What Even are the rewards for the Writhing Wall Event?

allochthons · November 4

BretonMage wrote: »

I'd love it if we could do multiple alchemy quests, but it doesn't seem to work that way, since I've never had an alchemy daily get assigned more than once per day.

Yeah, the fact that there is only 1 alchemy/enchanting/provisioning quest is very annoying. There are 3? of the woodworking/metal/clothing, I think? I started shoving the Phase 1 furnishing plans into my guild banks a few days after the event started, they lost value so quickly.

Nevertheless, I have now gotten all of the phase 2 furnishings from blue boxes, including the Lens Apparatus, the Fan, and the bonfire, which I think are the 3 purple ones? And not one Phase 2 furnishing from a gold box. /shrug
RNG is gonna RNG, but they do drop from blue, for those who can stand the grind.

katanagirl1 · November 5

code65536 wrote: »

There are 12 furnishing plans that drop from the craft coffers.

They are gated by profession, and each profession has one blue plan and one purple plan. While they can drop from either the blue or gold coffers, the blue coffer drop rate is very low and, for all practical intents and purposes, might as well be zero.

Blacksmithing:
Blue: Diagram: Breton Spyglass
Purple: Diagram: Cage Wall, Gated

Clothing:
Blue: Pattern: Flag, Tattered Red
Purple: Pattern: Stirk Fellowship Banner, Hanging

Woodworking:
Blue: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Wall, Defensive
Purple: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Tower, Defensive

Alchemy:
Blue: Formula: Meridian Lens
Purple: Formula: Meridian Lens Apparatus

Enchanting:
Blue: Praxis: Grave Marker, Soldier's
Purple: Praxis: Bonfire, Alliance Camp

Provisioning:
Blue: Design: Puddle, Wax
Purple: Design: Carnaval Fan

Because these things practically only drop from gold boxes (the drop rate from blue is too low to be worth serious consideration), but you can only get one gold craft box per day, it is worth re-rolling the crafting quest so that the first one you do in the day is from a profession where you are still missing stuff. (And yes, this is another point in the "this event's reward mechanics are poorly designed" column.)

Edit: There are 12 possible crafting quests: 3 each for equipment, and only 1 each for consumables, which is why re-rolling for one of the consumable quests can seem like a frustrating task.
7347: Helms for the Headstrong
7349: Axes for the Assault
7350: Cuirasses for the Courageous
7351: Staves for the Fellowship
7352: Bows for the Fellowship
7353: Shields for the Fellowship
7354: A Call for Epaulets
7356: A Call for Arm Cops
7357: A Call for Jacks
7358: First Aid Provider
7359: Famished Fellowship
7360: An Enchanting Request

What do you mean re-roll? Does he offer a different quest if you don’t take the first one he offers, is that what you are saying? I’ll try that and see tomorrow.

spartaxoxo · November 5

katanagirl1 wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

There are 12 furnishing plans that drop from the craft coffers.

They are gated by profession, and each profession has one blue plan and one purple plan. While they can drop from either the blue or gold coffers, the blue coffer drop rate is very low and, for all practical intents and purposes, might as well be zero.

Blacksmithing:
Blue: Diagram: Breton Spyglass
Purple: Diagram: Cage Wall, Gated

Clothing:
Blue: Pattern: Flag, Tattered Red
Purple: Pattern: Stirk Fellowship Banner, Hanging

Woodworking:
Blue: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Wall, Defensive
Purple: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Tower, Defensive

Alchemy:
Blue: Formula: Meridian Lens
Purple: Formula: Meridian Lens Apparatus

Enchanting:
Blue: Praxis: Grave Marker, Soldier's
Purple: Praxis: Bonfire, Alliance Camp

Provisioning:
Blue: Design: Puddle, Wax
Purple: Design: Carnaval Fan

Because these things practically only drop from gold boxes (the drop rate from blue is too low to be worth serious consideration), but you can only get one gold craft box per day, it is worth re-rolling the crafting quest so that the first one you do in the day is from a profession where you are still missing stuff. (And yes, this is another point in the "this event's reward mechanics are poorly designed" column.)

Edit: There are 12 possible crafting quests: 3 each for equipment, and only 1 each for consumables, which is why re-rolling for one of the consumable quests can seem like a frustrating task.
7347: Helms for the Headstrong
7349: Axes for the Assault
7350: Cuirasses for the Courageous
7351: Staves for the Fellowship
7352: Bows for the Fellowship
7353: Shields for the Fellowship
7354: A Call for Epaulets
7356: A Call for Arm Cops
7357: A Call for Jacks
7358: First Aid Provider
7359: Famished Fellowship
7360: An Enchanting Request

What do you mean re-roll? Does he offer a different quest if you don’t take the first one he offers, is that what you are saying? I’ll try that and see tomorrow.

