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Obtaining

Wild Crops

Crops spawn randomly in the wild, with each individual typed spanned out over an 8x8 chunk grid. This means the player will have to explore quite some distance in order to gather every single type of crop. Wild crops only generate between the seasons of Spring and Late Summer, and have a chance to regenerate during those seasons every year.

Seeds

Harvesting a crop will always drop at least a single seed, as well as increase the player's agricultural skill by 1. The higher the player's agricultural skill, the more likely that a second seed will drop as well, allowing for farm expansion.

Crop Types

Planted crops mimic real life in how long it takes for them to grow before they can be harvested. Note however, that these values have been scaled to fit within the length of a TFC year which by default is only 96 days.

Crop Name	Average Harvest	Refined Product	Nutrient	Speed	Hardy³	Growth Phases
Barley	Barley 14oz	Barley Grain	A	Very Slow	No
Oat	Oat 14oz	Oat Grain	A	Slow	No
Rice	Rice 14oz	Rice Grain	B	Slow	No
Rye	Rye 14oz	Rye Grain	A	Slow	No
Wheat	Wheat 14oz	Wheat Grain	A	Slow	No
Red Bell Pepper¹²	Green Pepper 6oz Red Pepper 6oz	---	C	Very Fast	No
Yellow Bell Pepper¹²	Green Pepper 6oz Yellow Pepper 6oz	---	C	Very Fast	No
Cabbage	Cabbage 32oz	---	B	Slow	Yes
Carrot	Carrot 30oz	---	C	Fast	Yes
Garlic	Garlic 20oz	---	C	Average	Yes
Greenbean	Green Bean 16oz	---	B	Fast	No
Maize	Maize Ear 32oz	---	A	Very Slow	No
Onion	Onion 36oz	---	B	Very Fast	Yes
Rutabaga	Rutabaga 36oz	---	B	Very Fast	Yes
Potato	Potato 55oz	---	C	Slow	No
Soybean	Soybean 16oz	---	B	Average	No
Squash	Squash 16oz	---	C	Very Slow	No
Tomato¹	Tomato 16oz	---	A	Fast	No
Jute	Jute x2	Jute Fibers	B	Slow	No⁴

¹Allows multiple harvests. Once harvested, will revert to an earlier growth stage. ²Bell Peppers can be harvested both when the pepper is immature: green, and ripe: red or yellow.

³Will survive freezing temperatures while still young. ⁴Very sensitive to the cold. Can die at temperatures as high as 5℃.

Usage

The majority of harvested products from matured crops can be eaten directly by the player, making them a renewable source of food.

Animal Husbandry

Currently the following cereal products can be used to breed animals

Barley Grain

Rice Grain

Rye Grain

Wheat Grain

Oat Grain

Jute

Jute is soaked in a water barrel to produce jute fibers, which are used to craft rope. A full water barrel can process up to 14 jute at a time.

Input	Output	Rope
N/A N/A	N/A N/A
Water Barrel

Soil

Farmland, also known as soil, contains three basic nutrients for crops and gives your plants that important access to water, if any source is close enough. By using the water and nutrient modes of metal hoes you can get a visual indicator on the plots on the levels of nutrients and the access to source water.

Nutrients are diminished by the growing of crops in the soil and replenished over time by either letting the plots "fallow" for a season, using fertilizer, or by planting your crops in cycles, choosing a crop that has a different nutrient requirement than the ones that are depleted in the earth. Note: Some crops such as soybeans and green beans replenish the other nutrients as they grow.

Unlike in vanilla, farmland cannot be trampled or reverted back into dirt. Breaking a farmland block also yields no dirt as a way to prevent nutrient exploitation.

Configuration

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Prerequisites	Actual requirements (if different)
	Gatherer	Find a wild vegetable	None	Harvest a wild crop.
	Stupid onions...	Find a rutabaga	Gatherer	Pick up a rutabaga from the ground.

History

Gallery

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  An example of a wild patch of rye.