Antiquities are missing from their vendors for 2-3 years

MoonPile
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Since one of the related threads below was closed and it was suggested to start a new one, here it is.

For the past 2 years, some (completed, unlocked) Antiquities have been missing from their zone's vendors: Apocrypha, West Weald, and now Solstice on PTS. I HOPE it's a bug and not intended (map leads are bad enough as it is), but this is a really long time for no fix and no comms/clarity.

This UESP page is not updated, https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Antiquity_Furnishings

But some of the missing ones include:
  • All three Colovian tapestries
  • Some of the Ayleid structures
  • Pottery, Sanguine Repaired
  • Apocrypha fossils
  • All of the blue-quality Argonian Stone-Nest totems

Related:
Edited by MoonPile on August 12, 2025 3:28AM
  • LunaFlora
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    i really hope this gets fixed
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  • MoonPile
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    From today's PTS patch notes:
    The following furnishings are no longer missing from the Solstice Home Goods Vendor:

    Flowers, Large Climbing Summertide
    Flowers, Climbing Summertide
    Flower Patch, Summertide
    Flower Curtain, Summertide

    Strange that this was fixed but none of the Antiquities players have reported missing (in OP) are included. Sorry to bother @ZOS_Kevin but could we please get some clarity on this?

    Edited by MoonPile on May 15, 2025 1:47AM
  • MoonPile
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    Still a problem on PTS U47:

    Screenshots: only 2 Solstice Antiquities are showing up at the vendor. Others are not, even though I found all of them at least once on PTS:

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    Likewise in West Weald, none of the Tapestries (etc.) are showing, even though I found all at least once on Live:

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    They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs

    Ticketed again:
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    Edited by MoonPile on July 10, 2025 11:33PM
  • xencthlu
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    The Colovian tapestries and pottery are beautiful. I'd really love to be able to buy more from the appropriate vendor.
  • Lilarna
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    MoonPile wrote: »
    Since one of the related threads below was closed and it was suggested to start a new one, here it is.

    For the past 2 years, some (completed, unlocked) Antiquities have been missing from their zone's vendors: Apocrypha, West Weald, and now Solstice on PTS. I HOPE it's a bug and not intended (map leads are bad enough as it is), but this is a really long time for no fix and no comms/clarity.

    This UESP page is not updated, https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Antiquity_Furnishings

    But some of the missing ones include:
    • All three Colovian tapestries
    • Pottery, Sanguine Repaired
    • Apocrypha fossils
    • Several Argonian Stone-Nest totems

    Related:

    I really wish we knew more about this situation, a lot of members of the housing community I run have been wondering about this.

    Sorry to bother you @ZOS_Kevin but do you have any information to share about this?
    Any particular way we can make this be seen?
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    I started a little test build, nothing fancy, with the totems I did get so far (1/3 codex at least was curated, here's some data if anyone's curious). Because I imagined these would be really cool structural pieces.

    And they are! Really hope they will be buyable someday :( just such a shame not to be able to use these wonderful assets.

    Nonetheless, hopefully looking forward to Stone-Nest style structures in future updates.

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    How cool it would be to build temples and ruins with these!
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    The blue-tiered antiquity Ayleid trees are also missing from the Achievement vendor:
      [*] Ayleid Sculpture, Simple Tree
      [*] Ayleid Sculpture, Complex Tree


      MoonPile wrote: »
      They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs
      I agree. I can understand certain collectibles like music boxes being effectively one-of-a-kind, but items like trees, lighting and tapestries are standard decorative features. We should have the ability to collect or purchase multiples of these.

      @ZOS_Kevin We really need these added to the achievement vendor's inventory, especially if drop chances for them are so inordinately low.
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      MoonPile wrote: »
      They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs

      More related post on this matter, @ZOS_Kevin refuse to communicate or give an answer on this subject : https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/680207/west-weald-treasure-map-leads-still-bugged-after-6-months-of-silence#latest

      https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/672580/west-weald-treasure-map-leads-are-bugged/
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    • MoonPile
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      BretonMage wrote: »
      The blue-tiered antiquity Ayleid trees are also missing from the Achievement vendor:
        [*] Ayleid Sculpture, Simple Tree
        [*] Ayleid Sculpture, Complex Tree


        MoonPile wrote: »
        They should be buyable upon unlocking. Otherwise what's the point of 3/3-ing the Codex? I've stopped buying West Weald maps; it's pointless with how low the drop rates are, on top of not being able to get these items even when you finally unlock, years later. Related: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/677218/solstice-treasure-map-leads-and-lootable-rewards-sources-rng-bugs
        I agree. I can understand certain collectibles like music boxes being effectively one-of-a-kind, but items like trees, lighting and tapestries are standard decorative features. We should have the ability to collect or purchase multiples of these.

        @ZOS_Kevin We really need these added to the achievement vendor's inventory, especially if drop chances for them are so inordinately low.

        AFAIK, even the music boxes are buyable. Are any of them missing from their vendors too? The entire Antiquities system sets up the gameplay for all furnishings to be: 3/3 codex = unlock to buy

        So the discrepancy doesn't make sense. Unlocking is pointless if it doesn't unlock anything.

        (On top of the related problem that the map system is terrible. So bad that I'm starting to wonder if Solstice maps are actually bugged since the last patch / for 2/3 codex and beyond – see data at the bottom of the OP here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/681576/update-on-solstice-treasure-map-leads-drop-data-aug-5-2025/p1)

        Thank you for adding those threads, @Asdara. The OP topics in those are more related to the thread above, about Solstice lead data. So we have two separate bugs AFAIK: no leads dropping, and unbuyable items. Or else, gameplay so bad that it appears bugged.

        It's frustrating not to see any answers at all for several years, and not know whether anyone is seeing this. I will continue reporting it I guess.

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        Edited by MoonPile on August 30, 2025 10:46PM
      • BretonMage
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        MoonPile wrote: »

        AFAIK, even the music boxes are buyable. Are any of them missing from their vendors too? The entire Antiquities system sets up the gameplay for all furnishings to be: 3/3 codex = unlock to buy

        So the discrepancy doesn't make sense. Unlocking is pointless if it doesn't unlock anything.

        (On top of the related problem that the map system is terrible. So bad that I'm starting to wonder if Solstice maps are actually bugged since the last patch / for 2/3 codex and beyond – see data at the bottom of the OP here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/681576/update-on-solstice-treasure-map-leads-drop-data-aug-5-2025/p1)

        Thank you for adding those threads, @Asdara. The OP topics in those are more related to the thread above, about Solstice lead data. So we have two separate bugs AFAIK: no leads dropping, and unbuyable items. Or else, gameplay so bad that it appears bugged.

        It's frustrating not to see any answers at all for several years, and not know whether anyone is seeing this. I will continue reporting it I guess.
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        You're right. I had a closer look at the antiquities page on UESP, and all the music boxes are available at the achievement vendors.

        I did notice that none of the green and blue tiered antiquities are available at the achievement vendors, which unfortunately might indicate that it is intended. However that would only make sense if the green and blue tiered antiquities dropped fairly regularly, but they absolutely do not.
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