Noblegarden is the World of Warcraft counterpart of
Easter, the most important
Christian festival.
Though its origins are steeped in druidic festivals from times long past, the
current incarnation of Noblegarden is a contrast between ancient traditions and
modern interpretations. While some races of Azeroth try to stay true to the
original spirit of the holiday, others prefer a more lighthearted approach
— in essence, looking everywhere for festively decorated eggs and
collecting the goodies found within. One tenet all can agree on is that the
feast of Noblegarden is meant to bring communities together to share the joy
of life and friendship.
All characters will be able to participate, as none of the activities
has a level requirement.
The event itself takes place mostly in low level towns of each faction,
where players will busy themselves searching for eggs that contain rewards
and items needed for the achievements.
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to complete
the event.
1. Overview↑top
Noblegarden is a rather simple and short event. You will be
spending the majority of your time looking for
Brightly Colored Eggs around low level towns of your
faction. These eggs contain the tokens you will need to buy the
rewards, as well as the items you will need to complete the
achievements.
1.1. Eligibility
All characters (from level 1 to 85) are eligible to participate in the event
and can earn all the achievements and rewards (with the exception of
Tome of Polymorph: Rabbit for Mages, which can be bought at any level
but requires level 60 to use).
1.2. Date and Timeline
Noblegarden is a 1-week event. This year, it will start on
April the 8th and finish on April the 15th.
Noblegarden is a short event, in the sense that you can complete
it entirely and obtain all the rewards in a matter of a few
hours.
1.3. Locations
Noblegarden quests givers and vendors can be found in the following low
level towns:
- Alliance
- Azure Watch in Azuremyst Isle
- Dolanaar in Teldrassil
- Goldshire in Elwynn Forest
- Kharanos in Dun Morogh
- Horde
- Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore
- Brill in Tirisfal Glades
- Falconwing Square in Eversong Woods
- Razorhill in Durotar
Collecting
Brightly Colored Eggs will also be done in these towns.
1.4. Currency
The currency of the event is
Noblegarden Chocolate. You get these
chocolates in
Brightly Colored Eggs, at a rate of 1 Noblegarden
Chocolate per egg. You can use this currency to buy the rewards of the
events, as well as the items you need for some of the achievements
(these items also have a chance to be contained in
Brightly Colored Eggs).
2. Rewards↑top
In addition to the various vanity items needed for the achievements
and the achievements themselves, Noblegarden offers three rewards:
2.1. Vanity Items
At each Noblegarden location, you will find Noblegarden Vendors
(Alliance) and Noblegarden Merchants (Horde). These NPCs sell many
vanity items, most of which are required for completing the achievements.
2.2. Achievements
The meta-achievement of the event is
Noble Gardener (Alliance / Horde). It rewards
the the Noble title, counts towards
What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been (Alliance/Horde), and
requires you to complete most of the achievements related to the event:
3. Quests↑top
Spring Collectors (Alliance) and Spring Gatherers (Horde)
are the introductory quests of the event. You can take them from commoners in
any Capital City.
This introductory quest is to be turned in at the Noblegarden location of your choice.
There, you will be able to take two other quests:
4. Collecting Eggs↑top
Eggs can only be found in low level towns where you will find Noblegarden
NPCs. To collect the eggs efficiently, you need to make extensive use of
your
Egg Basket, which is a reward for A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket (Alliance / Horde).
Our advice is to place the item on your action bar, in the place of an
ability bound to one of your mouse buttons. This makes it easier to refresh
the increased speed buff.
After opening a few
Brightly Colored Eggs, you will be turned into a rabbit
for 60 minutes. This is mainly a cosmetic effect. As a rabbit, you can lay eggs by standing
still for a while, something that you will need for
Hard Boiled, one
of the achievements.
One last piece of advice is to set, in your Video/Effects settings,
Environment Detail to lowest. This will make it easier to see the eggs.
5. Achievements↑top
In this section, we will run you through all the Noblegarden achievements.
5.1. While Collecting Eggs
Many achievements can be earned while opening
Brightly Colored Eggs.
5.1.1. I Found One!
I Found One! is arguably the easiest achievement of the event.
You simply need to open a
Brightly Colored Egg, something that you
will do countless times.
5.1.2. Chocolate Lover and Chocoholic
Chocolate Lover and
Chocoholic require you to loot a total of 100
Noblegarden Chocolates from
Brightly Colored Egg and eat them.
