Online:Crafting Motifs
Crafting Motifs are books that unlock the ability to craft an item in a certain style through blacksmithing, clothing, or woodworking. Reading a motif also unlocks the related style for use with the Outfit System. Every player begins the game having already "learned" the racial motif associated with their race.
There are two types of motif, complete and partial. Complete motifs are the entire book, which will unlock the style for all weapons and armor. Partial motifs are divided into fourteen chapters, each of which must be found and read to unlock all parts of that style. Some partial motifs, such as Dwemer, can be found fully complete, which when read unlocks all fourteen chapters at once.
The motifs are also divided by rarity:
- Blue motifs are refer to the first nine racial motifs that were released with the base-game. They are quite common and can be found in containers and backpacks, for example.
- Purple motifs are more commonly dropped or possibly rewarded after certain quests, such as dailies. Every DLC or chapter that has been released introduces purple motifs which are associated with said content.
- Gold motifs are usually reserved for motifs that contain the entire book. They very rare and generally are found in containers or can only be obtained in certain circumstances. Almost all purple motifs can be found as the entire book.
Contents
- 1 Base Game
- 2 Cyrodiil and Imperial City
- 3 Orsinium
- 4 Thieves Guild
- 5 Dark Brotherhood
- 6 Shadows of the Hist
- 7 Morrowind
- 8 Horns of the Reach
- 9 Clockwork City
- 10 Dragon Bones
- 11 Summerset
- 12 Wolfhunter
- 13 Murkmire
- 14 Wrathstone
- 15 Scalebreaker
- 16 Elsweyr
- 17 Dragonhold
- 18 Harrowstorm
- 19 Greymoor
- 20 Stonethorn
- 21 Markarth
- 22 Holiday Events
- 23 Crown Store Exclusive
- 24 Upcoming
Below is a full list of all motifs and exactly where each motif can be obtained from (not including Guild Stores).
Base Game[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Racial Motifs | ||
Altmer Style | Crafting Motif 1: High Elf Style |
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Dunmer Style | Crafting Motif 2: Dark Elf Style | |
Bosmer Style | Crafting Motif 3: Wood Elf Style | |
Nord Style | Crafting Motif 4: Nord Style | |
Breton Style | Crafting Motif 5: Breton Style | |
Redguard Style | Crafting Motif 6: Redguard Style | |
Khajiit Style | Crafting Motif 7: Khajiit Style | |
Orcish Style | Crafting Motif 8: Orc Style | |
Argonian Style | Crafting Motif 9: Argonian Style | |
Rare Racial Motifs | ||
Imperial Style | Crafting Motif 10: Imperial Style |
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Ancient Elf Style | Crafting Motif 11: Ancient Elf Style |
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Barbaric Style | Crafting Motif 12: Barbaric Style | |
Primal Style | Crafting Motif 13: Primal Style | |
Daedric Style | Crafting Motif 14: Daedric Style | |
Craglorn | ||
Yokudan Style | Crafting Motif 20: Yokudan Style |
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Ra Gada Style | Crafting Motif 28: Ra Gada Style | Chapters can be obtained from:
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Celestial Style | Crafting Motif 41: Celestial Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible weekly quest reward for completing a Trial in Craglorn:
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Other | ||
Dwemer Style | Crafting Motif 15: Dwemer Style |
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Glass Style | Crafting Motif 16: Glass Style |
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Mercenary Style | Crafting Motif 19: Mercenary Style |
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Soul-Shriven Style | Crafting Motif 29: Soul-Shriven Style |
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Ebony Style | Crafting Motif 37: Ebony Style |
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Draugr Style | Crafting Motif 38: Draugr Style |
Chapters can be obtained as a quest reward by completing daily quests for the following factions:
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Cyrodiil and Imperial City[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Xivkyn Style | Crafting Motif 17: Xivkyn Style |
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Akaviri Style | Crafting Motif 18: Akaviri Style |
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Aldmeri Dominion Style | Crafting Motif 25: Aldmeri Dominion Style |
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Daggerfall Covenant Style | Crafting Motif 26: Daggerfall Covenant Style |
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Ebonheart Pact Style | Crafting Motif 27: Ebonheart Pact Style |
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Orsinium[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Ancient Orc Style | Crafting Motif 21: Ancient Orc Style |
