Posted by pixiestixy on Friday, May 1st, 2009 - 35 Comments
Tags: Achievements, bunny, chocolate, egg, egg hunt, hop, noble gardener, noblegarden, rabbit, stealth bunny, un'goro
At first, I thought my bunny-self was cute. I was just starting out my Noblegarden Achievement runs this week, and after locating and picking up a few Brightly Colored Eggs in Brill (and landing my ‘I Found One!‘ achievement), I got my first transformation. I was collecting an egg, and all of the sudden - POOF! I was a purple rabbit. One of many, many purple rabbits frolicking through the small town in the search of winning the noblest of titles.
So I made use of the tools at my disposal. I equipped the wondrous Egg Basket from the quest giver and started spamming the use to speed-hop past my competition. Find one egg hidden in the bushes, collect it, move to the next, and the next, and the next - around in a circle until I was back to my starting point. Monotonous, yes. But I somehow felt at east with this simple task. I was a bunny, and I wanted my eggs. That’s all there was to it. That is, of course, until I got a little more bunny competition.
Apparently, I was not the only one wise to the magicks of the Egg Basket. Other rabbits now also were speeding around, hopping right past me if I took too wide of a turn. I could no longer leisurely pick up the eggs - I had to rush to snatch it up at just the right time before some other bunny came along to steal it away from me. Some bunnies started waiting right next to where the eggs spawned so they could be the first ones to claim it the moment it appeared. But they, too, had to be careful. If they didn’t pay close enough attention, THIS little rogue rabbit would swipe that egg without them knowing. Oh yes, stealth bunny form is real. Be afraid. Although, sadly, bunnies do not dance. I tried.
And so the rabbit-eat-rabbit collection process continued. I finished collecting my 100 chocolates to consume for the Chocoholic achievement (proving, once and for all, that eating too much chocolate does NOT make you sick!), and in the process found a Spring Rabbit’s Foot, a useless but cute Spring Circlet and some nifty Black Tuxedo Pants. And I swapped items with my guild bunny buddies to complete Blushing Bride. But I’m still working on finding the White Tuxedo Shirt for Sunday’s Finest and the Elegant Dress needed for Dressed for the Occasion. Also still working to finish up Spring Fling, Shake Your Bunny-Maker and Desert Rose. Thankfully, we still got a couple of days to tie up loose ends.
The most treacherous task (for a bunny) was the trip to Un’Goro Crater to complete Hard Boiled. You can NOT convince me that a cute, purple rabbit doesn’t look like a tasty morsel to a ravenous Devilsaur. Don’t forget to re-equip your weapons in case you run into some hungry beasts!
Well, this bunny is about ready to be a Noble Gardener. How many of you have succeeded so far, and what have been your favorite parts of bunny-dom?
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By Ditz on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 2:13 pm
The most enjoyable part about Noblegarden is stealing a campers egg when it just spawsn as you run past doing the Event as it should be done
By Bob on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 2:24 pm
camping the eggs is the best way to get eggs, thats how i got my achievement.
By Redaurora on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I found the event rather fun. The first day was a mess but the days after, Much better. The running around maddly as a sugar enraged bunny was the most fun. It was way to boring to sit and wait for an egg in one spot. I did try to avoid the eggs that were camped just to be nice. The best was the shake your bunny maker. That was great! How often do you see a female orc? LOL
By Rockeroad on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I got mine done the first day. Only took around 3 hours. Then again i also have some guildies that are very much into this stuff also (we all want the purple proto drake). Just keep tryin and eventually youll get the achiev. But remember: today is the last day!
By Crys on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
the whole holiday was super easy… I got everything I needed in the eggs except for the egg I needed to place down in Silvermoon
I did the Un Goro quest with a friend and we just transformed down there with the branch instead of making the trek as a bunny
the HARDEST part of the whole thing… on my server… there are VERY FEW female dwarves… and as a horde… my only encounters with any of them were in Dalaran… I feel really sorry for the lowbies who wont be able to finish this until next year… boo
By Bluebob on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I was able to get an egg ebout every three seconds not camping and it took about 2 hours to get the title for me
By Alice on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I was literally FEET away from the hot springs in Un’Goro when a Devilsaur actually STOMPED on me in bunny form. IT WAS TRAUMATIC.
