The Herbalist

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The Herbalist is a literature item with a single volume.

Usage

The Herbalist can be read, and it is mainly used to identify poisonous berries and mushrooms. Reading it no longer gives the herbalist trait.

The trait can also be learned during character creation, giving the same effect as reading this magazine, along with the ability to find herbal medicines.

Distribution

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

HerbalistMag distribution Show / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings, and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers
Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
all	Outfit_Survivalist	1.61%
all	Outfit_Survivalist02	1.61%
all	Outfit_Survivalist03	1.61%
all	postbox	0.71%
all	shelves	1.87%
all	shelvesmag	3.98%
bedroom	crate	3.98%
bookstore	shelves	6.29%
closet	crate	3.98%
closet	crate	6.29%
garagestorage	crate	3.98%
garagestorage	crate	6.29%
garagestorage	locker	3.98%
gunstore	shelvesmag	6.29%
hall	shelvesmag	3.98%
hunting	shelvesmag	6.29%
kitchen	crate	3.98%
library	shelves	3.98%
livingroom	crate	3.98%
livingroom	shelves	1.87%
livingroom	sidetable	1.87%
office	shelves	1.87%
poststorage	crate	3.98%
poststorage	metal_shelves	3.98%
storageunit	crate	3.98%
storageunit	crate	6.29%

Vehicles
Type	Container	Effective chance
Postal	Trunk	2.81%

Crafting

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Plantain Poultice	Plantain ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none
Comfrey Poultice	Comfrey ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none
Wild Garlic Poultice	Wild Garlic ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_literature.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item HerbalistMag
    {
        DisplayCategory = SkillBook,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Literature,
        DisplayName	=	The Herbalist,
        Icon	=	MagazineFood,
        TeachedRecipes  =   Herbalist,
        ReplaceOnUse    =   HerbalistMag,
        StaticModel = Magazine,
        WorldStaticModel = MagazineHerbGround,
    }

Usage

Distribution

Crafting

Code

See also