How do I Forage?

[charcharmunro]

I have the Forage skill, but I have no idea how it actually WORKS. I don't have any new thing to click to let me forage or anything... So... What?

[cobaltjones]

The foraging skill enables you to see hidden objects across the game world. Your chance to see these items is determined by your Perception stat and your Exploration stat. (The formula used is PER*XPL). The higher those combined stats are, the more and different items you'll be able to see throughout the game world. Once you see one of these items, you can right click on it to "pick" it off the ground and add it to your inventory. Even with starter stats of 10PER and 1XPL you should still be able to see some "spindly taproots" in the forrest (they look like little brown wiggly things on the ground).

[charcharmunro]

Hm, yeah, uh... I don't seem to be able to find anything that fits that description.

[Girlinhat]

Then keep walking, and raise your perception stat (via food) and exploration skill (via LP from curios).

[sikgamer]

"Foraging" lets you see natural objects on the ground and collect them by right clicking it and selecting "Pick". As you raise Perception or Exploration you'll be able to see more of these objects and see them more often, e.g. rustroot, curiosities like flotsam, food like blueberries + chantrelles, etc.

To forage, run around in a forest until you see some items you can collect. If you don't have the Foraging skill you can't see any of these items. They're usually easy enough to differentiate from background terrain.
http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Foraging