Weeds

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**Weeds** are a game mechanic of Atomicrops.

## General Description

Weeds are a basic obstacle to farming, though they can be helpful, especially with the use of various Items. They will naturally spawn on all interactable tiles on the Farm, including all forms of tilled Soil and Crust. They will not spawn on tiles actively occupied by Crops, [[Scarecrows]s or Turrets. Weeds are capable of spreading off of one another over time.

While a tile is occupied by a weed, players will be unable to till it or plant Crops on it until the weed is removed. Cutting a weed has a chance of dropping Fertilizer, a Pickaxe or a Seed.

In Year 3 and later, old weeds can change into Weed Monsters, which will fire bullets at the player whenever they are nearby. Like weeds themselves, the monsters change color depending on the season, but are at least slightly different in color to regular weeds.

Weeds can also be changed into Flowers if the player has certain Upgrades.

## Removing Weeds

Weeds are removed by using the "Farm" button when the scythe icon appears over the top of the weed. The default for farming is the right mouse button (PC), LT (Xbox), L2 (PS) or ZL (Switch).

The rate of which weeds are cut by the player is dependent on how high their Farming Stat is, with a higher Farming Stat cutting weeds faster. In contrast to this, the amount of time it takes to cut weeds increases as the Seasons progress, with later seasons requiring more time to cut each weed.

Weeds spawn in four different phases, starting with the smallest form until reaching the largest, where at which point the given Weed will stop growing. At the smallest stage, weeds will drop no items upon removal, and can be destroyed by the player walking over them. Firing some weapons (such as the default Pea Shooter) over the fresh weeds will also destroy them.

The exact four different growth phases are shown below.

## Debris

Acting similarly to weeds, debris can appear on the farm. It never appears on soil, tilled or otherwise, but has a chance to spawn on hard crust on the first day of each season. Debris (known in the files as "break") varies in appearance throughout the year, and can be removed with use of the "Farm" button.

Debris will not drop Pickaxes or Seeds, instead always turning into 2  Fertilizer when destroyed.

Some items that affect (or are affected by) weeds do **not** affect debris. Chickens and Turkeys cannot remove it, though the Alien Pet, Crampons and the Wacker Tractor can. The effects of Weed Wacker and Razor Weeds will however activate.

Debris cannot be transformed into Flowers.

## Related Items

Because of how Weeds are a key mechanic of the game, there are many things that can affect them. As such, the following is a list of Items that can affect Weeds:

### Helping to Remove Weeds

Items which turn weeds into Flowers are listed here, as they can then be easily removed by walking over or harvesting them.

## Achievements

* Cutting 500 weeds in a single day unlocks the "Herbicidal Maniac" Achievement.
* If the player has Vinaigrette, harvested weeds count towards the "Florist" Achievement.