Foraging

Foraging is a Survivalist skill that allows you to search forested areas for food and resources.

Usage

Right-click the ground in a forest area and click Forage on the context menu.

• Foraging takes 15 seconds to complete, but resources may be obtained at any time in the duration.
• Items will spawn in the players inventory.
• Repeat foraging will increase the player's tiredness.
• Items aren't unlimited in a zone, if you don't find anything, go elsewhere and try again, they'll be replenished after 50000 game time units. If no Forage context option appears, trying moving elsewhere nearby or closer to the woods.
  • Zone size is 40x40 centered around the player.
• The maximum chance finding items is 25% for food/bait and 30% for stone/wood.
• During March and April, chances of finding food are reduced.
• From November to February, only non-edible items are found.
• Foraging in deep forest increases the chance to find anything.
• The number of items found will depend on your skill, and the chance to find items will depend on your skill and "Nature's Abundance" setting in Sandbox mode.
  • Sandbox setting "Nature's Abundance" defines the amounts of findings per zone.

Nature's Abundance	Findings per zone
Very poor	1 - 10
Poor	3 - 13
Normal	5 - 15
Abundant	7 - 17
Very abundant	10 - 20

Occupations & Traits

Occupations

Name	Points	Notes
File:Park Ranger.png Park Ranger	+2 Trapping +2 Foraging +1 Carpentry	Automatically learn all trap recipes
File:Fisherman.png Fisherman	+3 Fishing +1 Foraging	N/A

Traits

Name	Points	Notes
File:TraitHiker.png Hiker	+1 Trapping +1 Foraging	Automatically learn all trap recipes
File:TraitFormerScout.png Former Scout	+1 First Aid +1 Foraging	Both can be taken with any occupation

XP Gain

• Food / Bait found = 5 XP
• Stone / Wood found = 2 XP
• Nothing found = 10% chance for 1 XP

Items

The foraging skill determines what types of items can be found.

Item	Amount	Description	Level
BerriesBerriesBerries Berries	2 - 8	Be wary eating berries without expanding the item tree as all types stack.	No foraging level required.
Chipped Stone	1	Used to make wooden lances and stone axes.	No foraging level required
Stone	1	Used to make Stone Hammers.	No foraging level required
File:Treebranch.png Tree Branch	1 - 3	Used to make wooden lance, stone axes, and stone hammer. Can be used as campfire fuel.	No foraging level required
Twigs	1 - 3	Can be used as the kindling to make a campfire kit.	No foraging level required
Violets	2 - 5	Doesn't rot	No foraging level required
BerriesBerries Berries Blackberry Blackberry Blueberry Blueberry Poison Berries Poison Berries	2 - 7	As of build 33 one random berry will be poisonous and only an herbalist will be able to tell by sight!	Foraging level 2
File:Grape Leaves.png Grape Leaves	1 - 5	Doesn't rot	Foraging level 2
Worm Worm	1 - 2	Can be used a Fishing bait.	Foraging level 2
File:Item MushroomGeneric1.png File:Item MushroomGeneric2.png File:Item MushroomGeneric4.png File:Item MushroomGeneric6.png File:Item MushroomGeneric7.png Mushrooms	1 - 4	Can be used in Stew, Pie, Soup, Sandwich, Salad, Roasted Vegetables as of 30.13	Foraging level 4
Cricket Cricket	1 - 2	Can be cooked, doesn't rot. Can be used as Fishing bait.	Foraging level 4
Rosehips Rosehips	1 - 4	Food that doesn't rot.	Foraging level 4
File:Item MushroomGeneric3.png File:Item MushroomGeneric5.png Mushrooms	1 - 3	Can be used in Stew, Pie, Soup, Sandwich, Salad, Roasted Vegetables as of 30.13	Foraging level 6
File:Item Grasshopper.png Grasshopper	1 - 2	Can be cooked, doesn't rot. Can be used as Fishing bait.	Foraging level 6
File:Item Cockroach.png Cockroach	1 - 2	Can be cooked, doesn't rot. Can be used as Fishing bait.	Foraging level 6
Logs	1	Used in various recipes, can be sawed down to planks and burned as fuel.	Foraging level 6
Frog	1	Can be butchered for meat	Foraging level 7
Wild Eggs Wild Eggs	1 - 3	Must be cooked, doesn't rot.	Foraging level 8

Recipes

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History

Alpha
Build 32.17	*Fixed being able to forage above ground level. (Issue #001926)
Build 32.7	*Fixed stacks of harvested plants and foraged food items not aging until the stack is expanded. (Issue #001823)
Build 32.4	*Added some map zones for foraging etc. Fixed overlapping zones. (Issue #001632)
Build 31.2	*Fixed calcul in the foraging action
Build 30	*Foraging for food during winter will be impossible, or really hard in cold months
Build 29	*Introduced, initially named Scavenge/Scavenging before being renamed to Forage/Foraging

See Also

• Fishing
• Trapping