Rooibos is a wild plant that grows across the open plains of the Nomad Highlands as tall, spiky green bushes. You gather it by walking up to each bush and collecting it by hand, and it feeds a Flame Altar upgrade along with several kitchen and crafting recipes.
Quick answer: Fast travel to the Nomad Highlands, then gather the tall, prickly green bushes growing in the grassland by hand. The upgrade that takes the Flame Altar from level 4 to 5 calls for 20 Rooibos.
Collect Rooibos in the Nomad Highlands
The item text reads: “An interesting plant, stimulating every persons taste buds. The use in tea has established itself as a custom.”
Farm Rooibos at a Seedbed
Once you have some Rooibos, you can grow it at your base. At the Seedbed, 1 Rooibos and 1 Fossilized Bone Dust make 5 Rooibos Seedlings. Sow them in the right soil; each grown plant can be harvested once.
What Rooibos is used for
The largest single draw on your stock is the Flame Altar upgrade from level 4 to 5, which calls for 20 Rooibos alongside several other materials:
- 20 Rooibos
- 20 Mint Mushroom Meat
- 20 Fossilized Bone
- 20 Spark
- 20 Ammonia Gland
- 20 Tin Ore
- 1 Fell Monstrosity Head
Rooibos also feeds cooking and crafting recipes, plus a handful of armor pieces:
| Recipe | Station | Rooibos needed |
|---|---|---|
| Rooibos Tea (makes 5) | Kitchen | 5 |
| Spice (makes 10) | Laboratory | 1 |
| Herbalist Pants | Alchemist | 2 |
| Herbalist Gloves | Alchemist | 2 |
| Hunter Trousers | Hunter | 2 |
| Plaguebringer Trousers | Hunter | 2 |
The Laboratory’s Spice recipe takes 1 Saffron, 15 Shroud Sand, 1 Chamomile, 1 Rooibos and 1 Kindlewastes Flower and makes 10 Spice.
