Medicinal plants

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PlushSpiffo.pngThis article is about the medicinal plants foraging category. For wild plants, see Wild plants. For wild herbs, see Wild herbs.

Medicinal plants is a category of items that can be found whilst foraging. These items can be used in first aid to assist in healing certain injuries.

Player attributes

The player's occupation and traits can help improve the chance of finding medicinal plants.

Occupations

Name Points Factor
Park Ranger Park Ranger -4 75%
Veteran Veteran -8 20%
Farmer Farmer -4 5%
Chef Chef -4 15%
Unemployed 8 5%
Doctor Doctor 2 10%
Nurse Nurse 2 20%
Fitness Instructor Fitness Instructor -6 20%

Any occupations not listed here have no effect on finding medicinal plants.

Traits

Name Points Factor
Former Scout Former Scout -6 5%
Hiker Hiker -6 3%
Hunter Hunter -8 3%
Gardener Gardener -4 5%
Cook Cook -6 3%
Nutritionist Nutritionist -4 5%
Herbalist Herbalist -6 15%

Any traits not listed here have no effect on finding medicinal plants.

Items

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Item Description Encumbrance
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Black Sage
Provides mild pain relief. 0.1
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Comfrey
Aids recovery from broken bones when applied as a poultice. 0.1 / 0.2
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Common Mallow
Eat to relieve cold and flu symptoms. 0.1
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Ginseng
Eat to restore endurance. 0.1
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Lemongrass
Eat to soothe bouts of food poisoning. 0.1
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Plantain
Aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice. 0.1 / 0.2
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Wild Garlic
Helps to fight against infection when applied as poultice. 0.1 / 0.2

Crafting

Some medicinal plants need to be crafted into a poultice using a mortar and pestle for their medicinal effects to be utilized.

Product XP gained Skill(s) Recipe Ingredient 1 Ingredient 2
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Plantain Poultice
0 XP none Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
(keep)
PlantainPlantago.png
Plantain x5
(consumed)
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Comfrey Poultice
0 XP none Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
(keep)
Comfrey.png
Comfrey x5
(consumed)
MashedHerbs.png
Wild Garlic Poultice
0 XP none Mortar and Pestle
Mortar and Pestle
(keep)
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Wild Garlic x5
(consumed)

Distribution

This category can be selected as a search focus at foraging level 6. These items can still be found at lower levels, however most require the herbalist trait or The Herbalist recipe magazine to have been read.

The following distribution modifiers are used in conjunction with the individual item's modifiers to determine the probability of finding the item.

Location distribution
Location Weight
Forest 20
Deep Forest 30
Grasslands 15
Farmland 15
Farm 15
Trailer Park 0
Town 0
Road/Car Park 0
Weather distribution
Weather Bonus
Raining 50%
Has Rained 25%
Snowing -50%
Day 0%
Night 100%

See also