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Kommentar von edwallols

Picking this herb gave me the same buff as a Potion of Luck, but for only 15 minutes.

Killed level 84-85 mobs for 15 minutes and nothing special dropped. May have a minimum mob level requirement.

Kommentar von Voxxel

You can get some more Lotuses by planting Rätselhafter Samens on your farm @ Halfhill.

The chance the seed germinates into a Goldon Lotus is kinda low, however.

Kommentar von 724320

Golden Lotus and You: A Comprehensive Analysis

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That Really Rare MoP Herb

The first fact you need to know:

... is that Golden Lotuses spawn in place of any other herb node. This means that, unless picked, a node will not spawn a Golden Lotus. In personal experience-- and don't quote this as holy fact-- I've had most luck finding a circuit and running that while grabbing every herb on it, and basically just hoping a Lotus spawns in the wake of my gathering. My usual experience is to get one in a ~30 minute timeframe. Needless to say, Druids (and Tauren especially) are most cut out for this with their Swift Flight Form not breaking on gathering. Given that it's entirely random as my current understanding goes, you'll have the most luck just flying through an area, flying by clusters of nodes. It once more goes without saying that level 90 characters are going to have the most luck finding them. Just remember that that's most of the gathering process: luck. You may find sixty of them. You may find none. In the end, all you can do is curse the numbers. Don't worry-- you won't be alone.

They require 550 Herbalism to be picked, meaning you'll have to grab some other herbs to get to gathering right out of Cataclysm content. Ironically, despite it being the most valuable herb, other herbs require higher skill. Odd.

The second thing, just a minor note:

... is that they award Luck of the Lotus upon picking. For 15 minutes, Humanoids both in and out of dungeons will have a chance to drop an item, Plundered Treasure. They can contain a variety of trade goods, some greens, and some cash. Whether you want to try and make use of the 15 minutes of the buff, and whether it's worth it, is entirely up to you. If you're getting ready to farm drops or run daily quests that involve many Humanoid mobs (like Klaxxi dailies, for instance), fishing up a Lotus might be worthwhile. The drop chance isn't anything to write home about, but it's something extra if you happen to see one on your way to your destination.

But really, the third and most key detail:

... is to note that the Golden Lotus is-- while totally unnecessary for leveling Alchemy to 600-- needed for almost every single endgame recipe in Alchemy: all 5 stat flasks, as well as all but one of the higher-end gem transmutes. Considering their rarity (as of this writing, I've found 9 total since launch), this makes them not only a heavy commodity for an Alchemist, but arguably for a guild if they want to have a round of flasks before any manner of event. They are also used to make the Potion of Luck which provides, for an hour, the same benefit as gathering it. While flasks and transmutes cost one, this costs 3 (though no other ingredients besides the vial), and lasts one extra Lotus' worth. Again, might be an item to consider if you're going to rock all of the humanoids ever.
EDIT: I discovered that the Potion of Luck also earns the drops off of Beasts. Does it just apply to all Pandaria mobs? Anyone who can confirm other families, please leave a comment!

"Good Lord, Fuzzi," you might be saying, "Whatever can I do to provide 25 Flasks for a raid on this stringent spawn rate!" Presuming you do not wish to spend an entire day sweeping zones for them and hopefully finding them, you're in luck; there are indeed alternatives.

The Alternatives

The first, and less reliable, is to find your way over to Sunsong Ranch after getting Revered with The Tillers and plant yourself some Enigma Seeds to try and get one to pop up. No numbers, but as has been mentioned, it's a rare chance.

Far more reliable, however, is to visit your respective allegiance's Spirit of Harmony Vendor-- Horde will want to visit Danky at Shrine of the Two Moons while Alliance will want to visit Krystell at Shrine of the Seven Stars-- and trade in a Spirit of Harmony to get not just one, but two* Lotuses per trade-in, making it the most reliable, if grind-y, source for your Lotus needs.
*As of 5.x.x

To compound this, instead of relying on the first alternative (though if you're feeling lucky, it could well result in more), one can buy Songbell Seeds to harvest more Motes from them; you can buy these at Revered with The Tillers as well, and right off the bat you can get 12 from planting, meaning that every day results in three Lotuses. This is, basically, the best way to get Lotuses by far and the least painstaking and random. The only downside would be that you have to wait for them to grow, but at Exalted, every two days nets you 32 Motes of Harmony (as you get 16 plots to plant at Exalted). If you have nothing else to spend your Spirits on-- and Alchemists won't, as far as I know-- this is easily the best way to get your Lotus fix.

With all that documented and laid out, here's a /salute to my fellow Herbalists, and happy hunting for all your Lotus needs!

