Foraging

After the VoA patch, I noticed that my skill was 252 in foraging and the max is 408 but both are in red. I was maxed at 250 before, but have been unable to get a skill-up after hours of hitting the button. I'm a ranger and a druid friend reported the same issue. Anyone have a clue?

Edited, Nov 26th 2011 8:01am by Remfren

I have a 57 druid that I use to forage many different tradeskill items with. I have Rk 3 in nature's bounty and decided to get this aa in hopes that it would increase the amount that I double forage. Whether it does or not is debatable, I have not seen a significant change, and I understand this most likely increases the chances of getting "rare" forages. I also have a foraging machette for the extra 10% skill mod. I have finally maxed my base foraging skill to 250, and when equipping the foraging machette, I expected to modify my skill another 25 points, unfortunately I only get 2 points. so at a base foraging skill of 200, I got a modified skill of 220, but at a base skill of 250 I only get a modified skill of 252. It's possible that there's a hard cap per lvl, I'll have to test this and post the results, but I'm guessing I won't be able to get the modified skill of 275 until lvl 80. Can anyone confirm this?

Tadinya Wolfebane
57 druid of Povar

Ok, I've got a stupid question that's probably been answered (most likely with a 'no') before, but I just want to know... I have a foraging skill of 200, and the Nature's Bounty (forage two items) at level 3. Bored out of my mind one day, I did the Foraging Machette quest. What I want to know is: Will the extra 20 skill increase the chance of foraging a second item?

My Rogue is level 47 and my skill is at 50 and not going anywhere. Is there some sort of level/skill cap I'm not aware of? My 52 Druid is beyond 100, but I'm not sure what's going on with the Rogue.

Taliyahna Stargazer
Nuking Mobs Throughout All Of Norrath
The Rathe

maybe I missed this amid all the uneeded chatter that fills some of these post, but if you can forage an item in a zone, is it foragable in any part of that zone, or is it loc specific?


Thank you

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Ok I have a question. Has anyone ever seen the item " Sickly Maiden"s Hair" I just foraged it in Rathe Mountian. cant find any information on any site ??
Kippin my 47 Druid did it with 166 forage skill. Item is No Drop??


Blixton 61 Wiz

i forage gargoyle granite in the LDoN dungeons and sell them in the bazaar for 100-200 pp. usually get 2 or 3 per LDoN so its pretty profitable

Anyone got any idea how I can obtain a copy of Thumper V2? The web site has died.

I have found throuh every single outdoor zone I've gone through I can forage something unique. In GFay I foraged Morning Dew and Cinnoman Sticks, In the plains the Plains Pebbles, In Everfrost something like Iced Turnups(don't take me on this not sure), and even in Erudites Crossing I foraged something can't remember what. I have asked around and found out that these can sell from 5pp to 50pp each(50pp on rare occasion with Morning Dew really around 40) in bazarr now if I only had that expansion. Well anyway I think someone should make a guide to what you can forage in what zone also anyone else know what you can forage in what zone? Thanks

What I did to get forage up was, using the new setup set it so that whenever I hit the right arrow button I would automatically attempt to use forage(Sence Heading was set to the left)

To do this go to Optionz> Keyboard then in the dragdown menue select "Macro". Set Hotkey 0 to left and Hotkey 9 to right. Then in all the hotkey windows you use put forge and sence heading into the 9 and 0 slots. You will be mast in both skills before you know it

Yeah, I guess they removed the cap on racial abilities, because my Wood-Elf Ranger has foraging up to a skill of 100. Either Verant changed the racial caps or some of you are mistaken in your thoughts that these skills cap and need to work on your skills more.

Welcome,

I have but one quessstion for my Brothersss, Sssisters, and even you sssoft ssskins wandering my land. I have been able to forage for sssurvival sssince birth, as it is one of my natural abilitiesss. I have yet though, ssseen any indication of my ssskill getting any better. After 38 Cycles of Ssscale. It was passed to me that our skill, while natural, will not increase. If this is true, please passss thisss knowledge on to me if you could. This greatly concernsss me, as I intend to continue to forage in the ice land of Velious for rare items such as Yew Leaves and Drake Scales. These items require a high forage skill level and I would hate to waste my time foraging for something I may never find. So, if you have heard this rumor to be true, or have had success in foraging the above mentioned itemsss, please respond all, so I can plan my daysss.

