Farming

Farming is a rewarding job that is easily picked up by new players. To farm one needs a basket, a hoe and either a clay bowl or an empty water pouch. It is advisable to leave some space around a farming plot, because at harvest there is a need for space to drop the produce.

# Quick Guide

1. Make a deep tilled row
2. Plant a seed
3. Water the seeded row
4. Wait for the plant to grow
5. Harvest

# Soil

To start a row to farm, use a basket of Soil on the empty ground and use a hoe to make it a deep row. Plant a seed and water the row. Wait for the plant to mature and harvest.

A basket of soil can be split into three with a clay bowl. Using a hoe on the dropped content of one bowl of soil creates a shallow row, on which the hoe needs to be used again to make it a deep row. Two units of soil result in a deep row. Three units of soil should only be used if there are no bowls available.

Many plants leave a hardened row when harvested. To make it a deep row again, use a full basket of soil or a bowl of soil and a hoe.

## Soil pits

The most basic way to get soil. In the Grasslands there is a chance to find Soilpits. When the Soil is depleted there are worms in the pit that can be harvested and used e.g. for Fishing. Afterward, the wormless soil pit will spawn a mushroom each hour.

## Compost Pile

To make a compost pile you can use different "green materials" (e.g. Plate of Chopped Beet, a Plate of Squash Chunks, and a Bowl of Mashed Berries and Carrot) on straw or a reed bundle. Add water. Add a Shovel of Dung or a worm. Then wait for it to compost into a pile of soil.

## Compost Box

Most advanced method of making soil. Use a basket of soil on a wooden box. Add one of a lot of natural materials (e.g. stumps, branches, kindling, pine needles, mushrooms) and then a shovel of dung. After composting there is a chance to spawn one or two worms. At this stage, it is advised to save at least some of the worms for fishing.

## Wheelbarrow

A (wooden) wheelbarrow is sufficient for all work on the farm. It does break after a while. To repair use a mallet on it. While broken the character is burdened with a higher movement penalty while using the wheelbarrow.

The main use while on the Farm is transporting large quantities of soil around. It is either loaded by using the wheelbarrow on a  soil deposit or soil pit. It can also be filled basket by basket by hand.

The steel wheelbarrow is a superior type of tool. It doesn't impose a movement penalty and can be used for more materials. Usually, a smith needs it more than the farmers. Take care to not take the only steel wheelbarrow to the farm.

# Water

*Main article:* Water
Use a Unit of Water on a seeded row and wait for the plant to mature.

Water is transported with a bowl, a water pouch, a bucket or a watering can. A bucket holds the most water but can't be used on most crops. To get water out of the bucket, use one of the two smaller containers. Water pouches have the advantage of being able to be put in a backpack or basket to transport more water in the early stages. A Watering can can be used without needing to refill the bowl at a bucket each time.

## Goose Pond

Goose ponds spawn in the Swamps. They hold only a limited amount of water that refreshes over a longer period. Geese live at these ponds and also lay eggs as long as they are alive.

## Well

A well can be constructed and dug on a Natural Spring. It can be upgraded multiple times. Only the first two stages of a well regenerate water for free, so it is advised to only upgrade to a Newcomen Well when you have a good reason for that, and rely on "multiple" Deep Wells in the early stages.

# Crops

There are different Methods of obtaining Seeds for different crops. Plants also behave differently when harvested.

## Storing Seeds

Seed despawn if not stored properly. Most seeds for crops can be stored in either a bowl or a seed bag. A Seed bag has the advantage of being used directly on a deep row.

Tree and flower cutting can't be stored in bowls and seed bags. To preserve the cutting it needs to be dipped in honey to get it rooting.

## Onion

Find a wild Onion in the grasslands, and plant it. Harvest Onion Seeds and plant them again. Harvested Onion can be eaten raw or can be used for Cooking. Use an Onion as a seed to get more Seeds for Onions

## Beans

Find Wild Beans in the Yellow Prairie and plant them. While they are green use a bowl to harvest green beans which can be eaten raw. Wait longer and the beans turn dry and can be used to reseed beans or used for Cooking.