Yes. You don't even have to pick it up. Just back out of dialogue. It can take multiple tries, in my experience they are stingy about giving the new ones out. But, it can be done.

code65536 · November 5

spartaxoxo wrote: »

in my experience they are stingy about giving the new ones out. But, it can be done.

That's because of the 12 possible crafting quests, 9 are for equipment (3 each for blacksmithing, clothing, and woodworking), and only 3 are for consumables (1 each for alchemy, enchanting, and provisioning).

There's simply 3x more of the equipment quests than there are of the consumable quests.

karthrag_inak · November 5

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?' -famous khajiit philosopher

twisttop138 · November 5

karthrag_inak wrote: »

"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?' -famous khajiit philosopher

Hahaha. Picture Johnny rotten as a Khajiit! That made me smile this morning. Fantastic.

anadandy · November 5

code65536 wrote: »

That's because of the 12 possible crafting quests, 9 are for equipment (3 each for blacksmithing, clothing, and woodworking), and only 3 are for consumables (1 each for alchemy, enchanting, and provisioning).

There's simply 3x more of the equipment quests than there are of the consumable quests.

Thank you for the tip on plans being gated behind the professions. Once I knew that I re-rolled ad nauseam until I got enchanting and the plan I wanted. Now I never have to do them again.

Syldras · November 5

I have 14 of 25 Caltrops parts now, so that's probably within the average - but what's with the Wormwrithe style pages? Where are those dropping from? I barely see them drop somehow and, according to my list, still miss 1 armor style and 6 of the weapons styles.

And do the Worm Cult sconce/lamp furnishings actually drop? I got all others at least once, but those 2 are still missing.

twisttop138 · November 5

Syldras wrote: »

I have 14 of 25 Caltrops parts now, so that's probably within the average - but what's with the Wormwrithe style pages? Where are those dropping from? I barely see them drop somehow and, according to my list, still miss 1 armor style and 6 of the weapons styles.

And do the Worm Cult sconce/lamp furnishings actually drop? I got all others at least once, but those 2 are still missing.

So after they, thankfully, raised the drop rate on furnishings (only. They were sadly all out of quarters for a reward box drop hotfix) I farmed the marshals for over a week. I got a ton of the non purple furnishings and 3 of the jawbone sconces. I did not see one lamp. Strangely, after a week of farming, one day the furniture just stopped dropping. It went back to the pre hotfix rates of dropping. It wasn't just myself that noticed but many in guilds and even here. I asked Zos and she responded that all was fine, so ymmv on drops but I know the sconces *can* drop.

Syldras · November 5

twisttop138 wrote: »

Strangely, after a week of farming, one day the furniture just stopped dropping. It went back to the pre hotfix rates of dropping. It wasn't just myself that noticed but many in guilds and even here.

That's also something I can confirm.

anadandy · November 5

I've gotten four field marshall furnishings. Three of them have been the triangle rug.

Carcamongus · November 5

spartaxoxo wrote: »

So far I have/know of the following items. Are there others?

Recipes:

Phase 1
Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Tower, Defensive
Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Wall, Defensive
Diagram: Breton Spyglass
Diagram: Cage Wall, Gated
Pattern: Flag, Tattered Red
Pattern: Stirk Fellowship Banner, Hanging

Phase 2
Formula: Meridian Lens
Formula: Meridian Lens Apparatus
Design: Puddle, Wax
Design: Carnival Fan
Praxis: Bonfire, Alliance Camp
Praxis: Grave Marker, Soldier's

Furniture:
Worm Cult Papers, Scattered
Worm Cult Brew, Bubbling
Worm Cult Lamp, Jaw
Worm Cult Rug, Triangular Sigil
Worm Cult Scroll, Unfinished
Worm Cult Sconce, Jaw

Cosmetics

Phase 1
Crafting Motif 132: Stirk Fellowship
Style Page: Wormwrithe Armor
Writhing Haj Mota Scale (25 frags for a pet)

Phase 2
Shard of Writhing Bone (25 frags needed for Caltrops, Bone Skill Style)
Style Page: Wormwrithe Weapons

Notable Misc Loot:

Coldharbor Surreal Estate (house)
Ossified Soul Reaper Skull (treasure, sell for 5k)
Wormblood Ceremonial Chalice (treasure, sell for 10k, replaces surreal estate if owned)

Wait, I got 2 of the ceremonial chalices. A 10k vendor item for those who already have the million-something-gold house?? So, when I finally get lucky in the game it's just to let me know I'd have gotten even luckier had I not already gotten the house?

I think the neighbors heard my "d'oh!".

iGuavaTH · November 6

Carcamongus wrote: »

Wait, I got 2 of the ceremonial chalices. A 10k vendor item for those who already have the million-something-gold house?? So, when I finally get lucky in the game it's just to let me know I'd have gotten even luckier had I not already gotten the house?

