Regarding gathering quests

[Corrigo]

On certain occasions, when doing the resource gathering quest, it will happen that the NPC will only accept one particular type of resource, claiming 'we -really- need some XXX right now.'

This is all well and good, and the reasons for why this was originally implemented are abundantly clear.

However, with the advent of private gardening in EFU (what with the locked farm plots and all), finding herbal resources to turn in to this NPC is rather difficult. Certainly you were always unlikely to find any, given the run on such resources, but now that most of them around Mistlocke are held behind lock and key, it's become pretty much impossible.

So that means when the NPC will accept only herbs, you're pretty much unable to continue doing the quest for a time (which could, for example, happen when you've just returned from a risky hunt which netted you plenty of meat, leaving you encumbered and far too vulnerable to head out into spawn country).

This is frankly very annoying, one reason for which given above.

I know the easy argument to make is to wave this off by saying 'go find other PCs and earn your xp and supplies by doing stuff with them rather than gathering on your lonesome', but especially for nature PCs this isn't always as easily done as it is said.

[prestonhunt]

I believe that you can turn in one "batch" of each of the following items, once per reset:

Meat
Water Bucket
Fruits and Berries
Herbal reagents
Rare ingredients

If you are getting a message that they dont need something right now, and they could "really use some XXXX", what you are actually being told is that you have already turned in a batch of "YYYY" this reset, and that you should look for "XXXX".

For this reason, you should only turn in stuff once you are completely done gathering in a particular reset.

[Corrigo]

Nah, this is definitely not true. I've turned in 'smaller' batches before and been able to turn in a second one on the same reset.

It's limited, but I don't think it works the way you're describing.

[Adhesive]

If you are having trouble finding a new kind of ingredient, ask a PC for some seeds for that plant and go plant it somewhere.

[xXCrystal_Rose]

You'll have to explore the wilderness for herbs and such if you really wish to collect them. Even before the Aberdenn farming plots all herbs around the mist areas would regularly be stripped dead from people wanting that 1 xp or whatever. It's always dangerous but if you -really- want those herbs you'll have to go out and gather them or ask someone else to.