Foraging

The foraging skill is specific to certain classes and races, allowing them to rustle up food, drink and other odd items.

What are the best strategies to developing and using your foraging skill? Which classes and races should be concentrating on this skill? What items can you find through foraging? How can you best make this skill useful?

Post your strategies on how to best use and develop the foraging skill, and read, rate and comment on those posted by others.
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Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 07 2001 at 5:59 PM Rating: Decent
Hail all!

As a druid, I have been working on keeping my forage skill maxed at all times... Not an easy task. My question is this: my skill is currently 133, does higher skill lvl really get you anything different than what I am getting now? For instance, what is the difference between a skill lvl of 175 and 133? Does anyone know? Thanks in advance.
RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 08 2001 at 8:44 AM Rating: Decent
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At the present my forage skill is 186. At skill 100 I started getting different stuff. All kinds. I noticed that the higher my skill became the more often I had a successful forage. I think wheither or not you get something special, like morning dew, a based on a percentage that Varent sets for that item and not how high your forage skill is (once you pass 100). At 186 I rarely fail when I hit the forage button but I don't get nearly enough morning dew or oak bark :). Hope that helps.
RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 07 2001 at 9:19 PM Rating: Decent
well, supposely the higher you get the more often you get the rarer stuff.....

I am a wood elf ranger and hunted in gfay while practicing forage. In the lower levels got nothing but grubs, when at around 100 i got some morning Dew, but not that often. Now that my skill is 150+, when ever I go to Kelethin, I forage up morning dew like they are nothing and heartfruit (or i think it is, I get a messege saying you can't dup a lore item after pressing the forage button) ever so often.

Since you need to forage several items for the epic, you need a high forage or you will be sitting in the zone pressing that forage button for awhile.
RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 08 2001 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
I notice both replies mentioned "morning dew". This is something I think I got once and probably just discarded... What is it for? Should I be keeping it or what? Just curious and am hoping I didn't do anything too dumb...

I have also foraged several plains pebbles and am getting tired of banking them also... Anyways, take care all.
RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# May 12 2001 at 8:58 AM Rating: Excellent
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Both Morning Dew and Plains Pebbles are also ingredients for armor. Morning Dew is necessary for high elf cultural armor and Plains Pebbles are "gems" used to imbue armor for the followers of Karana.

I find Morning Dew with far greater regularity than I do Plains Pebbles. Plains Pebbles are when foraging in the Karanas; Morning Dews I have only found in GFay.

Plains Pebbles can be enhanced by casting the level 29 druid spell, Imbue Pebble, while having them in your possession. You don;t have to hold the pebble...it merely has to be in your charatcer's possession. I believe you can imbue armor simply by adding an imbued pebble to the armor ingredient mix in a forge or a sewing kit. For example, when Imbued Pebbles are added to cultural armor recipes, they add wisdom and stamina--usually, somewhere in the neighborhood of +1 to +3, depending on the armor slot.

My reserarch on this topic indicates use of imbued pebbles is NOT limited to cultural armor, but can be used for regular armor as well.

Morning Dew fulfills the same function for high elf cultural armor, I think, that Misty Acorn Oil does for halfling cultural armor. It is the catalyst that creates the cultural armor.

Misty Acorn Oil is brewed from misty acorns, a ground spawn that can be found in Misty Thicket. I'm not sure if being able to see the acorns is a function of foraging skill (mine is somewhere in the 160s), but a cleric friend of mine and I searched Misty Thicket for about 30 minutes one day and found about a half-dozen (they appear as brighter, yellowish patches against the green areas of the ground around them), which he was able to brew into Misty Acorn Oil (he's a master brewer).

Hope this is helpful in the discussion.

Sylvanwulf Gladestalker
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RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 27 2001 at 6:50 PM Rating: Default
Morning dew and oak bark in a still make Oak Bark Tannin(may need a bottle )..used in woody cultural armor,triv at or below brewing(135)..Plains pebbles are for cultural armour and need to be blessed by the appropriate Cleric(lev 34 ?? spell)
Save the Dew!!!!!!
# Apr 27 2001 at 6:26 PM Rating: Default
Eep - the Dew is also used for Wood Elf cultural tailoring - for the love of the goddess, don't trash it.

