Undawn Gathering System

Gathering is a constant topic of discussion in survival games. Players will gather resources in the wilderness and use them to create various tools and equipment for survival and personal gain. Gathering resources is an important part of Undawn which will occupy the majority of your time in the game. So, in this world, how can you gather resources efficiently? Let's take a look.

**Gathering Basics**

There are four types of materials to gather in Undawn: wood, ore, animal products, and cotton. These four types of materials can be gathered from trees, rocks, animals, and cotton plants, respectively. While gathering them, there is also a chance that you may get two kinds of more advanced materials, as well. For example, when mining in Redwood Forest, aside from stone, you might also gain iron ore or phlogopite. Stone, iron ore, and phlogopite are classed as common, uncommon, and rare materials, respectively.

But these four types of materials aren't the only ones that can be found in the wilderness. There are other unique gathering materials as well, such as mushrooms and berries which are harvested directly, or fish which can be obtained by fishing. These materials aren't found in variants, but most of them can be used for cooking. While gathering, you may also encounter emergencies which can be resolved for big rewards.

**Gathering Restrictions**

Firstly, to gather stone and wood, you will need the right tools. These are the axe and pickaxe. All tools also have a certain amount of durability. When durability runs out, a tool will break. When this happens, players must craft another tool in "Crafting on the Go" to continue gathering. However, resources can still be gathered even without tools. The character will automatically pick up a rock and use it to hack at the resource (wood or stone) to gather it. But remember, uncommon and rare resources cannot be acquired this way.

Additionally, while common resources can be used as materials immediately once gathered, uncommon and rare resources cannot. Uncommon and rare resources will go into the player's raw material inventory once gathered. The player must then go to the Raw Material Workbench in their homestead to refine them before they can either be used as materials or sold.

But remember that the Raw Material Workbench can usually only be used to refine 400 uncommon and 200 rare materials per day. In other words, players can obtain no more than 200 rare resources and 400 uncommon resources each day. With that in mind, players can purchase lubricant or radiators with Gold or assist points to increase the refinement cap, but these can only be used a certain number of times.

**Speeding Up Gathering**

As you progress through the game, you will find yourself needing increasing quantities of materials. So, how can you increase your gathering speed? Here are a few useful tricks.

First, your rate of efficiency in gathering the four main materials will be largely determined by their respective roles. Using wood as an example, increasing your level as a Logger will not only grant you talents to boost your gathering speed, but also increase your chances of obtaining uncommon and rare materials. Therefore, combat aside, it's a good idea to spend some time leveling up your roles. But remember that this is a part of the gathering process too, so increasing your role level is simply a matter of time.

Players can also tap Gather on the right-hand side of the world map to switch from the regular map to the gathering map. When this is done, the world map will show all resource points for the current area. This will allow you to find the resources you need, saving you precious time and increasing your gathering efficiency.

**Conclusion**

All in all, learning how to gather materials in Undawn is pretty easy. The only things you need to be mindful of are the Raw Material Workbench restrictions. Players should also keep in mind what kinds of materials they are looking for, rather than mindlessly throwing everything you find into the backpack. After all, the gathering limits for uncommon and rare raw materials do not vary by category. Aside from this, the only thing left to say is to have fun! Happy gathering!