Quote Originally Posted by SeleneVenizelos View Post
I haven't had much difficulty with Catalysts as 50 Botanist. The proc of the ability was about every 2-3 trees and in obtaining the Catalysts I had 100% success. I would guess that your level is the significant factor in deciding how often the ability kicks in, they don't want rank 40 gatherers obtaining super rare items with regularity.
This makes no sense seeing as there are grade 2,3,4 and 5 catalyst.