Foraging Mastery

How to level up

Gather plants to raise this skill. The more difficult the plant to gather, the more experience you earn.

Fastest experience

Levels	Activity	XP/hour	XP	Time
1 → 4	Juniper Berries Bush same rate: Carrot Patch Mesquite Tree Pinyon Pine Tree +2	720	3,000	~4 h 10 min
4 → 6	Agave Plant same rate: Barrel Cactus Wild Tobacco Plant Wolfberry Bush +1	2,160	24,000	~11 h 7 min
6 → 10	Chiltepin Bush same rate: Creosote Bush Jojoba Shrub Sotol +1	2,880	2,160,000	~750 h
From level 1 to 10, always on the fastest activity				~765 h

XP per hour is the XP of one action × 3,600 ÷ the seconds it takes: gathering at the base time (tools, skill level and other gatherers shorten it) and crafting with the ingredients in hand.

Plan this skill, step by step

Every way to train 18

Activity	Level	XP	Time	XP/hour	Needs
Carrot Patch	1	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Crude Leather Gloves +7
Juniper Berries Bush	1	4	20 s	720	—
Mesquite Tree	1	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Hardened Leather Gloves +6
Pinyon Pine Tree	1	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Crude Leather Gloves +7
Prickly Pear Cactus	1	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Hardened Leather Gloves +6
Yucca	1	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Crude Leather Gloves +7
Aloe Vera Plant	2	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Hardened Leather Gloves +6
Desert Ephedra Bush	2	4	20 s	720	Tool (any one) Hardened Leather Gloves +6
Agave Plant	4	12	20 s	2,160	Tool (any one) Treated Leather Gloves +3
Barrel Cactus	4	12	20 s	2,160	Tool (any one) Treated Leather Gloves +3
Wild Tobacco Plant	4	12	20 s	2,160	Tool (any one) Treated Leather Gloves +3
Wolfberry Bush	4	12	20 s	2,160	Tool (any one) Treated Leather Gloves +3
Yerba Mansa Patch	4	12	20 s	2,160	Tool (any one) Treated Leather Gloves +3
Chiltepin Bush	6	16	20 s	2,880	Tool (any one) Laminated Hide Gloves +1
Creosote Bush	6	16	20 s	2,880	Tool (any one) Laminated Hide Gloves +1
Jojoba Shrub	6	16	20 s	2,880	Tool (any one) Laminated Hide Gloves +1
Sotol	6	16	20 s	2,880	Tool (any one) Laminated Hide Gloves +1
Tepary Bean Field	6	16	20 s	2,880	Tool (any one) Laminated Hide Gloves +1

What this skill works with

Tools

Crude Leather Gloves Hardened Leather Gloves Stitched Leather Gloves Reinforced Work Gloves Treated Leather Gloves Composite Weave Gloves Laminated Hide Gloves Ceramic Weave Gloves

Produces

20 items

Mutated Carrot Juniper Berries Mesquite Pods Pinyon Pine Nuts Prickly Pear Cactus Pad Yucca Fruit Aloe Vera Leaves Desert Ephedra Agave Heart Agave Leaves Barrel Cactus Pulp Wild Tobacco Leaves Wolfberry Yerba Mansa Root Chiltepin Peppers Creosote Resin Jojoba Wax Sotol Fiber Sotol Heart Tepary Beans

XP rewards 2

Books that train this category

Field Notes - Wildernessup to lv 3Operational Manual - Wildernessup to lv 9Technical Manual - Wildernessup to lv 5

Tiers

Tier	Level	Unlocks	Of this tier
T1	1	Allows you to use Tier 1 foraging tools and collect Tier 1 resources	Aloe Vera Plant Desert Ephedra Bush Mesquite Tree Prickly Pear Cactus
T1.5	3	Allows to gather Tier 1.5 resources +10% chance receiving additional resource when gathering	—
T2	4	Allows you to use Tier 2 foraging tools and collect Tier 2 resources	Composite Weave Gloves Manual: Treated Leather Gloves Treated Leather Gloves Agave Plant Barrel Cactus Wild Tobacco Plant +2
T3	6	Allows you to use Tier 3 foraging tools and collect Tier 3 resources	Ceramic Weave Gloves Laminated Hide Gloves Chiltepin Bush Creosote Bush Jojoba Shrub Sotol +1

Levels

Items that require this skill 6

Ceramic Weave Gloveslv 7Composite Weave Gloveslv 4Laminated Hide Gloveslv 6Manual: Composite Weave Gloveslv 4Manual: Treated Leather Gloveslv 4Treated Leather Gloveslv 4

Map resources that require it 18

Agave Plantlv 4Aloe Vera Plantlv 2Barrel Cactuslv 4Carrot Patchlv 1Chiltepin Bushlv 6Creosote Bushlv 6Desert Ephedra Bushlv 2Jojoba Shrublv 6Juniper Berries Bushlv 1Mesquite Treelv 1Pinyon Pine Treelv 1Prickly Pear Cactuslv 1Sotollv 6Tepary Bean Fieldlv 6Wild Tobacco Plantlv 4Wolfberry Bushlv 4Yerba Mansa Patchlv 4Yuccalv 1

Tested in events 2