Foraging (Rift Profession)  

Quick Facts Skill: Gathering Station: Workbench Tracking: Track Plants, Track Wood Levels 1 - 75 Novice 75 - 150 Skilled 150 - 225 Expert 225 - 300 Master 300 - 375 Grandmaster Foraging Recipes
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Foraging is one of the three gathering professions. It is used for harvesting plants and wood in Telara. Foraging is especially useful for the Apothecary profession, but is also useful for weaponcrafters and artificers, which use wood to craft weapons and other items.

When you train as a Novice Forager, three icons will appear in your Abilities book (located bottom left of your screen). The icons are Track Plants, Track Wood and Foraging.

The abilities are straightforward and once activated will indicate on your mini map when a plant or piece of wood is nearby. Mouse over the small diamond on the mini map and the name of the plant/wood will display. These trackers do not have timers so they don't require reactivating. Both trackers can be active at the same time. When a plant or stack of wood is located, simply click on it when you are close enough and your character will gather it. Plants and wood have Foraging level requirements to gather them and if you are not a high enough level the text will be in red.

The most likely place to find a Wood node is at the base of trees or along the coast. Plant nodes can be found anywhere but tend to be in open spaces.

You will need to locate a workbench and be next to it to craft your wood into lumber. No other equipment or supplies are needed.

Beginning with patch 1.6, Foragers can now forage from the corpses of Treants, Boglings, and other plant-based creatures. The plants and wood thus foraged will be equivalent to the plant and wood nodes available in that zone.

Trainers

Each level has certain prerequisites that you must meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency. Below is a list of locations with links to maps which show where the Trainer can be found. Coordinates are in parentheses which you can find in game via the map (press m) by mousing over the terrain with your cursor.

Faction	Name	Location	Coordinates
Novice
Defiant	Cherendash Boke	Ark of the Ascended, Freemarch	6215,4360
	Olthin Idren	Kelari Refuge, Freemarch	6555,4585
Guardian	Clive Adar	Divine Landing, Silverwood	6220,3860
	Peligren Tice	Argent Glade, Silverwood	6050,2990
Skilled
Guardian	Jorda Tacklegrub	Gloamwood Pines, Gloamwood	5220,3090
Expert
~	~	~	~
Master
Defiant	Temur Arslan	Epoch Plaza, Meridian	5975,4205
Guardian	Renwhist Coverdale	Bahralt Street, Sanctum	6940,3425
Neutral	Craya Mordrain	Riverbank Cutoff, Droughtlands	7385,6180
Neutral	Albert Tilbin	Fortune's Shore, Shimmersand	6550,7025
Grandmaster
Neutral	Arbon Brakumon	Tulan, Cape Jule	8310, 11930
Neutral	Arbon Amanto	Tuldio Retreat, Kingdom of Pelladane	7210, 5630
Neutral	Batos Sonis	The Canals,Tempest Bay	12840, 11670

Skills

Foraging focuses primarily around two tracking skills, Track Wood and Track Plants, which are obtained for free upon training Novice Foraging. Other skills grant the ability to craft raw wood into lumber for use in other professions.

Recipe	Skill	Cost to Train
Yew Plank	1	3
Ashwood Plank	35	1 5
Oak Lumber	75	2 25
Mahogany Lumber	115	3 45
Polished Mahogany Lumber	115	reward from Woodworking 102
Potent Distillate	115	reward from Distilling for Dummies
Kingswood Lumber	145	4 35
Runebirch Lumber	185	5 55
Polished Runebirch Lumber	185	5 55  or reward from Timber, Timber, Everywhere!
Pure Distillate	185	5 55  or reward from Journeyman Distiller
Sagebrush Lumber	225	6 75
Shadethorn Lumber	250	7 50
Pristine Distillate	260	7 80  or reward from Master Distiller
Polished Shadethorn Lumber	280	8 65  or reward from your_name and master's_name, Inc.
Linden Lumber	290	11 51
Enchanted Shadethorn Lumber	300	20 0 0
Elm Lumber	330	87 69
Shipment of Linden Lumber	335	7 0 0
Madrosa Lumber	350	1 25 78
Shipment of Elm Lumber	350	9 0 0
Laminated Madrosa Lumber	375	30 0 0
Regal Distillate	375	20 0 0
Shipment of Madrosa Lumber	375	11 0 0

Quests

Plants:

• Flower Power (7) - Collect 5 Grieveblossom Petals

The following quests are item-triggered by rare drops. Take them to your Master (Temur Arslan in Meridian or Renwhist Coverdale in Sanctum).

