Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (2024)

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1.Introduction

2.Gathering Tools

3.Gathering Tool Durability Reduction

4.Gathering Gear/Buffs

5.Agris Fever

6.Hedgehog Pet

7.Energy Regen Buffs

9.Gathering Mastery

10.Where to Gather

10.1.Herbs/Logs/Stone

10.2.Meat

10.3.Blood

10.4.Hide

10.5.Sap

11.Cow Milking

Introduction

Gathering is one of the most profitable life skills after the Life Skill Mastery update and players can gain high silver per hour once they reach high mastery and level. But it is an active life skill that can take up a lot of time. It is very easy for anyone to get started though and you can start making instant money. Gathering requires you to spend Energy though, which is a limited resource. You can recover 1 energy every 3 minutes, and can only improve this rate by popping certain buffs or sleeping in a bed.

To get started you will also need to equip a gathering tool depending on the type of material you are going to gather. More information can be found below. Each time you gather, the durability of the tool will decrease and eventually break once they hit 0.
Gathering tools cannot be repaired (apart from the mastery tools).

Gathering Tools
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (1)Axeused on any trees to gather logs, timber, planks, old tree bark, bloody tree knot, etc.
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (2)Hoeused on wild plants to gather herbs, fruits, weeds, seeds, flowers, mushrooms, etc.
can also be used to gather underwater plants
you can also gather wild plants (land only) without needing a hoe but you are likely to only get weeds
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (3)Tanning Knifeused on certain dead animals to gather hides, fur, feathers, and plumes (eg. kuku bird, deer hide, rhino hide)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (4)Butcher Knifeused on certain dead animals to gather meat (eg. pork, fox, wolf, bear)
can also be used with the hunting lifeskill on certain monsters to get blood and hide
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (5)Fluid Collectorused on certain dead animals to gather blood or used on any tree to gather tree sap
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (6)Pickaxeused on rocks to gather ores, gemstones, and crystals

Other items are also used to gather some materials. These work differently from other gathering tools and can only be obtained from a material vendor. You must go to a specific place and then right-click the item in your inventory to begin gathering. Each gather requires x1 of the item so if you want to gather lots of water, you will need multiple empty bottles.

Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (7)Empty Bottleused whilst standing in water (eg. river, sea) to gather water
requires Empty Bottle x1 per gather
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (8)Shabby Shovelused in the desert in Valencia (map must be hidden) to dig up muddy water, ores, crystals, etc.
requires x1 per gather

Gathering Tools

Beginner gathering tools can be bought from any materials vendor.

  • The best choice for Gathering Tools is a Magic Tool until you reach over 650 Gathering Mastery, and then you will benefit from the Mastery Tools more.
  • This is because Magic Tools have an Increase extra acquisition rate of +80% that does not stack with gathering mastery. Once you reach over 650 gathering mastery you will get an 85.7% increase, as well as other benefits. Until then it is lower than using a Magic Tool.

Magic Tools have high durability (250) and also the fastest gathering speed (-11 second gathering time), as well as an increased chance of getting rare drops when using them.

You can usually get most Magic Tools from the central market and they are given out through event boxes as well.

If Magic Tools are unavailable, you can also get them by exchanging certain Imperial Seals or crafting them at a level 3 Tool Workshop

Magic ToolShiny Golden SealCrafting Recipe (Level 3 Tool Workshop)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (9)Magic Lumbering AxeGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (10)Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Training] x2
Obtained from Imperial Horse Training
Maple Timber x1, Steel x3, Iron Ingot x10, Black Stone Powder x5
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (11)Magic PickaxeGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (12)Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Conquest] x35Maple Timber x1, Steel x4, Iron Ingot x10, Black Stone Powder x5
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (13)Magic HoeGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (14)Shiny Golden Seal – [Calpheon Trade] x100Maple Timber x1, Steel x2, Iron Ingot x10, Black Stone Powder x5
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (15)Magic Butcher KnifeGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (16)Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Conquest] x35Maple Timber x 1, Steel x 1, Iron Ingot x 10, Fine Hard Hide x1, Black Stone Powder x4
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (17)Magic Tanning KnifeGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (18)Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Training] x2
Obtained from Imperial Horse Training
Maple Timber x1, Steel x1, Iron Ingot x10, Fine Hard Hide x1, Black Stone Powder x5
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (19)Magic Fluid CollectorGathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (20)Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Fishing] x10Steel x2, Iron Ingot x10, Black Stone Powder x5

