Harvesting

Harvesting is the act of collecting resources from the environment. These resources are used to craft anything from weapons and armor to food and drink.

Resources
Resources are the raw materials used to craft things within SWG. They are found ...

Each schematic for an item to be made specifies the type of resource needed for each component of the item.

Resouces have properties that determine the resource's suitability for a given crafting application.

Methods of Harvesting

 * Players can harvest inorganic, energy, and some organic resources using survey tools as a Novice Artisan or using mechanical harvesters.
 * Scouts can creature resources from animals they kill.
 * Milking and Fishing ???

Markets
You can, of course, harvest for your own use in crafting; however, there is a huge market for many resouces. High end crafters require many more resouce units each day than they could possibly harvest themselves.