How Do Nodes Work In ESO? All Node Locations & Density In Overland Zones

Table of contents

Introduction To Nodes
Node Types & Timers
Coldharbour
Artaeum
Clockwork City
Brass Fortress, Clockwork City
Summerset
Auridon
Grahtwood
Malabal Tor
Greenshade
Reaper's March
Northern Elsweyr
Gold Coast
Southern Elsweyr
Hew's Bane
Stros M'kai
Khenarthi's Roost
Betnikh
Glenumbra
Rivenspire
Wrothgar
Stormhaven
Alik'r Desert
Bangkorai
Craglorn
Markarth
Akrthzand Caverns
Western Skyrim
Greymoor Caverns
Bleakrock Isle
Vvardenfell
Eastmarch
The Rift
Stonefalls
Deshaan
Shadowfen
Murkmire
Cyrodiil

Introduction To Nodes

Whether it's for a farm route or to farm the highly elusive "green book" (Colovian War Torte Recipe) in Cyrodiil, many players map out the areas in which they plan to harvest nodes.

Harvestable nodes include:

Blacksmithing Ores/Jewelry Seams
Fibrous Plants (Clothing)
Wood
Runestones/Psijic Portals
Mushrooms
Flowers/Herbs/Plants/Reagents
Giant Clams
Solvents
Chests
Heavy Sacks
Thieves Troves
Safeboxes
Hidden Stashes
Fishing Holes

Note that some of the node spawns on the list share or cycle through different types of nodes. For example, you could find a Platinum Seam for jewelry crafting in place of a Rubedite Ore. Or you could find a Psijic Portal in place of a Runestone and then a Runestone in the same spot next time.

Also note that a couple things are not on the harvestable nodes list as animal hide scraps such as Rubedo Leather for crafting medium armor are not considered nodes but instead drops from animals and other beasts.

Nodes do not respawn even if the primary material is taken, meaning you should also take the secondary materials that come with it whether it's Heartwood, Worms or whatever else.

Crafting Surveys which can be attained from doing daily Crafting Writs yield a higher amount of materials per node, usually Crafting Surveys are not affected by double drop events in overland zones whether it's the Orsinium Anniversary event in Wrothgar or the Explorers' Celebration event.

It roughly takes anywhere between 5 to 20 minutes for a node to respawn however there are mainly two factors that can affect the respawn rate:

Player Population - Some overland areas seem to respawn faster when more players are in the vicinity however most areas in Cyrodiil seem to respawn at a faster rate when more players are in the campaign.
Other Nodes - Many node locations seem to share spawn timers with other node spawns meaning many of the other potential spawn locations don't activate until other node spawns have been taken by players.

With the help of Shinni's Harvest Map addon along with the accumulated data from its users through the batch file, we can show you not only the potential location of every node spawn in every overland zone but also the approximate density of node locations.

Crafting