Maximizing loot from daily writs

chiftie · August 2020

I am doing daily writs for all seven professions on all 9 of my characters. I want to know what I can do to get the best loot per writ. I understand that gold per writ is tied to the level of the character. But is the quality of the loot tied to anything? Do I have a better chance at getting goodies with a higher skill level?

Minyassa · August 2020

You get better xp and a greater monetary reward from turning in the writ quests. I'm not sure if it improves the quality of your loot rewards, I know it *used* to. It does affect the level of the recipes you receive. I'll pay closer attention to my few that aren't maxed when I do writs later, but I know that most of mine are maxed and I do expect regular gold mats from them. Also, the more recipes you *know* the better your chance of getting master writs to drop, and the more motifs you know.

tmbrinks · August 2020

You can go to the spreadsheet in my signature, as it has a very detailed list of what and how to maximize writ profits.

In short. Do writs with maximum passives (10/10 for WW/Cloth/BS/Ench, 8/8 for alch, 5/5 for jewelry) Provisioning you can really do on any level you want, doesn't much matter.

The value in writs is in the gold improvement materials you get. At level 1 it's about a 3% drop rate. At max level, it's about 30%.

To increase master writs.

WW/BS/Cloth - research all traits, learn full, complete, purple motifs (in-game only)
Jewelry - research all traits
Alchemy - learn all traits
Enchanting - translate all runes
Provisioning - learn purple and gold recipes