Gathering Tool Durability Reduction

You can use buffs to reduce the rate that your gathering tool durability decreases. This means that you won’t always lose -1 durability when you gather and you don’t have to repair your mastery tools as often or replace the other tools which can’t be repaired. It’s more for your convenience and not too important.

  • Pearl Store Weapon Costume Piece
    • Using any weapon costume piece from the pearl store gives a +10% durability reduction
    • Can stack with the mainhand weapon costume piece
  • Pearl Stone Awakening Weapon Costume Piece
    • Using any awakening weapon costume piece from the pearl store gives a +10% durability reduction
    • Can stack with the mainhand weapon costume piece
  • Costume 8 set bonus
    • Equipping a total of 8 costume pieces (a full premium set) gives +10% durability reduction
    • Treant costume (which gives Gathering level +1) does not have the 8-set bonus
  • Pets
    • Pets can have durability reduction skills which can stack up to +20%
  • Brand Stone
    • You can use a Brand Stone (bought from the pearl store) on your mastery gathering tools to add +50% durability reduction to them

Gathering Gear/Buffs

You should aim to get gathering level 5 to increase your gathering speed. This can be done a number of ways but should be fairly easy.

  • Most people can get between level +1 to +3 from their passive guild buff. You can then use a Balenos Meal for an additional +2, or use an Alchemy Stone/Life Spirit Stone for +2.
  • Ideally, you will then want to use Fig Pie for the increased Gathering Item Drop Rate and Life Mastery clothing and accessories to increase your drops as much as possible.

Here is an excellent gear roadmap made by DMUK on the Lifeskill discord. This shows what you should aim for to improve your Gathering Mastery.

NameBuffHow to obtain
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (21)Grain SoupGathering Speed +1Cooking (Beginner 1)
Cooking Wine x3,
Grain x6,
Salt x1,
Mineral Water x3
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (22)Pickled VegetablesGathering Speed +1Cooking (Apprentice 1)
Cabbage x8,
Vinegar x4
Leavening Agent x2,
Sugar x2
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (23)Hard-Boiled ShellfishGathering Speed +2Cooking (Skilled 1)
Dried Pearl Oyster x2,
Essence of Liquor x3,
Garlic x4,
Hot Pepper x2,
Olive Oil x5
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (24)Fig PieGathering Item Drop Rate +3%Cooking (Apprentice 1)
Fig x5,
Dough x3,
Sugar x3,
Olive Oil x2
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (25)Balenos MealGathering Speed +2Cooking (Skilled 6)
Cheese Gratin x1,
Meat Croquette x1,
Smoked Fish Steak x1,
Stir-Fried Vegetables x2,
Beer x2
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (26)Seafood Cron MealGathering +2Processing window (L) > Simple Cooking
Balenos Meal x3,
Calpheon Meal x3,
Margoria Seafood Meal x1,
Ancient Cron Spice x1
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (27)Alchemy Stone of LifeGathering +2
Gathering Item Drop Rate +13%
(depends on alchemy stone)
Alchemy (Skilled 5)
Recipe for one:
Shining Powder x8,
Blood of the Sinner x5,
Powder of Time x6,
Pure Powdered Reagent x9,
Clear Liquid Reagent x9
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (28)Life Spirit StoneGathering +2
Gathering Item Drop Rate +10%
Dropped from monsters in Kamaslyvia region
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (29)Worker’s ElixirGathering +2Alchemy (Apprentice 1)
Sinner’s Blood x1,
Silver Azalea x6,
Powder of Flame x2,
Ash Tree Sap x4
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (30)Verdure DraughtGathering +3Processing window (L) > Simple Cooking
Worker’s Elixir x3,
Elixir of Swiftness x3,
Elixir of Time x3,
Tears of the Falling Moon x1
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (31)Sethra’s Artifacts – Gathering Item Drop RateGathering Item Drop Rate +2%
Rare chance of dropping when Gathering
(* Excluding Barehanded Gathering, Water Scooping, and Shoveling)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (32)Sethra’s Artifacts – Gathering EXPGathering EXP +5%Rare chance of dropping when Gathering
(* Excluding Barehanded Gathering, Water Scooping, and Shoveling)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (33)Sethra’s Artifacts – Gathering MasteryGathering Mastery +10Rare chance of dropping when Gathering
(* Excluding Barehanded Gathering, Water Scooping, and Shoveling)
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Lightstone Set

