Here’s a Foraging guide to help you find food in Project Zomboid. Level foraging to increase your search radius and find better loot.
Leveling Foraging
- Leveling foraging increases foraging search radius (Search Mode).
- Unlocks better loot that can be found (See below Loot Types).
- Unlocks more Focus Types (See below Search Focus).
- Foraging can be leveled up by finding and picking up items.
- You can also watch Life and Living for some Foraging XP.
Loot Types
| Foraging Level | Items |
|---|---|
| 0 | Berries, Mushrooms, Herbs, Wood, Stones, Junk, Junk Food, Clothing, Weapons, Medical Supplies, Trash, Insects, Lemon Grass, Medicinal Plants, Wild Plants |
| 2 | Wild Veggies, Tents |
| 3 | Onions |
| 4 | Wild Fruit, Ammo |
| 5 | Oranges, Daikon, Rats |
| 6 | Wild Fruit |
| 7 | More Fruit, Vegetables, Frogs, Birds |
| 8 | More Fruit, Vegetables, Eggs, Squirrel, Traps, Hiking Bags |
| 9 | Bananas |
| 10 | Pineapples, Watermelons, Rabbit |
Search Radius
When in search mode the search radius is the area around your character of which you can find items.
Search radius is affected by the following:
- Foraging Level
- Weather (rain, snow and fog will reduce radius)
- Time of day (darkness will reduce radius)
- Clothing (some face items block vision)
- Moodles (Hunger, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Panic, Stress, Pain, Drunkenness and Sickness will reduce radius)
- Occupations and Traits
If you’ve taken the short sighted trait just wear glasses to negate the search radius penalty.
Search Focus
In the search mode window players can choose a particular type of item to focus on while searching. This grants a bonus to that category that is being focused on.
The below table shows the chances of a focused item overwriting any given drop:
| Focus | Level | Min Focus Bonus | Max Focus Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firewood | 0 | 25% | 40% |
| Stones | 0 | 25% | 40% |
| Berries | 3 | 20% | 33% |
| Mushrooms | 3 | 20% | 33% |
| Insects | 4 | 15% | 33% |
| Wild Herbs | 4 | 10% | 20% |
| Wild Plants | 4 | 10% | 20% |
| Trash | 4 | 15% | 25% |
| Animals | 5 | 5% | 15% |
| Crops | 5 | 15% | 33% |
| Medicinal Plants | 6 | 10% | 20% |
| Fruits | 7 | 15% | 33% |
Loot Chance
Certain items have bonuses these include:
- Plants that have a night time bonus.
- +50% chance bonus to Firewood during Fall.
- Most berries, vegetables, herbs, insects and animals can’t be found in Winter.
- Beauty Berries, Holly Berries and Winter Berries can only be found during Fall and Winter.
- Higher chance of finding items in locations where they are typically found eg. Firewood in forests, stones on streets and trash in towns.
