Foraging
Pick up mushrooms, shells, and stones around town, and learn when rare plants appear.
Foraging is picking up things you find lying around Craven’s Hollow. You gather mushrooms, pebbles, seashells, and rocks for crafting, and now and then you turn up a rare plant. You do not need a tool.
How It Works
Look Around
Walk through the woods, meadows, rocky areas, and beaches. Small finds sit on the ground.
Pick It Up
Walk up to a find until the Pick up prompt shows, then press E (A on a gamepad). The item goes into your bag.
Come Back Later
Everyone shares the same finds, so the first player to reach one gets it. New finds appear after about 1m to 2m.
What You Can Find
| Find | Where | What you get |
|---|---|---|
 Mushroom |
Woods, forests, and meadows | 1-2 Mushroom |
 Pebbles |
Almost everywhere, including beaches | 1-3 Pebbles |
 Seashell |
Beaches, such as the Western Beach | 1-2 Seashell |
 Loose Rock |
Woods and rocky areas | 1-2 Rock, and a 35% chance of 1-2 Pebbles |
 Gleaming Stone |
A few rocky spots, and rarely | 1-2 Rock, plus a 4% chance each of a Ruby, an Emerald, or a Sapphire |
You use these materials for starter tools and furniture. See Materials and Crafting.
Rare Plants
Rare plants grow on the ground like any other find, so you can spot them before you pick them up. Some grow at their own spots in the woods and meadows, and sometimes one grows where a regular find would have appeared. Dewcap grows at any time. The others only grow at certain times of day or in certain weather. Each one shows a “You found…” message when you pick it up. You use them to craft Botanic, Garden, and Pets furniture, and four of the five also go into bigger houses.
| Plant | Where it comes from | When it appears | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dewcap |
Woods, forests, meadows, and rocky areas | Any time | Botanic, Garden, and Pets furniture; house upgrades |
 Moonthistle |
Woods, forests, meadows, and rocky areas | Evening and night | Botanic, Garden, and Pets furniture; house upgrades |
 Rainblossom |
Anywhere you forage, including beaches | When it rains | Botanic, Garden, and Pets furniture; house upgrades |
 Zephyr Bloom |
Woods at night, anywhere in the rain | Evening, night, or when it rains | Botanic, Garden, and Pets furniture |
 Starfall Petal |
Anywhere you forage | Rainy evenings and nights only | Botanic and Garden furniture; house upgrades |
Night plants glow softly in the dark. When their time ends, rare plants wilt away, so pick them while you can.
In a typical woods spot on a dry day, about 1 in every 8 new finds is a Dewcap. At night, about 1 in every 10 is a Moonthistle. Starfall Petal is the rarest of the five.
See Day and Night and Weather to plan your trips. The recipes are on the Crafting page.
Tips
- Go out in the rain and at night with a free bag.
- Walk the beach for Seashells. You need them for the Scrappy Fishing Rod and for Princess and Botanic furniture.
- Pebbles and Rocks also come from fishing and mining, so you can fill gaps in other ways.