Roaming the wilds of the Shrine Ruins as a hunter, one can‘t help but notice the mysterious glowing plant clusters dotted around the environment. Like glimmering stars fallen to earth, these vibrant "pricey shoots" stand out among the vegetation.
Veteran gathering experts recognize pricey shoots as a valuable commodity – turning great profit for those who uncover their secrets. But for many rookie hunters, questions remain. What are these luminous patches? Where can shoots be found? And what purpose might they serve to aid your quests?
In this extensive guide, I‘ll illuminate everything you need to know about harvesting pricey shoots out in the field. We‘ll cover detailed locations, efficient farming strategies, suggested builds, and exactly how gathering these glittering points can reward your hunting efforts.
Whether you‘re tracking down shoots for sale profits, quest trades, or simply shining some light on these obscured collectibles, let‘s delve in!
A Closer Look at Mysterious Pricey Shoots
Found exclusively within the Shrine Ruins zone, pricey shoots emerge from the earth in clustered glowing patches. Visually they resemble luminous star-shaped fungi or mineral formations. Five set locations spawn across the terrain, with shoots having a chance to carve each gathering attempt.
Botanically, shoots seem to share some traits with other Ruins fungal growths, but their origins and mechanisms behind their glow remain unexplained. Even the inquisitive scholars of the Hunter‘s Guild can only speculate, with research notes classifying shoots as an "Unidentified Glowing Object".
When harvested successfully, pricey shoots enter your inventory as account items. Unlike most materials, account items are external to your main pouch storage, marked by a distinct box-shaped icon:
The "account" label refers to storage access at facilities like your personal item box. And as we‘ll cover shortly, this external nature allows pricey shoots (and other account items) some unique characteristics.
First though, let‘s break down the actual usage options and values of harvested pricey shoots:
What to Do With Your Pricey Shoots
While account items can‘t directly craft weapons or armor, pricey shoots have a couple great applications:
Complete Special Delivery Requests
The primary use is turning in shoots to fulfill unique requests posted occasionally at the Kamura Village quest board.
For example, the villager Granny Gohin often posts a 2-star "A Token of Gratitude" delivery request seeking 5 pricey shoots (and other items) as a quest reward.
Successfully submitting the shoots grants you:
- Cornpopper I – The starting Master Rank lance tree. Decent blue sharpness and 30 hits of white. Or…
- 200 Kamura Points – Currency used at the melding pot and argosy submarines.
This can be repeated each time the request cycles into rotation.
Sell Pricey Shoots for Zenny
On their own, pricey shoots can also be directly sold to vendors for 198 zenny apiece:
| Vendor | Sale Price |
|---|---|
| Item Shop | 198z |
| Argosy Merchant | 198z |
| Bazaar Shop | 198z |
So even extras go toward funding your next armor upgrades.
And thanks to their account item nature, shoots have no inventory limits – stash as many as you want for a rainy day!
Next up, let‘s pinpoint all five shoot location hotspots dotted around the Shrine Ruins…
All Pricey Shoot Node Locations in Detail
I‘ve marked the full area map below indicating every fixed pricey shoot point:
Now let‘s cover each zone more closely, including navigation tips:
Location #1
Our first stop is an introductory shoot patch just steps away from the main camp. A perfect starter gathering point on expeditions while gearing up!
Reaching the first node:
- Begin at camp and immediately grapple westward over the cliff using your wirebug
- Hook left past the tent
- Keep heading west alongside the tall rocky walls until you reach the path‘s end
- The first glowing shoot patch rests against the cliff face on your left
Be cautious of stray Jaggis or the new Subspecies: Crimson Glow Valstrax attacking from above!
Location #2
For the next gather point, trace a path south then east around the large ravine, stopping at the arched stone bridge.
- From the broken bridge, vault down to the left ravine floor
- Grapnel up the facing cliffs with wirebugs
- As you land high on the clifftop, immediately turn hard right
- This next luminous cluster should be visible tucked against the wall
While gathering here, keep watch for the new rare species: Aurora Somnacanth. Their icy breath can strike fast!
Locations #3-5
The remaining pricey shoots are clustered together on the Northwest ravine rim, accessed fastest using the fallen tree trunk bridge:
Getting tricky now! Use your mobility skills to claim this triple set:
- Location #3: Fling upwards just past the Snowbeetles, then hang a sharp pivot right finding shoots on the ledge.
- Location #4: Use the towering vine wall as your vertical path to the prime summit view. Pricey shoots wait just around the ridge.
- Location #5: Free-fall off the mountain back down into the valley. Hop the low electric fence to your left revealing one final glow patch.
Master the wirebug points and this northern loop becomes a 5-shoot jackpot run!
Now that we‘ve charted every fixed spawn point, let‘s optimize actually attaining those valuable clusters efficiently…
Respawn Rates & Farming: Collect Shoots Rapidly
Unlike bonepiles and ore outcrops, glittering pricey shoots don‘t vanish instantly when harvested. Instead they operate on a respawn timer shared across all nodes.
This allows visiting multiple locations per expedition without wasting uptime.
Based on my extensive in-field tests, I‘ve concluded the precise pricey shoot repawn rate clocks in at 5 minutes from point of first gather.
So on arrival at the Shrine Ruins, you‘re guaranteed all 5 shoots will be ripe for picking. After the initial harvest, you then have 5 minutes to start the loop again before the first location regenerates.
With clever routing through the numbered zones above, it‘s possible to snag all 5 shoots twice per expedition without hitting empty nodes:
- Land > Run #1 > #2 > Cross ravine to #3/#4/#5 > Return to #1 just respawned! > #2 again > Finish
That‘s nearly 20 shining picks in a single 30 minute haul!
