From Sunday evening, festively colored bunnies have been hopping across the major faction villages of Azeroth in search of hidden brightly colored eggs. Noblegarden celebrates the arrival of Spring with cute bunnies, chocolate eggs, eggs hunts, spring flowers and elegant costumes. The key to this festival is the brightly colored eggs as not only are they required for three of the achievements (I Found One; Chocolate Lover & Chocoholic) but can both drop items required for the other achievements or serve as currency to buy them. Thus competition for eggs is fierce especially in peaks time.
Quests
There are three quests, 2 lead in quests and one daily:
- Spring Collectors or Spring Gatherers – lead in quests from the capital to speak to the Spring Collectors at Goldshire, Kharanos, Dolanaar, and Azure Watch (Alliance) or the Spring Gatherers at Razor Hill, Brill, Bloodhoof Village, and Falconwing Square (Horde).
- A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket – collect 10 Noblegarden chocolates and return with the borrowed Noblegarden basket to the Noblegarden vendor or merchant. Reward includes a permanent Noblegarden basket. Some players advise not completing this quest until you have completed the achievements as it costs 10 chocolates.
- The Great Egg Hunt (daily) – collect and return 20 brightly colored egg fragments to the Spiring Collector (Alliance) or Gatherer (Horde). The fragments are collected with the eggs when you have this quest.
Finding Eggs
Eggs can be found scattered around Goldshire, Kharanos, Dolanaar, Azure Watch, Razor Hill, Brill, Bloodhoof Village, and Falconwing Square. They can be hidden in bushes, beside trees, behind or and sometimes in objects such as mail boxes, crates, pots, walls, corners and general debris, on windowsills and posts, etc. Respawn rate may vary and tends to be a couple of minutes. Every so often collecting an egg will give you a 60 minute Noblegarden Bunny buff that turn you into a bunny (unless you are already shape shifted e.g. druid travel form). Some players have found using macros (eg /use Brightly Colored Egg) useful.
There are two basic strategies in egg hunting:
- The static method – with this strategy you find a spot in which typically 3-4 eggs spawn and then camp the spot. This requires some patience and knowledge of where eggs spawn. It is probable more viable when the area is overrun with egg hunters. It can also be used intermittently – for instance while you loot your eggs and/or consume your chocolate.
- The circuit method – in this method you circle the area, covering the areas where you know eggs spawn. Using your egg basket (which increases speed by 60% for 10 secs with a 10 sec cool down) or druid travel form etc can help you cover the area faster or get to an egg before another player. I suggest varying your path and angle as that way you will see eggs you hadn’t noticed before or eggs that are hidden behind objects or walls.
Some starter areas are more popular (i.e. crowded, e.g. Goldshire for Alliance). In some areas the eggs may be easier to spot (e.g. Kharanos versus Dolanaar) though if you are familiar with the possible spawn points that can work for you rather than against you. Picking less populated (more…)