## Corn

Find a Teosinte in the Yellow Prairie, take a seed and plant them. When mature, the corn can be harvested. To use it cut the green with a knife or a sharp stone and eat it directly or let it dry to use in Ranching or Cooking. To get more seeds, cut dry corn in a bowl and use the bowl on a deep row.

## Tomato

Find a wild Tomato in the Jungle and put it in a bowl. Let it ferment. Add water. Remove water into another bowl. Then take out one Seed and plant it.
It is possible to use domestic tomatoes as well as the wild tomato cluster to make seeds.

After one Transition the plant halts its growth. To grow further it needs to be staked with a [stick]. Tomatoes can be eaten raw or used for Cooking.

## Cucumber

Find a wild cucumber in the Yellow Prairie. Cut it with a knife and plant it. After one Transition the plant halts its growth. To grow further it needs to be staked with a [stick].
Cucumbers can be eaten raw or pickled in a crockpot. To get seeds cut cucumber with a knife.

## Squash

Wild Squash can be found in the Yellow Prairie. Hit with [[tools#stone|stone] and plant. Harvest ripe Squash with a sharp tool. Squash can't be eaten raw. It is used for Composting and Cooking. To get more seeds put Squash on a Plate and use a hatchet or axe.

## Pumpkin

Pumpkin is a variation derived from squash seeds. There is a random chance a Squash turn out a pumpkin. Once aquired pumpkin seeds can be made by carving a pumpkin with a knife or hitting it with an axe while on a plate.

## Pepper

Find Wild Pepper in the Jungle. Cut it with a knife and plant it. to get more seeds use a knife on pepper. Can be eaten raw and used for cooking.

## Carrot

Find a wild carrot with seeds in the yellow prairie take a seed and plant it. After watering the seeded row will Transition into a carrot row. This is when they can be harvested. If they are left growing, they transition into seeding carrots. At this stage pick seeds for replanting. The next transition despawns the seeds and a hardened row remains.

Carrots are used for ranching and cooking. They can be eaten raw.

## Garlic

Wild Garlic can "rarely" be found in the grasslands. Replant the wild Garlic. When mature harvest the garlic. To make seeds for garlic, use the garlic bulb on an empty bowl and hit it with a stone. Plant the whole bowl of garlic chives to get a full harvest of garlic.
Garlic will despawn if left unharvested

Garlic can be eaten raw and is used in Cooking.

## Cabbage

Wild cabbage can be found in the tundra. Dig the plant up with a sharp stone or a shovel. Take seeds from dug plants. Replant them.
Similar to carrots, cabbage will be ripe, then turn to seeds and ultimately despawn.

Cabbage can't be eaten raw. It is used in composting and cooking.

## Dill

Wild Dill can be found in the yellow prairie. Pick a seed and replant it.
Similar to carrots and cabbage, Dill will be ripe, then turn to seeds and ultimately despawn.

Dill can't be eaten raw. It is used in cooking.

## Beet

Find Wild Beets in grassland pick a seed and plant it. To make more seeds put beets on a plate and cut with a knife. Beets can be eaten raw, used for compost, or pickled in a Jar.

## Potato

Find a wild potato in the grasslands. Dig it up with a sharp stone or shovel and plant the seed. After one transition potatoes need to be covered with soil. So add another bowl of Soil. To harvest potatoes use a shovel on them. To get seeds add potato into a bowl of water and wait for it to sprout. Potatoes can't be eaten raw and are used for Cooking.

## Wheat

Wheat can be found in the Yellow Prairie. Harvest it with a sharp tool. Then thresh it with a Straight or Curved branches to separate the straw from the wheat. Put the wheat into a bowl and use it to seed Wheat or use it for cooking.
Wheat is attacked by birds. A Scarecrow is an advanced but reliable way to deter them from eating the wheat. Before having a scarecrow, harvesting right when the wheat is ripe prevents losing the yield.
Wheat is used as a basic Material for many Cooking recipes and straw is used for construction, composting, and ranching.

