Crafting

smitty81rc · April 2014

Okay i want to max out my blacksmith. Does this mean i cant level cooking or Alchemy? Can you only max out one skill set? Sorry new to this. How many skill point can you get?

MaxBat · April 2014

No. It doesn't. You get enough skill points.

You can also reset your skill points for gold if you go to a certain shrine. I had a thought that I'd level up to fifty, while learning all the crafting, then reset and turn that character into my "crafter" by resetting the skill points and getting all the crafting perks.

Haven't tried it yet.

Shimond · April 2014

If you're doing a variety of things (straight leveling, main quests, skyshards, etc) you'll find you have plenty of skill points to do what you want. Unless you want every single thing - then you're out of luck :P

gimmethecreepsb14_ESO · April 2014

You can carry 320 skill points I believe, so you'll have plenty to spare. Crafting abilities don't use up too much skill points. You can probably take a few crafts and max em out if you like.

Thete · April 2014

gimmethecreepsb14_ESO wrote: »

Crafting abilities don't use up too much skill points. You can probably take a few crafts and max em out if you like.

Yeah, I think maxing out the equipment trades (blacksmithing, woodworking and clothing) needs about 24 to max out, and you may not even want all of those. I'm planning on having as many trades on my main as I can sensibly have (whilst also still being useful in a group).

Azzuria · April 2014

Zenimax stated from the outset that there are enough skill points to be good at all the crafts or to master one or two and still have points for combat abilities.

nerevarine1138 · April 2014

Azzuria wrote: »

Zenimax stated from the outset that there are enough skill points to be good at all the crafts or to master one or two and still have points for combat abilities.

Go into the skill calculator. You can max out 2 weapon and 2 class skill lines and also be a master of at least 2 professions (assuming you spend points wisely and don't just throw every point into the tree).

SadisticSavior · April 2014

smitty81rc wrote: »

Okay i want to max out my blacksmith. Does this mean i cant level cooking or Alchemy? Can you only max out one skill set? Sorry new to this. How many skill point can you get?

You can max out all professions if you want. It comes down to how much time and effort you want to put into them.

The only real limit is materials and research time for traits. Research time is capped...you can only research 1 trait at a time per profession, and the time investment gets progressively more expensive after the first trait. Fortunately, it is "real time" so it continues even if you are not logged on.

All professions can advance in parallel though...you don't have to choose one over another. You do need skill points, but you can get these for free via sky shards or through just exploring. You do not need very many skill points though. Mostly Skill points are for making existing crafting easier

Sue_D_Nim · April 2014

"SadisticSavior wrote: »

<snip> Research time is capped...you can only research 1 trait at a time per profession, and the time investment gets progressively more expensive after the first trait. Fortunately, it is "real time" so it continues even if you are not logged on.

If you want to spend the skill points, and provided you've levelled up your crafting enough to unlock the ability, you can research up to 3 traits at once in each of the 3 equipment crafting professions (blacksmithing, woodworking, and clothier). So for an investment of 9 skill points you could potentially research 9 traits at once, if you had that many available.