Gathering

Mining, Woodcutting and Gathering now level from 1 to 300, and their ladders follow the zones of the Everbuild Expanse. The further out you travel, the rarer the trees, herbs and gems you can harvest.

This article is part of the Community Update 12 series: Overview · Professions & Crafting · Cooking & Brewing · Gathering · Arms & Armor.

ZONES AND SKILL

Ores keep the metal ladder, from Copper up through Iron, Silver, Gold, Thorium, Cobalt and Adamantite. Mithril is not found in the world yet: for now it comes from dungeons.

Gathering a node can raise your skill. Orange nodes always do, yellow and green ones by chance, and grey nodes no longer teach you anything. Trees above your skill can't be chopped yet.

THE GATHERING GUIDE

Not sure where to go next? Open the Professions tab in your Player window and press GUIDE next to Mining, Woodcutting or Gathering. It lists every node by skill, coloured for your current level, with the skill it requires and where to find it.

LEATHERWORKERS: MORE LEATHER

There is no Skinning profession: leather and hides still drop from mobs. But skilled leatherworkers know how to make the most of a kill. As your Leatherworking rises, you get extra leather and hides from the mobs you defeat: a 25% chance at 75, 50% at 150, 75% at 225 and every time at 300.

OTHER CHANGES

• Blocks you place yourself are now remembered across server restarts, so they can't be used to farm skill.
• Gems are now Mining nodes with their own place in the ladder.
• Wood blocks for building (half trunks, stairs) are not gathering nodes. Only real trunks count.