Also, be sure to save your oak bark - another hard to find ultra important item.
RE: Does higher skill lvl really get you anything...?
# Apr 27 2001 at 11:46 AM Rating: Default
mourning dew is used to make Elven Wine through brewing...i think shaman may use it for something also.
Plains pebbles can be Imbued to use in tailoring i think.

Mogge Treestump 55 Druid on E.Marr

161 brewer
148 blacksmith
200 forage
132 potter
148 baker
Sop Bark
# Apr 07 2001 at 1:34 PM Rating: Decent
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I've been foraging sop bark in Warsliks woods. Anybody know what it's for? Thanks.
Evergreen leaves
# Apr 01 2001 at 11:37 PM Rating: Default
Can you forage the evergreen leaves? If not where do you get them?
RE: Evergreen leaves
# Apr 27 2001 at 6:53 PM Rating: Default
Evergreen leaves and misty acorns appear as small light green squares on the ground,, You just scoop them up , Evergreen's are in G-Fay and misty acorns are in Misty thicket.
plains root
# Mar 31 2001 at 1:20 AM Rating: Default
Are plains roots that are foraged in WC used for anything?
Frost Crystal
# Mar 26 2001 at 4:00 AM Rating: Default
Foraged some of these up in DL anyone know what its for?
atris (rodcet nife)
# Mar 21 2001 at 4:03 AM Rating: Default
ive been foraging with a skill of 110+ in misty thicket for the sweetened mudroot (dru/rng epic). well ive been there for like 14 hours ... and i havent pulled up anythign better then a freaking black root!! ... like common!!
whats up with that?!?!
did they move it witht he last patch being one of those fun 'changes'?
pls im freakin'!
RE: atris (rodcet nife)
# Apr 27 2001 at 11:49 AM Rating: Default
I foraged it at skill 180+(not sure may have been at 200) I am now 200 and have a spare in the bank(recently foraged). It still drops.

Mogge Treestump 55 Druid E.Marr
RE: atris (rodcet nife)
# Jun 10 2001 at 12:21 PM Rating: Default
i still dont get how to doit
RE: atris (rodcet nife)
# Apr 12 2001 at 5:33 PM Rating: Default
Hail i foraged it today! trying to find out what it is for!? I'm a druid i guess i keep it. my skill is 110.
Chilled tundra root
# Mar 11 2001 at 5:16 AM Rating: Default
magic lore item- what's it for?
RE: Chilled tundra root
# Mar 13 2001 at 10:25 AM Rating: Default
druid/ranger epic
Saltwater Seaweed
# Mar 10 2001 at 12:12 PM Rating: Default
I have been foraging while on the boat and have come up with pouches of saltwater seaweed which are shown as no-drop. Can anyone tell me what it is good for???
RE: Saltwater Seaweed
# Apr 27 2001 at 11:52 AM Rating: Default
May also be for Othimir Prexus Totem quest. You need it to give to quest giver. he is making salty seadragon or something....
the quest requires seadragon meat. reward is amazing(better then PKT)
RE: Saltwater Seaweed
# Mar 19 2001 at 12:00 PM Rating: Default
for smithing temper
Ground Spawns
# Mar 08 2001 at 11:42 AM Rating: Default
Anyone know what these ground spawns are for? :

1) Blue Slumber Fungus - ground spawn in Lfay
2) Moss Covered Drake Scale - ground spawn in Steamfront Mnts

Any help would be appriciated
RE: Ground Spawns
# Mar 19 2001 at 12:02 PM Rating: Default
moss covered drake scale is used for a brewing recipe that is currently broken (last i heard)
Forage while Fighting or Medding...
# Mar 02 2001 at 7:56 PM Rating: Decent
Fighting macro:

/attack
/doability x
/attack

x being the number that you have slotted forage into on your abilities tab.



Medding macro:

/sit off
/doability x
/sit

Again, x being the number that you have slotted forage into on your abilities tab.


