Flax Seeds is a Common-tier seed in Windrose used to grow Flax Fiber. Seeds plant at a Seedbed with a roughly 1-hour real-time growth cycle, and every harvest refunds 1 seed to keep the loop renewable.
Summary
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Rarity | Common |
Stack size | 100 |
Plot type | Seedbed only |
Growth time | Approximately 1 hour of real-world time |
Biome (wild source) | |
Crop produced |
How to Obtain
Wild Flax plants drop seeds at approximately 50%. Foothills bushes drop seeds at 30 to 50%. Senkamati Chests drop 3 Flax Seeds at 100%.
The Food Merchant sells Flax Seeds after the Foothills threat is cleared.
Harvested saplings also return the seed used, so once a player has one seed the loop is self-sustaining.
Source | Type | Drop / Notes |
|---|---|---|
Wild Flax plants | Gather | Approximately 50% per harvest in the Foothills |
Foothills bushes | Gather | Roughly 30 to 50% per bush |
Senkamati Chests | Loot | 3 Flax Seeds at 100% |
Food Merchant | Vendor | Available after the Foothills threat is cleared |
Seedbed harvest | Farm | Each sapling refunds 1 seed, making farmed supply renewable |
Growth
Per harvest yield: Flax Fiber plus Flax Seeds per sapling harvest. The refunded seed makes a single planted seed enough to sustain ongoing production.
Stat | Value |
|---|---|
Plot | Seedbed only |
Growth time | Approximately 1 hour of real time |
Yield per harvest | Flax Fiber plus 1 Flax Seeds refunded |
Offline growth | Yes, crops keep growing while the game is closed |
Watering / fertilizer | None required |
The sapling uses a 1-hour real-time growth cycle shared across every crop in Windrose. Crops continue to grow while the game is closed. There is no watering, no fertilizer, no sunlight rule, and no wilt state.
Place the seed in a Seedbed (built from 5 Fertile Soil, four planting slots at the corners). Seedbeds are unlocked after defeating the Coastal Jungle boss Thomas Richards and mining Fertile Soil from Ancient Farm ruins in the Foothills.
Uses
Flax Fiber is the core textile material. 3 Flax Fiber crafts into 1 Linen Fabric at the Spinning Wheel (30 second craft). 4 Flax Seeds craft into 1 Flax Oil at the Press. Linen Fabric is used in approximately 44 recipes including armor, sails, and the 150-unit ship-construction budget.
Product | Inputs | Station |
|---|---|---|
Spinning Wheel, 30s | ||
4 Flax Seeds |
Notes
Flax is the single most-farmed crop in the game. Community-consensus guidance is to dedicate 15 to 20 Seedbed slots to Flax as soon as Fertile Soil is unlocked, since Linen Fabric demand scales sharply once armor crafting and ship construction begin.
Farming Tips
Prioritize Flax over every other crop early; it feeds the textile chain that Linen Fabric recipes draw from.
Spin surplus Flax Fiber into Linen Fabric in batches at the Spinning Wheel so you always have fabric ready for armor and sails.
Convert spare seeds into Flax Oil at the Press rather than letting them stack uselessly.
For hands-off bulk supply, route Flax through the Farming Contractor in Tortuga.
See Also
Flax Fiber - the crop produced
Foothills - the wild biome source
Farming System - overview of the farming mechanic
Seedbed Placement - Seedbed construction rules
Farming Contractor - Tortuga-based bulk automation
Details
Properties
Property | Value |
|---|---|
Weight | 0.1 |
Stack | 100 |