Update 48 Antiquity Leads

Virenic · November 17

Update 48 added a bunch of new antiquities. The lead sources for the Huntsman's Warmask and Worm Cult Blacksmithing Station are well known, but there is missing or incomplete information on many of the others.

I have personally found:
Stone-Nest Pillar, Temple (farmed x3 from Wo-Xeeth world boss)
Vitrified Soul Crystal (dropped once from Infested Lurcher in Calindvale Gardens public dungeon. Have also seen a screenshot of someone getting it from a siege camp chest and heard reports of drops from Deetra Grotto bosses and Ossein Cage. Seems to drop from a range of sources but with a rather low drop rate which will make it a pain to farm and finish the codex)
Stone-Nest Gazebo (Xul-Katama delve boss)

Treasure maps:
Daedric Gate, Coldharbour
Coldharbour Soul Furnace
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Head
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Arm

I haven't heard anything about the below:
Stone-Nest Counter Weight
Reaper, Pattern Template

I'm hoping these don't all end up being treasure map leads as there are already a bunch in that loot pool from when Western Solstice first dropped.

If anyone has found any of the above leads or hears anything, please share!

prof-dracko · November 17

Got the head from a treasure map. Noticed there are three new Solstice maps dropping now so my hopeful working theory is that the new map leads are only in the new maps. Still not ideal but at least they aren't massively diluted.

ESO_player123 · November 17

Just got Stone Nest Gazebo lead from the boss in Xul-Katama.

Treeshka · November 17

Daedric Gate, Coldharbour
Coldharbour Soul Furnace
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Arm

Found these from treasure maps. I am assuming Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Head also comes from treasure maps.

Silmos · November 17

I've gotten all of the Eastern Solstice leads, none of them from treasure maps, though I can't remember where exactly I got them lol.. Most likely from various bosses inside dvelves or the public dungeon, as well as World Bosses, and some random treasure chests scattered about.

EDIT: My bad, i double checked my leads now and I realize that I have not in fact gotten the leads for Reaper, Pattern Template and the Stone-nest Counter Weight, thought I did lol

Virenic · November 17

ESO_player123 wrote: »

Just got Stone Nest Gazebo lead from the boss in Xul-Katama.

Thanks! Was able to grab this just now

prof-dracko wrote: »

Got the head from a treasure map. Noticed there are three new Solstice maps dropping now so my hopeful working theory is that the new map leads are only in the new maps. Still not ideal but at least they aren't massively diluted.

Treeshka wrote: »

Daedric Gate, Coldharbour
Coldharbour Soul Furnace
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Arm

Found these from treasure maps. I am assuming Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Head also comes from treasure maps.

Thanks for the info!

Silmos wrote: »

I've gotten all of the Eastern Solstice leads, none of them from treasure maps, though I can't remember where exactly I got them lol.. Most likely from various bosses inside dvelves or the public dungeon, as well as World Bosses, and some random treasure chests scattered about.

Let us know if you remember

Sythen88411 · November 17

Virenic wrote: »

Update 48 added a bunch of new antiquities. The lead sources for the Huntsman's Warmask and Worm Cult Blacksmithing Station are well known, but there is missing or incomplete information on many of the others.

I have personally found:
Stone-Nest Pillar, Temple (farmed x3 from Wo-Xeeth world boss)
Vitrified Soul Crystal (dropped once from Infested Lurcher in Calindvale Gardens public dungeon. Have also seen a screenshot of someone getting it from a siege camp chest and heard reports of drops from Deetra Grotto bosses and Ossein Cage. Seems to drop from a range of sources but with a rather low drop rate which will make it a pain to farm and finish the codex)
Stone-Nest Gazebo (Xul-Katama delve boss)

Treasure maps:
Daedric Gate, Coldharbour
Coldharbour Soul Furnace
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Head
Molag Bal Statue, Fractured Arm

I haven't heard anything about the below:
Stone-Nest Counter Weight
Reaper, Pattern Template

I'm hoping these don't all end up being treasure map leads as there are already a bunch in that loot pool from when Western Solstice first dropped.

If anyone has found any of the above leads or hears anything, please share!

Found them all

Silmos · November 17

Just found Stone-Nest Counter Weight from treasure map

Silmos · November 17

Just got Vitrified Soul Crystal from an urn in Broken Light Temple

lillybit · November 17

I just got the Soul Crystal lead from a trunk in a quest area

Treeshka · November 17

Also the Reaper Plan lead, just dropped from treasure map chests. I can not confirm if there is other locations for these drops though.

Treeshka · November 17

This can also drop from treasure map chests.

ESO_player123 · November 17

Treeshka wrote: »

This can also drop from treasure map chests.

This is actually not good since Vitrified Soul Crystal lead can drop from a variety of other sources and reduces the probability of getting the leads unique to treasure map chests.

filthy113 · November 17

I got the stone-neat pendulum lead from a random chest I opened.

cozmic72 · November 17

The stone nest pendulum is the new crocodile head - it drops all over Solstice and I’ve collected 8 since launch on console. It literally drops everywhere.

Frustrated to see so many new leads locked behind chests.

tomofhyrule · November 17

The Vitrified Soul Crystal seems to be one of the “anything” leads.

I know I got mine before the wall even came down, but I don’t remember where from. I have a feeling it was from Ghishzor, which would make sense as he started in U48 and he is in all technicality an U48 boss, so if it were a “drops from anything” lead it does make sense.

But it is definitely not exclusive to maps.

Carcamongus · November 17

I got the lead for the vitrified soul crystal from a treasure chest (the regular sort, not the map one). Loved the tiny skeleton inside.

Sad to see the devs are still insisting on putting leads inside treasure chests of the map variety. Players have been complaining about those for years.

prof-dracko · November 18

Has anyone confirmed my map theory yet? That the new leads are only in the new maps and not the old ones. I've only done two new Solstice maps, one had the pendulum (again) and one had the Bal head.

gamergirldk · November 18

Reaper, Pattern Template got 1 from treasure map in the new zone

Silmos · November 18

It's so frustrating that most of the new leads are acquired via treasure maps, considering how hard the maps are to come by! I've looted hundreds of chests, farmed the new WB bosses a dozen times over, killed every mob I come across, and looted pretty much every node and container I see, but still not gotten a single map! And the guild store prices are being increased due to the demand, of course..

cozmic72 · November 18

prof-dracko wrote: »

Has anyone confirmed my map theory yet? That the new leads are only in the new maps and not the old ones. I've only done two new Solstice maps, one had the pendulum (again) and one had the Bal head.

I got Molog Bals arm lead arm from a Solstice 1 or 2 treasure map so I believe the new leads drop from any Solstice treasure map.

Silmos · November 18

prof-dracko wrote: »

Has anyone confirmed my map theory yet? That the new leads are only in the new maps and not the old ones. I've only done two new Solstice maps, one had the pendulum (again) and one had the Bal head.

I got the "Reaper, Pattern Template" from a Solstice 2 map and "Molag Bal Satue, Fractured Head" from a Solstice 3 map, and all my other leads from both old and new Solstice maps, so I don't think your theory checks out, no.