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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Has anyone figured out what the crystals foraged in Skyfire Mountains (ice dragon crystal, earth dragon crystal, etc) are used for? I've been foraging these lore items and have no idea what they are good for.
The four crystals are foraged and are melded togther (no-fail smithing combine I think) to form a whole crystal - for a quest or a recipie, can't rember which.
Kyrros <Knights Of Insomnia> - Bristlebane
Guild Leader and Guild Historian
Human Veteran Ranger and Warder of Tunare for70 80 85 90 seasons
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I haven't seen any solutions yet, but there are trhe following clues:
Clicking on the Dragon Globes in Skyfire stops them from spinning.
There are "chests" that appear in the zone near the dragon statues. They will turn 90 degrees if you click on them.
Book of the Immortals (or some book that drops in SF) talks about "breathing life into their husks".
Oh well, its a puzzle. May just be a broken quest =).
Clicking on the Dragon Globes in Skyfire stops them from spinning.
There are "chests" that appear in the zone near the dragon statues. They will turn 90 degrees if you click on them.
Book of the Immortals (or some book that drops in SF) talks about "breathing life into their husks".
Oh well, its a puzzle. May just be a broken quest =).
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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. =)
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. =)
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Actuall...you can't raise the skill while sitting, but it does go up while fighting even though you cannot use it...it has happened to me more than once while attack is on.
Grummin
Lvl 11 Human Ranger
Xev Server
Grummin
Lvl 11 Human Ranger
Xev Server
i find that if you are just looking to gain skill and are not after items you dont even need to turn off auto attack or stand , you can gain skill anyway.
Uhhhh...... no.
Uhhhh...yes. I am sure because I have seen my skill advance while in combat and medding. I have foraging set to my right arrow key so it gets pushed constantly and it DOES increase your skill. If you don't care about getting items as much as skill lvl (and you shouldn't at low lvls with the low success rate), map it to a key you push a lot.
Ya, i do map forage to my right turn key, thats how my skill is maxed. But how do you in crease skill when the message says you can't try to forage while sitting or in combat. You need to actually attempt the skill to increase skill, doesn't matter whether you succeed or fail. If what you say is true, why not apply to other skills, say alchemy for example. Attempt to combine items that will not combine, watch your skill go up, get the components back and waste no plat on failures. I wish i would have thought of that before i spent about 150pp to make my first 10 shot sow potion.
I've noticed the same thing. You get the message that says "you can't forage while fighting" (or whatever it is), but my skill has actually gone up anyways. Whether it's a bug or not, it can happen.
Yes, you used to be able to do gain skillups while fighting or sitting - but it has since been fixed - you must be standing and not fighting.
Kyrros <Knights Of Insomnia> - Bristlebane
Guild Leader and Guild Historian
Human Veteran Ranger and Warder of Tunare for70 80 85 90 seasons
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Human Veteran Ranger and Warder of Tunare for
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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
Gilvaniel
Lvl 22 Wood Elven Ranger
I've been destroying Vineclinger Berries and Barracuda Bones and assorted other junk in Kunark simply cuz i ran outta patience trying to find a use for em. I know this helps you not at all but just thought i'd let you know that you aren't the only one that has the "to destroy or not destroy" dilemma when you start running outta inventory/bank space. Perhaps Verant put those items with the possibility for creating future quests involving them...that's my hope but I'm not going to hold onto 152 unstackable Vineclinger Berries while waiting for them to get around to it. Let me make the quest or whatever use there is (ever will be??) for them and i'll re-forage em then. I get em all the time anywayz.
just my humble opinion.
just my humble opinion.
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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 foraged this in the Eastern Wastes. In fact, I have foraged many of them. I have yet to try fletching it (because my comp crashed). Can it be used to make a bow? If not, what are they for?
I think you mean a branch of sylvan oak (there is also a branch of planar oak). It is used for fletching, but mainly above skill 200. You can make items via cultural woodelf fletching with which you will need the sylvan oak. Like: you need to make a reinforced sylvan branch to make a Blessed Faydark Swiftbolt (bow). For the reinforced sylvan branch you'll need the sylvan oak (trivial <195).
43 ranger - Drinal
43 ranger - Drinal
For all of you who wish to raise this skill quickly, here is what you do:
1. Go to options.
2. Go to keyboard.
3. Click next until you find the userdefined buttons.
4. Go to the userdefined that your forage hotkey is on. (Upper left being 1, lower right being 0.)
5. Left click on that userdefined, and press left.
6. Exit options
There, now every time you turn left and your forage key is not greyed out, you will forage. That way you will always forage, and once your skill rises high enough, you will never run out of food or water.
1. Go to options.
2. Go to keyboard.
3. Click next until you find the userdefined buttons.
4. Go to the userdefined that your forage hotkey is on. (Upper left being 1, lower right being 0.)
5. Left click on that userdefined, and press left.
6. Exit options
There, now every time you turn left and your forage key is not greyed out, you will forage. That way you will always forage, and once your skill rises high enough, you will never run out of food or water.