Kommentar von sbooker8993

After looting you get a "lucky" buff that lasts for 15 min. If you kill human mobs they yeild treasure. Beasts have not seemed to... Look for humanoid mobs... hope this helps :)

Kommentar von Leucothea

Upon picking the herb you gain Luck of the Lotus which gives you a chance to find Plundered Treasures off you drops.

So far I saw them drop only while in a group but don't think that's a must and it still is a low drop rate

Kommentar von Jollygood

I've found two Golden Lotuses so far and, each time, I sent my mage off on a killing spree. Each time, I've received one plundered treasure. One contained two types of trillium and another, IIRC, had gold. Not too shabby. Collecting late at night, server time, is probably the way to go. I'm on the West Coast and use an East Coast server, so I'm watching the 11 o'clock news and having little competition for nodes.

I'm glad to see that, as the data being collected is growing, this herb can be found outside the Jade Forest. I suspect eventually it will have been found pretty much everywhere. This looks like Khorium Ore for this release.

While it can be frustrating for alchemists, I noticed that alchemy does not require a Spirit of Harmony in any of the recipes (like engineering does) or require a Spirit of Harmony to buy a recipe (like tailoring patterns go), but can be used to buy Golden Lotus.

Kommentar von remid0d0s0

As of around 10/1/2012 these are spawning a lot more frequently than they were at release and in the beta. By that I don't mean they are "common," but I'm finding around one lotus node per 10 stacks of herbs now. Before whatever stealth change was made, it was maybe one lotus node per herb bag.

This is true in both low and high level areas.

Kommentar von raglatosh

Call me lucky i found 2 nodes in the first five minutes of accses to pandaria right in the starting area

Kommentar von ChilpeUrmas

I don't know his drop rate, but after hundreds and hundreds of herbs gatered and herbalism skill capped (600/600) on my bag there are ZERO Lotus.

Kommentar von Kurasu

Plundered Treasure does *not* just drop off humanoids, for the record. I have had one drop from a mutated silkmoth.

Kommentar von 850965

Best luck I've had finding these is from the "Sha-Touched Herb" nodes. I got 6 yesterday, all in the Dread Wastes.

Kommentar von 1048667

Sha-Touched Herbs can be Golden Lotus as well. So pick everything. In my opinion after this almost month of playing MoP and herbing like 3+ hours a day (Usually I stop after filling a 36 slot bag). Sometimes I just fill every bag I have. Having a druid herbalist is addictive and unbelievably helpful in MoP. Things aggro from way further then I have ever seen in any other expansion and vanilla. So using your ability to use flight form and dipping in for aggro then hop up and back in while the mobs reset has gotten me herbs much faster then any other class could possibly imagine. I have picked over 100 Lotus usually no guild proc but have had a few 3 procs. Using gatherer and following the places that tend to have the most herbs on the map and picking them all does seem to have more lotus pop if you keep in small areas and keep flying back every 5-10 min over areas you previously picked. I have seen/picked one that was across a river from the other in Krasarang Wilds. Ill post more info as I get it :) you all be safe and Happy Herbing :)

Kommentar von seasaint7

Golden Lotus was nerfed so when you herb other herbs, you get a chance to loot a golden lotus. Is anyone finding a golden lotus node like before the patch? I haven't seen any in several days and I actively farm these. Please reply if the nodes are still respawning. Thank you.

Kommentar von SoulflameTB

Despite rumors to the contrary, these still spawn as of 5.1 and you still gain the luck buff when you gather an actual golden lotus node. You do not, however, get the luck buff when you find a lotus as a proc on another node.

Kommentar von RedRider57

after the release of 5.1 I happened to find this also taking other herbs. For example, I took the Green Tea Leaf Green Tea Leaf and together with there was one golden lotus.

Before the 5.1 I was not successful.

Kommentar von aoeu

as suspected with the release of 5.2, I've noticed the value of these have doubled since (most) people are now using their honor to now easily buy the S12 purple PvP gear... however, costs should start coming down again in a couple of months.

Kommentar von 1119754

I've found that there seems to be a higher spawn rate for the Golden Lotus nodes when you're at the Skyrange. In not even half an hour, I've found 3 of them.

EDIT: Make that 6 in about an hour now

Kommentar von hjacks1

you can get a golden lotus from other herbs in pandaria! I got one from picking green tea leaves :) so PICK EVERYTHING! :)

Kommentar von Trevir

As of 5.3 you can gather these with a herbalism skill level of 1. You do not get a lower tier material as in get 10 leaves to make a Golden Lotus, instead, you get the pure thing!

Kommentar von 1149744

Currently, You can find a fair amount every time you fill up sunsong farm with enigma seeds. i get 5 or 6 a day that way

Kommentar von Nisha1941

I just picked a Golden Lotus and Green Tea Leaves but my herb skill is around 40

Kommentar von Avataru

Just to update for 9.0.1 Goldlotus can be picked as an extra from other herbs. I just got one with some Narrenkappe.

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