New World Harvesting Guide

Introduction

Harvesting is a gathering Trade Skill in New World that allows players to gather raw plant resources from Harvesting nodes that will be used in crafting Trade Skills; Armoring, Engineering, Arcana, Cooking, and Furnishing. It will also be used in the Weaving and Stonecutting refining Trade Skills. Learn about all this and more in our New World Harvesting Guide.

Harvesting In New World

To get started you will need a flint harvesting sickle to start gathering nodes. This requires Engineering level 0 along with 1 Flint and 1 Green Wood to craft it. You are able to pick up both the Flint and Green-Wood without the need of a gathering tool by walking up to the respective bush/flint and pressing your interact key (Default “E). Once all are obtained, a Tier 1 Camp Fire or Workshop is required to craft the Flint Harvesting Sickle. Once crafted you will need to equip it and you can start gathering.

Higher character levels are able to use better tiers of Harvesting Sickles:

Item	Level Range	Tier	Gathering Speed
Iron Harvesting Sickle	3-19	II	200% – 350%
Steel Harvesting Sickle	16-39	III	350% – 450%
Starmetal Harvesting Sickle	32-59	IV	450% – 625%
Orichalcum Harvesting Sickle	51-60	V	625% – 850%

It is advised to use the highest tier possible followed by the best gear score possible in order to maximize your gathering speed. 

Harvesting Thresholds

As you level your harvesting you will gain the ability to harvest and track additional resources. The below chart outlines each harvesting level threshold.

Resource	Gatherable at Level	Tracked at Level
Farm Plants	0	20
Hemp	0	25
Fungi	0	N/A
Magical Creatures	0	175
Magical Plants	30	45
Silkweed	100	125
Aloe Gel	105	120
Wirefiber	150	200

You can also earn a Hidden Stash while harvesting any node. Opening a Stash will award you with Earth, Air, Water, and Life motes, gold, and other goodies like a Diamond Gypsum. 

TIP: There are 2 major factors that come into play when trying to obtain items while harvesting. harvesting luck and location determine what you obtain while harvesting. Don’t feel discouraged when first starting out and you are not able to find rare items. 

How to level Harvesting

The information contained in this section will assist you in leveling your Harvesting Trade Skill. You can utilize our interactive map to help you create harvesting routes for whatever material you’re looking for. 

Leveling Harvesting is a straightforward process. The general rule of thumb is if you can harvest it you should for the experience. There are some plants that will yield better experience over others in which you can focus your harvesting, but it will depend on the availability of these items as you may not be the only player seeking out these harvesting nodes.

Level 1 to 200

In order to reach level 200 you will need a total of 465,521 experience. The best way to level up harvesting is to gather herbs, blueberries, berries, and Wirefiber (requires 150 harvesting skill) since they generate the most harvesting experience per second compared to other resources.

TIP: Herbs can be found in abundance around forts and is likely to be your best place to level, Blueberries can be found in abundance near the Shattered Obelisk, Silkweed can be found in abundance in Mourningdale, and Wirefiber can be found in abundance in Edengrove. Use the interactive map to plot out your path.

There is an experience perk that you will want to seek out on your sickle called Horticulture Discipline. This perk increases your Harvesting experience based on the gear score value of the sickle. The perk is limited to only sickles. Having this perk is a must if you are trying to power level Harvesting. It is also useful after reaching the maximum of 200 in order to reach trade skill aptitude progression points. 

Increasing your intelligence to 250 points is ideal while leveling. Having 250 points will give you a total of 20% increased harvesting speed, 5% chance for 1 azoth when harvesting, 10% reduction in weight of harvested items, and 10% increased yield when harvesting. This is not mandatory, but if you are focusing solely on harvesting having these perks will greatly improve your leveling time and the amount of resources you can gather.

NOTE: There are things in the game that may seem like they will help you level, but will not. Territory XP Gain bonus is one of these things. That buff does not apply to trade skills. Luck doesn’t affect your experience rates. Finding uncommon, rare, or legendary items while gathering doesn’t change the amount of experience you earn. Yield is the same as luck. Earning more of an item doesn’t increase the amount of experience you earn. 

Below is a chart showing the harvesting nodes, their size, how long it takes to harvest them in seconds, experience and ratio of experience to time. 