(Did finally complete the achievement on the next try, though!)
By Dulica on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I had fun hopping around being a bunny. I switched from my human warrior to my blood elf rogue and it was like taking candy from a baby! In Goldshire, etc it was crazy full of people.. but there in Blood Elf territory, no problem. I got one sweet spot where 5 eggs would spawn! Not too shabby. But I didn’t have time this week to get a lot of the bigger achivements done. oh well. It was fun!
By Sean on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I got it on the first day.
But so did most of my guild and we look silly with four of us having “the Noble” after our names when we were pugging 5 man instances earlier.
By davie on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I believe it ends 11:59 Saturday by the way,
I spent my time in Brill, found a spot I could see 7 spawns and with a 5 second speed run, check 4 more. Plus at the hours I play, not too much competition. Just need to find a few ugly women to slap some ears on and do the lay an egg thing and im done. Guess I will eat the 150 chocolates I have left, while wearing me dress and bunny ears… barf!
By Amidaman on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 6:02 pm
you know you can just ask someone in ungoro to use that item on you that turns you into a bunny instead of walking to ungoro, right
By Matt Lopez on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 7:22 pm
It was a lot of fun. Had a guildie help me out. I got all the achievements and the title on Sunday when it started. The only one I didn’t get was the “Sunday’s Finest” achievement.
By cocopuff on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 8:40 pm
wwhile we are onthe subject i started doing the othe world even oday i all but the daily and the nanny one whear you have to ge ets whear do i get am surely blizz couldent make ue 3 years a lousy achievement
By Pegraath on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Uhhh… run that by me again, Cocopuff…
By cocopuff on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 9:42 pm
are you really that fucking dumb take the W from my wwhile and what do you get saparte the on and the and what do you get add an r to othe and what do you get add a t to oday and what do you get “i did” the veteran nanny and dailys are the only one i am missing add p to ets whear do i get teh p+ets allot of people told me wait three years for itt bt surely blizz whouldent make you spend on a lousy achiement
By cocopuff on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 9:43 pm
remove the extra t
By Dalkurth on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I got the achievement the Sunday it came out. Luckily for me, Sunday on the server time was 10 PM for me on Saturday, so I got a bit of a head start.
By Fievel on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 2:17 am
I’m Patron Fievel the Noble got Noblegarden and Children’s week done
By Shamtastik on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 5:25 am
Finally got my 1st title, I have to say, female dwarf is a rarity beyond rare in Tanaris, seriously, had a lil help from a guildi for Hard Boiled, practically run thr, and get transformed by the Spring Branch
By Jesus on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 am
cocopuff… dumbass
By Snaggly on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 am
Cocopuff your a fucking retard, how old are you? 8?
By Darkdreamer on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 am
camped right by the lake , between 2 eggs in goldshire , worked like a charm , hardest part was finding females of all teh races , orcs trolls dwarves taurens and gnomes D:
By elion on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 9:23 am
how do you do tthe veteran nanny achivement for childrens week wheaar do i get the pets
By Zeusan on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
The shake your bunny maker achievement was hard, but for hard boiled, u can actually just use the rabbit costume….
By scaresome on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 pm
I had a great time.
I decided to ignore the “bunny ears on the girls” and just do the achievements that were fun.
Same with the over-lapping orphan; I did the ones that were fun and ignored the rest (fie on Hard Knocks).
I wish I could keep my orphan past seven days and I’d like to keep some chocolates to change into a bunny in three months; but those are just wishes.
I really enjoyed being called back to my low level zone of my birth, Dolanaar. Brought back fond memories of a safe haven when I was just a wee lad, a hunter with no pet.
By Laeltis on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 6:58 pm
@elion
In Shatt there’s another orphanage with another Orphan who wants to see sights in all of Outland. It’s basicly the human orphan, just in Outland. You get a reward out of three, and it’s repeatable every year; hence everyone saying (three year time period).
