I have been assuming that raw blackened iron is a rare drop from cloven ore. However, I have mined a hell of a lot of cloven ore and never once seen blackened ore. I look on the broker and find a moderate supply of blackened ore, and the prices are not off the roof, so it must be available in at least some reasonable quantity. Where do I find it? Does it drop from some other source? Thanks.
Jullia
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It will come from either the ore or the rock, (can't remember which), in tier one zones. From the good side (Qeynos), these zones include Forest Ruins, Peet Bog & Oakmyst Forest. Can't help you with the dark side... I've never foraged there.
Don't forget that once you have some blackened iron, you will also need recipes that use it as a raw material. These recipes will all be in advanced books.
The advanced books are all mob drops and cannot be bought from the tradeskill instance NPC. They can however be purchased from another player through the broker.
Don't forget that once you have some blackened iron, you will also need recipes that use it as a raw material. These recipes will all be in advanced books.
The advanced books are all mob drops and cannot be bought from the tradeskill instance NPC. They can however be purchased from another player through the broker.
Blackened Iron is Tier2, so it would be found in Tier2 zones like Antonica or Commonlands. It is found with mining skill. The common is "iron cluster", so if you are sucessful at mining iron you are mining the correct stone. It is not very common, I got my first "Blackened Iron" last night after about 100 tries.
As said, anything you get normal from will yield blackened iron. It is a rare harvest and can sometimes take a long time to harvest. I'd suggest harvest anything except the mushrooms and shrubs which will give you the chance to get other rares that you can use for other things or sell/trade for blackened iron.
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As said, anything you get normal from will yield blackened iron. It is a rare harvest and can sometimes take a long time to harvest. I'd suggest harvest anything except the mushrooms and shrubs which will give you the chance to get other rares that you can use for other things or sell/trade for blackened iron.
Now all the others may give you a chance of a rare item but if you do not harvest the mushrooms and shrubs you will soon be inidated with them for all the harvestables(exept fish) share the same spawn timer so you need to harvest those as well to make room for the others.
Just buy it from the people inside the "Artisin" zone. It will be ther,e and not in any of the other "Crafting" zones. It is very strange that they have done that, but it is true. You can also get it from tier2 mining, rock. The higher lvl mining, the higher amount you will get blackened iron. (IT IS PROVEN)
Just buy it from the people inside the "Artisin" zone. It will be ther,e and not in any of the other "Crafting" zones. It is very strange that they have done that, but it is true. You can also get it from tier2 mining, rock. The higher lvl mining, the higher amount you will get blackened iron. (IT IS PROVEN)
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Just buy it from the people inside the "Artisin" zone. It will be ther,e and not in any of the other "Crafting" zones. It is very strange that they have done that, but it is true.
Blackened Iron... sold in the Tier 1 ("Artisan") crafting zones? Where did you get this from? If that were true, it would have no market value, as anyone who knew "the secret" would be buying up mad quantities and reselling it for a profit on the Broker.
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The higher lvl mining, the higher amount you will get blackened iron. (IT IS PROVEN)
Sorry, but I have to dispute this. If you're including fails from having a low mining score as a "lower chance," then this is technically true - but misleading. Mining skill doesn't affect your rare drop rate at all, just whether or not you get a successful mining attempt. With each successful mining attempt, you have a slim chance of getting a Rare (and a higher chance of getting an Uncommon - Glowing Blah, Glittering Blah, etc).
Doing a quick search of the net, I can't find even a single Harvesting FAQ that touts this "proven" point. Where did you get it from?
Edited, Thu Nov 10 10:47:23 2005 by Nekojin
Speaking of harvesting, I was in Feerott the other day to collect a few items for a DoF quest. Specifically, I needed a flower that only came from a fairy ring node.
I went to my usual spot of good places to harvest and found nothing but dens. I also saw 2-3 people running around the area, apparently harvesting everything but the dens.
I chuckled and left that area, heading east to the Eye area, and proceeded to harvest every node there was. After an hour, I got my 10 flowers, a bunch of other junk that I destroyed, and 2 rares.
I cruised through the first area on my way out and saw the same people running around with nothing but den nodes...still searching.
It's important to know that nodes will almost always respawn as a different node. Meaning, if you harvest all nodes, you have a higher chance of new and different nodes spawning. But if you pick and choose, eventually you will be left with the ones you don't want, and no respawn of new and different nodes.
Also keep in mind that certain areas will tend to spawn certain nodes. Mining will be near rocky areas, fungi will be near water, etc.
I went to my usual spot of good places to harvest and found nothing but dens. I also saw 2-3 people running around the area, apparently harvesting everything but the dens.
I chuckled and left that area, heading east to the Eye area, and proceeded to harvest every node there was. After an hour, I got my 10 flowers, a bunch of other junk that I destroyed, and 2 rares.
I cruised through the first area on my way out and saw the same people running around with nothing but den nodes...still searching.
It's important to know that nodes will almost always respawn as a different node. Meaning, if you harvest all nodes, you have a higher chance of new and different nodes spawning. But if you pick and choose, eventually you will be left with the ones you don't want, and no respawn of new and different nodes.
Also keep in mind that certain areas will tend to spawn certain nodes. Mining will be near rocky areas, fungi will be near water, etc.
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Also keep in mind that certain areas will tend to spawn certain nodes. Mining will be near rocky areas, fungi will be near water, etc.
I always seem to see the little mushroom patches, (fungi), right underneath where the centaurs are standing, (in T-Steppes), or where the fairys are hovering, (in EL),... what's up with that?
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I always seem to see the little mushroom patches, (fungi), right underneath where the centaurs are standing, (in T-Steppes), or where the fairys are hovering, (in EL),... what's up with that?
In the first case, I'd suspect that centaur dung makes good fertilizer. =^_^=
In the second case, in real life a bunch of mushrooms growing in a ring-like pattern is called a fairy ring, and lore has it that under certain circumstances, you could see fairies dancing within the ring.
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