| Stats Affected: | <span style="color: #LightText;">Description: Knowledge of farming crops. This not only affects the speed that you can gather your crops, it also affects the yield when harvesting. In other words, unskilled farmers will mess up some of your crops. |
| -Harvesting speed -Harvesting yield | |
| Ways to Train: | |
| -Work hard | |
| <span style="color: #Title">-Trades- | |
Farming is the ability to obtain output from farm buildings. It affects the success rate (further multiplied by the specific enviroment score of the crop) of harvesting crops and the amount of time it takes to harvest them. The ability can be trained by harvesting crops and by using the Grain Silo.Template:Racial Exp Mult
Recruits
Slave Recruits can be expected to have high farming levels. The Unique Recruits who are known to have high farming levels are Green Finger and Miu.
Environment
There are three different environments in Kenshi. Some crops only grow well in specific environments. Players can find out the environment of their surrounding area through Prospecting. Environments are based on Zone boundaries. Zones can have multiple environments and so the environmental effect on farming is cumulative.
| Cactus | Cotton | Greenfruit | Hemp | Riceweed | Wheatstraw | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arid | 100% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 0% | 50% |
| Green | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Swamp | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Crop growth rates are also dependent on the fertility of the surrounding area. Information on fertility can also be found through prospecting.
Players can avoid being affected by environments and fertility by researching and constructing hydroponics.
Buildings and Technologies
Standard Farms
| Farm | Technology | Cost to Learn |
|---|---|---|
| Cactus Farm | Cactus Farming | 2 Cactus, 2 Books |
| Cotton Farm | Cotton Farming | 2 Cotton, 2 Books |
| Riceweed Farm | Riceweed Farming | 2 Riceweed, 2 Books |
| Wheat Farm | Wheatstraw Farming | 2 Wheatstraw, 2 Books |
| Hemp Farm | Hemp Farming | 2 Hemp, 2 Books |
| Vegetable Farm | Given from Start | 2 Greenfruit, 2 Books |
Hydroponics
After researching Hydroponics, which requires Research Bench V (5) and an AI Core, characters can research ways to grow specific crops indoors. Hydroponics allows factions to settle anywhere without concern for the area's Environment.
Farm Outputs
After researching the standard farms, characters can build four (4) different sized farms. Farms can be upgraded or downgraded. Hydroponic farms can only be built in one (1) size.
| Farm Type | Crops Available for Farming | Plants Needed to Build |
Number of Crops |
Input |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | Cactus, Cotton, Greenfruit, Hemp, Riceweed, Wheatstraw | 10 of Crop | Variable | Water |
| Medium | Cactus, Cotton, Greenfruit, Hemp, Riceweed, Wheatstraw | 25 of Crop (Cactus & Hemp 20, Rice 30) | Variable | Water |
| Large | Cactus, Cotton, Greenfruit, Hemp, Riceweed, Wheatstraw | 40 of Crop (Cactus & Hemp 30, Rice 50) | Variable | Water |
| Extra Large | Cactus, Cotton, Wheatstraw | 60 of Crop (Cactus 40) | Variable | Water |
| Hydroponic | Greenfruit, Hemp, Riceweed, Wheatstraw | 10 of Crop,
4 Iron Plates, |
Variable | Water,
10 Power |
| Crop | Water per day | Growth time (hours) | Harvest time | Produce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus | 2 | 24 | S: 3h, M: 6h, L: 9h, XL: 12h | S: 16, M: 32, L: 48, XL: 64 |
| Cotton | 10 | 30 | S: 2h48m, M: 5h37m, L: 8h26m, XL: 11h20m | S: 30, M: 60, L: 90, XL: 121 |
| Greenfruit | 10 | 23.33 | S: 1h52m, M: 3h16m, L: 4h35m | S: 40, M: 70, L: 98 |
| Hemp | 6 | 21.6 | S: 2h20m, M: 3h45m, L: 6h | S: 25, M: 36, L:64 |
| Riceweed | 10 | 15 | S: 2h48m, M: 5h09m, L: 7h35m | S: 30, M: 55, L: 81 |
| Wheatstraw | 5 | 22 | S: 2h20m, M: 4h41m, L: 7h01m, XL: 9h22m | S: 25, M: 50, L: 75, XL: 100 |
| Hydroponic greenfruit | 5 | 15 | 1h04m | 36 |
| Hydroponic hemp | 5 | 10 | 52m | 30 |
| Hydroponic riceweed | 10 | 10 | 1h41m | 54 |
| Hydroponic wheatstraw | 5 | 14 | 1h04m | 36 |
Dangers
In certain biomes and regions, River Raptors or Swamp Raptors may attempt to eat your crops. This causes your characters to attack them which in turn either leads to free skin and meat or dead farmers.