Summary
Herbiculture allows one to grow herbs from herb seeds randomly obtained from successful foraging. The chance of finding herb seeds when foraging a plant is currently estimated at 5%-20%.
This skill is also required to find seeds while foraging. (This was not clear from the existing text, added it to aid the confused. -Thujone)
Seeds must be planted near an aqueduct tower (you get a warning if you try elsewhere). Each tower may support one harvest methods, but most towers support none. Herb growing spots are 256X256 coords tiles, starting at (0,0)x(256,256). Any tower within the same 256x256 tile as the herb spot will work. (Cappu got this from Pharaoh, bless his soul)
When the seed is planted, it grows for a few minutes, and then dies. It may be harvested using the normal foraging technique at any point. The longer it grows, the more herb is yielded. At 3 minutes and 35 seconds, the maximum 7 deben can be harvested. No seeds will be yielded.
Harvesting planted herbs yield 2 to 7 deben depending on how long it is left to grow. The table below uses in-game minutes, equal to about 20.5 to 21 seconds of real time, depending on lag. Use /clock or /clockloc chat command to show the in-game time.
| In-Game minutes | Quantity |
| 0 | 1* |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 to 4 | 4 |
| 5 to 6 | 5 |
| 7 to 9 | 6 |
| 10 to 12 | 7 |
| > 12 | 0* |
* Immediately harvesting a planted herb yields 1 db. Waiting a few seconds yields 2. The planted herb disappears at just past 12 game minutes
Known Locations With Towers
| Location | Harvest Method | Aqueduct |
| 1020, -2320 | Scrape away the leaf hairs | Lower Karnak Plumbers Union |
| 1410, 3202 | Pick out the seeds | 7th Deben |
| 750 6700 | Scrape off the Steem Pith | Projet Shadock |
| -1010, 5315 | Squeeze out the Sap | Thirsty VoK towers -1010, 5315 thru -770, 5315 grow those herbs |
| 440, 6128 | Snip the leaf stems | PBBB Pharaoh's Bay Bucket Brigade |
| -1040, 138 | Peel Back The Stem Base | Red Sand Glass Emporium Please thank the builders by growing a few onions there :) |
| 2458 5056 | Remove the tap root | Sinai Water Works |
| 2458 5056 | Cut away the other stem | Sinai Water Works |
See Herbiculture Experiments for locations known to work but currently lacking towers.
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Location
Harvest Method
Aqueduct |
Research
It is now almost certain that some towers grow all herbs with a specific harvesting type, e.g. "Scrape away the leaf hairs". There has been no evidence of special ecologic values near places where herbs grow.
Harvest Methods Tried
Cheap Herbs
| Foraging Technique | Herbs to Test |
| Crush the stems | Bluebottle Clover, Tiny Clover, Mountain Mint |
| Cut away the outer stem | Chives, Pale Dhamasa |
| Harvest the Root pith | Daggerleaf, Sugar Cane |
| Peel back the stem base | Myrrh, Aloe, Golden Thyme, (Camelmint) |
| Pick out the seeds | Cardamom, Digweed, Houseleek |
| Pluck the leaves | Common Rosemary |
| Remove the Tap Root | Wild Lettuce |
| Scrape away the leaf hairs | Common Basil, Indigo Damia |
| Scrape off the stem pith | Dark Ochoa |
| Snip the leaf stems | Thyme, Common Sage, Khokali, Drapeau D'or |
| Squeeze out the sap | Cinnamon, Tsangto |
| Trim the Root fibres | Lemondrop, Shrub Sage, Black Pepper Plant |