Resources
Crops
Farmers can plant crops in a Farming Field . To plant you need;
- 6 Seeds
- 1 Fertilizer
- 1 Bucket of Farming Water
In addition, you must be within a field of the appropriate type (vegetable, grain, or pipe-weed). Fields of all sorts can be found in each of the three starting areas.
Seeding produces a Field (on a critical success, seeding produces a Well-Tended Field). The Field is a region on the ground (within the field Facility). After your seeding is done you can harvest your crops. Note that there is a limit on how many fields you can have planted at a time before
Note that both seeding and harvesting are actions with long induction times, so having higher tier Farming Tools will help subtract the amount of time Farming.
Using the field (the Harvesting action) yields one or more each of Poor and Fair bushels and occasionally special crops. Fair bushels are used to create the final result, such as various Tobacco pouches or Vegetables for Cooks. Poor bushels are used to create seeds to continue farming.
Skill mastery allows Well-Tended fields. The mastery component for Apprentice level is sold at the vendor and gives you a 100% critical success chance.
Once you have achieved mastery in a proficiency, you will have access to the mastery options tab on the crafts menu. For farming, this will allow you to use an additional component to increase your chance of producing a "Well Tended" field. "Well Tended" fields produce crops with a greater proportion of fair plants to poor plants.
As an example, 10 Green Onion Fields (none Well-Tended) produced 12 fair bushels (each worth 4 Green Onions) and 33 poor bushels (each worth one seed). 10 Well-Tended Carrot Fields produced 37 fair bushels (each worth 4 Carrots) and 21 poor bushels.
Crops produced via vendor sold seeds produce 1 seed per poor plant. Crops with seeds that must be found via questing, loot, or crossbreeding produce 3 seeds per poor plant. Special crops could vary from Juicy Blackberries and Onion Skins used for creating Dye.
Seeding a field is worth a moderate amount of skill (usually 6). Harvesting is worth none. Converting a poor bushel to seed is generally worth 2 points. Converting a fair bushel to a unit of produce is generally worth 8 points. In the example above, 10 Green Onion fields was worth (6x10 + 2x33 + 8x12) 222 skill. The Well-Tended fields were worth nothing, since the tier was already mastered.
Seeding, harvesting, converting poor bushels to seed, and converting fair bushels to produce are all actions with induction times.. Farming can be time-consuming but with upgraded Farming Tools it can cut certainly cut down the time spent Harvesting your crops.
Ore Nodes
Ore Deposits are found across Middle-Earth, and only Prospectors can mine ore nodes. and they have the ability to Track these deposits. The higher the "Tier" of the ore, the more skilled the prospector needs to be to successfully mine the Ore. Sometimes other resources such as salts or gemstones, are found within the Ore. Each Ore node will yield 1-3 ore. Rich/Bountiful Nodes are less common but when harvested will contain more Ore, Gemstones, or Salts used in Dyes.
Wood Nodes
Wood is one of the other sought after naturally spawning resources found in Middle-Earth. Only Foresters have the ability to track Wood and the ability to harvest it. The higher the "Tier" of the wood, the more skilled the Forester needs to be to successfully collect the wood. Normal branches yield 1-3 wood; Heavy can yield up to 6.
| Wood Deposits | Tier | Wood | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowan / Heavy Rowan | 1 | Rowan | Southern Ered Luin, The Shire, Central Bree-land |
| Ash / Heavy Ash | 2 | Ash | Northern Ered Luin, Edges of Bree-land, the Barrow-downs, Western Lone-lands, Western North Downs |
| Yew / Heavy Yew | 3 | Yew | Eastern Lone-lands, Eastern North Downs, Eastern Evendim |
| Lebethron / Heavy Lebethron | 4 | Lebethron | Trollshaws, Western Evendim, Western Angmar |
| Black Ash / Heavy Black Ash | 5 | Black Ash | Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar |
Scholar Artifacts
Scholar nodes are not as commonly found as the previously mentioned resources but is still essential for the Scholar Profession. Only Scholars have the ability to harvest the nodes spread throughout the lands of Middle-Earth. You will find most of the Scholar Nodes in many Ruins and hostile encampments. Note that all of these resources have a low percentage to drop off Humanoid enemies as well.
| Scholar Nodes | Tier | Artifacts | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shattered Pitcher | 1 | Aged Scrap of Text, Early Third Age Relic, Worn Tablet Fragment. | Southern Ered Luin, The Shire, Central & Eastern Bree-land |
| Broken Urn | 2 | Cryptic Text, Ruined Second Age Trinket | Northern Ered Luin, Edges of Bree-land, the Barrow-downs, Western Lone-lands, Western North Downs |
| Antique Vase | 3 | Cracked Dwarf Carving, Faded Sindarin Passages, Torn Craftsman Diary | Eastern Lone-lands, Eastern North Downs, Eastern Evendim |
| Forgotten Text | 4 | Fragment of Dúnedain Script, Relic of Lothlorien | Trollshaws, Western Evendim, Western Angmar |
| Ancient Vase | 5 | Long Lost Second Age Text, Undeciphered Moon Letters | Misty Mountains, Eastern Angmar |