If you have multiple Guild tickets, pop one at the quest counter before departure to net even more multi-quest rewards from all that swift gathering.
Bonus Item Synergy: Spruce Up Your Shoots!
Further enhancing profitable pricey shoot runs, be sure to use Felvine items during your harvest loops. Carrying Felvine Bomb, Felicicrow, and Felvine Shot gives you multiple ways to boost each node tapped:
- Bomb – AOEs loot shower including extra shoot spawns
- Bird – Inspires bonus double loot procs
- Shot – Fire ammo that concentrates shot plant yields
If your inventory and pouch are stuffed by the 20th cluster picked, don‘t worry. We can also discuss efficient ways to offload excess shoots…
Managing Your Loot: Trading, Storage, and Investment Options
Between all the bonus tickets, charms, and felvine effects, filling up on glowing shoots can happen faster than you expect on dedicated gathering tours. Make sure to leverage a few shoot management strategies:
Argosy Trading
- Both the Material and Item Argosy can exchange spare shoots for practical supplies
- Target rare bird parts, armor spheres, consumables, or petalaces
Kamura Exchange
- Shoot sets can buy exclusive paid DLC layered armor
- Monster parts are often the real gems here
Buddy Plaza Donations
- Passing shoots on to volunteer Palicoes boosts supporter bonds
- Improves Dojo training efficiency
- Unlocks unique Cohoot forest rare endemic life back at your room
And once again thanks to the limitless account item box, feel free to stockpile any leftover pricey shoots as well! They‘ll be waiting as an emergency zenny fund down the road.
Next let‘s ensure your hunter is outfitted optimally for seeking out these glowing gems…
Gear Up! Armor Skills & Builds for Swift Shoot Gathering
While output damage might not be our priority gathering up luminous shoots, having a few helpful armor skills slotted in can vastly improve your shiny hunting efficiency.
Any standard Botanist Mix Set makes a great foundation, with ample gem slots to complement:
- Botanist Jewel – Essential for increasing cluster spawn odds by 15%
- Wirebug Whisperer – Extra mobility to hit those tight elevated spots
- Geologist – A mainstay doubling bonus loot chances from each node
- Evade Extender – Dodge monster attacks while carving!
- Hunger Resistance – Lengthen gathering time windows without ration breaks
- Buddy Rally – Maximizes Felvine palico buff uptime
- FATE – And of course, boost overall foraging karma
Adjust the build to personal playstyle by swapping gear pieces like Shell-Studded Vest, Spio Braces, and Ingot Greaves to match. The key skills though are Botanist first, then Wirebug and Geologist secondary for shoot purposes.
And don‘t forget to eat for Harvester (Dango) prior to each hunt! That visible gathering node boost on the mini-map is invaluable for spotting every last shoot cluster.
Mastering Mobility: Wirebug Tips for Tricky Shoots
Perhaps the most valuable tool for claiming pricey shoots from perilous cliffs and peaks is your suite of ultra-mobile wirebug actions.
I can‘t state enough how vital wirebug mastery becomes gathering the advanced northern shoot locations. Take some time to practice working the following moves into your Shrine Ruins traversal:
- Silkbind Vault – The wirebug hop is perfect for small reposition lateral jumps between spots.
- Wire Rush – Your swing line for crossing wider terrain gaps or climbing plateaus.
- Wire Fall – Controlled descents back to lower levels. Key after some vertiginous climbs!
- Wall Running – Extra horizontal distance when clinging to surfaces.
- Mid-Air Evade – Emergency redirect if overshooting a platform.
The wirebug mechanic takes extensive play to control cleanly, but the versatility pays dividends for advanced shoot gathering.
As a final tip, I recommend the Spire Silk armor skill to ease wirebug cooldowns if struggling with longer air routes between clusters.
Now let‘s break down an efficient guidpath to snag all 5 locations in a single_., loop!
Optimal Foraging Route: Rapid 5 Shoot Sequence
With the respawn clock limitations in mind, what sequence allows us to harvest every shoot location in order without wasting uptime hitting emptied nodes?
Based on the terrain layout, this ideal route flow emerges:
Simply:
- Land > Loc #1 > Loc #2
- Cross ravine > Loc #3 > Loc #4 > Loc #5
- Return to Loc #1 respawned > Loc #2 again
No redundant gathering. No waiting on resource refresh timers. Just a clean 10 luminous pick loop!
Pull this off smoothly just twice per 30 minute explore ticket thanks to skillful wirebug zips, and you‘ve already exceeded the typical 5 shoot village requests exponentially.
20… 30 or more glittering trophies to redeem as you see fit. And that sparkling stack will only climb higher the more you hone the rhythm.
Let‘s recap the big takeaways to crystallize those pricey shooting strategies…
In Summary: Key Points on Gathering Pricey Shoots
While I‘ve illuminated pricey shoots extensively today, these main ideas are vital:
- Shoots are account items – Special rules and no inventory limits
- 5 Static Locations – Respawn every 5 minutes when harvested
- Sell Shoots for 198z Each – Or save to complete delivery requests
- Wirebugs Are Key To Access – Master mobility for efficient routes
- Builds Prioritize Gathering Skills – Botanist first, then Geologist/Wirebug Whisperer
- Take Advantage of Bonus Effects – Felvine, skills, food boosts all help
- 10 Shoots Per Loop Is Possible – With an optimized wispath between points
As you set out on your own glittering expeditions armed with these shoot-seeking strategies, let us know in the comments your most abundant haul totals! And be sure to bookmark my Monster Hunter guide series for even more in-depth weapon, monster, and farming analysis.
Until then, happy wirebugging up to those luminous patches!