I think the neighbors heard my "d'oh!".

I got the house and 4 (FOUR!) 10K treasures.
The house from a blue box, and one of the 10K from the dolmen chest. The other two I don't remember.

Mattymoo92 · November 6

iGuavaTH wrote: »

Carcamongus wrote: »

Wait, I got 2 of the ceremonial chalices. A 10k vendor item for those who already have the million-something-gold house?? So, when I finally get lucky in the game it's just to let me know I'd have gotten even luckier had I not already gotten the house?

I think the neighbors heard my "d'oh!".

I got the house and 4 (FOUR!) 10K treasures.
The house from a blue box, and one of the 10K from the dolmen chest. The other two I don't remember.

I’ve opened over 2k boxes and got no house yet, my luck has been terrible getting bored now might just stop

katanagirl1 · November 7

spartaxoxo wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

code65536 wrote: »

There are 12 furnishing plans that drop from the craft coffers.

They are gated by profession, and each profession has one blue plan and one purple plan. While they can drop from either the blue or gold coffers, the blue coffer drop rate is very low and, for all practical intents and purposes, might as well be zero.

Blacksmithing:
Blue: Diagram: Breton Spyglass
Purple: Diagram: Cage Wall, Gated

Clothing:
Blue: Pattern: Flag, Tattered Red
Purple: Pattern: Stirk Fellowship Banner, Hanging

Woodworking:
Blue: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Wall, Defensive
Purple: Blueprint: Stirk Fellowship Tower, Defensive

Alchemy:
Blue: Formula: Meridian Lens
Purple: Formula: Meridian Lens Apparatus

Enchanting:
Blue: Praxis: Grave Marker, Soldier's
Purple: Praxis: Bonfire, Alliance Camp

Provisioning:
Blue: Design: Puddle, Wax
Purple: Design: Carnaval Fan

Because these things practically only drop from gold boxes (the drop rate from blue is too low to be worth serious consideration), but you can only get one gold craft box per day, it is worth re-rolling the crafting quest so that the first one you do in the day is from a profession where you are still missing stuff. (And yes, this is another point in the "this event's reward mechanics are poorly designed" column.)

Edit: There are 12 possible crafting quests: 3 each for equipment, and only 1 each for consumables, which is why re-rolling for one of the consumable quests can seem like a frustrating task.
7347: Helms for the Headstrong
7349: Axes for the Assault
7350: Cuirasses for the Courageous
7351: Staves for the Fellowship
7352: Bows for the Fellowship
7353: Shields for the Fellowship
7354: A Call for Epaulets
7356: A Call for Arm Cops
7357: A Call for Jacks
7358: First Aid Provider
7359: Famished Fellowship
7360: An Enchanting Request

What do you mean re-roll? Does he offer a different quest if you don’t take the first one he offers, is that what you are saying? I’ll try that and see tomorrow.

Yes. You don't even have to pick it up. Just back out of dialogue. It can take multiple tries, in my experience they are stingy about giving the new ones out. But, it can be done.

I did do that today, and was able to get a provisioning, enchanting, and alchemy daily today. I got a puddle of wax plan that I already knew but nothing new.

EDIT: thanks for the heads-up on the dailies

BretonMage · November 8

allochthons wrote: »

BretonMage wrote: »

I'd love it if we could do multiple alchemy quests, but it doesn't seem to work that way, since I've never had an alchemy daily get assigned more than once per day.

Yeah, the fact that there is only 1 alchemy/enchanting/provisioning quest is very annoying. There are 3? of the woodworking/metal/clothing, I think? I started shoving the Phase 1 furnishing plans into my guild banks a few days after the event started, they lost value so quickly.

Nevertheless, I have now gotten all of the phase 2 furnishings from blue boxes, including the Lens Apparatus, the Fan, and the bonfire, which I think are the 3 purple ones? And not one Phase 2 furnishing from a gold box. /shrug
RNG is gonna RNG, but they do drop from blue, for those who can stand the grind.

I've been getting a handful of blue coffers per day, and I've yet to get anything beyond the one set piece/10 radishes type of trash rewards. Most of my gold boxes have been quite good, though, and I got the Coldharbour house today in one of them

Not getting many of the Bone fragments, I only have 8 so far. I hope I'll be able to get the required 25 during the event.

allochthons · November 8

BretonMage wrote: »

I've been getting a handful of blue coffers per day, and I've yet to get anything beyond the one set piece/10 radishes type of trash rewards.

Isn't RNG strange? I got two Meridian Lenses today from blue. And I've still not gotten one furnishing plan from a gold. I'm doing the alchemy quest on gold for crafting every time.
I got the 10K house drop from a blue, and probably 90% of my 24 caltrops slivers have come from blue. RNG. Gotta love it.

