Feathers are a common crafting material that you collect from kills, not from a crafting bench. They feed most of the metal and stone arrows at the Hunter, several Hunter armor pieces, and a handful of decorative builds.
Quick answer: Kill birds and certain humanoid enemies, then loot the body. A Draconian Vulture in the Kindlewastes drops 5 Feathers every time, the biggest single drop.
Every creature that drops Feathers
You won’t obtain Feathers through crafting or vendors, nor by gathering them as ground loot. Ravens, Scavenger Ravens, and vultures provide Feathers, while some humanoid enemies drop them occasionally.
| Source | Feathers | Chance | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draconian Vulture | 5 | Every kill | Kindlewastes |
| Whitewing Vulture | 5 | Every kill | Albaneve Summits |
| Raven | 2-3 | Every kill | Nomad Highlands, Albaneve Summits |
| Scavenger Raven | 2-3 | Every kill | Kindlewastes, Nomad Highlands, Albaneve Summits |
| Vukah fighters | 1-4 | 60% | Springlands, Nomad Highlands, Blackmire, Albaneve Summits |
| Scavengers | 2-4 | 30% | Kindlewastes, Albaneve Summits, Veilwater Basin, Revelwood, Blackmire, Nomad Highlands |
The Vukah group covers Vukah, Vukah Ranger, Vukah Bonehunter, and Vukah Bonebreaker. More than half the Vukah you kill drop Feathers, which makes their camps a reliable early source. The Scavenger group covers Scab, Scalper, Butcher, Bully, Scrapshield, Miner, and Pyreblade.
Vukah Sages and Vukah Shamans do not drop Feathers.
Farming Feathers in the Kindlewastes
For large amounts, hunt the red Draconian Vultures that circle the Kindlewastes desert. Each one drops 5 Feathers.
At lower levels, begin with camps occupied by Vukah in the Springlands and Nomad Highlands. Ravens and Scavenger Ravens throughout the Nomad Highlands yield 2-3 each, while Whitewing Vultures in the Albaneve Summits drop 5 apiece, matching Draconian Vultures.
Feather item details
Feather is a Common material at item level 18, and it stacks up to 250 in a single slot. Item text: “A feather of a bird or creature of some kind. Weighing next to nothing, it has to be useful for something.”
What Feathers are used for
Most of the listed arrow uses are at the Hunter. Metal and stone arrows use 5 Feathers per batch of 50, while the explosive variants use 5 per batch of 25.
| Product | Feathers | Batch | Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze, Iron, Steel, Golden Steel, Obsidian, Fossilized Bone, Moonstone, Celestium Arrows | 5 | 50 | Hunter |
| Explosive Arrow II and III, Exploding Arrow IV | 5 | 25 | Hunter |
| Hunter, Plaguebringer, Fowler, Bloodfeather armor pieces | 1-4 | Per piece | Hunter |
| Guardian Trousers, Blackguard Trousers | 4 | Per piece | Blacksmith |
| Decorative pillows / Skull Trophies | 5 / 2 | Per item | Bard |
To put the counts in context, a batch of 50 Bronze Arrows takes 10 Twigs, 2 Bronze Bars, and 5 Feathers, and the Hunter Gloves cost 4 Feathers alongside 2 Leather, 2 Tin Bars, and 4 Critter Glands.
