Three Tips for Completing Master Writs

Master writs are a big part of the Elder Scrolls Online economy. Not only can you use the reward vouchers to purchase special recipes and items for resale, but the writs themselves are also an easy source of passive income when listed in your guild trader. They’re meant to be a resource and gold sink, encouraging players not to hoard mats.

When it comes time for you to do yours, assuming you have ESO Plus and the Craft Bag/double bank space, it’s easiest to save a bunch and do them all at once. There are a few other things you can try to make your life easier (and reduce the risk of messing up).

1. Make use of your Guild Hall

A fully stocked guild hall should provide all the attunable tables, saving you a trip around the map as you complete multiple master writs.

Image Description: A sunny outdoors crafting area featuring rows of crafting tables for the Gang of Richards Guild under a blue sky. Mundus Stones and a Transmute Station are lined up in the background. It is a Roman-style courtyard with tall, grey walls.

2. Take a Photo

Rather than risk valuable materials, I take a quick phone picture of each writ that I’m about to complete, deleting it once I’m finished.

This also allows me to visit the relevant crafting table and check that I can actually make the item in question, before reading the writ. That’s right, DON’T read the writs until you’re sure you can make them.

3. Get your Grand Master Crafter Title and Do your Crafting Research

Image Description: The character sheet for my PvE healer/main shows various attributes and stats, and the Grand Master Crafter title. To the right, a woman wearing a bear-head costume stands with her arms held commandingly behind her.

Being a GMC is by no means a must for completing master writs, but it really helps, since you’ll automatically know motif styles.

Meanwhile, completing research helps you to be able to do more of the writs, since the sets are dependent on the number of traits you know.

Do you prefer to use your main crafter, or use multiple for master writs?

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