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> # Herbalism Kit
> ![[herbalism kit.webp|cover hsmall]]
> ##### Stats
> | | |
> | ---- | ---- |
> | **Category** | Other Tools |
> | **Weight** | 3 lbs. |
> | **Cost** | 5 GP |
> | **Tags** | Adventuring Gear |
> ##### Tool Use
> | | |
> | ---- | ---- |
> | **Ability** | INT |
> | **Craft** | [[5-Items/Mundane/Antitoxin.md\|Antitoxin]], [[5-Items/Mundane/Candle.md\|Candle]], [[5-Items/Mundane/Healer's Kit.md\|Healer's Kit]], [[Potion of Healing\|Potion of Healing]] |
# Description
Proficiency with an Herbalism Kit allows you to identify plants and safely collect their useful elements.
**_Components._** An Herbalism Kit includes pouches to store herbs, clippers and leather gloves for collecting plants, a mortar and pestle, and several [[Vial|glass jars]].
**_Investigation._** When you inspect an area overgrown with plants, your proficiency can help you pick out details and clues that others might miss.
**_Medicine._** Your mastery of herbalism improves your ability to treat illnesses and wounds by augmenting your methods of care with medicinal plants.
**_Nature and Survival._** When you travel in the wild, your skill in herbalism makes it easier to identify plants and spot sources of food that others might overlook.
**_Identify Plants._** You can identify most plants with a quick inspection of their appearance and smell.
# Sample Tasks and Craftable Gear
| Activity | DC |
| ---------------- | -- |
| Identify a plant | 10 |
| Find plants | 15 |
| Identify poison | 20 |
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| Items | Category | Weight | Cost |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | -------- | ------- |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Antitoxin.md\|Antitoxin]] | Adventuring Gear | 0 lbs. | 50 gp |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Candle.md\|Candle]] | Adventuring Gear | 0 lbs. | 0.01 gp |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Healer's Kit.md\|Healer's Kit]] | Adventuring Gear | 3 lbs. | 5 gp |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Potion of Healing.md\|Potion of Healing]] | Adventuring Gear | 0.5 lbs. | 50 gp |
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# Credit
Information taken from the _Player's Handbook (2024)_ and _Xanathar's Guide to Everything (2017)_.
Image credit: Herbalism Kit – Arcane Eye \[[link](https://arcaneeye.com/dnd-items/the-herbalism-kit-in-dnd-5e-updated-for-the-2024-rules)]