Pasture Grass

Overview

Pasture Grass is a Starter-tier farmland crop that grows in all four seasons, making it available year-round from the very beginning of the game. It requires no Farmer certification to purchase and has the shortest growth time of any standard crop at just 12 hours.

While Pasture Grass has the lowest sell price of any purchasable crop, its primary value is not in selling it raw. Pasture Grass is one of the most important ingredients in the animal feed system. It appears in the recipes for Rabbit Feed, Cattle Feed, and Sheep Feed, making it essential for anyone pursuing the Rancher profession. Running out of Pasture Grass is one of the most common bottlenecks that ranchers face when trying to keep their livestock fed daily.

Pasture Grass can also be obtained by clearing shrubs, grass, and weeds around the island, which makes it available even before you start farming. However, relying on wild gathering alone will not produce enough to sustain a growing ranch. Dedicating a few farm plots to Pasture Grass ensures a reliable and predictable supply.

Quick Stats

How to Obtain Seeds

Pasture Grass Seeds are sold at the Happiness Seed Shop in Starsand Town for 25g per bag. The shop is run by Graminova and is open daily. You can interact with the cash register directly without needing to speak to Graminova first.

Because Pasture Grass is a Starter crop, its seeds are available from the very first time you visit the shop. There is no Farmer certification requirement to unlock them. Seeds are sold year-round regardless of the current season, so you can stockpile Pasture Grass Seeds at any time.

Growing

Pasture Grass grows on standard farmland or in a Planting Box. Till a patch of soil with your hoe, plant the Pasture Grass Seed, and water it. Growth time is 12 hours of real time, starting from the moment the seed goes into the ground. Once the plant matures, walk up to it and harvest by hand to collect 4 Pasture Grass.

Pasture Grass is a single-harvest crop. After you pick it, the plant is gone and you need to replant a new seed. This is different from Trellis crops like Cucumber or Tomato, which can be harvested multiple times from a single planting.

The 12-hour growth time is the fastest among all purchasable crops, meaning you can complete two full harvests in a single 24-hour period. This rapid turnaround makes Pasture Grass an excellent crop for farming experience early in the game, even if the profit per harvest is low.

You can speed up Pasture Grass growth using fertilizers. A single application of Ripening Fertilizer I (Apprentice Farmer) instantly advances growth by 8 hours, cutting the 12-hour growth time to just 4 hours. Ripening Fertilizer II (Junior Farmer) advances by 13 hours, which is more than enough to instantly complete a Pasture Grass crop in one application.

Placing Bumblebee hives near your Pasture Grass plots also boosts growth speed. Combined with sprinklers for automatic watering, this lets you harvest Pasture Grass with minimal manual effort.

Wild Gathering

In addition to farming, Pasture Grass can be gathered from the wild by clearing shrubs, grass, and weeds that grow naturally across the island. Simply swing your tool at the low vegetation scattered around the overworld to collect Pasture Grass along with other materials like Fiber.

Wild gathering is the earliest way to acquire Pasture Grass before you have access to farmland. During the opening hours of the game, clearing weeds around your home and the surrounding areas will give you a small supply of Pasture Grass. However, wild sources do not respawn quickly enough to sustain daily animal feeding once your ranch grows beyond a handful of animals. For long-term needs, dedicated farming is far more reliable.

Uses

Pasture Grass is primarily used as an ingredient in animal feed recipes crafted at the Feeder station. Each animal species requires its own specific feed type, and Pasture Grass appears in several of them.

Animal Feed Recipes

The following feed types require Pasture Grass as an ingredient. These are crafted at the Feeder, which you receive after completing the Apprentice Rancher certification with Pastelle.

Rabbit Feed is the simplest recipe and the first one most players encounter. Cattle Feed and Sheep Feed share the same recipe, requiring an Egg (from Chickens or Ducks), Pasture Grass, and Fruit Pulp (produced at the Separator from any fruit). Since both recipes use the same ingredients, ranchers who keep both cattle and sheep will need double the supply.

