Are resources looted through mobs?  Or must one gather resources with mines and other tools?

Thanks

Yes they can be looted from mobs. They are also found on scavenge nodes, plant nodes and mineral nodes.

resources are found through various nodes around the world, metal, refuse, vegetation, mineral/ores, and yes through mobs. You can kill the mob, loot whatever it has, then you can harvest it.

you can harvest:

Mammals, Insects, mutants, reptiles, so that ups your chances of finding resources you need.

you can salvage items you have crafted as well, for example you make a shirt. you skill up a bit in armorcraft and decide it's time for a new shirt, so you get the next level skillbook, craft your new shirt and equip it.

Now you can either A) sell it to a vendor, another player,etc. or B) you can salvage it to get some of the mats back that you used to craft the item.

Is there item decay, for example... if I craft a t-shirt, will it last for ever if I keep repairing it ow will 'durability' decrease with each repair or over time?

Originally posted by mbd1968

Is there item decay, for example... if I craft a t-shirt, will it last for ever if I keep repairing it ow will 'durability' decrease with each repair or over time?

I know for a fact that there is item decay if you die with your gear / weapons on from NPC's, I am not quite sure if the items decays if your killed in PvP combat though.

I imagine it is from PVP as well.  The final night of beta when players were killing each other, all my gear was busted up and were piles of junk on me.  I do hope they remove it from PVP though, if they intend on a lot of PVP.  Probably not that big of deal really either way, as repair kits are quick and easy to make.

Is there a recipie for all the damn dog food i keep finding?

This stuff tastes like shit straight out of the can....