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Learn where to find Fertile Soil, build Seedbeds, get seeds and the best crops to grow at each stage - Flax priority, food buffs and more!","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fgame\u002Fwindrose\u002Farticles\u002Fwindrose-farming-guide","\u002Fgame\u002Fwindrose\u002Farticles\u002Fwindrose-farming-guide","windrose","Windrose","guide","windrose farming","2026-05-09 08:14:23","2026-05-09 08:18:14",9,1916,false,{"id":22,"r2_key":23,"filename":24,"mime_type":25,"bytes":26,"width":27,"height":27,"alt_text":28,"caption":27,"uploaded_by_user_id":29,"created_at":30,"public_url":31},17,"articles\u002F2026\u002F05\u002F1778297254399-z7ochtcz-20260509102118-1.jpg","20260509102118_1.jpg","image\u002Fjpeg",836193,null,"Windrose Farm",3,"2026-05-09 03:27:35","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F17\u002Ffile?v=articles%2F2026%2F05%2F1778297254399-z7ochtcz-20260509102118-1.jpg",{"averageRating":33,"ratingCount":34},5,2,[36,42,50,65,77,143,148,169,178,190,194,203],{"id":37,"type":38,"sortOrder":39,"payload":40},1691,"rich_text",0,{"markdown":41},"## How Farming Works\n\nThe farming system in Windrose is relatively simple once you understand the basics. To begin farming, you’ll need two things:\n\n- Fertile Soil\n- Seeds\n\n**Fertile Soil** is used to build **Seedbeds** at your base, while seeds are planted inside those beds to grow crops.\n\nOnce 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!",{"id":43,"type":44,"sortOrder":45,"payload":46},1692,"callout",1,{"level":47,"title":48,"markdown":49},"warning","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.",{"id":51,"type":52,"sortOrder":34,"payload":53},1693,"image_text_split",{"layout":54,"eyebrow":55,"heading":55,"markdown":56,"imageUrl":57,"assetId":58,"imageAlt":59,"images":60,"stretchToFit":20,"ctaLabel":55,"ctaHref":55,"ctaNewTab":20},"image-bottom","","## Where to Find Fertile Soil\n\nOnce 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.\n\nAncient Farms are by far the best spot since they also contain crops like [Corn](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_corn_t02) and [Cane Sugar](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_canesugar_t03) which can be found in chests\u002Fcontainers.\n\nThe 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.\n\nEach Seedbed square will cost you 5x Fertile Soil so make sure you grab every bit you see while out exploring.","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F29\u002Ffile","29","Fertile soil in Windrose",[61],{"imageUrl":62,"assetId":63,"imageAlt":64},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F18\u002Ffile","18","Harvesting Fertile Soil",{"id":66,"type":52,"sortOrder":29,"payload":67},1694,{"layout":54,"eyebrow":55,"heading":55,"markdown":68,"imageUrl":69,"assetId":70,"imageAlt":71,"images":72,"stretchToFit":20,"ctaLabel":55,"ctaHref":55,"ctaNewTab":20},"## How to Find Seeds\n\nSeeds are found naturally while gathering resources around the world. Whenever you harvest plants, flowers or chop down trees like [Palm](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fbuildings\u002Ffarming_palm_t01), [Banana](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_banana_t01), or [Ficus](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fbuildings\u002Ffarming_ficus_t01), there’s a chance you’ll get seeds which in turn will unlock the saplings.\n\nThere 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.\n\nThe more you explore and gather, the more seeds you’ll build up for your farm.","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F19\u002Ffile","19","Getting banana seeds",[73],{"imageUrl":74,"assetId":75,"imageAlt":76},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F20\u002Ffile","20","Getting potato seeds",{"id":78,"type":79,"sortOrder":80,"payload":81},1695,"comparison_table",4,{"eyebrow":82,"title":83,"markdown":55,"columns":84,"rows":89,"highlightedColumn":142},"Windrose Seeds","Seed Types & Information",[85,86,87,88],"Seed Type","Where to Find","Primary Use","Provides\u002FUnlocks",[90,95,99,102,106,110,114,119,122,125,128,132,136,139],[91,92,93,94],"Shrub","Coastal