In 7 Days To Die, Farming is a process that gives you a sustainable supply of resources such as food and other items. The farming cycle consists of gathering the appropriate seeds, planting them in the right place under the right conditions, growing the plants and finally harvesting the grown plant for food and other resources. You can harvest using your fist, but other tools can be faster. Show
Additionally, unlocking the various levels in Living Off The Land Perk can make farming much more efficient. Depending upon which levels you have unlocked, you can craft seeds from harvested plants, crops and trees. It also enables you to craft farm plots. Using the secondary action button, you can plant the seeds in the Farm plots. Depending upon which levels you have bought for the perk, you can increase your harvest yield. Farming Step 1 – Getting The Seeds & Planting ThemHarvesting a mature tree In 7D2D will get you Tree seeds for the same. On the other hand, if you want crop seeds, you can get them by looting, buying them from traders or crafting them from harvested plants. Unlocking level 1 of Living Off The Land Perk enables you to craft flower seeds. Unlocking level 2 allows you to craft seeds for vegetables, berries and mutated crops. To plant the crop seeds, you will need a Farm Plot. You need the following items to craft a Farm Plot.
An exception to this rule are mushrooms, which like Tree seeds, can be planted in any open land and don’t particularly need a farm plot. Farming Step 2 – Ensuring Good LightingNatural light is essential for all plants to grow. Again, mushrooms are an exception here. Hence, you need to ensure that either you plant outside in an open area or create a structure that lets in natural light. That is why indoor farming can be a bit tricky, although there are a few ways around it. Different block types in 7 Days To Die enable natural light to pass through it. The block shape and material determine the amount of light that passes through it. For example, light can pass through a chimney. Different materials have different light opacity values. Hence the material type of the block also determines how natural light can pass through it. The light levels in 7 Days To Die range from 0 – 15, going from pitch dark to full sunlight. While indoor farming, you should consider the light opacity value of the different block types. For example, bulletproof glass with a light opacity of 2 will lower the light level below it to 13. Another thing that affects how much light reaches a particular block is its vertical distance from the light source. If the distance between the natural light source and the block is over 6 meters, it will not receive any natural light. Farming Step 3 – The Growth CycleOnce you’ve completed the above two steps, the plant or tree will begin its growth cycle. Initially, you will find the plant in the seedling stage. Slowly, the seedling will slowly develop into a fully mature plant that you can harvest for food and other resources. You will get the seeds for that plant in your inventory if you harvest it during the seedling stage. Trees, on the other hand, first turn into saplings. Harvesting saplings will only get you a small quantity of grass. Trees take time to grow. It will mature slowly in stages till it is fully grown. The size of the fully grown tree will depend upon its soil type. You can check your plant or tree’s growth stage by pointing your crosshair at it. Farming Step 4 – Harvesting The Plant or TreeYou can harvest any mature plant by simply left-clicking on it. The amount of yield you harvest is the same whether you use your bare hands or any tool. The yield amount depends on what level you’ve unlocked for the Living Off The Land Perk. A significant advantage of planting crops is that once harvested. It returns to the seedling stage in the same plot. This ensures a continuous supply of food and resources. However, plants that grow organically in the 7 Days To Die world get destroyed once you harvest them. As mentioned in the previous step, harvesting plants before it is fully mature will only get you its seeds. The fastest way to harvest plants is to use tools such as chainsaws and auger. Using a knife to harvest is also quick, especially with Flurry Of Blows Perk. Harvesting Trees will get you its wood along with 2 seeds. Although you can use your bare hands to harvest a tree, a tool such as the Axe is a much more efficient way. Seeds & Harvest Yield Details
TreesFarming and harvesting trees are excellent ways to collect wood. The amount of wood yield depends mainly upon the size and type of tree you are harvesting. Although you can harvest a tree using your bare hands, tools such as an axe are a much more efficient way to get more yield. The wood yield also increases with the MotherLode perk. Harvesting a fully mature tree also gets you 2 tree seeds. PLANT Seed Requires Crafting Growth Time Pine Tree Pine Seeds No 120 Minutes Blue Spruce Tree Blue Spruce Seeds No 120 Minutes Oak Tree Oak Seeds No 120 Minutes Plants & CropsThe amount of yield you get upon farming and harvesting plants & crops depends on your Living Off The Land Perk Level. The table below shows the Unit yield you get per harvest for each level of Living Off The Land Perk. PLANT SEED Requires Crafting Growth Time Unit Yield Using Living Off The Land Perk Unit Yield Using Living Off The Land Perk Unit Yield Using Living Off The Land Perk PLANT SEED Requires Crafting Growth Time Level 0 Level 1 & 2 Level 3 Yucca Plant Yucca Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Super Corn Plant Super Corn Seed No 180 Minutes 1 2 3 Potato Plant Potato Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Pumpkin Plant Pumpkin Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Mushroom Mushroom Spores No 180 Minutes 1 2 3 Hop Plant Hop Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Goldenrod Plant Goldenrod Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Cotton Plant Cotton Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Corn Plant Corn Seed No 180 Minutes 1 2 3 Coffee Plant Coffee Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Chrysanthemum Plant Chrysanthemum Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Blueberry Plant Blueberry Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Aloe Plant Aloe Seed No 120 Minutes 1 2 3 Useful Tips For Crops
Notes For Older Versions:Before Alpha 19, there were 5 levels in Living Off The Land Perk. Level 5 was used to unlock mutated seeds. Before Alpha 18, crops, like trees, could be planted in an open area and didn’t require a farm plot. Also, since Alpha 18, tilling soil using a hoe is no longer required.
Farming – It’s An Essential Survival Activity!To conclude, Farming in 7D2D is a process of gathering or crafting seeds, planting them in the appropriate place, ensuring proper lighting and finally, when it is fully mature – harvesting. Whenever you harvest a plant, a new seed for the same plant gets automatically planted in the same place. This way, you have a continuous supply of food items that you can harvest from time to time. As we’ve mentioned before, if you harvest before the plant is fully grown, you will still get the seeds for the plant. Having a sustainable supply of food and related resources is important, especially early on in the game. That is why farming is important in 7 Days To Die. How do you collect potato seeds?Viable seeds will sink to the bottom and should then be rinsed well and allowed to dry on a paper towel. Seeds can then be labeled and saved in a cool dry place until planting season. The seeds should be started indoors in the winter since plants started from seed take longer to develop than those started from tubers.
How do you get potatoes in 7 days to die?To cultivate a Potato Plant the player must first acquire either a Potato Seed or multiple Potatoes. Both can be bought from Traders or found while Looting. The Potato Seed and a Farm Plot is crafted, the seed is ready to be planted into the plot where there is sunlight.
How do you make your own seed potatoes?To make your own seed potatoes select healthy, non-diseased, firm tubers and with a clean, sharp knife cut the tuber into pieces. Optimal sized-pieces are 1½ to 2 inches in diameter, blocky or square in shape, with as few cut surfaces as possible and containing at least one bud eye in each piece.
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