Increases the chance of all gatherings +10%
Gathering EXP +13%
Gathering Mastery +25
Gathering Speed Level +1
Energy Recovery +1
Luck Level +1
Lightstone of Flora: Plains
Lightstone of Flora: Forest
Lightstone of Wind: Fortune
Iridescent Lightstone
More info in our Artifacts and Lightstones Guide
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (35)Dim Magic Crystal: LifeLife EXP +3%Obtained from Challenge (Y) rewards when reaching Apprentice in a Life Skill
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (36)Life CrystalLife EXP +5%Obtained through Repeatable Quest
[Repeat] Life Crystal – from Hyunyong NPC
Hand over Forest Crystal, x1, Trace of Forest x50
Forest Crystals are obtained from Black Shrine Bosses
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (37)Vital CrystalLife Skill Mastery +10Obtained through Repeatable Quest
[Repeat] Vital Crystal – from Hyunyong NPC
Hand over Forest Crystal, x1, Trace of Forest x50
Forest Crystals are obtained from Black Shrine Bosses
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (38)Silver Embroidered Gatherer’s Clothes
(up to +5 enhancement)
Gathering +1 to +4
Gathering EXP +10% to +40%
(depending on enhancement)
Costume Mill (Level 1)
Flax Fabric x10,
Trace of Forest x10,
Black Stone Powder x15
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (39)Loggia Gatherer’s Clothes
(up to +20 enhancement)
Gathering Mastery +3 to +280
(depending on enhancement)
Sold by Camellia Loggia and Zaaira for
1 million silver
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (40)Carta Gatherer’s Clothes
(up to +20 enhancement)
Gathering Mastery +4 to +330
(depending on enhancement)
Sold by Geranoa and Zaaira for
10 million silver
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (41)Manos Gatherer’s Clothes
(up to +20 enhancement)
Gathering Mastery +5 to +400
(depending on enhancement)
Processing window (L) > Manufacture
Moonlight Opal x20,
Manos Stone x5,
Magical Shard x50,
Dusk Laden Cotton Fabric x15
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (42)Treant CamouflageGathering +1Pearl Store (F3) > Apparel > Costume
(2,900 pearls)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (43)Nimble Fingers
(level 1 – 3)
Gathering +1 (per level)Passive Guild buff
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (44)Pet SkillGathering +1Pets can randomly obtain the buff and it can stack if you have multiple pets with the skill

Agris Fever

You can use Agris Fever when gathering to consume Agris Fever points in exchange for extra materials.

eg. After completing up to the Book of Margahan Vol. 1 Chapter 5, you will benefit from an Item Drop Amount +150% boost when Agris Fever is toggled on. If you attempt to gather Lion Meat, the following effects can be applied.
1. Basic gathered amount: 2 to 4
2. With Agris Fever effects applied (Item Drop Amount +150%): 5 to 10
3. With at least 2,000 Gathering Mastery (Basic Resources Quantity +400%): 10 to 20
4. With at least 2,000 Gathering Mastery (Basic Resources Quantity +400%) and Agris Fever effects applied (Item Drop Amount +150%): 13 to 26

