Noblegardener is perhaps the first World Event meta-achievement actually achievable by a casual player–primarily because all the items needed for the meta-achievement are obtainable by gathering chocolates and buying the items from a Noblegarden vendor in the starting zone where you gather eggs.
That makes it sound easier than it actually is, however. Wowhead’s Noblegarden guide provides a detailed walkthrough of the Achievements involved, and although completing the meta and earning the title is not completely subject to the whim of the RNG gods, it is subject to how much real-life time you can devote to gathering eggs.
At a minimum, you will need 100 chocolates for the Chocoholic achievement, and at a maximum, 365 chocolates in order to eat 100 and use the remaining 265 to buy your necessary items. That’s a lot of egg-gathering. And if you only have evenings free to gather eggs, good luck, because that’s when everyone else will be gathering them, too. I had great luck yesterday morning, but it was a Monday morning–the only Monday morning available during this holiday.
If the RNG gods smile on you and deliver all the items needed as random loot in your eggs, you’re a lucky fella. Myself, I’ve already looted close to 250 on my Orc DK, and I still haven’t gotten the white tuxedo shirt, the spring flowers, or spring robes. Yesterday, I ended up doing Chocoholic and then using the remaining candies to buy the items I needed; however, I still came up 25 chocolates short of buying the Spring Robes.
Unfortunately, my playtime is going to be seriously circumscribed this week due to some real life issues. I think I can still manage it on my one character, but I don’t know if I can complete any of it on any other character. Thus since I started the Achievement on my DK, it looks like he will be the one getting the Noble title, rather than my Warlock.
I am really going to put some effort into this holiday. I came very close to the meta for the Lunar festival, but just couldn’t find the time to finish it. If it happens again, oh well. At the very least I’ll be over halfway to achieving the meta next year.
