Foraging for LoY Ribbon

[Slithinknott]

I been foraging in FV FM and Dreadlands with little sucess . Where is the best zone to forage for items to make loy ribbons.

[Deedolith]

Kill things as well, it will be faster.
The clovers drop rate isn't too bad on the drolvargs in FV.

[Slithinknott]

is it just on a low forage table the loy ribbon parts. I am using a foraging machette to get 220 in hope that will help.

[Genella]

I'd advise using the white ribbon option unless you were foraging for the ones you were previously so you could go on to your character's cultural robes.

Steamfront Spring Water is a fairly frequent drop from Grikbar kobolds in Steamfront and can be foraged at the same time, there is a large camp of them near the PoK book and 2 smaller camps in the zone. One other bonus is that sometimes gnomish alts/newbies have sold a bunch to the nearby merchants.

[Slithinknott]

Genella thank you for that tip that might actually be pretty helpful. i am foraging for my cultuarl stuf but honestly i look in the bazaar and there really aint many of hte pages i can use.

[Lokase]

is it just on a low forage table the loy ribbon parts. I am using a foraging machette to get 220 in hope that will help.

I was under the impression that since Foraging is capped to 200 that the Foraging Machette would not raise the skill past the 200 barrirer. If I am wrong please let me know and I will re-equip my character with it.


Cheers,

Lokase

[Maevenniia]

I was under the impression that since Foraging is capped to 200 that the Foraging Machette would not raise the skill past the 200 barrirer. If I am wrong please let me know and I will re-equip my character with it.


Cheers,

Lokase

Easy enough to check since skill modifiers are now supposed to affect the skill shown in the "Skills" window. Equip the Machete and open up your Skills window, and if your Foraging skill reads as 220 you will have your answer.

[Ixiola]

Equip the Machete and open up your Skills window, and if your Foraging skill reads as 220 you will have your answer.

Hmm...I don't think that will work, and this is why:

When you have a tradeskill, and open up the tradeskill container with your geerlok or trophy equiped, the container gives you the adjusted skill. But your inventory skills window gives the BASE unadjusted skill.

However, my guess is that the foraging machete will increase you past 200 even though there's no "container" to be able to open to confirm this. I base this on my experience with the research skill. Research is also capped at 200 skill, but it DOES have a container that shows your modified skill. When equiping the research geerlok, the skill is 210, right where it should be. Same is true with fishing and equiping a collapsed fishing pole for that +5%.

[Slithinknott]

i have the modified 220 skill in green whether it works or not i dont know.

[Ravenswood]

Id say that because the number shows up, you are indeed functioning at 220. However, I don't think it's possible to fail a forage at 200, so it's sort of irrelevant. At least, I don't ever remember seeing a fail since getting to 200 many months ago.

[Merts]

Jan 26

A quote from the January 26th patch.

Spell, Discipline, & AA Changes
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-The skills window will now show the modified skill of the player, including buffs/item mods, etc.

So, i'd say the +mod is working for you, however, I couldn't tell you the benefits of 220 vs 200, as I don't use the forage skill often (used it on alts and stuff).

[Mar]

At 200 skill, forage never fails. Also skill has no effect on quality of foraged items.. Rabbit meat is just way more common than dragon eggs

Druids.. look at your AA abilities. There is a Forage Mastery AA, that increases your chance of getting (2) items per forage. There are 3 levels available. I have level 1 currently and I usually manage to get doubles every 3rd or so forage. I suspect that by level 3 you will "always" get 2 items. And the items are NOT usually the same. But hey.. it still gives you more chances.

If you /autoforage - /autoinventory from ingame macros, don't forget to put in another /pause 2 /autoinventory line or you will have the 2nd item stuck on your cursor till you hit your macroed key again.


<disclaimer> This is written from memory. Not sure if the name is correct, or if any other classes get this cool AA.

Thank Tunare we get a strength buff or I would never get off the ground with SoE =P

Happy Foraging

[Pulvani]

I believe it is called Nature's Bounty, but yes Mar you are most definitely correct. I have also had really good success with only one rank in it (maxed 200 skill of course). I get doubles quite often. I would get another rank in it except that it would fill up my bags very quickly.

[Diani]

Foraging?????? High Elves dont have foraging and due to some revamp of Mistmoor my main source of sylvan berries (orcs) has been nearly eliminated