Plans: Staff of Herding
Assuming you have already beaten Diablo III Nightmare, Hell or Inferno already, you might already have looted the Plans: Staff of Herding from Izual in Act IV. This item is the hardest to find, so make sure to follow these steps.
Go to the Blacksmith Haedrig Eamon. Under the weapons tab, scroll down to the Staves.
Check out if the Staff of Herding is already there. It will mention the material requirements:
The screenshot below shows all 5 materials at the Blacksmith Haedrig Eamon’s weapon recipes UI.
If the Staff of Herding isn’t within the Blacksmith’s recipes, prepare for a lot of runs in Act IV Normal Difficulty. It took me approximately 20-30 Izual kills to loot the Plans: Staff of Herding.
The end result when building the Staff of Herding. Equip it. Be careful where you place your weapons in case you accidentally sell or –worse case scenario — disenchant.
The Staff of Herding cannot be sold. It’s not consumed either. You can use it once and again, and again by selecting the Shattered Crown quest in Act I, and starting a new game. Learn more at the Cow Level: Wimsyshire section.
Farming Izual (Normal Difficulty)
At the character screen, click Change Quest.
Make sure Normal Difficulty is selected at the bottom-left corner. Under ACT IV Chapter 4: Prime Evil, select Begin Quest. Click Select Game.
Your character will spawn at the Bastion’s Keep Stronghold. Go to the waypoint, and under Silver Spire, select The Crystal Colonnade.
At your level, Normal Difficulty demons don’t even tickle. Ignore them and run through toward Izual.
You might have to run for about three minutes going through the Crystal Colonnade, Gateway to the Silver Spire, and The Silver Spire Level 1 — searching for the Great Span portal.
You will find Izual at the Great Span. Kill him. There’s a low random chance for the Plans: Staff of Herding to drop from Izual (Normal difficulty).
It’s spelled Whimsyshire.
Thanks for the guide, I’ve been looking for this! 🙂
I have a video guide I am almost finished with I’ll be posting this weekend… MD just beat me to the punch.
That’s great man. I’ve only found fragmented information out there, and this is a tiny bit more complicated than just keeping Wirt’s leg and opening a portal to the secret cow level.
Another cool thing is that now we know what that frakking red glow was. 🙂
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I have “rinsed” and “repeat”ed fucking 6 times and still can’t find the mushroom…
Got liquid rainbow first try!
QUICK TIP: After finding starting the quest as they describe above, FIND the “Forgotten Ruins” entrance. It is sometimes almost right north of the “penninsula” they describe, and sometimes just west of it. Makes getting there a WHOLE let easier, cutting down each trip’s time.
“Be careful where you place your weapons in case you accidentally sell or –worse case scenario — disenchant.”
Yet: “The Staff of Herding cannot be sold.”
Otherwise, thanks for the guide!
A friend told me that you can loot this in “Normal” mode, and he was right. I found it from first try !
I’be been trying for 5 hours… -.-‘
I’be been trying for 5 hours… -.-‘, and that is only when i’m trying to find the rainbow s**t..