Farming Herbs in Crystalsong Forest? Good ol’ Renei is out of it, you may think.
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Renei’s taken one too many blows to the noggin’, you believe.
Maybe Mordauk has taken too long a time out, and doesn’t remember the clearest, easiest facts about Wrath of the Lich King.
Here is Mordauk, desperately seeking herbs in Crystalsong Forest:
Notice how sad Mordauk looks from not finding any herbs in Crystalsong Forest. Now I’ve spent a little while (emphasis on the ‘H’, as in “Cool WHip”) this morning looking for information about Crystalsong Forest, and its sad, forlorn lack of herbs.
From what I could be bothered to learn from WoW Wiki, WoWHead and other places, no one has broached the subject. Obviously the place is pretty dead, and it’s got something to do with Dragons – maybe the Blue Dragonflight blasting everything to bits.
Nothing live seems to be growing in Crystalsong Forest. I have learned that there are elves – Blood Elves and High Elves, or rather “Good Elves and Bad Elves” or more accurately “Hot Elves and disturbingly similar, even Hotter Elves”… Anyways, there are 2 opposing factions of Elves intent on – you guessed it – whacking the crap out of each other.
Which in no way explains why there are no friggin’ herbs in Crystalsong Forest.
In case you had any doubts as to whether there are any friggin’ herbs in Crystalsong Forest, feel free to consult this friggin’ map, with the Gatherer Add-On turned on at “maximum power”, that will show you EXACTLY how many friggin’ herbs there are in friggin’ Crystalsong Forest:
So there you have it. No herbs in Crystalsong Forest. And except for a few quests, picked up in Icecrown by the way, no quests either start there, or end there. Nothing.
I guess Crystalsong Forest was included in World of Warcraft to give the city of Dalaran a patch of dirt over which to hover.
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After a much-needed break, I’ve started playing World of Warcraft again. Can’t tell you how long that will last, but for now, I’ll be playing a little bit.
I got rid of my beautiful Zallesta on the Horde side, wiping out 500g in one ill-tought-of moment… but anyways, I made a new toon, the only one I’ve never played… a Rogue.
So my new Rogue is a Night Elf, and I find that leveling goes even faster than I remembered. I figure they did yet another downgrade to the leveling requirement.
It was not long after I was out of the starting area that I ran into that weirdo, Zenn Foulhoof.
To refresh your memory, this little Satyr-type dude offers you a useless gizmo in exchange for killing some animals in the forest, and the tree-hugging hippies … I mean Night Elves … of the village literally 100 feet down the road are very put out by your actions, and require you to give Zenn some fruits of the forest, in this case Foul-Smelling Acorns – to transform him into a rabbit and somehow atone for your actions.
Now I’m used to World of Warcraft stuff being funny and convoluted but COME ON.
If that obnoxious Satyr is such a problem, why not send those level 65 Sentinels to give him a good trashing?
And if killing a few birds, a few spiders and some Nightsabers is that bad, why do you let me kill and skin and eat them all the time?
Anyways, I’m afraid that there are no good answers to these existential questions.
I do celebrate, however, that my meeting of the pointless Satyr Zenn Foulhoof marks my return to Azeroth.
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As you know, I’ve not been writing very much this last month or so. There are several reasons for this, but the principal one is that I’ve been looking for reasons to keep playing, and I haven’t found many.
I’ve loaded the game a few times, ran around, but I feel that I know the content – non end-game, of course – so well that it’s kind of pointless.
Even right this second I’m pondering whether I should delete these miserable few lines, and write at another moment when inspiration flows more smoothly.
I won’t delete them of course, but you see what I mean.
I have been so far removed from World of Warcraft in these last couple of weeks, that I was shocked yesterday when I received an MSN message from my friend Morevan, Guildmaster – or co-Guildmaster, I just haven’t been keeping up – of Ragnarok on US-Gnomeregan.
Turns out that Morevan has dropped Herbalism for mining, and is now leveling his skill, and needed a good place to look for Thorium. Needless to say, the question caught me flat-footed.
