If you've begun taking a serious look into trade skills in New World, then you may have started the arduous journey of leveling up your trade skills to create some valuable end-game items.

Silk Threads are a core resource you'll need to level your Weaving Trade Skill in New World, and it has various uses. You'll be needing a lot of it if you plan to level up your armoring or furnishing skill, among other things. While you can use new world coins to purchase some from the Trading Post, you will probably want to learn where to farm it to save some money. This guide will show you where to find Silkweed in New World.

Silkweed looks very similar to hemp, having long stalks of leaves but with the difference of having bluish-purple flowers instead at the tip. You'll have to venture out of the starting zones to gather a decent amount of silkweed. We recommend Brightwood and the south of Mourningdale for the best spots where the plant is available in droves.

The densest Silk area in Brightwood is around The Eldritch, just north of the Brightrest Cemetary, around Chancellor's Torment, and northeast of Eldritchton. The easiest place to start for this Silk farm is in Brightwatch. Make your way southeast out of town and follow the road.

Hands down, the best territory for farming Silk is Mourningdale. Technically, this is a level 45-50 zone, but you can make your way through here around level 40 if you want to take advantage of the various plant life to level your harvesting. Pull up your Mourningdale map, zoom in so you can see the region names, and look for the Flooded Plains. You can find many Silkweed plants both north and south of the Marsic point of interest. It is viable to start at Mourningdale Town or even the northern Restless Shore Spirit Shrine.

In order to harvest Silkweed plants, you'll need a Harvesting Sickle. There's a level cap of 100 you have to reach in harvesting, and you'll be able to track Silkweed nodes from Harvesting Skill Lv. 125.

In addition, if you plan on Harvesting Silkweed faster, it will depend on two things – your harvesting equipment and your stats.

Your harvesting sickle's rarity can shorten the time needed to gather silkweed. It can also contain perks that can increase your yield and/or luck, making each unique. When it comes to your stats, you will have to invest in your intelligence. You get a passive skill that decreases your harvest time by 10% if you have an intelligence level of 50.

Knowing the best spots to find silkweed will be incredibly essential on your quest to level up the Weaving skill. And as such, you should get used to finding once you hit the end game. For more content, builds, and helpful guides, check out our New World website.