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What do you most like to do with herbs?

Since I didn't have a bog house and steered clear of the public herb garden traumas, I haven't had much to do with herbs before now. But now that I have my own herb garden I've started growing them, and I'm a bit perplexed with all the options: use them straight, use the essences, or make potions. So, I'm wondering, what uses for herbs do find the most worthwhile? I'm happy to hear what you find to do with them that's just plain fun, but I'm really more interested to learn how you use herbs to advance your game play. So what do you do with your herbs?

Posted 8 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I usually turn herbs into either a) Essences, or b) decoration. ^_^
    Posted 8 months ago by Mal'akh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I say experiment!

    The ones I tend to use are these: Essence of Yellow Crumb, Essence of Rubeweed, Essence of Purple Flower, Rainbow Juice, Amorous Philtre, Charade Potion, Door Drink, Elixir of Avarice, Ancestral Spirits, and Tree Poison Antidotes.
    Posted 8 months ago by le beebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like you, I haven't done much with herbs since they changed potion making. I started growing them at a friends, and now do it @ my new house. I'm glad you asked this question, because currently I have 150-300 of every herb and not sure what I'd like to do with them. So 'tagging' this post to keep up on it. :)

    I'm waiting for the change to happen though, so any imagination / badge bonuses I get are under the new system. That, and because I'm lazy, lol! XD
    Posted 8 months ago by XD Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Pop open those Essence of Yellow Crumb to speed up your learning. Always make sure you're on an Essence of Silvertongue (blue) because it will give you a bonus on your next achievement. Use the Essence of Rubeweed (green) to call on the Rube. Take a trip on the Essence of Purple and then share the fun with newbies! I always like to give newbies their first purple flower trip and first Essence of Purple! :D

    Use the Essence of Gandlevery when you have a lot of mood but need energy. This essence will take from your mood to give you energy. (I find it best to use when I'm donating and have lots of mood.)

    When you're so stocked up on essences start to make the potions. Rainbows Juice, Charades, and the love potion (Amorous Philtre) are handy to have when there is a party or a large group of people on a street. 

    If you're a coin collector the Elixir of Avarice potion is good to use. Once your coin collecting is up for the day, pour the elixir and you can continue collecting coins. If you like the ancestral lands take some Essence of Hairball to walk super fast and some Ancestral Spirit to extend your time there. 

    Quaff an occasional Door Drink and take a trip to the unknown. Kill some trees with Tree Poison or save them with Tree Antidote. Make adult animals into babies with the Potion of Animal Youth. Change one key to another using the Keycutter Tonic
    Posted 8 months ago by Eye Wonder Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The advice from Eye Wonder is spot on.  I also find that donating the Ancestral Spirit potions is super-effective.  
    Posted 8 months ago by Fwanklin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • most important, shuck some of your harvest to get more seed
    second most important Eat (or whatever verb) one of each herb (or flower), and make an essence and imbibe one of each, to have that done

    other than that, now I mostly store them in SDBs and take some out to make essence as needed (more than I need, to have some spare, but not all I have in stock)

    and to add to what eyewonder said, imbibe one essence of rookswort when fighting the Rook, and make Rook Balm (potions) to revive animals and trees after the attacks
    Posted 8 months ago by mr granberry Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I munched my way to 60 using Rookswort to keep my mood up.  And I sometimes munch Hairball when I want to speed through AL.
    Posted 8 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Like Windborn says - munch one Rookswort and get 10 minutes of NO mood loss.    This is a way better deal than drinks. 
    Posted 8 months ago by WalruZ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you Eye Wonder, Windburn & Wulruz. I always have problems with mood..not anymore ;)
    Posted 8 months ago by Polly Nomial Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eye Wonder, you've set out the uses of essences beautifully!  May I post that information on my forum in the Glitch Tips section?
    Posted 8 months ago by Genkicoll Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I really love Door drink, it's like teleport but with surprise. :) 
    Posted 7 months ago by nekomaki Subscriber! | Permalink
  • smoke it ;-)
    Posted 7 months ago by Atlantis Subscriber! | Permalink