The Basics
Resourcing is the foundation of all crafting in Nodiatis, and drives most of the gold market in the game.
Different zones have different resources that are obtainable. For example, zones with a body of water typically can be fished, and zones that are rocky in appearance typically allow mining. Dusting is available in every zone,
When clicking the resourcing tool after combat, most minigames will tell you if you cannot resource in that zone. Mining is the exception and will always yield a heavy rock in non-minable zones. Fishing will sometimes yield seaweed or an old boot instead of fish. These items are junk and should be destroyed.
You will need the appropriate tool for each resourcing minigame – the first area where the tool is available is listed below:
- Bow and Arrow: Any town’s Inn or random drops. The level of the items does not matter, but they must be equipped. Prey do not stack and can be skinned using a Skinning Blade (Stronhad, T2) or left in inventory/storage to turn into bones at the next server reset.
- Traps: Castille, T1. Rodents do not stack and can be left in inventory/storage to turn into sinew at the next server reset.
- Wood Axe: Stronhad, T2.
- Botanist’s Handbook: Fenelia, T3.
- Gardening Shovel: Fenelia, T3.
- Dusting requires no tool. Character level 20+ only.
The following effects increase the tier of resource found by 1:
- Compass of the Forlorn: Faar, T16
- Lock of Hair: River Bridge Heroic Mode boss (supersedes Compass of the Forlorn)
- Heroic Mode: toggle, character level 50+
- Dust Monger Companion: up to 25% chance depending on companion’s effective level
Minigames
- Fishing: Wait until the fishing rod bends significantly, then click or press spacebar to obtain.
- Hunting: Wait until prey appears. Move the mouse left or right to the center of the prey on the screen, then click or press spacebar to shoot the prey and obtain.
- Trapping: Place a trap in storage on a square. After combat, right click the trap and select Set Item (one time only unless you move the trap). Only one trap can be set for each map square. Wait until the next day (post-server reset), then after combat on that square, right click the trap and select Check Item to obtain. One check per trap per server reset.
- Woodcutting: Three pieces of wood move vertically on the screen at varying speeds. Aim an axe from the bottom left of the screen and click or press spacebar to throw. The farther right your mouse is on the screen, the faster the axe travels. The higher up your mouse is, the higher the axe goes. Some gravity applies to the axe. Experiment with aiming and timing to hit the wood pieces. Hit all three to obtain.
- Mining: A large rock moves on the screen. Aim a hammer from the bottom center of the screen and click or press spacebar to throw. Hold spacebar to spam hammers. The farther up your mouse is on the screen, the faster the hammer travels. The rock will break apart into two smaller rocks, and so on, until the smallest rocks vanish. The game cannot be completed before the instructional text vanishes. Clear all rocks to obtain.
- Foraging: Wait a few seconds while “searching” for something to forage. Move your mouse around the screen to locate the “hidden” plant. The plant moves diagonally around the screen and appears when you hover over it, or after 10 seconds of not finding it. Click to obtain.
- Gardening: Clear dirt piles by matching revealed resins (objects). Clear all dirt piles to obtain.
- Dusting: Clear dust piles by clicking on them. Continuous dust piles of the same color will be cleared in a single click. Dust falls vertically then moves toward the center if there is space available underneath or inward. The minigame awards a bonus or penalty based on the number of moves used to clear the screen, so planning is important.