Farming Sage

[FPStewy]

I don't seem to be getting any seeds even at level 10 is this normal.

[Tanyon]

I mean it's all random. You allegedly get more the higher your lvl I've personally never had an issue getting the seeds when harvesting. So it's not normal to me but others might feel differently.

[FPStewy]

Yea I just harvest an entire farm at lvl 10 and not one sage seed. Just wondering if the NPC's do but I don't type of thing.

[Fortigan]

1) Farming (or any skill) is determined at the start (planting). Only the level of the one who planted it matters. The one who planted it is also the one who gets xp for it when harvested.
2) It's heavy RNG, just like mining for ore.
3) Players and NPC can get seeds from harvesting.
4) It's a good idea to still forage for things like sage, garlic, hemp, flax to help maintain a seed-bank. I set my forage on those to "up to 100" and I set my farming to "up to 75". This way the farming only kicks in if the foragers can't keep up with consumption. I use multiple fields and divide up the crops between them so that I don't end up with sage being planted 75 times.

[FPStewy]

Originally posted by Fortigan:

3) Players and NPC can get seeds from harvesting.

My 2 farmers are LvL 10 and I do see my sage seed stock increasing but even if I harvest an entire farm at LVL 10 I never myself pickup a seed.

Just wondering if I'm that unlucky or if anyone else is noticing that players can't get seeds from sage.

[Fortigan]

Originally posted by FPStewy:

Originally posted by Fortigan:

3) Players and NPC can get seeds from harvesting.

My 2 farmers are LvL 10 and I do see my sage seed stock increasing but even if I harvest an entire farm at LVL 10 I never myself pickup a seed.

Just wondering if I'm that unlucky or if anyone else is noticing that players can't get seeds from sage.

Were you the one who planted them? The farming skill of the planter determines the outcome, not the harvester. Are the 2 level 10 farmers the only ones allowed to farm? Turn off farming for everyone else.

And yes, it is possible to be that unlucky. It will balance out over time with more harvests. If it doesn't, report it as a bug on their discord and send them your save and log files for them to investigate.

[Drikon]

I wonder if where the farm is matters, wet lowlands, higher areas, forest areas... When you discover a seed, the codex tells where the plant likes to grow. Maybe this is a factor.

[FPStewy]

Originally posted by Drikon:

I wonder if where the farm is matters, wet lowlands, higher areas, forest areas... When you discover a seed, the codex tells where the plant likes to grow. Maybe this is a factor.

What I noticed since I posted is that I can harvest a full field of sage and nothing but NPC's go and they will get a bunch out of a one row. So I just let them do it.

I think the sage seeds return is much lower than for ex Flax or Hemp. I just looked and after 325 days I have 36 sage seeds in storage so it's slowly but surely increasing.

[Ensign Toby]

Why not just visit a Herbalist and re-stock/balance your Sage Seed Inventory?