Hi guys, I want to share my experience so far on how to farm furniture plans for each DLC we have in ESO:
Important notes:
Murkmire
Place: Lilmoth
Area: Marshland Market (Crafting Area ), The bank and the Figher Guilds (2 containers).
Loot: Murmire and Racial furniture plans.
Extra Loot: Treasures (Stolen), Furniture of Murkmire (Mostly carpets), Materials.
What to do: For some reason, Murkmire have a double drop in furniture, i normally get 1 furniture plan in Green + another Blue or Purple. What you need to do here is farm the containers in the crafting area, the bank and Fighter guid (you can skip the last two) and then enter the Outlaw Refuge to reset the containers. The drop rate is really low, so if you see a green, is probably you won't see another, so better reset the containers by going to the Outlaw Refuge nearby.
Summerset
Place: Shimmerine
Area: Monastery of Serene Harmony
Loot: Alinor and Racial Furniture Plans
Extra Loot: Food, Drinks, Racial and Alchemy Materials.
What to do: Just farm the entrance containers + the ones in the rooms upstaris. Leave an alt here to farm casually once in a while. The drop chance is low, but for some reason, the drop rate is higher than Direnni Acropolis (Why?. Because the urns drop Decorative Wax + Ash and other materials that takes your chance of getting furniture plans instead). Stop only if you get a purple (But is actually rare to get one here), if you get a blue, keep looking. If you want to farm tons of Decorative Wax, go to the Direnni Acropolis. If you want to "force" your farming here, just exit the Monastery and enter again, the containers are going to be reset and ready to be farmed again.
Western Skyrim
Place: Nchuthnkarst (Public Dungeon in Blackreach)
Area: The circuit next to the boss "Clockwork Criterion"
Loot: Solitude, Vampire, Dwemer Furniture Plans.
Extra Loot: Treasure Chests, Dwemer Style Pages and Materials (Dwemer scraps, Racial materials and Alchemy water). Paintings (from Treasure Chests)
What to do: Just do 1/3 of the circuit (Upper level, Ground level and Under the stairs). Check the urns until you get a purple and then log off, if you get no luck finding one, move to the next character or the next part of this circuit. (its up to you, but dont try to force yourself farming the entire zone, the urns start getting emptier as you farm them so future urns are going to spawn empty). By logging off, you reset the urns and create a chance to get a purple (If you are lucky, you may get a purple right away). If not, move to the next alt. Keep at least 2 or 3 alts on this zone. There is no easy way to reset the urns until you logoff.
Clockwork City
Place: The Brass Fortress
Area: Clockwork Basilica (Inside "Proctor Luciana's Retreat" and "Provost Varuni's Office")
Loot: Clockwork and Racial Furniture Plans
Extra Loot: Materials (Racial Mats and Alchemy water).
What to do: Just farm these two areas containers. You can try owned containers in the city, but they have lower chance to drop furniture (Why?, Because they have a chance to drop Owned Treasures instead, and these lower your chances of getting a furniture plan). Leave an alt here so you can give it a try once in a while.
These are so far other places that i have farmed too, but the strategy to farm them is more "difficult" since they have low drop rate and terrible loot that is not even worth it:
I hope this help you guys!
Important notes:
- Farm casually. Don't force yourself to farm over 5-15min. This casual way of farming gives you more than just forcing yourself to do it for hours
- Once the purple drops move to the next alt or continue playing something else while you wait to try again
- Greens and Blues can drop many times after another. I have seen that in all the zones. So don't stop if one of these drop.
- Unowned Urns, Cabinets, Chests and specially Backpacks are your best friends. (Why?. Because they don't contain stolen treasures that takes your chance to get furniture plan).
- All of these areas drop Food and Drink recipies.
- I only mention DLC that drops furniture that is actually worth selling or owning.
Murkmire
Place: Lilmoth
Area: Marshland Market (Crafting Area ), The bank and the Figher Guilds (2 containers).
