Crops & Cooking
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Crops & Cooking
Plant, water, harvest, cook. Greenhouses protect sensitive plants from storms.
- 10
- Crops
- 6
- Edible
- 10+
- Recipes
Farming
Crops
Carrot
A reliable root vegetable. 13 minutes to mature with 4 growth stages. Drops 1 seed and 1 carrot when harvested.
+170 foodCorn
The slowest crop at 24 minutes to mature. Yields generously and used in many cooking recipes.
+190 foodCotton
The fastest crop at only 7 minutes. Not edible - harvested for fiber used in textile crafting.
MaterialPaprika
A colorful pepper taking 13 minutes to grow. Used in cooked dishes. Shelter it from storm wind with walls or terrain.
+190 food · +10 drinkRaspberry
A berry bush with 13 minute growth. Can be eaten raw or used in cooking recipes.
+120 food · +45 drinkSunflower
Takes 13 minutes to mature through 4 growth stages. Not edible - grown for Animal Feed and flowerpot decorations.
MaterialTomato
A kitchen staple with 13 minute growth. Used in many cooking recipes. Shelter from storms.
+140 food · +50 drinkWatermelon
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.
+50 food · +150 drinkWheat
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.
MaterialMushroom
Standard 13 minute growth with 4 stages. Has a 50% chance to drop a second mushroom.
Material
Kitchen
Cooking system
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.
Frequently asked
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.