Yup, smak the programmer. An hour to do, no way. Got the AA forage for two items. Very rare that I can't forage what I seek inside of ten minutes. In over a half hour of foraging for that dang vine in Mons, I've got the other crap, not the vine. I guess soe's eq is rocket science afterall.

Congrats if you finish this quest in 1h or less --My forage is @ 200, and it took far longer than a hour to do this quest...

Had everything but the Letalis Zenith Vine but didn't check what they were for, eithe ate or destroyed them. Have to remember to look for anything I forage.

GOING TO TRY WITH MY LVL 5 DRUID

I don't know if the quest is made easier lately but I got all ingredients from all zones in ten minutes after zoning in (foraging skill 97 when I started for first machette and 125 ATM).

Dawnflower Seeds seem to be common in Dawnshroud Peaks now so I stack them and give to my alts to feed them.
First Lethalis zenith vine I got at 6th foraging attempt, second vine I got another time at third foraging attempts.
Cactus: Zoned in, hided myself and started to forage. This took me 10 attempts before I got first cactus. Decided to try more and after 4 or 5 attempts got second one.
Twilight orchid: Got it at 2nd or 3rd attempt.

Now I have Foraging machette and have just to find another Twilight orchid for second machette.

HTH,

I have managed to acquire all the foraged items for the quest's completion. I am a lvl 52 druid with track and I am not familiar with Katta at all. I have been running into walls all over the place trying to find this questgiver. Anyone have a location or directions to find her comming in from Twilight?

Dadie of the Dadline of Characters
Lvl 52 Druid

The text here says get a four slot box, and she didn't come up with no box for me. Since they were semi-easy forages I went ahead and just gave her the four items, for a successful turnin.

i got the Twilight Orchid today in Umbral Plains.. have yet to see the dawnflower seeds pop up here..

Edited, Sat Dec 7 06:14:35 2002

This quest isn't too hard. At 200 skill, I went to each of the following zones and sat at the zoneline.

Dawnflower Seeds: Dawnshroud Peaks (foraged within 5 forage attempts)
Twilight Orchid: The Twilight Sea (foraged within 20 forage attempts)
Letalis Zenith Vine: Mons Letalis (foraged within 20 forage attempts)
Red Sands Cactus: Scarlet Desert (foraged on my first attempt)

Then I simply ran over to Katta (from Twilight Side), walked up to Tobala Honeyjar, hailed her, said "what rare plants", and then proceeded to give her each of the 4 items.

Gained experience, got the Foraging Machette, and got the following faction adjustments:

+Concilium Universus
-Seru
-Heart of Seru

The druid port to Twilight makes this quest a cinch.

Cronealus Arbor - 58 Wood Elf Druid
Vandil Darkreaver - 52 Dark Elf Shadowknight
Test Server

Edited, Fri Sep 13 22:56:20 2002

Is it just me? Or does anyone else get annoyed by wrong information?

[Tue May 21 00:15:32 2002] Logging to 'eqlog.txt' is now *ON*.
[Tue May 21 00:15:36 2002] You say, 'Hail, Tobala Honeyjar'
[Tue May 21 00:15:36 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'Hello Adrastea! I am Governess Tobala Honeyjar of Katta Castellum. Overseeing the maintenance of the [Nocturnal Gardens] is just one of my duties as the governess of agriculture and ecology.'
[Tue May 21 00:15:54 2002] You say, 'What Nocturnal Gardens?'
[Tue May 21 00:15:54 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'These are the Nocturnal Gardens in which we now stand. It is a collection of flora from various regions of the dark side of Luclin. It is a shame that we are not capable of supplying the nutrients necessary to maintain flora from the light side of Luclin. If you wish to assist in the maintenance of the garden I have some [tasks] you may be helpful in completing.'
[Tue May 21 00:16:06 2002] You say, 'What tasks?'
[Tue May 21 00:16:06 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I am in need of ingredients to create more [fertilizer] and in need of a competent forager to gather some [rare plants] for me.'
[Tue May 21 00:16:17 2002] You say, 'What rare plants?'
[Tue May 21 00:16:17 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I am seeking seeds and plants that I may extract the seeds from that are native to the light side of Luclin so that I am prepared should the Illuminarium Industria succeed in constructing a lantern that will provide the plants with the nutrients they need to survive here on the dark side. It would be a tremendous help if you could bring me a Twilight Orchid, Dawnflower Seeds, a Red Sands Cactus, and a Letalis Zenith Vine.'

Ok, in a nut shell... Twilight Orchid - Twilight Sea, Dawnflower Seeds - Dawnshroud Peaks, a Red Sands Cactus - Scarlet Desert, and a Letalis Zenith Vine - Mons Letalis. This is where I foraged each item... And each one off the first try. 200 foraging helps I think... I have only foraged these items in the places I stated... could be foraged elsewhere? I do not know.
She has never given a bag with the quest since I have been messing with this quest... Hey, I forage a lot and collect them & turn things in as I have all 4. Ya ya get a LIFE Adra! It is great for the faction hits :)

This is what she says if you only give her one of the items:
[Tue May 21 00:16:38 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I would like all four of the plants that I asked for please.'