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Trinimac Style | Crafting Motif 22: Trinimac Style |
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Malacath Style | Crafting Motif 23: Malacath Style |
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Thieves Guild[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Abah's Watch Style | Crafting Motif 32: Abah's Watch Style |
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Thieves Guild Style | Crafting Motif 33: Thieves Guild Style |
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Dro-m'Athra Style | Crafting Motif 35: Dro-m'Athra Style |
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Outlaw Style | Crafting Motif 24: Outlaw Style |
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Dark Brotherhood[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Assassins League Style | Crafting Motif 34: Assassins League Style |
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Dark Brotherhood Style | Crafting Motif 36: Dark Brotherhood Style |
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Minotaur Style | Crafting Motif 39: Minotaur Style |
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Order of the Hour Style | Crafting Motif 40: Order Hour Style |
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Shadows of the Hist[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Silken Ring Style | Crafting Motif 44: Silken Ring Style |
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Mazzatun Style | Crafting Motif 45: Mazzatun Style |
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Morrowind[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Buoyant Armiger Style | Crafting Motif 47: Buoyant Armiger Style |
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Ashlander Style | Crafting Motif 48: Ashlander Style |
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Militant Ordinator Style | Crafting Motif 49: Militant Ordinator Style |
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Morag Tong Style | Crafting Motif 30: Morag Tong Style |
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Telvanni Style | Crafting Motif 50: Telvanni Style |
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Hlaalu Style | Crafting Motif 51: Hlaalu Style | |
Redoran Style | Crafting Motif 52: Redoran Style | |
Refabricated Style | Crafting Motif 79: Refabricated Style |
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Horns of the Reach[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Bloodforge Style | Crafting Motif 54: Bloodforge Style |
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Dreadhorn Style | Crafting Motif 55: Dreadhorn |
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Clockwork City[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Apostle Style | Crafting Motif 56: Apostle |
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Ebonshadow Style | Crafting Motif 57: Ebonshadow Style |
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Dragon Bones[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Fang Lair Style | Crafting Motif 58: Fang Lair |
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Scalecaller Style | Crafting Motif 59: Scalecaller |
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Summerset[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Psijic Style | Crafting Motif 61: Psijic |
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Sapiarch Style | Crafting Motif 62: Sapiarch |
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Pyandonean Style | Crafting Motif 64: Pyandonean Style |
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Welkynar Style | Crafting Motif 67: Welkynar |
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Wolfhunter[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Huntsman Style | Crafting Motif 65: Hunstman | Drops upon completion of March of Sacrifices on veteran difficulty. Completing the dungeon's hard mode guarantees that a page will drop. |
Silver Dawn Style | Crafting Motif 66: Silver Dawn | Drops upon completion of Moon Hunter Keep on veteran difficulty. Completing the dungeon's hard mode guarantees that a page will drop. |
Murkmire[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Honor Guard Style | Crafting Motif 68: Honor Guard Style | Chapters have a chance to drop for completing Blackrose Prison on any difficulty. Completing the arena on Veteran guarantees that a page will drop. |
Dead-Water Style | Crafting Motif 69: Dead-Water Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing Murkmire daily quests. (Tribal Armor Crate) |
Elder Argonian Style | Crafting Motif 70: Elder Argonian | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing Murkmire daily quests. (Tribal Armor Crate) |
