CRAFTING WRITS
In ESO, there are two types of crafting writs you can complete -- daily crafting writs and master crafting writs. Writs offer a way to earn experience, resources and gold!
DAILY CRAFTING WRITS
Your daily writs are repeatable quests that can be picked up at any major crafting area with a writ bulletin board and they can be completed at any associated crafting table.
In order to unlock daily writs you will first need to become certified. To certify, you will need to complete a small quest for each craft. To certify in all 7 crafts you will need to find 3 NPCs. Millineth will certify you in the durable crafts including blacksmithing, woodworking, and clothing. Danel Telleno will certify you in the consumable crafts including provisioning, enchanting, and alchemy. If you have access to the Summerset chapter, you will also find Felarian to get your jewelry crafting certification. Felarian will only ever be located in Summerset within the city of Alinor right outside the crafting area. If you are a seasoned player and want to avoid completing the quests associated with each craft you can first level each skill to 10 and the NPCs will allow you to bypass the usual process. You can reach level 10 rather quickly through deconstruction and/or crafting.
Once you complete your crafting certifications you can now begin picking up your daily writ quests. Each quest will have you complete a simple piece of gear, food, potions or enchantments and turn the items into a dropbox located nearby. Once the items are turned in you will earn XP, crafting inspiration (which is how the crafting skill lines are leveled) as well as a variety of loot including intricate items, recipes, materials and/or sealed master writs. As you level your crafting skill lines and increase your proficiency in different skills by the way of the passive abilities, you will earn more premium loot.
If you are looking to streamline and improve the efficiency of the daily writ process and play on PC, we recommend using Dolgubon’s Lazy Writ Crafter, Daily Alchemy and Daily Provisioning addons. These addons will automatically craft your daily writ items after you accept the quest and interest with the corresponding table.
MASTER CRAFTING WRITS
As mentioned, you will have the ability to earn sealed master writs from your daily repeatable writs. Master writs are typically earned after your skill lines are completely maxed. The writs are meant to be for more proficient crafters as they require the ability to create more complex gear requests with improved quality and specific styles and traits. When completed, master writs grant a currency called Writ Vouchers, which you can use to purchase an array of items such as masterwork furnishing plans, attunable crafting tables, rare materials and target dummies to name a few.
To start a master writ you will go into your inventory and consume the writ at which time you will see it displayed in your quest journal. Just to note, you may only have one writ per crafting table active at a time. If you cannot or do not want to complete the writ you can abandon it but you will lose the writ in doing so. Once the crated item is complete you will turn it into Rollis Hlaalu who can be found in any one of the major capitals, Mournhold in Deshaan, Wayrest in Stormhaven, and Elden Root in Grahtwood. You can turn in all your master writs at once or after completing each one to receive your writ vouchers. Both Rollis Hlaalu and Faustina Curio will have the various rewards for you to spend your vouchers on.
If you are looking to streamline and improve the efficiency of the master writ process and play on PC, we recommend using the WritWorthy addon which will help you identify if you have all the knowledge and materials to complete a writ before consuming. It will also allow you to queue up and make all the items associated with the writs in your inventory for an expedient writ experience.
HOT TIP: save your sealed master writs for a double XP event and combine the event buff with a Grand Gold Coast Experience Scroll (150% XP buff) or Mythic Aetherial Ambrosia (150% XP buff)
We hope this helps you better understand ESO’s writ system and has given you the tools to tap into the steady supply of resources and gold it has to offer.