Where did you find your aetherial dust?

ArchMikem · May 2018

Don't even remember, I've only ever looted one.

Reverb · May 2018

Auridon, grabbing a node by the anchor I was there for. Coldharbour on an alchemy node by the clothing survey I was doing. Cyrodiil on a silk node I grabbed while running away from Roe.

ChunkyCat · May 2018

It magically appeared in my loot bag. Don’t know when or how I got it.

Derp.

Narvuntien · May 2018

On a clothing node in the Shrine to Veloth (Deshaan) on my birthday

N0TPLAYER2 · May 2018

It’s crazy some have found 3, another have found 6/7. I feel I definitely should have found one with the amount of farming I do.

Anyone ever have one drop from a survey?

Hippie4927 · May 2018

Just found another one this morning in a rubedite node in Mournhold, close to the writ turn in location.

Aebaradath · May 2018

Stros M'kai, right outside the gate.

PureEnvelope35 · May 2018

I didn't

josiahva · May 2018

I have found a couple in alchemy nodes in Deshaan

edopey · May 2018

Grahtwood.
The runestone near the undaunted enclave.

DamenAJ · May 2018

N0TPLAYER2 wrote: »

DamenAJ wrote: »

I've gotten ONE aetherial dust ever. And it was in a treasure chest in bal foyen on my random low level farming alt....

In a chest? Are you sure? I thought only from nodes. Interesting if correct.

It was definitely from a chest, I actually thought they only came from chests because of that incident... It was probably like a year ago though. I don't know if the timeline matters, but yeah...

Nestor · May 2018

You mean people actually find the Dust?

I am a farming fool and have yet to see this. The only thing I farm more of is mobs and I have yet to get a Cypher either.

VoodooPlatypus · May 2018

One that I remember was an enchanting rune in Bangkorai.

xilfxlegion · May 2018

one in stone falls and one in alik'r desert

RANKK7 · May 2018

N0TPLAYER2 wrote: »

Anyone ever have one drop from a survey?

Not me, never from a survey.

Mureel · May 2018

Hippie4927 wrote: »

First one was in Vvardenfell and, just the other day, I found one in Bal Foyen.

They are not meant to drop in Vvardenfel.

Mureel · May 2018

it seems like they drop most in noobie areas xD Maybe ZOS' way of bankrolling them if they put in any effort lol

Kingslayer513 · May 2018

I've found 3 and I barely even farm. In fact, none of the 3 were from when I was farming anyways.

All 3 were just from grabbing nodes in between questing or whatever. One was in Rivenspire for sure, one was in Bleakrock iirc. I forget where my first one came from (Alik'r maybe?), but I'll always remember the context. It was the very first day they were introduced to the game, and I hadn't been keeping up with the patch notes so I had no idea what it was. I asked around in game and got no answers, so I sold it in zone chat for 20k thinking it was similar rarity to potent nirncrux. I later found out that people were selling them on day 1 for up to 1 mil gold... I sure did feel stupid after that.

Kuramas9tails · May 2018

In my dreams.

:'(

Merlin13KAGL · May 2018

Absolutely no idea.

I didn't even know I had one until I noticed it in my craft bag one day. Perhaps a pixie truly did place it there?

AndyMac · May 2018

I have two.

I spent quite a few hours "farming" these when the first dropped in the game. That resulted in me getting zero.

So I gave up.

A guildie was saying they wouldn't sleep until they got the cipher and a dust. I never did find out whether they survived.

The first one I got was from a flower node near Tarlain Heights dolmen. With a lady's smock. About a year ago. On a Thursday. Not that it was memorable or anything.

The second was from a ore node in Reapers.

I am happy with two so I have given up again.

ssewallb14_ESO · May 2018

Greenshade.

Shawn_PT · May 2018

There is definitely something about starter zones or new characters about it. The first one I got was on the alchemy node next to the Dalmora wayshrine in Bal Foyen. Saw a flower, made a detour, got a dust. I got another some time later, don't recall where.

However, on my NA account which had only a handful of hours on it, was looking for some flowers for my first daily writ, bam. Dust found in Bal Foyen.

lardvader · May 2018

Bleakrock, Malabal Tor, Glenumbra and Stonefalls. Total of four, all of them within 3 months. Dropped from different types of nodes.

Stinkyremy · May 2018

Never found one.
To add to this, I find that the trophies needed for the in game achievements drop frequently on low level chars, but I rarely get them on my main. So possibly it could be the same with atherial dust and the cypher.

GabiAlex · May 2018

Greenshade, harvested a random ancestor silk while chatting with a friend. That was an unexpected beautiful surprise.

LadyLethalla · May 2018

I found two of my three in Rivenspire. Can't remember where I found the other but I've doubtless got a screenshot of the momentous occasion. xD

vrine · May 2018

1st. Crag on a herb, 2nd. Crag on an ore, 3rd. Eastmarch on an ore.

Hippie4927 · May 2018

Mureel wrote: »

Hippie4927 wrote: »

First one was in Vvardenfell and, just the other day, I found one in Bal Foyen.

They are not meant to drop in Vvardenfel.

TBH, I was farming in Vvardenfell when I discovererd it in my craft bag but it could have been there from before Vvardenfell so I'm not 100% certain where it came from. I thought Vvardenfell but if they don't drop there, then it must have been from somewhere else.

MornaBaine · May 2018

Found mine on the first of Never. And I harvest pretty regularly. Good thing we can just buy leveling scrolls in the cash shop, right?