Infinite Archive: Filer Ool and Armor Set drops between July 2 and July 9, 2024

Maitsukas · July 2

This week, Filer Ool will offer the following at the Infinite Archive:

Archival Essay: Northern Elsweyr Treasure Map (2000 Fortunes)
Bound Style Page: Valkyn Skoria's Mask (15000 Fortunes)
Bound Affix Script: Cowardice (10000 or 2000 Fortunes)
- You must complete The Wing of the Netch in the Scribing questline to purchase.
Bound Affix Script: Lifesteal (10000 or 2000 Fortunes)
- You must complete The Wing of the Netch in the Scribing questline to purchase.
- Affix Scripts can alternatively drop from the following:
  - DLC World Event Daily Quest coffers
  - Imperial City Daily Quest coffers
  - Undaunted Delve Daily Quest coffers
Bound Focus Script: Restore Resources (15000 or 3000 Fortunes)
- You must complete The Wing of the Gryphon in the Scribing questline to purchase.
- Focus Scripts can alternatively drop from the following:
  - DLC Delve Daily Quest coffers
  - Rewards for the Worthy coffers
  - Mages Guild Daily Quest coffers
Bound Signature Script: Immobilizing Strike (20000 or 4000 Fortunes)
- You must complete The Wing of the Dragon in the Scribing questline to purchase.
- Signature Scripts can alternatively drop from the following:
  - DLC World Boss Daily Quest coffers
  - Cyrodiil Town Daily Quest coffers
  - Fighters Guild Daily Quest coffers
Companion Equipment: Medium Armor (5000 Fortunes)
Public Dungeon Collectible Fragment: Unearthed Valenwood Seedling (7000 Fortunes)
- 25 of these fragments alongside 25 Lost Graht-Oak Acorns are required for the Graht-Oak Squirrel Pet. Can be consumed and tracked with the Great Oaks from Little Acorns Achievement.
- It can alternatively be collected from random enemies in Gorne (Telvanni Peninsula Public Dungeon).
Infinite Archive Collectible Fragment: Maligraphic Ichor (15000 Fortunes)
ToT Deck: Hero's Almalexia Deck Fragment (7000 Fortunes)
- It can alternatively be collected from the bosses in Gorne and the Underweave (Apocrypha & Telvanni Peninsula Public Dungeons).
Lead: Dark Metal Springs (5000 Fortunes)
- One of the leads for the Glyphic Secrets Music Box.
- It can alternatively be collected from the Thieves Troves and Safeboxes in the Telvanni Peninsula. Its digsite is located in the Telvanni Peninsula.
Lead: Seeker-Sinew Thread (5000 Fortunes)
- One of the leads for the Mora's Whispers Mythic.
- It can alternatively be collected from the Clothier resource nodes in the Deadlands. Its digsite is located in High Isle.
Furnishing: The Doom of the Hushed (1000 Fortunes)
Furnishing: The Waiting Door (1000 Fortunes)

Cycle reward chests will have Armor Sets from the following zones:

Shadowfen
- Hatchling's Shell
- Robes of the Hist
- Swamp Raider
Gold Coast
- Flanking Strategist
- Hide of Morihaus
- Sithis' Touch

LunaFlora · July 2

thanks!

Araneae6537 · July 2

Thank you for your weekly posts!

Yay, two new books for my library!

Syldras · July 2

Thank you! These posts are always really helpful!

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Yay, two new books for my library!

I basically spend all my Archive currency for the weekly 2 books. I'm happy we get "The Waiting Door" this week - that's really a nice one. Now we just need bookshelves with a stacking function.

Necrotech_Master · July 2

the monster style pages have been really nice lol

since archive released my collection of those went from almost none, to about 44%

Araneae6537 · July 2

Syldras wrote: »

Thank you! These posts are always really helpful!

Araneae6537 wrote: »

Yay, two new books for my library!

I basically spend all my Archive currency for the weekly 2 books. I'm happy we get "The Waiting Door" this week - that's really a nice one. Now we just need bookshelves with a stacking function.

I don’t think so, especially when the axis is placed correctly in the book and if you’re using a built-in or furnishing bookshelf that lets you easily select and adjust placement of the books. How books are placed on the bookshelf, how they are lined up or not, how they are arranged, all say much about the owner as much as the selection… Or maybe I am just obsessed with books!

(Edited because there’s a limit to how much weirdness I’m allowed per post

)

MafiaCat115 · July 2

As a note to anyone having trouble buying "The Waiting Door" book, there are actually at least two books called "The Waiting Door", one in Vvardenfell and one in the Telvanni Peninsula (in the inn where the inn room is).

They are two different books but are spelt the same way. It took me a bit to figure out why I couldn't buy it even though it was in my Eidetic Memory.

