Regarding 'Forage Branch'

[quickslash]

Why am I not finding branches with this command? I've been at it for hours, and there's another PC with me doing it. I'm in a Baobob Grove and I keep just finding twigs and vines. Is it just because my skill is low, or did the forage command change? I know this worked before.

[Lizzie]

Try:

forage wood
and
forage wood for branch

instead of
forage branch

see if that helps?

[Synthesis]

I'm assuming you meant "forage wood."  If you're using "forage kindling," all you're going to find is twigs and vines.

With that assumption, the room you're in is most likely flagged as a region-type that doesn't have branches in the potential forage success list for "wood."  Try a different room.

[quickslash]

Maybe using 'branch' was the problem. Also thanks for the tip.

[FantasyWriter]

Yes.  If you use "forage branch" you get the exact same results as you would using "forage wood."

[Malifaxis]

Oh?

[jstorrie]

Yeah, as of the last tweak to forage, right? Wherein you can forage for specific things?

Eh I forget.

[FantasyWriter]

Oh?

Yup.  Yet you -can- "forage wood for branch" to get the desired result, as Lizzie said.

[Malifaxis]

I thought you had to put the for or a - or something in there, I didn't know just "forage branch" would work

[Lizzie]

Right, but the first part of the syntax still has to match the list of "forage skill options" -
wood, rock(s), stone(s), food, kindling, salt, spice, and artifact(s).

You can "forage <item>" without argument, with any of the above.

If you want a specific type of item, such as, amethyst, you'd have to

forage rock for amethyst

and not

forage amethyst.

[FantasyWriter]

I thought you had to put the for or a - or something in there, I didn't know just "forage branch" would work

"Forage branch" seems to be an added argument to equate to "Forage wood" like "forage rock" is for "forage stone."
It worked this way before the wonderful changes to forage, I know.
Judging by the OP, it looks like it is still the same way.


Another note for the OP that may better answer your question: As the helpfile states, the higher your skill gets, the more valuable things you will find, so in theory a master at forage would get more branches and fewer kindling items when foraging for wood with no added argument than would someone who is a novice at the technique, so the answer to your question would be Yes, it is because your skill is low that you are not getting branches (actually getting them a very low percentage of your total forage successes) at the moment.

[MeTekillot]

Also, "forage butts for apple-shaped" won't increase your chance to find apple-shaped butts. You'll just discard any butt you happen to find that isn't apple-shaped automatically.

[quickslash]

Okay, I'm still getting nothing. My skill is at novice, but it's not like I'm looking for diamonds here. Maybe I'm in the wrong place- I keep trying 'baobob' groves. Are agafaris better? Does neither one of them work?

[FantasyWriter]

Okay, I'm still getting nothing. My skill is at novice, but it's not like I'm looking for diamonds here. Maybe I'm in the wrong place- I keep trying 'baobob' groves. Are agafaris better? Does neither one of them work?

Send a request in through the request tool specifying the room/s you are trying in.
My -guess- would be that your character is still crappy at it, but there is no way I can help you with that for sure.

[Yasbusta]

I dunno if I was looking for branches I would cut them off a tree. Not look on the ground

[Dalmeth]

Okay, I'm still getting nothing. My skill is at novice, but it's not like I'm looking for diamonds here. Maybe I'm in the wrong place- I keep trying 'baobob' groves. Are agafaris better? Does neither one of them work?

Just because it's a grove doesn't mean you can forage branches there.  Try moving on to groves that are a little bit further out, or going into a heavily forested region (at your own risk).  It doesn't seem logical, but the idea behind the region you're most likely searching is that wood is scarce, regardless of the fluffy description of the room.  Just think of it as a bunch of immature, sickly trees.

[quickslash]

Alright, I'll make a request. Thanks again everyone.

[Nyr]

Forage branch is just a replacement alias for "forage wood."*
If you actually get something when you type "forage branch" or "forage wood," then you are in a place where it makes sense to forage for wood.
You will generally only find branches in areas where there is potential for a lot of dead wood, like a heavier sort of forest.
Therefore, you can "forage branch" and never actually get a branch.

Some of the rooms that you might think would be okay to forage for branches just aren't quite in the "heavy enough forest" variety.

In general, I think that if you have a lumber axe with you, you can figure out whether or not a room is suitable for grabbing up branches.  Simply bring the axe with you, and try to use it to cut down a tree.  If you can, then the area should be one that you can forage for branches.

Hopefully that helps anyone else coming across this particular issue.

*As a side note, this also means that you can "forage branch for branch" and only forage for branches (since "forage branch" = "forage wood").  Consequently, I'm not sure "forage branch" should exist.

[quickslash]

It might be a little less confusing if it didn't.

Thanks for the help.

[TheBadSeed]

Not always, Nyr.. 

[Nyr]

Not always, Nyr.. 

In general

[SpyGuy]

Oddly enough, I just found out that "forage root" seems to substitute for "forage food" like rock/stone and wood/branch.  This could be a confusing to new players, maybe it should be more clearly spelled out in the helpfile?

[FantasyWriter]

Or remove all of the arguments that are not on the list in the helpfile.