Farming

Farming is a system of planting, growing, and harvesting crop ingredients that can be used in cooking. Alongside fishing, it is one of the primary methods of acquiring cooking ingredients.

Basics

Farming can only be done on fertile land, designated by fences corners. Each crop must have a hole dug for it with a shovel, seeds put in the hole, and then that seedling watered with a filled bucket. Crops usually take about 2-3 days to grow, and must be watered approximately every day at least or they will dry up, halting growth and eventually dying if neglected long enough. Dry crops are recognizable by their less saturated colors and occasional twitching.

Once a crop is fully grown, it must be harvested by hand, with yield varying per crop. When harvesting, there is a chance to also find seeds for that plant. Potatoes, Onions and Carrots need to be dug up and replanted (but have a higher yield per harvest, including seeds), all others will begin growing the next harvest immediately. All plants can be dug up to get back their seeds (even if the plant could be harvested, you will receive only the seeds). This is also the way to get your first seeds for Carrots (main island), Eggplant (western island), Pumpkin (southwestern island) and Rice (southern island).

Later in the game, players will be given spice seeds as crew rewards. They can also be found in chests in places requiring a ladder or rope (see individual articles). Spices grow slower than other crops and have a higher water consumption.

List of crops

Basic crops

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  Carrot

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  Cob of Corn

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  Eggplant

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  Onion

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  Potato

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  Pumpkin

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  Rice

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  Tomato

Spices

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  Allspice Powder

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  Black Pepper

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  Cane Sugar

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  Chili Flakes

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  Fresh Thyme

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  Ginger Root

Stages and Watering

Crops have 5 stages, each represented by a different look of the plant. They start at stage 1 when planted. Plants that can be harvested multiple times will start at stage 3 after each harvest. The time from stage to stage depends on the type of crop, so does the time after watering until the soil gets brighter. After that and after putting a seed, the soil will become completely dry after 4 hours, no matter what seed was planted. 5 days later, the plant will die and must be dug up and replanted.

Crop	Stage 1 to 2	Stage 2 to 3	Stage 3 to 4	Stage 4 to 5	Seed to harvest	Harvest to harvest	Soil gets brighter after
Cob of Corn	4 hours	4 hours	8 hours	8 hours	24 hours	16 hours	28 hours
Potato	12 hours	12 hours	12 hours	12 hours	48 hours	—	28 hours
Tomato	8 hours	8 hours	16 hours	16 hours	48 hours	32 hours	28 hours
Onion	8 hours	8 hours	8 hours	8 hours	32 hours	—	28 hours
Carrot	16 hours	16 hours	16 hours	16 hours	64 hours	—	20 hours
Rice	8 hours	8 hours	32 hours	32 hours	80 hours	64 hours	20 hours
Eggplant	8 hours	8 hours	24 hours	24 hours	64 hours	48 hours	20 hours
Pumpkin	8 hours	8 hours	16 hours	16 hours	48 hours	32 hours	20 hours
Cane Sugar	16 hours	16 hours	32 hours	32 hours	96 hours	64 hours	12 hours
Fresh Thyme	16 hours	16 hours	24 hours	24 hours	80 hours	48 hours	12 hours
Allspice Powder	16 hours	16 hours	40 hours	40 hours	112 hours	80 hours	12 hours
Ginger Root	16 hours	16 hours	32 hours	32 hours	96 hours	64 hours	12 hours
Black Pepper	16 hours	16 hours	40 hours	40 hours	112 hours	80 hours	12 hours
Chili Flakes	16 hours	16 hours	24 hours	24 hours	80 hours	48 hours	12 hours