Jungle","Crafting","Plant Fiber",[96,97,93,98],"Ficus","Inland Coastal Jungle","Wood & Plant Fiber",[100,97,93,101],"Palm","Wood & Coconuts",[103,92,104,105],"Banana","Food Source","Coconut Milk with Bananas",[107,92,108,109],"Cayenne Pepper","Cooking & Gunroom Grog","Spicy “Chicken” with Sweet Potato, Spicy Skewered Crab",[111,92,112,113],"Sweet Potato","Cooking","Hearty Egg Broth, Coconut Soup",[115,116,117,118],"Flax","Foothills","Making Fabric","Spinning Wheel, Shoemaker's Bench, Linen Fabric",[120,116,112,121],"Corn","Millstones, Cornmeal, Burrito, Banana Muffin, Tortilla, Pastechi, Tangy Nut Roll",[123,116,112,124],"Lime","Hard Grog, Sweet Lime Juice, Refreshing Tomato Juice",[126,116,112,127],"Tomato","Crab Soup with Diced Tomatoes, Meat Salad",[129,116,130,131],"Aloe","Alchemy","Aloe Leaf",[133,134,112,135],"Cocoplum","Cursed Swamps","Swamp Pie, Spicy Swamp Juice, Cocoplum Pie",[137,134,112,138],"Leek","Tamale",[140,134,112,141],"Beans","Bean Soup",99,{"id":144,"type":44,"sortOrder":33,"payload":145},1696,{"level":47,"title":146,"markdown":147},"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.",{"id":149,"type":52,"sortOrder":150,"payload":151},1697,6,{"layout":54,"eyebrow":55,"heading":55,"markdown":152,"imageUrl":153,"assetId":154,"imageAlt":155,"images":156,"stretchToFit":20,"ctaLabel":55,"ctaHref":55,"ctaNewTab":20},"## Setting Up Your Farm\n\nOnce 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.\n\nAfter 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.","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F21\u002Ffile","21","Seedbed in building menu",[157,161,165],{"imageUrl":158,"assetId":159,"imageAlt":160},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F22\u002Ffile","22","Placing seedbed",{"imageUrl":162,"assetId":163,"imageAlt":164},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F23\u002Ffile","23","Saplings in build menu",{"imageUrl":166,"assetId":167,"imageAlt":168},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F24\u002Ffile","24","Plant seeds",{"id":170,"type":52,"sortOrder":171,"payload":172},1698,7,{"layout":54,"eyebrow":55,"heading":55,"markdown":173,"imageUrl":174,"assetId":175,"imageAlt":176,"images":177,"stretchToFit":20,"ctaLabel":55,"ctaHref":55,"ctaNewTab":20},"## Harvesting Crops\n\nAfter 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.\n\nHarvested 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.","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F25\u002Ffile","25","Harvesting crops",[],{"id":179,"type":52,"sortOrder":180,"payload":181},1699,8,{"layout":54,"eyebrow":55,"heading":55,"markdown":182,"imageUrl":183,"assetId":184,"imageAlt":185,"images":186,"stretchToFit":20,"ctaLabel":55,"ctaHref":55,"ctaNewTab":20},"## Growing Trees & Shrubs\n\nGrowing [Banana](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_banana_t01), [Limes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_lime_t02), [Palms](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fbuildings\u002Ffarming_palm_t01) and [Shrubs](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fbuildings\u002Ffarming_mancinella_t01) works pretty much the same as Seedbeds, except these are planted directly into the ground instead.\n\nOpen 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.","https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F27\u002Ffile","27","Planting bananas",[187],{"imageUrl":188,"assetId":189,"imageAlt":185},"https:\u002F\u002Fservervote.com\u002Fapi\u002Fcontent\u002Fassets\u002F28\u002Ffile","28",{"id":191,"type":38,"sortOrder":18,"payload":192},1700,{"markdown":193},"## Progression Stages\n\n### Early Game: Coastal Jungle\n**Focus:** Foraging for survival and seeds.\n**Key Plants:**\n- [Sweet Potatoes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_potato_t01) and [Cayenne Peppers](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_pepper_t01): Easy to find and great for basic food\u002Fcooking. Spicy meals help with early combat.