Collecting raresFollow

Rares are easy to find in the T1 to T3 zones, if I take my main to CL I can get several rares in no time. But in a T6 zone it seems to me that the chances are slimmer. I have only found 1 T6 rare. So who knows what the deal is.

Maybe its 1 and 200 harvests in CL and 1 and 5000 harvests in SS?

Only SoE knows.

Well...I took about a 6 month break from EQ2. Prior to leaving I'd gotten my harvesting skills to just under T4 lvls. Id gotten a couple blackened irons..2 or 3 coral...a couple silver clusters...some fir. Not alot, given the amount of harvesting I was doing then. This was all pre- the time developers said they raised the chances. I've recently come back and worked to get my frog troubador up to max for his lvl...he is currently at T4 skill lvl..roughly sitting at 145 in all aspects. I've not foraged consistantly, just enough to keep it maxed as I lvl, but I've gotten a couple rough jaspers...some medium quality pelts...a fish scale...and a couple severed oaks. So, while I havent noticed a big change in the number of rares I got from when I left a while back...it's probably worth mentioning that I'm not foraging as "hard" as I did then. Sometimes I just quit pulling mobs or questing, and take an hour or two and run around foraging every node I come to, keeping my last bag open at the top of my screen so I can see when my bags are about to fill up. I'd say during these sessions I get at least one **ding** "You have found a rare" message.

Someone should start a book on all the rumors and urban legends in both EQ and EQ2 over the years...

Just for your information I have toons for each tradeskill.So I have teir 3,2,1 collecting as often as possible to level them up.Have found that the more i collect the more rares i get,some days i get a rare off each type one after another then others I can go several days with only one rare. I agree that it's ramdom but i feel that the more you do the better chance you have of getting a rare. Thats just from my experience.

Asake,21 woodworker,Neriek
Tzaress,17 outfitter,Neriek
Merlinda, 20 Armorer,Neriek
Mickie,17 Scholar,Neriek
Misty's,21 Charpenter,Neriek
Sassie,15 Jewler,Neriek
Kimikos,23 provisioner,Neriek
Hermete,22 Alchemist,Neriek
Atella,13 Outfitter,Neriek
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I have ten different characters at different level and I pickup almost everything I believe I have found most of the rares on tier 1 & 2 more then once. I had My 12 Level Priest in Oakmont Forest Today I found a few Bronze and some Alder.

I have to say that this has been my experience as well. I have gone down the path of harvesting only on ore so I could get Blacken Iron or Steel but the results have been very frustrating. As soon as I switched methods, ie harvested everything and anything, my rare harvests increased dramatically.

That said, I can harvest for an hour or longer before getting the first rare, and then BOOM 4 or 5 in minutes, not to mention the glowing and sparkling items. It alway seems to come in a little rush and it hasn't mattered what Teir I'm after (only 2,3,4 presently).

It seems strange that you should need to harvest everything to get rares, but it doesn't really bother me to spend the time. My group all does the same and then we pass the rares we can't use to those who can use them. If that fails we stick 'em on the broker and get a nice price.

this has to be fate, as my provisioner is no where near being maxxed on any skills and about once a week i'll find up to three rares...in various things from roots to bushes to trees...just gotta keep at it.. but ive still not been able to win more than 10 silver on the lottery dewd

Since GU 24 there is a skill-over-trivial point at which you have a slightly better chance of getting rares. We have not been told the formula, and no one has figured it out yet. But a maxed harvester working lower tier zones has a slightly better chance.

The chance of getting a rare is limited random. RAres become more rare as you level up - Tier 1 (level 1-9) they're not terribly hard to get, Tier 2 (level 10-19) they're a bit harder, by Tier 7 (level 60-69) they're pretty darn rare.

Yeah, when the imbuing raws (stones, flowers, etc) were first put in they didn't give the "Rare item" alert and the old dev called them "Uncommons". They sure aren't rare, lol.

True rares are completely random. I've had weeks where I've gotten 3 or 4 rares. And, then gone a month without seeing another. However, last week, I picked up 4 rough opals in a row in the Enchanted Lands. One off each of the nodes I harvested consecutively. I was so excited, I gave 3 of them away to guild mates that needed them and only used one of them for crafting. XD