If you're not sure what number X should be, try them out, it has to be 1-6 so it won't take long to figure out by trial and error.


Hope this helps, did for me :-)

Foraging at 200!
RE: Forage while Fighting or Medding...
# Jun 12 2001 at 10:09 PM Rating: Default
Very good post!!!! Thank you :)
RE: Forage while Fighting or Medding...
# Mar 09 2001 at 11:02 PM Rating: Default
Number x corresponds to the hot key number on the 6 button pad under Abilities. They can be changed/rearranged by right-clicking on the individual button which will pop-up your full ability list.
Follow the instructions by Gavin below (you are awesome, dude)which ties foraging and sense heading to movement, and you will max both in no time.
Cheers,
Wintermute (130 Foraging)
26th Ranger, Xev
Drake Eggs?
# Feb 26 2001 at 10:41 PM Rating: Decent
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Anyone know how far you have to go into skyshrine to forage these?
RE: Drake Eggs
# Mar 02 2001 at 7:52 PM Rating: Decent
As long as you are actually in Skyshrine, you can forage these. Well, that and a decent skill level I would guess. I have foraged about 20 of these right at zone line (although they take a LONG time to come across).

Best scenario is to hunt tigeraptors just inside Wakening Lands from Skyshrine and heal/med inside SS while foraging. You'll want to hunt tigeraptors for hides (used for ranger only tailored armor) and the guts (quest item for a good bracer).

P.S. - they are food, so don't leave them somewhere where you'll eat'm.
A stright forward paradox.
# Feb 16 2001 at 1:46 PM Rating: Default
so what is the score with forage? 50% of people say there is no skill increase for Iskar' and the other 50% state otherwise. also does anyone know of any foragable items of worth in areas around Caballis, providing that items are location specific?
RE: A stright forward paradox.
# Mar 19 2001 at 12:06 PM Rating: Default
"You start off your skill at level 50, and only Rangers and Druids are able to increase the skill. "

this quote from this site's Foraging page
Foraging Experiences from an Iksar Monk
# Feb 06 2001 at 4:04 PM Rating: Decent
With the 50 innate points of foraging that Iksar's get I have found I never, ever have to purchase food or water, and not be weighed down either.

I seem to forage up veggies the most, so I have chosen to keep only those. I have no problem maintaining a continual supply of 20 vegitables and 20 pods of water, and because they are stacked they do not take up any extra weight.

By habit I always use forage when it is available. If I am currently in the middle of a fight I will turn auto attack off, hit forage, and turn auto attack back on, unless the fight is especially severe.

Good luck, if you use forage right you will not have to buy food for as long as you play.
Raising skill
# Feb 05 2001 at 2:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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Boy, I had a tough time raise this skill - It just took forever and I would always for get to do it. Then I discovered a little trick.

Make a yourself a standard 'doability' hotkey simular to this:

/doability 1
/doability 2
/doability 3

Were the number is your forage skill (throw in Sense heading to for good measure. (I also add a /loc so I never loose my corpse)

I'd but the hotkey in slot 7,8,9, or 0 and add it to every bank.

Then go into your preferences and look under Keyboard. Find the entry for - I think it was - User_Key_9 or simular (you are cleaver you'll figure it out :) and take a look at it. You'll noitice it has two entries, the first is the number that correspondes to its hot key location the second should say no key. Change that second one to one of your movement keys Right or Left.
Now you will forage just by walking around. Your skill will max most easily.

Best Regards,
Gavin
Ranger 25




RE: Raising skill
# Mar 01 2001 at 3:50 PM Rating: Default
I'm not quite sure what the number represents. My forage skill is currently a level 56. What would my hotkey be and why do the numbers change.

