Special Guestblooms: Kahrun's Grace

Some guestblooms provide players with special items only obtainable thru quests.  Kahrun's Grace is one such bloom.  KG gives a gift of 14 Kahrun's symbols when finished,  which is helpful if you're collecting them.  Kahrun's symbols are units of currency used to buy armor,  weps,  and accessories for players 56 and up.  There are many quests that give them,  but you need alot of them and having a guestbloom that gives them helps to collect them faster. 
You can obtain Kahrun's Grace once a week,  thru a quest called "How to Garden Aggressively".
 The NPC who gives this quest is in Oriel Village, and his name is Izunius.   He's the NPC near the teleporter.

Getting the weekly quest from Izunius

  The quest asks you to kill either fanned dionae or poisonroot fungies in the Trepone Forest area of Sarpan.  See the map below.

 You have to collect 6 roots of poisonous plants.  While you're questing,  make sure to look out for this guy:

Crazy Kubaka can get in the way of your guestbloom quest!

Steer clear of him and go after these mobs:

Poisonroot fungie

When you're done getting the roots you need,  head back to Izunius,  turn in the quest and get your guestbloom.  A free 14 Kahrun's symbols every week!

Turning in the quest

Guestblooms and Hearthblooms

One of the cool new things in the housing aspect of the game is guestblooms and hearthblooms.  These are items that you place in your studio, house, mansion, etc. that give you a gift after a certain amount of time. 
There's a difference between the two.  Hearthblooms are personal,  that is,  they can only be used by you,  once daily,  usually for about a week of time.  They give things like construction fluxes,  manastones and AP relics as a daily gift.   Guestblooms,  on the other hand,  can be "fed" or "watered" by your friends.
Guestblooms need a certain amount of feedings.  You can feed your own guestbloom, and the cd is 3 min.,
but they were designed to be visited by other players,  hence the name.  Most guestblooms require a minimum of 30 feedings,  and the more advanced ones that give better gifts can require as many as 400!
If you own a studio,  this is where it's good to have a big list of friends.  Studios can only be visited by friends,  whereas houses and higher can be visited by friends and  random visitors who might be walking around the neighborhood where the house is located. 
In order to feed a guestbloom,  you need fertilizer.  This can be gotten from the butler in your studio from a daily lvl 21 quest.  He'll give you a sack of both hearthbloom and guestbloom fertilizer in case you need some of each. 
Every time you feed a guestbloom,  be it your own or someone else's,  you receive a friendship bundle.  Open it and you get a guestpetal.  Collect enough guestpetals and you can exchange them for gifts
at the store in the main village.  I won't ruin the surprise,  go see for yourself!
Guestblooms yield some good gifts and can be bought in Oriel Village at the housing supply store.  You can buy a guestbloom that will give any level of coin in the game.  This really helps when alot of coins are needed
and you don't have alot of time to do repetetive coin quests.  I have one set up in my studio for my alt and its very convenient.  Other guestblooms give dye petals,  supplies for certain classes and general goods supplies.   Each level of housing has a limit on the number of blooms that can be placed. 
Studio: 3
House: 4
Mansion: 5
Estate: 6
Palace: 7
Special blooms can be acquired through quests or the running of an instance.  More on that in a later article.
Whatever type you decide to buy,  they're a great way to stock up on needed items without having to quest
or shop at certain times.  And it's always nice to get a gift!

3.0 Final Stigma Slot Quest

The launch of 3.0 brought with it one extra,  final stigma slot.  This is especially important to those of us who were lvl 55 at the time of the 3.0 update. We want to be as geared as possible and an extra stigma skill is a
good thing to have. Many players think the quest is a lvl 60 one,  but it's actually a lvl 58 quest.  The quest for the final stigma is given by an NPC in Kamar named Bariunos,  who is situated in the Kahrun Guard Headquarters.


Talking to Bariunos

 He gives a quest called the Stigma Master's Challenge,  which earns you a Mysterious Stigma when completed.  You are given a choice of 2 paths to earn the stigma:  1.  Defeat 10 opponents in the Crucible
arenas,  or,  2.  Participate in fort sieges in Tiamaranta


Picking up the Stigma Quest

 I chose the Crucible path quest,  called "Ten to One Odds",  and I just completed it today.  Here are some pics I took of my quest completion.


Turning in the Ten to One Odds Quest



Finishing the Mysterious Stigma Quest

And there it is!  Final Stigma slot enabled!

 I was ready with my stigma stone because the NPC can equip it.  I chose good ol' flurry,  which I've missed for a long time. 


Yay! I got flurry back!

 And that's it.  I hope you found this helpful.