New World Harvesting Node XP Chart

Node Type	Size	Time	XP	Rates
Hemp	Small	10	90	9.0
Hemp	Medium	15	135	9.0
Hemp	Large	25	179	7.2
Farm Food	N/A	12	46	18.4
Berry	Small	2.5	46	11.5
Berry	Medium	4	46	7.7
Berry	Large	6	46	18.4
Blueberry	Small	2.5	46	18.4
Blueberry	Medium	4	46	11.5
Blueberry	Large	6	46	7.7
Herbs	Small	4	68	17.0
Herbs	Medium	7	90	12.9
Herbs	Large	10	90	9.0
Magical Creatures	N/A	2	6	3.0
Fungi	N/A	12	46	3.8
Prismabloom	N/A	12	46	3.8
Magical Plants	N/A	20	90	4.5
Silkweed	Small	30	224	7.5
Silkweed	Medium	45	335	7.4
Silkweed	Large	75	447	6.0
Wirefiber	Small	40	558	14
Wirefiber	Medium	60	837	14
Wirefiber	Large	100	1117	11.2

Enhancing your Harvesting

Buffs and perks are the 2 main ways to enhance your harvesting. Below is a chart for the sickle perks and their associated perk labels. You can not have 2 perks with the same perk label on your item.

Tool	Perk Label	Perk Name
All Tools	Azoth Gain	Azoth Extraction
All Tools	Durability	Durable
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Recovery
All Tools	GatheringProc	Gathering Alacrity
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Fire Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Earth Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Air Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Water Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Spirit Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Life Alignment
All Tools	5th Perk, Motes	Death Alignment
Sickle	Bonus	Horticulture Discipline
Sickle	Bonus	Harvesting Efficiency
Sickle	Luck	Harvesting Luck
Sickle	Yield	Harvesting Yield

Buffs can stack if they come from different sources. For example, you can stack yield increase buff from a Proficiency potion and territory control. If you attempt to stack buffs from the same source it will just refresh your buff timer. 

There is a Harvester armor set that is ideal for players to use while Harvesting as it should always come with Intelligence and Reinforced Harvesting Luck. Players should encounter these items around level 19+ monsters as a rare drop and supply chests.  

Other Harvesting Perks

Armor:

• Reinforced Harvesting Luck (Mod: Verbena Leaf)

Amulet:

• Adored Harvesting Luck (Mod: Verbena Flower)

Bag:

• Weaver’s Burden Reduces the weight of fiber, cloth, and sickles (Mod: Verbena Stem)
• Extra Pockets You can hold more weight (Mod: Sliver of Adderstone)
• Alchemist’s Burden Reduces the weight of reagents, potions, and sickles (Mod: Steel Arcanist’s Charm)

Harvesting Buffs

Potions:

• Weak Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 5% for 10 minutes
• Common Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 7% for 15 minutes
• Strong Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 10% for 20 minutes
• Powerful Proficiency Booster Increase gathering yield by 15% for 30 minutes

Foods:

• Cooked Corn Increase Harvesting Luck by 1000 points for 20 minutes
• Cornbread Increase Harvesting Luck by 1400 points for 25 minutes
• Herb-Crusted Corn on the Cob Increase Harvesting Luck by 1700 points for 30 minutes
• Breakfast Bread Increase Harvesting Luck by 1900 points for 35 minutes
• Spicy Steak Pie Increase Harvesting Luck by 2000 points for 40 minutes

Trophies:

• Minor Harvesting Gathering Trophy Increase Harvesting Luck by 500 points
• Basic Harvesting Gathering Trophy Increase Harvesting Luck by 1000 points
• Major Harvesting Gathering Trophy Increase Harvesting Luck by 1500 points

Intelligence Bonus

• 50 Points +10% harvesting Speed
• 100 Points +5% chance for 1 Azoth after Harvesting a node
• 150 Points -10% weight reduction for Harvested items
• 200 Points +10% harvesting Speed
• 250 Points +10% yield when Harvesting
• 300 Points -10% reduction in Azoth travel cost

Harvesting Level

• Harvesting Luck Harvesting Level * 10 = Harvesting Luck Points
• Gathering Speed +5% until level 20 and then +0.3% there after

Territory Buffs:

• Cutlass Key Fort: +10% to global gathering luck
• Monarch’s Bluff Fort: +5% Increase to all experience gains
• Territory Control: +10% Yield while gathering
• Farmer’s Harvest: +20% Yield while Harvesting for 3 days. (Settlement Quality of Life Buff)
• Territory Bonus: [5-37]% Gathering Speed – Varies based on how many points. Bonus decays at 86.5% per point

PvP:

• While Flagged +30% Gathering Luck

Music Buffs:

You can check our Music guide for a full breakdown of the music trade skill.

