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Life systems: farming, cooking, fishing, taming, vehicles, weather

Farming

Till soil with the cultivator, plant a seed on tilled ground, water and wait; growth follows the season and needs open sky. Harvest yields produce plus seeds.

CropSeedProduceBiomesDaysYieldSeason (spr/sum/aut/win)
SunwheatSunwheat SeedsSunwheatGLADE, SUNPLAINS1.52-31 / 1.25 / 0.75 / 0
MoonrootMoonroot SeedsMoonrootGLADE, ELDERWOOD, VEILMIST21-21 / 0.75 / 1 / 0.5
GlowberryGlowberry SeedsGlowberriesMIREFEN, VEILMIST13-50.75 / 1 / 1 / 0.5
Star-flaxStar-flax SeedsStar-flaxMIREFEN, SUNPLAINS, RIMEWILD, FROSTPEAKS22-21 / 1 / 0.5 / 0
MireleafMireleaf SeedsMireleafMIREFEN1.52-20.75 / 1 / 1 / 0.25
Frost-turnipFrost-turnip SeedsFrost-turnipFROSTPEAKS, RIMEWILD12-20.5 / 0.25 / 1 / 1.25
GillweedGillweed SprigsGillweedseabed1.52-21 / 1 / 1 / 1
CloudberryCloudberry SeedsCloudberriesSKY_ISLES, VEILMIST2.53-51 / 1 / 0.75 / 0.5
FrostberryFrostberry SeedsFrostberriesFROSTPEAKS, RIMEWILD23-40.5 / 0.25 / 1 / 1.25
VoidrootVoidroot SeedsVoidrootASHEN31-21 / 1 / 1 / 0.75
SaplingItemWoodDays to growHP
SilverleafSilverleaf SaplingWood1.560
ElderwoodElderwood SaplingElderwood290
VeilwoodVeilwood SaplingUmbral Wood3120
SunthornSunthorn SaplingFine Wood2.5100
Crystal TreeCrystal Tree SaplingSkywood3120

Cooking

  • Hearth: 2 slots, meat 25 s, fish 20 s, burns after 50 s more.
  • Oven: 4 slots, 50 s. Fermenter: 2 days, 6 per batch.
  • Food: up to 3 active foods, no duplicates, each adds max health, stamina and lumen for a time.
  • Food and potions: 35 foods, 17 potions (see items).

Fishing

Rod plus bait, charged cast, bite, hook window, reel against line tension.

RodTier
Willow RodT1
Elderwood RodT2
Ironwood RodT3
Moonsilver RodT4
Sunsteel RodT5
Starline RodT6
FishItemWaterBiomes / zonesDepthTimeRarityTier
Glade PerchGlade Perchlake/pondGLADE0-any manycommonT1
Elder PikeElder Pikeriver/lakeELDERWOOD0-any mduskcommonT2
Mire EelMire Eelmire/riverMIREFEN0-any mnightuncommonT3
Frost CharFrost Charlake/ice/riverFROSTPEAKS, RIMEWILD0-any mdayuncommonT4
Gold CarpGold Carppond/lakeSUNPLAINS0-any mdayuncommonT5
Sky MinnowSkyfishpond/lakeSKY_ISLES0-any manyrareT6
Ash AnglerAsh Anglercave/lakeASHEN0-any mnightrareT7
Cave GlimmerfishCave Glimmerfishcaveany0-any manyuncommonT3
Sea HerringSea Herringseaany0-30 manycommonT1
Pearl SnapperPearl SnapperseaCORAL_REACH20-80 mdayuncommonT3
Kelp WrasseKelp WrasseseaKELP_FOREST10-60 manycommonT3
LanternfishLanternfishseaOPEN_DEEP, ABYSSAL_TRENCH150-any mnightuncommonT5
Leviathan GrouperLeviathan GrouperseaOPEN_DEEP80-any mnightlegendaryT6
Veil LampreyVeil Lampreylake/river/pondVEILMIST0-any mnightrareT6

Taming

Feed a creature that has not seen you; crouching helps. A tamed creature follows or stays on command, can be named, breeds and grows up; the larger ones take a saddle.

SpeciesBiomeTierRoleEatsHPMount
BristlebackGLADET1defenderfood.glade_berries, food.honeycap, crop.moonroot80
MoonlynxELDERWOODT2stealthmeat., fish.120
FrostwolfFROSTPEAKST4fightermeat.320
Steppe AurochsSUNPLAINST5burdencrop.sunwheat, crop.cloudberry, mat.barley900land (saddle.aurochs)
SkyraySKY_ISLEST6glideMountmat.aether_crystal, fish.700glide (saddle.skyray_harness)
Glimmer OtterOCEAN / SHALLOWST3fisherfish.kelp_wrasse, fish.herring, mat.shellfish140
ReefstriderOCEAN / CORAL_REACHT4swimMountmat.kelp, mat.pearl500swim (saddle.coral, saddle.bubble)
Abyssal MantaOCEAN / OPEN_DEEPT6fastSwimMountfish.lanternfish900swim (saddle.manta_harness)
Bog HoundMIREFENT3fightermeat., mat.entrails220
Rime ElkRIMEWILDT6defendercrop.frostberry, crop.frost_turnip900
MistcatVEILMISTT6stealthmeat., fish.700
Cinder BoarASHENT7fightermeat., crop.voidroot1400

Vehicles

ShipLengthSeatsHPTop speedCargoBuilt at
Driftwood Raft3 m23005 m/s4x2workbench L1, shipwright L1
Reedrunner7 m410009 m/s8x4shipwright L1
Moonkeel14 m8250013 m/s12x6shipwright L3
CartSeatsHP
Ore Cart1200
Rider Cart2200

Rails: straight, curved, sloped and junction segments snap into a graph; abandoned mine shafts ship with broken lines that cost iron and wood to repair. Carts run on gravity.

Weather and seasons

Seasons: SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER (6 days each by default). Weather is seeded per region and drifts through fair, unsettled and stormy regimes.

WeatherPrecipitationWind maxLightning/minTemperature change
Clearnone401
Fair cloudsnone600
Overcastnone70-1
Mistnone20-2
Fognone20-2
Drizzlerain60-2
Rainrain90-3
Thunderstormrain140.5-5
Snowsnow60-6
Blizzardsnow160-12
Ashfallash603
Ash stormash150.24
Sea stormrain140.4-4
Voidmist surgenone30-3
Thermal daynone304
Aurora nightnone30-4