How long does it take to unlock Hermaeus Mora?

Seraphayel · February 23

Title. I really like the deck and I’m thinking about unlocking it, but if this is down to hours and hours of grinding Infinite Archives, I really don’t wanna do it.

Can someone who already unlocked it tell me how much time it took you to unlock all the pieces to get the deck?

Veinblood1965 · February 23

I got it rather quickly, on the first few bosses in the first Arc after I'd say about the 4th time I ran it i had all three. Take about 10 to 15 minutes tops to run the first Arc depending on your build.

Necrotech_Master · February 23

less than a week of running the archive, but i was running it a lot (4+ hours a day when it first released)

i didnt find the deck fragments to be too difficult to get as drops, it seemed to come faster than the other collectibles

LunaFlora · February 23

took me a day or two i think.
i got them super fast so it's hard to remember

Seraphayel · March 1

So just to make this clear: what exactly do I have to do? I just have one character that made it to 50 and I’m trying to get the Endless Archive quest done, but I usually die at the third or fourth boss in the first act (get third or fourth Nymon, I simply can’t do it).

Is it enough to just repeat stage 1 and 2 again and again for the drops? Because I think I killed about 10-15 bosses and haven’t gotten one single fragment for Mora yet and I’m already sick and tired of doing this *** to get the patron. And I need four different fragments from bosses. This might be my most miserable ESO experience yet because of how unfun it is.

Necrotech_Master · March 1

the fragments from mora i think can drop from anything, though if i remember i tended to get most of them from the same stuff the leads came from (bonus portals, scamps, marauders), though since there are 5 fragments in the deck, i wouldnt be surprised if 1 comes from each reward location, since its unlikely you will get 2 different fragment drops at the same time

cycle boss
tho'at
marauder
scamp
bonus portal

DenverRalphy · March 1

I got all my fragments from the Portal to the Unknown chests.

Seraphayel · March 3

No idea what I’m doing wrong or if I’m just unlucky, after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over (I can’t even finish the quest to kill Thoat), I still haven’t got one single fragment from the Infinite Archive (besides the one I can buy for 3000 coins). I really like the patron, but this is incredibly annoying and getting on my nerves because Infinite Archive for me is the epitome of un-fun.

joergino · March 3

Seraphayel wrote: »

No idea what I’m doing wrong or if I’m just unlucky, after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over (I can’t even finish the quest to kill Thoat), I still haven’t got one single fragment from the Infinite Archive (besides the one I can buy for 3000 coins). I really like the patron, but this is incredibly annoying and getting on my nerves because Infinite Archive for me is the epitome of un-fun.

Same here.

DragonRacer · March 3

A friend of mine got them all in like a week, meanwhile it took me a good couple of weeks. All of mine (aside from the one you buy) always came from chests, either after a cycle boss or from completing one of those Forgotten side room things. I just re-ran Arc 1 over and over because at the time I was not skilled enough to go further in the Arcs with just a companion (versus having a real player to help me along).

spartaxoxo · March 3

The side objectives (portals and marauders) and the little mini mob that spawns next to the cycle boss (the pilferer) are the main sources of extra drops including leads, furniture, and clues.

Seraphayel · March 3

spartaxoxo wrote: »

The side objectives (portals and marauders) and the little mini mob that spawns next to the cycle boss (the pilferer) are the main sources of extra drops including leads, furniture, and clues.

The thing is, I've gotten plenty of leads already (even the legendary one), but not one single fragment for Mora.

SilverBride · March 3

Seraphayel wrote: »

...after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over...

Are you just doing the first 3 stages then resetting?

DenverRalphy · March 3

Seraphayel wrote: »

No idea what I’m doing wrong or if I’m just unlucky, after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over (I can’t even finish the quest to kill Thoat), I still haven’t got one single fragment from the Infinite Archive (besides the one I can buy for 3000 coins). I really like the patron, but this is incredibly annoying and getting on my nerves because Infinite Archive for me is the epitome of un-fun.

I'm assuming you're running solo with a companion. Tho'at in the first arc is easy if you bring Azandar as your companion. Fill his skills with his damage shield and heal skills, and he'll tank for you all day long against Tho'at. For the first Arc anyway. All you gotta do is avoid the lasers, kill any blobs/adds, and dps on Tho'at.

spartaxoxo · March 3

Honestly any tank companion works well. I use Bastian and Isobel depending on my mood and both do great.

NoSoup · March 3

For me it was super quick, when you're on the boss fights really watch out for the little scamp/treasure men things. I got two of the required deck pieces from one.

Of the 5 fragments 3 came from scamps (two dropped at the same time) 1 from killing a marurda and the other one is purchased from one of the venders in there.

