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Best herb to grow for donation (IMG) purposes?

Now that Yellowcrumb has been nerfed, what is the best herb (or crop) to grow for donation purposes? Thoughts?  Other gatherable items that are good to donate in large batches?  Specifically for IMG purposes, I would like to be able to donate a large quantity of some kind of gatherable item at once with EHSP to maximize IMG earning and minimize EHSP spending.  I have only had time recently to play sporadically, so something I can grow and gather at home relatively quickly would be ideal.  Other IMG earning tips?  Thanks!!

Posted 78 days ago by KittenKat Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Yellow prices have been halved, but you still get a decent chunk of iMG for donating seeds. (You donated 851 Yellow Crumb Flower Seeds to a Shrine to Zille. Your favor with Zille has increased by 4740! +20220 iMG +168 Mood)
    Posted 78 days ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • None of these #s jibe. 

    *very confused*

    --Me
    Posted 78 days ago by SchWM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Plant and harvest yellow crumb but make tinctures to donate. It's what I do.
    Posted 78 days ago by Papa Legba Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sooo different items give you different amounts of iMG? I thought the iMG earned was a factor of the Favor earned as well??? Teach me! I just recently learned all my skills, so donating from now on is for strict iMG earning purposes.
    Posted 78 days ago by Juniparr Subscriber! | Permalink
  • No Juniparr :) The question Kitten Kat is asking has the same answer regardless of whether you're asking the best herb to grow for cash, favor, or iMG as they are all interconnected. One favor is 10 currants of value and you get 2.4 iMG per favor point donated if you donate with full mood. Donating with full mood is very important :) As your mood descends the percentage ladder it goes down to 2.2 per favor, to 2.0 to 1.8 and so on.
    Posted 78 days ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm slowly preparing a Rookswort grow op. It's a small harvest of only one per plot, but it grows faster than YC, is worth 75 currants apiece, and you consistently get 2 seeds per herb from shucking.
    Posted 78 days ago by Keysong Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for all the feedback!  :)
    Posted 78 days ago by KittenKat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For quick harvest & donate runs, YC isn't bad, but I have started to look into using potions, since they get a 10% or so boost in value *on top* of the tincture boost of 10%.

    I figure since I am making P3/MG potions anyway, I may as well grind out pots to use as donation fodder. They are all pretty equal, just pick one you like making.
    Posted 78 days ago by Sturminator 5 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK, five plots of YC plants, turned into 52 essences first, then donated:
    You made Essence of Yellow Crumb (x20) -400 energy, +720 iMG.
    You made Essence of Yellow Crumb (x20) -400 energy, +720 iMG.
    You made Essence of Yellow Crumb (x12) -240 energy, +432 iMG.
    You donated 52 Essences of Yellow Crumb to a Shrine to Tii. Your favor with Ti has increased by 5400! +20255 iMG +0 Mood
    (Total iMG: 22127)

    So, it's 9%* more iMG for making the essences instead of donating seeds, which doesn't seem worth it due to extreme slowness of the Ticturing Kit.

    TL;DR: make essences first only if you're working on the badge.

    * Note that both cases were using the entire harvest of 5 large herb gardens, but bonuses cause the number of flowers harvested to vary; this is not an exact comparison.
    Posted 77 days ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great info, thanks Janitch!
    Posted 77 days ago by KittenKat Subscriber! | Permalink