Farming

Farming is the skill associated with planting, growing, harvesting crops on the farm, and caring for farm animals. It's one of the main sources for cooking ingredients.

## How to Farm

When the player first begins the game, they are given a quest from Anne to plant some wheat. This serves as the introduction to farming within Sun Haven.

To till the earth the player must equip the hoe in the utility bar and left click the ground. Seeds can only be planted in tilled ground. To undo an area that was previously tilled, the player can right click while having the hoe equipped.

To plant seeds, the player must have the seeds on their utility bar (they cannot be planted from the inventory). If the cursor is above tilled ground, it will highlight and allow the player to plant the seed.

Once the seed has been planted, crops then need to be watered daily in order to grow. If a day is missed, the crop's harvest will be delayed a day. If it is raining the player does not need to manually water their crops. Crops that continue to grow after the initial harvest, still need to be watered every day to produce more crops. However, the player does not need to continue to water flowers around bee hives, for the bee's to continue to produce. Once the flowers are full grown, no additional care for the crop is needed. Tree's do not need to be watered.

Watering Cans only water one tile at a time. The more advanced the watering can the more water it can hold. The player will know how much water the can has by looking at the blue bar on the can icon. When the watering can has one more pour left, the player will hear a "thunk" noise. That same noise will persist ever click after the last pour until it is refilled. Once empty, they can be filled by standing next to a body of water and left clicking the mouse.

Later on in the game, the player unlocks the ability to cast a rain cloud spell. The rain cloud covers the width of 5 tiles, and travels 10 tiles.

Once the grow time of the seed has passed, the finished crop will glow slightly. This means it is ready for harvest! The player uses the scythe to harvest their crops. The axe or pickaxe will not damage or harvest the crops. They can only be harvested with the scythe.
If the player uses the scythe on a crop that is not fully grown, it will tell the player how much time is left for that particular crop to grow.

To remove crops that have not fully grown, right click with the hoe. It will return the seeds for that crop to the inventory, allowing the player to plant them again.

### Crops

Different crops can be planted in different seasons. For a list of crops, please see the crops page.

## Scarecrows

Scarecrows scare away pests that will eat your crops. Each season has its own set of pests, therefore each season has it's own scarecrow. if a different season's scarecrow is on the farm, it will not scare away that seasons pests. For example, if it is fall the player must put down the fall scarecrow. Spring, Summer, Winter scarecrows will not deter the fall pests.

Scarecrows protect crops within five tiles of it. The maximum number of crops a single scarecrow can protect is 120.

Scarecrows can be crafted at the Farmer's Table using Wheat or bought from the Farming Store

### Seasonal Bosses

While Scarecrows are capable of scaring most pests away, there are a few bigger threats that will appear regardless of whether players employ scarecrows or not. These pests require more effort to get rid off or will disappear after some days. Each day they aren't dealt with they will continue to pester the players farm in various ways.

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## Totems

Totems differ from Scarecrows, because rather than scaring away pests they provide certain benefits to the farm. Similar to the scarecrows, totems also have a maximum number of 120 crops a single totem can provide benefits to.

Similar to the seasonal pests, most seasons have their own effect on the player's crops:

* During summer, the crops are on fire. This does not hurt your crops, it only forces the player to use their watering can more; once to put out the fire, and once to water the crop.
* During fall, the crops are tangled in prickly vines and thorns. The player can free them by using their axe on them. These plants can still be watered while they are tangled, but the crops grown will be halted until the vine is removed.
* During winter, the crops get frozen in ice. The player can free them by using their pickaxe on them. These plants can still be watered while they are frozen, but the crops grown will be halted until the ice is removed.

Putting down the seasonal totem, gives the crops additional resistance to the seasonal effects.

There are additional totems that give other benefits:

* Totems that give extra experience to other skills, when plants within range are harvested
* Totem that gives the player 2 gold each day for items planted in range. The player collects this money when they harvest their crops.
* Totems that allow the player to plant crops not native to Sun Haven on their Sun Haven Farm.
* Totems that allow the player to plant crops native to Sun Haven on their other farms.

Totems can be crafted at the Farmer's Table and some of them can be bought from the seasonal vendor.

## Fertilizer

Crafting fertilizer is a two step process. First the player must craft the compost at the Composter. Compost can be created from apples, leafie's leaf, or common fish. Crafting the compost takes 5 hours, which is about 20x longer than it takes to craft the fertilizer from the compost.

Sun Haven has three main types of fertilizer:

* Earth Fertilizer is crafted from compost and earth crystals. This gives a chance to grant extra crops upon harvest.
* Water Fertilizer is crafted from compost and water crystals. This gives a chance to keep the crop watered overnight.
* Fire Fertilizer is crafted from compost and fire crystals. This speeds up growing time of the crop.

The fertilizer must be applied on the first day the seed planted. The same fertilizer cannot be added to a single crop more than once, so the player does not have to worry about accidentally wasting fertilizer. However, the fertilizer can be changed to a different type. Once the crop has been fertilized, it will have a sparkling animation, in the color of the fertilizer.

## Leveling and Skills

### Experience Points

The user is granted experience for doing many farming activities. Tilling, watering crops, harvesting crops and animals. Different activities give a different amount of experience. Once Jam Maker has been crafted, jams can be created to give the player experience in skills. There are certain equipment in the game that can increase the experience gained while doing these activities.

Every level gives a skill point, and every skill has a level cap of 70. Additional skill points can be earned through quest rewards, crafted books, and potions bought from city hall. The player can get all skill points unlocked, and Sun Haven rewards this by giving the player a achievement for it.