• Decidedly Dexterous: Gathering speed increases by 75% for 30-90min.
• Fortune’s Favor: Gathering yield increases by 3%-10% for 30-90min.
• Luck’s Labor: Gathering luck increases by 2% – 5% for 30-90min.

BiS Harvesting Set Up

• Harvester Hat GS 625 | 26 Int & 5.15% Luck
• Harvester Shirt GS 625 | 26 Int & 5.15% Luck
• Harvester Gloves GS 625 | 26 Int & 5.15% Luck
• Harvester Pants GS 625 | 26 Int & 5.15% Luck
• Harvester Shoes GS 625 | 26 Int & 5.15% Luck
• Platinum Amulet GS 625 | 26 Int & 9.77%  Luck
• Orichalcum Harvesting Sickle GS 600 | 850% Gathering Speed, 9.3% Luck, 19% Yield, and Horticulture Discipline for increased xp gain
• 3x Infused Leather Bag 600 GS | Combined Total of 30% weight reduction on fiber, cloth, reagents, and potions, 60% reduction rate on sickles, and 1365 encumbrance
• Level 200 +2000 luck points and 154% Gathering Speed bonus

Harvesting Luck

Luck is important for Harvesting is because it will increase the odds of you obtaining a rare harvesting item and an increase to items gathered. There are some thresholds that must be reached in order to obtain the rare items. These thresholds can be obtained by just level Harvesting, but can be reached sooner with the help of the resources listed above.

Thresholds:

• +1,000 Points / 10.00% Ability to harvest Tier 2 & 3 rare fiber materials
• +1,100 Points / 11.0% Ability to harvest Flowers from Magical Plants 
• +1,450 Points / 14.5% Ability to harvest Tier 4 rare fiber materials
• +1,800 Points / 18.0% Ability to harvest Tier 5 rare fiber materials

It is important to note that even though these are the thresholds to start seeing these items, it doesn’t mean your chances of seeing them are very high. 

Harvesting Experience Table

A basic breakdown of the Harvesting Experience table. Aptitude experience values can be found in our Aptitude guide. Character XP is the amount of experience your character earns when your Harvesting level increases.

