Harvesting Rares
What follows are some questions and
answers about harvesting rares and what exactly these rares could be
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1) So what's a "rare"?
Rares are, as the name implies, rare harvests from the
harvesting nodes located throughout the world of EQ2. Rares are
used for crafting some very high quality items and equipment, and are
worth serious money on the open market (if you come across one you
can't use or pass on to a friend!).
2) Which rare
crafts which item?
Here's a quick breakdown:
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Rare
harvest type
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Type
of item that can be crafted
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style="font-weight: bold;">Heavy armor,
style="font-weight: bold;">medium armor, most weapons, sconces
and light fixtures for your house, and high quality combat art and spell
upgrades for some classes
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; ">Precious
Metal / Gems
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Stone
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Earrings,
wrist items, necklaces, and high quality combat art and spell upgrades for some
classes
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; ">Hides
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style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; ">Dens
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style="font-weight: bold;">Light armor, belts, bags, fist
wraps, and weapons which must be drawn from a pouch / holster (throwing
daggers & axes, etc.)
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; ">Roots
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style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; ">Roots
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Very
light
armor, sashes, house decor like rugs and paintings
Wood
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Wood
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Bows,
wooden
weapons (staff, batons, etc.), shields, furniture for your house, and
strongboxes |
So which rares can be found at "gathering" nodes (as in the ones you
take food, spices and other provisioner materials from)? See below
under the "Imbued" discussion!
3) I've heard people talking about tier 2, tier3, etc. (abbreviated
t2,
t3, and so on) rares. What's that all about?
Tiers are a way of describing where a rare is harvested, the level of
craftsmanship necessary to produce something with the harvest, and,
most importantly, the level range the crafted item can be used
by. Tier one rares produce items/spells/abilities that can be
usefully equipped (roughly) from level 1 to level 9, tier 2: lvl 10 to
lvl 19, t3: 20 to 29, t4 30 to 39, t5 level 40 to
level 49, t6 level 50-59, t7 level 60-69, t8 level 70-79, and t9 level 80-90. Note that these are approximate values, t3 armor
crafted with a rare will surely be the better choice than t4 standard
armor until probably halfway through the 40's.
4) So where should
I go to try and harvest these rares, and what should I be looking for?
If you're like me in not having enough
patience for hours and hours of harvesting just to raise yourself to
the next tier, you'll probably want to raise these skills as you go
along. While your soloing in Thundering Steppes, for example,
harvest some nodes in safe places as you go along. This biggest
disadvantage to this kind of harvesting is that you'll be harvesting in
places where an aggro mob could stumble into your peaceful harvesting
session, but you'll be glad you kept your skills up when at level 45+
you're out harvesting t5 stuff, instead of slugging it out with
node-stealers in Oakmyst Forest. Also, whatever your feelings are
about what's commonly called "node-stealing" (harvesting from a node
someone is currently harvesting from, thereby reducing their harvesting
chances by one), you should know that some folks will take serious
offense if you attempt it.
Finally, one disclaimer before the list. Rares are
style="font-style: italic;">rare. Expect long hours of
harvesting without seeing one, or you might just find one when a node
pops underneath your group's camping spot. You just never know,
so don't get frustrated!
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Tier
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Zones
to Harvest In
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Harvesting
Skill
Needed
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Ore
Rare
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Stone
Rare
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Hide
Rare
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Wood
Rare
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Rare
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1
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">The newbie zones and areas immediately around the cities.
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">0
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Bronze
Cluster,
Solidified Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough
Lapis
Lazuli,
Copper Cluster
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Wax Leather Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Severed
Alder
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Yarrow
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-style: italic; ">Tier
2
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Antonica,
Commonlands, Greater Faydark
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">20
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Blackened
Iron Cluster, Alkaline Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough
Coral,
Silver Cluster
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Cured Leather Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Severed
Bone
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Sisal
Root
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-style: italic; ">Tier
3
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Nektulos,
Thundering Steppes, Butcherblock Mountains
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">90
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Steel
Cluster, Malleable Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough
Jasper, Palladium Cluster
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Cuirboilli Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Severed
Fir
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Fiber
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-style: italic; ">Tier
4
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Enchanted
Lands, Zek the Orcish Wastes, Steamfont Mountains
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Feysteel
Cluster, Ductile Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough
Opal,
Ruthenium Cluster
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Engraved Leather Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Severed
Oak
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Oak
Root
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-style: italic; ">Tier
5
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rivervale,
Feerott, Lavastorm, Everfrost
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Ebon
Cluster, Fused Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough
Ruby,
Rhodium Cluster
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Augmented Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Severed
Cedar
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Root
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6
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Sinking
Sands, Pillars of Flame, Lesser Faydark
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">240
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Cobalt
Cluster, Alkalai Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Rough Pearl, Vanadium Cluster
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Scaled Leather Pelt
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class="pn-content-page-body">Saguaro Root
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tier 7
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tenebrous Tangle, The Barren Sky, The Bonemire, Loping Plains
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">240
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Xegonite, Spongy Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Acrylia Cluster, Rough Moonstone
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Dragonhide Leather Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Ebony Lumber
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Nimbus Root
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tier 8
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Kylong Plains, Fens of Nathsar, Kunzar Jungle, Jarsath Wastes
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">340
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Incarnadine Cluster, Silicate Loam
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tynnonium Cluster, Rough Fire Emerald
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Hidebound Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Mahogany Lumber
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Mantrap Root
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tier 9
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Sundered Frontier and
Stonebrunt Highlands
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">375
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Brellium Ore
(no loam for T9)
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Kaborite Cluster, Ulteran
Diamond
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Spotted Pelt
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Eucalyptus Lumber
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Toxnettle Root
Thanks Kias of Oggok and Len of Permafront for various corrections in this table!
5) Ever since live
update #6, I've been seeing "Imbued" armor, jewelry, dolls, etc.
Is that crafted with rares too?
These are semi-rare materials that are used in crafting to create imbued items.
Imbued items are more valuable and generally offer a nice stat boost to regular
gear and weapons.
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Tier
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"Imbued
rare" descriptor
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2
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3
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4
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5
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Luminous
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tier
6
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Lambent
(Thanks Wydow of Unrest!)
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Tier 7
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Scintillating
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Smoldering
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style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; ">Ethereal
6) Harvesting is so tedious, any way to make it go faster?
Harvesting rares is a huge time sink and while it yields a good amount of value
as a money maker for those who sell rares and as a money saver for those who
need the rares, it is a huge commitment. Set aside large chunks of time to
gather. If you're gathering for crafting and don't need rares, then utilize
guild hall gathering NPCs to do the hard work for you. If you want those rares
though, you have to go out and get them yourself. There are tools in game: picks
for mining, shovel for gathering, fishing pole for fishing, trap for trapping,
and a saw for foresting that will speed up the process. The level 70+ tools
shave 2.5 seconds off each harvest which can add up to a lot in the end. You can
find these tools on the broker and they are fairly common and reasonably priced.
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