Noblegarden





Noblegarden is an Easter event, taking place around the real-life holiday, based on the Western interpretation. Thus the event can occur anytime from the end of March to the end of April. Players can search for colored eggs hidden around the various starting areas. It is held on Easter Sunday.


 * The great feast of Noblegarden has long been celebrated by the races of the Alliance and recently adopted by those of the Horde. On this joyous day, it is customary for the nobles and lords from each race to hide coins, candy, and the occasional treasures within special eggs painted to look like wildflowers. These eggs are then scattered around the major cities for the citizenry to find. From heroes to commoners, and everyone in between - the feast of Noblegarden is meant to bring communities together to share the joy of life and friendship.

Noblegarden is a seasonal event, whose achievements contribute to its meta-achievement, Noble Gardener, which is a part of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been. Noblegarden is unusual for a seasonal event in that its meta-achievement can be accomplished by low-level characters. It's conceivable that a level 1 character could complete all of the achievements, though some of them will be challenging for characters under level 40.

Egg Hunting
Gathering Brightly Colored Eggs is the central activity of Noblegarden. These eggs are hidden in and around the starting area towns, and contain Noblegarden Chocolate, with a chance of containing one of the items that the Noblegarden vendors sell. There's also a chance when collecting the egg that you will gain a buff that transforms you into a rabbit for an hour.

They are found in the following locations:

Egg-gathering is made easier with the help of the Egg Basket, which provides a speed buff wherever eggs can be found. It levels the playing field against classes with inherent unmounted speed buffs, such as druids. The basket can be acquired with the quest Quest:A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket.

Quests
The following quests are available for Noblegarden:
 * Quest:Spring Collectors
 * Quest:Spring Gatherers
 * Quest:The Great Egg Hunt (Alliance)
 * Quest:The Great Egg Hunt (Horde)
 * Quest:A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket (Alliance)
 * Quest:A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket (Horde)

Vendors
Noblegarden Merchants and Noblegarden Vendors sell the following items in exchange for Noblegarden Chocolate. Vendors can be found at each of the eight event sites.

Achievements
Noblegarden has a host of achievements required to complete its meta-achievement Noble Gardener, itself a part of What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been.

Strategy
This is a strategy specifically for the achievements listed above.

Head to your favorite city of choice. Your mission now is to collect 355 eggs. If you collect any of the following (from finding inside eggs, or borrowing a tuxedo from a friend) you can subtract the amount listed from 355. Do not purchase anything until the end, to minimize the number of eggs you gather. If you are a mage, be sure to add an additional 100 if you are interested in the Tome of Polymorph: Rabbit.

There are generally two strategies for collecting eggs as fast as possible. You can equip your Egg Basket, bind it to a key or button, and keep its buff up as much as possible, running around picking up eggs. Some people prefer camping instead - finding a spot with a lot of spawn points to minimize movement. It's also easy to work on the Chocoholic achievement as you go by eating your first 100 eggs. Once you have all of your eggs, you should now purchase or borrow from friends any remaining items.

Here are some tips for the remaining achievements:

Shake Your Bunny-Maker macro
To be able to identify race and gender for shapeshifted druids, gender-ambiguous blood elves, or if you simply have poor vision, here's a macro:

/run DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage((UnitSex("target")==2 and "Male " or "Female ")..UnitLevel("target").." "..UnitRace("target").." "..(UnitBuff("target","Sprung!")=="Sprung!" and "Sprung!" or "clear"));

Target a character, and when activated the macro will print in the chat window whether it is male or female, the level, the race and if it has the Sprung buff already or is clear. From the information given you must decide yourself if you want to shake your bunny maker at it. When copy/pasting the macro text, be sure to remove a possible space before the "/run".


 * There is now an addon that makes finding the target you are looking for much easier, and it will show you the Sprung cooldown remaining if it has already been applied to the character. The addon is called "IsItFemale", and is available on curse.com.

Being helpful to others
To help other players get their achievements, you can do the following things:
 * If you have the Elegant Dress wear it as much as possible during the event. This allows other players to  you for Blushing Bride.
 * If you have the Spring Rabbit pet, have it summoned while you are egg hunting. This helps you and others to get Spring Fling.
 * If you are a female of any race (but especially of the rare combinations, such as female undead, troll, orc or dwarf) spend some time hanging around crowded places. For example while waiting for that random dungeon to start. This gives players a chance to use their Spring Flowers on you for Shake Your Bunny-Maker. If you do get the rabbit ears put on you, remove them again by right-clicking the buff icon. Otherwise people have to wait for the two-minute cooldown.

Warcraft III
In the official Blizzard scenario map for Warcraft III called "Funny Bunny's Easter Egg Hunt", Easter Bunnies and Evil Bunnies come out around the time of Noblegarden to find eggs. They compete with each other to find as many eggs as possible, valuing rare golden Easter eggs. They live in Easter egg houses.

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