- Designate a 3×3 square of Soil for gathering (make sure it’s flat)
- Equip a Sickle (metal is faster)
- Select the type of material you wish to gather
- Right-click and set the default action (e.g. Look for Herbs)
- Position yourself in the EXACT middle of the 3×3 square
- Point to the middle of the square in front of you, JUST ABOVE the number
- Press ‘NumPad2’ to start Gathering
Tweak the ‘Search Time’ and ‘Gather Time’ values down to fine-tune the process (don’t go too low, otherwise you will overlap the auto-actions)