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I maxed my foraging skill out in one night by with MMOGer. I got so sick of practicing this skill. Go to quinworks.com and check it out. It is pretty cool and really helps keep skills maxed out without a lot of effort.

I know Yew Leaves are a groud spawn in WL, but can they be foraged, I want to know if im gonna spend alot of time in WL once im about lvl 45 (which is down the road aways) Thanks

I love this skill.. at first just because of the money it saved me at early levels, now because of the neat stuff I find.. and like all skill the best way to improve it is keep using it, so make a button for it, and click on it every time it pops up again.
There's two times you can't use it.. in combat and when sitting.. so if yer medding it takes about a second to stand (ctrl+s) forage (hit number for button) and go back to meditating (ctrl+b), and if you're in combat.. it takes about a second to turn off autoattack, forage, and turn autoattack back on. =)

It's quite simple really, I've been camping the Lake of Ill Omen for some time, and have large amounts of these two items. Unfortunatly I have no idea what they're used for. Any ideas?

Gilvaniel
Lvl 22 Wood Elven Ranger

in the outdoor zones on Luclin, Im foraging feathers like mad, now Im just dropping them all over the place. Anyone know what they're used for?

I don't know what you all are talking about never getting rares. I constantly do, that may just be because my skill is about 160 though, and I'm only lvl 30. I'v found that I maxed out fairly quickly simply by always using it, and I mean ALWAYS. Whenever possible I forage. Right now I have about 60 stacks of food and water and can't seem to get rid of it fast enough.

I have gained points by practicing. But it is slow. Very slow. Have also begun to use my training points to up the skill. Have gained nomore that 2 points in 2 hours by hiting the button. Maybe its a hourly skill increase thing. I have heard that they have put a block on howmeny point you can gain at one time in some skills.

i have a lvl 50ranger andall i ever get is roots and crap why is this i even tryed the hotkep right or elf tthing it jus wont go up

I was hunting on the orge island in TD the other day, and foraged "something that doesn't look edible", a Timorous coconut. So I thought to myself, "What's this used for?" After that, I was killing an orge raider and decided to see just how good that coconut was. So I banged it on the ogre's head making a fine mark on the left side of his head.
Now I'm wondering, what else is this Timorous coconut used for?

could som1 tell me why i dont gain skill on foragin?? iam 34ikswar and only have below averge and i us foragin ALL the time?? after figths when i run to cabalis or when i got o NFP or whatever..

34 IKS warrior of the city of Cabalis

Begin to use the skill Baking... after a while, you'll never want to throw away any foraged food, and you'll WANT to forage so you can get the necessary items to bake!

I waited until about level 30 to start working on my forage skill- I just foraged when it said I was hungrey until I got a stack of food lol. Then I was told I could dig up gold..... The rest is history! My skill is 195 and getting better every day or every couple of days still.

Its very easy to get forage up- just keep plugging away at it- make a hotbutton and use it.

I dont keep my hotbutton menu visible, but I still have a hotbutton, I just press 1 every couple of minutes- its a Habit now! Before it became a habit though I simply pressed Forage before and after every battle and every time I saw the grey box come free while medding. Running is a great place for it, you can click Forage, then sense heading over and over until Forage comes back up ;p sure makes the Boat a hell of a lot more fun (how Did I dig up that pod of fresh water from the salty sea...)

Sadly, even with such a high skill.. I almost Never fail but I STILL DIG UP FISHING GRUBS! on a regular basis ;p I dont even fish with a pole, I jump in the water and kill them with my bare hands .... hahahah

Ailsing Dreamsight

This skill is one that is easy to forget about till you get a reminder " you are low on food. you are low on water" well if you wait for these reminders it will take forever to raise you skill. so here is a littel habbit I used to remind me to forage.

1) before and after each battle I forage. this alone has kept my skill up.
Other ideas are;
2 when I med
3 Every time I zone I try to forage.
4 When I buy and sale I forage.

you may over look thsi skill but it is a vital one. If you want to get your epic weapon you best max it out.

Peach Grove
48 druid of luclin