I have tried and tried to forage - no luck anywhere! Is there a secret I don't know? Do areas 'glow' or do you just need to know where to go for this to work? Or just happen to be "in the right place at the right time"?
Thanks ever so much for any feedback on this!
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Foraging is pretty much a combination of skill level and the luck of the draw. I was trying to forage some mud crabs in Lake o Ill Omen with my iksar shaman for hours with a skill of 50 without luck. I took my wood elf ranger with a skill of 60 there and got two in less than half an hour.
You can forage anywhere in a zone and get the same items as anywhere else. There are no "hot spots".
Skill determines whether you get something or not, what you get is random. Some items have a higher rate than others too. You will get a lot of roots and pods of water.
You can forage anywhere in a zone and get the same items as anywhere else. There are no "hot spots".
Skill determines whether you get something or not, what you get is random. Some items have a higher rate than others too. You will get a lot of roots and pods of water.
you wont start to forage really anything on a reagualr basis until skill level 50 or so. jsut keep mashing the button. it will come soon enough
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* Once you reach a skill of 100, you will be able to forage the zone specific items (like Wild Cabbage in NK).
* As stated above.. Mash the forage key everytime you run somewhere or are waiting for a group to form up, ect..
Good Luck!
Edited, Sat May 29 22:18:05 2004 by Imake
* As stated above.. Mash the forage key everytime you run somewhere or are waiting for a group to form up, ect..
Good Luck!
Edited, Sat May 29 22:18:05 2004 by Imake
There is another thread here somewhere that details how to make forage an automatic function so that you will always be foraging and you never have to mash your little fingers!
I'm sorry, but I forget what the name of the thread is and since I didn't set the macro up for my ranger , I don't remember how it goes...
Good hunting and good foraging!
BTW - I noticed that my skill really started to kick in after about 60. So, keep trying!
I'm sorry, but I forget what the name of the thread is and since I didn't set the macro up for my ranger , I don't remember how it goes...
Good hunting and good foraging!
BTW - I noticed that my skill really started to kick in after about 60. So, keep trying!
I had heard the same thing, Imake, but I don't believe it's true. My ranger has been foraging zone specific items from level 1 (so you can guess what my forage skill was.)
Thank you all for the replies! I will just keep "mashing" and someday I will be surprised!
Mappam:
Tie forage to either your forward arrow button, or your right or left arrow buttons.
To do this, first set up forage as a hotbutton. Looks at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
Now go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should be your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. In the SECOND column, hit the forward or side arrow buttons next to the hotbutton you made your forage key. Then exit.
Now, everytime you hit your forward arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
Ambrya
Tie forage to either your forward arrow button, or your right or left arrow buttons.
To do this, first set up forage as a hotbutton. Looks at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
Now go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should be your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. In the SECOND column, hit the forward or side arrow buttons next to the hotbutton you made your forage key. Then exit.
Now, everytime you hit your forward arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
Ambrya
If you still don't feel that your question have been sufficiently answered, there is a huge thread all about foraging not too far back on this forum. IIRC, it was a 2-page ordeal with all kinds of tips on foraging, places to forage, and a list of worthwhile items you can forage. If you're serious about foraging, take the time to look through the old threads and find it.
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Thanks Ambya! That is wonderful!
But I have a question - isn't my forward button my "move forward" button? The one I use to move my character forward - run/walk?
If I tie forage to this isn't it going to activate each time I move forward - even in cities etc?
Twiztid - I will look for that thread now - thanks!
But I have a question - isn't my forward button my "move forward" button? The one I use to move my character forward - run/walk?
If I tie forage to this isn't it going to activate each time I move forward - even in cities etc?
Twiztid - I will look for that thread now - thanks!
Yes it will activate everytime you move forward, that is the point of tying it into a key you use all the time.
Thanks Crowchaser - I will do it as soon as I log in!
The printer is my friend - LOL - I just printed out all of the useful info and will have it in front of me so I will 'get it right'!
The printer is my friend - LOL - I just printed out all of the useful info and will have it in front of me so I will 'get it right'!
When you forage, are you occasionally getting anything at all? If you have never gotten anything, you may need to go to your trainer and put a point into the forage skill to get it started.