Life Skill Tool (Gatherable Resource)Agris Fever Consumed
Pickaxe (Ores and Rough Metals)42 points
Fluid Collector (Bloods and Sap)34 points (blood)
30 points (sap)
Butcher Knife (Meats)34 points
Hoe (Herbs, Flowers, Mushrooms, etc.)22 points
Tanning Knife (Hides, Furs, and Feathers)22 points
Lumbering Axe (Timber)22 points

Gatherable Resources Affected by Agris Fever

Feldspar
Granite
Diorite
Bryophyte
Copper
Diamond
Beryl
Gold
Iron
Lead
Platinum
Tin
Ruby
Sapphire
Silver
Topaz
Zinc
Black Quartz
Green Quartz
Muddy Quartz
Red Quartz
Strange Rock
Clear Quartz
Coal
Opal
Rainbow Stone
Bloodstone
Andesite
Sandstone
Mudstone
Soft Sandstone
Hard Sandstone
Vanadium Ore
Titanium Ore
Mythril Ore
Blue Crystal
Violet Crystal
Sulfur
Volcanic Rock
Noc Rock
Dry Thicket
Sunrise Herb
Thicket
Aloe
Fruit Tree
Bush
Shrub
Rose
Tulip
Sunflower
Cabbage
Barley
Wild Herb
Saffron
Blue Rose
Cinnamon
Sweet Potato
Nolina
Penestraria
Dalvenia Alrea
Freekeh
Teff
Vedelona
Purple Pink Flower
Yellow Flower
Sky Blue Flower
Violet Flower
Blue Flower
Audria
Hazel Tree
Mimosa
Fortune Teller Mushroom
Arrow Mushroom
Dwarf Mushroom
Cloud Mushroom
Sky Mushroom
Tiger Mushroom
Emperor Mushroom
Ghost Mushroom
Fog Mushroom
Hump Mushroom
Bluffer Mushroom
Ancient Mushroom
Amanita Mushroom
Silver Azalea
Fire Flake Flower
Dry Mane Grass
Silk Honey Grass
Wild Flax
Cotton
Potato
Corn
Pumpkin
Grape
Wheat
Tomato
Paprika
Insectivore Plant
Fig Tree
Star Anise Tree
Nutmeg Tree
Pistachio Tree
Toxic Watermelon
Desert Herb
Bouquet Mushroom
Leccinum
Purple Mushroom
Pie Mushroom
Eyelash Cup
Star Anise Mushroom
Rainbow Button Mushroom
Blue Umbrella Mushroom
Volcanic Umbrella Mushroom
Pink Trumpet Mushroom
White Umbrella Mushroom
Green Pendulous Mushroom
White Flower Mushroom
Olive Tree
Birch
Fir
Cedar Tree
Apple Tree
Maple
Ash Tree
Pine Tree
White Cedar
Dried Old Tree
Date Palm Tree
Acacia Tree
Elder Tree
Old Tree
Cactus
Palm Tree
Moss Tree
Dry Pine Tree
Loopy Tree
Thuja
Bracken
Mining
Thornwood
Moonlight Stone
Delotia
Rhyolite
Snowfield Cedar Tree
Chanterelle
Red-spotted Amanita
Mesima
Dictyophora
Citron Tree
Jadeite
Ice

