Hello All,

I was trying to answer a crafting question for a player and thought I had the answer, but my attempt to verify in-game gave a strange result.

The question was why the player was still receiving "Level 5 Rewards" (their description) from a MAX Level Normal Writ in BS-WW-Cloth.
Before confirming an answer I wanted to check in-game unless something had changed.

My hunch was that they simply didn't have the full 10/10 Material Passive even though their Craft Skill was 50. That should have precluded them even receiving a Max Level X Writ. The only other option, that I didn't remember being in play, was that a Writ Reward item level could also be set by Character Level, the same as Loot Drops.

So the questions are:

Q. Is the Normal Writ reward Item-level ever set by character level in anyone's experience? Or has anyone else seen this issue as an occasional glitch?

Q. Are Writ Reward Item level stats random and not set according to the Displayed Base Item level (CP150/160)? Some of the CP150 items below have CP160 stats, unless UESP needs a minor update.

And below, the test results (Live, Current patch, NA):

First Test, Level 21 Character, BS-WW-Cloth Skill Level 50, 10/10 All Material Passives. Writs Completed with Dolgubon's Lazy Writ Crafter. I do have some Item Stat Addons but the results are within norms except where noted.

Received all 3 Max Level Writs, Items crafted all Rubedite/Ancestor Silk



Turn-in received all Level X Crafting Case/Satchel/Crate:


Clothier and Woodworker writs rewarded CP150 items, L50 Unwearable. But note the Armor Stats are actually CP160 if UESP is up to date.
http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Ancestor_Silk_Armor
http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Shields)



But Blacksmith rewarded L21, but notice the stats represent CP160 item (http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Rubedite_Armor). If it is actually L21, the max Armor should be between 378-410 (http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Steel_Armor) shouldn't it?
I don't remember Gear being Battle-Leveled like stats, unless I missed that patch note.


If I move those Gauntlets to an actual CP160+ Character they revert to Steel Armor Stat Range. If I move them back to L21 they revert to L21/1210.


I duplicated the test on another L14 Character, but they received a CP160 Item in BS. L50 Unwearable. And again showing CP160 stat instead of CP150.


I also moved the L21 character CP150 Robe to my CP160+ Character just to make sure it wasn't a L21 actual item with a different tooltip glitch but it remained CP150/1204. When I put it back on the L21, it reverts to 1220.


This was too convoluted to try bugging in-game so I brought it here for any insights and whether it might be a serious issue that we need to get to ZOS for a fix.