Yes Mappam...exactly. You will be constantly practicing forage that way.
Ambrya
Ambrya
Okay - here is the Dumb Question of the day:
How do I tie to a key? I printed out the 'how-to' - got ingame and then could not figure out how to do this part! I right clicked and nothing happened. I went into options-keyboard and couldn't get this to work either - dohhh I feel soo stupid!
I did forage using the old fashioned way - clicking the forage button - and managed to get some water and fruit! I was Sooo excited!
Funny happening = I zoned into East Commons and somehow got stuck high in a tree. I could look down and see the whole world - but could Not get down. I logged and tried again - still in the tree. hmmm tried rewind - nothing - tried to petition a GM - nobody on - finally sent a /ooc help! And some kind soul offered to kill me - ROFL. I decided while I waited for this person to get to me I would click forage = got water! High in a tree - LOL. End of story - I tried rewind again and fell from the tree - suffering 44 damage - but well worth the broken leg!
So after this loooong post - I did manage to Forage! THANK you all for your replies!! Now if I can only figure out how to 'tie to a key' I will be all set.
How do I tie to a key? I printed out the 'how-to' - got ingame and then could not figure out how to do this part! I right clicked and nothing happened. I went into options-keyboard and couldn't get this to work either - dohhh I feel soo stupid!
I did forage using the old fashioned way - clicking the forage button - and managed to get some water and fruit! I was Sooo excited!
Funny happening = I zoned into East Commons and somehow got stuck high in a tree. I could look down and see the whole world - but could Not get down. I logged and tried again - still in the tree. hmmm tried rewind - nothing - tried to petition a GM - nobody on - finally sent a /ooc help! And some kind soul offered to kill me - ROFL. I decided while I waited for this person to get to me I would click forage = got water! High in a tree - LOL. End of story - I tried rewind again and fell from the tree - suffering 44 damage - but well worth the broken leg!
So after this loooong post - I did manage to Forage! THANK you all for your replies!! Now if I can only figure out how to 'tie to a key' I will be all set.
Reread this post and try it again. I'm unfortunately not able to follow through the steps at the moment to confirm, but it looks like everything here is correct.
If this doesn't work, post again and I'll go through it step by step and see what's not quite working right.
When all else fails, just drink the koolaid. Yes, summer is nigh, it's koolaid time!
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Mappam:
Tie forage to either your forward arrow button, or your right or left arrow buttons.
To do this, first set up forage as a hotbutton. Looks at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
Now go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should be your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. In the SECOND column, hit the forward or side arrow buttons next to the hotbutton you made your forage key. Then exit.
Now, everytime you hit your forward arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
Ambrya
Tie forage to either your forward arrow button, or your right or left arrow buttons.
To do this, first set up forage as a hotbutton. Looks at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
Now go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should be your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. In the SECOND column, hit the forward or side arrow buttons next to the hotbutton you made your forage key. Then exit.
Now, everytime you hit your forward arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
Ambrya
If this doesn't work, post again and I'll go through it step by step and see what's not quite working right.
When all else fails, just drink the koolaid. Yes, summer is nigh, it's koolaid time!
TStephens - it is that Very First Step "Tie forage to either your...." - How do I TIE forage to forward (or whatever)?
The rest of the processes seems like it will work - but I can't get anything to "tie" anywhere!
That is where I tried the Options and right clicking etc - once I have Forage 'tied' I should (operative word = should) be able to do the rest.
Thanks so much for the reponse!
The rest of the processes seems like it will work - but I can't get anything to "tie" anywhere!
That is where I tried the Options and right clicking etc - once I have Forage 'tied' I should (operative word = should) be able to do the rest.
Thanks so much for the reponse!
That sentence is just a description of what is being explained below it. It is not actually the first step.
