They need this item to be more common, some gay people camp the guild shop and buy them all in the next second after shop open at 6. And resell them for 5k in auction. This really pissed me off. They ruined my crafting, they are worse then gil seller.
The guild sells these for around 70 a piece on my server(midgardsormr), and in the auction house they sell for 1k a piece, and about 14k a stack. Talk about a ripoff, this is probably the most highly inflated item i've seen so far.
yeah...they piss me off as much as the guy who sat out in front of the fishing guild, bought all the bait when it opened, then sold it at double the guild price to anyone stupid enough to buy it. He drove up the prices at the guild for the next three REAL days.
Definetely this works for anyone in disbelief. I made sure by walking out after reading this forum and walking behind a Mandragora and just snatching it from him. Definetely if it's this easy I'd rather do this to get the ones I need. Finally I have some interest in clothcraft again.
Here's the deal with harvesting points from my experiance. There are two paths that run parallel to each other. one is on a ridge in front of the outpost (about G7). The other is along the road from the outpost to Giddius and along the ridge (G5-E6). THERE IS NO SPAWNING TIME. Once a harvest point has been harvested another one will spawn somewhere along the oposite path. If you bring along a friend, you can each work an oposite path, and bounce the points back and forth to each other. This is much faster than doing both paths yourself, and the harvest is excelent. It's like a giant game of ping pong!
In the case of guild shops, it could also mean that they're sold out.
The guild really needs to stock more of this. Just about every time I enter the shop, they're sold out. Just now I camped the shop, waiting for it to reopen (and restock.) I was the only one in the shop when it opened, and I opened up the buy window. Much to my delight, they had Saruta cotton for sale. So I bought every last piece of cotton they had.
yeah there's a reason they're always sold out. on my server, poeple line up when the shop opens every day to buy out the entire supply @~1K gil per stack, then run over tot he AH to resell them at ~4K per stack. really ticks me off. how am i supposed to lvl clothcraft now??
I went out and bought a stack of sickles, and went on my way to find harvest points... Thier spawn seems to be erradic as hell though. I also check the spot west of the outpost in West Sarut. it is along the path and the harvest points appear on either side, so just hit your tab key or whatever you use, and cycle through all onscreen things until you find a harvesting point. I've seen many other spots wondering around the area w/o a sickle on hand. They are easy to find if you just look a little. As for Japanese players buying up all the items at excactly 6.... I'm an American and I do it too...
These do not drop from mandragora or can you steal from them in Sarutabaruta. Only the Kolshushu mandragora (Pygmaioi and Sylvestre) carry it. I always thought that odd since its Saruta cotton.
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There are two places i ALWAYS find harvesting points. both are in W. Saru. and both are over between Giddeus and the Outpost. if you take the path from the outpost to Giddeus, there are two raised-ish areas. one is just off to the left of the outpost (it's visible from the outpost itself), and the other is along the right side of the path, heading towards the outermost horutoto tower. Now, i don't frequently get cotton anymore (i always seem to get Wijnruits and Flax Flowers >_<) but i usually manage to head back to Windurst with 4 or 5.
As for Giddeus... well, i've never once found a harvesting point there, and i've been all over the place. friends of mine swear that there are some there, and i believe them, i've just never managed to find one.
Honestly, if you need the cotton, stick to W. Saru and bring lots of sickles. if you need the money, go excavating in Tahrongi (turtle shells and chicken bones are far more lucrative).
There are lots of harvest points once you get beyond the caves in Giddeus. They are spaced around. Its just luck and timing you stumble across them, since the spawn time seems to take a long time. Good place to search always seems to be right next to the domed caves which take you to Balga's Dias or the Bard NM. Good luck hunting and expect to throw away a lot of Moko Grass.
I have tried looking for the Harvesting points all along the path to Giddeus and near the campfire but there seems to be none. How often do they regenerate?
This item can be stolen from mandragoras and pygmoids and the mandragoras in buburimu. There are several harvesting places, from the outpost go west about 20 seconds and then head south, theres a Yugado camp there keep going past it for harvesting points. Also there are random harvesting points west of the outpost around the clumps of grass, and the other main place is raised and can be reached from near the most western tower. Otherwise head to Giddeus, the items are a little better there but then if you're low level you're going to be creamed by Yugs
There's several Harvesting Points in SarutaBaruta where you can get Cotton Balls.
My favorite spot is NW of the Outpost in West SarutaBaruta, heading towards Giddeous. There's usually 3-4 Harvesting Points there and you can usually get a good 5-6 Cotton Balls from them.
I still cannot find the harvest points. I seem to have looked everywhere NW of outpost but no harvest points. Maybe you can provide a map coordinate on the exact location?
you have to either steal these as a thief, get them as a drop, or buy em at the inflated price in the AH... reason for them being greyed out because all the high lvl Japanese people on your server come by at 6:00 game hours to buy the one that is stocked in the weaver's guild. so greyed out means the item is SOLD OUT. so no dice there.. have to get em where you can.
Its has nothing to do with Japanese players. Anyone with half an ounce of common sense can figure out its a competetion to Swoop this up every game morning when the weavers guild opens. Don't blame the Japanese players for your inadequacies.
It is well know that because of the physical locations of the game servers that the jp do indeed have an advatage. It may be measured in microseconds but it is still and advantage.
Please don't flame people when your ignorant of the facts yourself.
Actually, I think it has to do with region control too. On my server the beastmen control Tahrongi Canyon, which is where the cotton drops. Without region control there is no trade, therefore no supply of cotton balls.
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I was trying to steal some last night, got a few steals and dicided that I may as well stab the pathetic plant and I been getting drops from them.
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Sylvestre also drop these in Buburimu Peninsula, also can be stolen.
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The guild really needs to stock more of this. Just about every time I enter the shop, they're sold out. Just now I camped the shop, waiting for it to reopen (and restock.) I was the only one in the shop when it opened, and I opened up the buy window. Much to my delight, they had Saruta cotton for sale. So I bought every last piece of cotton they had.
I bought one.
Case in point.
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it is along the path and the harvest points appear on either side, so just hit your tab key or whatever you use, and cycle through all onscreen things until you find a harvesting point. I've seen many other spots wondering around the area w/o a sickle on hand. They are easy to find if you just look a little. As for Japanese players buying up all the items at excactly 6.... I'm an American and I do it too...
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As for Giddeus... well, i've never once found a harvesting point there, and i've been all over the place. friends of mine swear that there are some there, and i believe them, i've just never managed to find one.
Honestly, if you need the cotton, stick to W. Saru and bring lots of sickles. if you need the money, go excavating in Tahrongi (turtle shells and chicken bones are far more lucrative).
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I guess it depends which is easier to get the cotton or the crystal if it's worth it. I know I won't be using ice crystals to grow this again.
Posted wrong information, sorry.
Edited, Wed Dec 17 17:13:21 2003
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There are several harvesting places, from the outpost go west about 20 seconds and then head south, theres a Yugado camp there keep going past it for harvesting points.
Also there are random harvesting points west of the outpost around the clumps of grass, and the other main place is raised and can be reached from near the most western tower.
Otherwise head to Giddeus, the items are a little better there but then if you're low level you're going to be creamed by Yugs
My favorite spot is NW of the Outpost in West SarutaBaruta, heading towards Giddeous. There's usually 3-4 Harvesting Points there and you can usually get a good 5-6 Cotton Balls from them.
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