DragonRacer · March 3

I’m on mobile so I can’t see if it’s in your signature, but what platform/server are you on, OP? I’m not the world’s strongest player, but if you’re PS NA we can try to run some duos in there doing all the Forgotten side rooms and trying to get you further Arcs in so we can hit treasure scamps and Marauders too (both of which only start spawning Arc 2 and beyond) if schedules align?

Seraphayel · March 3

SilverBride wrote: »

Seraphayel wrote: »

...after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over...

Are you just doing the first 3 stages then resetting?

Yeah, I’m resetting because I need to after running out of threads. On PlayStation I just have one character at level 50 (which got there a week ago), the gear is not the worst, but I’m still getting killed at the third or fourth boss, depending which one I get. I simply don’t want to continue this anyway, I hate this type of content, I’m solely running this to unlock the patron. And if that works in the first three stages, I’m totally fine with just doing them. I don’t need to make unfun content even more stressful, lol.

Those scamps only appear in higher difficulties or are they part of a bonus I can select after finishing stages?

@DragonRacer Thank you for the offer, unfortunately I’m playing PS/EU.

DragonRacer · March 3

The scamps only appear on cycle bosses past Arc 1/first Tho’at fight

NoSoup · March 3

Seraphayel wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Seraphayel wrote: »

...after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over...

Are you just doing the first 3 stages then resetting?

Yeah, I’m resetting because I need to after running out of threads. On PlayStation I just have one character at level 50 (which got there a week ago), the gear is not the worst, but I’m still getting killed at the third or fourth boss, depending which one I get. I simply don’t want to continue this anyway, I hate this type of content, I’m solely running this to unlock the patron. And if that works in the first three stages, I’m totally fine with just doing them. I don’t need to make unfun content even more stressful, lol.

Those scamps only appear in higher difficulties or are they part of a bonus I can select after finishing stages?

@DragonRacer Thank you for the offer, unfortunately I’m playing PS/EU.

I'm pretty sure the scamps appear on any difficulty but only on the boss fights, they can just be hard to spot when you are on a boss fight and they don't stay around for very long. If magic spec a lightning + oakensoul build with high armor should get you through the first arc. If stamina try duel wield with heartland conqueor (crafted set) nirn on first dagger and precise or sharpen on 2nd and a bow or inferno staff with a "weakening" glyph on the back and good old pale order ring.

The Maruradas or whatever they're called don't start spawning until the 2nd arc. I don't know if a specific fragment only drops from them, all I know is 1 of the 5 I got came from one.

Seraphayel · March 3

My biggest problem in the Infinite Archive honestly is the clusterf* of effects. I‘m playing on console on a 75“ screen and most times I don’t see anything. That I’m playing an Arcanist for the moment doesn’t help either. My last boss was the Nereid and it was horrible, I needed to decide to either get her or the ground effects in sight, both was impossible due to how big she was and that she was flying. Really terrible experience with the excessive AoEs bosses throw around.

SilverBride · March 4

Seraphayel wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

Seraphayel wrote: »

...after spending hours and hours doing the first three stages over and over...

Are you just doing the first 3 stages then resetting?

Yeah, I’m resetting because I need to after running out of threads.

I wish you were on my server and I'd gladly run you through, too.

One thing that helped me a LOT was looking up a good build and gear, and also setting up Azandar with a tanking build. I am playing a Heavy Attack Sorcerer in Heavy Armor and it is great for survivability, which is a must in there.

Seraphayel · March 7

So, running this sh*t for a week now, 1-2 hours per day killing about 10 bosses + bonus objective chests and I’ve gotten one (!) fragment for Mora out of four. I have no idea if I can or want to continue, it‘s nerve wrecking and so boring / tedious to do. I really hope St. Alessia is unlocked after finishing the main story of Gold Road and not some crap like this peak unfun activity of mindlessly grinding enemies.

Edit: so, after 2.5 hours of more suffering today I just got three fragments (in the 10-15 hours before I basically got zero, nice RNG there) and finally the patron. From this day on I’ll never set a foot into that place ever again. But the patron is worth it.

Jofish · March 11

'So, running this sh*t for a week now, 1-2 hours per day killing about 10 bosses + bonus objective chests and I’ve gotten one (!) fragment for Mora out of four. I have no idea if I can or want to continue, it‘s nerve wrecking and so boring / tedious to do. I really hope St. Alessia is unlocked after finishing the main story of Gold Road and not some crap like this peak unfun activity of mindlessly grinding enemies.

Edit: so, after 2.5 hours of more suffering today I just got three fragments (in the 10-15 hours before I basically got zero, nice RNG there) and finally the patron. From this day on I’ll never set a foot into that place ever again. But the patron is worth it. "

So, in order to get the "final" upgrade card you'll have to finish the first quest. But, I agree, there is no other reason I would ever step foot back in there.