Farming Guide: How To Grow Crops and Seeds

Players can farm crops in Once Human by planting seeds in loamy soil or a planter box. Read on for a farming guide, and find out how to grow crops and seeds and how to improve a farm in this guide!

How to Unlock Farming

Unlock Loamy Soil and Planter Box in Memetics

You can unlock farming by unlocking the Planting memetics under the Logistics tab in the Memetics scree for 3 meme points.

We recommend unlocking the Compost Bin memetics for 3 meme points and the Planter Boxes memetics for 5 meme points as well for better farming.

List of All Memetics

How to Grow Crops and Seeds

Farming Plants and Crops Guide
1. Build loamy soil or planter boxes in build mode. 2. Plant seeds in the soil 3. Give the seed light and water 4. Wait for the plant to grow

Build Loamy Soil or Planter Boxes In Build Mode

To begin farming, you'll first need to craft either Loamy Soil or Planter Boxes that will be used for planting seeds for crops.

Each can hold one seed at maximum, so you might need to craft multiple if you are planting seeds in large amounts.

Plant Seeds in the Soil

Next, hover over your Loamy Soil or Planter Box and press F to plant a seed. Select which seed you want to plant, then select if you want to add fertilizer to it. Once done, press F again to plant the seed.

Give the Seed Light and Water

Afterwards, you will need to provide it with water and light.

It is recommended to keep the indicators for Irrigation and Lighting in the blue portion of the bar to achieve an optimal environment for the crops to grow.

Recommendations for Water and Light

The best way to water a plant is by using Boiled or Pure water, as using Dirty, Polluted, or Sea Water will negatively affect the growing plant.

Natural light from the sun will count for the plant's needs, so you should put your plants in an open area with a lot of sunlight to help them grow better.

If you want to build your farm indoors, you'll need to create Grow Lights to give light to your plants. Its formula can be unlocked from the memetics screen as well for 7 meme points and 2,000 energy links.

Wait for the Plant to Grow

Crops will enter two phases: the Germination phase and the Growing phase. After the crop finishes the Growing phase, it will be ready for harvest.

Harvesting a plant gives players the crop, as well as seeds to plant another one of its kind.

How to Get Seeds For Farming

Buy From NPCs or Gather Crops in the Overworld

Seeds can be found while exploring the overworld, but can also be bought from some NPCs, and picked up from harvested crops and plants.

Farming Tips

Tips for Improved Farming
Use Farming Deviations in the Base Fertilize Your Crops and Plants Use Technology to Upgrade Your Farm

Use Farming Deviations in the Base

Certain Deviants can help you with farming. Be sure to get them and satisfy their needs so they can help you out in your farm.

Players can find these Deviants by exploring, so keep an eye out while traversing the overworld.

List of All Deviant Locations

Deviants That Help in Farming

Deviant	Description
Buzzy Bee	Works in the Territory to increase Crop production.
Rain Man	Works inside the Territory. Can cause rainfall around him to help crops grow.
Growshroom	Works inside the Territory. Can proactively plant and harvest.
Fetch-A-Lot Bunny	Works in the Territory to gather all sorts of Plants.

Fertilize Your Crops and Plants

You can unlock and use the Compost Bin to get Fertilizers for your plants, which will positively affect their growth.

The Compost Bin is found in the Logistics tab of the Memetics screen, and costs Ciphers and Energy Links to unlock. You can place food items in the Compost Bin to turn them into Fertilizers.

Use Technology to Upgrade Your Farm

You can also unlock more facilities to upgrade the farm down the line, such as Sprinklers that will water crops when supplied with water.

Check the Logistics tab in the Memetics screen to see potential upgrades that can help improve farming efficiency.

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