Pretty half hearted list/guide here of what you need to be able to HQ gather the first star legendary nodes. This is a list that I got to with no Forbidden melds. It is no means perfect but fudge forbidden melds.
- Adamantite Hatchet HQ
- Adamantite Scythe HQ
- Serpentskin Bush Hat HQ
- Serpentskin Vest HQ
- Serpentskin Gloves HQ
- Wyvernskin Field Belt
- Chermical Felt Trousers HQ
- Serpentskin Fringe Boots HQ
- Wyvernskin Chocker HQ
- Mythrite Earrings of Gathering HQ
- Dragonskin Wristbands HQ
- Dragonskin Ring HQ x 2
A lot of the gear has a high cap for stats so you can pretty much put them anywhere. Materia is as follows:
- 10 x Gatherer's Guile IV
- 3 x Gatherer's Guerdon IV
- 2 x Gatherer's Guerdon III
- 1x Gatherer's Grasp IV
- 1x Gatherer's Grasp III
This gear then gets you to 602 Gathering and 626 Perception which given any food/other buffs which give 19 or more perception to be able to harvest HQ.
Dragon/Wyvern Skin maps can be found from any Lv.60 node. They feel like they take longer to get then Lv.50, but could just be me.
Legendary
Requires 600 Gathering & 645 Perception. At 612 Gathering and 655 Perception you have a 76% chance to gather and 8% chance for HQ. It takes 2 hits at this gathering to break through the initial unspoiled shield.
- Sea of Clouds 5pm
- Slot 2 Honeydew Almonds
- Western Coerthas 5pm
- Slot 3 Vanilla Beans
- Azys Lla 7pm
- Slot 5 Wattle Bark
- Western Coerthas 7pm
- Slot 3 Dravanian Paprika
I have yet to unlock the other books :time:
Normal
- Coerthas 9am/pm
- Slot 6 Chysahl Greens
- Coerthas 10am/pm
- Slot 1 Chives
- Slot 6 Pearl Sprouts
- Slot 7 Coerthas Tea Leaves
- Sea of Clouds 10am/pm
- Slot 2 Lemon
- Slot 3 Abalathian Mistletoe
- Churning Mists 12am/pm
- Slot 3 Dravanian Mistletoe
- Slot 7 Porcini
- Hinterlands 12am/pm
- Slot 2 Banana
- Slot 7 Morel
- Forelands 2am/pm
- Slot 2 Old World Fig
These nodes appear for 4 hours. They can be reappear again in that 4 hours, if you touch 2 different nodes from 2 different node "pairs" surrounding them.
- Coerthas (0000)
- Hinterlands (0400)
- Forelands (0800)
- ??? "Rest Period/Toilet Break/Food Time" (1200)
- Churning Mists (1600)
- Sea of Clouds (2000)
Each Rarity list contains what you can get, not a full results list. That being said, you seem to always get some amount of crystals.
Rare 1
- 10-21 W Cry
Rare 2
- 10-30 W Cry
- 3-7 W Cl
Rare 3
- 19~ W Cry
- 5~ W Cl
- 1-2 Dusk sand
Rare 5
- 18-30 W Cry
- Dawn Sand
- Dusk Sand
Rare 2
- 30-49 W Cry
- 31-47 W Cl
Rare 2
- 53-69 W Cry
- 51-67 W Cl
Rare 1 (-250)
- 13-30 E Cry
Rare 2 (300-350)
- 10-20 E Cry
- 3-10 E Cl
Rare 3 (350-400)
- 13 E Cry
- 7 E Cl
Rare 4 (400-450)
- 13-24 E Cry
- HQ / 1 - 3 Dusk sand
Rare 8 (650+?)
- 15-27 E Cry
- HQ Dawn Sand
- 1-3 Leaf Sand
Rare 1 (-250)
- 32-43 E Cry
Rare 2
- 32-45 E Cry
- 30-43 E Cl
Rare 7 (500-550?)
- 42 E Cry
- 1 Dawn Sand
Rare 8 (550+)
- 33-50 E Cry
- 1 Leaf Sand
- 1 Dusk Sand
Rare 1 (-300)
- 55-62 E Cry
Rare 2 (300-350)
- 53-62 E Cry
- 50-63 E Cl
Rare 6 (500-550?)
- 66 E Cry
- 1-2 Dawn Sand