Plant fibers are so hard to find!

[Veggie]

why are they so hard to find!

[Zuleica]

Because you haven't learned how to spot them yet, takes some practice. They are very very common and once you do get the hang of it you won't even stop to pick them, you'll grab them as you walk or run, you'll even grab them as you run from a predator, that's how easy they are once you get the hang of spotting them. I can easily collect 50 fiber before noon each day. I even go out at night and grab some fiber and crates.

[God Bless The Dead]

The key is knowing what to look for and getting used to the fiber popping out at you from a distance, it comes with time spent playing the game, after a few hours ingame the fiber will become easy to spot and soon after that you will have way to much fiber to even use it all.

This guide should help you, at the gathering section there is some tips for spotting fiber.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=794524519

[Bringer101]

you may want to try running after a chicken, if I hit a point where I can't see any fiber or crates i just listen for a chicken and then run after it, because it won't take to long before you find yourself running past fiber or crates, but do be aware that chickens will run towards a predator, but for me this method works 99% of the time..

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by beats:

not really, must be spreaded different on the map. where i started to build my first base fiber is really rare and this is the only thing that holds me back building and reduces my fun...

I've built 8 bases on one map...ALL over...and fiber is not rare in any location I've found so far. It's harder to spot at different locations, but still not actually "rare".

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by beats:

ok then i might have to reduce the quality to analyze the ground better.

I have the hightest settings and, initially I had problems, now I can spot them easily. The keey is to focus on the optimal range when you're just playing the game. They show up best as a silhouette against a terrain difference and at an intermediate distance. And, of course, better still, against a bare dirt ground. I rarely even stop any more but just alter my course slightly when I spot them at an intermediate range then clip them on the fly.

[Humpher]

yeah, I use to say the same thing, but once you figure out what they look like up close and in the distance you will have more fiber than you know what to do with.

[TaMA ChaN™]

I realize that the game may design in a way that there are items in each category like
'food', 'ores' and 'builders' (aka nails fibers, steels) have a 'short pack'

Example i have very low protein bar counts compare to apples; low steel compare to nails/fibers and oh lord my copper is like as rare as locked boxes compare to like my 300 iron fragments.

So sometimes it is luck or build in a way some items are extremely low compare to the others

[Veggie]

I see I have tried looking harder I did find a few bit extra but it still isn't that commen to find and that u need so much of it for buliding

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by Veggie:

I see I have tried looking harder I did find a few bit extra but it still isn't that commen to find and that u need so much of it for buliding

It isn't that it's uncommon, because it IS very common. It's that you need to acquire the experience of finding it. It is very much a learned skilll, learned through considerable game play and focus. It actually requires you to reverse a natural process; that of looking for small things in the immediate foreground. Instead you have to look for things in the middle distances and longer distances that you would expect NOT to see there but instead see up close. The plants are more visible farther away. The moment you lapse in your concentration on this atypical behavior you can't see them any more.

[Zuleica]

Originally posted by beats:

but you find more just if you travel farer, and that is not so easy for beginners without being able to deal with the wildlife yet. i am more busy searching for food than fiber anyways.

I would never suggest traveling far as a beginner. You sould stick to the near vicinity of your base for at least 3 days. Never be farther than one full stamina bar sprint back to your base...and know exactly which direction to go to get to it at all times. Within that radius I guarantee you there is an abundance of fiber....IF you learn how to find it. It is not normal for your brain to focus in the manner required, it requires you to train yourself in a way you're not accustomed to. That however I think is one of the more intriguing aspects, it would be boring if fiber and other plants stuck out like a sore thumb. Learn what you need to do observationally and you'll always find the plants.

[Veggie]

Originally posted by Zuleica:

Originally posted by beats:

but you find more just if you travel farer, and that is not so easy for beginners without being able to deal with the wildlife yet. i am more busy searching for food than fiber anyways.

I would never suggest traveling far as a beginner. You sould stick to the near vicinity of your base for at least 3 days. Never be farther than one full stamina bar sprint back to your base...and know exactly which direction to go to get to it at all times. Within that radius I guarantee you there is an abundance of fiber....IF you learn how to find it. It is not normal for your brain to focus in the manner required, it requires you to train yourself in a way you're not accustomed to. That however I think is one of the more intriguing aspects, it would be boring if fiber and other plants stuck out like a sore thumb. Learn what you need to do observationally and you'll always find the plants.

I really do like your english vocab (thumbs up)

[TaMA ChaN™]

Well English is a commutation to communicate?
Elisgnh is cazry but you can uednrsantd if fsirt and lsat wrod is in the seam pacel :)

[Hoodoo Man]

It takes time before you see them. They are not rare. They are everywhere. You will learn to spot them easily after you play for awhile. Spawns of fiber and bluberries often lead to crates in a sort of loot trail. If you chase chickens they will often lead you to fibers and crates. But beware, they will also lead you to wolves and bears. And when you are chasing them you might get killed. I stop to chop at a tree to regain stamina and at the same time scan the area for my next objective. This is a hard game. Probably the hardest game I have played in many ways. I thought The Long Dark was hard until I played this. The learning curve is rather difficult. I have rage quit the game before. But I always keep coming back. I now have a 4 story base with almost all the good stuff. Hang in there.

[lostinalaska]

I have started over quite a few times now. I have noticed that Profile 1 has tons of fiber, Profile 2 has very little of anything, and while Profile 3 has a little of most things, it has very little fiber in any part of the map. This has been consistent for me. There's also the luck of the spawn -- or bad luck. If I get a bad spawn, I just start a new game. Norhing like spawning in the middle of 3 bears and 2 wolves!

[emp456]

Originally posted by lostinalaska:

I have started over quite a few times now. I have noticed that Profile 1 has tons of fiber, Profile 2 has very little of anything, and while Profile 3 has a little of most things, it has very little fiber in any part of the map. This has been consistent for me. There's also the luck of the spawn -- or bad luck. If I get a bad spawn, I just start a new game. Norhing like spawning in the middle of 3 bears and 2 wolves!

This seems weird, but i have experimented something similar. I had a game on profile 2 that i have deleted because there wasn't almost fiber spawning on the map. On my profile 1 there's plenty and i don't even need to look after it, just go out my base and each day respawns all around it.

It seems that spawn is linked with the profile+map generator so if the map is almost empty of a resource, it will be empty always so it's better to just start a new game. I think dev needs to review the map/spawn generator.