Rare Plants  

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Level:45
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Faction
  • Loot
Factions Raised:
Factions Lowered:
Quest Items:
Related Zones:
Era:Shadows of Luclin
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
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Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Thu Dec 6 17:22:46 2001
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
This quest begins with Tobala Honeyjar in Katta Castellum. She is located at /loc 50, -350, 2 (outside the large manor in the zone's northwest).

You say, 'Hail, Tobala Honeyjar'

Tobala Honeyjar says 'Hello! 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.'

The items you require are all foraged and can be found in the following zones:

Dawnflower Seeds: from Dawnshroud Peaks and Umbral Plains ;
Letalis Zenith Vine: from Mons Letalis ;
Red Sands Cactus: from Scarlet Desert ;
Twilight Orchid: from Akheva Ruins, Maiden's Eye, Twilight Sea, Umbral Plains and Vex Thal.

Hand those four items to Tobala.


Tobala Honeyjar says 'Oh thank you so much! 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 has been adjusted by 2.
Your faction standing with Seru has been adjusted by -1.
Your faction standing with Heart of Seru has been adjusted by -1.
You gain experience!!

Reward(s):
Foraging Machette (Forage +10%, 20 max)
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Be careful on Bag Placement of these Items!!
# Jan 06 2023 at 3:03 PM Rating: Decent
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FYI : The Seeds, Vine, and Cactus are "Meals"! Not sure if anyone has had this problem with just letting them drop into your bags? After foraging for quite some time for the items, I obtained all four for the turn in. Prior to the turn-in my toon ate one of the drops! /cry Make sure your toon is well-fed up or it could be consumed loosing potential hours of work!!
Be careful on Bag Placement of these Items!!
# Jan 15 2023 at 11:19 AM Rating: Excellent
Roadklnurse wrote:
FYI : The Seeds, Vine, and Cactus are "Meals"! Not sure if anyone has had this problem with just letting them drop into your bags? After foraging for quite some time for the items, I obtained all four for the turn in. Prior to the turn-in my toon ate one of the drops! /cry Make sure your toon is well-fed up or it could be consumed loosing potential hours of work!!


Yes. Always keep your food and drink the the very first slots in the first bag in your inventory so this doesn't happen.
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Level Requirement
# Dec 29 2018 at 10:21 PM Rating: Decent
6 posts
There must be a minimum level requirement for this quest. My level 60 rogue did it with sneak (indifferent) with no problem.
My level 8 druid with indifferent faction... " I have no use for these items, you can have them back "
Foraging Machette Update
# Sep 14 2015 at 10:07 PM Rating: Decent
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I did rare plant quest today and received my Machette showing 270/250 in skills window now
Goal Type
# Aug 22 2015 at 10:06 AM Rating: Decent
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I humbly implore you to alter the listed Goal Type away from "Faction," as listed, to that of "Loot."
While there are much quicker ways to adjust the affected factions, this quest is the only source for

THIS PHAT LEWT! WOO HOO! GO MACHETTES! WHACKA WHACKA! FORAGES ROCK! WOO HOO!

Ahem.
Thank you kindly!
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She does not accept the items
# May 04 2015 at 6:58 PM Rating: Decent
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This also happened with the fertilizer quest. She will not accept my items.

Do I need amiable with her???
2015 update
# Mar 15 2015 at 6:02 AM Rating: Good
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Foraging appears to be luck of the draw. Aside from chance to succeed, forage skill doesn't seem to affect rates of the rare items. I've foraged these with racial 50 forage but even at +200 forage and Nature's Bounty 2 they can take time. My guess is the variety of items in the forage tables on Luclin means you either get lucky or spend forever until you get your rare plants.
If you're a druid, jump to dawnshroud for the seeds, run through Netherbian Lair - Marus Seru - Mons Letalis for the vine then jump to twilight, run to scarlet for the cactus, zone back to get the orchid last (twilight orchids don't stack), succor to the Katta entrance, once inside succor to the top and run to Tobala outside the castle.
Logs below with faction levels and yes this quest is old enough to not be in the quest journal:

