You need to equip a hatcht, not a scythe, only the primary tool will change the class.

Quote Originally Posted by Gobbya View Post
**Small update, i bought a low level hatchet and it let me equip, now im 51 btn but the quest my first hatchet popped up, so i start from scratch in the botanist guild i guess. Weird.
You obviously levelled Botanist without actually doing any of the quests.