Items Affected by Agris Fever upon Gathering Resources

Iron Ore
Lead Ore
Copper Ore
Tin Ore
Zinc Ore
Rough Stone
Coal
Vanadium Ore
Titanium Ore
Sulfur
Noc Ore
Nickel Ore
Quartz
Silver Ore
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore
Rough Opal
Mythril
Rough Obsidian Ore
Rough Ruby
Rough Sapphire
Rough Topaz
Rough Emerald
Rough Diamond
Rough Translucent Crystal
Rough Mud Crystal
Rough Red Crystal
Rough Green Crystal
Rough Black Crystal
Rough Blue Crystal
Rough Violet Crystal
Rough Lapis Lazuli
Rough Jade
Ash Timber
Maple Timber
Pine Timber
Birch Timber
Log
Fir Timber
Cedar Timber
White Cedar Timber
Acacia Timber
Palm Timber
Elder Tree Timber
Cactus Rind
Old Tree Branch
Moss Tree Timber
Loopy Tree Timber
Thuja Timber
Thornwood Timber
Snowfield Cedar Timber
Ash Sap
Maple Sap
Pine Sap
Birch Sap
Fir Sap
Cedar Sap
White Cedar Sap
Acacia Sap
Elder Tree Sap
Palm Sap
Cactus Sap
Moss Tree Sap
Loopy Tree Sap
Thuja Sap
Thornwood Sap
Snowfield Cedar Sap
Sunrise Herb
Silver Azalea
Fire Flake Flower
Dry Mane Grass
Silk Honey Grass
Fortune Teller Mushroom
Arrow Mushroom
Dwarf Mushroom
Cloud Mushroom
Sky Mushroom
Tiger Mushroom
Emperor Mushroom
Ghost Mushroom
Fog Mushroom
Hump Mushroom
Bluffer Mushroom
Ancient Mushroom
Amanita Mushroom
Wild Grass
Nolina
Penestraria
Dalvenia Alrea
Toxic Watermelon
Bouquet Mushroom
Leccinum
Purple Mushroom
Pie Mushroom
Eyelash Cup
Star Anise Mushroom
Desert Herb
Rainbow Button Mushroom
Blue Umbrella Mushroom
Volcanic Umbrella Mushroom
Pink Trumpet Mushroom
White Umbrella Mushroom
Green Pendulous Mushroom
White Flower Mushroom
Vedelona
Purple Pink Flower
Yellow Flower
Sky Blue Flower
Violet Flower
Blue Flower
Audria
Saffron
Hazel Tree Fruit
Mimosa Stalk
Bracken
Delotia
Chanterelle
Red-spotted Amanita
Mesima
Dictyophora
Weeds
Insectivore Plant Powder
Insectivore Plant Sap
Cotton Wool
Flax
Silkworm Cocoon
Deer Hide
Sheep Hide
Fox Hide
Rhino Hide
Pig Hide
Ox Hide
Lizard Hide
Worm Hide
Raccoon Hide
Weasel Hide
Bear Hide
Wolf Hide
Waragon Hide
Cheetah Dragon Hide
Soft Kuku Bird Plume
Flamingo Plume
Snake Skin
Lion Hide
Feather Wolf Hide
Black Leopard Hide
Gazelle Hide
Griffon Feather
Soft Ferri Feather
Belladonna Elephant Hide
Yak Hide
Marmot Hide
Llama Hide
Goat Hide
Deer Blood
Sheep Blood
Fox Blood
Rhino Blood
Pig Blood
Ox Blood
Lizard Blood
Worm Blood
Raccoon Blood
Weasel Blood
Bear Blood
Wolf Blood
Waragon Blood
Cheetah Dragon Blood
Kuku Bird Blood
Flamingo Blood
Bat Blood
Troll Blood
Ogre Blood
Cobra Blood
Lion Blood
Scorpion Blood
Yak Blood
Marmot Blood
Llama Blood
Goat Blood
Wheat
Barley
Potato
Sweet Potato
Corn
Date Palm
Pistachio
Fig
Star Anise
Nutmeg
Freekeh
Teff
Pumpkin
Grape
Sunflower
Olive
Tomato
Paprika
Apple
Cabbage
Rose
Tulip
Aloe
Cinnamon
Citron
Deer Meat
Lamb Meat
Fox Meat
Rhino Meat
Pork
Beef
Lizard Meat
Worm Meat
Raccoon Meat
Weasel Meat
Bear Meat
Wolf Meat
Waragon Meat
Cheetah Dragon Meat
Kuku Bird Meat
Flamingo Meat
Snake Meat
Lion Meat
Scorpion Meat
Yak Meat
Marmot Meat
Llama Meat
Goat Meat
Translucent Ice

Hedgehog Pet

Unlike other pets, the Hedgehog can only be obtained through certain events and promotions.

The Hedgehog pet has a unique buff which will give an increased proc rate once they reach level 10. This means that every time you gather, you have a chance of getting extra materials.