Syldras · July 2

MafiaCat115 wrote: »

As a note to anyone having trouble buying "The Waiting Door" book, there are actually at least two books called "The Waiting Door", one in Vvardenfell and one in the Telvanni Peninsula (in the inn where the inn room is).
They are two different books but are spelt the same way. It took me a bit to figure out why I couldn't buy it even though it was in my Eidetic Memory.

Yeah, I just found out that the one Ool offers is not the one I expected. I thought of this one from Vvardenfell:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Waiting_Door
He offers this new one from Necrom, though:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Waiting_Door_(Necrom)
I mean, I'm not bothered, it's still nice for my collection. But it's unfortunate that ZOS didn't check whether the name was already used when naming the new one.

Araneae6537 · July 2

Syldras wrote: »

MafiaCat115 wrote: »

As a note to anyone having trouble buying "The Waiting Door" book, there are actually at least two books called "The Waiting Door", one in Vvardenfell and one in the Telvanni Peninsula (in the inn where the inn room is).
They are two different books but are spelt the same way. It took me a bit to figure out why I couldn't buy it even though it was in my Eidetic Memory.

Yeah, I just found out that the one Ool offers is not the one I expected. I thought of this one from Vvardenfell:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Waiting_Door
He offers this new one from Necrom, though:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_Waiting_Door_(Necrom)
I mean, I'm not bothered, it's still nice for my collection. But it's unfortunate that ZOS didn't check whether the name was already used when naming the new one.

I got confused by this too! Well, as on Earth, on Tamriel, the same title may be used for many books, but searching ones Eidetic Memory should bring up both entries — that and/or all books should be listed with title AND attributed author.

It would be awesome to have the book from Vivec’s library as well, and also the new lore books from the prologue quests!

Syldras · July 2

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I don’t think so, especially when the axis is placed correctly in the book and if you’re using a built-in or furnishing bookshelf that lets you easily select and adjust placement of the books.

When and if

There are some (older) bookshelves where you can't even activate the books anymore after they've been placed. And then some books do rotate weirdly. I'll admit it, I'm a bit lazy, especially when it comes to placing dozens of books.

Although that's a problem by itself: You can't even build a big private library within your home because of the item limit. I think I'd even be fine with (as an option, not replacing the old ones!) bookshelves that function as containers, that have a standard look and show the books you put in it as a list (and then, of course, not counting for the furniture item limit). Of course having an individual design and being able to read the books would be the best, but if I'd have to decide for just one, I'd prefer having a big selection to read.

Araneae6537 wrote: »

How books are placed on the bookshelf, how they are lined up or not, how they are arranged, all say much about the owner as much as the selection… Or maybe I am just obsessed with books!

In ESO, I don't care that much, but in real life, I agree. Although I have to admit that my personal stacking principle in real life is efficiency: As many books as possible on as little room as neccessary - although that's mostly due to the fact that I just have to be considerate with the space I have

Other than that, I sort my 3 main interests seperately (if anyone cares: art books, history books, and my weird special interest - everything about cemeteries, sepulchral culture, funerary rites and mourning traditions), and the rest by century (although, to be fair, I don't have that much from before 1800 - a few things, but from 1850 on it gets cramped). And within the centuries, I sort alphabetically by the author's name.

Araneae6537 wrote: »

(Edited because there’s a limit to how much weirdness I’m allowed per post )

I don't think there's such a thing as "too much weirdness"

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I got confused by this too! Well, as on Earth, on Tamriel, the same title may be used for many books, but searching ones Eidetic Memory should bring up both entries — that and/or all books should be listed with title AND attributed author.

But in real life, there are many more books than "only" - wait - about 6890, I think?

I just think that in a game the use of the same name for different items might cause problems (like in list this case with Ool, where no info is given but the name), so they could have just named them differently to make it easier.

Araneae6537 wrote: »

It would be awesome to have the book from Vivec’s library as well, and also the new lore books from the prologue quests!

I hope they'll add them, or maybe they already have!

BergisMacBride · July 3

I always check the vendor for Leads, and am again disappointed. Two relatively easy to obtain leads. On to next week.

BTW, thanks for doing this each week!

Buffy121 · July 3

I read these posts every week. They are so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do them

VisitHammerfell · July 3

Thank you, I haven't been paying as much attention the past few weeks, so much appreciated!

Araneae6537 · July 4

Syldras wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I don’t think so, especially when the axis is placed correctly in the book and if you’re using a built-in or furnishing bookshelf that lets you easily select and adjust placement of the books.

When and if There are some (older) bookshelves where you can't even activate the books anymore after they've been placed. And then some books do rotate weirdly. I'll admit it, I'm a bit lazy, especially when it comes to placing dozens of books.