[Sun Mar 15 04:42:59 2015] Logging to 'eqlog.txt' is now *ON*.
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:00 2015] You say, 'Hail, Tobala Honeyjar'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:01 2015] Tobala Honeyjar says 'Hello, Brondal! 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.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:02 2015] You say, 'Nocturnal Gardens'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:03 2015] 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.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:05 2015] You say, 'tasks'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:05 2015] 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.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:08 2015] You say, 'rare plants'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:09 2015] 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.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:12 2015] Targeted (Druid GM): Tobala Honeyjar
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:12 2015] Stand close to and right click on the Druid GM to train your skills.
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I would like all four of the plants that I asked for please.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I would like all four of the plants that I asked for please.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Tobala Honeyjar says 'I would like all four of the plants that I asked for please.'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Tobala Honeyjar says 'Oh thank you so much Brondal! 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!'
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Your faction standing with Concilium Universus has been adjusted by 2.
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Your faction standing with Seru has been adjusted by -1.
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] Your faction standing with Heart of Seru has been adjusted by -1.
[Sun Mar 15 04:43:20 2015] You gain experience!!
Update
# Mar 03 2015 at 1:49 PM Rating: Decent
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Twilight Orchid, foraged in The Umbral Plains also
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Less thank an hr to complete
# Nov 09 2014 at 12:09 PM Rating: Decent
all foraged on first attempt except Letalis Zenith Vine took about 10 mins. With druid ports poof poof done. Forage now 285 with Machette equipped.

Edited, Nov 9th 2014 1:16pm by dansworldrocks
Less thank an hr to complete
# Nov 15 2019 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
Very. Lucky.
Less thank an hr to complete
# Aug 08 2018 at 11:56 PM Rating: Decent
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you got real lucky is all I can say.
Forage Results
# Mar 05 2014 at 8:24 PM Rating: Decent
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Level 64 Ranja
Start: Forage 190
Finish: Forage 192
Natures Bounty 3/6
Foraging 1/1

Dawnshroud Peaks: ~15 mins
- Dawnflower Seeds (4) <=====
- Feathers (5)
- Pod of Water (?)
- Fishing Grubs (?)
- Roots (4)

Mons Letalis: ~2hr 45mins (across 2 days)
- Roots (38)
- Chagra Spice (10)
- Rockweed Bulb (37)
- Pod of Water (?)
- Fishing Grubs (?)
- Feather (24)
- Letalis Zenith Vine (2) <=====

Scarlet Desert: ~30 mins
- Roots (?)
- Chagra Spice (13)
- Red Sands Catus (2) <======
- Feather (?)
- Rockweed Bulb (?)

Twilight Sea: ~2hr 15mins
- Twilight Orchid (1) <======
- Nepeta Cataria Mint (3)
- Twilight Worm (12)
- Feather (12)
- Roots (17)
- Pod of Water (?)
- Wild Crimson Berries (?)
Update
# Apr 12 2013 at 9:21 AM Rating: Default
Just an update and personal experience. This did take me about an hour to an hour and a half at a 208 forage (well 207, it went up a point during.) I watched an mma fight at one pt and dropped by vt to check on a mob so can subtract that from my estimate. The vine took the longest.
Update
# Apr 12 2013 at 9:24 AM Rating: Default
Oh I suppose I should mention I had nature's bounty maxed and foraged 2 things every time, made it much easier.
Heres the deal
# Jul 16 2010 at 5:33 PM Rating: Decent
Task is NOT broken......

When you hail Tobala Honeyjar you will get the dialog but no tasks will show in Quest Journal window. Go ahead and forage the 4 items listed and return to Tobala and hand her the 4 items. You will receive the Foraging Machette.

Side note: There is NO WAY this task takes only 1 hour. I spent a total of 6+ hours foraging to get these items. I got one of everthing but the Red Sands Cactus which I got 2.

I took my lvl 41 wiz along to port me around the world to speed things up. While I foraged, she hunted and gained 2 lvls. So I killed 2 birds with one stone!




Edited, Sep 26th 2010 11:33am by Kuzain
Heres the deal
# Jul 15 2011 at 10:35 PM Rating: Decent
This quest pre-dates the task system, hence no task window ( alt+q ).

As a side note - I have in the past also finished this one in under 1 hour (in my case I just took along 4 foragers).
Not too bad
# Jan 17 2010 at 1:02 AM Rating: Decent
Took me about an hour per item. Worked on learning languages in the zones over my head, and swimming and XPing in the zones that weren't. I'm now the proud owner of my very own Foraging Machette!

If you're not familiar with the zone, Tobala Honeyjar is a bit hard to find. Just head to the very top and use your map, and you'll do OK.
Not too bad
# Jul 16 2010 at 4:02 PM Rating: Decent
Getting to the top isnt as easy as it sounds. This is my first time in this zone and the map is hard to navigate besides it being yellow lines.

