[F-11 and 9] [SP] <Nature's Treasure> Gearing Up

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Ben was continuing on the bushes, though there were some problems with these ones he was working with. Just picking out the leaves and the few fruits wasn't getting him a lot from them, and he was taking time to check each one. The only thing that kept him going at a good pace was the fact that his gathering skills allowed him to find each of the good gathering points on the plants faster than anyone else could.

He also had to stop a few more times than he would like to brush bunches of twigs and debris off of his clothes- especially his scarf. Working within the confines of the thick brush was not the most pleasant of tasks some days. He let out a sigh as he looked at the path he had crudely shoved into the brush, realizing that it was still the one that he chose for himself, so he might as well make it work. Even if this patch wasn't getting him much of anything, he still had to try his best.

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Gathering Roll ID #169257

CD - 8 (+2 mats)
LD - 2+9=11 (1 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 121 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited September 28, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Ben pushed his way through the last few bits of brush, looking around at what could be found in the places that were out of sight. He had hoped to find a good amount of materials in the often overlooked sections, but instead he found a plain looking wooden chest lying back there. It looked like his search had gotten him lucky once again, and found him some very useful treasure for his use.

With a gleeful twinkle in his eyes, Ben moved in to see what kinds of goods were waiting for him- unfortunately, as he approached the box, it turned out to be simply that. An old box that had been left out here. Or maybe it was a chest once and had been looted but not dissipated?  Either way, it wasn't anything useful to him, and he gave the box a kick in the side before adjusting his bag and moving on. No sense in wasting any more time moping about something he couldn't change anything about.

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Finding Treasure Chest Roll ID #169259

LD - 5+9=14

No Treasure Chest found

Total: 121 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited September 28, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

(First roll on the roller was made in error- I read the numbers wrong and turns out I actually didn't find a treasure chest, so have fixed that. New post is below.)

Ben moved on from his failed attempt at finding treasure to find himself someplace new to continue his search. His walking led him to a patch of flowers once again- this time bright red and with a small amount of water dripping off of the petals of some of the ones in bloom. It was a promising looking place to start his search- or continue it. And so he bent down to pluck one of the bright flowers up for inspection.

His display showed him this type of flower would be useful to him as a crafting material, and that the ones covered in dew would be of an even higher quality than the other ones. With this information, he quickly began to fill up his bag with any of the flowers that looked close to blooming- even if he had just come from a setback, he would still be able to make progress forward as long as he kept on working at it. Especially with flower patches as rich as this one.

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Gathering Roll ID #169261

CD - 7 (+2 mats)
LD - 13+9=22 (2 mats)

Found 4 materials 

Total: 125 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited September 28, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

The bright flowers were still useful, even if he was having trouble picking them up after a while. If was hot and dirty work to pack more and more items into his pouch, and he was starting to feel it after the hours of work that he had already put into this quest. He took a quick pause to wipe the sweat from his brow and give his familiar another rub on his head as they worked, including one of the extra materials he picked up while he worked. The little guys deserved it- it was probably just as warm and uncomfortably stuffy out here for him as it was for Ben.

"Don't worry- it will cool down soon enough. Just let me get my work done and relax Sebastian." he told the little guy, letting him use his shoulder and the fluff of his scarf as Ben did his work. Even if it was not the fastest or best way to get the gathering done, it would get enough for him to work with.

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Gathering Roll ID #170002

CD - 4 (+1 mats)
LD - 17+9=26 (2 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 128 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 3, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Ben was continuing his work, adding more and more flowers into his bag as he worked around the plot that he was in, picking up each of the materials and checking them over before he tossed the good ones into his bag and the bad ones away. The fatigue of the day was starting to slow him down a bit, so he only got a comparatively few number of useful items from his work, but the amount that he could extract from the quest was enough for him to make up for it.

He was hoping that he could get a bit of a lunch break soon, and rest up. But today he needed to push until he just couldn't any more today, before all of his buffs from the food he had ran out. It was tough enough to find a chef in business, let alone one that could get him perfect foods. He couldn't waste this opportunity that he had to refill all of his needed materials.