  • Tier 1 – Tier 2: 30% proc chance
  • Tier 3: 40% proc chance
  • Tier 4: 50% proc chance

Having multiple hedgehogs do not make the buff stack. Hedgehog procs do not scale with gathering mastery either and then Golden Hedgehog is simply a reskin which doesn’t stack with the regular Hedgehog pet or has extra benefits.
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Energy Regen Buffs

Since gathering is limited by your energy, it’s important to use certain buffs to increase your energy regen so you can gather more. Having a higher Gathering life skill level also reduces the rate that you use energy. So if you are an Artisan for example, each time you gather you have a chance of not using energy and will be able to gather for longer than if you were only at the Apprentice level.

Below is a list of all buffs which give energy or energy regen:

IconBuff NameEffectHow to Obtain
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (46)Blessing of KamaslyveEnergy Recovery +2Obtained from pearl store, bought from the central market, or through events
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (47)Turning Gates Villa BuffEnergy Recovery +1
  • Obtained from Karashu’s Villa, Shakatu’s Villa, Marzana’s Villa, Talia’s Villa, Kiyak’s Villa or Muna’s Villa
  • Requires a villa invitation which costs 10 million silver
  • Buff costs 300k silver for 90 mins, 900k silver for 180 mins (can be bought from a tent)
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (48)Energy Potions
  • Small: Instantly replenishes 10 energy
  • Medium: Instantly replenishes 20 energy
  • Large: Instantly replenishes 30 energy
  • XL: Instantly replenishes 50 energy
  • Obtained from Alustin by converting energy into energy potions (4 different sizes: Small, Medium, Large, XL)
  • Can be bought from the Central Market
  • Cooldown: 10 minutes
  • Shared cooldown with different sizes
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (49)Pearl Store Energy Tonics
  • Small: Instantly replenishes 10 energy
  • Medium: Instantly replenishes 20 energy
  • Large: Instantly replenishes 30 energy
  • XL: Instantly replenishes 50 energy
Exactly the same as the Energy Potions above but have a seperate cooldown

Obtained from the Pearl Store

Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (50)Victory at Red Battlefield!Quest instantly replenishes 200 energy when completed
  • Quest which can be completed once per family every day
  • Quest can be obtained from Daz, who is the vendor in the Red Battlefield
  • You must collect 5 Red Seals which are obtained by participating in the Red Battlefield
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (51)Sleeping in a bed
  • Sleeping in a crafted bed gives Energy Recovery +1
  • Sleeping in a pearl store bed gives Energy Recover +2
  • The bed must be placed in a residence to use
  • Different beds be crafted or bought from the Central Market
  • Pearl Store beds are obtainable through the Pearl Store
Duvencrune Hot Springs
  • Standing in the Hot Springs gives Energy Recovery +1
  • Hot springs are located in duvencrune (location shown here).
  • You can AFK in the hot springs for the Energy Recovery increase
  • You can also gather water here using the empty bottles so it is a good place to AFK and quickly dump your energy for gathering EXP
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Lightstone Set

  • Energy Recovery +2,
  • Gathering EXP +3%,
  • Hunting EXP +3%,
  • Farming EXP +3%
  • Lightstone of Flora: Plains,
  • Lightstone of Flora: Trap,
  • Lightstone of Flora: Harvest,
  • Iridescent Lightstone
  • More information in our Artifact and Lightstone Guide
Gathering Lifeskill Guide - BDFoundry (53)GM’s Blessing/Event ItemsN/A
  • Some event items give Energy Recovery buffs or can replenish energy

Gathering Drops

When gathering, there are different items you can get as well as just the basic material:

  • Basic Resources: Wild Herbs, Hide, Meat, Logs, Timber, Sap, Ore, Blood, etc.
  • Special Resources: Old Tree Bark, Laila’s Petal, Deep Blue Hoof root, Fairy Powder, etc.
  • Rare Resources: Ancient Spirit Dust, Black Gem Fragments, etc
  • Very Rare Resources: Caphras Stones, Sharp Black Crystal Shards, Black Gems, Mass of Pure Magic

The fever time buff also increases your chances of gaining Sharp Black Crystal shards. Click here for details.