Where does one find Thorium? Then I remembered Eastern Plaguelands, Burning Steppes, Un’Goro… It all came flooding back.
Hopefully, this dark mood which has befallen me will eventually pass, and I will be free to rejoin the World of Warcraft, without looking back. Until then, I will keep the flame alive by telling myself that I have too much invested to stop
Ah! Intriguing title for the new post, wouldn’t you say?
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Well, it’s true. Over the last week or so, I’ve been pondering my future, both as editor of Hidden Warcraft, as well as in World of Warcraft in general. I’ve been playing World of Warcraft for over 2 years now, and I know all the leveling content by heart.
Because of the douchebag way that things are setup, it is virtually impossible for me to see end-game content, for the simple reason that I don’t have the time to spend to get properly geared up – not even close.
To give you an example, I had to wait to be level 80 to visit level 70 end-game raids and instances. What would you do in my shoes? Would you wait until the next expansion comes out, when I can take my toons to level 90 to see some level 80 end-game stuff, all the while giving $15.99 per month to Blizzard?
Something that makes me think, to say the least.
Anyways, back to the title of this post.
I’ve decided to empty my numerous banks of the mountains of stuff I’ve been hoarding, and transform all that into useful WoW Gold. I figure the value of everything in there should be about 10,000 Wow Gold.
So I’ll sell everything, and see how long it takes me to reach, say… 50,000 Gold.
Because yesterday’s post was sorely lacking in terms of maps, this morning I decided that I would add the Sholazar Basin Herb Map, right away. So here it is:
Since I had more time, I wanted to revisit The Stormwright’s Shelf and farm for Crystallized Elements. I didn’t feel like I gave it enough of a shot last time, and finding a good farming spot for these things is important, both of the crafting level as well as the bank balance bottom line.
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So I fly to Sholazar Basin from Dalaran, get on my Drake and fly to the the Stormwright’s Shelf, prepared to kick ass in my eternal Quest for Crystallized Elements – and Gold.
To my great surprise, the first Aqueous Spirit I encounter gives me a good walloping, and the second, coming right on the heels of the first nearly kills me!
What’s going on?
Then I notice that my beautiful and powerful Heart Strike, cornerstone of my arsenal, is not on my Action Bar!
I realized immediately what was the problem… The latest little patch has, once again, refunded my Talent Points, meaning that Mordauk this morning was very much full of potential but very light on actual capabilities.
I soon as I could I got back on my Drake and flew to a safe location, where I – once again – reallocated my Talent Points.
As soon as that was done, I flew back down to slaughter those worthless mobs who, only a few minutes ago, had given me so much trouble. But alas, the time had passed and I had to stop farming. So I only had time for the screenshot of the Sholazar Basin Herb Map, and I had to go.
Adder’s Tongue is one of the three herbs that grows naturally in Sholazar Basin. Adder’s Tongue can be used by high-level Alchemists for potions and Elixirs, as well as by high level Scribes (Inscription).
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This morning, I had in my mind when I woke up to do a grand gathering tour of Netherstorm and see what grows there, as well as discover the map, get the achievement, etc. I kind of like Netherstom, as it is very otherwordly, but alas, all my carefully laid plans were foiled by the dreaded server maintenance.
Turns out that I had left Mordauk parked at the Nesingwary Camp in Sholazar Basin after yesterday’s Crystallized Water affair, so my time was extremely limited.
In only 14 minutes of farming Adder’s Tongue in Sholazar Basin, I managed to gather 25 Adder’s Tongue, which is very good.
Since I stop for the other herbs, I also gathered:
25 Tiger Lily
18 Goldclover
2 Deadnettle
10 Crystallized Life
I did not take a screenshot of the map this morning – it was too late by the time I remembered I should, however, you can read my article about Herbalism in Sholazar Basin. Incidentally, I just realized it doesn’t have a map!
Darn it. I guess that will be my mission tomorrow!
Is there Crystallized Water in Sholazar Basin? Crystallized Water is in every Northrend Zone if you know where to look for it!
