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 Welcome to my farming guide. If you already don't need help farming then feel free to click one of the above links to check out my other crafting sections. Now onto the learning Foraging-Intelligence based The first skillset you will learn to train is that of Foraging. To begin with you will need to get a Foraging Stick, any farm shop will have them for sale or if you talk to the farming trainer on Valinor Island. They can also be crafted with the Carpentry skill from 3 logs.  Now that you have your Foraging stick go find a patch of flowers (as shown below) then while standing next to them click on your Foraging Stick and you will get a selection cursor, now click on the patch to begin foraging. After a bit you will get a message telling you whether you found seeds or not. If you get a message saying " There is Nothing to forage there.". When you fail you will notice a message telling you that you damaged your Foraging Stick. Eventually all tools end up destroyed due to failures and have to be replaced.  Advanced Foraging - At higher levels you will be able to forage magic seeds. Level 25 foraging will yield Malacinth Seeds from the same patches as all the other seeds though at a much lower rate. At level 45 you can start foraging ferns found in the new areas the Talazar's Revenge expansion added for Dolas fern and the occassional Malacinth like normal patches of flowers. And finally at level 70 you can forage from bushes in any of the places red and black crystals are for Bitterwood Ash and Mandrake seeds, these seeds are very rare.   Planting-Intelligence based Now that you have some seeds it's time to plant them. For this you need to get a Shovel, just like with the Foraging Stick you can buy one at any farm shop and one can also be required through the farming trainer. They can likewise be made through the Carpentry skill, though they require 2 planks to make.  The next step is to go plant the seeds you foraged so go head to the nearest farming field. There are many rows in which to plant in most fields. Once at the field stand next to one of the rows (or above as shown below) and click on your Shovel. Use the cursor to target one of the furrows and you will begin to dig, after about 2 seconds you will have a hole to plant your seeds in. Your Shovel will randomly take damage while being used as there is no way to fail digging a hole.  Next click on one of the seeds you have from foraging and click on the hole (most byproducts of planting can also be replanted: fruit, cotton, wheat grain, etc...). After a few seconds you will get a message saying whether you succeeded or failed to plant and the hole will Change to either a field mound or trunk mound (as shown below). Once planted it will take a few minutes before they are ready to harvest.   Harvesting-Dexterity based Before your crops are ready you may want to take this time to get a Farm Scythe as some crops require one to harvest them. They can be acquired in the same way as a Shovel though they only require 1 plank to craft via Carpentry.  When you get the message "One of your crops is ready to harvest." go back to your crops and press spacebar while standing next to them to pick the crop. For Barley, Cinnamon, Sugar, and Wheat plants all require a Farm Scythe to harvest. To use a Farm Scythe click on it then select the crop you wish to use the scythe on. After a couple seconds you will get a message saying whether you succeed or fail. Failure destroys the crop and damages your scythe.  Another part of farming that does not involve gaining any experience is processing one of 3 crops in the mill. To use the mill take your Wheat Grain, Sugar Cane, or Cinnamon Bundle and click on them selecting the mill. In a few seconds you will get some bags of the appropriate type.  Farming Tips -Roses, Cherries, and bananas are excellent sources of experience in farming but can be difficult to successfully plant. -Planting cotton is an excellent source of funding as it is easy to grow and has a very high yield. -Using the Bless Fields, Grow, or Flourish spells are handy ways of lowering the growing times of your crops. -Foraging has a very high rate of success when coupled with high intelligence and high skill, at level 45 the failure rate is non-existant when using an Enchanted Foraging Stick (made with heartwood and requires lvl 45 foraging to use while giving a +20 lvl bonus). -Cooking and Tailoring skills are good skills to work on while farming as both use farming for some of their resources. |
