Gathering

Fans of Etrian Odyssey will recognise the idea of gathering. Basically, as a supplement to money earned by beating bad guys, you can gather items from certain shiny nodes in various dungeons to get items you wouldn’t normally find anywhere else. You won’t be able to see the nodes until you get the corresponding gather ability. There are three – mining (for rocks/ minerals), investigation (for plants), and ruins (gives textual information). In addition to using these for money, some are required to unlock weapons and others are required to complete quests. You begin with the ability to gather five times a day, which can be augmented through completing certain quests and/or with the healer skill “great worker”.

Dungeons with Mining/Botany Points

Dungeons with Keen Eye Points

  • Northern Pesta
  • Phaedna Hollow
  • Tower of the Gods
  • Briskira Ruin

Dungeons without Gathering Points

Rorakka Forest
Rorakka Cavern
Occupied Kazan
Zenda Thicket
Gouga Thicket
Devo Desert
Kishiriba Marsh
Heimel Sanctuary
Shiba Forest (シバの森)

Gathering Points by Dungeon

Nameless Cave

Location Type Items Notes
Outside the room with the chest Mining Little Stone
Kathrocite
NW Harvesting Paro Fruit
Little Flower
Darling Flower
In the secret room Mining Mana Water
Little Stone
Nagmetite
In the Recovery Fountain room Harvesting Little Flower
Darling Flower

Valorian Wood

Location Type Items Notes
N Harvesting Little Flower
Darling Flower
Hemp
SE Harvesting Paro Nut
Little Flower
Darling Flower
NE dead end Harvesting Little Flower
Darling Flower
Hemp
NW Harvesting Mana Water
Darling Flower
Top-Notch Wood
Grave Harvesting Top-Notch Wood
Smooth Bark
After True Dragons appear

Mt. Todowa

Location Type Items Notes
First area, NE corner Mining Mana Water
Little Stone
Nagmetite
Third area, SE dead end Mining Mana Water
Little Stone
Kathrocite
Due to a bug, this point will not appear on the map even after it's discovered

Hiyoron Grotto

Location Type Items Notes
1F, near the first staircase Mining Little Stone
Nagmetite
Kathrocite
B1F, near the first staircase Mining Mana Water
Nagmetite
Kathrocite

Yoba Sand Flats

Location Type Items Notes
First screen, left side Mining Mana Water
Kathrocite
Sapphire
Recovery Fountain screen, next to the chest Mining Mana Water
Hypno Crystal
Little Stone
Kathrocite
Topaz
Final screen, left side Mining Mana Water
Nagmetite
Ruby

Gopher Desert

Location Type Items Notes
lower right of the oasis Harvesting Little Flower
Hemp
Top-Notch Wood
upper right of the oasis Harvesting Paro Medicine
Hemp
Top-Notch Wood

Suferion Caverns

Note: WIP

Location Type Items Notes
Devo Desert entrance, northwest cave; east room Mining Little Stone
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Devo Desert entrance, northwest cave; east dead end Mining Nagmetite
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Devo Desert entrance, northwest cave; southwest dead end Mining Kathrocite
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Devo Desert entrance, northwest cave; northern dead end Mining Nagmetite
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; northwest dead end Mining Little Stone
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; northeast dead end, near Mining Nagmetite
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; northeast dead end, far Mining Little Stone
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; western room Mining Nagmetite
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; western dead end Mining Ruby
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; southern room, west Mining Little Stone
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Devo Desert crossroads, southeast cave; southern room, east Mining ???

Miracle Forest

Location Type Items Notes
1st screen, center-north Harvesting Little Flower
Hemp
Top-Notch Wood
1st screen, western dead end Harvesting Little Flower
Hemp
Top-Notch Wood
1st screen, northwestern dead end Harvesting Mana Water
Hemp
Smooth Bark
2nd screen, northwestern dead end Harvesting Paro Medicine
Little Flower
Top-Notch Wood
2nd screen, center-north loop Harvesting Silver Water
Hemp
Top-Notch Wood
2nd screen, southeastern "island" Harvesting Little Flower
Top-Notch Wood
Smooth Bark
Hidden path on eastern dead end

Mt. Jomaron

Location Type Items Notes
3rd screen, northeast corner Mining Little Stone
Tamafite
Delicate Ore
3rd screen, center-east Mining Dragon Egg
Tamafite
Aquamarine

Melluride Mines

Location Type Items Notes
2nd screen, NE dead end Mining Mana Water
Melluride Hunk
Nagmetite
Melluride
2nd screen, W dead end Mining Melluride Hunk
Little Stone
Kathrocite
Melluride
3rd screen, center-east dead end Mining Nagmetite
Kathrocite
Melluride
3rd screen, NE dead end Mining Hypno Crystal
Melluride Hunk
Nagmetite
Melluride
3rd screen, NW dead end Mining Melluride Hunk
Kathrocite
Nagmetite
Melluride
High odds of gathering Melluride

Doma Volcano

Location Type Items Notes
Left B1F, NW island Mining Little Stone
Tamafite
Aquamarine
Crystal Shard
Requires defeating a Magmaroth
Right B1F, E island Mining Little Stone
Tamafite
Requires defeating a Magmaroth

Dern Depths

Location Type Items Notes
B1F, center-north dead end Mining Little Stone
Gold Ore
Crystal Shard
B3F, center-south dead end Mining Dragon Egg
Tamafite
Crystal Shard
Accessed through the southeast stairs in B2F
High odds of mining Crystal Shards

Gathered Items Required for Quests

Item Quest Location
Darling Flower x10 The Lovehunter Nameless Cave
Valorian Wood
Top-Notch Wood x1 One Of A Kind Valorian Wood
Gopher Desert
Miracle Forest
Delicate Ore x4 Cupful Blessing Mt. Jomaron; also drop from Wolfe Dragon X
Crystal Shard (水晶のカケラ) x1 Eternal Rest Daan, Doma, or drop from Fairy Drake X

Gathered Items Required for Synthesis

Item Equipment Location
Nagmetite x3 Healer’s Megaton Hammer Nameless Cave
Mt. Todowa
Hiyoron Grotto
Melluride Mines
Top-Notch Wood x2 Rubber Cane (Princess) Valorian Wood
Gopher Desert
Miracle Forest
Tamafite x5 Shiranui (Samurai) Mt. Jomaron
Delicate Ore x7 Hauberk Mt. Jomaron; drop from Wolfe Dragon X
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