finding seeds?

[krazypickle]

Yo I have the elf quest for 10x a bunch of different seeds. Ive never found a seed vendor and I only lose seeds when I plant them. Did I miss something? Just randomly run around looking for them?

[Locklave]

You need to farm them in the Act 1 and Act 2 sandbox areas on the map.

I did this seed collection quest 1 time. I will never do it again, killing them all is faster/easier provides exp and loot.

There is no up side to avoiding combat.

[Aigle1705]

ya that quest sux as well as the catharina one.

but the real question is, can you get positive with seeds?

planting them is like 20-50% lost
no seed merchant
sandbox maps dont reset ( ive no idea why there is a "last time visited" timer )

so if you play long enough you will run out of seeds

[Funreaver]

The chance to get seeds is depending on your herblore / farming level and the level of the plant. So after hitting a plant depending threshold you will always get seed(s).

That being said the chance for plants above the level is very low.
Especially if for the first time in a new zone / area.

I read in a post on the forums that the timer for a sandbox location reset is 30 ingame days then you are given the "option" to do this ingame. Never tried it so I cant tell, probably easiest to just sleep for a while if you want to check it out.

[Funreaver]

Since this makes planting and farming to level up farming quite tedious it is faster to level it via trainer or scrolls to reach farming levels in which seed loss is less of a concern.

To my knowledge for the T1 seeds we actually have a vendor in the first town.
Potato, cabbage and the low level herbs.

[Locklave]

Funreaver is correct, I had this confirmed to me by the dev in another thread. Seed collection rate is relative to the herb/farm level.

Once it gets high enough you'll be swimming in seeds. Collecting herbs/farming on sandbox maps is a great way to level, start actual planting after you get your base skill to a decent level.