Crops & Cooking
Plant, water, harvest, cook. Greenhouses protect sensitive plants from storms.
Carrot
A reliable root vegetable. 13 minutes to mature with 4 growth stages. Drops 1 seed and 1 carrot when harvested.
Corn
The slowest crop at 24 minutes to mature. Yields generously and used in many cooking recipes.
Cotton
The fastest crop at only 7 minutes. Not edible - harvested for fiber used in textile crafting.
Paprika
A colorful pepper taking 13 minutes to grow. Used in cooked dishes. Shelter it from storm wind with walls or terrain.
Raspberry
A berry bush with 13 minute growth. Can be eaten raw or used in cooking recipes.
Sunflower
Takes 13 minutes to mature through 4 growth stages. Not edible - grown for Animal Feed and flowerpot decorations.
Tomato
A kitchen staple with 13 minute growth. Used in many cooking recipes. Shelter from storms.
Watermelon
Standard 13 minute growth. Restores 50 hunger and 150 thirst when eaten raw. Your very first melon plant drops 2 seeds (patch 1.0.3) to ease early planting.
Wheat
Takes 15 minutes to mature. Used to make flour for bread and baked recipes. Your very first wheat plant drops 2 seeds (patch 1.0.3) to ease early planting.
Mushroom
Standard 13 minute growth with 4 stages. Has a 50% chance to drop a second mushroom.
Harvested crops feed into the cooking workbench where recipes combine ingredients into meals with temporary buffs. Ten or more recipes are available in the current build. Cooked food restores more hunger than raw ingredients and can grant bonuses to stamina, speed, or crafting efficiency.
Plant & water
Till soil, sow seeds, keep them watered to maturity.
Shelter
Greenhouses shield sensitive crops from storm damage.
Cook
Combine harvests into buffed meals at the workbench.
How do I get more seeds in Solarpunk?▼
Craft them from harvested crops: 4 of a crop make 1 seed of the same type - 4 Carrots become 1 Carrot Seed, 4 Wheat 1 Wheat Seed. This works for carrot, corn, cotton, tomato, watermelon, wheat, paprika and sunflower.
How do I water crops in Solarpunk?▼
Rain waters fields automatically. Between showers, refill a Watering Can at a Well or Rain Collector, or place a Sprinkler to water plants automatically.
Which food restores the most hunger in Solarpunk?▼
Cooked meals beat raw crops. Vegetable Pizza leads at 800 food, ahead of Vegetable Stir-Fry at 550, Truffle and Vegetable Taco at 500 each and Honeybread at 400. Raw crops are better used as cooking ingredients than eaten directly.