23a:Crop

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Crops are plants that may be grown at farm plots or gathered from shrubs. There are two basic types of crops: above ground (AG) and subterranean (or underground, UG). The seeds of subterranean crops may be brought from the starting embark screen or, if you've requested them from the outpost liaison, purchased from dwarven caravans. Above ground crops cannot be planted by dwarves and must be purchased from human or elven caravans or gathered by dwarves with the plant gathering labor enabled. Seeds may also be collected by processing the plants or eating them (but not by cooking!).

Several plants listed below are not strictly crops as such as they have no seeds and couldn't be planted even if you wanted to (see note "³", below).

Unlike in later versions, outdoor plants are not restricted to specific biomes, but occur in up to 3 distinct locations:

• River - areas within 2 tiles of the outdoor river
• Swamp - areas within 2 tiles of a murky pool
• Forest - areas not within 2 tiles of a water source

Most plants can be brewed into alcohols, each plant type producing a different variation, and dwarves do prefer some variety in their drink. Some plants may be eaten raw, others must be cooked first, others must be processed first (by milling or plant processing) before they are edible, and still others are inedible, producing only non-food products. All drinks may be cooked into meals.

Plants, drinks and products have their values multiplied by how many items are created from a single plant stack.

All drinks require a spare barrel for storage, and some other products also require specific containers for storage. Plants can be stored in barrels or individually; seeds are stored individually or in bags which can then be put into barrels.

While it is impossible to plant any crops during the winter, it may still be possible to harvest shrubs bearing these plants at this time.

Subterranean Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Cave wheat	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	Dwarven beer	10	No	P 4	Dwarven wheat flour (m)4	20
Pig tail	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	Dwarven ale	10	No	No	Pig tail thread (p)4	12
Plump helmet	♠	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	Dwarven wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Quarry bush	♣	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	None	-	No	P 4	Quarry bush leaves (b)4	25
Sweet pod	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	Dwarven rum	10	No	P 4	Dwarven syrup (l)4 Dwarven sugar (m)4	1001 20
Dimple cup	♥	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Cave	4	None	-	No	No	Dimple dye (m)4	20
Outdoor Plant Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Blade weed3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Swamp	4	None	-	No	No	Emerald dye (m)4	20
Bloated tuber3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Swamp	4	Tuber beer	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Fisher berry3	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	River	4	Fisher berry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Hide root3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Forest	2	None	-	No	No	Redroot dye (m)4	10
Kobold bulb3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Swamp	10	None	-	No	No	Gnomeblight (e)4	100
Longland grass	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Forest	4	Longland beer	10	No	P 4	Longland flour (m)4	20
Muck root3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Swamp	2	Swamp whiskey	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Prickle berry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Forest Swamp	2	Prickle berry wine	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rat weed3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Swamp River	2	Sewer brew	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Rope reed3	ƒ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	River	4	River spirits	10	No	No	Rope reed thread (p)4	12
Valley herb3	ÿ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Forest	10	None	-	No	Yes	Golden salve (v)4	100
Wild strawberry	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Forest	4	Strawberry wine	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value

Notes:

1) The value of five units of drink/syrup, for comparison with flour, extracts, etc. A stack of a plant produces 5x its size in drink/syrup.

2) Anything that can be cooked is edible afterwards. Cooking leaves no seeds for re-planting.

3) These plants do not produce seeds when eaten or processed.

4) These plants cannot be eaten until they are further processed, whether by milling or by plant processing; see "products" column for final product and necessary labor:

• b: process to bag (quarry bush)
• l: process to barrel (sweet pod)
• m: mill (cave wheat, sweet pod, and longland grass are edible; dimple cup, blade weed, and hide root make only dye.)
• p: process plant (pig tail, rope reed)
• v: process to (glass) vial (valley herb)
• e: extract plant essence (kobold bulb)

See Also

• Farming
• Farm plot
• Shrub