Root Digging

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Root Digging

Debuff	No
Prolonging	Yes
Related Skills	Foraging
Scroll
	Scroll of Root Digging
Slot (Max)	Hatchet (8) Foraging Set (3)
Experience	1,000
Level	22
Cost	300 Silver 30 Earth Rune 30 Nature Rune 30 Cosmic Rune 1 Scroll
Cooking Ingredient
Mushroom
Source	Foraging Farming
Description
Gain a chance to find gems while foraging. Stronger enchantments are stronger chances. Has a 10% chance to consume an earth rune on success. Attempts to pull the rune from your inventory then ammo pouch if none found.

Root Digging adds a chance to find gems by 0.02% per foraging action. Fertilizers are sometimes discovered using the Root Digging buff. The first Root Digging buff adds a tiny chance to uncover gems depending on the base foraging time.

Root Digging can be brewed as a potion using cooking alchemy. Potion level strengths range from 1 to 4. There is a 10% chance that an earth rune will be consumed per foraging action.

As a scroll, this enchantment can be applied to a Hatchet or the Lumberjack Set (also known as the Foraging Set). Enchantment strengths range from 1 to the maximum number of slots on the desired gear.

Formula

The chance to find a random gem per action is calculated using this formula:

$GemChance={\frac {baseTime*2+rootDigging*100}{500000}}\times 100\%$

Without the Root Digging enchantment, no gems will be discovered while foraging.

Level	Zone	Base Time	Buff - Gem Chance							Buff 6 - Average Gems per Day
			0	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Grasslands	6s	-	0.022%	0.042%	0.062%	0.082%	0.102%	0.122%	18
10	Verdant Valley	8s	-	0.023%	0.043%	0.063%	0.083%	0.103%	0.123%	13
20	Fungal Grotto	8s	-	0.023%	0.043%	0.063%	0.083%	0.103%	0.123%	13
30	The Tangle	12s	-	0.025%	0.045%	0.065%	0.085%	0.105%	0.125%	9.0
40	Misty Marsh	12s	-	0.025%	0.045%	0.065%	0.085%	0.105%	0.125%	9.0
50	Frozen Tundra	15s	-	0.026%	0.046%	0.066%	0.086%	0.106%	0.126%	7.3
60	Haunted Woods	15s	-	0.026%	0.046%	0.066%	0.086%	0.106%	0.126%	7.3
70	Living Forest	20s	-	0.028%	0.048%	0.068%	0.088%	0.108%	0.128%	5.5

The following table shows the distribution for random gems:

Gem	Chance
Sapphire	40%
Emerald	30%
Ruby	20%
Diamond	7%
Black Opal	3%

Potion

Potions with the Root Digging buff can also be brewed through Alchemy or purchased at the Marketplace.

Potion	Strength	Vial Requirements	Ingredients	Notes
	Root Digging 1	Empty Vial	1 x Mushroom, Heat, 1 x Bitter Essence, and 1 x Spicy Essence	The number of vials (or batch) produces the same number of potions if successful.
	Root Digging 2	Empty Vial or Root Digging 1 Potion	2 x Mushroom, Heat, 3 x Bitter Essence, and 3 x Spicy Essence	Heat is variable but generally increases with potion strength.
	Root Digging 3	Empty Vial or Root Digging 1 Potion or Root Digging 2 Potion	3 x Mushroom, Heat, 7 x Bitter Essence, and 7 x Spicy Essence	The number of ingredients listed in this table assume that Empty Vials are used to create potions.
	Root Digging 4	Empty Vial or Root Digging 1 Potion or Root Digging 2 Potion or Root Digging 3 Potion	4 x Mushroom, Heat, 15 x Bitter Essence, and 15 x Spicy Essence	If potions fail, Ashes are produced.

Global Buffs

Empowered Root Digging 2 is available as a global buff purchased with real life currency in the Platinum Shop. A temporary Root Digging buff can be bought with in-game gold at the Shrine of Toucan when it becomes available at the altar.