Moonflower

Of the three ingredients for animation crystals, moonflowers are the ones that are most likely to give you some trouble.

• First, they can only be found in areas of Icemule.
• Secondly, they must be foraged.
• Finally, as the name suggests, they can only be foraged during the evening (That's six pm eastern standard time through 6 am, for those of you in the United States).

The vast majority of sorcerers won't have enough survival skill, perception, or patience to dig up the moonflowers they need. If you are one of these people, and I certainly am, then your first move should be to find a ranger in the area who would be willing to do some foraging for you. I have found that most rangers are willing to do fifteen minutes of foraging in exchange for four hours of spells. You may, alternately, choose to purchase moonflowers from the ranger (this is often necessary for very large amounts).

While there are a couple of places in Icemule where moonflower grow, the largest area is past the snowbank by the South Gate. Follow the snowbank to the Arch. The abandoned farm you find yourself in is a prime location for foraging. A few of the rooms are safe, but the entirety of the garden, the orchard, and the field (full of Tree Spirits, be careful) contains moonflowers. Each room may produce up to 5 moonflowers before you have to give them time to grow back. There are 8 total rooms in this area with moonflowers, allowing you to forage for forty moonflowers in just a few minutes. Be sure to keep watch over the ranger while they are doing their work. If they die, they're less likely to help out next time you need them.

As a side note, moonflowers are BUNDLABLE. This means you can take all of your moonflowers and put them into a 2 lb bundle, which is great for encumbrance issues. To do so, merely hold two moonflowers in one hand and type BUNDLE. You may keep pulling moonflowers out of pouches and such and typing BUNDLE until they are all in one bundle. To take a moonflower out, hold the bundle (make sure you have an empty hand), and type BUNDLE REMOVE.