Originally Posted by
Drevar
Need to be very careful sorting. You may sort a Master item out and then the next time you will sort out a High or Very High which will autostack with the Master one and drop the entire stack down to the new item's level. Manually combining stacks works the same. You can ruin a huge pile of rivets, etc. with a single lower quality rivet.
As far as qualities, I am able to pull up Very High quality branches off the ground with 87 foraging, 100 woodworking, 55 logging (not sure which one is used.)
55 logging and a poor axe yields Moderate to Very High logs, which turn into Very High woodworking items with low tools.
76 Masonry gets me Very High level gathered rock..haven't tried sand yet, is probably the same.
Stats are 75 Str, 78 Dex, 66 Int, 63 Per, 49 Charm/Spirit.
Edit: I am hoping some resources are quality capped, else there is no reason to use the harder to make items. Why gather 5+ Master level components when you can gather 1 Master granite or plastic and make a Master quality tool out of it?