Thanks for the info ahead of time

Ken
Ranger 11
Drachling silk
# Jan 28 2001 at 2:14 AM Rating: Decent
Does anyone know what drachling silk is used for? I have foraged it in FV, and it is no drop.
Mymaku Misawa, ranger of the 28th season
RE: Drachling silk
# Feb 16 2001 at 4:35 PM Rating: Default
I believe that it or some type of silk is used for the charm plant spell used by Druids lvl 29. It may be beguil plan, dont remeber, but you need 4 items for the quest, to get the spell. One I remember is a Farsight Crystal.
RE: Drachling silk
# Mar 04 2001 at 2:32 AM Rating: Default
This is NOT used for a charm plant spell. The Straithbone healer Silks off the healer spiders in Kesora. The Drachling Silk is not known for any quest yet and may be left over from BETA Kunark testing.
RE: Drachling silk
# Apr 01 2001 at 2:11 PM Rating: Default
Hmmm... I wonder if it's a tailoring item.

Can a tailor combine two of them into a Drachling Silk Swatch? If so, it might be used to make a different silk armor.
RE: Drachling silk
# Apr 10 2001 at 3:41 PM Rating: Default
I tried combining it in a sewing kit and it gave a do not combine message. So that's not it unfortunately.
Swamp Veegetables & Innothule Mushroom. What's the deal?
# Jan 27 2001 at 7:55 AM Rating: Default
While slaughtering gators wholesale in Innothule swamp I saw two ground spawns, one red dot, one blue dot. The red turned out to be Swamp Vegetables. THe blue was an Innothule Mushroom. Having searched a few sites, I can find nadda on either. Anybody know what they're used for (if anything)? Please only respond if you KNOW. EQ sites are notorious for people spouting off without actually knowing the answer (and the only people who will likely be offended by that comment are the kind who do it). Thanks for any help you can give.
And yes, I know ground spawns are not strictly "foraging" but I figured this was the closest related spot to ask.

Tweezle Lorespinner,
Not an owner of a Leatherfoot Skullcap
RE: Swamp Veegetables & Innothule Mushroom. What's the deal?
# Feb 23 2001 at 6:29 PM Rating: Default
Those two items are part of the new ground spawn catagory that are used in trade skills such as baking, brewing or tailoring. The two from the swamp in particular I believe are used for brewing.
RE: Swamp Veegetables & Innothule Mushroom. What's the deal?
# Feb 24 2001 at 7:02 PM Rating: Decent
Yes the person aboe is correct,Those two items you have found are 1)For Brewing Drinks,and 2)Smithing to make dye for the FS.
Questions about foraging
# Jan 27 2001 at 1:55 AM Rating: Default
can this skill be profitable? i dont really want to do a skill that requires me to go kill stuff or buy items to do the skill. foraging just requires u to use the skill so it works for me.

thanks
RE: Questions about foraging
# Apr 11 2001 at 4:41 PM Rating: Default
Adririas, Of course foraging can be profitable. Even for a new character. You just have to find the correct market. (For real profit you also need to find a motivated buyer!) I once sold 6 stacks of veggies for 75pp which I was saving for my next round of brewing practice. The person I sold it to was a human warrior who needed to brew Vodka. (of course he had no forage skill, he was happy to pay the plat for 120 veggies) If ur just starting out this is substantial cash. Consider ways to sell other foraged items as well like berries and fruit.

In many cases EQ economy is based on supply and demand. This market has a tendancy to change as the server matures or when a new continent opens up.

I hope this helps a little. Hunt Well!
RE: Questions about foraging
# Feb 11 2001 at 4:53 PM Rating: Default
You don't get somehting for nothing.
RE: Questions about foraging
# Mar 16 2001 at 3:38 PM Rating: Default
That's kind of an assinine answer to that question... of COURSE you get something for nothing... if I walk over to a low level green mob and kill it and loot it's gold.. I got something for nothing.. it takes 5 seconds to waste a green mob and it took the same 5 seconds to forage up that grub.. takes the same time to recover (If not MORE time for foraging) from both.

It's minimum effort, and that's a valid question.. can that foraged stuff be sold? (Shrug.. the answer doesn't matter to me since I'm not a forager.. I just thought if you could take the time to give a useless answer that I could take the time to call your answer useless.)

