Gathering
Steps are the gathering currency. Every single step: one swing, one Agility XP, one chance at a resource.
How a session works
Open Resource Collection, pick an activity, and go move. Every live step rolls that activity's drop chance; when a roll hits, the logs (or ore, or stones) land in your haul with a buzz. Claim whenever you like.
Banked steps: it works while you sleep
Your phone counts steps all day whether the app is open or not, and those steps bank into a balance. During any gathering session your bank drains automatically: one step every half-second, phone off, app closed, doesn't matter. Walk while it drains and you're spending double: live steps and banked steps rolling side by side. Come back to a "while you were away" haul.
The three disciplines
| Discipline | Needs | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Foraging | Nothing | Stones, sticks, feathers and flax: tool materials and bowstrings. |
| Woodcutting | An axe, and Agility for the better trees | Pine up through woods you haven't heard of yet. Six tiers. |
| Mining | A pickaxe | Copper and tin up through coal, gold and mithril. |
Company
You are not out there alone. The gathering screen shows who else is working the same spot, and a live chat logs finds and level ups as they happen.
Tools
Bronze axe
Iron
Mithril
Pickaxe
BucketBare hands forage; everything else wants steel (well, stone first). Craft a stone axe or pickaxe from 3 stones and 2 sticks, then climb: every tool tier boosts your drop chance on every swing, up to a serious edge at mithril. The tool must be equipped as your weapon while you gather.