5.1.3. Dressed for the Occasion
Dressed for the Occasion will be granted to you if you loot an
Elegant Dress from a
Brightly Colored Egg. You will not get
the achievement if you buy the Elegant Dress from a vendor.
Note that this achievement does not count towards
Noble Gardener (Alliance / Horde),
the meta-achievement.
5.1.4. Sunday's Finest
Sunday's Finest will be granted to you if you loot
Black Tuxedo Pants
and a
White Tuxedo Shirt from a
Brightly Colored Egg. You will not get
the achievement if you buy these two items from a vendor.
Note that this achievement does not count towards
Noble Gardener (Alliance / Horde),
the meta-achievement.
5.2. Remaining Achievements
The remaining achievements are presented below. We tried to rank from
the least complicated to the most complicated.
5.2.1. Noble Garden
Completing
Noble Garden (Alliance / Horde) requires you to acquire 5
and
use them to buy a
Noblegarden Egg from a vendor. Then go to
Stormwind City, if you play Alliance, or Silvermoon City, if you play Horde,
right click the egg and select the area where you want to lay it.
After laying the egg (and subsequently getting the achievement), you can
open it and loot its content.
5.2.2. Blushing Bride
The easiest way to complete
Blushing Bride is to ask a friend or
a guildie to help you. Give them the
Elegant Dress (if they do not have
one), ask them to put it on. Then, put on your own
White Tuxedo Shirt and
Black Tuxedo Pants, and kiss them.
Note that if you are missing one of the 3 required items, you can buy them
from a Noblegarden vendor in exchange for
Noblegarden Chocolates.
5.2.3. Desert Rose
To complete
Desert Rose, you need to buy
Spring Robes
for 50
from a Noblegarden vendor. Note that you can use
this item multiple times, so do not make the mistake of buying
several of them.
Once you have
Spring Robes, simply go successively to The Badlands,
Desolace, Silithus, Tanaris, and Thousand Needles. In each region,
use your Spring Robes. It does not matter where you plant the flower, as
long as you are in the proper zone.
5.2.4. Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled requires you to lay an egg at Golakka Hot Springs in
Un'Goro Crater. In order to lay an egg, you need to be transformed into
a rabbit and stand still for about a minute.
During Noblegarden, there are two ways to get transformed into a rabbit:
- by opening
Brightly Colored Eggs, in which case you need to
either
- hearthstone to Marshal's Stand (in northern Un'Goro Crater) and
then go to Golakka Hot Springs without losing your rabbit buff;
- run all the way to Golakka Hot Springs without losing your rabbit buff.
- by being the target of a
Blossoming Branch, in which case you
simply need to bring a friend with you to Golakka Hot Springs and ask them
to use
Blossoming Branch on you.
Note that you will lose your rabbit buff if you take damage, be it
from an enemy attack or from a fall.
5.2.5. Spring Fling
For
Spring Fling (Alliance/ Horde), you need to first acquire a
Spring Rabbit's Foot,
which you can loot from a
Brightly Colored Egg or buy from a Noblegarden
vendor for 100
. We advise you to complete this achievement last, as
it can be frustrating to buy the Spring Rabbit's Foot only to see it drop
later from a Brightly Colored Egg.
Then, you need to visit the 4 Noblegarden locations of your faction. In each
location, you need to get the pet out and find another player with the same pet.
Obviously, it makes it a lot easier if you do the achievement with a friend
or a guildie.
5.2.6. Shake Your Bunny Maker
To complete
Shake Your Bunny-Maker, you need to use
Spring Flowers, which you can loot from a
Brightly Colored Egg or
buy from a Noblegarden vendor for 50
, on female characters of
each race. The targeted characters must be level 18 at least.
The hard part of the achievement is getting characters of the other
faction.
- Low level characters will have a hard time doing it but hanging around in Dalaran
or Shattrath might do the trick.
- For characters over level 60, it is possible to use your flying mount
to get the achievement. Simply fly over a capital city of the other faction
(Orgrimmar and Stormwind City preferably). Whenever you have a target,
swoop down on it, use the flowers (this will not dismount you), and fly up as
fast as you can.
To make it even easier, you can use the following macro (credit to
WoWWiki):
/run DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage((UnitSex("target")==2 and "Male " or "Female ")..UnitLevel("target").." "..UnitRace("target").." "..(UnitBuff("target","Sprung!")=="Sprung!" and "Sprung!" or "clear"));
Select a target and click the macro. It will check whether the target is a
female and will also tell you if the target has been recently targeted
by another player's
Spring Flowers, in which case you will not be able to complete the
objective.