In this case I suspect someone else spawned the rubedite and removed a furnishing mat from the node, leaving the high-level ore that you found. I believe it’s the same principle as chests: if someone else opens a chest with a max-level character and leaves a piece of gear in there, that gear will still be max level regardless of the level or CP of the next player who came across the unlocked chest.

SirAndy wrote: »

Zones will drop about 50% mats that are at your characters crafting skill points level and the other 50% will be at the zone's level (which are now all CP160).

So, about half of the ore you find should be rubedite and the other half should match your skill points spent in Metalworking.

I was under the impression that it was 50% your character’s overall level and 50% your character’s rank in the crafting passive (1-10 for blacksmithing). That’s been exactly my experience in doing surveys and such: 3 nodes will match my character’s level and the other 3 will match their crafting rank. I certainly have never seen a max-tier mat of any kind, including rubedite, on a low-level toon without the respective crafting passive maxed. Zones do not seem to have levels for these purposes any longer.

Edited for grammar.

This happened today with a level 40 something apprentice. The node was clearly green but produced only the red stuff. The apprentice is level 50 in blacksmithing but has almost no points allocated to the skill.

Khajiit just assumed the very rocks of the island were entering into the spirit of the season yes.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

CP160 players take the regulus and jewelry crafting mats but leave the rubedite ore. I think it is more common right now because a lot of max level players are in Betnikh for New Life daily quest.