A Closer Look at Crafting Writs

12/02/2014

Find out how to get certified in your crafting skills and start undertaking writs!

As part of Update 5, crafters have even more to do and new ways to earn valuable rewards just by doing what you love to do. Let's take a closer look at the Crafting Writ system so you can find out exactly how you can get started fulfilling writs!

To take on a writ, you'll need to be certified in the related crafting skill—not just any apprentice can be entrusted with these missions. You can obtain a quest for certification from any Writ Board, which you'll find in every major city, or you can go directly to the certification trainers yourself. Note that you'll need to be at least level 6 to get started. There are two kinds of Writ Boards: one for Alchemy, Provisioning, and Enchanting, and another for Woodworking, Blacksmithing, and Clothier.

You'll find certification trainers in Davon's Watch, Daggerfall, and Vulkhel Guard. These NPCs have been given the authority to identify you as a certified crafter once you've completed their quests. Each of the two trainers oversees three crafting skills: one can assist you with equipment crafting skills—Woodworking, Blacksmithing, and Clothier—and the other handles consumables: Alchemy, Provisioning, and Enchanting.

Though you can only have two certification quests in your log (one from each of the NPCs) at once, you can eventually complete the process for all the crafting skills. Certification is easy; you'll be led right to any materials you need and walked through the process. It's a great introduction to crafting, so give it a try if you haven't before.

It's important to note that you can fast-track your certification if you've already proved your mastery of a skill by reaching rank 10 in it. If you'd like, you can still go through the quests, but you'll have the option to skip right to the end, considering your prior experience!

The trainers will guide you through the crafting process, giving you helpful tips and showing you the ropes of your chosen skill. Once you've completed the objectives your trainer gives you, that's it—you're certified and can now take on Crafting Writs.

You can obtain Crafting Writs from the Writ Boards we talked about earlier, which are conveniently located in major cities. A writ will require you to create specific goods that are appropriate to your skill level and deliver them to the individuals who have requested them. Once you turn in your writ in a destination determined by the tier of material you're crafting, you'll receive rewards—pretty simple. Crafting Writs for a particular skill can only be obtained once a day, but you can pick up writs for each type of craft simultaneously.

As you complete writs, you'll earn inspiration in the associated crafting skills, and you'll receive packages of useful goods and materials as well. These packages can contain Survey Reports—a new type of item somewhat like treasure maps that will lead you to clusters of high-yield harvest nodes exclusively available to you. Provisioners have a chance to receive recipes instead of Survey Reports, since their materials aren't gathered from the wilds.

And there you have it! You're ready to get certified and start completing Crafting Writs. We hope this description of the new system was helpful—make sure to share it with your friends and guildmates who might have questions.


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