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Need help with Farming? Check out my guide.




Foraging requires a foraging stick which costs 50 gold at the farm shop or can be made by a carpenter from 3 logs. A foraging stick is used by double-clicking on it and selecting a plot of flowers or other small plants on the ground. The chances of success are based on your skill/2 and intelligence/6 plus a base percent of 25. The exact seed you find is randomly chosen from the chart below.

Seed Type Odds* Price
Pecan 12% 4
Grape 11% 4
Barley Seed 8% 9
Wheat Seed 7% 10
Tomato Seed 10.95% 5
Cotton Seed 10% 4
Lime Seed 9% 3
Lemon Seed 8% 3
Orange Seed 6% 3
Sugar Cane Seed 5% 8
Apple Seed 5% 3
Banana Seed 3% 5
Cinnamon Seed 2% 6
Cherry Seed 2% 5
Rose Seed 1% 6
Bloodroot .05% 85
Carrot Seed ? ?
Potato Seed ? ?
Malacinth Seed** ? ?
Dolas Fern*** ? ?
Mandrake Seed**** ? ?

*Percentages may have changed as of recent updates
**Malacinth seed requires lvl 25 in foraging to find
***Dolas fern requires lvl 45 in foraging to find and must be foraged from green ferns
****Mandrake seed requires lvl 70 in foraging to find and must be foraged from dead bushes



Certain crops require a scythe to harvest which can be purchased at a farm shop for 150 gold or made by a carpenter from 1 plank. To use a scythe double-click it then select the crop. Chances of succeeding are based on your skill/2 and dexterity/6 plus the base percentage listed in the following chart.
Crop Base %
Barley 80
Wheat 75
Sugar Cane 70
Cinnamon 69




Planting requires a shovel to ready the ground for a seed and can be bought at a farm shop for 175 gold or made by a carpenter from 2 planks. To plant a seed you must double-click the shovel on select a usuable plot of land to dig a hole the double-click the seed and select the hole. Chances of successfully planting the seed are based on your skill/2 and intelligence/6 plus the base percentage in the following chart.
Note:with the exception of malacinth seeds the end product can be replanted.
Seed Planting
Time***
Base % Growing
Time****
Crop Yield Price
Pecan 1.5 26 12:20 Pecan 4-5 4
Grape 2 24 11:02 Grape 4-6 4
Barley Seed 1.5 25 11:00 Cut Barley 1 39
Wheat Seed 1.5 26 9:50 Wheat Grain 1 41
Tomato Seed 5 21 8:35 Tomato 4-5 7
Cotton Seed 5 19 7:00 Cotton 5-7 5
Lime Seed 5 17 10:25 Lime 3-5 7
Lemon Seed 6.5 15 10:45 Lemon 2-4 11
Sugar Cane Seed 7 15 10:20 Sugar Cane 1 69
Orange Seed 7.5 12 9:19 Orange 3-5 11
Apple Seed 6.5 10 10:10 Apple 3-4 14
Cinnamon Seed 4 10 8:00 Cinnamon Bundle 1 75
Banana Seed 8 7 9:24 Banana 6-9 14
Cherry Seed 8 6 7:50 Cherries 5-8 18
Rose Seed 8 5 8:23 Rose 2-5 45
Carrot Seed ? ? ? Carrot ? ?
Potato Seed ? ? ? Potato ? ?
Bloodroot ? ? ? Bloodroot ? 85
Malacinth Seed ? ? ? Malacinth Flax ? ?
Mandrake Seed ? ? ? Mandrake Root ? ?

***Seconds in game time
****Minutes in game time



At present there are 3 magic items that can assist with the Agriculture trade:
Divining Rod: This item helps by indicating the amount of seeds left in a specific spot
Scythe of Ulthien: The scythe gives the effect of a bonus of 10 levels in harvesting.
Farming Almanac: This gives the effect of a bonus 10 levels in farming when in backpack.

Designed by Aaron Korr