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Windrose Farming Guide
Farming in Windrose is one of the best ways to gather useful resources and keep yourself stocked up without constantly needing to go back out gathering. In this guide, we’ll cover how to get started with farming, where to find Fertile Soil and seeds, how to build your farm, and the best crops to grow depending on your progression stage.
How Farming Works
The farming system in Windrose is relatively simple once you understand the basics. To begin farming, you’ll need two things:
- Fertile Soil
- Seeds
Fertile Soil is used to build Seedbeds at your base, while seeds are planted inside those beds to grow crops.
Once planted, crops take time to grow before they can be harvested for resources - roughly 70 minutes in real time. However, as crops grow passively, you can head out to explore or fight mobs while you wait!
Game Progression
You won’t be able to start farming until you've defeated the Coastal Jungle Local Threat and reached the Foothills, which is where you will find Fertile Soil. The easiest way to get there is to progress through the Coastal Jungle and continue the main story until you reach the Needle in a Haystack quest.
Where to Find Fertile Soil
Once you’re in the Foothills, look for Ancient Farms and ruins around the area. Fertile Soil is usually found in small soil beds outside buildings and around the ruins. Hit them with your Pickaxe and they will break up into Fertile Soil.
Ancient Farms are by far the best spot since they also contain crops like Corn and Cane Sugar which can be found in chests/containers.
The good thing is Fertile Soil is super easy to farm. Just hit a couple of Ancient Farms or ruins and you’ll usually have plenty to get started.
Each Seedbed square will cost you 5x Fertile Soil so make sure you grab every bit you see while out exploring.
How to Find Seeds
Seeds are found naturally while gathering resources around the world. Whenever you harvest plants, flowers or chop down trees like Palm, Banana, or Ficus, there’s a chance you’ll get seeds which in turn will unlock the saplings.
There aren’t any seed vendors in Windrose, so if you want to start farming something, you’ll need to go out and gather the seeds yourself first.
The more you explore and gather, the more seeds you’ll build up for your farm.
Windrose Seeds
Seed Types & Information
Seed Type | Where to Find | Primary Use | Provides/Unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|
Shrub | Coastal Jungle | Crafting | Plant Fiber |
Ficus | Inland Coastal Jungle | Crafting | Wood & Plant Fiber |
Palm | Inland Coastal Jungle | Crafting | Wood & Coconuts |
Banana | Coastal Jungle | Food Source | Coconut Milk with Bananas |
Cayenne Pepper | Coastal Jungle | Cooking & Gunroom Grog | Spicy “Chicken” with Sweet Potato, Spicy Skewered Crab |
Sweet Potato | Coastal Jungle | Cooking | Hearty Egg Broth, Coconut Soup |
Flax | Foothills | Making Fabric | Spinning Wheel, Shoemaker's Bench, Linen Fabric |
Corn | Foothills | Cooking | Millstones, Cornmeal, Burrito, Banana Muffin, Tortilla, Pastechi, Tangy Nut Roll |
Lime | Foothills | Cooking | Hard Grog, Sweet Lime Juice, Refreshing Tomato Juice |
Tomato | Foothills | Cooking | Crab Soup with Diced Tomatoes, Meat Salad |
Aloe | Foothills | Alchemy | Aloe Leaf |
Cocoplum | Cursed Swamps | Cooking | Swamp Pie, Spicy Swamp Juice, Cocoplum Pie |
Leek | Cursed Swamps | Cooking | Tamale |
Beans | Cursed Swamps | Cooking | Bean Soup |
Cutting Trees
You must ensure you are fully chopping the tree down until it disappears from the ground. Partial cuts will not give you seeds, only wood. Palm Seeds will also only come from the Palm Trees found inland, if you are cutting trees too close to the coast or forest edge, you will not get seeds.
Setting Up Your Farm
Once you’ve gathered your Fertile Soil and seeds, open your Build Menu (B) and head to the Farming section. From there, select Seedbed and place them wherever you want your farm set up.
After placing your Seedbeds, open the Farming section again and choose the seed you want to plant. You can fit up to 3 across with careful placement, but honestly, I prefer doing 2 across since it’s much quicker and easier to plant.
Harvesting Crops
After roughly 70 minutes of real time, your crops will be ready to harvest. Once they’re done growing, you’ll see the prompt to press E on the plant. One thing to note is that plants will always be labelled as a Sapling, no matter what growth stage they’re at.
Harvested crops always give your seeds back. So if you plant 10 seeds, you’ll get those 10 seeds returned when harvesting, along with the resources. This also works for trees like Bananas, making farming completely renewable once you get started.
Growing Trees & Shrubs
Growing Banana, Limes, Palms and Shrubs works pretty much the same as Seedbeds, except these are planted directly into the ground instead.
Open your Build Menu (B) and head to the Farming section, then select the tree or shrub you want to plant. Place it directly on the ground and after around 70 minutes of real time, it’ll be ready to harvest by pressing E.
Progression Stages
Early Game: Coastal Jungle
Focus: Foraging for survival and seeds.
Key Plants:
- Sweet Potatoes and Cayenne Peppers: Easy to find and great for basic food/cooking. Spicy meals help with early combat.
- Bananas and Shrubs: Plantable directly on the ground - no Seedbed needed. Solid renewable food and Plant Fiber sources.
Goal: Stockpile seeds and food while progressing the story to unlock Foothills. Don’t invest heavily in farming yet.
Mid Game: Foothills (Core Progression Phase)
This is when farming becomes powerful. Make Flax your #1 priority.
Flax (Highest Priority):
- Found as purple/blue-flowered plants in Foothills.
- Yields Flax Fiber which is then processed into Linen Fabric at the Spinning Wheel.
- Essential for armor, ship upgrades, structures, and mid-game crafting. Wild sources are sparse, so farming it accelerates everything.
Recommendation: Use your first Seedbeds (aim for 15–25+ plots) almost entirely for Flax. Harvest and replant regularly until you have a big stockpile of fabric.
Strong Secondary Crops (once Flax is stable):
- Corn: Unlocks the Millstone for Cornmeal as well as Gunpowder. Cornmeal is key for many recipes.
- Aloe: Great for Elixirs of Concentration (+30% crit damage).
- Sweet Potatoes and Cayenne Peppers: Scale up reliable food and cooking buffs.
Strategy: Fill initial Seedbeds with Flax. Expand your farm as you collect more Fertile Soil. Use extra plots for supporting crops to improve your meals and combat effectiveness.
Mid to Late Game (Expanded Farm & Later Biomes)
With a large farm and sustainable Flax, shift focus to optimizing food for powerful buffs (high-tier meals give strong combat/exploration stats).
Priority Food Crops:
- Tomatoes, Beans, Leeks, Cocoplums and Limes
- Continue Cayenne Peppers, Corn and Sweet Potatoes
Setup: Keep a dedicated (but smaller) Flax section running. Dedicate the majority of plots to food crops that match your preferred recipes and playstyle (e.g. agility, endurance, or damage buffs).
Ready to learn more? Check out our Cooking & Alchemy Guide (coming soon) for more information on the best food and elixirs to craft.
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Thanks for reading!
Hopefully this guide helped you get your farm up and running in Windrose. Farming is one of the best ways to keep yourself stocked with crafting materials, food ingredients, and resources without constantly grinding for them. We’ll be adding more Windrose guides soon, so be sure to check back for more tips, builds, and progression guides. Happy farming!
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Author: Valkyrie · Editorial Team
Published: 5/9/2026
Updated: 5/9/2026
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