was at Ne corner Hg area, after 2 hrs taostign 120 Hgs cyclops the RNG Gods gave me the hair, made nice plat while waiting oN Hgs fine steel weapons and gems
Found mine by the mosquitoes on the hill at about 300,1600 . I tried for a couple hours at the hill giants with no luck. I did train my foraging skill from 160 to 179 at ranger guild master prior to trying at this location though. I got the drop after about 5 forages.
I went to the new Hill Giant site, figured I get some money while I waited. Then after about 40 minutes I came here to check out where other people got it. I went to the old HG spot, had no luck after 15 minutes. Went to the inactive Druid Ring that has druids at it near Lake Rathe zoneline (there is a broken down one in the SW of the zone). Then I got to thinking, if this item is probably the result of water sprites or whatever, wouldn't it make sense for it to drop more likely near the zone line? I went to the bandit camp and got it on the first try there. Again, the only reason I did this was because it made sense to me, and this could have been purely stupid luck, but if all else fails, whats the harm in trying?
ok I have been at the hot spot now for quite a while +300, +1600 Old HG Hill forage skill (115) this is the order I got the items so far.
1. water 2 fail 3 roots 4 vegetables 5 water 6 berries 7 basilisk egg 8 fail 9 fail 10 fail 11 fail 12 fail 13 fail 14 water 15 water 16 roots 17 fail 18 berries 19 fail 20 fail 21 fail 22 rabbit meat 23 rabbit meat 24 water 25 water 26 fail 27 fishing grubs 28 vegetable 29 fishing grubs 30 fail 31 rabbit meat 32 rabbit meat 33 fail 34 fruit 35 fail 36 fruit 37 water 38 roots 39 roots so far still no hair whoever said they got this on 2nd try here at this loc you are either uberly lucky or I call BS!! you have got to be lieing still no maidens hair.
I'm not sure if this means anything, but I spent hours and hours foraging in RM and each time I either dropped the items or destroyed them. I never foraged anything other than water flasks and roots. I decided to start putting the foraged items in my inventory and started getting items I hadn't gotten before, like eggs and berries. After about an hour, I got the hair.
I've been foraging on the old giant hill at the 300, 1600 location now for several hours. forage skill is 189. still no luck -- anyon have anything new to add about getting this or am i just unlucky?
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After foraging (200/200) for three days at the +300, +1600 I decided to move to the inactive druid ring. I got it on the first forage.Hope this helps :)
Random or not, after cruising other areas of the Rathe Mtns for an hour looking for this (Forage: 193+50 from AA), I decided to try the 300/1600 loc (old HG fort? Mosquito Hill?). I drew a line from 300 w to 300 e and foraged along it. Around 301/1601, 2nd forage around that point got the Sickly Maiden's Hair. BTW, I think some Forage is Random AS WELL as around fixed locations like ground spawn. Several foraging items occur both ways, if I recall correctly. Only SoE knows for sure.
I say you have a much better chance of finding it at the old HG hill. I got it on the 2nd forage attempt at 91 forage skill. So if your looking for this go around +300, +1600.
ok forage is random yes... but i was all over zone... GOTO 300..1600..... 2nd forage there...DONT listen to people that say its total random ... they got lucky.. <if u like me u wont be at random spots>
Your and other anecdotal evidence is not convincing. With the rarity of this item being foraged, I would suspect, you would need to forage in the same spot at least 10,000 times, then do another spot another 10,000 times and do a statistical comparison to see if there is a significant difference. And to be really convincing, you should do this in many locations.
I foraged this at the NEW Hill Giant hill after less than an hour, so you certainly don't have to be at the old hill to get it. I strongly suspect that, like all other forages I'm aware of, this one can be found anywhere in the zone, and the chance of finding it in any one place is purely random; in fact, there's nothing you can do to affect what you get from any one forage attempt (other than to pray, maybe).
Might have gotten lucky but i was completely lost trying to find that old giant hill and foraged this on 2nd attempt after i zoned in Rathe. it indeed does not seem linked to the loc you are at in the zone
After a full night of foraging unsuccessfully, I decided to look it up. Boy am I glad I did. After running to 300,1600 I got it on the 3rd forage there. Thanks to all that have posted this info.
So yes, +300,+1600 works. Don't ask, just do it lol :D