No, it's not Phriday (and I don't run that feature anyway), but I just love this item so much I had to share it with you. The Everlasting Underspore Frond is an item that, when activated, conjures up 10 Underspore Pods, which you can eat for 4410 health and mana over 30s. That's slightly more than Conjured Crystal Water (though not as much as Conjured Mountain Spring Water), and has the added bonus of not disappearing when you log out and not requiring you to bug a mage friend all the time. In other words, totally free food/water. The Frond has a 12 hour cooldown, and you can only hold 20 Pods at a time, but even still, I haven't run out yet (Shadowf(r)iend is helping immensely). It's very convenient when questing never to have to go to town (or mage) for water; furthermore, seven out of ten mana-users prefer the taste of genuine Underspore Pods.It's not terribly hard to get, either. It's a quest reward from "Oh, It's On!", a Sporeggar quest that asks you to steal a frond from the Underspore (this quest is not to be confused with "Bring Me A Shrubbery!", another exclamation-point-laden Sporeggar quest for plant parts). The Underspore happens to be a millennia-old "very special" plant that Hungerfen, the first Underbog boss, is rather fond of. So all you have to do is go to the Underbog (in Coilfang Reservoir), kill the first boss, interact with the Underspore (which is on a wall near him), and you're done. You do need to be friendly (I think) with Sporeggar to get the quest, but that isn't very hard to achieve. Hungerfen himself isn't too hard either, but be careful of the mushrooms he drops, which emit spores that do some nasty damage. Also, when he gets down to about 20% or so, he'll root himself (looks like Druid roots) and heal from everyone around him, so everyone run back and stop attacks until the roots wear off.
To summarize: get friendly with Sporeggar, get quest, kill boss, grab fern, finish Underbog if you want to (you should; it's fun and has some nice drops and quests), return to Sporeggar, get awesome Frond. But what's up with Blizz's spelling? The actual boss's name is "Hungarfen" in-game, but he's called "Hungerfen" in the quest description. This isn't the first typo people have seen, either. It's not a big deal, but it feels a bit un-Blizz-like.

















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1-31-2007 @ 7:11PM
wibadgers said...
this is like the food conjurer from the harvest quest but 10 times better
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1-31-2007 @ 7:58PM
MikeyG said...
This is also great for hunters who have pets who eat fruit, such as warp stalkers/hunters.
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1-31-2007 @ 11:10PM
C.A. said...
I am all over this as a fury warrior. Just gotta get in that Coilfang Reserve.
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2-01-2007 @ 12:53AM
Dandramiet said...
This is great and all... but the cool down time prevents it from being a true food replacement... just a supplement.
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2-01-2007 @ 1:13AM
Horatius said...
The Frond is great, beats having to keep both food and mana items, though I now have a propensity of food to use up before I start tapping my 20 Pods.
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2-01-2007 @ 5:38AM
Garab said...
I'm loving this item to, as a warrior. I keep it and always create new ones when the timer is up, I very seldom use up the whole thing, but its a nice extra.
On your tip onn the boss, we always dps like crazy when he roots, often killing him then and there.
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2-01-2007 @ 8:34AM
Heyasuki said...
At first I hated the cooldown because 12 hours is a looong time >__< (I usually do this when I log).
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2-01-2007 @ 8:50AM
multikast said...
just for future reference, please inform us if you're going to be giving boss strategies in your posts. it's really not that big of deal, but our guild is trying to do all of the instances without knowing how to kill every boss just to make things more interesting and fun.
anyway, i can't wait to get these for my hunter. i have a 16 slot bag full of food/water/pots, etc that this could really help with.
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2-01-2007 @ 12:32PM
jpc said...
Also, since it's food, to re-mana really fast you can drink while you eat. (Should be able to anyway, I don't have the item, so let me know if I'm wrong).
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2-13-2007 @ 7:11AM
Frame said...
Yeah, I like this item a lot too. It's very useful and means I now never run out of water on my priest, even when I forgot to buy any! It's well worth the minimal effort needed to acquire it.
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