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Gathering Roll ID #170005

CD - 2 (+1 mats)
LD - 9+9=18 (2 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 131 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Ben sat himself down on the group, making sure his familiar was comfy and not slipping off as he grabbed one or two more materials for his pouch. as he pulled out a drink from his flask, letting the water trickle down his throat and the coolness soak into him. Some days he wished he knew more players who specialized in gathering- but that would mean he wouldn't have as many people to buy his own recipes if there were too many.

At least it was getting cooler around Aincrad. Or at least what felt like cooler, as it was hard to get a good frame of reference in the video game. Still, the calendar was heading into fall and soon winter, so it kinda of felt like it was getting colder, but it might have been just his imagination. At least he knew it was good enough weather here that it just took a few minutes of being off of his feet to be full of energy again.

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Gathering Roll ID #170805

CD - 4 (+1 mats)
LD - 4+9=18 (1 mats)

Found 2 materials 

Total: 133 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Refreshed from taking a few minutes to rest, Ben cleared off the rest of the patch in more or less record time. Or would have been a record if anyone actually kept track of the time taken for gathering quests, which they probably didn't. Or at least he hadn't met anyone who had- maybe he should ask about that?  Except he wasn't really interested and it would take up too much time to be worth it. He had to, like everyone else in this crazy game, keep working on finding a way out of it.

It the few short minutes he was thinking to himself, Ben managed to finish up what he could get out of that plot. There was always a few flowers at the end of it that weren't useful and he didn't bother going through, but most of them were gone and would respawn later in the day. Not soon enough for him to pick them again, but soon enough for next time he came through. 

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Gathering Roll ID #170806

CD - 9 (+2 mats)
LD - 6+9=15 (2 mats)

Found 4 materials 

Total: 137 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Looking for a new patch of materials among the lush patches of gardens, Ben made his way down the path a bit further than usual- checking each of the different types of flowers and trees to try and find a good patch. He was tired of having to climb things and duck through bushes to try and find new materials. He just wanted something easy and quick so he wouldn't have to work so hard.

After looking at different types of areas, he spotted a rock garden near some of the fruit trees (which he wasn't climbing again. too high) and went in for a closer look, remembering some of the different crystalline rocks he had picked up before that worked so well. Checking his HUD, these ones looked like they would work as well, and Ben began filling up his pack once more. After all, he needed both potions and crystals in order to properly crafting everything that was needed, so he would get use out of all of them.

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Gathering Roll ID #172263

CD - 4 (+1 mats)
LD - 9+9=18 (2 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 140 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 12, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Ben had to work a bit harder to get these new crystals into his pack as he picked harvested them all up slowly- while they were the same size as most materials he gathered, they were also quite oddly shaped, and had a habit of being pointy enough to cause trouble when poking other materials in his pouch. And occasionally his fingers as he grabbed them and tossed them in. It was taking a lot longer than usual to fill up each of his pouches this way- and even though he could throw the full ones into his pouch at the end, he didn't have infinite bags, and if he just tossed them in half full he wouldn't have as many materials at the end of the day.

He sighed- even though this was faster, he still was poking his fingers enough to regret his decision. Some days like this he wished he just needed rocks and things like blacksmiths- at least you always knew where to find those kinds of materials.

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Gathering Roll ID #172269

CD - 4 (+1 mats)
LD - 20+9=20 (2 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 143 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm
adding roller numbers

[Benjamin Bookworm 0]

Fed up with the delays, Ben took the next few pieces of crystal (or at least crystal like material. He wasn't looking too hard at the names of it right now) and just stuffed them in his bag, cramming as many in at once as he could. His thoughts were that he could just as many in faster if he just stuffed them down... but that wasn't what happened. What actually happened was he simply had a bunch of materials awkwardly shoved into his bag on top of a few broken pieces.

He let out a sigh and tossed that idea back into his inventory, knowing he would have to stack the rest of these carefully to get them to fit and taking out another cloth bag to start his work. He was usually pretty good at stacking things up in a small space, but he didn't want to lose the time it would take to do all that work. Gathering materials in this game was all about the efficiency- and he intended to be as efficient as he could possibly be.

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Gathering Roll ID #172286

CD - 4 (+1 mats)
LD - 11+9=20 (2 mats)

Found 3 materials 

Total: 146 [T2] materials
1650 col
Perfect Armor [T2] and 2 Rare Consumables [T2] <unidentified> (ID 167696) 

 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Benjamin Bookworm