Potent Sap - Drops from Golden Nettle, Duskglory and Wyvernspur (requires Foraging 115)

1. Potent Potable? (20)
2. Distilling for Dummies (20) - Gather 10 Evergreen Nettle Stems and 10 Duskglory Petals

Reward: Recipe: Potent Distillate

Pure Sap - Drop From Tattertwist and Roc Orchid (requires Foraging 185)

1. It's Pure ... But What Is It? (30)
2. Journeyman Distiller (30)

Reward: Recipe: Pure Distillate

Pristine Sap - Drop From Bloodshade or Twilight Bloom (requires Foraging 260) †

1. Elegent Evolution (50)
2. Master Distiller (50)

Reward: Recipe: Pristine Distillate

† Reduced from 280 with the 1.8 patch.

Wood:

• Lumber Liquidation (7) - Collect 5 Yew Timber

The following quests are item-triggered by rare drops. Take them to your Master (Temur Arslan in Meridian or Renwhist Coverdale in Sanctum).

Exceptional Mahogany Sample - Drop From Mahogany Log (requires Foraging 115)

1. Woodworking 101 (20)
2. Woodworking 102 (20) - Craft 10 Mahogany Lumber and 10 Oak Lumber

Reward: Recipe: Polished Mahogany Lumber

Exceptional Runebirch Sample - Drop From Runebirch Log (requires Foraging 185)

1. Tale of Two Timbers (30)
2. Timber, Timber, Everywhere! (30) - Craft 10 Runebirch Lumber and 10 Kingswood Lumber

Reward: Recipe: Polished Runebirch Lumber

Exceptional Shadethorn Sample - Drop From Sagebush Log or Shadethorn Branch (requires Foraging 280)

1. Wood Encounters of the Fourth Kind (40)
2. your_name and master's_name, Inc. (50) - Craft 10 Shadethorn Lumber and 10 Sagebrush Lumber

