How do I get my foraging level up??

[Zo]

I am level 6 now and i have a problem with progresing with this skill. Is there something more than just picking up forage items??

[Nakos]

Foraging, and chopping down trees.

http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Foraging

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Chop trees, plant their "seeds" with 1 tile of separation between them, repeat.

[Pixel Peeper]

I got my Foraging level to 10 when my highest other skill was still at 6.

Chopping trees indeed seems to be most effective. I did pick up everything I saw too, and so, planting Wild Seeds might work since they essentially spawn a whole bunch of Forage items when they're fully grown.

That level 10 skill is fantastic. Everything I pick up is of Iridium-quality, meaning their value is maxed and, more importantly, they all stack!

Also, when planting crafted Wild Seeds, you don't need to fertilize for quality because your entire harvest is going to be Iridium-quality regardless. Several thousand gold in four neat little stacks is nice.

[skovand]

i believe sowing and harvesting wild seeds give foraging XP as well, but i'm not sure

[Storm]

Originally posted by Spawk:

Mainly chopping trees. Foraging is probably the hardest skill to level. It takes a long time. Removing all six large stumps in the secret forest nets you 150 XP daily for minimal effort, which is on par with chopping roughly 13 regular trees, plus you'll get some hardwood out of it, so that's something to consider as part of the daily chores. Get used to planting a billion trees on your farm.

Really? Might just be the way I play, but it's always been combat that's last to level for me. Typically I max out farming --> fishing/foraging --> mining --> combat.

[anonymous]

this mod is really nice to see our progression skill http://stardewvalleymods.net/experience-bars-mod/

this one add bar on left screen to see where we are before to reach another level

[Zo]

Thank you all!!

[nike276]

Originally posted by red255:

yeah you get 150 foraging XP per day with a steel axe or greater and the 6 stumps in the secret forest.

12 per tree you chop which you could plant en mass on like the beach or elsewhere.

and 3 per forage seed you plant.

I normally get foraging to 10 before blackberry season in fall. mainly with the stumps in secret forest, and well, mushroom level in the caves (7 XP per mushroom)

Really? on my first actually playthrough, i got skills in this order (from easiest/first maxed to hardest/maxed last) Fishing-Farming-Mining-Combat-Foraging

EDIT: And can't u get a mushroom lvl on a floor like 85 and 95 so that u can keep elavating somehwere back to mushroom floor for a bunch of mushrooms?

[Pixel Peeper]

Originally posted by nike276:

Really? on my first actually playthrough, i got skills in this order (from easiest/first maxed to hardest/maxed last) Fishing-Farming-Mining-Combat-Foraging

Each level takes more EXP than the previous one, so the fact that I got to level 10 Foraging when my second highest skill was at level 6 means I gained EXP around five times faster in Foraging than in any other skills.

You've got to plant a lot of trees, though. Alternatively, starting with the Forest farm is very effective because of the eight extra stumps (200 EXP) that respawn every single day.