That’s true! There are a number of bookcases that are maddening to use for that reason, and absolutely useless if you want your library to actually be readable. And then there are the super large tomes that fit on very few bookshelves (the large Apocrypha bookcase is one) and the books with axes placed seemingly at random! The easiest way to get them lined up reasonably well without an add-on is the stack them on the floor, link them, and then move and rotate into place, and then fine tune as you like.

Syldras wrote: »

Although that's a problem by itself: You can't even build a big private library within your home because of the item limit. I think I'd even be fine with (as an option, not replacing the old ones!) bookshelves that function as containers, that have a standard look and show the books you put in it as a list (and then, of course, not counting for the furniture item limit). Of course having an individual design and being able to read the books would be the best, but if I'd have to decide for just one, I'd prefer having a big selection to read.

True, one really has to minimize to fit all the book furnishings in the game, but it has been done! A bookcase such as you describe would be a great option, yes, so long as my books and shelves remain unchanged!

I suppose I flat out disagreed at first because what immediately came to my mind was the bookshelves in Skyrim, i think it was, where you could books on a shelf and they would immediately fall over — maddening!

Syldras wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

How books are placed on the bookshelf, how they are lined up or not, how they are arranged, all say much about the owner as much as the selection… Or maybe I am just obsessed with books!

In ESO, I don't care that much, but in real life, I agree. Although I have to admit that my personal stacking principle in real life is efficiency: As many books as possible on as little room as neccessary - although that's mostly due to the fact that I just have to be considerate with the space I have Other than that, I sort my 3 main interests seperately (if anyone cares: art books, history books, and my weird special interest - everything about cemeteries, sepulchral culture, funerary rites and mourning traditions), and the rest by century (although, to be fair, I don't have that much from before 1800 - a few things, but from 1850 on it gets cramped). And within the centuries, I sort alphabetically by the author's name.

That is interesting! My nonfiction is also sorted pragmatically, based on space and book size and much as topic, though I would ideally have it otherwise. My fiction is all strictly alphabetical by author (going by most commonly accepted Romanization) as other categorization schemes lead to conundrums and anyway, I am familiar with where to find them all now!

It is fascinating to hear from people who live long ago, is it not? I think the oldest are poems, mostly fragments, from several millennia B.C.E.
I want to have angry words with Vanus Galerion when I learn there is an ancient library in Sunnamere with books deteriorating beyond recall and the Mages Guild only send patrols rather than work to preserve this knowledge!

Syldras wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

(Edited because there’s a limit to how much weirdness I’m allowed per post )

I don't think there's such a thing as "too much weirdness"

Perhaps

Syldras wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I got confused by this too! Well, as on Earth, on Tamriel, the same title may be used for many books, but searching ones Eidetic Memory should bring up both entries — that and/or all books should be listed with title AND attributed author.

But in real life, there are many more books than "only" - wait - about 6890, I think? I just think that in a game the use of the same name for different items might cause problems (like in list this case with Ool, where no info is given but the name), so they could have just named them differently to make it easier.

That is very true, to be sure! They really should check and give books unique names, unless ZOS wishes to list books with more information, such as author and I doubt they shall want to go back and an additional field, or however it should be called, for every book!

Syldras wrote: »

Araneae6537 wrote: »

It would be awesome to have the book from Vivec’s library as well, and also the new lore books from the prologue quests!

I hope they'll add them, or maybe they already have!

It is possible, but I have been trying to watch for new furnishing book added, and as far as I know, only the scribing-related books were added last update. Seeing that U43 is bringing updates to IA, I hope there will be more books! I care naught for more class sets with gaudy fx, bring me more books!

Syldras · July 6

@Araneae6537

Araneae6537 wrote: »

The easiest way to get them lined up reasonably well without an add-on is the stack them on the floor, link them, and then move and rotate into place, and then fine tune as you like.

Yeah, that's the way I've planned it for my big lorebook library on the Peninsula. I'm currently still torn between already placing the books or keeping them in my inventory for a while so I see if an offer at Ool would be a duplicate... Probably I should just write a list. It does bother me a bit that the weekly book offers don't follow any order. Some showed up repeatedly within only 3 weeks or so.

Araneae6537 wrote: »

True, one really has to minimize to fit all the book furnishings in the game, but it has been done! A bookcase such as you describe would be a great option, yes, so long as my books and shelves remain unchanged! I suppose I flat out disagreed at first because what immediately came to my mind was the bookshelves in Skyrim, i think it was, where you could books on a shelf and they would immediately fall over — maddening!

Oh, I don't want the current shelves to change either. It should remain an option. And yes, Skyrim wasn't perfect in that regard. But still better than Oblivion. And when it comes to Morrowind...

Three days later...

Although I do appreciate that everything remained where it should be

Araneae6537 wrote: »

That is interesting! My nonfiction is also sorted pragmatically, based on space and book size and much as topic, though I would ideally have it otherwise. My fiction is all strictly alphabetical by author (going by most commonly accepted Romanization) as other categorization schemes lead to conundrums and anyway, I am familiar with where to find them all now!