I got “the Noble” Sunday
I’m gathering alot of achievements 
I also got “Patron” Friday. I was pissed because I was leaving on a plane for my grandparents’ place for my grandfather’s funeral Saturday morning, and I wouldn’t be able to get the *Daily Chores* achievement. Then I discovered the bug! Even though it says ‘over five consecutive days’ all you have to do is 5 dailies. So I was able to get it.
Lastily; who else thinks if you can have a prefix and a suffix title would be awesome? I mean, comeon; think of the possibities!
Elder Laeltis the Immortal/Undying
Patron Laeltis the Noble
Ambassador Laeltis the Noble
Catch my drift?
____________________________________________
Ambassador Laeltis
Illidan (US)
Relentless
By khazzhar on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Cocopuff your first message was illegible, and you expect us to sit for a couple hours trying to decipher it? You could just learn to type instead of making yourself sound like a 6 year old kid. Please go buy a typing program and learn to type better then a little kid.
By Justin on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 5:18 am
I have been able to complete the Noble Gardener ach on 3 of my higher lvl characters(one was just a couple hours before the event ended:P). I found that this world event was probibly the easies aside from the Hallows End. Since you can do about half the ach just in one area, running in a circle looting the clothing, and eating the chocolate. The travaling was a bit annoying. Since on all 3 characters I did it on, I couldnt find anybody to come to Un’Goro Crater with me for Hard Boiled. I was lucky everytime to find ONE person that was horde there. Overall, it was a pretty fun event.
By Justin on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 5:23 am
@Darkdreamer
I agree a ton that the putting rabbit ears on the females was hard. those female dwarfs are so sneaky>.>
By cocopuff on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 8:07 am
if you spent hours trying to read my one santance than you have a problem and ill make you a deal ill get a typing program aad learn how to type if you go back to your english teacher or ESL teacher and get some tutoring on how to read
By cocopuff on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
since blizzard i amking us waait 3 years for the veterannanny i should give some sert cool reward to make worth my while
By Laeltis on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 am
@cocopuff’s latest post
Most achievements don’t give cool rewards; their just nerd points, as they’re referred to between me and my friends. The reward is the minipets. You get 6 in three years if you do them in a row, which counts towards the other achievement(meta) *Shop Smart Shop… Pet Smart* or whatever it is called. 6/40 for just one event is pretty nice. Plus you get 50 Achievement points. I’ve constantly looked over the achievements, and I believe that’s the only one that rewards 50 of them.
By Snaggly on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 11:11 am
@ cocopuff’s latest posts
Your making a strong case for us to suspect that your missing a chromosome. If your misspelling the words beyond recognition, leaving out letters (that make it an other word or in some cases just gibberish) or adding extra nonexistent letters into words its not our fault if we can’t read it. Its not a lot to ask to check over what you just typed to make it legible. I am by no means a grammar nazi but I teach primary school children with better grammar and spelling.
It will do you good to learn how to type correctly, its essential in many jobs and it makes everyone else life a little easier.
By Nebyula on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Or at least proofread when your finished.
On a related note, I got the title on 4 toons, 2 of which were level 35. Simply the easiest title to get other than jenkins, just camp eggs fro 2 hours, run around for another hour, and bam! I r nObLe.
actually, there are quite a few orc females on my server. And I got lucky, as there was a dwarf female standing around in dalaran clicking off the bunny ear buff and /loving whoever bunny eared her.
By Kalgorn on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Im all for the achievements. But this just didn’t interest me as much as i thought it would. I did it for about an hour and at the end of that hour, all i had was about 40 eggs. My patience with the egg hunting was very slim so i dropped it there.
Im not really going for the Violet Proto Drake. Purple has never been my thing. If there’s a blue one somewhere in game, please, lemme know so i can start working towards it.
But ya, it was fun for about an hour then it got boring. I can see how you guys enjoyed it, but i just didn’t have the patience. Oh well.