Lavastorm Travel Routes

8/18/2010 7:33:25 PM

The ability to harvest is very important in Everquest II, as many items that are necessary for crafting are found through the harvesting of wood, plants, rocks, and animal dens. Therefore, the gatherers are a vital link to a crafter's success.

As you harvest, you will gain skill levels as well as acquire the items from each node you're harvesting. The following are the various updates that will appear on your screen as you go.

When you harvest, in your text box you will be told either that you failed to harvest anything, or that you have gathered an item and what that item is.

 

Note that not only can you harvest from bushes and trees, but as you travel around looking for items to harvest from, you will see from time to time little glowing lights on the horizon. As you come closer to inspect, you will notice that in fact it is something like this on the ground:

 

This is where collectible items come from. Once you obtain your collectible item, open your inventory and examine it. If this is an item that you have not previously found, then you can add it to a collection. More information on collection quests will be coming soon.

Now, as you harvest, you will gain skill levels. This is important as time goes on, because you need higher levels of skill to harvest the higher tiers. As you gain these levels, you will become very experienced and at times overqualified for harvesting certain things. When that occurs, you'll be told the following.

 

Fear not... this will occur as you grow, but you will not lose any potential for successful harvests. Now, as you gain and succeed at harvesting, you will begin to see more rare items being obtained. When that happens, you will hear a chiming sound, and the following will appear on your screen:

 

These rare items are worth more to crafters and other players than your average harvested items. Also, some rare items are needed to complete a Heritage Quest (such as ebon and palladium). So when you find one... hang on to it as you may need it later!

There are seven tiers in Everquest II, and each one has specific skill requirements prior to being able to successfully harvest in that tier:

Tier One (Skill required: 1)
Isle of Refuge, The Peat Bog, The Caves I, The Caves II, The Forest Ruins,
Oakmyst Forest, The Sprawl, The Sunken City, The Graveyard, The Ruins Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Aggravation of Quickfin, Cluster of Fish, Collection of Fish, Group of Fish, Variety of Fish Coldwind flounder, Feeble quickfin, Frog leg, Sunfish  
Creature Den, Critter Den Deer meat, Rawhide leather pelt, Turtle meat Waxed leather pelt
Compound Ore, Curddy Ore, Dismal Ore, Dusty Ore, Dusky Ore, Rugged Ore, Unearthed Stone Leaded loam, Tin cluster Bronze, Salts*, Solidified Loam
Eroded Stone, Excavated Stone, Exhumed Stones, Misty Stone, Moss Encased Stone, Rigid Stone, Rustic Stone Lead cluster, Rough malachite Copper, Lapis Lazuli
Decomposed Arbor, Dense Felled Arbor, Felled Arbor, Fetid Arbor, Gangly Arbor, Grizzled Arbor, Withered Arbor Severed elm Severed Alder
Feeble Roots, Moldy Roots, Muddy Roots, Pale Roots, Stale Roots, Wilted Roots Roots Yarrow
Natural Garden Barley, Baubleshire cabbage, Jumjum, Raw basil, Raw black coffee, Raw pecan, Raw white tea leaf  
Piperacae   Pepper*

Tier Two (Skill required: 20)
Antonica, Blackburrow I, II, III, Firemyst Gully,The Commonlands,
The Wailing Caves A & B, Fallen Gate, The Vault of the Fallen Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Band of Fish, Shoal of Fish Crab meat, Freewater grouper, Golden cichlid Glowing Scale
Critter Den Elephant meat, Tanned leather pelt, Vulrich meat Cured Leather Pelt, Glowing Tooth
Callous Ore, Cloven Ore Iron cluster, Salty Loam Alkaline Loam, Blackened Iron, Glowing Stone
Sandwashed Rock, Wind Swept Rock Electrum cluster, Rough turquoise Glowing Stone, Rough Coral, Silver Cluster,
Wind Felled Tree Severed maple Glowing Flower, Severed Bone
Desert Roots, Plains Roots Tuber strands Glowing Flower, Sisal
Oasis Shrubbery, Plains Shrubbery Antonican coffee bean, Murdunk orange, Raw black tea leaf, Raw carrot, Raw black walnut, Raw thyme, Raw vanilla, Raw wheat, Glowing Flower
Decrepit Bones   Severed Bone

Tier Three (Skill required: 90)
The Thundering Steppes, Nektulos Forest Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Mob of Fish, Swarm of Fish Octopus tentackle, Seafury mackerel, Thicket crayfish Sparkling Scale
Beast Den Boiled leather pelt, Lion meat, Pig meat Cuirboilli Leather Pelt, Sparkling Tooth
Cloven Ore, Penumbra Ore, Stonecrest Ore Carbonite cluster, Pliant loam Malleable Loam, Sparkling Stone, Steel Cluster
Eventide Stone, Wind Swept Stones Gold cluster, Rough agate Palladium Cluster, Rough Jasper, Sparkling Stone
Felled High Plains Arbor, Putrescent Duskwood Arbor Severed Ash Severed Fir, Sparkling Flower
Mesquite Catch Weed, Rancid Roots Belladonna root Dandelion Fiber, Sparkling Flower
High Plains Shrubbery, Polluted Natural Garden Acorn, Almond, Blue succulent, Fayberry, Oolong tea leaf, Raw cinnamon, Raw marjoram, Rye, Sweet onion, Steppes mountain bean Sparkling Fower

