Crafting Materials

Alchemy

CRAFT: Potions, Poisons

Solvents

Solvents serve as the base when formulating potions and poisons at an Alchemy Station. Look for Water Skins and Pure Water spots in bodies of water to find Potion Solvents, while various enemies, such as Ogres and Trolls, drop Poison Solvents. As you progress through higher-level zones, the solvents found create more potent products, though you must upgrade your Solvent Proficiency Alchemy Passive Ability to use the higher solvents. Note that the solvents you find are based on your current level and Solvent Proficiency.

Reagents

Two or three reagents are added to a solvent to create potions and poisons. Each reagent has four traits that decide the effects of the mixture, but when first found, none are known. Use a reagent straight from the Inventory screen for a chance to learn a trait. Create a successful formula to learn that trait for all reagents used. Note that if all reagents used do not share a common trait, the formula fails and the items are lost.

Beetle Scuttle, Butterfly Wing, Fleshfly Larva, Mudcrab Chitin, Scrib Jelly, Spider Egg, and Torchbug Thorax are dropped by small creatures. The rest can be found growing in the wild.

Blacksmithing

CRAFT: Metal Weapons, Heavy Armor

Ores and Ingots

Blacksmithing allows the player to create metal weapons and heavy armor at Blacksmithing Stations. Mine ore nodes found throughout Tamriel and use the station to refine 10 ores into the matching ingots, which are then used in the production of the metal equipment. Your rank in the Metalworking Passive Ability and current level determine the type of ore available for mining and crafting.

Tempers

When improving heavy armor or metal weapons at a Blacksmithing Station, add tempers to improve the quality. Using one temper gives a small chance to successfully improve the item with the risk of losing the item if unsuccessful. Add tempers to improve the chances up to a 100% chance. Ranking up the Temper Expertise passive also improves your chances.

Clothing

CRAFT: Light Armor, Medium Armor

Clothing Materials

Collect raw materials and use a Clothing Station to refine them. Light armor raw materials, such as cloth, is found by harvesting plants, while medium armor raw materials, such as leather, are looted from certain monsters and critters. Then use the station to create light and medium armor pieces. Separate materials are used for light and medium armor. Your rank in the Clothing Tailoring Passive Ability and current level determine the type of material available for picking and crafting.

Tannins

When improving light or medium armor at a Clothing Station, tannins are added to improve the quality. Using one tannin gives a small chance to successfully improve the item with the risk of losing the item if unsuccessful. Add tannins to improve the chances up to a 100% chance. Ranking up the Tannin Expertise passive also improves your chances.

Enchanting

CRAFT: Glyphs

Runestones

Chisel Potency, Essence, and Aspect Runestones out of rock Runestones scattered around Tamriel. Look for the red glow to light the way. Take the Runestones to an Enchanting Table, where they can be combined to create armor, jewelry, and weapon glyphs, which can be used to enchant your gear.

Start with a Potency Runestone to decide the equipment level and whether the glyph is additive or subtractive. An Essence Runestone decides the effect of the glyph. The Aspect Runestone gives the glyph its quality.

Provisioning

CRAFT: Food, Drink

The Provisioning crafting skill allows the player to create food and drinks. Food increases Maximum Health, Stamina, and/or Magicka, while drinks increase recovery of the three. Provisions are created at Cooking Fires, which can be found in and outside of town.

Recipes

A recipe, purchased from Merchants or found around town, must be learned before it can be crafted at a Cooking Fire. Use the recipe to learn it, and then head to a fire with the required ingredient(s). Learning and crafting food and drinks adds Experience to the Provisioning skill line.

Upgrading the Recipe Quality Passive Ability allows for higher-quality recipes to be created, while Recipe Improvement decides the level of recipes that can be created.

Woodworking

CRAFT: Bows, Staves, Shields

Wood

Collect woods in the wild, such as maple and ash, and refine it at a Woodworking Station. Use the station to create bows, staves, and shields with the refined woods. Your rank in the Woodworking Passive Ability and current level determine the type of material available for picking and crafting.

Resins

When improving bows, staves, and shields at a Woodworking Station, resins are added to improve the quality. Using one resin gives a small chance to successfully improve the item with the risk of losing the item if unsuccessful. Add resins to improve the chances up to a 100% chance. Ranking up the Resin Expertise passive also improves your chances.

Materials

CRAFT: Blacksmithing, Clothing, Woodworking

When creating apparel or a weapon at a Blacksmithing, Clothing, or Woodworking Station, a style must be selected to create the equipment in that fashion. Each requires knowledge of that style gained by using the appropriate Motif Book and the corresponding style material. The initial 10 materials may be purchased at Blacksmiths, Carpenters, Clothiers, and Stylemasters for 15G each.

Use a Motif Book to learn a new crafting style. Many styles requires a specific rank in any of the metalworking, tailoring, or woodworking Passive Abilities.

Raw materials may be found for select styles that must be refined at a crafting station into the desired style material. For example, Coarse Chalk is refined into Fine Chalk, Dwemer Scraps become a Dwemer Frame, and Malachite Shards turn into Malachite.

Glass Style

Ten Glass Style Motif Fragments and a Merethic Restorative Resin, available from Mystic Merchants, are required to create a random Glass Style Motif Chapter. The fragments are extremely rare rewards from high-end writs.

Trait Items

CRAFTING SKILL: Blacksmithing, Clothing, Woodworking

Armor Trait Items

Trait	Item	Trait Item Name	Effect
Divines		Sapphire	Increases Mundus Stone effects
Impenetrable		Diamond	Increases Critical Resistance, and this item takes less durability damage
Infused		Bloodstone	Increases armor enchantment effect
Nirnhoned		Fortified Nirncrux	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance
Prosperous		Garnet	Increases gold gained from looting enemies
Reinforced		Sardonyx	Increases this item’s armor
Sturdy		Quartz	Reduces block cost
Training		Emerald	Increases Experience gained from kills
Well-Fitted		Almandine	Reduces cost of sprinting and dodge rolling

Weapon Trait Items

Trait	Item	Trait Item Name	Effect
Charged		Amethyst	Increases chance to apply status effects
Defending		Turquoise	Increases Physical and Spell Resistance
Decisive		Citrine	Chance to gain additional Ultimate when Ultimate gained
Infused		Jade	Increases weapon enchantment effect and reduces enchantment cooldown
Nirnhoned		Potent Nirncrux	Increases damage of this weapon
Powered		Chysolite	Increases healing done
Precise		Ruby	Increases Weapon and Spell Critical values
Sharpened		Fire Opal	Increases Physical and Spell Penetration
Training		Carnelian	Increases Experience gained from kills

Weapons, armor, and jewelry are not only improved with an enchantment; a trait can be added for another effect. Traits often come “pre-loaded” on dropped and purchased gear, but can also be applied at Blacksmithing, Clothing, and Woodworking Stations. Just as with enchanting, only one trait can be used per item.

Similar to adding a style, traits require a specific trait item and the knowledge to apply that trait. Each type of weapon and armor has a set of traits that must be researched at the appropriate station.

Things to remember when researching new traits:

• Researching a trait requires a weapon or piece of armor with that trait
• Only one item can be researched at a time per discipline, unless the appropriate Passive Ability is upgraded
• Researching is done separately for each type of weapon and armor
• The item is destroyed when researched
• Researching a trait takes a set amount of time to complete
• Each discipline has a Passive Ability that reduces research times and allows for more items to be researched at once