Let the egg hunt begin! It will in moments. So happy about Noblegarden on WoW. It's an Easter egg on in Warcraft. I read on the web that last year you could save up and get a bunny pet!
I used to play the egg hunt on on AOL back in the day. Egg hunts are fun! Will keep this updated on 2010 details I find out about.
Achievements: Dressed for the Occasion, Sunday's Finest, Blushing Bride, Chocolate Lover, Chocoholic, Dessert Rose, Hard Boiled, Found One!, Noble Garden, Shake Your Bunny-Maker & Spring Fever.
Seriously helpful links:
Eggcellent Guidance: 30 Noblegarden eggs in 15 minutes
The OverAchiever: Guide to Noblegarden achievements
I Want a Noblegarden Egg!
The egg hunt is on! The towns of Azeroth and their immediate environs have been liberally sprinkled with Noblegarden eggs for players to collect in a ravenous frenzy -- er, in the spirit of sharing. These eggs contain treats fit for commoners and kings alike -- mostly, they contain delicious Noblegarden chocolate.
Every so often, a Noblegarden egg will contain something besides chocolate, as a variety of special items are also hidden inside. These special items include seasonal clothing, special prizes, and more. However, if you're not fortunate enough to find the prize you want, you can still purchase them from special vendors located in towns. The currency for these prizes? Noblegarden chocolate, of course!
Achievements and Daily Quests
New achievements have been added for Noblegarden and can be seen in the World Events section in the Achievements interface. In addition, a new daily quest is offered from Noblegarden questgivers located in towns.
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Where do I go to get started?
If you're Alliance, head to Azure Watch, Dolanaar, Goldshire, or Kharanos.
If you're Horde, head to Bloodhoof Village, Brill, Falconwing Square, or Razor Hill.
What am I supposed to do when I get there?
There will be questgivers in all of these towns who will give you a new daily, The Great Egg Hunt, and A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket. The former will reward you with an item that will come in handy for an achievement (more on this in a little bit), but for both you're going to want to get started hunting down eggs in and around these level-5 towns. Once you've finished these quests, in order to get Noblegarden achievements done, you're going to need to be a dedicated egg hunter for a little while.
What do the Brightly Colored Eggs look like?
See the egg in the article's picture above? They're all variations on these colors and patterns and not generally tough to spot (although they are considerably smaller than the perspective in the picture makes them appear).
What do the eggs drop?
Most of the time they'll drop Noblegarden Chocolate, which can be eaten at any level and provide a stamina/spirit buff. Sound unexciting? They can also be saved and used as currency for ingame items at Noblegarden vendors located in all of the aforementioned level 5 towns. Each egg also has a small chance to drop the items you can buy at these vendors (like a noncombat pet or Noblegarden clothing) -- and you'll need almost all of them to get the meta-achievement Noble Gardener completed.
How important are the Noblegarden achievements?
The achievement Noble Gardener (which rewards the title "(Name) the Noble") has been added to the meta-achievement What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been. In other words, you'll be needing Noblegarden for the Violet Proto-Drake, but the good news is that completion of this holiday's meta-achievement is relatively unaffected by luck. Even if you never get a noncombat pet, clothing, flowers, etc. out of the eggs, you can save the Noblegarden Chocolate drops and buy 'em at a vendor.
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Spring Gatherers
Start: Commoners found in the various cities
End: Spring Gatherer or Spring Collector
This quest is simply a breadcrumb quest, leading players from major cities to a Noblegarden camp, which can be found in the Horde or Alliance starting areas. For Horde, these areas include Bloodhoof Village, Brill, Falconwing Square, and Razor Hill. For Alliance, these areas include Azure Watch, Dolanaar, Goldshire, or Kharanos. Travel to any of them and speak to the Spring Gatherer or Spring Collector to obtain a daily quest.
The Great Egg Hunt
Start: Spring Gatherer or Spring Collector
End: Spring Gatherer or Spring Collector
This quest is a daily quest, asking players to collect 20 Brightly Colored Shell Fragment in exchange for a Blossoming Branch and 7 40. Brightly Colored Shell Fragment can be found inside Brightly Colored Egg looted throughout the starting zones.
A Tisket, a Tasket, a Noblegarden Basket
Start: Noblegarden Merchant or Noblegarden Vendor
End: Noblegarden Merchant or Noblegarden Vendor
This quests gives you an Egg Basket to aid you in collecting 10 Noblegarden Chocolate from Brightly Colored Eggs. Once you've got the chocolates, turn them in and you will be rewarded with a Egg Basket which you can use for a temporary speed boost in any of the starting zones that Brightly Colored Eggs can be found. This item has only a ten second cooldown.