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Foraging
From A Tale in the Desert
Skill may be acquired at Level 2 for the following resources at the School of Worship:
- 300 Thorns
- 30 Cactus Sap
Harvesting
There are twelve different ways to harvest the herbs:
- 1 Cut away the outer stem
- 2 Harvest the Root pith
- 3 Trim the Root fibres
- 4 Snip the leaf stems
- 5 Peel back the stem base
- 6 Scrape off the stem pith
- 7 Remove the Tap Root
- 8 Pick out the seeds
- 9 Crush the stems
- 10 Pluck the leaves
- 11 Squeeze out the sap
- 12 Scrape away the leaf hairs
| Herb Name | Method (tried/working) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aloe | NOT 1,2,3,10,11 | |
| Altar's Blessing | NOT 1 | |
| Anansi | NOT 1,2,3,4 | |
| Asafoetida | NOT 1 | |
| Ashoka | NOT 1 | |
| Banto | NOT 1 | |
| Bay Tree | NOT 1,11 | |
| Bee Balm | NOT 1, 2 | |
| Beggar's Button | NOT 1,2 | |
| Bilimbi | NOT 1 | |
| Black Pepper Plant | Cut away outer stem | |
| Blood Blossom | NOT 1 | |
| Blue Damia | Remove Tap Root | |
| Blue Tarafern | NOT 1 | |
| Bluebottle clover | Peel back the stem base | |
| Brown Muskerro | NOT 1 | |
| Buckler Leaf | Squeeze out the sap (NOT 1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10,12) | |
| Bull's Blood | NOT 1,2 | |
| Brassy Caltrops | NOT 1 | |
| Burnt Tarragon | NOT 1 | |
| Cardamom | Scrape off the stem pith | |
| Caraway | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Chatinabrae(but with red leaves) | Not 1 | |
| Chives | Remove the tap root | |
| Cicada Bean | NOT 1 | |
| Cinnamon | Snip the leaf stems | |
| Clingroot | NOT 1 | |
| Common Basil | Pluck the leaves | |
| Common Rosemary | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Common Sage | NOT 1,2,3,4,5,6 | |
| Corasica | NOT 7,11 | |
| Covage | Snip the leaf stems | |
| Crampbark | Squeeze out the sap | |
| Creeping Thyme | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Crimson Lettuce | Pick out the seeds | |
| Crimson Pipeweed | NOT 1, 10 | |
| Crumpled Leaf Basil | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Daggerleaf | Scrape off the Stem Pith NOT 1,2,3,4 | |
| Dalchini | NOT 1 | |
| Dameshood | NOT 1 | |
| Dark Ochoa | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Dark Radish | NOT 1 | |
| Dewplant | NOT 1,2 | |
| Digweed | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Discorea | Peel Back the Stem Base | |
| Drapeau D'or | It is Number 5 Not 1,2,3,4,8 | |
| Dwarf Hogweed | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Dwarf Wild Lettuce | NOT 1,2 | |
| Earth Apple | Not 1 | |
| Enchanter's Plant | Not 1 | |
| Fleabane | Peel Back the Stem Base | |
| Fool's Agar | Pluck the leaves | |
| Fumitory (purple rather than blue) | NOT 1 | |
| Garcinia (leaves more greyish blue [i think]) | NOT 5 | |
| Garlic Chives | Harvest the Root Pith | |
| Ginger Root | NOT 3 | |
| Ginseng Root | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Glechoma | Scrape away the leaf hairs | |
| Gokhru | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Golden Sellia | NOT 1 | |
| Golden Sun | NOT 1 | |
| Golden Thyme | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Gynura | NOT 1, 5 | |
| Harrow | NOT 1,2 | |
| Hazelwort | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Harebell | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Headache Tree | NOT 11 | |
| Hogweed | NOT 1,2,7 | |
| Houseleek | Snip the leaf stems | |
| Hyssop | Squeeze out the sap | |
| Ice Mint | NOT 1, 12 | |
| Indigo Damia | Pick out the seeds | |
| Ipomoea | NOT 1,8 | |
| Jagged Dewcup | NOT 1, 10 | |
| Jaiyanti | NOT 1 | |
| Katako root | NOT 1, 12 | |
| Khokali | NOT 1 | |
| Lavender Scented Thyme | NOT 1 | |
| Lemondrop | Pluck the leaves | |
| Lemongrass | NOT 1 | |
| Lungclot | NOT 1 | |
| Lythrum | NOT 1,2,3,4,5 | |
| Mahonia | NOT 11,12 | |
| Maragosa | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Mariae | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Meadowsweet | NOT 1 | |
| Mindanao | NOT 10 | |
| Miniature Bamboo | NOT 1 | |
| Mirabellis Fern | Trim the Root Fibres | |
| Moon Aloe | NOT 1 | |
| Morpha | NOT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | |
| Motherwort | NOT 1,2,7,12 | |
| Mountain Mint | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Myristica | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Opal Harebell | Snip the leaf stems | |
| Orange Naili | NOT 1 | |
| Orange Sweetgrass | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Pale Dhamasa | Peel back the stem base | |
| Peppermint | NOT 1 | |
| Pitcher Plant | NOT 1 | |
| Pipali | NOT 1,2 | |
| Primula | Scrape off stem Pith | |
| Purple Tintiri | Scrape of the stem pith | |
| Pulmonaria Opal | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Quamash | NOT 1 | |
| Red Pepper Plant | NOT 1 | |
| Rhubarb (browner leaves) | NOT 1,2 | |
| Rubydora | Scrape off the stem pith | |
| Sage brush | pick out seeds | |
| Saggar Ghota | NOT 1,12 | |
| Sandy Dustweed | Harvest the Root pith | |
| Satsatchi | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Shyama | NOT 1,2 | |
| Shrub Sage | NOT 1,2,3,9 | |
| Silvertongue Damia | Crush the stems | |
| Skirret | NOT 12 | |
| Soapwort | NOT 1,2,3 | |
| Sorrel | Cut away the outer stem (lighter than T3, almost cream colored) | |
| Spinach | Pick out seeds | |
| Squill | NOT 1,2 | |
| Steel Bladegrass | NOT 11,12,10 | |
| Strawberry Tea | Cut away the outer stem | |
| Stickler Hedge | Pick out the seeds | |
| Strychnos | NOT 1 | |
| Sweetflower | Scrape away the leaf hairs | |
| Sweetgrass | NOT 1,2,3,4, 5 | |
| Sweetground Maple | NOT 12 | |
| Tagetese | not 1,2 | Tagetese |
| Tamarask | squeeze out the sap | |
| Tangerine Dream | not 1,2,3 | |
| Thyme | Pluck the Leaves | |
| Tiny Clover | Crush the stems | |
| True Tarragon | Squeeze out the sap | |
| Tsangto | NOT 1,2,3,4 | |
| Upright Ochoa | NOT 1,2 | |
| Verdant Squill | Trim the Root Fibres | |
| Weeping Patala | NOT 1, 12 | |
| Whitebelly | NOT 1,2 | |
| Wild Lettuce | Remove the Tap Root | |
| Wild Onion | NOT 1 | |
| Wild Yam | NOT 1,2 | |
| Yava | NOT 1,2 | |
| Yellow Tristeria | Cut Away the Outer Stem | |
| Yigory | NOT 1,2,3,4,7 | |
| Xanosi | Peel back the stem base | |
| Zanthoxylum | NOT 3,4 |
