Match the basin to the plant: wood for staples, shrub for tea and coffee, vine for grape and hops, fungus packs for mushrooms, vertical frames for trees. A year is Light Rain, Heavy Rain, Early Dry, Harsh Dry — 28 days each. Inspect with E. A crop can hold three genes. Hope is the trait compression keeps.
Coal is not only the Mining Area. Nodes also sit in Doloc Rivervalley, Ridge Valley, and Wetland. Old City Ruins sells packaged coal. Chameleon Bugs live in Doloc Rivervalley combat rooms; they are not mixed into mining lists. Use the Gene planner for weights; this page is the rules.
Seasons
| Months | Season | Staples |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Light Rain, Heavy Rain | Endyam, paddy, Chinese Cabbage, pumpkin, mint, strawberry, wax apple |
| 3–4 | Early Dry, Harsh Dry | Succulent, wheat, potato, corn, watermelon, tomato, pepper, agave |
| Often 1 and 3 | Vines | Grape, hops |
| Often 2 | Fungi | Mushroom packs |
Empty month cells on a seed mean it ignores the calendar, not “plant anytime for money.”
Genes that change a farm
Do not stack three copies of the same protect gene and call it a build.
- Keratinized: ignores acid rain, fewer fruits. Endyam rolls it at 0.45.
- Needle-leaf: dry-season version of the same rule.
- Turritopsis, Hope, Fractal Crop, Windborne, Charge: later toys after Gene 101 / Gene Editing.
Where coal is
- Mining Area, Doloc Rivervalley, Ridge Valley, and Wetland all have coal nodes.
- Old City Ruins uses packaged coal crates, not hillside nodes.
- Chameleon Bugs: Doloc Rivervalley combat rooms, not the mining list.
Tools, tiers, and the factory cliff
Gene planner is the weighted seed table. Crop profit is seed minus fruit without weather. Crop tier list is the job: Endyam S for month 1, pumpkin for 360 if it lives, watermelon 420 and agave 1,000 in dry months. Crops lists every seed. Protect is the 0.45 damage. Farm build is mailbox, cargo pad, and the animal column. Early game still wants the 500 gold backpack before a 5,000 gold expansion.
Inspect with E. Classic Planting exists later; opening hours still want a wooden basin from Agricultural Basics. How to play is the 6:00 wake and 320 energy. Events will not let you plant a dry-season seed in Light Rain. Automation waters and harvests later; it will not stop acid or teeth. Mixed Endfoods after Cooking I beats raw Endyam at 40. Recipes covers that pot. This page covers the basin type.
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AutomationFrequently asked questions
How many genes per crop?
Three. Hope is the gene that survives compression.
What does Keratinized do?
Unaffected by acid rain, but yields the fewest fruits.
Why won’t an in-season plant grow?
Wrong basin type is the usual answer. Then water, weather, animals. E tells you which.
Is pumpkin always better than Endyam?
Pumpkin sells for 360, Endyam for 40. Pumpkin also dies to acid if you treat Light Rain like easy gold. Crop profit shows margin; this page shows why outdoor margin misleads you.
Where is coal if I need machines?
Mining Area, Doloc Rivervalley, Ridge Valley, and Wetland. Packaged coal in Old City Ruins. Chameleon Bugs are not on that list.
Do festivals change seasons?
No. Events are calendar gates. Legal seed months stay on this page and the crop catalog.