Ryzom

blogie wrote:i'm a lil newbie desert forager of level 120 and i get the 16 mats a prospect and have 0 downtime.

Thanks to Neun i can craft faster and level like mad.

The only thing what pussels me is the fail's i get when i digg in zora. I have terain spec jungel and can digg q 120 but it seams i get a lot of failiors in the sys info.

I will try the other method of digg q60 agresive rate gentel speed and switsh when i have q 60 to q120 i hope i get the same resolts as he gets in pr.

I nead the extra xp to boost range and angel its now at 20m and 60°s

The max I have ever seen stable is +30ql over your level on in a different terrain.

How you get that is up to you to find out .... don't want to take the fun away from you.

your terrain lvl (lake harvester, digging in the desert for example)

lvl+ql10 = normal no trouble
lvl+ql20 = very possible you will end up with mix ql mats which I hate.
lvl+ql30 = possible, alot more mixed ql mats

I am sticking with lake atm .... I am working on getting the Rites Generic plans ... which will give me the motivation to dig in other lands.

The PR has lost its appeal for me atm ... everyone seems to be going there and I guess I will be left behind But I do like the sun

nvm ...

Only thing I haven't tried is to extract with that setup in lower than q250 areas, as this was tested in q250 area. That might have an effect or not, but the fact at the moment is that I can't get the three with 6 resource spots. (and letting it die prematurely isn't an option, granted)

I think there is the answer as I am digging in Trench of Trials (which is q200 area) and there get these results.

thx for the information !!!

yo there !


and cya

Later on you can extract 4 sources with one prospect.

Also note that sources can last longer when team harvesting. So a setup for two extracts, can become 3 extracts.

This is how i'm doing and worked fine til now.

"Basic" prospect:
Source time 5s
Multispot 4 spots
Better mats - only choice
Knowledge 1
Terrain spec - desert
Angle 60 degrees
Range 10m

"Basic" extract:
Gentle speed 2
Harmfull rate 3
Gentle quality (q100)
Terrain spec - desert

I dont use mat spec coz I usually have a careplanner with me (around lev 30 he/she gets about 1500 xp). This person have also a share from the mats I harvest.
I usually get 7 mats/harvest, time to harvest 2 sources so at bottom line i get 14 mats / prospect. Even teaming with a careplanner i still get around 800 xp / harvest at lev 96 desert forage.
Hope this will help.

PS I might forgot some actions, I will check them when I arrive home (I'm at work now) and is so I will add later.

Another useful tip is to manipulate your screen so that the take all button is over the next source you want to harvest. Then all you do is click 'take all' 3 times & you are off & running without fiddling with direction & ql. If you are using the 2 stage method you can change to the lower ql en route or as you start to dig.
I use 6 spot prospect with the lowest time setting and can get 9 or 10 mats from 3 spots. I have only found out that using more prospect spots increased source time and feel a bit of a nerd for just realising it.
I am q130 forest & q170 desert forager.
Alyssah
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There's one thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread; wearing focus bonus gear. It can make a great deal of difference in how long you can forage before having to self-heal or just sit down and rest.

After hearing all this advice, I'm thinking of reviving my old character and trying some of it out (170ish desert forage, 60-70 forest and PR) Some of this stuff is new to me *hehehe*

joeburns wrote:There's one thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread; wearing focus bonus gear. It can make a great deal of difference in how long you can forage before having to self-heal or just sit down and rest.

After hearing all this advice, I'm thinking of reviving my old character and trying some of it out (170ish desert forage, 60-70 forest and PR) Some of this stuff is new to me *hehehe*

Yep focus gear is a mustat higher levels of foraging.

Most of this thread is pretty outdated but the general stuff still applies. I haven't tried the two stage dig enough to comment on how well it works. But I do know that i can extract 57 mats per prospect in the jungle using Speed 3 gentle, Rate 6 harmful and quality 70 gentle.

Thats with 8 spots and no source time. Adding source time lowers the overall quantity of mats I extract because although i get plenty of mats i miss my third spot.