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Harvest Song gathering speed
Sorry if dis is a stupid question, but how exactly does Harvest Song work?
I have it at rank 1 and it says it boosts my gathering speed by 25%, yet when I gather eggs from chickens or pick my herb pig I am still slow. I don't notice any difference. Am I missing something?
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You probably already knew that if you're rank 1 though. I told you it was a stupid answer.
There's a formula on the skill's Wiki page that you can use to determine gathering speed with the skill and then compare it. You can find the base gathering times across the different Life Skills here or on the respective skill pages. Be sure to account for deductions based on rank.
EDIT: Tch, it's speed. I meant speed.
P.S. Gathering eggs/herbs will feel slower when you realize Bare Hands don't have upgrades like the tools.
How was he able to do this? Just upgrade tools? Or is there like a secret way to speed up gathering skills that none of us know about? I'd like to learn the secret, please.
And do you always have to switch back and forth from your instrument to bare hands/gathering tool? Just wondering, cuz it costs a lot of time to do this, and with rank 1 harvest song there doesn't seem to be a big difference in gathering rate.
I use it all the time. My sing skill is above rank 5 so I can just sing microphoneless. So what I do is, I sing I gather. Pets can improve gathering as well. If gathering speed is really slow to begin with it might be hard to notice whether you are getting an improvement. Since chickens move all the time, if you have to move, that might 'reset the timer' making it harder to tell. Since your herb pig can be made to sit down, try not using harvest song and time how long it takes to say gather 10 herbs in a one-after-another fashion. Just keep rapid firing that mouse button. Then compare it with using Harvest song.
EDIT: here's an online stop watch that I use.
https://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Upgradeable harvesting gloves for eggs / herbs would be a very nice thing. Wishful thinking.
What were they gathering? If they were using a tool, it could be the tool's speed upgrades. It could also be Harvest Song, a title that boosts gathering speed (like Ruwai 2nd title), music buffs, a gathering speed potion, or all of the above.
I use a mix of all the above (minus the gathering speed potion). My Harvest Song grants a 32% (at the minimum) - 42% (at the maximum) increase, but I honestly don't remember where I'm getting the buff effects from.
Nope! If you have a high ranked Song, then you can use Harvest Song with occupied hands. It's much more convenient than switching back and forth with an instrument.
In my previous post, I forgot to mention that there's gathering speed reforge effects as well.
I think Phantasmal Sight may be what you're referring to? I have not yet unlocked Techniques so I am unable to comment on it. If you scroll down just a bit, it'll tell you how to obtain the Technique.
Rain casting is not related to speed, for gathering it allows you to gather more while you're underneath the cloud.
A gathering knife fully upgraded for speed is very fast. I would guess that's what you saw.