Provisioning high level recipies (CP150+)

ravenwendigo · April 2017

Hi,

I have a problem with regards to obtaining high level gourmet recipes:
Capon Tomato-Beet Casserole (level 150)
Jugged Rabbit in Preserves (level 150)
Longfin Pasty with Melon Sauce (level 150)
Withered Tree Inn Venison Pot Roast (level 150)
(if i am not mistaken, those are the highest level possible, i don't think there are level 160 recipes)
They were never in drops and I visited many guild sellers to find them, but I couldn't.
I would be grateful if someone suggests what I might do to obtain 1 or 2 of them, thank you.

agn231 · April 2017

While rare, they are occasionally part of the rewards for doing master level writs.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · April 2017

Only thing to do is keep searching the popular vendor spots, you should find 2 - 3 within a week. Right now you can get them in the anniversary gift boxes if you're lucky,... but that ends soon. Doing writs is another way to find them. Also I've noticed high level gourmet recipes can be found in Cryodiil and Craglorn containers and chests. Of course wandering around in Cryodiil and Craglorn has it's own type of risk/reward situation you need to take in account.

Jayne_Doe · April 2017

I got them all by farming the Mages Guild in Orsinium. If you have that DLC, just go into the Mages Quarters and steal to your heart's content. There are no NPCs in there, so you don't have to worry about getting caught, and there are quite a number of furniture containers in there. Plus, you'll have other stolen items you can fence.

EDIT: Another place you can farm is the Hollow City - all the containers are unowned there. About 25% of the time, you will get recipes that used to drop for that zone (lv 35-50, I think), but 75% of the time you will get CP 150 recipes.

Reivax · April 2017

I am constantly searching guild stores for recipes. I've seen the Capon one for sale more than any others. I have never seen the Jugged rabbit one, though I have it on my main - no clue where I picked it up.

agn231 wrote: »

While rare, they are occasionally part of the rewards for doing master level writs.

Not me... I typically receive as a reward the very recipe I just made to get the reward

Jayne_Doe · April 2017

It's harder to get CP150 purple recipes from the writ rewards since:

1) You only get Tier 6 writs 50% of the time. The other 50% are Tier 5 writs, which provide CP100 recipes.

2) The writ recipes (e.g. Markarth Mead) are still in the loot table for CP150 writ rewards. For all other tiers, the recipes required for the writs were removed when they added them on the Grocer/Brewer NPC vendors.

So, you have more green recipes clogging the loot table and you only get the CP150 writs 50% of the time.

Capsaica · April 2017

I believe I got the venison pot roast recipe several weeks ago, perhaps as a writ reward...I can't honestly remember for sure. My provisioner, sadly, did not get to add that to his collection as I greedily put that sucker up for sale almost immediately.

I saw that as a way to make gold and to help my more OCD completionist ESO fellow travelers out by sharing. Mainly to make gold.

So, to be sure, the more rare recipes are certainly available. I highly recommend searching through lots of different guild traders if you really need to get a specific recipe or to complete a collection. Depending on RNG will take you a long time, most certainly.

Edited to correct the recipe name.

Jayne_Doe · April 2017

The prices for these have skyrocketed, though, so be prepared to spend some hard-earned gold if you go the trader route. Start by setting a price you're willing to spend, and then shop around. If you can't find ANY at that price point, then you'll need to adjust it.

However, follow some of the suggestions for farming and you may find one that way, which would save you some gold.

Asardes · April 2017

From what I've seen those are not that rare. By far the rarest are the mid level ones. Because the way they drop. Once you level your provisioning skill the lower level ones will drop far less so few people find them.

Nestor · April 2017

Back when Wrothgar came out, those recipes dropped like candy at a parade. They were selling cheap, in particular the Capon one sold for 500 Gold for months. However in the last 6 months, even doing Tier 6 Prov Writs on 4 characters, I have not seen a Purple Recipe from a Provisioning Writ.

I have picked up a couple from random containers or mob loot though.

Jayne_Doe · April 2017

Nestor wrote: »

Back when Wrothgar came out, those recipes dropped like candy at a parade. They were selling cheap, in particular the Capon one sold for 500 Gold for months. However in the last 6 months, even doing Tier 6 Prov Writs on 4 characters, I have not seen a Purple Recipe from a Provisioning Writ.

I have picked up a couple from random containers or mob loot though.

Nestor, I agree that they seem to be dropping less now. I think that is, in part, due to the fact that we only get Tier 6 writs half the time. The other half we get the stupid Tier 5 writs that reward CP100 recipes.

ravenwendigo · April 2017

Thank you guys!! Really appreciate your input. I will try farming and keep a lookout at the guild traders just in case.

Thanks again!

Taleof2Cities · April 2017

ravenwendigo wrote: »

Thank you guys!! Really appreciate your input. I will try farming and keep a lookout at the guild traders just in case.

Thanks again!

Don't forget to open as many anniversary boxes as you can.

I received a purple Imperial Stuffed Piglet recipe today in one of the boxes (that one is a rare CP50).

AntMan100673 · April 2017

The purple recipes aren't that rare, just keep doing provisioning writs and you'll get them. Now the blues in the 20's and 30's that's a different story.

I think the way it works is rng decides if you get green, blue or purple and then a separate rng roll decides which recipe you get from that colour.

Even though you don't get purples very often because there aren't that many different ones its not too bad to get them all. There are similar numbers of greens and blues, because you get greens most often you can get all of them without too much grief. With the blues you don't get them very often plus there are a lot of different ones so getting a particular one you want is hard. Apart from mythic ambrosia and the ambrosia recipe you can buy with master writs I'm only missing 2 recipes, both blue level 30.