Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Guide

Last Update: October 12, 2022 9:08 AM /

In this Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Guide, we'll tell you how Farming works and show you all of the Crops we've discovered so far!

How Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Works

Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming is simple in some ways and complex in others.

Crops do not need water (although rain will boost their growth).
Crops need to grow first. Then, a second "Harvest" stage has to complete before you can actually harvest the Crop.
Most Crops are destroyed upon harvesting, although there are a few that keep growing forever (such as Fruit Bushes and Heptagonia).
Crops need to stay above a certain temperature or they'll slowly lose Health. If they lose all of their Health, they're destroyed.
Certain Events (such as Toxic Ash) will harm your Crops and there's nothing you can do about it.
Pay attention to where you're planting -- better soil lets your Crops grow faster.
Survivors with low Farming skill can destroy Crops when they harvest them. Make sure to train up low-Skill characters on fast-growing Crops that you don't mind using.
Graincob (the Tall Leafy Plant) is needed for many important things such as Liquid Fuel and Antibiotics -- try to get it as soon as you can.
Wild animals will eat your Crops if you don't protect them with a fence.
Crops can survive through the Winter and continue growing in Spring as long as the temperature doesn't get too low.

How to Unlock Farming in Stranded: Alien Dawn

You can unlock Farming in Stranded: Alien Dawn by Observing any Crop, Bush, or Tree. Successfully Observing some flora will give you the ability to plant it and, as a consequence, unlock Farming for that one item.

How to Unlock More Crops in Stranded: Alien Dawn

You can unlock more Crops by Observing plants that you haven't yet discovered. You'll immediately unlock the ability to plant it as soon as the Observation is completed.

Best Crop to Plant in Stranded: Alien Dawn

The best Crop to plant in Stranded: Alien Dawn is the Graincob. As our Crafting Guide shows, It's used in a wide variety of recipes that are critical to unlocking new technologies. That said, you should try to grow a little bit of everything -- each and every Crop is useful in some way.

Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Guide - List of Crops

List of Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Crops

Crop	Required Skill	No Failure At	Fail Chance at Farming 0	Time to Harvest	Soil Tolerance	Minimum Growth Temperature	Temperature Tolerance	Output
Beefberries	N/A	Farming 5	40%	12d / 4d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 0%	0 C	-2 C to 50 C	4 Beefberries
Big Broadleaf Tree					Loam - Clay - Silt - Sand - Gravel -
Blade Grass	N/A	N/A	N/A	5d	Loam - 100% Clay - 80% Silt - 90% Sand - 60% Gravel - 40%	0 C	-10 C to 50 C	20 Hay
Broadleaf Bush	N/A	N/A	N/A	24d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 60%	0C	-30 C to 50 C	20 Sticks
Buttermelon	N/A	Farming 3	30%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - .0%	0C	-1 C to 50 C	40 Buttermelon
Chew Root	N/A	Farming 3	30%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 80% Silt - 100% Sand - 70% Gravel - 50%	0 C	-2 C to 50 C	15 Chew Roots
Clothblossom	Farming 3	Farming 5	40%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 0%	0 C	-1 C to 50 C	10 Cloth
Evergreen Tree	N/A	N/A	N/A	18d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 90% Gravel - 60%	-10 C	-50 C to 40 C	20 Wood
Fruit Bush	N/A	Farming 3	30%	35d / 15d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 60%	0 C	-30 C to 50 C	30 Bushfruits
Giant's Grass					Loam - Clay - Silt - Sand - Gravel -
Glitter Cap	N/A	Farming 3	30%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 50% Gravel - 50%	0 C	-30 C to 50 C	5 Glitter Caps
Graincob	N/A	Farming 3	30%	9d	Loam - 100% Clay - 40% Silt - 80% Sand - 15% Gravel - 5%	0 C	-2 C to 50 C	10 Grain
Heptagonia	N/A	Farming 3	30%	20d / 8d	Loam - 25% Clay - 50% Silt - 25% Sand - 75% Gravel - 100%	0C	-30 C to 50 C	10 Sweet Syrup
Siliconleaf	N/A	Farming 5	40%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 50% Gravel - 50%	0 C	-30 C to 50 C	10 Silicon
Skinbark	N/A	Farming 5	40%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 50% Gravel - 50%	0 C	-30 C to 50 C	10 Skinbark
Small Broadleaf Tree	N/A	N/A	N/A	18d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 60%	0 C	-20 C to 40 C	20 Wood
Small Evergreen Tree					Loam - Clay - Silt - Sand - Gravel -
Smokeleaf	Farming 3	Farming 3	30%	12d	Loam - 100% Clay - 50% Silt - 75% Sand - 25% Gravel - 0%	0 C	-2 C to 50 C	5 Raw Smokeleaf

That's the end of our Stranded: Alien Dawn Farming Guide. Why not check out some of our other guides below?

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