm back after a long time absent (due to RL issues) and now I am back I realised I have a lev 50 Alchemist...

I remember doing small quests/jobs from writ boards that were usually placed outside Alchemist shops so as I am fresh back, I thought I would do some again..

Strangely I have been to 3 different cities and none of them have any writs to offer? The boards are there but no option to select a writ - and no writs to select....

Is this a bug? or am I missing something with the few patches I have missed?

UrQuan · January 2017

You've done the crafter certification quests on the character you're checking the boards with? If not go to the fighters guild and mages guild in the first big city for your character's home alliance (Daggerfall for DC, Vulkhel Guard for AD, Davon's Watch for EP).

Danksta · January 2017

Do you have an writ quest that you've already picked from when you previously played?

JKorr · January 2017

The writ boards aren't exactly "outside" the shops. Look around; in Davon's watch, one is near the enchanter's building, the other is near the smith. One board for provisioning, alchemy, and enchanting, and one for smith/wood/cloth. In Riften one board is near the npc merchants in the center of town, the other is across the canal, outside the mage's guild building.

LotusBladedancer · January 2017

Hi, thanks for the advice... I checked and I had to be 'Certified' ... but i'm 100% certain I was already when I last played..
No real problem, I re certified myself and the writs appeared again :-)

Now it needs me to make a potion from ingredients only obtained from the Imperial City hehe - time to get my ass kicked

Taleof2Cities · January 2017

Now it needs me to make a potion from ingredients only obtained from the Imperial City hehe - time to get my ass kicked

FYI, solvent nodes have been updated in One Tamriel to drop 50% based on character level. Therefore, you can farm solvents anywhere outside of Imperial City too ...

jedtb16_ESO · January 2017

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

Hi, thanks for the advice... I checked and I had to be 'Certified' ... but i'm 100% certain I was already when I last played..
No real problem, I re certified myself and the writs appeared again :-)

Now it needs me to make a potion from ingredients only obtained from the Imperial City hehe - time to get my ass kicked

really?

what are those ingredients?

i ask because i do alchemy on 6 toons and have never needed to go to ic for ingredients.

LotusBladedancer · January 2017

jedtb16_ESO wrote: »

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

Hi, thanks for the advice... I checked and I had to be 'Certified' ... but i'm 100% certain I was already when I last played..
No real problem, I re certified myself and the writs appeared again :-)

Now it needs me to make a potion from ingredients only obtained from the Imperial City hehe - time to get my ass kicked

really?

what are those ingredients?

i ask because i do alchemy on 6 toons and have never needed to go to ic for ingredients.

It was something called an 'Essence of Stamina' potion I needed to make using some solvent called Lokhans tears (not sure of the exact spelling) ..

So a quick google told me I needed to get some of these stones from the IC to buy them ...

JasonSilverSpring · January 2017

You can just find that out in the world in water areas or water bags. Using Tevlar stones is an option for people that mainly PVP, but you can easily farm it.

LotusBladedancer · January 2017

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

You can just find that out in the world in water areas or water bags. Using Tevlar stones is an option for people that mainly PVP, but you can easily farm it.

Where abouts? I'm only Lev 35 so going to top high end areas would be suicide.

UrQuan · January 2017

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

You can just find that out in the world in water areas or water bags. Using Tevlar stones is an option for people that mainly PVP, but you can easily farm it.

Where abouts? I'm only Lev 35 so going to top high end areas would be suicide.

There's no such thing as "top high end areas" anymore. Everything everywhere is scaled to level 50 CP160, and if you're below that you're scaled up to be able to do it.

