Gathering progression is a fame race, and the trick is gathering a lot of cheap resources fast instead of a few rare ones slowly. Most players who feel stuck at T6 are hunting T7 nodes. Gather plentiful lower-tier nodes in the matching gear and the tiers come much sooner.
Pick one resource
Five lines exist: wood, ore, fiber, hide and stone. Each levels on its own, and gathering gear only boosts its own resource. Splitting your time early means levelling two lines at half speed.
Choose by where you play:
- The primary resource of the biome around your city is the most common, so it levels fastest.
- Hide sells well but means killing resource mobs, which takes longer per node.
- Check this week's prices in the Market Explorer if you also want the silver.
The route, tier by tier
- T2 to T3: unlock the line on safe starter-zone nodes. Takes an evening.
- T4: buy the T4 tool and, as soon as they unlock, the matching T4 gathering cap and garb. Gather T4 nodes in T5 and T6 zones, where they are plentiful.
- T5: keep gathering T4 and T5 resources in the upgraded set. Do not chase T5 only.
- T6: gather T4 to T6 in T6 zones. Visit resource hotspots when you see them.
- T7 to T8: keep working plentiful T4 to T6 nodes for fame and take T7 and T8 nodes when they are on your route.
The set unlocks on the Destiny Board alongside the tool for each tier. Wearing the full set raises yield and fame for that resource, and the bonus grows with the set's tier. Of all the upgrades in this guide, the gear is the one to buy first.
What adds yield
Yield is a chance at extra resources per hit. Above 100% bonus you can get extra resources more than once. The sources stack:
- Gathering gear for that resource.
- Specialization on the Destiny Board for that resource and tier.
- Premium.
