silver sovereign...it can't be this bad, can it?

[Garlyle]

Welcome to the suffering that is Silver Sovereign. It probably took me about 30 hours of fishing to catch enough for my Rod alone, and it's highly suggested that if you can, you get the Forager's Hat using BTN/MIN instead.

If you are planning on doing Feast of Famine you've got to get a LOT more than just the Rod though. In fact, with all the other gear you'll eventually need in order to succeed, you can totally get your Gathering and Perception high enough to skip the Forager's Rod and go straight to the Halcyon Supra (Although you'll still eventually want the hat). Yes, it costs money - but there's going to be no getting around getting the Halcyon Supra eventually and all that melded gear if you want to get yourself to 400+.

You need somewhere around 340+ Gathering to land the Olgoi-Khorkoi, but that's entirely doable just with the normal Halcyon Rod if the rest of your gear and food are good enough - and trust me, landing 3 of those is way faster than gathering Silver Sovereign.