There are 26 custom crops on Nations, which produce ingredients required by many Slimefun foods and some Brewery recipes. Slimefun foods can be found under the “Agriculture” section of the Slimefun Guide (/sf guide).
¶ Obtaining
Seeds for custom crops occasionally drop from broken grass plants.
¶ Planting & Harvesting
Custom crops must be planted on farmland, and will only grow if it is hydrated. They are also subject to the realistic plant growth mechanics, meaning they require natural (or UV) light and a suitable biome to grow. To see if a plant will grow in a biome, hold it and left-click on a farmland block.
Once fully grown, crops need to be harvested:
- Fruit from trees and bushes can be picked by right-clicking. The plants will then begin regrowing their fruit.
- Other crops need to be broken and replanted, like most vanilla crops.
- Right-clicking these crops with a hoe will both harvest and replant them.
Harvesting can be semi-automated:
- Harvester vehicles will automatically replant the crops they harvest.
- Advanced farmer androids will automatically harvest and replant crops.
¶ Yield
The yield of a crop refers to the maximum number of extra items and experience it will drop when fully grown and harvested.
Yield is increased by applying fertilizers to growing crops. Apply fertilizer by holding it in your hand and right-clicking a growing crop.
| Fertilizer | Yield Modifier |
|---|---|
| Bone Meal | +1 |
| Organic Fertilizer | +2 |
| Organic Fertilizer (optimal) | +3 |
Applying the optimal type of Organic Fertilizer to a plant will also increase its growth speed by 30%.
¶ Machines
¶ Seed Extractors
Seed Extractors convert vegetables and fruits to their sapling/seed form in a 6:1 ratio.
¶ Sprinklers
Fertilizer Sprinklers are electric machines that automatically apply Organic Fertilizer to nearby crops when they enter the growth stage.
| Machine Tier | Radius (blocks) | J/plant |
|---|---|---|
| I | 3 | 8 |
| II | 7 | 16 |
¶ Uses
- Custom crops produce ingredients used to craft many custom food items, which can be found under the “Agriculture” tab of the Slimefun Guide (
/sf guide). Some of these foods give potion effects, such as Health Boost and Regeneration. - Corn and sugar can be combined in a Heated Pressure Chamber to produce Biomass. Biomass can be refined into Biofuel in the Refinery. Biofuel is a potent energy source that can be burned in a Combustion Reactor.
¶ List of Crops
See also: Custom Crops - Biome Growth Rates
Below is a list of crops, their base growth and regrowth times, and optimal fertilizers.
- Base growth time refers to how many minutes the plant takes to grow, assuming it is planted in a biome where its growth modifier is 100%.
- Base regrowth time refers to how many minutes the plant takes to regrow its fruits after being harvested, if applicable. This applies to fruit trees and bushes.
Negative growth modifiers in biomes are reflected by growth times longer than the base.
Custom crops grow more slowly than vanilla crops. However, unlike vanilla crops, they will grow even while unloaded.
| Crop | Base Growth Time | Base Regrowth Time | Optimal Organic Fertilizer Type |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Grape Blueberry Raspberry Blackberry Strawberry |
90 | 45 | Cocoa |
| Tomato | 60 | - | Melon |
| Lettuce | 60 | - | Melon |
| Tea | 60 | - | Beetroot |
| Sweet Potato | 60 | - | Wheat |
| Mustard | 60 | - | Melon |
| Curry Leaf | 60 | - | Sweet Berries |
| Onion | 60 | - | Melon |
| Rice | 60 | - | Beetroot |
| Garlic | 60 | - | Melon |
| Corn | 60 | - | Beetroot |
| Pineapple | 60 | - | Sweet Berries |
| Coconut | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
| Cherry | 180 | 60 | Melon |
| Pomegranate | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
| Lemon | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
| Plum | 180 | 60 | Melon |
| Lime | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
| Orange | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
| Peach | 180 | 60 | Melon |
| Pear | 180 | 60 | Melon |
| Dragon Fruit | 180 | 60 | Beetroot |
While fruit trees take longer to grow, they can drop up to 3 fruits without fertilizer.
¶ Disabling Models
The Noxesium mod for Fabric is reported to greatly reduce the lag from plant models.
If plant models still unacceptably affect your game's performance, you can replace them with textured heads using /toggleplantmodels.