Resource Gathering in Beyond Ragnarok

Game Mechanics > Prospecting/ Wilderness Lore

Gathering Resources

Mechanics of Gathering

Only a character with the Prospecting or the Wilderness Lore skill can gather from the natural environment.

Prospecting - can gather Wood, Metal and Natural Crystal resources from the field.

Wilderness Lore - can gather Animal resources from the field.

Resources can be gathered directly from the natural environment, and are represented by A5 Laminated Field Cards detailing what has been found. Please note, however, that the environment is full of natural hazards, which may be represented with additional OC cards or lammies that will tell you what happens. You are not aware of these until you trigger the event/hazard.

Players are restricted to gathering a total of 12 resource units at any one time, which can be made up of any combination of resource that you are able to gather.

For example
Player A has both Prospecting and Wilderness Lore, and finds 2 quartz, 3 Hematite, 2 Wood, and 5 animal. This equals 12 in total, and can all be taken into GOD at the same time to be exchanged.

These A5 cards are NOT usable game cards (they are our reusable OC items) and need to be taken directly to GOD when you have finished prospecting, and exchanged for the appropriate Resource Cards, or Crystal Unit physreps. You must not keep them in a bag for later, or stash them in hidden locations in the woods or in your camp for later retreival. These actions will be considered cheating, and not in the spirit of the game by allowing all to gather their share.

At GOD, these will be exchanged for their IC Resource counterparts, which can be used for Research or Crafting (such as Resource Refinement.

You must wait for 1 hour before you can visit GOD with more A5 resource cards gathered from the field. This is to represent the time it takes to get the useful materials out of what you have gathered.

NOTE: if you do not have a full 12 units of field cards when you return from your prospecting trip, you may bring in raw or worked materials to refine at the same time, to make it up to 12.

For example
Player A finds 8 wood field cards. As their prospecting trip did not yeild the maximum of 12, player A goes to pick up 4 raw wood cards they already have and brings them to GOD at the same time. Player A then recieves 8 Raw and 2 Worked cards in return for this.