Edited to add this last thing...also, search this forum for "Auto Forage". I asked how to do this myself awhile back and got great instructions. If you are still having problems with these, then use the ones that are contained in that thread. I'd link it for you, but it's a holiday and I'm being lazy
Edited, Mon May 31 14:53:32 2004 by rhaiynebow
Edited to add this last thing...also, search this forum for "Auto Forage". I asked how to do this myself awhile back and got great instructions. If you are still having problems with these, then use the ones that are contained in that thread. I'd link it for you, but it's a holiday and I'm being lazy
Edited, Mon May 31 14:53:32 2004 by rhaiynebow
Sorry, Mappam, I wasn't very clear. Tying it to your forward arrow button is the LAST step, not the first step, where you go into your "Options" menu. What you are doing there is designating an alternate keystroke that will trigger whichever hotbutton you have chosen. The default keystrokes, in the first column, are 1 through 0. So, for instance, my forage hotbutton is Hotbutton 6. If I hit the number 6 on my keyboard, it would trigger it. In the SECOND column, you can designate an alternative keystroke. Here, I hit the forward arrow button. So whenever I move forward, I forage.
Gonna break down the instructions a little more clearly...
STEP ONE: Create a forage hotbutton...
Look at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
STEP TWO: Trigger your forage hotbutton with a commonly used keystroke...
Go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should see your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. The first column should be the default numbers of the hotbuttons. In the SECOND column, you can designate an alternate keystroke to trigger the hotbutton macro. Click on the second column next to whicher hotbutton is your forage button, and hit the forward or side arrow buttons. Then exit.
THE RESULT...
Now, everytime you hit your forward (or side) arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
One small warning...the changes in your options menu hold true for all your characters. So if you have an alt, you will need to make sure there is nothing in the hotbutton window in the slot where your forage button is on your main, or that alt will be trying to do whatever it is whenever he moves.
Ambrya
Gonna break down the instructions a little more clearly...
STEP ONE: Create a forage hotbutton...
Look at your actions window, there should be six buttons, and one of them will be forage. They are in this order
1 2
3 4
5 6
Remember which one, 1-6, is forage.
Then type /hotbutton Foraging <enter> and a hotbutton will appear on your mouse. Drop it in your hotbutton window. Then right click on it.
In the first empty line, type /doability # (where # is the number of the forage button in your actions window, 1-6. If forage is button #4, type /doability 4, if it's button #3, type /doabilty 3, etc)
In the second empty line, type /pause 10. (this will pause for 1 second after you forage.)
In the third empty line, type /autoinventory.
Click on "accept" to close the hotbutton window.
STEP TWO: Trigger your forage hotbutton with a commonly used keystroke...
Go into your options menu, into the Keyboard tab. Choose "Macros" from the dropdown list. On your screen, you should see your 10 hotbuttons listed, and two columns. The first column should be the default numbers of the hotbuttons. In the SECOND column, you can designate an alternate keystroke to trigger the hotbutton macro. Click on the second column next to whicher hotbutton is your forage button, and hit the forward or side arrow buttons. Then exit.
THE RESULT...
Now, everytime you hit your forward (or side) arrow button, if forage is active, you will practice it. Then it will pause for a second, and automatically drop whatever you have foraged into your inventory. Once in a while, clear out your inventory, and voila! Foraging practice without the effort.
One small warning...the changes in your options menu hold true for all your characters. So if you have an alt, you will need to make sure there is nothing in the hotbutton window in the slot where your forage button is on your main, or that alt will be trying to do whatever it is whenever he moves.
Ambrya
You Guys Are AWESOME!!! Thank you all soooooo much!
I found the SECRET in all of this = you have to make a NEW forage hotbutton! The existing one does Not work! That is where I was making my mistake. I right clicked on it til my fingers were bleeding and I never got any 'fill in the line blanks'!
As soon as I created a NEW hotbutton for foraging - voila!! It Works!!
Soo - Thank you Ambrya, Lady, TStephens and twiz for sticking with me on this!!!
And I hope I thanked all the rest of you earlier!
I found the SECRET in all of this = you have to make a NEW forage hotbutton! The existing one does Not work! That is where I was making my mistake. I right clicked on it til my fingers were bleeding and I never got any 'fill in the line blanks'!
As soon as I created a NEW hotbutton for foraging - voila!! It Works!!
Soo - Thank you Ambrya, Lady, TStephens and twiz for sticking with me on this!!!
And I hope I thanked all the rest of you earlier!
As a note (B/C I didn't really see anyone mention this), It also works in your ten page 1-10 Hotbuttons sheet.
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