[41.65] Herbalist Magazine Perks Broken - Can't Find Medicinal Herbs

[Surrealistik]

You cannot find any medicinal herbs after reading the Herbalist Magazine barring Lemongrass.

[Pandorea]

Healing herbs can be found after or during rain in Deep forest areas. Also the char must be of certain Foraging level to recognise them.

[Surrealistik]

19 hours ago, Pandorea said:

Healing herbs can be found after or during rain in Deep forest areas. Also the char must be of certain Foraging level to recognise them.

This is true for the chargen perk as well? Is there any difference between this trait when gained via the magazine and having it at chargen? Search mode radius?

Edited February 25, 2022 by Surrealistik

[Tykvesh]

Intended or not, currently the magazine does not unlock medicinal herbs. Lemon Grass is an exception, which can be found by anyone.

 

This is because medicinal herbs require the trait to be visible. Also confirmed in 41.66 (unstable).

Plantain = {
		type = "Base.Plantain",
		minCount = 2,
		maxCount = 8,
		xp = 15,
		traits = { "Herbalist" },

function forageSystem.hasNeededTraits(_character, _itemDef)
	local knownTraits = 0;
	for _, trait in ipairs(_itemDef.traits) do
		if _character:HasTrait(trait) then
			knownTraits = knownTraits + 1;
		end;
	end;
	return #_itemDef.traits == knownTraits;
end

[nanoplasm]

In builds up to 41.60, medicinal herbs (other than lemongrass) is checking the recipe "herbalist" for prerequisite.  The herbalist recipe can be gained by reading The Herbalist magazine in-game. In builds 41.65 and later, medicinal herbs are checking for the player trait "herbalist" instead.  The herbalist trait is only available during character creation.

 

So after 41.65, reading The Herbalist magazine will not allow player to detect/forage medicinal herbs; only selecting the Herbalist trait at creation will allow player to detect medicinal herbs when foraging.

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by nanoplasm

[nanoplasm]

On 2/24/2022 at 2:10 AM, Pandorea said:

Healing herbs can be found after or during rain in Deep forest areas. Also the char must be of certain Foraging level to recognise them.

Sorry, I am not sure if the moderator would know.  But was this change to the prerequisite for foraging medicinal herbs an intentional change to the game mechanics?

[Pandorea]

Foraging system as a whole has been overhauled. Adding some variation to it with things like "herbs only available in deep forest" was an intended change, yes. Having "Herbalist" magazine not working was not  This should be fixed with the next update I believe.