Gathering certain basic resources have a higher or lower rate for EXP, Black Gem Fragments, and Ancient Spirit Dust/Caphras.

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Fairy’s Breath

  • Fairy Breath can drop when Lumbering, Skinning, Fluid Collecting, Gathering using a Hoe, Mining, Water Scooping, or Butchering.
    You can exchange with Fairy’s Breath x10 for one of the following items from Dalishain in Town:
    • Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1
    • Hard Black Crystal Shard x2
    • 900 Contribution EXP + 30 Gathering EXP

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Buried Trace

There is also a low chance to find a Buried Trace when Lumbering, Tanning, Fluid Collecting, Gathering with a Hoe, Mining, or Butchering.

  • A “Mystery Box” will appear when mining near the found trace.
  • The box can only be opened with a gold key.

The following items can be obtained when opening the box

Obtainable items from the Mystery Box
▼ Guaranteed drops:
– Sharp Black Crystal Shard x5-15
▼ Obtained according to a set probability:
– Ancient Spirit Dust x5-20
– Fruit of Crimson Flame x5-10
– Fruit of Abundance x5-10
– Fruit of Nature x5-10
– Fruit of the Sun x5-10
– Fruit of Enchantment x5-10
– Fruit of Magic Power x5-10
– Fruit of Perfection x5-10
– Fruit of Destruction x5-10* You will need a Gold Key to open the box.

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Gathering Mastery

I recommend checking out our Life Skill Mastery guide for all the details about mastery gear, how to obtain them, enhance them, and exactly how much mastery each one gives.

Higher Gathering Mastery increases the number of basic materials you get when gathering, as well as the chance of gathering special and rare materials.

  • Basic Resources: drop amount increase up to +400%, chance to obtain up to 80%
  • Special Resources: drop amount increase up to +100%, chance to obtain up to 200%
  • Rare Resources: drop amount increase up to +85%, , chance to obtain up to 250%
  • Very Rare Resources: drop amount increase up to +44.42%, chance to obtain up to 133.25%
  • 0% to +30% chance of not consuming Energy per gather (reduced from +60% chance at Master 1 Gathering Life Skill)

You will need a Gathering Tool for the type of gathering you are doing. For example, if you are gathering wood, you will need a Mastery Lumbering Axe equipped in your life skill tool slot to make use of the Gathering Mastery buff.

