Gathering

Gathering is the process by which a player can collect crafting materials from resource nodes.

Gathering

Progress bar for Herbalism. The item has not been identified yet.

A Fragrant Root has been identified.

The process of gathering can be outlined as follows:

To locate a gatherable resource, players must out for distinguishable features of the node and a change in the cursor to a harvesting tool when hovering over the node.

Upon interacting with the node, a progress bar will appear above the skill menu. At first, the progress bar will show a generic icon and the name of the resource the player is gathering from.

There is a chance of identifying the item. Once an item is identified, the icon and name will change to the respective icon and name of the specific item that has been found.

If the progres bar finishes and no item was identified, no item will be gathered. The gathering process can fail after successful identifiaction, and no item will be gathered.

After an item has been identified and the progress bar finishes without failing, the item will drop from the resource node ready to be collected.

This process repeats until no more gathering attempts can occur at a resource, at which point the resource disappears and no more can be collected from that spot for a while.

Resource Nodes

Each gathering profession can collect materials from three tiers of resource node. Players gathering from higher-tier nodes will have a higher chance of collecting rarer resources, with epic resources only being collectible from tier-3 nodes.
Resource node tiers are not to be confused with item tiers.
The node tiers below are listed from lowest (tier 1) to highest (tier 3):

Butchery Nodes

Butchery nodes take the form of the carcasses of level-1 creatures. When hovering over a butchery node, the cursor will change into a skinning knife.

Lower

Middle

Prime

Herbalist Nodes

Herbalism nodes take the form of vibrant bushes. The cursor will change into a sickle when hovering over them.

Thick Bush

Thick bushes have red bulbs.

Old Bush

Old bushes have a mixture of red and blue bulbs.

Ancient Bush

Logging Nodes

Logging nodes take the form of blue trees. The cursor will turn into an axe when hovering over them.

Magic Tree

Old Magic Tree

Ancient Magic Metal

Mining Nodes

Mining nodes take the form of ores. The cursor will change into a pickaxe when hovering over them.

Metal

Metals are brownish ores.

Polymetal

Ancient Metal