I just don't understand researching

[nai249]

I have read a few forums but I just dont seem to understand how to make them "known"

One person said to decontruct a the same piece of armor with the desired trait but that didn't work.

I decontructed medium armor bracers with "infused" but it didnt unlock.

[MightyJean]

Deconstruct just destroy the item and may give you crafting materials. You need to go to the Research tab in the crafting interface (should be the one before the last).

Edit: See that screen[i.imgur.com].

[nai249]

Yes I know but they are all "unknown"

"I just dont seem to understand how to make them "known""

[MightyJean]

You need an item of that trait (let's say precise axe), then in the interface in the screen find the trait precise for axes, double click on it and then you should have a pop-up with the item showing, select it, press E and voilà.

[nai249]

I think i understand now thank you

[brenelael]

At the crafting station go to the "Research" tab (Second from the right). At some stations you'll have two tabs below that (Weapons/Armor). If you have an item with a researchable Trait it will apear as a number under the piece of Weapon/Armor in the window below the tabs. Use the arrows on either side of the window to scroll through the choices. When you get to something with a researchable Trait it will appear in the window below that. Hover your mouse over the Trait you want and hit <R>. A window will apear. Choose the Weapon/Armor with the researchable Trait and hit <E>. This will destroy the item and start researching the Trait.

Traits can take from a couple of hours to weeks to research depending on how many you've already researched on that particular item type.

[MightyJean]

6 hours for the first trait, then double each time (for a particular item). ESO+ reduces the time by 10% and each of the crafting skills has a passive that reduces it further (and allows 1/2 more research at the same time), capping it to 30 days eventually.

[sax5thave]

I know your question has already been answered, but I wanted to make sure you had the purpose down. There are some traits that you will likely never use, however the crafting sets mechanic requires you to have a certain number of traits learned, no matter which ones they are.

As you run around in the overland zones, you come across crafting stations. If you select them, you'll see that they have a special name associated with them, like Ashen Grip or Law of Julianos. There is also a number indicating the number of traits you must know in order to craft a piece of that set.

Julianos requires that you know 6 traits. It doesn't matter which six. If you have 6 traits learned for lighnting staves, you can make a lightning staff of julianos. However, if you only have 4 traits known for inferno staff, even though you are able to make a julianos lightninig staff, you cannot do an inferno until that also has 6 traits learned.

Whether you are able to craft a set or not, you can see what the 2,3,4,5 set piece bonuses are. Or you can just look them all up online. There are also several addons that put the crafting stations for every set on your map for you.

[nai249]

Oh okay, thanks

[Trigger]

@sax5thave, great job explaining