Fertile Soil

Found in abandoned farms in the Foothills.

It is a Commonresource gathered or crafted in the world of Windrose with item level 2.

Overview

Description

Found in abandoned farms in the Foothills.

How to Obtain

Fertile Soil is gathered from the ground around abandoned farms and Ancient Ruins in the Foothills. Look for dark, broken earth next to ruined walls and old garden plots, and harvest it with a Stone Pickaxe or any stronger pickaxe. The patches respawn after being cleared, so the same ruin sites can be farmed repeatedly. See the sections below for the best gathering routes and what the soil is used for.

Tips

• Weight 0.5 per unit; factor it into inventory capacity when gathering.

See Also

• Resources

• Crafting

Where to Find Fertile Soil

Fertile Soil appears as dark brown, broken earth around the Ancient Ruins scattered throughout the Foothills. The soil pockets sit directly adjacent to ruined walls and old garden plots, and respawn after being cleared.

Harvesting requires a Stone Pickaxe or any sturdier pickaxe. Each patch yields several units; stock up when you are already running past ruins rather than making dedicated trips.

What Fertile Soil Does

Fertile Soil is the farming substrate. Placing soil in planters or designated farm tiles at your base lets you cultivate flax, corn, and other seedlings without hunting them in the wild. Setting up base farms significantly reduces the time cost of stockpiling Flax Fiber for Linen Fabric and cornmeal for cooking.

Seedbed and Farming Costs

Fertile Soil is consumed when you place farming structures at your base. Each Seedbed costs 5 Fertile Soil, built from the Farming tab of the building menu. Because a single soil-gathering trip past a few ruins returns enough for several beds, most players set up a row of seedbeds in one sitting rather than building them one at a time.

Once your beds are running, harvesting returns both the produce and fresh seeds, so a starting drop scales into a self-sustaining plot within a few harvests and your soil spend is effectively a one-time setup cost per bed.

Tips

• Scout every ruin you pass, not just combat objectives. Some ruins have three or more soil patches.

• Soil is heavy (0.5 per unit). Don't overload your inventory; leave it in a base chest next to your planters.

• Farm expansion pairs well with the Millstones unlock, since homegrown corn feeds cornmeal and gunpowder production.

Seedbed Crop Reference

Once a Seedbed is placed (5 Fertile Soil per bed, Farming tab of the Building Panel), the following sapling and seedling stacks become plantable. Saplings drop randomly from foraging the parent plant in the wild; seedlings are pulled from Ancient Farms in the Foothills.

Harvesting a mature seedbed crop yields more saplings or seedlings of the same type alongside the produce, so a single starting drop scales into a self-sustaining plot inside two or three harvests.

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