- Takes about 9 hours to cap your Red Gathering Scrip each week with only Botanist or Miner leveled. (Two nodes. Four items per hour)

- Takes about 4.5 hours to cap if you have both leveled. (Four nodes. Eight items per hour.)

- Takes about 2.5 hours to cap if you have both leveled AND you have all of the Folklore books AND good enough gear to get two items from said nodes. (Six nodes. Twelve items per hour. Folklore items give more scrip too.)


In the long run getting your six Mining / Botany Folklore books saves you about two hours of Gathering a week. Now getting enough Blue Scrip to buy all six books can take like 11 hours so it's up to the individual whether that's worth it.


I see the majority of players taking the 4.5 hour route. You'll see 20+ players at every Chysahl Green / Adamantite Ore node at any time of day. But you'll only see one or two people at Folklore Vanilla Beans / Folklore Sun Mica / etc.