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So You Want Your Bonus Gatherer Scrips from Zhloe [BTN/MIN, 3.55b edition]

This guide assumes you are a Botanist and/or Miner, and that you have at least 600 GP.

Values at or above 650 Gathering / 645 Perception are recommended. Higher is better, especially for Perception.

H/t @bride-and-bride for helping me confirm the collectability thresholds for Rainbow Pigment!

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Tier 1 - Dated Radz-at-Han Coin

Minimum Turn-in Collectability Threshold: 240~ Minor Bonus Collectability Threshold: 320~ Maximum Bonus Collectability Threshold: 450~

Recommended Rotation: Average [470~, 3 appraisals, 1 to 3 collects] Discerning Eye -> Impulsive Appraisal [1] ->    -> IF Discerning Eye buff remains,    -> THEN Single Mind -> Impulsive Appraisal [2]    -> ELSE Discerning Eye -> Impulsive Appraisal [2]        --> IF Discerning Eye buff remains,        --> THEN Single Mind -> Methodical Appraisal [3]        --> ELSE Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [3] Collect 1 to 3

Tier 2 - Ice Stalagmite

Minimum Turn-in Collectability Threshold: 240~ Minor Bonus Collectability Threshold: 360~ Maximum Bonus Collectability Threshold: 480~

Recommended Rotation: Average [470~, 3 appraisals, 1 to 3 collects] Discerning Eye -> Impulsive Appraisal [1] ->     -> IF Discerning Eye buff remains,     -> THEN Single Mind -> Impulsive Appraisal [2]     -> ELSE Discerning Eye -> Impulsive Appraisal [2]         --> IF Discerning Eye buff remains,         --> THEN Single Mind -> Methodical Appraisal [3]         --> ELSE Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [3] Collect 1 to 3

Tier 3 - Duskfall Moss

Minimum Turn-in Collectability Threshold: 240~ Minor Bonus Collectability Threshold: 400~ Maximum Bonus Collectability Threshold: 500~

Recommended Rotation: Medium [515~, 3 appraisals, 1 collect] Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [1] -> Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [2] -> Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [3] -> Collect 1

Tier 4 - Glass Eye

Minimum Turn-in Collectability Threshold: 240~ Minor Bonus Collectability Threshold: 450~ Maximum Bonus Collectability Threshold: 515~

Recommended Rotation: Medium [515~, 3 appraisals, 1 collect] Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [1] -> Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [2] -> Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [3] -> Collect 1

Tier 5 [Proc] - Rainbow Pigment

The Tier 5 proc possibilities are as follows:

Orphanage Donation (Disciples of the Hand, rewards Crafters’ Scrips)

Rainbow Pigment (Disciples of the Land, rewards Gatherers’ Scrips)

River Shrimp (Fishers, rewards Gatherers’ Scrips)

You will be randomly assigned one or more [h/t: @oukaori​] of these, per week, at scrip rollover. Assignments are personal (i.e. they will be different for every character). They cannot be changed. The remaining slots will be filled randomly with items from the previous four tiers.

Turning in six Tier 5 items, at maximum bonus collectability, will reward a total of 1080 Blue Scrips and 450 Red Scrips in the corresponding type.

In the event that you are assigned Rainbow Pigment:

Minimum Turn-in Collectability Threshold: 240~ Minor Bonus Collectability Threshold: 470~ Maximum Bonus Collectability Threshold: 550~

Recommended Rotation: High [530~, 4 appraisals, !!! collect]* Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [1] -> Discerning Eye -> Methodical Appraisal [2] -> Utmost Caution -> Methodical Appraisal [3] -> Utmost Caution -> Methodical Appraisal [4] -> Collect !!!*

*This rotation MUST be performed on a gathering node with +1 Gathering Attempts [1 Collect] or +2 Gathering Attempts [2 Collect]! Check all six nodes in the area, and if none of them carry this bonus, either deplete them until you find one that does (no GP lost) or zone out and back in again (no GP lost). Do not attempt this rotation on a normal 4-attempt node; you will lose your GP and your collectable.

I tested this rotation myself on a +2 node, with my 774/759/622 gear (full Landmaster with an Augmented mainhand), and managed to get 583 and 588 collectability on the Rainbow Pigment. Hopefully, that means this rotation should hit the 550~ threshold with the 650/645/600 gear as well, at least some of the time.

If - due to low Perception - you consistently fail to hit the 550~ threshold with this rotation, my recommendation is to use the Average rotation (recommended for tiers 1 and 2) to hit the 470~ threshold until such a time as you’ve upped your Perception. If you can’t afford Ironworks Gathering, then you can find my Patch 3.5 DoL gearing guide here.

Good luck!

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