Chance for gold mats from daily crafting writs?

Fugative · May 2020

I've been doing the daily writs for all my characters but I don't know if crafting skill levels affect the chance you get gold mats. I've seen conflicting information from a few posts and I'd like to verify. So for example if I level my Tailoring skill to level 10, will it give me a higher chance to get Dreugh Wax?

lillybit · May 2020

There's a higher chance with higher writs level, so not so much your crafting level but how many skillpoints you've put in

TechnoDreamVision · May 2020

from tmbrinks' post

For Woodworking/Blacksmithing/Clothing,

The odds of getting a gold improvement material goes up significantly as you move up the tiers. (I've found it's about 3% at tier 1, up to 30% at tier 10)
The odds of getting a survey are constant at about 12.5% regardless of level
Master writs ONLY drop at max tier (tier 10)

For Jewelry

Max tier writs have a guaranteed grain drop, weighted towards Iridium/Zircon/Chromium, lower levels still drop but weighted more towards Terne/Iridium and at a lower drop rate. I have not done enough testing to determine those drop rates, as max tier jewelry writs are VERY profitable if you sell the platings/grains
Survey rate is still constant at 12.5%, regardless of level
Master writs ONLY drop at max tier (tier 5) (this is not really that meaningful, since JC master writs are pretty useless)

* I read that it is for jewelry 20% chance to get a gold material as a reward when you are at max level.
* I think doing Blue JC master writ only (26-30 vouchers a pop) is good. Use it to buy furniture plan; 50/50 chance getting a rare purple plan that is worth thousands of gold. Purple and Gold JC master writs are not cost effective.

Nestor · May 2020

Fugative wrote: »

So for example if I level my Tailoring skill to level 10, will it give me a higher chance to get Dreugh Wax?

Yes.

But, if you don't have the Skill Points to spend on a leveled Alt, still do the writs as you can buy the tempers with the gold you make. Doing all 7 Writs could get you enough Gold to buy one Wax each day even at Tier 1 with current prices. Two Alts for sure. Run 10 or 12 through the Writs, you could buy enough Wax in one day to upgrade one item.

tmbrinks · May 2020

TechnoDreamVision wrote: »

from tmbrinks' post

For Woodworking/Blacksmithing/Clothing,

The odds of getting a gold improvement material goes up significantly as you move up the tiers. (I've found it's about 3% at tier 1, up to 30% at tier 10)
The odds of getting a survey are constant at about 12.5% regardless of level
Master writs ONLY drop at max tier (tier 10)

For Jewelry

Max tier writs have a guaranteed grain drop, weighted towards Iridium/Zircon/Chromium, lower levels still drop but weighted more towards Terne/Iridium and at a lower drop rate. I have not done enough testing to determine those drop rates, as max tier jewelry writs are VERY profitable if you sell the platings/grains
Survey rate is still constant at 12.5%, regardless of level
Master writs ONLY drop at max tier (tier 5) (this is not really that meaningful, since JC master writs are pretty useless)

* I read that it is for jewelry 20% chance to get a gold material as a reward when you are at max level.
* I think doing Blue JC master writ only (26-30 vouchers a pop) is good. Use it to buy furniture plan; 50/50 chance getting a rare purple plan that is worth thousands of gold. Purple and Gold JC master writs are not cost effective.

Yup, that's correct

Jewelry at max tier is closer to
10% Terne
35% Iridium
30% Zircon
25% Chromium

as to which one of the 4 you're going to get.

But, because you can get double grains, and sometimes even a full plating, the EFFECTIVE drop rate is closer to
12% Terne
40% Iridium
35% Zircon
30% Chromium

EvilAutoTech · May 2020

I hardly ever get Iridium. I have less of that than zircon or chromium. I do crafting writs on at least 8 characters every day.

Fugative · May 2020

Thank you very much for all your help