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Well, I'm going to start this guide by copping out and referring you to the best guide to fishing I've seen yet, VolstedGridbans /burstfish Guide. It's still the best one out there

Getting Equipped

First of all, you are going to need a Shellfish Harvesting tool. This is an artisan (Engineering III) crafted item made using a schematic obtained from one of two quests. Once the schematic has been learned you retain the draft schematic in your datapad even if you drop Artisan completley.

The actual harvesting tool can be made by anyone who has the draft schematic in their datapad.

The Quests:

Short way: Speak to Vardias Tyne, under the bridge, Anchorhead. Sends you to kill a BH that's got him as a mark. On return, sends you to take a bantha statue to a Dim-U monk as proof that, depsite being a bantha murderer, he does hold the beasties in high esteem. (You can keep bunging the statues in your rucksack till you get bored and then offer them on the bazaar / give as gifts etc later). Reward, about 4000cr and a schem.

Longer way: Speak to Rakir under the canopy on the outside of the walls, Wayfar. (Come on, you're a Ranger, you KNOW how to find an NPC...). He'll give you 4 short missions, from which you'll earn about 10k and, on completion, you will get the schem.

Getting the Meat

Find a body of water, stand in it, select and use the hervester tool.

The harvester is a hand held tool which you have to remain ATK to use*. The easiest way to use it is to assign it to a HotKey and then fire that to use.

You will then get a random quantity of either shellfish or crustaceans.

NOTE! Shellfish and Crustaceans do not stack, you will end up with lots of containers in your inventory. The easiest way to get them to stack is to drag them into a container, such as a rucksack or pocket.

* Yes, it can be macroed. No, Im not telling you how. It's not THAT hard to work out, lol.

Milking a creature is relatively simple if time consuming.
First, either mask scent or conceal yourself with cammo. this prevents the animal becoming 'spooked' and you being unable to milk it. (Creatures can also become spooked if they are attacked while you milk or something happens nearby to make them become suddenly alert)
Target the creature, hold the mouse button down till a radial option "Milk Creature" appears, select that.
You will get a sysmsg "You calm the creature and begin milking"
You will have to keep following the creature closely otherwise "The creature has moved to far away for you to continue milking".
When you have emptied the critter you get "You have successfully milked this creature" or words to that effect.

NOTE! Milk (of the same type from different animals) does not always stack, so you could end up with lots of 200 unit containers in your inventory. The easiest way to get them to stack is to drag them into a container, such as a rucksack or pocket.

Tip: If you have two creatures that are pretty close together, try milking both at once. Twice the milk in the same amount of time.

Which creatures have most milk? Basically the higher the CL the more milky goodness.

What creatures have milk? A good rule of thumb is "If it's female and the lairs spawn babies, it'll probably have milk" or you can refer to this list:

Siapo's List of Milk Bearing Beasts

Corellia
Domestic
None
Wild
Bageraset
Forest Murra
Humbaba
Krabhu
Mountian Murra
Murra
Paralope
Rogue Bageraset
Savage Humbaba
Sharnaff
Swamp Humbaba

Dantooine
Domestic
Lesser Plains Bol
Wild
Hostile Thune Mother
Piket
Piket Longhorn Female
Piket Plains Walker
Thune Grassland Guardian

Dathomir
Domestic
None
Wild
Bolma
Bolma Calf
Bolma Female
Brackaset Female
Lowland Brackaset
Verne Bull

Endor
Domestic
Bolle Bol Calf
Bordok Ancient
Bordok Foal
Wild
Bolle Bol Female
Gurreck Forest Stalker
Hilltop Gurreck Hunter
Swirl Prong

Lok
Domestic
None
Wild
Elder Snorbal Female
Female Snorbal Calf
Mature Snorbal Female

Naboo
Domestic
Motley Kaadu
Plodding Falumpaset
Wild
Bolle Bol
Dappled Gualama
Falumpaset
Fambaa
Gualama
Gungan Falumpaset
Gungan Kaadu
Ikopi
Kaadu Female
Mountian Ikopi
Rogue Falumpaset
Rogue Fambaa

Rori
Domestic
None
Wild
Dappled Gualama
Ikopi
Mountain Ikopi

Talus
Domestic
Docile Kahmurra
Wild
Humbaba
Paralope
Puss-Covered Decay Mite Soldier
Savage Humbaba

Tatooine
Domestic
Domestic Eopie
Dwarf Bantha
Wild
Bantha
Bantha Matriarch
Cu Pa
Desert Eopie
Dim-u Bantha
Dune Bantha
Dwarf Eopie
Eopie
Eopie Herdmaster
Jundland Eopie
Rogue Bantha
Ronto
Wonderous Cu Pa

Yavin IV
Domestic
None
Wild
Female Tybis

(Credit: Siapo Original Thread)


HowTo: Find Eggs

Eggs are easy to find. Simply target a lair, any lair, and get the radial option "Search Lair". You will find either nothing, some eggs or some creatures. Keep searching the lair until you no longer get the option to do so.

NOTE! Eggs do not stack, you will end up with lots of containers in your inventory. The easiest way to get them to stack is to drag them into a container, such as a rucksack or pocket.



This thread is a compilation of the work of several rangers and scouts to whom I extend my thanks and acknowledge their hard work in preparing the articles which I have referenced.

If you have corrections or additions, please add them HERE

Message Edited by Almagill on 04-12-2005 04:03 AM

Message Edited by Almagill on 04-12-2005 07:02 PM

Message Edited by Almagill on 09-30-2005 08:12 PM

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Deadtech wrote:

Mollusks and crustaceans do not stack either. The tool can be macro'd (shh I didn't say that) and used very fast if you have some 400+ brandy being it drains the mind when you use it. It is random which of the 2 you will pull up and you'll have to stack them yourself when your inventory starts to get full.

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