Level	Exp	Exp (total)	Character Exp	Luck	Gathering Speed Bonus
1	100	100	13	10	5.00%
2	105	205	14	20	10.00%
3	110	315	15	30	15.00%
4	115	430	16	40	20.00%
5	120	550	18	50	25.00%
6	125	675	19	60	30.00%
7	131	806	20	70	35.00%
8	137	943	21	80	40.00%
9	143	1,086	23	90	45.00%
10	149	1,235	24	100	50.00%
11	155	1,390	25	110	55.00%
12	162	1,552	26	120	60.00%
13	169	1,721	28	130	65.00%
14	176	1,897	29	140	70.00%
15	183	2,080	30	150	75.00%
16	191	2,271	33	160	80.00%
17	199	2,470	35	170	85.00%
18	207	2,677	38	180	90.00%
19	215	2,892	40	190	95.00%
20	224	3,116	43	200	100.00%
21	233	3,349	45	210	100.30%
22	242	3,591	48	220	100.60%
23	252	3,843	50	230	100.90%
24	262	4,105	53	240	101.20%
25	272	4,377	55	250	101.50%
26	282	4,659	58	260	101.80%
27	293	4,952	60	270	102.10%
28	304	5,256	63	280	102.40%
29	315	5,571	65	290	102.70%
30	327	5,898	68	300	103.00%
31	339	6,237	70	310	103.30%
32	351	6,588	73	320	103.60%
33	364	6,952	75	330	103.90%
34	377	7,329	78	340	104.20%
35	391	7,720	80	350	104.50%
36	405	8,125	83	360	104.80%
37	419	8,544	85	370	105.10%
38	434	8,978	88	380	105.40%
39	449	9,427	90	390	105.70%
40	464	9,891	93	400	106.00%
41	480	10,371	96	410	106.30%
42	496	10,867	100	420	106.60%
43	512	11,379	104	430	106.90%
44	529	11,908	108	440	107.20%
45	546	12,454	111	450	107.50%
46	564	13,018	115	460	107.80%
47	582	13,600	119	470	108.10%
48	600	14,200	123	480	108.40%
49	619	14,819	126	490	108.70%
50	638	15,457	130	500	109.00%
51	657	16,114	135	510	109.30%
52	677	16,791	140	520	109.60%
53	697	17,488	145	530	109.90%
54	718	18,206	150	540	110.20%
55	739	18,945	155	550	110.50%
56	760	19,705	160	560	110.80%
57	782	20,487	165	570	111.10%
58	804	21,291	170	580	111.40%
59	827	22,118	175	590	111.70%
60	850	22,968	180	600	112.00%
61	873	23,841	185	610	112.30%
62	897	24,738	190	620	112.60%
63	921	25,659	195	630	112.90%
64	946	26,605	200	640	113.20%
65	971	27,576	205	650	113.50%
66	997	28,573	210	660	113.80%
67	1,023	29,596	215	670	114.10%
68	1,049	30,645	220	680	114.40%
69	1,076	31,721	225	690	114.70%
70	1,103	32,824	230	700	115.00%
71	1,130	33,954	235	710	115.30%
72	1,158	35,112	240	720	115.60%
73	1,186	36,298	245	730	115.90%
74	1,214	37,512	250	740	116.20%
75	1,243	38,755	255	750	116.50%
76	1,272	40,027	261	760	116.80%
77	1,301	41,328	268	770	117.10%
78	1,331	42,659	274	780	117.40%
79	1,361	44,020	280	790	117.70%
80	1,391	45,411	286	800	118.00%
81	1,422	46,833	293	810	118.30%
82	1,453	48,286	299	820	118.60%
83	1,484	49,770	305	830	118.90%
84	1,516	51,286	311	840	119.20%
85	1,548	52,834	318	850	119.50%
86	1,580	54,414	324	860	119.80%
87	1,613	56,027	330	870	120.10%
88	1,646	57,673	336	880	120.40%
89	1,679	59,352	343	890	120.70%
90	1,712	61,064	349	900	121.00%
91	1,746	62,810	355	910	121.30%
92	1,780	64,590	361	920	121.60%
93	1,814	66,404	368	930	121.90%
94	1,848	68,252	374	940	122.20%
95	1,883	70,135	380	950	122.50%
96	1,918	72,053	386	960	122.80%
97	1,953	74,006	393	970	123.10%
98	1,988	75,994	399	980	123.40%
99	2,024	78,018	405	990	123.70%
100	2,060	80,078	411	1,000	124.00%
101	2,096	82,174	419	1,010	124.30%
102	2,132	84,306	426	1,020	124.60%
103	2,168	86,474	434	1,030	124.90%
104	2,205	88,679	441	1,040	125.20%
105	2,242	90,921	449	1,050	125.50%
106	2,279	93,200	456	1,060	125.80%
107	2,316	95,516	464	1,070	126.10%
108	2,353	97,869	471	1,080	126.40%
109	2,390	100,259	479	1,090	126.70%
110	2,427	102,686	486	1,100	127.00%
111	2,464	105,150	494	1,110	127.30%
112	2,502	107,652	501	1,120	127.60%
