Wind shard farming for botianist

[LineageRazor]

If any of you farm wind shards where would you say the best place to do it? Is there anyplace with a double yield and a extra attempt tree? Thanks.

I'm going to presume that, as with almost everything else, Botany is just like Mining. If this is the case, no, there is no place in the game where you can get both an extra attempts node AND a double yield node. You'll see one or the other, but not both. The double yield nodes will be a level 30 point, the same set of points where you can find Crystals along with the Shards. Extra attempts nodes will be found almost everywhere else.

As Aedan says, though, if you want to obtain your Axe of the Luminary, you should use your Gathering Log to find nodes that have the crystals you want and also count towards your "A Botanist's Life For Me: Eorzea" achievement. Remember that only trees count towards this achievement, so the double yield nodes (always lush vegetation, I believe) will do you no good.

[SharpD]

I'm going to presume that, as with almost everything else, Botany is just like Mining. If this is the case, no, there is no place in the game where you can get both an extra attempts node AND a double yield node. You'll see one or the other, but not both. The double yield nodes will be a level 30 point, the same set of points where you can find Crystals along with the Shards. Extra attempts nodes will be found almost everywhere else.

As Aedan says, though, if you want to obtain your Axe of the Luminary, you should use your Gathering Log to find nodes that have the crystals you want and also count towards your "A Botanist's Life For Me: Eorzea" achievement. Remember that only trees count towards this achievement, so the double yield nodes (always lush vegetation, I believe) will do you no good.

Thanks for the info. I'm not lvl 50 yet bet the I keep that in mind for when I am. I just need wind shards for my goldsmithing lol.

[stuscott]

As Aedan says, though, if you want to obtain your Axe of the Luminary, you should use your Gathering Log to find nodes that have the crystals you want and also count towards your "A Botanist's Life For Me: Eorzea" achievement. Remember that only trees count towards this achievement, so the double yield nodes (always lush vegetation, I believe) will do you no good.

Lush vegetation strikes do count - it's the level of the node that matters. Double yields can come from both types of nodes (there is a mature tree in Central Thanalan that give double lightning shards). Double yields do not give double credit towards Luminary - it just counts the number of strikes you take.

[LineageRazor]

Lush vegetation strikes do count - it's the level of the node that matters. Double yields can come from both types of nodes (there is a mature tree in Central Thanalan that give double lightning shards). Double yields do not give double credit towards Luminary - it just counts the number of strikes you take.

I'd double-check that, if I were you - it's right there in the text of the Achievements you need to get: Log X times from level Y-Z Mature Trees. Gathering from Lush Vegetation will not advance this progress bar - only Mature Trees.

Again, this presumes that Botany works like Mining, as I can guarantee it's the case for mining. I discovered this sad fact early in my mining career, when I decided to sit down and grind out 1000 Wind Shards for my Goldsmith. While I was working, I thought to myself, "Boy, I'll make some serious progress in Shroud III!" After finishing up, I checked my progress. It hadn't advanced at all, and was still at something like 20/1000. Puzzled, I mined up a few more Shards, and still there was no change. I thought maybe Shards didn't count, and so mined up some Carbonized Matter and Pigment. Still nothing.

The problem was that I was mining at Rocky Outcrops (the mining equivalent to Lush Vegetation), and the achievement requirement specifically mentions Mineral Deposits (the mining equivalent to Mature Trees). Outcrops don't count toward the achievement. Deposits do. Since then, whenever mining shards, I make sure to target Mineral Deposits for achievement credit, in spite of the fact that I'd get a greater shard yield by targeting the Yield +1 nodes (which are always Rocky Outcrops).