Foraging

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Foraging is a survivalist skill and game mechanic allowing the ability to search for food and resources.

Investigate area & search mode

"Investigate Area" can be toggled via the spyglass icon. This brings up a new overlay showing the terrain type, position of the sun in the sky, and a button for activating "Search Mode". While Search Mode is activated, the screen will blur except for a "Target Radius" around the player which will grow as their foraging skill increases.

Usage

• Hidden items spawn and despawn (seemingly randomly) regardless of player skill or time of day.
• As a player approaches within Target Radius distance of an item which they have the requisite skill level to find, an eyeball icon will appear over their character
• Remaining near the item for a short amount of time will make the item's icon appear. A small amount of xp will be granted at this point.
• Double-clicking the item icon will gather it into the inventory. Right-clicking will give the option to gather or discard the item. Additional xp is granted regardless of which option is chosen.

Cooking skill and herbalist trait/magazine

• Level 7 Cooking allows the player to detect poisonous berries and mushrooms.
• The Herbalist Trait/Magazine grants this ability no matter the skill level.

Foraging skill

The foraging skill determines:

• Items that can be found
• Search Radius
• Chance of berries/mushrooms being poisonous <--ItemPoisonChance + ((10 - foraging level) * 5)

Search radius

• Maximum Search Radius is 10 Squares.
  • With bonuses, the maximum radius is 15.
• Minium Search Radius is 3 Squares.

Target Radius has various factors:

• Foraging skill level
• Occupation
• Traits
• Movement
• Weather
  • Weather Effect * (100% - (Trait/ProfessionEffectReduction% added together))
• Darkness
  • Darkness Effect * (100% - (Trait/ProfessionEffectReduction% added together))
  • When Darkness Effect reaches 50%, new items cannot be spotted.
• Moodles

Chance of finding items

The chance of finding items in different categories is determined by: area searched, Occupations and Traits

Impact of various Factors

Foraging skill

• Each level increases the radius by 0.5 squares.

Occupations

Name	Foraging skill	Radius increase	Ignore Weather (%)	Ignore Darkness (%)
File:Park Ranger.pngPark Ranger	2	+1	33	10
File:Fisherman.pngFisherman	1	+1	33	-
File:Chef.pngChef	-	+1	33	-
File:Lumberjack.pngLumberjack	-	+1	33	10
VeteranVeteran	-	+1	33	10
Unemployed	-	+1	10	-
File:Farmer.pngFarmer	-	+1	33	-

Name			Ignore Weather
File:Park Ranger.pngPark Ranger	2	+2	-33%	-15%	+10%	-	-	+20%	+10%	-	-	-	+50%	-	+75%	-	-	-	+10%	-	+5%	+5%
File:Farmer.pngFarmer	0	+1.5	-33%	-10%	+10%	-	-	-	-	+50%	+10%	+10%	+5%	+5%	+5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Positive traits

Trait name	Points	radius modifier	Ignore darkness (%)	Ignore weather (%)
File:TraitLucky.png Lucky	-4	+1	-	-
File:TraitHiker.png Hiker	-6	+1	-	7
File:TraitFormerScout.png Former Scout	-6	+1	-	13
File:TraitHunter.png Hunter	-8	+0.7	5	7
File:TraitEagleEyed.png Eagle Eyed	-6	+0.5	-	-
File:TraitGardener.png Gardener	-4	+0.4	-	13
File:TraitOutdoorsman.png Outdoorsman	-2	+0.4	7	13
File:TraitCook.png Cook	-6	+0.2	-	-
File:TraitCatsEyes.png Cat's Eyes	-2	+0.2	20	-
File:TraitNutritionist.png Nutritionist	-4	+0.2	-	-
File:TraitHerbalist.png Herbalist	-6	+0.2	-	7

Negative traits

Trait name	Points cost	Radius modifier
File:TraitUnlucky.png Unlucky	+4	-1
File:TraitAgoraphobic.png Agoraphobic	+4	-1.5
File:TraitShortSighted.png Short Sighted	+2	-2

Movement type

Movement type	Multiplier
Aim	+33%
Sneak	+10%
Walk	0%
Sprint/Run/Sneak run*	-100%

• Sprinting/Running after a certain amount of time will automatically disable Search Mode

Items

The foraging skill determines what types of items can be found. vegetables, seeds, dead animals, and junk items (which seems to include empty bottles, skill magazines, empty gas cans, etc).

