finding the right harvesting nodes

Your gathering skills affect how fast you gather and your success rate. If you're harvesting is slow with a low success chance, then your harvesting a higher tier node that your skill level cant handle efficiently yet.

Skull markers at the entrance to a zone are usually a good indicator of what tier nodes you may find in an area (1-5)
The more skulld are on the pole, the higher tier the harvesting nodes likely are.

Tier 1: fastest to harvest, usually yield only the basic material.

Tier 2: yield basic materials and tier 2 materials, harvest slower than tier 1.

Tier 3: yield basic materials and a higher rate of tier 2 materials.

Tier 4: yield good rates of tier 2 materials and occasionally double basic materials. Also yield tier 3 materials.

Tier 5: slowest and most difficult to harvest. Often yielddouble basic materials, often yield tier 2 and 3 materials. Tier 5 nodes are also found in larger concentrations in some zones, which is very benificial to higher skill gatherers.

 

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