  • The Gathering Chance increase buff from Magic/Lucky Gathering tools does not stack with your Gathering Mastery
  • If you have a Magic/Lucky Gathering Tool equipped, the buff from the gathering tools will be applied only
  • You should use a Magic Tool until you are over 650 mastery. Magic Tools have an increased extra acquisition rate of +80%
Basic ResourcesSpecial ResourcesRare ResourcesVery Rare Resources
MasteryChance to obtainDrop amount
increase
Chance to obtainDrop amount
increase
Chance to obtainDrop amount
increase
Chance to obtainDrop amount
increase
00.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
500.00%16.00%8.00%4.00%10.00%3.33%5.33%1.78%
10080.00%19.80%9.90%4.95%12.38%4.13%6.60%2.20%
15080.00%23.99%11.99%6.00%14.99%5.00%8.00%2.67%
20080.00%28.56%14.28%7.14%17.85%5.95%9.52%3.17%
25080.00%33.49%16.75%8.37%20.93%6.98%11.16%3.72%
30080.00%38.80%19.40%9.70%24.25%8.08%12.93%4.31%
35080.00%44.47%22.23%11.12%27.79%9.26%14.82%4.94%
40080.00%50.49%25.25%12.62%31.56%10.52%16.83%5.61%
45080.00%56.87%28.43%14.22%35.54%11.85%18.96%6.32%
50080.00%63.59%31.80%15.90%39.74%13.25%21.20%7.07%
55080.00%70.65%35.33%17.66%44.16%14.72%23.55%7.85%
60080.00%78.05%39.02%19.51%48.78%16.26%26.02%8.67%
65080.00%85.77%42.89%21.44%53.61%17.87%28.59%9.53%
70080.00%93.82%46.91%23.46%58.64%19.55%31.27%10.42%
75080.00%102.19%51.09%25.55%63.87%21.29%34.06%11.35%
80080.00%110.87%55.44%27.72%69.29%23.10%36.96%12.32%
85080.00%119.86%59.93%29.96%74.91%24.97%39.95%13.32%
90080.00%129.15%64.57%32.29%80.72%26.91%43.05%14.35%
95080.00%138.74%69.37%34.68%86.71%28.90%46.25%15.42%
100080.00%148.62%74.31%37.15%92.89%30.96%49.54%16.51%
105080.00%158.79%79.39%39.70%99.24%33.08%52.93%17.64%
110080.00%169.23%84.62%42.31%105.77%35.26%56.41%18.80%
115080.00%179.96%89.98%44.99%112.47%37.49%59.99%20.00%
120080.00%190.96%95.48%47.74%119.35%39.78%63.65%21.22%
125080.00%202.22%101.11%50.55%126.39%42.13%67.41%22.47%
130080.00%213.74%106.87%53.44%133.59%44.53%71.25%23.75%
135080.00%225.53%112.76%56.38%140.95%46.98%75.18%25.06%
140080.00%237.56%118.78%59.39%148.47%49.49%79.19%26.40%
145080.00%249.84%124.92%62.46%156.15%52.05%83.28%27.76%
150080.00%262.36%131.18%65.59%163.97%54.66%87.45%29.15%
155080.00%275.11%137.56%68.78%171.94%57.31%91.70%30.57%
160080.00%288.10%144.05%72.02%180.06%60.02%96.03%32.01%
165080.00%301.31%150.66%75.33%188.32%62.77%100.44%33.48%
170080.00%314.75%157.38%78.69%196.72%65.57%104.92%34.97%
175080.00%328.40%164.20%82.10%205.25%68.42%109.47%36.49%
180080.00%342.27%171.13%85.57%213.92%71.31%114.09%38.03%
185080.00%356.34%178.17%89.09%222.71%74.24%118.78%39.59%
190080.00%370.62%185.31%92.65%231.64%77.21%123.54%41.18%
195080.00%385.09%192.54%96.27%240.68%80.23%128.36%42.79%
200080.00%400.00%200.00%100.00%250.00%85.00%133.25%44.42%

Where to Gather

These rotations were collected and compiled by the amazing community on the Lifeskill discord. Full credit goes to the discord for these resources and I highly recommend joining for an updated list and other helpful resources.

I also recommend taking a look at this Gathering Calculator to help you work out what is best for you to gather depending on your goals.

Gathering certain basic resources have a higher or lower rate for EXP, Black Gem Fragments, and Ancient Spirit Dust/Caphras.

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Herbs/Logs/Stone

Meat

Blood

Hide

  • Tough hide: Stonetail Horse Ranch
  • Soft hide: Sheep Mountain/Behr deer
  • Hard hide: Northwestern Gateway

Sap

Other

Cow Milking

The cow milking mini-game allows you to gather milk, which is an ingredient for cooking. Milk can only be obtained from the Cooking Byproduct exchange, using Haystacks on a farm, or through manual cow milking.

Cows can only be found in 4 locations:

  • Oliva: Wale Farm
  • Calphoen: Falres Farm
  • Calpheon: Bain Farm
  • Dreighan: Duvencrune Farmland

To complete the mini-game you must press LMB and RMB alternatively to fill up the bar to 100%. You can fail the mini-game if you do it too quickly. If you fail the mini-game it will only cost you 4 energy, if you are successful it will cost you 10 energy. It takes an average of 16 seconds each time.

Your gathering level affects the amount of milk you get but gathering buffs, gear, and mastery do not have any effect.

  • Beginner 2: average 25 milk per mini-game
  • Professional 2: average 35 milk per mini-game
  • Master 2: average 45 milk per mini-game
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