Carrot

Carrots were a type of hardy, root vegetable found in the Realms.

Description
These vegetables grew to a much larger size on Toril compared to those on Earth.

Availability
Places in the Realms where carrots were known to be produced included:
 * Cormyr, particularly around the village of Eveningstar and the town of Ghars.
 * The Oak-Father's Boon inn in Mosstone of Tethyr served a spicy carrot and ginger soup as one of its specialities.
 * The North, where carrots were cultivated in the walled abbey of Goldenfields;
 * North Faerûn, where farmers in the Battledale and Mistledale regions cultivated carrots; In the Moonsea region, farmers in Elmwood cultivated carrots.
 * South Faerûn, where they were cultivated in the Arnaden region.
 * The Western Heartlands, such as in the gnome village of Anga Vled.

Beyond Faerûn

 * Carrots were grown throughout much of Kara-Tur.

Usages
A whole dried carrot was required to cast the detect lycanthrope spell. Just a bit of a dried carrot acted as a material component for the spells darkvision, deeper darkvision, and mass darkvision.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Swords of Eveningstar
 * Video Games
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford • Baldur's Gate III
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford • Baldur's Gate III