Many raw materials can be foraged
directly from the environment. Not all resources are available in every
environment.
Foraging involves two basic steps:
Top-down view is the easiest way to locate natural resources in your area. Press the Backspace key to switch between top-down view and the first-person view of your character.
Top-down view shows several categories of information. Cycle between six different categories of information displayed using the \ and Shift+\ keys.
Walk to the natural resource you want to forage. Look at the ground at the base of the resource, whether it is a rock or a tree or a shrub. Press the ~ key to get a spot description of the terrain at that location. The description will include the type and quality of natural resource that is present.
Natural resources are picked up
from the ground using the hand cursor. Press Enter or hold the Ctrl key
to use the hand cursor.
Click on the ground at the center of where the rock, shrub, or tree touches the ground to forage from it. You cannot forage from the trunk or branches of a plant. Some shrubs spread in a broad area around the center of their location which may make the click location look like open empty ground. Even so, you must click on the ground at the center of where the rock, shrub, or tree touches the ground to forage from it.
If there is room in your inventory, an item foraged from the environment will be added to your inventory.
Foraging involves two basic steps:
- Locate the resource you want to forage.
- Pick it up.
Locating
Natural Resources
Top-down view is the easiest way to locate natural resources in your area. Press the Backspace key to switch between top-down view and the first-person view of your character.
Top-down view shows several categories of information. Cycle between six different categories of information displayed using the \ and Shift+\ keys.
| Category |
Information
Provided |
| Rocks | Shows presense of mineral
resources. |
| Plants | Shows plant resources.
Green indicates only shrubbery. Brown indicates trees and possibly
shrubbery. Purple indicates dense trees and possibly shrubbery. |
| Buildings | Shows types and tech
level of buildings. |
| Roads | Shows roads and road
slabs. |
| Cities | Shows city ownership of
each building and road. |
| None | Shows no information,
just a clean top-down view. |
Walk to the natural resource you want to forage. Look at the ground at the base of the resource, whether it is a rock or a tree or a shrub. Press the ~ key to get a spot description of the terrain at that location. The description will include the type and quality of natural resource that is present.
Picking
Up Natural Resources
Natural resources are picked up
from the ground using the hand cursor. Press Enter or hold the Ctrl key
to use the hand cursor.Click on the ground at the center of where the rock, shrub, or tree touches the ground to forage from it. You cannot forage from the trunk or branches of a plant. Some shrubs spread in a broad area around the center of their location which may make the click location look like open empty ground. Even so, you must click on the ground at the center of where the rock, shrub, or tree touches the ground to forage from it.
If there is room in your inventory, an item foraged from the environment will be added to your inventory.