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THINGS I WISH I'D KNOWN EARLIER - Harvesting

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* Getting harvesting tasks from your wholesaler is a good way to make money. If you have a wholesaler task to harvest, you can complete it in one of two ways (or a combination thereof): 1) Harvest the resource from the appropriate zone 2) Kill mobs appropriate to that quest (eg. if you need tier 2 pelts, kill tier 2 bears and deer). You can no longer get another player to trade you resources you need, or buy them off the broker.

* If you can't harvest something, your skill is not high enough. Generally speaking, you need a 40ish skill to harvest in Antonica/Commonlands and a 90ish to harvest in Thundering Steppes/Nek Forest. Note: as of 12/3/04, you now only need a 20 skill to harvest in Antonica/Commonlands. Some zones may require certain skills be slightly higher than others.

* If you find a ? on the ground, left click on it and pick it up. These items are generally for collection quests and can have some pretty nice rewards if you can collect an entire set. Look on the brokers for the pieces you are missing.

* Rare harvested items are REALLY rare. I have seen 2 so far in 20 levels. If you harvest something with a different name from an ore/rock/roots/wood that you haven't heard of, don't sell it to the merchants because players will give you more for it.

* Make sure you do not delete the harvested items you collect for tradeskill tasks. You will not get credit unless the items are in your inventory or bank.

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