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The '''herbalist''' skill is used by dwarves with the '''plant gathering''' {{l|labor}}. They will gather from designated {{L|shrub|shrubs}} and harvest {{L|plant|plants}}.  Note that due to the new requirements for underground farming, plant gathering is now much more important than in previous versions.
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The '''herbalist''' skill is used by dwarves with the '''plant gathering''' {{l|labor}}. They will gather from designated {{L|shrub|shrubs}} and harvest {{L|plant|plants}}.   
  
 
== Uses ==
 
== Uses ==
  
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=== Food Production ===
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=== Food production ===
  
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Herbalists are often used to help with food production in an early fortress as they do not require farm plots or other setup. This tactic works best in heavily {{L|forest|forested}} areas, and is nearly worthless in {{L|badlands}} and {{L|desert|deserts}}. While plant gathering is less efficient than {{l|farming}} and significantly less reliable, it also requires minimal space and provides a relatively immediate payoff in comparison.
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Herbalists are often used to help with food production in an early fortress as they do not require farm plots or other setup. Above ground, this skill works best in areas with thick vegetation like {{L|forest}}s and is nearly useless in sparsely vegetated biomes like {{L|desert}}s or {{L|badland}}s. Under ground, plant gathering can be a high risk activity in the caverns and production can be easily outstripped by farms. While plant gathering is less efficient than {{l|farming}} and significantly less reliable, it also requires minimal space and provides a relatively immediate payoff in comparison.
  
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=== Gathering Seeds ===
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=== Gathering seeds ===
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Plants gathered by herbalists can be eaten or processed to provide {{l|seed|seeds}} which can then be {{L|crop|planted}} in outdoor farms. For this reason, it is popular (if not necessary) early in a fort's existence if one wants to grow outdoor crops.
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Plants gathered by herbalists can be eaten or processed to provide {{l|seed|seeds}} which can then be {{L|crop|planted}} in farms. For this reason, it is popular (if not necessary) to gather outdoor plants early in a fort's existence if one wants to grow outdoor crops.
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==Speed of training==
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Dwarves gain {{L|experience}} in plant gathering every time they pick over a shrub whether they are successful at harvesting anything or not. Training a completely unskilled dwarf to legendary status in this skill requires the harvesting of 600 plants, and can be done in less than a couple years. A legendary herbalist not suffering from any {{L|Skill#Skill_penalties|skill penalties}} will never fail to harvest a stack of four or five {{L|crop|plant}}s.
  
 
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Skill: Herbalist
Association  
Profession Template:L
Job Title Herbalist
Labor Plant Gathering
Tasks
  • Gather plants
  • Extract Plant Essence
Workshop

Template:L

Attributes
None
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This article is about an older version of DF.

The herbalist skill is used by dwarves with the plant gathering Template:L. They will gather from designated Template:L and harvest Template:L.

Uses

Food production

Herbalists are often used to help with food production in an early fortress as they do not require farm plots or other setup. Above ground, this skill works best in areas with thick vegetation like Template:Ls and is nearly useless in sparsely vegetated biomes like Template:Ls or Template:Ls. Under ground, plant gathering can be a high risk activity in the caverns and production can be easily outstripped by farms. While plant gathering is less efficient than Template:L and significantly less reliable, it also requires minimal space and provides a relatively immediate payoff in comparison.

Gathering seeds

Plants gathered by herbalists can be eaten or processed to provide Template:L which can then be Template:L in farms. For this reason, it is popular (if not necessary) to gather outdoor plants early in a fort's existence if one wants to grow outdoor crops.

Speed of training

Dwarves gain Template:L in plant gathering every time they pick over a shrub whether they are successful at harvesting anything or not. Training a completely unskilled dwarf to legendary status in this skill requires the harvesting of 600 plants, and can be done in less than a couple years. A legendary herbalist not suffering from any Template:L will never fail to harvest a stack of four or five Template:Ls.

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