Foraging and map routes
Search Rural Edges for Wild Herbs
A targeted rural search can turn identified wild plants into cooking ingredients or other useful supplies.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Search Rural Edges for Wild Herbs
A forest edge, hedgerow, or rural building margin that the Foraging panel identifies as vegetation or another suitable rural zone.
Before you go
- Foraging Search Mode enabled.
- A safe route to a rural margin and back.
- Plant-identification knowledge for intended food use.
- Inventory space for selected finds.
Farming steps
- Choose a rural margin reachable by a cleared route and note a landmark for the return trip.
- At the site, enable Search Mode and check the displayed zone before searching.
- Walk a short pass along the edge where vegetation meets a field, hedgerow, or rural yard.
- Inspect highlighted finds individually and use their in-game information to identify them before collection.
- Collect identified herbs suited to your needs, keeping unknown plants separate from food.
- If the search yields usable ingredients, return to base and store them by identity and intended use.
- Before cooking, eating, or using a plant for another purpose, check its item information and any processing requirements.
- Rural buildings and gardens may add different possibilities to an edge search; season and current build affect what appears.
- Keep medicinal and edible uses distinct: a plant’s name alone does not confirm either effect.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat on later trips when season and route justify it; herb finds are variable and this is not a guaranteed supply source.
Common mistakes
- Searching from a road or dense town zone while expecting rural vegetation; confirm the zone label first.
- Picking every highlighted plant; inspect and prioritize identified, useful finds.
- Eating a familiar-sounding herb without checking its item details; identify it and follow any processing requirement.
When to stop or switch
End the pass when useful finds thin out, the zone changes, or the return route becomes unsafe; carry selected finds back rather than extending into unfamiliar ground.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.