:)
fruit??
# Jan 22 2001 at 11:59 PM Rating: Default
i foraged some sort of fruit forgot the name but its no drop,lore and magic, anyone know what its for??
RE: fruit??
# Mar 19 2001 at 12:16 PM Rating: Default
no one is going to know unless you have the name or where you foraged it considering how much stuff can be foraged these days. Reminds me of that movie I saw, you know the one with that guy who did some stuff?
RE: fruit??
# Mar 21 2001 at 4:06 AM Rating: Default
oh and btw ..the description was a heartfruit dru/rng epic quest ..he picked it up in GFay
RE: fruit??
# Mar 21 2001 at 4:05 AM Rating: Default
yeah the running man was a good movie :-)
Iksars n foraging
# Jan 22 2001 at 1:46 PM Rating: Default
How do we open the skill?
RE: Iksars n foraging
# Feb 11 2001 at 4:52 PM Rating: Default
Unlike most skills, you do not have to allocate a skill point to this one; you have it. However, you do not receive notification of skill increase as an iksar. Have been told that it is given at 20 skill and odes not increase, but game master suggested that it does increase but you are not notified.
baracuda bones
# Jan 18 2001 at 3:18 AM Rating: Decent
any one know what baracuda bones foraged from lake of ill omen are used for
Tuft of Dire wolf fur?
# Dec 31 2000 at 1:22 AM Rating: Default
I keep forageing tufts of Dire wolf fun in Eastern wastes. Anyone hear any rumors as to the use of this item?
Gold Nugget
# Dec 28 2000 at 2:36 PM Rating: Default
I've foraged a bunch of Gold Nuggets in Frontier Mountains and have no idea what they're used for. A friend told me he sold one to a 56 char who was using them for armor making. He said this guy bought it for 500pp. I dunno how true it is, however.

Any help would be great!
RE: Gold Nugget
# Jan 09 2001 at 6:22 PM Rating: Default
I have 4 or 5 that I have foraged. Vendors will not buy them - haven't tried selling yet, but I will tonight.
RE: Gold Nugget
# Jan 16 2001 at 2:54 PM Rating: Default
You have to have a mage/caster with the identify spell, cast identiy on the gold. There are two types, one is "Fools Gold", this is the stuff that the vendors will not but and is used for the Iskar Monk Shackle of Bronze Quest. The other kind is "genuine gold nugget", not sure of its intended use.
RE: Gold Nugget
# Feb 11 2001 at 3:38 AM Rating: Default
Bards as well have the identify song...also the Fools Gold is used for the Warriors upgrade to their Soliders Pike.
RE: Gold Nugget
# Feb 11 2001 at 3:37 AM Rating: Default
Cursed Clover of Viesar
# Dec 26 2000 at 2:17 PM Rating: Default
Anyone know what this is used for?
RE: Cursed Clover of Viesar
# Mar 19 2001 at 12:21 PM Rating: Default
where did you forage it?
Flare Fire found where?
# Dec 14 2000 at 11:27 PM Rating: Default
anyone know where flarefire can be found?
RE: Flare Fire found where?
# Dec 18 2000 at 10:40 AM Rating: Default
i belive its in Field of bone on kurnak
Ripened Heartfruit
# Dec 13 2000 at 9:16 PM Rating: Default
Has anyone had luck figuring out a specific time or place to foraged this junk? =) I've been foraging like mad for the past two days, and still haven't gotten even one yet.. *sigh* Getting very frustrated.. have run all over GF with no luck, foraging at all times of day, etc...

Help! =)
RE: Ripened Heartfruit
# Dec 17 2000 at 8:19 PM Rating: Decent
Dunno, got one just when my foraging skill hit 101, put that one in bank. Gotten 2 since then, but couldn't pick 'em up because they're lore. =)
I just forage whenever the button comes up, eventually you'll get one ;)
RE: Ripened Heartfruit
# Mar 14 2001 at 11:22 AM Rating: Default
I spent 6 1/2 hours straight in GFay last night trying to forage one of these damn things with no luck. I have foraged one in the past, but it has been quite a while ago. I have been told it is No Drop - is this true?
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