Figured I'd update this since a lot of stuff changed since BOL. Just in time for a new xpac in a couple months to add new stuff Also a note on rare harvest, this is not your exact chance to get a rare. Instead it increases your chance to get a rare. So if you have 100% rare harvest you will pull rares on average twice as much as someone with 0% rare harvest. [We do not know the exact amount of base rare harvest to figure out exactly what the chance is] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to maximize rare harvest chance: Seasoned Harvesting -- 5% rare harvest, AA in Tradeskill Prestige tree(top left), also gives track harvestables Trim Reaver -- 1% rare harvest, AA in tradeskill(bottom left) Far Seas Harvest Technique -- 1% rare harvest, AA under Far Seas tab in Tradeskill Prestige(top ability) Potion of Bountiful Harvests -- 2% rare harvest(potion lasts 6 hours), comes from personal researcher daily quests Buried Takish'Hiz Contested Gear(all of these comes off the merchant in the artisan's area of this zone, do the questline and then the daily to farm currency; you get 3 currency, or 6 for members, per a daily and the items take 25 each so it will take a little bit of work to get everything): Sparkling Innovative Whatchamacallity -- 2.5% rare harvest(also 2 bountiful)[charm] Sparkling Innovative Girdle -- 5% rare harvest[belt], note this is easier to acquire then Girdle of Vigilant for same benefit Sparkling Innovative Censer -- 2.5% rare harvest[secondary] Sparkling Innovative Pouch -- 2.5% rare harvest[ranged] Sparkling Innovative Helm -- 20.8% rare harvest[helm], note this is easier to acquire than Recuso Specialized Reconnaisance Helmet] Sparkling Innovative Bangle -- 5% rare harvest[wrist] Other gear(at this point you should just do the contested gear instead of earning these unless you are impatient, if you don't already have it): Girdle of the Vigilant -- 5% rare harvest[belt], comes from Piercing the Darkness: Carving a Legacy quest (pre-quest to BOL tradskill timeline) Recuso Specialized Reconnaissance Helmet -- 20.8% rare harvest=[helm], purchased off merchant Gwennie in Fordel Midst with currency from ROS harvesting missions Mount gear: [insert tier here] Saddle/Hackamore of Harvesting - there are a variety of these that require pattern drops then can be crafted and will give more, some require one charge recipe books as well. Patterns are hidden across tradeskill and adventure content in all recent xpacs. (hizite one from RoR is 15 for saddle; current best discoed saddle is Vacrul from VoV with 20.8; best discoed hackamore is still voidetched for 13.7 from BoL) Shadowscream Saddle of Harvesting -- 13.4% rare harvest, use until you get a better one, craftable with a Lustrous Rockhopper Hide Plateaus Saddle of Harvesting -- 11.5% rare harvest, use if you can't get the shadowscream version, craftable with RoR commons Shadowscream Hackamore of Harvesting -- 11.2% rare harvest, use until you get a better one, craftable with a Lustrous Rockhopper Hide Plateaus Hackamore of Harvesting -- 9.6% rare harvest, use if you can't get the shadowscream version, craftable with RoR commons Finder's Stirups -- 11.2% rare harvest, came in the mount gear crate with premium ROS xpac Little Bit of Barding -- 3.9% rare harvest, came in mount gear crate with premium chaos descending xpac Familiar:Ve'gan Venson -- 15% rare harvest at max level(also gives you bonus harvests), came from doing VoV Tradeskill beta, so if you don't already have it will have to get one of the others for now Gaggelu Pearwood -- 14% rare harvest at max level, comes from A Stitch in Time Part V: Sealed with Hate quest (POP crafting timeline) Mischievous Beasty -- 14% rare harvest at max level, comes from Mischief Managed: Duty and the Beast quest(Mischief and Mayhem crafting timeline) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to maximize bountiful harvest: Ample Harvest-- 15% bountiful harvest, AA in Tradeskill(top left) Compact Sumac Harvesting Kit -- 12% bountiful harvest, crafted item(buy off broker) and set to autoconsume Gi of the Ashen Artisan -- 12% bountiful harvest[chest], crafted item(buy off broker) Voidfarer/Shrouded Artisan's Expertise -- 10% bountiful harvest, from premium BOL/ROS xpac(clickie that lasts a day) Blessed Coldain Prayer Shawl--27% bountiful harvest[neck], from quest What Dreams May Come Mark of the Far Seas -- 10% bountiful harvest[ring] plus 10 harvest skills, from quest Return to Refuge(AOM tradeskill timeline) Shroud of Hidden Harvests -- 1% bountiful harvest[cloak], from quest Totemic Reinforcement(Withered Lands tradeskill timeline) Buried Takish'Hiz Contested Gear(all of these comes off the merchant in the artisan's area of this zone, do the questline and then the daily to farm currency; you get 3 currency, or 6 for members, per a daily and the items take 25 each so it will take a little bit of work to get everything): Sparkling Innovative Shoulders -- 27% bountiful harvest[shoulders] Sparkling Innovative Boots -- 10% bountiful harvest[feet] Sparkling Innovative Thingamabob -- 2% bountiful harvest [charm] Sparkling Innovative Braces -- 1% bountiful [forearms] Sparkling Innovative Whatchamacallity -- 2% bountiful(2.5% rare harvest)[charm] Plateaus Nail of Harvests -- 31% bountiful harvest which can go in chest, legs, feet; can be crafted in unlimited quantity from Plateaus Adorners Primer Volume II(can get the book from RoR content, or can be buy either book or nails off broker) Harvester's Balm -- 3% bountiful harvest in potion that lasts 1 hour, crafted from amalgamations(or bought on broker) Can wear up to 5 of the nails. There is no benefit to having more than 100% bountiful, so use as few nails as possible to get there. This should be easy enough for everyone to get to cap on now. Lowest effort route to capping: Ample Harvest+Compact Sumac Harvesting Kit+Sparkling Innovative Shoulders(gets you to 54 at which point two of the plateaus nails will cap you. Alternatively 3 of the plateaus nails plus the 1 AA will also get you there) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you really want to wear more nails: You can get gear with two white adorn slots through either running high keep contested(or other TOV zones), buying it off the broker(will be level 92-95 stuff, excluding some of the 95 stuff), or the loyalty merchant in your city sells gear some of which has two white adorn slots. This will allow you to double up on nails in any slot you are not using another piece of crafting gear(which should maximally be cloak, chest, neck, 1 ring, and weapon). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harvesting speed: Doing the Kunark Ascending Growf quests, your gathering goblin(in Tradeskill prestige AAs) will lower the base harvest time 1.5 seconds, which means with the other reductions your harvest time will be .75 seconds. The gi of the ashen artisan, sumac harvesting kit, and overcloked automated combine harvester all reduce harvest time by .5 seconds. If you do not have the Growf quests done, your harvest time will be 1.5 seconds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Honorary mention to the Sparking Innovative Gloves on the contested merchant for giving 20 max crafting without needing the AA(not harvesting related but is a useful item)