That's what matters most! I guess I just love my organization systems. I also love to catalogue my stuff

Araneae6537 wrote: »

It is fascinating to hear from people who live long ago, is it not? I think the oldest are poems, mostly fragments, from several millennia B.C.E.

I find it extremely fascinating (then again, I studied history and philology, although that was of course based on the interests I developed earlier, already in childhood)! Especially drawing comparisons between different ages and cultures is a very interesting thing. But then again, I'm probably a little weird, having learnt a few languages just to be able to read rare books that were never translated into more common languages

I'm not the most social person, though. I usually learn languages not to talk, but to read.

The oldest books? Probably also depends on how you define it. Not a book in the current sense, I've often read that this was one of the earliest still existant sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisse_Papyrus
Then of course, also myths and religious matters always played a big role.

When it comes to the last few centuries, let's say before 1800, there's a huge focus on religious subjects. Compared to other themes, those were "mass products" - not comparable to nowadays, of course, but when people who usually couldn't afford much had at least one book, then it was a religious one, here in Middle Europe, it was the Bible. The oldest original I own is from 1704, it's a hymnbook, which isn't the most interesting thing, but it has two nice woodblock prints, at least. From 1850 on, it get's better

Fine editions of the big classics. Beautiful bindings in leather, gilded cloth, or even just cardboard, but with artful embossings. Often gold or silver edging. Copperplate prints...

And most weren't even that expensive. I do visit antiquarian book stores and specialized book markets, but I also used to rummage through thrift stores regularly (right now I don't know a good one, but I'm planning to keep my eyes open). One I visited each week to looks through their new arrivals. It was a strange place - dark, extremely dusty, extremely narrow hallways (at some passages you even had to walk sidewards to fit through) with books stacking up to the ceiling on both sides. It was claustrophobic. I usually had swollen eyes when leaving, due to my dust allergy. But it was truly worth it. The owner wasn't interested in literature at all, it seems. As long as she could sell something, she sold it. I think she charged more for unremarkable glass tableware than for what she probably perceived as "a random pile of dusty, yellowed and slightly moldy smelling paper".

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I want to have angry words with Vanus Galerion when I learn there is an ancient library in Sunnamere with books deteriorating beyond recall and the Mages Guild only send patrols rather than work to preserve this knowledge!

Yes! For me, this doesn't even make any sense. Which person who values knowledge and collects literature would act like that?!

Araneae6537 wrote: »

I care naught for more class sets with gaudy fx, bring me more books!

Fully agreed!

cyclonus11 · July 6

I keep a spreadsheet

Ilumia · July 6

Does anyone on pc eu have a house with books I might be allowed to visit to read them?
It doesn't have to be near a complete collection, I'm still missing a fair few from the dlc areas.

Araneae6537 · July 9

@cyclonus11 Yep, I have a spreadsheet too, listing all books and their locations in the world, as well as whether my main has read them and then if I’ve acquired them (one copy of each book is placed in my library-in-progress and any additional in a storage home (or an antiquities and book shop, lol)

@Syldras I always enjoy reading your posts! Yes, I would recommend getting a spreadsheet to keep track of the books that can be acquired, make sure you have them unlocked on the right character(s), and plan for their eventual location.

Some books are really difficult to categorize and determine where they should go! Thus part of the reason for my strict alphabetization by author of fiction — keeps me from second guessing and overthinking — which I am totally doing in my virtual library as I try to determine categories that make sense… At first some seem obvious, but then you find books that could go in multiple categories or don’t really fit in any of them…

I appreciated that too in Morrowind, that everything should remain where and how I left it!

I quite admire your dedication to learn other languages to read in! I have started many times, but never found my way from knowing a number of words and basic grammar to actually be able to read and understand something in another language. Someday…

Syldras · July 10

@Araneae6537

Thank you!

It's never to late to learn languages! Now, I'd say, it's even easier than ever. I can still remember when it was hard to find not so common language books, having to hope that there's a special store somewhere, or that maybe a library somewhere has it (and if one lived in a rural region, it was even worse). Now you can get basically everything online, including endless sources for practicing a newly learned language (novels, movies, songs, news sites, communities for language learners,...).

Although I have to say that I probably had good preconditions too. I grew up with two languages, then in my country it's common to learn one foreign language already in elementary school (3rd grade I think it was), and if one aims for higher education, a second foreign language is mandatory from 7th grade on (and at my school one could even learn two more from grade 9 and grade 11 on, although those were optional - but I did it out of interest). During university, I learned another two (and a third one, well, rudimentarily). And then a few more in private. Sometimes I regret I spend so much time on other things, otherwise I certainly could have learned even more