Foraging skill
Foraging proficiency expands search mode's radius and item detection, improves chances of finding items, and affects which items can be found.
How it works
The entry says higher Foraging levels increase search-mode radius, item-detection speed, and chances of finding items, as well as changing the set of items that can be found. Experience comes from finding items in search mode. Choosing to collect or reject a found item grants the same additional experience according to the source. These are descriptive skill effects; no location, item table, or current-build rates are established by the passages.
Read the supporting references
A source-bounded reference to skill progression, skill books, and recorded skill effects in Project Zomboid. Most detailed skill mechanics come from PZwiki, which warns its skill categorization is based on Build 41 and may be outdated; skill-book details come from a page last updated for 42.13.2. Build 42.20 details are included only where the Steam guide states them. No comparative ranking or current-build verification is provided. Guidance explains the referenced mechanics; it is not a tested damage ranking. Check the stated edition and source version before applying a patch-specific detail.