Guild Wars 2

A little while ago, I was clearing Dredgehaunt Cliffs. I harvested Young Herbs but received a ruined plant fiber. I am level 80 with the Consortium Harvesting Sickle. I did not think this should happen. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Being attacked while mining, harvesting, gathering can yield Ruined Ore Chunks, Fibers, Logs even with a mining tool of sufficient quality.

What has happened is that some skill or trait has gone from passive to active while you were harvesting and this has caused you to produce ruined product. For example, when a Ranger has the trait, Shared Anguish (Wilderness Survival III) and gets hit with a daze while harvesting, any immediate product will be ruined. A second example would be on the Elementalist skill Arcane Shield. If the shield takes 3 hits, it explodes. Should the shield take 3 hits while you are harvesting, after it explodes, subsequent product will be ruined.

Per wiki, etc.

Ahhh, thank you!. Not sure if I was being attacked, I don’t remember. Perhaps my minion caused this. I’m glad to know it won’t be often