Now to find some stairs or ramps. rofl
foraging machette
# Jun 28 2009 at 6:35 AM Rating: Decent
This is taking almost as long to forage for as the epic items I need to forage up, the whole reason why I am doing the quest in the first place. Roffles.

Edited, Jun 28th 2009 10:36am by Anniehe
Bad math
# Dec 11 2006 at 1:12 PM Rating: Decent
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.
Bad math
# May 01 2009 at 7:31 PM Rating: Decent
This was much easier than I thought. At lvl 28 (Druid) with a foraging skill of 120, I managed to get all the rare plants. The longest was in Dawnshroud; I spent a little over an hour there. Then popped on lev and camo and slipped into Umbral. First item I got was Twilight Orchid :) Ported to Twilight Sea, ran to Scarlet Desert, and AGAIN, first item I foraged was the one I needed. Off to Mons Letalis via The Grey and spent a little time there, and VOILA...all done:) At least I am going to get some use out of that machete before my skill is too high.
Time of Quest
# Mar 09 2006 at 9:10 AM Rating: Decent
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...
Faction adjustments
# Oct 27 2005 at 9:30 AM Rating: Decent
This is from the log of my foraging druid:

[Wed Oct 26 21:35:44 2005] You have entered Katta Castellum.
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:36 2005] Tobala Honeyjar regards you indifferently -- what would you like your tombstone to say?
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:53 2005] Tobala Honeyjar says 'Oh thank you so much Deittil! 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!'
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:53 2005] Your faction standing with Concilium Universus got better.
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:53 2005] Your faction standing with Seru got worse.
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:53 2005] Your faction standing with Heart of Seru got worse.
[Wed Oct 26 21:36:53 2005] You gain experience!!
ARRRGGGGG
# Jun 28 2005 at 11:21 PM Rating: Decent
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.
Bugged
# May 27 2005 at 11:23 PM Rating: Decent
After running around frightened and foraging with my 9 Druid I found Tobala, walked through the prompts, handed her the four pieces and...she handed them back to me saying "I have no need for this, you can have it back." Did she run outta machetes, or is it bugged. Or am I?
Just worked for me
# May 30 2005 at 7:18 PM Rating: Decent
Out of curiosity, I did this quest again today to see if it was broken. With indifferent faction, I received the machette.

Incidentally, faction hits as of May 30, 2005 are:
Concilium Universus: Better
Seru: Worse
Heart of Seru: Worse

In that order.
time consumption
# Jan 23 2005 at 7:23 AM Rating: Decent
38 posts
I had the orchidee in bank. It took me 1 h to forage the seed in DS with forage skill 110.
I think will take something about 4 h to complete the quest.
time consumption
# Jun 25 2007 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
4 hours my ***...my druid has a maxed skill of 125...and ive been in Maidens Eye for damn near 4 days...gotten lots of mints and other things while trying to this piece...my husband even took me to where he forgaed his for his bard...any ideas?
Overall Price
# Sep 10 2004 at 4:58 PM Rating: Default
What would everything cost on..ohhh say maelin starypyre bazaar (I know I know VERY overpriced stuff..)
HERE I GO
# Jan 08 2004 at 11:03 AM Rating: Default
GOING TO TRY WITH MY LVL 5 DRUID
LOC
# Nov 30 2003 at 4:15 AM Rating: Decent
Best way to get to Tobala is: Zone into Katta, succor, then go to LOC pos 63 neg 345
Piece of cake
# Nov 10 2003 at 8:32 AM Rating: Decent
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,
Charm?
# May 04 2003 at 4:54 PM Rating: Decent
Does anyone know if she can be charmed to do the turn in? Cuz she is kos to me and if that works this would be my best bet to raise Concillium Universus.
RE: Charm?
# Jan 25 2004 at 5:40 AM Rating: Default
The machette is not no drop, make a lvl 1 anything good race and port them there and turn the stuff in...

Liveye (lvl 65 Wizard)
RE: Charm?
# May 05 2003 at 2:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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I don't know if she can be charmed or not - but I do know that quest turn-ins to a charmed mob don't give faction adjustments, only items. So, in other words, it won't work - sorry.
RE: Charm?
# Sep 16 2003 at 7:44 AM Rating: Decent
No, she can not be charmed.

Found out the hard way when I went to help a friend kill Lcea Katta for the VT key piece.
RE: Charm?
# Jan 19 2004 at 11:07 PM Rating: Decent
she is the gm druid, wouldn't try charming or anything else with her unless you wish to die a quick death.
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