Tier Four (Skill required: 140)
Enchanted Lands, Zek - the Orcish Wastes Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Fury of Fish, Throng of Fish Blackwater snapper, Murkwater carp, Shark fin Glimmering Fish Scale
Animal Den Bear meat, Etched leather pelt, Griffin meat, Engraved Leather Pelt
Ferric Ore, Residual Ore Feyiron cluster, Supple loam Ductile Loam, Feysteel Cluster, Glimmering Stone
Mud Stone, Rhythmic Stone Rough opaline, Velium cluster Glimmering Stone, Rough Opal, Ruthenium Cluster
Marred Arbor, Wretched Arbor Severed briarwood Glimmering Flower, Severed Oak
Velvety Roots, Vestigial Roots Tussah roots Glimmering Flower, Oak Root
Flattened Bed of Thistle, Mystical Natural Garden Cashew, Cucumber, Everfrost ice bean, Green tea leaf, Raw honey, Raw shallots, Rolled oat, Wild apple Glimmering Flower

Tier Five (Skill required: 190)
The Feerrott, Everfrost, Lavastorm, Rivervale Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Bedlam of Fish, Brood of Fish, Clamor of Fish, Hatch of Fish Cauldron blowfish, Nerius trout Luminous Fish Scale
Animal Den Manticore meat, Owlbear meat, Strengthened leather pelt, Wyrm meat Augmented Leather Pelt, Luminous Tooth
Alluvium Ore, Frigid Ore, Sedimentary Ore Fulginate cluster Luminous Stone, Ebon Cluster
Blizzard Stone, Flame Licked Ore, Hermetic Stone, Lithic Stone, Metamorphic Stone Bonded loam, Diamondine cluster, Rough bloodstone Fused Loam, Luminous Stone, Rhodium Cluster, Rough Ruby
Corroded Arbor, Corrupted Arbor, Decrepit Arbor, Putrid Arbor Severed Teak Luminous Flower, Severed Cedar
Insidious Roots, Musty Roots, Paltry Roots, Wintry Roots Ashen roots Figwart Root, Luminous Flower
Blackened Shrubbery, Glacial Shrubbery, Overgrown Bed of Greenslade, Tainted Natural Garden Browncap mushroom, Corn, Kiola nut, Lavastorm robusta bean, Pu-erh tea leaf, Raw cardamom, Raw saffron, White peach, Wormwood Luminous Flower

Tier Six (Skill required: 240)
The Sinking Sands, The Pillars of Flame Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
Clutch of Fish Conger eel, Red herring, Tiger shrimp  
Beast Den Caiman meat, Sabertooth meat, Stonehide leather pelt Excellent Quality Scaled Pelt
Eroded Ore, Red Rock Indium Cluster, Soluble loam Alkali Loam, Cobalt Cluster, Lambent Stone
Luminous Stone, Sand Scoured Stone Beryllium, Rough nacre Lambent Stone, Rough Pearl, Vanadium Cluster
Arid Timber, Fallen Branch Severed sandalwood Lambent Flower, Severed Ironwood
Sun Bleached Roots Succulent roots Lambent Flower, Saguaro Roots
Parched Shrubbery, Withered Shrubbery Artichoke, Cloves, Coriander, Darjeeling tea leaf, Macadamia nut, Maj'Dul coffee bean, Prickly pear Lambent Flower

Tier Seven (Skill required: 280)
Tenebrous Tangle, The Bonemire, The Barren Sky

Harvest Node Common Items Rare Items
School of Flying Fish Flying fish Scintillating Fish Scale
Burrow, Sand Crawler Den, Tangled Nest Aviak meat, Horned pelt, Ravasect meat, Strip of supple leather Dragonhide Pelt, Scintillating Tooth
Dustworn Ore, Eroded Ore, Sand Burrowed Ore Adamantine cluster, Porous loam Spongy Loam, Moonstone Cluster, Scintillating Stone
Barren Stone, Firmament Stone, Weathered Geode, Twilight Gem Azurite cluster, Blue-silver sheet, A perfectly cut purple geode, Rough topaz Acrylia Cluster, Scintillating Stone, Xegonite Cluster
Dustwood Arbor, Osseous Lumber, Twisted wood Rough lumbered rosewood Rough Lumbered Ebony, Scintillating Flower
Arid Roots, Dusk Roots, Trip Roots Hanging root Nimbus Root, Scintillating Flower
Breeze Leaf Foliage, Dryland Brush, Scrub Thistle Soaring coffee bean, Squash, Sweet chai tea leaf, Xegonberry Scintillating Flower
Unknown   Scintillating Dust

Many of the items you find can be sold via your merchant board to the various crafters out there. They use the items to make food, drink, armor, and weapons. Not everything has a valuable use, but most things do. So don't just destroy those raws that you find... someone out there may need them!

Happy Harvesting!

 

Harvesting in Everquest II