A special potion makes farming minerals and herbs in World of Warcraft: The War Within a breeze. We show you what makes it so good.
At the start of an expansion, many characters are released and forced to first farm substantial resources. Many players even have dedicated “farm characters” that are skilled in herbalism and mining, tasked with gathering plenty of plants and ores.
However, in The War Within, there is a small but clever “trick” that allows you to almost double your yield. A special potion provides many more resources.
Vial of Truesight – Double the ores and herbs
What kind of potion is this? We’re talking about the “Vial of Truesight”. When used, this vial increases your perception value by a moderate amount. However, the second, much greater effect is exciting: As long as the vial lasts, you can see “hidden” mineral and herb deposits that are additionally displayed to you.
Important: The quality level of the vial is not relevant for the amount of herb and ore deposits you see. Even with the simplest (“bronze”) version of the vial, you can see all hidden deposits. Higher levels only grant you a larger bonus to your “perception” value, which occasionally helps you find more materials. However, for the sheer number of ore deposits, the simple version is sufficient, which is usually offered at a much cheaper price in the auction house.
How do you get the vial? The vial is crafted by alchemists and can be learned very early by experimenting with them. Typically, the auction house always has several hundreds or even thousands of these vials available.
If the auction house is currently not functioning, just ask an alchemist you trust and buy a few of these vials from them before your next farming session.
How significant are the effects? Drastic. Anyone who thinks that you will only see “a few” additional ores and herbs is greatly mistaken. In our tests, we saw an average of more than double the spawn points for ores and herbs. The only downside is that these “hidden” mineral and herbal deposits are never elemental overloaded. So, in terms of yield, they are merely “normal” deposits.
Nevertheless, this increases the yield while farming so drastically that you should definitely use a vial of truesight before every farming session. Especially if you use both farming professions simultaneously, the few gold coins are more than worth the price of the vial.
As a nice little bonus, the various “hidden” ores and herbs grant an additional point of profession knowledge upon the first gathering, allowing you to unlock new skills and bonuses for your profession faster and giving you a small advantage over anyone who does not use this vial.
If you prefer to farm a mount instead of herbs right now, we have the perfect answer for that too.
