gww>SabSparrow: /* Scavenger details */ Added some more relatively easy sources of Honeycombs (getting some during the anniversary celebration in particular seems attractive)

2024-05-15T22:48:02Z

Scavenger details: Added some more relatively easy sources of Honeycombs (getting some during the anniversary celebration in particular seems attractive)

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{{Item infobox
| rarity = 4
| type = [[Miniature]]
| campaign= Core
| render = [[File:Black Moa Chick.jpg|150px]]
}}
The [[Black Moa Chick]] is a [[item rarity|green]] [[miniature]].

== Acquisition ==
This miniature can only be obtained after completing a cross-campaign scavenger hunt; the character must have access to all [[campaign]]s, including the Eye of the North [[expansion]]. In brief, you must:

# Get a copy of [[Zho's Journal]] (requires EotN);
# Bring it to [[Katharine]] to craft an [[Incubator Kit]] (requires Factions);
# Fill the kit with 6 items from across the 3 continents (requires the three primary campaigns);
# Take the filled kit to [[Sorrow's Furnace]] and allow yourself to be zapped by the [[Iron Forgeman]] (requires Prophecies).

=== Scavenger details ===
* '''Zho's Journal:''' provided by [[Zho]] in the third round of [[the Norn Fighting Tournament]]; [[customize]]d to each character.
* '''Incubator Kit:''' crafted by [[Katharine]] in [[Gyala Hatchery (explorable area)]] for 50 {{spiritwood}}, 10 {{steel}}, and 5 {{platinum}}.
** The character's personalized copy of Zho's Journal must be in their inventory when they speak to Katharine.
** Reaching Katharine requires partial completion of the Luxon storyline.
* '''Items for the kit:'''
*# A [[Hardened Moa Egg]], which requires taking a normal [[Moa Egg]] and hardening it.
*#* Moa Eggs can be found in one of the [[Moa Nest]]s south of [[Fort Ranik (outpost)|Fort Ranik]] in [[Regent Valley]]
*#* Eggs can be hardened at [[Mourning Veil Falls (landmark)|Mourning Veil Falls]], a [[landmark]] southwest of [[Durheim Archives]], which can be reached after partial completion of the Kurzick storyline.
*# [[Nesting Material]], from [[Nuwisha]] in southern [[Resplendent Makuun]] for 5 [[Skree Wing]]s.
*# A [[Volcanic Rock]], from north-eastern [[Perdition Rock]].
*# A [[Herring]], from [[Gruhn the Fisher]] (in western [[Twin Serpent Lakes]]), in exchange for 5 [[Bog Skale Fin]]s (which can be farmed in [[Tears of the Fallen]] or [[Stingray Strand]]).
*# A [[Branch of Juni Berries]], a reward from the [[Insatiable Appetite]] quest in [[Marga Coast]].
*# A [[Honeycomb]], which is most easily obtained as a random drop from a [[Gift of the Traveler]], [[Gift of the Huntsman]], from PvE foes during [[Anniversary Celebration]]s, or completing [[A Hunter's Pride]]. (There are [[Honeycomb#Acquisition|two other sources]].)

=== Incubator kit operation ===

To place the items in the incubator, double-click on the incubator to open a small window and drag the item into it. Doing this will remove the item from your inventory. The incubator window will show translucent icons as place holders for the six items, which will be replaced with the opaque icon when each item is added.

=== Incubation details ===

Once all six items are placed in the incubator, travel to [[Sorrow's Furnace]] with the quest [[The Final Assault]] and [[The Forge Heart]] active. Fight your way to the central furnace and allow yourself to be hit by [[Sorrow's Flame]], which will hatch the Black Moa Chick (consuming the incubator and its contents). If you are having trouble hatching the chick: check that you were actually hit by Sorrow's Flame and that all items are inside the incubator (and not just in your inventory).

Although the nearby giant furnace (near the [[Rage Binder]]s) uses a similar skill, the Black Moa Chick hatches only if you are covered by the liquid metal poured down by the Iron Forgeman.

== Notes ==
* [[Zho's Journal]] becomes redundant once you have acquired the [[Incubator Kit]]; you can safely discard it after.
* The Black Moa Chick can only be acquired once per character.
* Most of the scavenger hunt activities can be performed by anyone. However,
** As noted above, only your character can buy the Incubator Kit.
** Your character must bring the fully loaded kit into Sorrow's Furnace.
** In addition, the Nesting Material must be gathered by one of the characters on your account (it need not be the one who is scavenging for supplies).
* This miniature is slightly smaller than a character in [[Black Moa Chick Form]].
* You do not need the quest The Final Assault to hatch the miniature. If any member of your party has this quest active, you may take the quest [[The Forge Heart]] when you enter Sorrow's Furnace. The Black Moa Chick will hatch when you are hit by Sorrow's Flame.
* The Black Moa Chick model does not have any eyes.

==Trivia==
* Like the [[Brown Rabbit (miniature)|Brown]] and the [[White Rabbit]], and the [[Gwen Doll]], this item is not prefixed by the word "Miniature".
* The Black Moa Chick is the first miniature to have an original model made specifically for it, rather than using a resized model of another [[NPC]].
** This model is re-used for the young [[Black Moa]]s in the [[Zaishen Menagerie Grounds]]; the other baby moas are shrunken versions of their adult counterparts.
* Prior to the [[Game updates/20070906|2007, September 6th update]], you could "trick-trade" the customized [[Nesting Material]].

==Gallery==
The Black Moa Chick...
:<gallery perrow="6">
File:Black Moa Chick looking left upwards.png|...looking to the left...
File:Black Moa Chick looking right upwards.png|...to the right...
File:Black Moa Chick striding front.png|...towards the player...
File:Black Moa Chick striding side.png|...striding sideways...
File:Black Moa Chick striding semi-profile.png|...and away.
</gallery>

==Maps==

:{| {{STDT|silver}}
|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Katharine !! Moa Nests !! Mourning Veil Falls !! Nuwisha !! Volcanic Rocks !! Gruhn !! Chuno
|- valign="top"
| [[File:Katherine Location.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Moa Egg Map.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Hardened Moa Egg mapK.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Nuwisha map.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Volcanic Rock Map.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Gruhn the Fisher map.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Toma location.jpg|200px]]
|- align="center" style="background:#ddd;" valign="top"
| (0) Incubator Kit (From [[Leviathan Pits]])
| (1a) '''Moa Egg''' (In [[Regent Valley]])
| (1b) '''Moa Egg hardening''' (At [[Mourning Veil Falls]])
| (2) '''Nesting Material''' (From [[Yahnur Market]])
| (3) '''Volcanic Rock''' (From [[Perdition Rock]])
| (4) '''Herring''' (From [[Riverside Province]])
| (5) '''Branch of Juni Berries''' ([[Marga Coast]]) (With [[Insatiable Appetite]] active)
|}

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gww>SabSparrow: /* Scavenger details */ Added some more relatively easy sources of Honeycombs (getting some during the anniversary celebration in particular seems attractive)