\n- [Bananas](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_banana_t01) and [Shrubs](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fbuildings\u002Ffarming_mancinella_t01): Plantable directly on the ground - no Seedbed needed. Solid renewable food and [Plant Fiber](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_fiberplant_t01) sources.\n\n**Goal:** Stockpile seeds and food while progressing the story to unlock Foothills. Don’t invest heavily in farming yet.\n\n### Mid Game: Foothills (Core Progression Phase)\nThis is when farming becomes powerful. Make Flax your #1 priority.\n\n**Flax (Highest Priority):**\n- Found as purple\u002Fblue-flowered plants in Foothills.\n- Yields [Flax Fiber](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_flaxfiber_t02) which is then processed into [Linen Fabric](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_linenfabric_t02) at the Spinning Wheel.\n- Essential for armor, ship upgrades, structures, and mid-game crafting. Wild sources are sparse, so farming it accelerates everything.\n\n**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.\n\n**Strong Secondary Crops (once Flax is stable):**\n- [Corn](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_corn_t02): Unlocks the Millstone for [Cornmeal](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_cornmeal_t02) as well as Gunpowder. Cornmeal is key for many recipes.\n- [Aloe](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_aloe_t02): Great for [Elixirs of Concentration](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_alchemy_elixir_critdamage_extraduration) (+30% crit damage).\n- [Sweet Potatoes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_potato_t01) and [Cayenne Peppers](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_pepper_t01): Scale up reliable food and cooking buffs.\n\n**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.\n\n### Mid to Late Game (Expanded Farm & Later Biomes)\nWith a large farm and sustainable Flax, shift focus to optimizing food for powerful buffs (high-tier meals give strong combat\u002Fexploration stats).\n\n**Priority Food Crops:**\n- [Tomatoes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_tomato_t02), [Beans](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_bean_t03), [Leeks](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_onion_t03), [Cocoplums](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_icaco_t03) and [Limes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_lime_t02)\n- Continue [Cayenne Peppers](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_pepper_t01), [Corn](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fcid_food_raw_corn_t02) and [Sweet Potatoes](https:\u002F\u002Fwindrose.gaming.tools\u002Fitems\u002Fdid_resource_potato_t01)\n\n**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).\n\nReady to learn more? Check out our [Cooking & Alchemy Guide](\u002Farticles\u002F) (coming soon) for more information on the best food and elixirs to craft.",{"id":195,"type":196,"sortOrder":197,"payload":198},1701,"faq",10,{"items":199},[200],{"question":201,"answer":202},"Need more information?","[Official Windrose Website](https:\u002F\u002Fplaywindrose.com)\n[Official Windrose Discord](https:\u002F\u002Fdiscord.gg\u002Fwindrose)\n\n[Windrose on Steam](https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F3041230\u002FWindrose)\n[Windrose on Epic Games](https:\u002F\u002Fstore.epicgames.com\u002Fen-US\u002Fp\u002Fwindrose-831c86)",{"id":204,"type":205,"sortOrder":206,"payload":207},1702,"closing_panel",11,{"title":208,"body":209,"authorName":210,"authorRole":211,"contactLabel":212,"contactHref":213,"issueLabel":214,"issueHref":215,"primaryCtaLabel":216,"primaryCtaHref":217,"secondaryCtaLabel":218,"secondaryCtaHref":219,"showRating":220},"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.\n\nWe’ll be adding more Windrose guides soon, so be sure to check back for more tips, builds, and progression guides. Happy farming!","Valkyrie","Editorial Team","Contact us","\u002Fcontact","Report an issue","\u002Feditorial-policy","Windrose Server Setup Guide","\u002Fgame\u002Fwindrose\u002Farticles\u002Fwindrose-server-setup","See all articles","\u002Farticles",true]