Foraging
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Foraging is the process by which pirates can gather commodities (fruit, and the very rare gems and pieces of gold ore) from uncolonized islands. This is done from the menu on the hold of a ship in port on the island. The gathered commodities go directly into the hold.
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How to
Foraging uses one hour of labor per click. It cannot be done until a player has been on the ship or island for at least ten minutes. On Subscriber Oceans, a subscription is required. On Doubloon Oceans, a labor badge is required. Pirates less than a day old cannot forage.
Getting value for your forage
Fruit is generated on a per-archipelago basis. Any given archipelago will produce two fruits, one cheap type worth about 15 pieces of eight, generated about 50% of the time, and one valuable type worth about 60 pieces of eight, generated about 33% of the time.
In order to get full value, you must sail to a market in another archipelago. Markets in the local archipelago never purchase the fruit spawned there. Players who operate a palace or fort may choose to purchase the fruit, but usually only do so at significantly lower prices.
Historical Notes
Gold ore was introduced as a forageable commodity in release 2005-03-28
Before it was changed (in release 'Happy Holiday Fruitcake', in release 2004-12-15), foraging allowed pirates to gather herbs and minerals, which then could be sailed to a colonized island and sold to/used by shoppes. However, some players quickly figured out the schedule on which these commodities spawned, and acquired what was felt to be a disproportionate share of the 'found' wealth, which also had a large impact on the economy. These flaws inspired the Ringers to make changes to the foraging system, creating the process that now exists.
The ability to forage until the completion of a fort on an island in mid-colonization was added with release 2004-10-21.
Advance labor hours for foraging were added in Beta release 2003-08-07.
The ten-minute prerequisite for foraging on a ship you have recently whisked to was introduced with Alpha release 2003-06-24.
Foraging, as it originally existed, was introduced with Alpha release 2003-06-05.
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