- Proficiency with an herbalism kit allows you to identify plants and safely collect their useful elements. - **Components.** An herbalism kit includes pouches to store herbs, clippers and leather gloves for collecting plants, a mortar and pestle, and several glass jars. - **[Arcana](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Arcana).** Your knowledge of the nature and uses of herbs can add insight to your magical studies that deal with plants and your attempts to identify potions. - **[Investigation](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Investigation).** When you inspect an area overgrown with plants, your proficiency can help you pick out details and clues that others might miss. - **[Medicine](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Medicine).** Your mastery of herbalism improves your ability to treat illnesses and wounds by augmenting your methods of care with medicinal plants. - **[Nature](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Nature) and [Survival](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Survival).** When you travel in the wild, your skill in herbalism makes it easier to identify plants and spot sources of food that others might overlook. - **Identify Plants.** You can identify most plants with a quick inspection of their appearance and smell. - {{[[table]]}} - **Activity** - **DC** - Find plants - 15 - Identify poison - 20