Wow. Where do you get this quest from? I mean where does it start?
And where in Fungus Grove is Rebecca?
luv,
-Su
> Speaking of trade skills and great items, there is a new earring you can
> make if your trade skills are high enough or you have a lot of friends.
>
> To do this quest you need the trade skills to make 9 gifts. All 9 gifts
are
> tradable. Some gifts are harder than others. Once you have all 9 gifts,
put
> them in the forge and hit combine, you can not fail at this last combine.
> You will receive an Earring that is druid only called Xanthe's Earring of
> Nature with stats of AC 5 STR 8, STA 8, WIS 10, HP 55, mana 55, sv fire 7,
> sv cold 7, sv magic 7 and recommended level 51. Druid only ! You also
> receive the spell called Protection of the Cabbage. This spell is no drop
> druid spell, single target version on the Protection of the Glades, level
> 59.
>
> If you are not a druid, you can take this earring to Fungus Grove and turn
> the druid only earring into Rebecca and she will give you a new one. The
all
> / all earring is called Earring of the Solstice and the stats for the
> earring are AC 5, STA 5, WIS 8, INT 8, HP 55, mana 55, sv fire 5, sv cold
5,
> sv magic 5 and recommended level is 51. All - All
>
> Many of the trade skill combines are not trivial to a 250 skilled
tradesman.
> So be prepared to work to get this item. My guild made about 18 of these
> Earrings this past weekend. We all worked as a team and collected
> components, bought gems and killed mobs for the needed items.
>
> I would say of the 9 gifts needed, the hardest gift is the Ceremonial
> Solstice Robe. This robe is selling on my server for 10,000 platinum. I
have
> sold 2 of them for my guild. My guild mate has a tailoring skill of 241
and
> it is good to see that he is making some good money for all the hard work
he
> has done over the last 18 months. He also completed his 8th prayer shawl.
>
> Another guild mate has a smithing skill of 244, but 3 weeks before this,
his
> skill was below 50. Smithing is a lot easier to raise that tailoring.
> Tailoring takes forever to raise. Could you imagine clicking 150 combines
> with a skill of 240 and not getting 1 skill increase? This is how it is
for
> tailoring.
>
> I do not want to bore anyone by copying and pasting the entire quest, but
I
> will paste just 2 of the 9 gifts you need to give you an idea how complex
> this quest is. Just notice how many combines are not trivial at 250 skill.
I
> was in the group when they were making the robes and I saw the first 20
robe
> combines they had 3 successful tries out of 20 and the next time he was 5
> for 20.
>
> Ceremonial Solstice Robe Gift
> * Combine: Gem Studded Chain + 3 Sacred Tunare Silks (unstacked) +
> Tunic Pattern + Embroidery Needle (sewing kit, tailoring trivial >250, gem
> studded chain and embroidery needle returned on failure, needle returned
on
> success)
>
> Other combines that you need
> * Gem Studded Chain = Worked Silver Chain + Sapphire + Ruby + Emerald
> (jeweller's kit, jewelcraft trivial >250)
> * Worked Silver Chain = 1 Enchanted Bar of Silver + 1 Metal Bits +
> water (forge, smithing trivial 111)
> * Sacred Tunare Silk = 1 Silk Swatch + Celestial Essence + Blessed
> Dust of Tunare (sewing kit, tailoring trivial 135)
> * Celestial Essence = 1 Celestial Solvent + 1 High End Research
> component (mortar and pestle, no-fail combine)
> * Blessed Dust of Tunare = 1 Imbued Emerald + 1 Celestial Essence + 1
> Jar of Acid (kiln, pottery trivial <=122)
> * Embroidery Needle = Needle Mold + water + Metal Bits + Celestial
> Essence (forge, smithing trivial 122)
>
> Misty Thicket Picnic Gift
> * Misty Thicket Picnic (miraculous meal, STR 5, STA 5, WIS 5, INT 5,
> size: large) = 1 Picnic Basket + 1 Marmalade Sandwich + 1 Jumjum Spiced
Beer
> + 1 Jumjum Salad + 1 Royal Mints + 1 Mature Cheese + 2 (unstacked) Jumjum
> Cake Slices (oven, baking trivial >250, yield 4 picnics)
>
> Other combines/items that you will need
> * Picnic Basket = 1 Woven Mandrake + 1 Steel Boning (sewing kit,
> tailoring trivial 76, yield 10, snack)
> * Woven Mandrake = 2 Mandrake Roots (unstacked) (sewing kit, tailoring
> trivial 66)
> * Steel Boning = 1 Small Brick of Ore + 1 File + water (forge,
> smithing trivial <44)
> * Marmalade Sandwich = 1 Apricot Marmalade + 1 Loaf of Bread (mixing
> bow, baking trivial <=111, yield 12 sandwiches)
> * Apricot Marmalade = 3 Frosting (unstacked) + 1 Fruit (oven, baking
> trivial <=111, yield 6 marmalade)
> * Jumjum Spiced Beer = Barley + Hops + Spices + Water + Bottle +
> Jumjum Stalk (brew barrel, brewing trivial 162, yield 10 beer)
> * Jumjum Salad = 1 Vegetables + 1 Lettuce + 1 Fennel +1 Jumjum Stalk
> (mixing bowl, baking trivial 142, yield 10 salads)
> * Royal Mints = Eucalyptus + Frosting (mixing bowl, baking trivial
> <=83, yield 10 mints)
> * Mature Cheese = Rennet + 2 Milk (unstacked) + Dairy Spoon (mixing
> bowl, baking trivial 84, yield 10 cheese)
> * Dairy Spoon = 2 Metal Bits (unstacked) + Scalar Mold + water (forge,
> smithing trivial 86)
> * Jumjum Cake Slice = 1 Jumjum Cake (oven/spit, baking trivial <=152,
> yields 10 slices)
> * Jumjum Cake = Jumjum Stalk + Frosting + Clump of Dough + Winter
> Chocolate + Cake Round (spit/oven, baking trivial 166, yield 20 cakes)
> * Winter Chocolate = 1 Brownie Parts + 2 Frosting (unstacked) (mixing
> bowl, baking trivial 95)
> * brownie parts drop off pretty much any brownie (Lesser Faydark,
> Greater Faydark, Steamfont?), as well as from Nillipus in Rivervale
>
> Sorry for making this email so long, but if you have any questions about
> this quest or anything else, ask away.
>
> Sistily
> Gnome Warlord
>
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