ETA: A puddle of wax and wormwrithe guards from blue as well today. But: I'm doing this on 20 characters a day, so my weights are a bit off from most people, I think.

BretonMage · November 8

allochthons wrote: »

I got the 10K house drop from a blue, and probably 90% of my 24 caltrops slivers have come from blue. RNG. Gotta love it.

Yup, I'll just keep soldiering on, and whatever drops, drops. Though if you got 24 fragments from 20 characters, maybe I'm not doing so badly with 8..

ellmarie · November 8

BretonMage wrote: »

allochthons wrote: »

I got the 10K house drop from a blue, and probably 90% of my 24 caltrops slivers have come from blue. RNG. Gotta love it.

Yup, I'll just keep soldiering on, and whatever drops, drops. Though if you got 24 fragments from 20 characters, maybe I'm not doing so badly with 8..

Oh, good to know! I thought it was only in the gold boxes!

SpiritKitten · November 9

You misspelled Carnival Fan, it's: Carnaval Fan.

spartaxoxo · November 9

SpiritKitten wrote: »

You misspelled Carnival Fan, it's: Carnaval Fan.

Thanks. I fixed it

SpiritKitten · November 9

These are all furnishing plans, too, not just the furnishings.

Pattern: Worm Cult Papers, Scattered
Formula: Worm Cult Brew, Bubbling
Diagram: Worm Cult Lamp, Jaw
Pattern: Worm Cult Rug, Triangular Sigil
Pattern: Worm Cult Scroll, Unfinished

Is it that the furnishing items themselves are dropping as part of the event, but the recipes can be found all the time in Solstice?

GeneralGrundmann · November 10

SpiritKitten wrote: »

These are all furnishing plans, too, not just the furnishings.

Pattern: Worm Cult Papers, Scattered
Formula: Worm Cult Brew, Bubbling
Diagram: Worm Cult Lamp, Jaw
Pattern: Worm Cult Rug, Triangular Sigil
Pattern: Worm Cult Scroll, Unfinished

Is it that the furnishing items themselves are dropping as part of the event, but the recipes can be found all the time in Solstice?

Sorry, I don't get it. I thought these items drop from the delves and PD bosses. But somewhere the patterns, formulas and diagrams for these drop too?

Syldras · November 10

GeneralGrundmann wrote: »

Sorry, I don't get it. I thought these items drop from the delves and PD bosses. But somewhere the patterns, formulas and diagrams for these drop too?

Looks like there are also patterns of them. I'd suspect them to drop like all other Worm Cult furnishing patterns - from random containers like urns, boxes and backpacks.

MissNoir · November 10

SpiritKitten wrote: »

These are all furnishing plans, too, not just the furnishings.

Pattern: Worm Cult Papers, Scattered
Formula: Worm Cult Brew, Bubbling
Diagram: Worm Cult Lamp, Jaw
Pattern: Worm Cult Rug, Triangular Sigil
Pattern: Worm Cult Scroll, Unfinished

Is it that the furnishing items themselves are dropping as part of the event, but the recipes can be found all the time in Solstice?

I got that scroll pattern from when looting urns this weekend so I assume they will drop like any other plans.

Katahdin · November 10

Mattymoo92 wrote: »

iGuavaTH wrote: »

Carcamongus wrote: »

Wait, I got 2 of the ceremonial chalices. A 10k vendor item for those who already have the million-something-gold house?? So, when I finally get lucky in the game it's just to let me know I'd have gotten even luckier had I not already gotten the house?

I think the neighbors heard my "d'oh!".

I got the house and 4 (FOUR!) 10K treasures.
The house from a blue box, and one of the 10K from the dolmen chest. The other two I don't remember.

I’ve opened over 2k boxes and got no house yet, my luck has been terrible getting bored now might just stop

The house can also drop from the chest at the end of the camp.
I just kept going and hitting camps on the account that doesnt have the house
I got it and the chalice thing from those chests not the quest boxes

twisttop138 · November 11

Can anyone tell me why wax puddle? I mean I just got it last night and had not seen it up to now. I'm gonna be frank, it looks like a pile of poop. Cow poop to be exact. I sent just a pic of it on discord with the message "identify this" and no one said puddle of wax. Most people said poop lol.

As for field marshals, they're still not dropping like they were. Jessica Folsom I believe took a look for me last week, she's the one that got it raised for us in the first place, and said it had not changed. I remain skeptical.

Syldras · November 11

twisttop138 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why wax puddle? I mean I just got it last night and had not seen it up to now. I'm gonna be frank, it looks like a pile of poop. Cow poop to be exact. I sent just a pic of it on discord with the message "identify this" and no one said puddle of wax. Most people said poop lol.

The wax puddle is a symbol for how our brains look like after a 5-week event grind.