HA! I actually came to this page to post that same thing. I make much cash off foraging now, it's great, I just traded a stack of Glow Lichen for a Centi Warhammer, good stuff.
All for free!
All for free!
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GREAT ADVICE, my forage went up more in one night then it had all the others combined. Not to mention I maxed out sensed heading as well. Thanks much.
NICE. Well done...
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What i have done to help remember to raise my Forage (and sense Heading) skills is to macro it. got to "social" open a new box, i labaled mine "attack". on the first line put /doability1 on the second line put /doability2 etc... on the last line put /attack. you will now do the first, second, etc ability under your "abilities" menu just before you attack. Note: you have to do the abilities before you attack or you get the "you cant do that while attacking" message.
Gilyen
34th season Ranger
Guardians of Valour
Tholuxe Palles
Gilyen
34th season Ranger
Guardians of Valour
Tholuxe Palles
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.
Yes it takes forever to level this skill. I have a Forage Skill over 160 and it comes in handy when running all over the place doing quests or just going to a new place to hunt. Right now I do not have to ever buy food again and people that make items with cooking skill pay very good money for stacks of some of the items.
The only real problem I have right now is what is Verant thinking when they combined the Fishing and Forage Skill togethers??? I mean come on sitting in the middle of ice and I Forage up Fish? What were they thinking?
The only real problem I have right now is what is Verant thinking when they combined the Fishing and Forage Skill togethers??? I mean come on sitting in the middle of ice and I Forage up Fish? What were they thinking?
Perhaps someone left the fish on the ice while ice fishing. I have noticed this also. I have foraged kedge carp while running around in Thurgadin. What, are the coldain leaving dead fish laying around their great city? I also foraged a pod of water while swimming in the Ocean of Tears. Thats weird for a few different reasons. First, it's obvious, I'm in a big sea of water. I should be succesful every single time, right? Wait, isn't an ocean made up of salt water. I must be the greatest forager of all time, I found a pockect of fresh, drinkable water in a sea of salt water.
I'm not complaining, these are just observations I've made. I've foraged rabbit meat while swimming in the ocean also. I foraged an entire seafood feast while pulling snow cougars in Iceclad. Artic shrimp, mussels, artic king crab, scallops, you name it. It's there. I get hungry everytime I am in Iceclad.
Safe Questing!
I'm not complaining, these are just observations I've made. I've foraged rabbit meat while swimming in the ocean also. I foraged an entire seafood feast while pulling snow cougars in Iceclad. Artic shrimp, mussels, artic king crab, scallops, you name it. It's there. I get hungry everytime I am in Iceclad.
Safe Questing!
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LOL sorry but i am a master Forager and you nut heads think thats its abnormal to forage in sea water, (if you have to use your brain at all its an INFERENCE) sometimes . . . .
Wanderer of the 53 season
Morell thule
Terrortouch is my name, protecting my forest is my game
Wanderer of the 53 season
Morell thule
Terrortouch is my name, protecting my forest is my game
I have my own theory about this.
I think there is a list of possible foraged items for each zone in the format basics + special. Basics are things like Pod of Water, Foraged Vegetables, and Roots, that can be foraged, to my knowledge, in any zone. (Even Blackburrow and inside the House of Unrest.) I think what the game mechanics do is (as analogy) roll two dice. The first determines whether or not you are successful (trivial goes up with skill). The second determines what you forage up. IE, you get a Pod of Water, you get a fish, you get a Ripened Heart Fruit, etc.
As far as I can tell, this second, "what you get" dice does not care if you are underwater, on a boat, in someone's house, or on the toilet. It just rolls and what you get is what you get. I haven't seen anything in anyzone that can be foraged only in one specific part of the zone, but I'm sure for the specials there are excpetions to this.
Now for the BIG question. How come a rat's ear sells to a vendor for 2sp 4 cp, and a gold nugget is worthless?? *boggle*
I think there is a list of possible foraged items for each zone in the format basics + special. Basics are things like Pod of Water, Foraged Vegetables, and Roots, that can be foraged, to my knowledge, in any zone. (Even Blackburrow and inside the House of Unrest.) I think what the game mechanics do is (as analogy) roll two dice. The first determines whether or not you are successful (trivial goes up with skill). The second determines what you forage up. IE, you get a Pod of Water, you get a fish, you get a Ripened Heart Fruit, etc.
As far as I can tell, this second, "what you get" dice does not care if you are underwater, on a boat, in someone's house, or on the toilet. It just rolls and what you get is what you get. I haven't seen anything in anyzone that can be foraged only in one specific part of the zone, but I'm sure for the specials there are excpetions to this.
Now for the BIG question. How come a rat's ear sells to a vendor for 2sp 4 cp, and a gold nugget is worthless?? *boggle*
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lol because the gold nugget was fool's gold, there are two kinds that are named the same but one identifies as fool's gold and will not sell to vendor. It is used for shackle of bronze (or copper can't remember) quest.
Laeoeba Milinkota
53rd Champion
Legion of Fyre
Xegony
Laeoeba Milinkota
53rd Champion
Legion of Fyre
Xegony
Anonymous
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.