This is what happens when you give her all 4 items:

[Tue May 21 00:17:10 2002] Tobala Honeyjar says 'Oh thank you so much Adrastea! You have saved me much time and trouble! Now if only those tinkerers in the Illuminarium Industria could figure out how to get that artificial light working!'
[Tue May 21 00:17:10 2002] Your faction standing with Concilium Universus got better.
[Tue May 21 00:17:10 2002] Your faction standing with Seru got worse.
[Tue May 21 00:17:10 2002] Your faction standing with Heart of Seru got worse.
[Tue May 21 00:17:10 2002] You gain experience!!
[Tue May 21 00:17:11 2002] Adrastea saved.

And you receive this:
Foraging Machette
LORE ITEM
Damage: 5
Delay: 32
Weight: 0.0
Weapon Skill: One Hand Slash
Classes: Bard Druid Ranger
Races: Human Half Elf Wood Elf Halfling Vah Shir
Inventory Slot: Either Melee
Can be stored in Medium and larger containers
Additional Modifiers:
Foraging: +10%

Yes, it is an icky weapon, but great for newbies who might starve to death... :p

Oh By The Way... Tobala Honeyjar is also a Trainer for us Druids :)

Hope this clears up any confusion!

Twilight Orchid is foraged in Maidens Eye NOT in Twilight Sea where you woudl expect. Also either the Letalis Vine does NOT forage in Mons LEtalis or it is very rare. I got all the rest on first couple of forages but after 2 hours nothign in Mons adn I am at 200 forage.

This NPC gives two different quests....one is the rare plants with in the end you get the Foraging machette....the second quest is the 8 slot bag for fertilizer quest, which in the the end you get the +2 wisdom food....let's try to not mixed them up.

Foraged the 4 rare plants required. Didn't receive a 4 slot container to put them in though. End result was 2 mighnight tangelo's. A hearty meal +2 wis. A bit disappointing really. Maybe a stack would be a better reward for the effort and travelling involved. I foraged dawnflower seeds in Dawnshroud, twilight orchid in Twilight, red sands cactus in Scarlet Desert and letalis zenith vine in Mons Letalis. Pretty self explanitory really

You say, 'Hail, Tobala Honeyjar'
Tobala Honeyjar says 'Hello Lhani! I am Governess Tobala Honeyjar of Katta Castellum. Overseeing the maintenance of the [Nocturnal Gardens] is just one of my duties as the governess of agriculture and ecology.
You say, 'what nocturnal gardens?'
Tobala Honeyjar says 'These are the Nocturnal Gardens in which we now stand. It is a collection of flora from various regions of the dark side of Luclin. It is a shame that we are not capable of supplying the nutrients necessary to maintain flora from the light side of Luclin. If you wish to assist in the maintenance of the garden I have some [tasks] you may be helpful in completing.
You say, 'what tasks?'
Tobala Honeyjar says 'I am in need of ingredients to create more [fertilizer] and in need of a competent forager to gather some [rare plants] for me.
You say, 'what rare plants?'
Tobala Honeyjar says 'I am seeking seeds and plants that I may extract the seeds from that are native to the light side of Luclin so that I am prepared should the Illuminarium Industria succeed in constructing a lantern that will provide the plants with the nutrients they need to survive here on the dark side. It would be a tremendous help if you could bring me a Twilight Orchid, Dawnflower Seeds, a Red Sands Cactus, and a Letalis Zenith Vine.
Tobala Honeyjar says 'Oh thank you so much Lhani! You have saved me much time and trouble! Now if only those tinkerers in the Illuminarium Industria could figure out how to get that artificial light working!
Your faction standing with Concilium Universus got better.
Your faction standing with Seru got worse.
Your faction standing with Heart of Seru got worse.
You gain experience!!
Receive: Foraging Machette
LORE ITEM
1HS DMG: 5 Delay:32
Skill Mod: Forage +10%
WT:4.5 Size: Med
Class: RNG DRU BRD
Race: HUM ELF HEF HFL VAH

anyone seen Owlbear dung dropped or foraged? it is for the Fertilizer she mentions.
What zone it would be in?

I'm pretty sure I foraged one of these in the Scarlet Desert. Looks kinda like spiky corn.

I foraged Dawnflower seeds in Dawnshroud Peaks, and Twilight orchids in Maidens Eye.

Foraged a Twilight Orchid in Umbral Plains tonight.



Lynx Whistlewind
49 Bard
Cestus Dei - Veeshan

Please post where you foraged each item. Would help other alot if you need to be in a special zone to foarage these items.

completed this quest today and got a Foraging Machette 5 damage 32del +10% to foraging. bard, druid, ranger only.