Loot: Murmire and Racial furniture plans.
Extra Loot: Treasures (Stolen), Furniture of Murkmire (Mostly carpets), Materials.
What to do: For some reason, Murkmire have a double drop in furniture, i normally get 1 furniture plan in Green + another Blue or Purple. What you need to do here is farm the containers in the crafting area, the bank and Fighter guid (you can skip the last two) and then enter the Outlaw Refuge to reset the containers. The drop rate is really low, so if you see a green, is probably you won't see another, so better reset the containers by going to the Outlaw Refuge nearby.
Summerset
Place: Shimmerine
Area: Monastery of Serene Harmony
Loot: Alinor and Racial Furniture Plans
Extra Loot: Food, Drinks, Racial and Alchemy Materials.
What to do: Just farm the entrance containers + the ones in the rooms upstaris. Leave an alt here to farm casually once in a while. The drop chance is low, but for some reason, the drop rate is higher than Direnni Acropolis (Why?. Because the urns drop Decorative Wax + Ash and other materials that takes your chance of getting furniture plans instead). Stop only if you get a purple (But is actually rare to get one here), if you get a blue, keep looking. If you want to farm tons of Decorative Wax, go to the Direnni Acropolis. If you want to "force" your farming here, just exit the Monastery and enter again, the containers are going to be reset and ready to be farmed again.
Western Skyrim
Place: Nchuthnkarst (Public Dungeon in Blackreach)
Area: The circuit next to the boss "Clockwork Criterion"
Loot: Solitude, Vampire, Dwemer Furniture Plans.
Extra Loot: Treasure Chests, Dwemer Style Pages and Materials (Dwemer scraps, Racial materials and Alchemy water). Paintings (from Treasure Chests)
What to do: Just do 1/3 of the circuit (Upper level, Ground level and Under the stairs). Check the urns until you get a purple and then log off, if you get no luck finding one, move to the next character or the next part of this circuit. (its up to you, but dont try to force yourself farming the entire zone, the urns start getting emptier as you farm them so future urns are going to spawn empty). By logging off, you reset the urns and create a chance to get a purple (If you are lucky, you may get a purple right away). If not, move to the next alt. Keep at least 2 or 3 alts on this zone. There is no easy way to reset the urns until you logoff.
Clockwork City
Place: The Brass Fortress
Area: Clockwork Basilica (Inside "Proctor Luciana's Retreat" and "Provost Varuni's Office")
Loot: Clockwork and Racial Furniture Plans
Extra Loot: Materials (Racial Mats and Alchemy water).
What to do: Just farm these two areas containers. You can try owned containers in the city, but they have lower chance to drop furniture (Why?, Because they have a chance to drop Owned Treasures instead, and these lower your chances of getting a furniture plan). Leave an alt here so you can give it a try once in a while.
These are so far other places that i have farmed too, but the strategy to farm them is more "difficult" since they have low drop rate and terrible loot that is not even worth it:
- Razak's Wheel (In Bangkorai): The only good thing about this Public Dungeon is the dwemer plans, but it has super low drop rate and I think, is better to just go to Nchuthnkarst and try there for a chance of 3 expensive furniture plans that may drop + the paintings from chests.
- Dreloth Ancestral Tomb (in Vvardenfel): I have been farming these urns only to find out is actually better to farm them for Decorative Wax than furniture plans. The drop rate is so low, that for 1 entire month of farming them, i haven't seen any Houses Furniture to drop (Blue or Purple), just Green ones. I think this place is not worth it.
- Rimmen Palace (Northern Elsweyr): The palace contains tons of containers that are unowned. It may be a good place to farm Elsweyr Furniture Plans, but the problem is the super low drop rate of them. I kept my Khajiit here for over the entire Elsweyr Dragon Chapter and i rarely got a purple from these containers. This maybe a good place to farm green ones and rarely some blues, but purple plans are too rare that i find it kinda pointless.
I hope this help you guys!
