This is part of the realism that was entered into the game, hunting can get seed drops and then farming can get plants to flower and then go to seed, some seeds are much easier to get than others though, but once you have a few seeds you can start to propegate them
Technically you can propagate with just one seed, but you still have a chance to fail and lose that one seed
After you plant the seeds they eventually grow into the 'harvest' stage (ie. you pick the item and get that plant be it carrots, basil leaves, corn, ect), while it is at the picking stage the timer will change to "X time until bolts to seed" or "x time until too tough to harvest" or whatever the message is, after the timer hits the end there you gain seeds, usually something like 5-15 seeds per seed planted (check with the people whom farm and the manual for better ideas on rates)
The catch is that if you fail the action, either planting the seed or harvesting seeds, you lose them so good to have I would say 5-10 of any one seed before you plant them, as you go through the tutorial you will have a farming section that will give you some free starter seeds and help explain the mechanics some
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This is part of the realism that was entered into the game, hunting can get seed drops and then farming can get plants to flower and then go to seed, some seeds are much easier to get than others though, but once you have a few seeds you can start to propegate them
How do you propagate seeds and how many do you need?
Technically you can propagate with just one seed, but you still have a chance to fail and lose that one seed
After you plant the seeds they eventually grow into the 'harvest' stage (ie. you pick the item and get that plant be it carrots, basil leaves, corn, ect), while it is at the picking stage the timer will change to "X time until bolts to seed" or "x time until too tough to harvest" or whatever the message is, after the timer hits the end there you gain seeds, usually something like 5-15 seeds per seed planted (check with the people whom farm and the manual for better ideas on rates)
The catch is that if you fail the action, either planting the seed or harvesting seeds, you lose them so good to have I would say 5-10 of any one seed before you plant them, as you go through the tutorial you will have a farming section that will give you some free starter seeds and help explain the mechanics some
To expand on the chance of failing, you have a 75% + 1% per level above the action level to succeed in any farming action.
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