Item	Amount	Description	Level
Junk Items	1	Small items such as empty pop cans, plates, etc. Some are useful in crafting, while some are not.	No foraging level required
Berries	2 - 8	Any kind of berries can be poisonous, and the Herbalist trait or having level 7 cooking is required to identify which one is poisonus. Blackberry and Blueberry are never poisonous	No foraging level required.
Mushrooms	1 - 4	Can be used in stew, pie, soup, sandwich, salad, roasted vegetables.	No foraging level required
Chipped Stone	1	Used to make Crafted Spears and Stone Axe.	No foraging level required
Stone	1	Used to make Stone Hammer.	No foraging level required
Tree Branch	1 - 3	Used to make Crafted Spears, Stone Axe, 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
File:Carrot.png Wild Vegetables	1 - 3 items 1 - 20 seeds	If a farmable vegetable is found, there is a chance to also find seeds.	Foraging level 2
Grape Leaves	1 - 5	Doesn't rot	Foraging level 2
Worm	1 - 2	Can be used as fishing bait.	Foraging level 2
Wild Onions	1	Used in various cooking recipes. Can be foraged from March to September. Easier to find in May, June and July, harder to find in March and September.	Foraging level 3
Logs	1	Used in various recipes, can be sawed down to planks and burned as fuel.	Foraging level 3
Recipe Magazines	1	Extremely rare.	Foraging level 4
More Junk Items	1	Extremely rare. Some junk items have a higher skill requirement for some reason.	Foraging level 4
Cherries	1 - 4	Used in various cooking recipes.	Foraging level 4
Cricket	1 - 2	Can be cooked, doesn't rot. Can be used as Fishing bait.	Foraging level 4
Rosehips	1 - 4	Food that doesn't rot.	Foraging level 4
Dead Rat	1	Can be butchered for meat.	Foraging level 5
Oranges	1 - 3	Used in various cooking recipes.	Foraging level 5
Insect (disambiguation)	1 - 2	Can be cooked, doesn't rot. Can be used as Fishing bait.	Foraging level 6
Jalapenos, Habaneros, Limes & Lemons	1 - 3	Used in various cooking recipes.	Foraging level 6
Frog	1	Can be butchered for meat. Does not rot.	Foraging level 7
Dead Bird	1	Can be butchered for meat.	Foraging level 7
Grapes	1	Used in various cooking recipes.	Foraging level 7
Dead Squirrel	1	Can be butchered for meat.	Foraging level 8
Strawberries, Pears, Grapefruits & Corn	1 - 3 items 1 - 20 seeds	If a farmable vegetable is found, there is a chance to also find seeds. Used in various cooking recipes.	Foraging level 8
Eggs & Wild Eggs	1 - 3	Must be cooked. Does rot, as of build 41.	Foraging level 8
Dead Rabbit	1	Can be butchered for meat.	Foraging level 10

Miscellaneous/manufactured(WIP)

Melee weapons (Forage skill 5 req) Percents vary
Forest rarities (Forage Skill 8 req) Percents 0.10% (can only be found in deep forest
contains  large backpacks, hiking bags, traps etc)

Food

Item	Amount	Description	Level
Peanuts	1	Can be eaten to provide a slight hunger decrease, non-perishable. Forageable from September to November. Easier to find in October, harder to find in November.	Foraging level 7

Most non farming plants can be foraged in the farmland zone

Medicinal herbs

The herbalist trait is the only method that will allow the character to forage for medicinal herbs. A poultice can be made with a Mortar and Pestle. There is no skill requirement to find medicinal herbs (unconfirmed as of 41.60)

Item	Description
Black Sage	Provides mild pain relief. (-7 pain?)
Comfrey	Aids recovery from broken bones when applied as a poultice.
Common Mallow	Eat to relieve cold and flu symptoms. (-5 cold sickness)
Ginseng	Eat to restore endurance. (2 endurance)
Lemon Grass	Eat to soothe bouts of food poisoning. Currently can be found by non-herbalists, and hence might not be considered a medicinal herb (bug?). (-12 sickness?)
Plantain	Aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice.
Wild Garlic	Helps to fight against infection when applied as poultice.

Recipes

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Campfire Materials	0.5 Carpentry	none		Log x2 (consumed)	One of: Twigs Sheet Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Book Magazine Newspaper (consumed)
Campfire Materials	0.75 Carpentry	none		Plank x3 (consumed)	One of: Twigs Sheet Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Book Magazine Newspaper (consumed)
Campfire	0 XP	none		Campfire Materials (consumed)
Stake	1.25 Carpentry	none		Tree Branch	One of: Stone Knife Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Meat Cleaver Machete (keep)
Stone Knife	0 XP	none		Tree Branch (consumed)	Chipped Stone (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Twine (consumed)
Stone Axe	0 XP	none		Tree Branch (consumed)	Chipped Stone (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Twine (consumed)
Stone Hammer	0 XP	none		Tree Branch (consumed)	Stone (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets Dirty Rag Twine (consumed)
Crafted Spear	1.25 Carpentry	Starting condition scales with player's carpentry.		One of: Tree Branch Plank (consumed)	One of: Chipped Stone Hunting Knife Kitchen Knife Machete Meat Cleaver Stone Knife (keep)
Splint	0 XP	none		One of: Plank Tree Branch Sturdy Stick (consumed)	One of: Dirty Rag Ripped Sheets (consumed)
Frog Meat	2.5 Cooking	none		One of: Kitchen Knife Hunting Knife Meat Cleaver Stone Knife Machete (keep)	Frog (consumed)
Sturdy Stick x8	0 XP	none		One of: Saw Garden Saw (keep)	Plank (consumed)
Plank x3	0.75 Carpentry (0.25 above level 3)	none		Saw (tag) (keep)	Log (consumed)
Mortar and Pestle	0.25 Carpentry	Carpentry 2		Saw (tag) (keep)	Plank (consumed)
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x2 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x3 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)
Logs Stack	0 XP	none		Log x4 (consumed)	One of: Rope x2 Sheet Rope x2 (consumed)
Log Wall	1.25 Carpentry	none		Hammer (tag) (keep)	Log x4 (consumed)	One of: Ripped Sheets x4 Twine x4 Rope x2 (consumed)

History

Alpha
Build 41.60	*Replaced foraging system with "Search Mode"
Build 41.50	*Reduced fatigue due to foraging by a large amount.
Build 34	*Black and blue berry can no longer be poisonous
Build 33	*Randomized poisonous berries/mushrooms. Added herbalist trait and new plants complementing the skill.
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