## Rice

Rice can be found in the yellow prairie. Like wheat, it is threshed with branches. the bowl of rice can be used for planting rice in a ground hole with water. Rice can be used for cooking.

## Domestic Gooseberry Bush

Domestic Berries are attacked by birds, so it is not advised to regularly grow them until a scarecrow is made. Many wild bushes can be found in graslands which regrow berries periodically. To get seeds cut a gooseberry with a knife and plant it. Berries are used for cooking and ranching. While wild berries are a good food source. Domestic bushes are expensive and better used for more advanced foods.

## Vineyard

Find a grape in the yellow prairie. Take a cutting with a shear. It does not need honey to be planted like other cuttings. To plant it it is not enough to just have a deep row. A deep tilled row needs to be ploughed with a saddled bison with plough and then trellis needs to be added. Then plant the cutting. It needs to be watered twice before fruiting. After harvest, it is important to water the plant again or it will dry out and die.

Grapes can be harvested either with an empty basket or by hand. They can be eaten raw or refined into wine.

## Hops

Hops similar to grapes need to be planted on a trellis. It is not needed to plough it, but it uses the same kind of trellis.
Hops can be found on some Dead Trees in the desert. Harvest it and plant it on an empty trellis plot. Once ripe harvest the hops and water to the languishing plant to avoid it starting to die.

Hops are used in the brewery to make beer.

# Fiber Crops

These crops are used to make Threads, Ropes, and Fabric. They are essential for tailoring and other crafting recipes.

## Milkweed

Milkweed spawns in the Grasslands. It is easy to find in the early game. Many people prefer to forage for it until a better fiber crop can be processed. It is possible to farm milkweed. To get seeds harvest a fruiting milkweed and replant them.

## Flax

Flax is used to produce linen yarn for threads, ropes and fabric. Pick a wild flax boll from a rock with flowers. Rocks spawn naturally in the flower fields biome and grow flowers every five minutes. Use a stone on the wild flax boll to create a linseed. When the flax has ripened you can harvest the flowers one by one: click on the row six times to create a full bundle of harvested flax. Put the bundle on the ground and thresh it with a straight or curved branch. Use a clay bowl to pick up the flax bolls, and use a stone on the bowl to make a bowl of linseeds that you can use to replant your flax.

## Cotton

Wild Cotton can be found in the grasslands. Use a short shaft to extract seed out of a cotton capsule. This works for wild and domestic capsules.
Cotton needs to be watered twice before it ripens to a mature plant.

Similar to e.g. carrots the ripe cotton will despawn and leave a hardened row. So it is important to harvest it when ready.

# Tree Crops

*Main article:* Trees
Replanting Trees requires honey. Take "Steel" Shears to get a tree cutting and dip it into Honey to get it rooting. After Planting it there is a short time window in which it needs to be watered or the sapling dies and the planting needs to be restarted.

## Peppercorn

Peppercorn is a plant that coexists with rubber trees. It can be found on some Rubber Trees in the jungle. To replant it add a basket of Soil to a Rubber Tree and add a fresh peppercorn cluster then water it. The rubber tree cannot be used for rubber production or it is impossible to plant the peppercorn.

Peppercorn is used as a condiment in cooking.

## Mango Tree

Get a rooting Mango tree cutting from the jungle and plant it. When the tree is mature, add a basket of soil and water it with a "full" bucket of water. The mangos will grow then.

Mangos can be cut on a plate and eaten raw.

## Fruit Trees

Apple, Orange, and Lemon trees can be found in the grasslands. They can be replanted with rooting cuttings. To get fruits, [bees] need to pollinate them.

## Wild Trees

Some Trees can't be replanted. To replenish their yield add a basket of soil and a bucket of water.

Wild Trees are:

1. Cocoa Tree
2. Coconut Tree
3. Banana Tree