40d:Crop

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Crops are plants that may be grown at farm plots. There are two basic types of crops: above ground (AG) and subterranean (or underground, UG). The Template:L of Template:L may be brought from the starting Template:L screen or, with some small luck, purchased from dwarven Template:Ls. Above ground crops and seeds may be purchased from Template:L or Template:L caravans or gathered by dwarves with the Template:L labor enabled. Seeds may also be collected by processing the plants or eating them (but not by cooking!).

A few of the plants listed below are not strictly crops as such as they have no seeds and can't be planted (see note "³", below.)

Most plants can be Template:Led into Template:Ls, 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 Template:L or Template:L) 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 Template:L.

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

Habitat note: In the following table, "(Dry)" means that the plant does not grow within two squares of any natural water source (pond/river/etc), and "(Wet)" means that it only grows within two squares of any natural water source. Thus Template:L's "Wetland (Dry)" means that it grows in wetlands, but just not right next to water.

Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Template:L	10	No	P 4	Template:L (m)4	20
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Template:L	10	No	No	Template:L Template:L (p)4	12
Template:L	♠	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Template:L	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	♣	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	P 4	Template:L (b)4	25
Template:L	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	Template:L	10	No	P 4	Template:L (l)4 Template:L (m)4	1001 20
Template:L	♥	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Subterranean	4	None	-	No	No	Dimple Template:L (m)4	20
Crop Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Template:L3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Dry)	4	Template:L	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	Template:L	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Template:L	10	No	P 4	Template:L (m)4	20
Template:L3	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	2	Template:L	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	Template:L	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	2	Template:L	5	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L	ƒ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet)	4	Template:L	10	No	No	Template:L (p)4	12
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Evil)	2	Template:L	5	No	No	Black Template:L (m)4	20
Template:L	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Wet) (Good)	2	Template:L	25	Yes	Yes	None	-
Template:L3	ÿ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Temperate Grassland (Dry)	10	None	-	No	Yes	Template:L (v)4	100
Template:L	§	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry) (Savage)	4	Template:L	15	No	P 4	Template:L (m)4	25
Template:L	:	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	Template:L	10	Yes	Yes	None	-
non-food Crops Name		Seasons	Habitat	Plant Value	Drink	Drink Value1	Eat	Cook2	Products/ extracts	Extract Value
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	4	None	-	No	No	Emerald Template:L (m)4	20
Template:L	τ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Not Freezing (Dry)	2	None	-	No	No	Redroot Template:L (m)4	10
Template:L3	Φ	Spring Summer Autumn Winter	Wetland (Wet)	10	None	-	No	No	Template:L (e)4	100
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 Template:L, Template:Ls, etc. A Template:L of a plant produces 5x its size in drink/syrup.

2) Anything that can be Template:Led is edible afterwards. Cooking leaves no Template:Ls for re-planting.

3) These plants cannot be grown on a Template:L. They can only be acquired through Template:L (in season only) or Template:L.

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

• b: process to bag (Template:L)
• l: process to barrel (Template:L)
• m: mill (Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, and Template:L are edible; Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, and Template:L make only Template:L.)
• p: process plant (Template:L, Template:L)
• v: process to (glass) Template:L (Template:L)
• e: extract plant essence (Template:L)

See Also

• Template:L
• Template:L
• Template:L

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