Herbalism
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Herbalism
On Eden, it is possible to start herb garden at your house, in which you can grow reagents and materials for alchemists.
To get started, travel to your realm’s housing entrance and grab a Market Token to the market in the same zone as the entrance. Give this token to the nearby Retired Consignment Merchant to be teleported, then find the Herbalism NPC for your realm:
| REALM | MARKET | NPC |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | Caerwent market | Aldith Wortcunning |
| Hibernia | Meath market | Be Chuille |
| Midgard | Erikstaad market | Eir Lyfjeberg |
To get started gardening, you will need to purchase several items from this NPC.
- Soil. Each plot of soil can hold one type of plant.
- Seeds. For growing the various types of plants.
- Watering Can. For increasing plant growth rate. Use once per day for a maximum of 50% increased growth rate.
- Fertilizer. For increasing plant growth. Use once per day for up to three days per plant for a maximum of 25% increased growth rate.
Each seed takes between two and seven days to mature. The following items and seeds are available from the Herbalism NPCs:
| ITEM | BASE GROWTH TIME | PRICE |
|---|---|---|
| Planting Soil | 25 silver | |
| Watering Can | 1 gold | |
| Bucket of Water | 2 silver | |
| Bag of Fertilizer | 5 silver | |
| Ginger Root seeds | 3 days | 31 silver |
| Marigold seeds | 2 days | 10 silver 60 copper |
| St. John’s Wort seeds | 3 days | 39 silver 40 copper |
| Blood Root seeds | 3 days | 31 silver |
| Juniper seeds | 2 days | 10 silver 60 copper |
| Bracken seeds | 2 days | 10 silver 60 copper |
| Sassafras seeds | 2 days | 10 silver 60 copper |
| Sorrel seeds | 2 days | 10 silver 60 copper |
| Heath seeds | 3 days | 39 silver 40 copper |
| Danesweed seeds | 3 days | 39 silver 40 copper |
| Yellow Iris seeds | 3 days | 39 silver 40 copper |
| Woad seeds | 4 days | 39 silver 40 copper |
| Weld seeds | 4 days | 3 silver 45 copper |
| Elder Bark seeds | 5 days | 2 gold 99 silver 45 copper |
| Lichen seeds | 5 days | 2 gold 99 silver 45 copper |
| Elder Berry seeds | 7 days | 13 gold 17 silver 40 copper |
| Spindle seeds | 7 days | 13 gold 17 silver 40 copper |
| Blackthorn seeds | 7 days | 13 gold 17 silver 40 copper |
| Nightshade seeds | 3 days | 63 silver 31 copper |
Once you have bought the required items, head back to your house and shift+right-click the exterior, then press the “Garden” button.
Pick up the soil from your inventory and place it within the grid where you want to start your garden.
Once you have placed your soil, move to where you placed it and right-click it to open the planting menu. You can also drop seeds directly onto the soil.
When you have seeded the soil, right-click it again to bring up the care menu. From here you can see how long is left until the plant will mature, as well as water and fertilize your crop. You can do either once per day. Once a garden plot has been watered, it will change its appearance to become slightly shiny.
Once the plant has matured, right-click it to harvest.
Gardener NPC
It is possible to acquire a gardener NPC for your house. The gardener will automatically harvest crops and use the buckets of water, fertilizer and seed packs you place within their inventory to keep your garden going.
The gardener can be obtained from ??? and costs ??? gold per week and will be paid automatically from your house’s lockbox.