Reward: Recipe: Polished Shadethorn Lumber

See also: Weekly Harvesting Guild Quests

Plants & Wood

Level	Resource Node	Yield	Type	Screenshot	Notes
1	Coastal Glory	Coastal Glory	Plant		Freemarch, Silverwood
1	Grieveblossom	Grieveblossom Petals	Plant		Freemarch, Silverwood
1	Bloodbriar	Bloodbriar Stems	Plant		Stonefield
1	Yew Log	Yew Timber	Wood		Freemarch, Silverwood
1	Corpseblossom	Corpseblossom Petals	Plant		Moonshade Highlands
30	Creeperbrush	Creeperbrush Roots	Plant		Freemarch, Stonefield
35	Ashwood Log	Ashwood Timber	Wood		Freemarch, Stonefield
70	Razorbrush	Razorbrush Leaves	Plant		Stonefield, Scarlet Gorge
70	Krakenweed	Krakenweed Stems	Plant		Stonefield, Scarlet Gorge
75	Oak Log	Oak Log	Wood		Stonefield, Scarlet Gorge
80	Golden Nettle	Evergreen Nettle Stems Golden Nettle Stems Potent Sap	Plant		Stonefield, Scarlet Gorge, Scarwood Reach
80	Duskglory	Duskglory Petals Potent Sap	Plant		Stonefield, Scarlet Gorge, Scarwood Reach
115	Mahogany Log	Mahogany Log	Wood		Scarlet Gorge, Scarwood Reach, Stonefield, Droughtlands
115	Wyvernspurr	Wyvernspurr Stems Potent Sap	Plant		Scarlet Gorge, Scarwood Reach, Droughtlands
140	Tattertwist	Tattertwist Leaves, Pure Sap	Plant		Scarwood Reach, Moonshade Highlands
145	Roc Orchid	Roc Orchid Petals Pure Sap	Plant		Stillmoor, Scarwood Rach, Droughtlands, Moonshade Highlands, Iron Pine Peak, Shimmersand
145	Kingswood Log	Kingswood Log	Wood		Shimmersand, Scarwood Reach, Droughtlands, Moonshade Highlands
180	Drakefoot	Drakefoot Stems Drakefoot Seed	Plant		Shimmersand, Droughtlands, Iron Pine Peak
185	Runebirch Log	Runebirch Log	Wood		Moonshade Highlands, Iron Pine Peak, Stillmoor
200	Asturn Pine	Asturn Pine	Wood		Moonshade Highlands
200	Gently Used Arrows	Gently Used Arrows	Wood		In corpses at Death's Approach in Stillmoor
200	Bloodshade	Bloodshade Petals	Plant		Stillmoor, Iron Pine Peak, Shimmersand
225	Basiliskweed	Basiliskweed Stems	Plant		Stillmoor, Shimmersand, Droughtlands
225	Sagebrush Log	Sagebrush Timber	Wood		Iron Pine Peak, Stillmoor, Shimmersand, Ember Isle
230	Tempestflower	Tempestflower Stems	Plant		Stillmoor, Shimmersand, Ember Isle
250	Twilight Bloom	Twilight Bloom Roots Pristine Sap	Plant		Iron Pine Peak, Charmer's Caldera, Abyssal Precipice, Stillmoor, Ember Isle
250	Shadethorn Branch	Shadethorn Log	Wood		Iron Pine Peak, Charmer's Caldera, Abyssal Precipice, Stillmoor, Ember Isle
290	Chimera's Cloak	Chimera's Cloak Petals	Plant		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Cape Jule and Kingdom of Pelladane.
290	Linden Timber	Linden Timber	Wood		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Cape Jule and Kingdom of Pelladane.
335	Frazzleweed	Frazzleweed Tuft	Plant		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Ardent Domain, City Core, Eastern Holdings, and Seratos.
335	Elm Timber	Elm Timber	Wood		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Ardent Domain, City Core, Eastern Holdings, and Seratos.
375	Madrosa Timber	Madrosa Timber	Wood		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Kingsward, Ashora, Morban, and Steppes of Infinity
375	Lucidflower	Lucidflower Spire	Plant		Brevane and Dusken. Although any level 300-375 Foraging resource can appear in any Storm Legion zone, this resource will most often be found in Kingsward, Ashora, Morban, and Steppes of Infinity.

To see a map of all the locations the above objects can be found, click on the item it yields.

Corpse Harvesting

Beginning with patch 1.6, Foragers can now forage from the corpses of Treants, Boglings, and other plant-based creatures. The plants and wood thus foraged will be equivalent to the plant and wood nodes available in that zone.

This list is intended to help guide you through the fastest way to level Foraging. Remember, the fastest leveling occurs when your Skill is close to the minimum skill required (Orange difficulty). This will change to Yellow 10 points above the minimum, Green 10 points after that, and Gray (trivial; no skill increase) after another 10.

Skill	Level	Example Mobs
1	11	Boglings around Sunken Marsh in Silverwood
1, 10	13	Baelthorns around Treant's Grove in Silverwood
50	21	Blackroots around Grove of the Ancients in Gloamwood
130	34	Direthorns around Lotham's Strike in Scarwood Reach
130	34	Twisted Nature Spirits around Lotham's Strike in Scarwood Reach
170	39	Boglings around Kelpmere in Moonshade Highlands
240	50	Blood Bough at Blood Grove in Stillmoor
265	52	Boglings, Treants at The Stranglewood in Ember Isle
310	56	Ironbark Vilebranch at Soros Estate in Ardent Domain
310	56	Walking Stinkweed at The Pus Swamp in Seratos
350	60	Blackthorn Bloom at Northern Cross in The Dendrome