As far as where Lorkhan's Tears drops, well it drops in every single zone in the game because all crafting mats now scale in all zones. What that means is that when you go to a node that node has a 50% chance of being scaled to your character's level (so in your case you'd get mats of the right level for a level 35 character) and a 50% chance of being scaled to the maximum level your character can craft (so if the writ is asking for a potion that requires Lorkhan's Tears you can craft max-level potions, and you'd have a 50% chance of getting Lorkhan's Tears from any water node). Just look for water skins or for the splashing water areas in rivers.

jedtb16_ESO · January 2017

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

jedtb16_ESO wrote: »

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

Hi, thanks for the advice... I checked and I had to be 'Certified' ... but i'm 100% certain I was already when I last played..
No real problem, I re certified myself and the writs appeared again :-)

Now it needs me to make a potion from ingredients only obtained from the Imperial City hehe - time to get my ass kicked

really?

what are those ingredients?

i ask because i do alchemy on 6 toons and have never needed to go to ic for ingredients.

It was something called an 'Essence of Stamina' potion I needed to make using some solvent called Lokhans tears (not sure of the exact spelling) ..

So a quick google told me I needed to get some of these stones from the IC to buy them ...

if you are lvl 50 and 160+ cp and have maxed alchemy you can pick lorkhans tears up virtually anywhere there is water.

LotusBladedancer · January 2017

UrQuan wrote: »

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

You can just find that out in the world in water areas or water bags. Using Tevlar stones is an option for people that mainly PVP, but you can easily farm it.

Where abouts? I'm only Lev 35 so going to top high end areas would be suicide.

There's no such thing as "top high end areas" anymore. Everything everywhere is scaled to level 50 CP160, and if you're below that you're scaled up to be able to do it.

As far as where Lorkhan's Tears drops, well it drops in every single zone in the game because all crafting mats now scale in all zones. What that means is that when you go to a node that node has a 50% chance of being scaled to your character's level (so in your case you'd get mats of the right level for a level 35 character) and a 50% chance of being scaled to the maximum level your character can craft (so if the writ is asking for a potion that requires Lorkhan's Tears you can craft max-level potions, and you'd have a 50% chance of getting Lorkhan's Tears from any water node). Just look for water skins or for the splashing water areas in rivers.

Ahh, thanks for the information... Seems the 18 months I have been gone have brought in a lot of changes

jedtb16_ESO · January 2017

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

LotusBladedancer wrote: »

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

You can just find that out in the world in water areas or water bags. Using Tevlar stones is an option for people that mainly PVP, but you can easily farm it.

Where abouts? I'm only Lev 35 so going to top high end areas would be suicide.

There's no such thing as "top high end areas" anymore. Everything everywhere is scaled to level 50 CP160, and if you're below that you're scaled up to be able to do it.

As far as where Lorkhan's Tears drops, well it drops in every single zone in the game because all crafting mats now scale in all zones. What that means is that when you go to a node that node has a 50% chance of being scaled to your character's level (so in your case you'd get mats of the right level for a level 35 character) and a 50% chance of being scaled to the maximum level your character can craft (so if the writ is asking for a potion that requires Lorkhan's Tears you can craft max-level potions, and you'd have a 50% chance of getting Lorkhan's Tears from any water node). Just look for water skins or for the splashing water areas in rivers.

Ahh, thanks for the information... Seems the 18 months I have been gone have brought in a lot of changes

one or two....

Cryptical · January 2017

There are no high end areas.

All areas are the same level. Each character is individually battle-scaled up to approximate that level.

Noob characters get a lot of boosting, to compensate for a lack of set gear and lack of skill points. That boost gets smaller and smaller as you level.

It's been said that mid-30's is the sweet spot of most boost while able to have enough skill points to run a build.

starkerealm · January 2017

Cryptical wrote: »

There are no high end areas.

All areas are the same level. Each character is individually battle-scaled up to approximate that level.

Noob characters get a lot of boosting, to compensate for a lack of set gear and lack of skill points. That boost gets smaller and smaller as you level.

It's been said that mid-30's is the sweet spot of most boost while able to have enough skill points to run a build.

Unless they've changed it, stat inflation ends at 34, which is about when you need to start standing on your own.