Beginner’s Guide to Crafting in Elder Scrolls Online

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Crafting in any MMO is usually a time commitment. The process of leveling crafting professions usually entails of farming or purchasing basic materials, spending a few hours crafting a series of items repeatedly, and then selling or recycling the item in question to finish the process. Elder Scrolls Online does things a little differently, so here’s a beginner’s guide to crafting in ESO.

All characters can level all crafting skills independently. The easiest way to level most crafting skills is passively through deconstruction, but this should be done only after completing research. As you adventure in Tamriel, you will undoubtedly acquire a huge amount of gear, be it armor or weapons. Instead of selling them for gold, you can research and deconstruct them for massive amounts of experience.

First up, you need to know about Researching items. If you head to a Clothing, Jewelry, Woodworking, or Blacksmithing Crafting Station, you will see a tab labeled Research. This is where you can sacrifice an item in order to permanently unlock its trait for future crafts. For example: If I sacrifice a Mace with the Infused Trait for research, after several hours I will be able to craft any Mace with that Infused Trait as an option. Research is very important, and should be done before Deconstructing unwanted gear, as many endgame recipes will not allow you to craft unless you have multiple Traits researched for a given item type. The research timer ticks down even when you are offline — which is good, because the final research items timer can take weeks to complete.

It is worth purchasing ESO Plus for the Materials Bag upgrade it provides, as it will automatically place all crafting materials into a separate bag that won’t clog up