What counts as a resource?

[Blitzkrieg]

Strolling through a forest i've never been to, I forage some blackberries and then some blueberries. The blueberries are added to the resource list for that area and I get adventuring xp for that, but that doesn't happen with the blackberries for some reason. Is this intentional?

[Artur Smiarowski]

It is intentional, but it has been confusing for many players since EA started, so I might change it. Basically, the natural resources that you unlocked - blueberries, had a dedicated area where they spawned, but every bush has a small chance to be a random berry bush unrelated to natural resources, and that's what happened with the blackberries.

[Blitzkrieg]

Originally posted by Artur Smiarowski:

It is intentional, but it has been confusing for many players since EA started, so I might change it. Basically, the natural resources that you unlocked - blueberries, had a dedicated area where they spawned, but every bush has a small chance to be a random berry bush unrelated to natural resources, and that's what happened with the blackberries.

Ah ok, that makes sense. Do you think it would help clarify things for new players if you separated the known resources between "Common" and "rare"?

[Artur Smiarowski]

Originally posted by Blitzkrieg:

Ah ok, that makes sense. Do you think it would help clarify things for new players if you separated the known resources between "Common" and "rare"?

I don't think it would help because all natural resources would be considered "plentiful" in the region for the purpose of building settlements, but you still find something random.