Anonymous
I foraged a Sweetened Mudroot in Misty Thicket. It is Magic/Lore/NoDrop. It is also Ranger/Druid only. Anyone know what it is used for? My character is only lvl 8 and forage was around 25 when I got this. I have gotten it a couple of times but of course only get to keep one (Duplicate Lore Items not allowed.). Any help is appreciated.
Anonymous
The sweetened mudroot is used in a mixture for the druid epic.
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That is for the druid/ranger epic quest.
Anonymous
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
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Anyone know the skill lvl needed in forage to get the bamboo shoots in Stonebrunt. I have 120 in forage and I'm sure I can get it, but i just haven't jet. Is it that rare???
Anonymous
I have a lv 40 druid and i have maxed out my foraged and i get most of the time so it isnt really rare.
Anonymous
Im a 37 druid and my forage is like 130 somthing my friend WE warrior his capd at like 15 never whent up sice like his 12th lvl
He is 30 now
He is 30 now
The is because druids get foraging as a skill. For them it caps at 200. Warriors do not generally get forage, but wood elves have it as a racial ability. Which means it caps at 50. That is why.
Anonymous
I have been practicing forage at every opportunity and I just don't seem to be gaining at all! I have a wood elf druid ranked at "good" for foraging. Once you reach a certain point do things become *trivial* or something?
Thanks
Thanks
Anonymous
no druids can master forage, im at 102 now
Anonymous
just a little tip from a druid. what i did was out the forage and walk buttons on the same button, that way when youare running around you also forage. and another side note, no foraging does triv out.
Anonymous
How do you connect these buttons??? I would love to forage as I walk or run...it would make things MUCH easier. Also can this be done with other skills,like "sense heading"?
Anonymous
I believe that druids foraging skill caps out at about 80 or so. Dont quote me on number, but I do know that it doesnt go as high as rangers.
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The foraging skill is the same as all the other skills and are lvl capped. When you go up in lvl so will your forage skill if you use it alot. Have you noticed that when you lvl up you will almost always get skill points in something like evocation or some other skill right after you lvl?
I'm a level 36 druid and my forage skill is 185.
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I am a season 54 Druid and I am at 200 on forage. It does go up! Not sure if goes higher than that, but will keep trying and post if does.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Sep 08 2001 at 8:19 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) forage rocks beacause i forage weapons like rusty stuff sometimes not rusty
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You do not forage weapons....the people that post here know better so why waste your time?
21 posts
Hate to break it to you, but you can forage daggers in Shadeweaver's Thicket on Luclin. Called umm.. like stone phalangees or something like that. They are 3 23 piercing. Not too impressive, and they don't stack. I've been getting all sorts of lore no drop forages on Luclin, including a piece of wood (no stats) that can be worn on the neck. No idea what any of these no drop lore forages are for, but would appreciate input.
Morrolan, Torv
Morrolan, Torv
I forage daggers all the time in Luclin.. its either this or those feathers, which I would still like to find out what they are for. My skill is capped at 200
Marakas Sakaram ~ Druid of 44 moons
Cazic-Thule
Marakas Sakaram ~ Druid of 44 moons
Cazic-Thule
Anonymous
I foraged a wurm egg in Skyshrine today, while getting drake eggs. Anyone know a use for Wurm eggs? Havnt found anything yet, but still looking. It is labeled as an enduring meal if I remember right.
Maporfic
51st Druidess
Torv
Maporfic
51st Druidess
Torv
Anonymous
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?
Now I'm wondering, what else is this Timorous coconut used for?
Scholar
34 posts
These sites are good enough to help get you to master skills, so i highly recommend them in addition to allakhazam's magical realm =o)
Although I recomend Raul's site over EQ traders, you should check out both.
Raul Quanilesti's Ever Quest Skills Page
http://www.eqtradeskills.com/
EQ Traders Corner
http://www.eqtraders.com/
Although I recomend Raul's site over EQ traders, you should check out both.
Raul Quanilesti's Ever Quest Skills Page
http://www.eqtradeskills.com/
EQ Traders Corner
http://www.eqtraders.com/
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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
34 IKS warrior of the city of Cabalis
Anonymous
and unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, iksars dont have a class that can train foraging : bards druids , rangers. So you will not raise any higher than the racial skill of 50.
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i am a master at foraging and im at lvl 15 its easy when your walkin around just hit forage do it in town alo as well
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Iksars are ALWAYS below average to it, only if you can train in it do you get better at it
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!
Pain Lord Darknyss Grimscale
92 Iksar Crusader of the Greenmist
92 Iksar Crusader of the Greenmist
Scholar
34 posts
LOL i soooo agree...baking made me appreciate the fact that i have the ability to forage...and there are benifits to baking too =o)
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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
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
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Foraged frost crystal in DL and Drachling Silk in FV
Anyone know what they are for?
crystal stacks silk is annoyingly no drop non stackable.
Anyone know what they are for?
crystal stacks silk is annoyingly no drop non stackable.
Anonymous
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
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
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