Tree within a Tree  

If you're on good terms with the Apaches -- I mean, the Centaurs ;-) -- of the Thundering Steppes, this one should be an easy solo, so long as you look sharp for wolves. The Centaurs won't attack you unless you attack them first.

If you're on bad terms with the Centaurs (i.e. you've been killing them) you have two choices: either put together a group and prepare to fight your way in and out, or else repair your reputation with the Centaurs by A) not killing them any more (duh), and B) killing lots and lots of Gnolls. That's right, Centaurs hate Gnolls as much as you do. I don't remember the exact ratio, but it's something like, for every 3 Gnolls you slay, your faction standing with the Centaurs goes up a point.

Let's presume you're friendly with the Centaurs. Either walk, ride, or griffon fly to Thundermist Village. Go north out of the Village until you're on the main road. Follow the main road west until the cliffs on your left turn south (you can see this on your in-game map if you've already explored here). Follow the cliff-line south (watch for nasties on your exposed right side) until you start to see Centaurs ahead.

As you approach the Centaurs, you'll see a canyon on your left, cutting through the cliffs. Enter this canyon and follow it.

At some point, you'll get a game message that you're in The Shattered Gully. This means you're in the right place. Centaurs good. Wolves bad. Keep an eye out for wolves.

Eventually, you'll come into an area that looks like it's filled with broken trees -- all the tree trunks are short and bare, and splintered at the top where the rest of the tree should be. You're close now.

There's one bare tree that's noticeably taller than the ones around it, and which isn't broken and splintered. Approach it, and you'll get your acorn!

Last thing: if you continue following the Shattered Gully, you'll cross a wooden bridge and come out very close the SouthEast Griffon Tower. This passage -- which doesn't show on your game map -- can save you a lot of hiking through hostile territory when travelling eastish-westish in the Thundering Steppes -- particularly if you haven't done (or don't want to do) the rather pain-in-the-**** Bridge Keep Quests to gain access to that passage, further north.

Of course, you've gotta be on good terms with the Centaurs! ;-)

Why isn't there a listing for Shadow Haven under servers? Any way....

I am wondering what book I missed that has the recipe for gold bar. Is gold bar a craftable item or do I have to buy it somehwere?

I have scoured thru every artisan book I could find and none have gold bar. Any input would really be appreciated.

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Somewhat Rare - 5 out of 159 harvests
24 almond, 21 rye, 20 cinnamon, 17 tea, 16 coffee, 16 onion, 14 fayberry, 14 succulent, 12 marjoram, 5 acorn

The recipe can be made by anyone with a tradeskill as it needs level 9 cooking. The thykaloid can be made using apothecary skill and the gold bar using geomancy both level 21 recipes any trade class can make.

So cooking finally get a rare, and a superior recipe and they make it open to all tradespeople not just provisioners.

If you look on the map of TS, look for #11, a tree with a tree under the map and it will give you the coordinates of the tree. When you get to the tree just walk around it and you will automatically pickup the acorn.

The recipe makes (by description) a lvl30 Superior satiation food that lasts for 50minutes at the shaped quality.

However I have not, nor have I been able to find anyone, who has located an Acorn that the recipe requires.
Any Help here would be great.

The recipe requires an acorn, a gold bar and an oil ( I forget the name ) but it requires an alchemist of lvl 20 or higher to make.

Will be interesting to see what this food provides.