A recurring design pattern in the feed system is that each recipe requires byproducts from lower-tier animals. Cattle Feed and Sheep Feed need Eggs from Chickens and Ducks. Chicken Feed requires Rabbit Poop. This creates a natural progression where owning earlier animals supports feeding later ones.

Sell Prices

Pasture Grass sells for 7g per unit at Zerine's General Store. Since each harvest produces 4 Pasture Grass, a single harvest sells for 28g total, resulting in a net profit of just 3g after the 25g seed cost.

On a gold-per-day basis, Pasture Grass earns 6.0 g/day, which ranks it at the very bottom of the Starter tier for raw profit. For comparison, Wheat earns 18.7 g/day and Sunflower leads the tier at 37.0 g/day. Pasture Grass is not a crop you should grow for income. Its value comes entirely from its role in the animal feed system.

The Merchant Ship pays 200% of the normal sell price when it docks, effectively doubling Pasture Grass's sell value to 14g per unit. If you have a large surplus that exceeds your ranching needs, selling during a Merchant Ship visit is the best way to extract some value. Under normal circumstances, though, you should keep Pasture Grass for feed rather than selling it.

Everlasting Pasture Grass Seeds

Like all crops, Pasture Grass has an Everlasting (Immortal) seed variant. Crops grown from Everlasting Pasture Grass Seeds produce Pasture Grass indefinitely after each harvest without replanting, and they ignore season restrictions entirely.

There are two main ways to obtain Everlasting Pasture Grass Seeds:

• Eternal Blessings skill: A passive perk at the Senior Farmer tier. Every crop harvest has a random chance to drop an Everlasting Seed of that crop type.

• Creamy Seeds buff: Eating Mirthshroom Soup (crafted from 2x Mirthshroom at the Campfire) grants a temporary buff that increases the chance of dropping Everlasting Seeds when harvesting. Mirthshroom spores are found in the Moonlit Forest.

Once you have Everlasting Pasture Grass Seeds, every subsequent harvest is pure output since you never need to buy or replant seeds again. This eliminates the 25g seed cost entirely and provides a permanent supply of Pasture Grass for animal feed. Given how much Pasture Grass a busy ranch consumes, Everlasting Seeds for this crop are especially valuable. If you dig up an Everlasting Pasture Grass crop, the Everlasting Seed is returned to your inventory.

Tips

• Start growing Pasture Grass early, even before you begin ranching. Stockpiling a reserve of Pasture Grass means you will have feed ingredients ready the moment you complete the Apprentice Rancher certification and build your first Feeder.

• Keep at least 4 to 8 Pasture Grass plots running if you have rabbits, cows, and sheep. Each animal eats daily, and the demand adds up fast. A single harvest of 4 Pasture Grass only covers a few days of feeding for one or two animals.

• Clear shrubs and weeds whenever you walk past them. The Pasture Grass you pick up from wild sources supplements your farmed supply at no cost. Every extra unit means one fewer seed you need to buy.

• Pasture Grass's 12-hour growth cycle means you can harvest twice per day. Plant in the morning, harvest in the evening, replant immediately, and harvest again the next morning. This doubles your effective output per plot compared to a single daily harvest.

• Do not sell Pasture Grass unless you have a large surplus. At 7g per unit, the gold you earn is negligible compared to the value of keeping your animals fed and producing byproducts like Eggs, Wool, and Milk.

• Use Ripening Fertilizer II or higher to instantly complete Pasture Grass growth. Since the crop only takes 12 hours and Ripening Fertilizer II advances 13 hours, one application completes the entire cycle. This is useful when you suddenly need feed ingredients and cannot wait.

• Once you reach Senior Farmer and unlock the Eternal Blessings passive, harvest Pasture Grass frequently to maximize your chances of getting Everlasting Pasture Grass Seeds. The more often you harvest, the more rolls you get. Combining this with the Creamy Seeds buff from Mirthshroom Soup further increases your odds.

• Pasture Grass earns farming experience just like any other crop. Because of its fast 12-hour cycle, planting and harvesting it in large batches is one of the quickest ways to level up your Farmer certification in the early game, even though the gold return is low.