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Now of course Crystallized Water can be obtained by fishing, but I think the last time I fished seriously was to get Mithril-Bound Trunks in southern Stranglethorn Vale, so my fishing skills are not really up to date.
If I want loot, I have to brutally murder the mob that’s carrying it, and that’s the bottom line.
After some brief research, I found that the non-Elite mobs that have the best drop rate for Crystallized Water are the Aqueous Spirits of Sholazar Basin. So this morning, I set out for Sholazar Basin, my heart set on acquiring large quantities of Crystallized Water.
These Water Elemental type mobs hang out on The Stormwright’s Shelf, immediately north west of The Maker’s Perch, around 25,34.
Bear in mind that you will NEED a flying mount to get up there.
Here is where the Crystallized Water and it’s supporting mob, the Aqueous Spirit, can be found:
Unfortunately, what the “official” Crystallized Water drop rate doesn’t tell you is how many mobs there actually are.
You see, there are (2) primary components to great farming: a) a great drop rate and b) lots of mobs.
In a pinch, if there are TONS of mobs to kill, it can make you forget the poor rop rate, but rarely the other way around.
In the case of the Aqueous Spirits and their Crystallized Water, the drop rate wasn’t so fantastic – by my observation – and there were definitely not enough of them. The Stormwright’s Shelf is home to (3) types of mobs, and all drop Crystallized Elements:
Aqueous Spirit – Crystallized Water
Storm Revenant – Crystallized Air
Stormwatcher – Crystallized Earth
Overall, the Crystallized stuff drop rate from all those mobs wasn’t bad, but they are too few and far between to make this a good run. Here is what I gathered in about 30 minutes and 83 kills:
27 Crystallized Water
6 Crystallized Earth
9 Crystallized Air
Ok, ok, not entirely catastrophic But I digress. My repair bill was 1g 72 and some change, and just the Grey vendor trash I gathered was worth about 20g, plus of course the Crystallized Water and other elements, and the (2) greens that dropped make this a relatively profitable run.
I’m not sure I’ll be back here next time I need Crystallized Water, as it seems too much effort for too little return. Maybe I’ll level my fishing skill, instead…
Since my Herbalist Mordauk was parking in Shattrath City for some reason, I decided that the cool thing to do would be to do a little herbalism run in Terokkar Forest, just to see if things had changed since I was last there.
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Mordauk went from level 58 to 68 very quickly, as I wanted to get him to Northrend as quickly as possible. That means that I mostly skimmed the Outlands zones, doing the easiest quests in each, in order to get my butt to 68 and leave.
That approach, while quite effective, has left huge areas of the map unexplored and sights unseen, which my little farming exercises compensate for.
So this morning I got the Achievement for Exploring Terokkar Forest at the same time as farming herbs. To tell you the truth, I probably would have found more herbs had I not cared about discovering the map.
Without further ado, here is the Terokkar Forest Herb Map, fully explored and unveiled by yours truly:
The main herbs to be found in Terokkar Forest are Terocone, Felweed and Dreaming Glory. Dreaming Glory, of course, is almost always found on the side of hills or mountains, and Terocone only in Forest. Felweed – probably because it’s a weed – has no problems growing everywhere (kind of).
So I farmed Terokkar Forest for about 20 minutes this morning, punctuated by frequent deviations to go explore an area of the map. Here is what I gathered:
27 Terocone
21 Felweed
9 Dreaming Glory
1 Fel Blossom
11 Motes of Life
I must admit that that’s pretty good for such a short farming run. The Fel Blossoms – they absorb damage when activated- are always useful, and the herbs, of course, are useful to both Alchemists and Scribes (or Inscriptionists, as some of you are so fond of calling them) but it’s really too bad about the Motes of Life.
They used to be so useful and sought after for level 70 gear and potions and such, and now, well, they are only a necessary and hurried stepping stone on the way to Crystallized Life and all the good Northrend stuff.
Too bad, really. Especially considering I must have 500 in the Bank…
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