Confused about 'unknown berries?'

[Mad]

I'm at Foraging lv.3 and when I'm exploring I can see on the ground when I right-click "winter berries" but then when they go into my bag they are "unknown berries."

But I thought they were winter berries?

I've just never eaten any berries and put them all into my compost bin. But I'm not sure how they work or what I'm meant to do.

[TexasDevil]

I think you need the herbalist trait to know berries and mushrooms.

[Quill]

You need to read the magazine or spawn with the trait to tell what berries and mushrooms are safe

Doesn't matter what the foraging level is

[Mad]

Okay thank you.

I think when I first started foraging though, that everything was 'unknown berries' but now at lv.3 they are identified before I pick them up ('winter berries'). But then when I pick them up, they're 'unknown' again? Just seems confusing.

[Quill]

Originally posted by Mad:

Okay thank you.

I think when I first started foraging though, that everything was 'unknown berries' but now at lv.3 they are identified before I pick them up ('winter berries'). But then when I pick them up, they're 'unknown' again? Just seems confusing.

Winter Berries are a different item. They're not part of the unknown berry pool

[Mad]

Inside my inventory they are listed as 'unknown berry.'

But when they were on the ground (in the bush) before I picked them, when I right clicked on the bush it said 'winter berries.'

[Seelander]

I am eating these safely with no herbalist, they will say unknown when in inventory:

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Winter_Berry

"Poison
Like Blueberries, Blackberries, and the fellow seasonal Beauty Berry, all Winter Berries are non-poisonous by default. The only way a player may become sickened when eating them is if they are rotten or added to an already poisonous or spoiled dish."

[pzhda'tan]

I believe what OP means is why the item changes name once it's transferred to his inventory. In the foraging menu it's called a winter berry and when he picks it up it's an unknown berry.

[Animalman]

its so that you can still get poisoned if you didn't read the magazine or come with the trait.
So that you can't use godly knowledge to survive and eat the correct berry or shrooms by memory. You can already do that with the map. go to some place you know will be empty because of previous games

[Seelander]

Originally posted by Animalman:

its so that you can still get poisoned if you didn't read the magazine or come with the trait.
So that you can't use godly knowledge to survive and eat the correct berry or shrooms by memory. You can already do that with the map. go to some place you know will be empty because of previous games

Well i am just eating accordingly to the wiki and it clearly states that black-, blue., winter-, and beauty berries are safe to eat and havent got sick yet. In theory i could be the luckiest player alive but doubth it :-) And thats with no herbalist mag...

"The only way a player may become sickened when eating them is if they are rotten or added to an already poisonous or spoiled dish."

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by tommy_b_schmidt:

Originally posted by Animalman:

its so that you can still get poisoned if you didn't read the magazine or come with the trait.
So that you can't use godly knowledge to survive and eat the correct berry or shrooms by memory. You can already do that with the map. go to some place you know will be empty because of previous games

Well i am just eating accordingly to the wiki and it clearly states that black-, blue., winter-, and beauty berries are safe to eat and havent got sick yet. In theory i could be the luckiest player alive but doubth it :-) And thats with no herbalist mag...

"The only way a player may become sickened when eating them is if they are rotten or added to an already poisonous or spoiled dish."

Since the foraging overhaul i have not foraged berries, but afaik berries have different shape and colour. Afaik there are(or used to be ) at least 6 different types, and usually one type is poisonous. Used to be random which one will be the poisonous one:) Now perhaps it is not so.

[Mad]

Thank you for all the answers.

I had accidentally eaten one of said winter berries, hence my seeking info (it didn't poison me). Seems like I'm just better off continuing to use them for compost until I find the magazine.