113	2,540	110,192	509	1,130	127.90%
114	2,578	112,770	516	1,140	128.20%
115	2,616	115,386	524	1,150	128.50%
116	2,654	118,040	531	1,160	128.80%
117	2,692	120,732	539	1,170	129.10%
118	2,730	123,462	546	1,180	129.40%
119	2,768	126,230	554	1,190	129.70%
120	2,806	129,036	561	1,200	130.00%
121	2,844	131,880	569	1,210	130.30%
122	2,882	134,762	576	1,220	130.60%
123	2,920	137,682	584	1,230	130.90%
124	2,958	140,640	591	1,240	131.20%
125	2,996	143,636	599	1,250	131.50%
126	3,034	146,670	608	1,260	131.80%
127	3,072	149,742	616	1,270	132.10%
128	3,110	152,852	625	1,280	132.40%
129	3,148	156,000	634	1,290	132.70%
130	3,186	159,186	643	1,300	133.00%
131	3,224	162,410	651	1,310	133.30%
132	3,262	165,672	660	1,320	133.60%
133	3,300	168,972	669	1,330	133.90%
134	3,338	172,310	678	1,340	134.20%
135	3,376	175,686	686	1,350	134.50%
136	3,413	179,099	695	1,360	134.80%
137	3,450	182,549	704	1,370	135.10%
138	3,487	186,036	713	1,380	135.40%
139	3,524	189,560	721	1,390	135.70%
140	3,561	193,121	730	1,400	136.00%
141	3,598	196,719	739	1,410	136.30%
142	3,634	200,353	748	1,420	136.60%
143	3,670	204,023	756	1,430	136.90%
144	3,706	207,729	765	1,440	137.20%
145	3,742	211,471	774	1,450	137.50%
146	3,778	215,249	783	1,460	137.80%
147	3,813	219,062	791	1,470	138.10%
148	3,848	222,910	800	1,480	138.40%
149	3,883	226,793	809	1,490	138.70%
150	3,918	230,711	818	1,500	139.00%
151	3,953	234,664	826	1,510	139.30%
152	3,987	238,651	835	1,520	139.60%
153	4,021	242,672	844	1,530	139.90%
154	4,055	246,727	853	1,540	140.20%
155	4,089	250,816	861	1,550	140.50%
156	4,122	254,938	870	1,560	140.80%
157	4,155	259,093	879	1,570	141.10%
158	4,188	263,281	888	1,580	141.40%
159	4,221	267,502	896	1,590	141.70%
160	4,254	271,756	905	1,600	142.00%
161	4,286	276,042	915	1,610	142.30%
162	4,318	280,360	925	1,620	142.60%
163	4,350	284,710	935	1,630	142.90%
164	4,382	289,092	945	1,640	143.20%
165	4,413	293,505	955	1,650	143.50%
166	4,444	297,949	965	1,660	143.80%
167	4,475	302,424	975	1,670	144.10%
168	4,506	306,930	985	1,680	144.40%
169	4,536	311,466	995	1,690	144.70%
170	4,566	316,032	1,005	1,700	145.00%
171	4,596	320,628	1,015	1,710	145.30%
172	4,626	325,254	1,025	1,720	145.60%
173	4,655	329,909	1,035	1,730	145.90%
174	4,684	334,593	1,045	1,740	146.20%
175	4,713	339,306	1,055	1,750	146.50%
176	4,741	344,047	1,066	1,760	146.80%
177	4,769	348,816	1,078	1,770	147.10%
178	4,797	353,613	1,089	1,780	147.40%
179	4,824	358,437	1,100	1,790	147.70%
180	4,851	363,288	1,111	1,800	148.00%
181	4,878	368,166	1,123	1,810	148.30%
182	4,904	373,070	1,134	1,820	148.60%
183	4,930	378,000	1,145	1,830	148.90%
184	4,956	382,956	1,156	1,840	149.20%
185	4,982	387,938	1,168	1,850	149.50%
186	5,007	392,945	1,179	1,860	149.80%
187	5,032	397,977	1,190	1,870	150.10%
188	5,057	403,034	1,201	1,880	150.40%
189	5,081	408,115	1,213	1,890	150.70%
190	5,105	413,220	1,224	1,900	151.00%
191	5,129	418,349	1,236	1,910	151.30%
192	5,152	423,501	1,249	1,920	151.60%
193	5,175	428,676	1,261	1,930	151.90%
194	5,198	433,874	1,274	1,940	152.20%
195	5,220	439,094	1,286	1,950	152.50%
196	5,242	444,336	1,299	1,960	152.80%
197	5,264	449,600	1,311	1,970	153.10%
198	5,286	454,886	1,324	1,980	153.40%
199	5,307	460,193	1,336	1,990	153.70%
200	5,328	465,521	1,349	2,000	154.00%

New World Harvesting Guide Conclusion

That concludes our New World Harvesting Guide. For the locations of all the Harvesting Nodes in New World, check out our Interactive New World Map!