Wrathstone[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Coldsnap Style | Crafting Motif 71: Coldsnap Style | Drops upon completion of Frostvault on veteran difficulty. Completing the dungeon's hard mode guarantees that a page will drop. |
Meridian Style | Crafting Motif 72: Meridian Style |
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Scalebreaker[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Stags of Z'en Style | Crafting Motif 77: Stags of Z'en Style |
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Moongrave Fane Style | Crafting Motif 78: Moongrave Style |
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Elsweyr[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Anequina Style | Crafting Motif 73: Anequina Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing World Boss and Delve daily quests in Elsweyr. (Elsweyr Daily Merit Coffer) |
Pellitine Style | Crafting Motif 74: Pellitine Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing Dragon Hunt Dailies in Elsweyr. (Elsweyr Dragon Hunter's Coffer) |
Sunspire Style | Crafting Motif 75: Sunspire Style |
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Dragonhold[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Dragonguard Style | Crafting Motif 76: Dragonguard Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing Dragon hunts and Delve daily quests for the Dragonguard Sanctum. (Dragonguard Supply Cache) |
Shield of Senchal Style | Crafting Motif 80: Shield of Senchal Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing daily quests found in Senchal. (Senchal Reward Chests) |
New Moon Priest Style | Crafting Motif 81: New Moon Priest Style | Chapters have a relatively high chance to drop from the Dragonguard Supply Chest, available by fully upgrading the Dragonguard Sanctum. |
Harrowstorm[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Icereach Coven Style | Crafting Motif 82: Icereach Coven Style | Chapters (or rarely the entire book) are a possible drop from Mother Ciannait in Icereach on Normal or Veteran mode. |
Pyre Watch Style | Crafting Motif 83: Pyre Watch Style | Chapters (or rarely the entire book) are a possible drop from Kjalnar Tombskald in Unhallowed Grave on Normal or Veteran mode. |
Greymoor[edit]
Stonethorn[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Thorn Legion Style | Crafting Motife 90: Thorn Legion Style | Chapters are drop from Castle Thorn dungeon in the Stonethorn DLC. |
Hazardous Alchemy Style | Crafting Motife 91: Hazardous Alchemy Style | Chapters are drop from Stone Garden dungeon in the Stonethorn DLC. |
Markarth[edit]
Style | Motif | Location |
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Ancestral Reach Style | Crafting Motif 94: Ancestral Reach Style | Chapters can be found using Treasure Maps in Western Skyrim, Blackreach: Greymoor Caverns, The Reach and Blackreach: Arkthzand Cavern zones and the Antiquities system. |
Arkthzand Armory Style | Crafting Motif 96: Arkthzand Armory Style | Chapters can be obtained as a possible quest reward for completing World Boss and Delve daily quests in The Reach. (Markarth Reward Coffer) |
Wayward Guardian Style | Crafting Motif 97: Wayward Guardian Style | Chapters are due to drop from completing daily quests in the Markarth DLC (Wayward Guardian's Cache) |
Holiday Events[edit]
Event-related motifs are primarily available for the duration of holiday event. Once the event has passed, chapters can possibly be found for sale in Guild Stores.
Style | Motif | Location |
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Skinchanger Style | Crafting Motif 31: Skinchanger Style |
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Hollowjack Style | Crafting Motif 42: Hollowjack Style |
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Worm Cult Style | Crafting Motif 60: Worm Cult |
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Dremora Style | Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Style |
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Crown Store Exclusive[edit]
While Crown Store motif styles are unlocked account-wide in the outfit/collections menu, only the character who actually read the motif book will get the credit for learning the style. In addition, the motif book will not be listed in the Lore Library alongside other crafting motifs.
Style | Motif |
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Grim Harlequin Style | Crafting Motif 43: Grim Harlequin Style |
Stalhrim Frostcaster Style | Crafting Motif 46: Frostcaster Style |
Tsaesci Style | Crafting Motif 53: Tsaesci Style |
Upcoming[edit]
A list of datamined motifs that are yet to be released.
Style | Motif | Location |
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Ancestral Breton Style | Crafting Motif: Ancestral Breton Style | Chapters are due to drop from (?) |
Nighthollow Style | Crafting Motif: Nighthollow Style | Chapters are due to drop from completing daily quests in the Markarth DLC |