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112233Flax 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.4455Summary6677PropertyValueRarityCommonStack size100Plot typeSeedbed onlyGrowth timeApproximately 1 hour of real-world timeBiome (wild source)FoothillsCrop producedFlax Fiber88How to Obtain991010Wild 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.11111212SourceTypeDrop / NotesWild Flax plantsGatherApproximately 50% per harvest in the FoothillsFoothills bushesGatherRoughly 30 to 50% per bushSenkamati ChestsLoot3 Flax Seeds at 100%Food MerchantVendorAvailable after the Foothills threat is clearedSeedbed harvestFarmEach sapling refunds 1 seed, making farmed supply renewable1313Growth14141515Per harvest yield: Flax Fiber plus Flax Seeds per sapling harvest. The refunded seed makes a single planted seed enough to sustain ongoing production.16161717StatValuePlotSeedbed onlyGrowth timeApproximately 1 hour of real timeYield per harvestFlax Fiber plus 1 Flax Seeds refundedOffline growthYes, crops keep growing while the game is closedWatering / fertilizerNone required1818The 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.19192020Place 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.21212222Uses23232424Flax 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.25252626ProductInputsStationLinen Fabric3 Flax FiberSpinning Wheel, 30sFlax Oil4 Flax SeedsPress2727Notes28282929Flax 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.30303131Farming Tips32323333Prioritize 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.34343535See Also36363737Flax Fiber - the crop producedFoothills - the wild biome sourceFarming System - overview of the farming mechanicSeedbed Placement - Seedbed construction rulesFarming Contractor - Tortuga-based bulk automation38383939Details40404141Properties42424343PropertyValueWeight0.1Stack100