Flax Seeds

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

How to Obtain

• Wild Flax plants drop seeds at approximately 50%. Foothills bushes drop seeds at 30-50%. Senkamati Chests drop 3 Flax Seeds at 100%.

• 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.

Growth

Per harvest yield: Flax Fiber plus Flax Seeds per Sapling harvest.

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.

Notes

Flax is the single most-farmed crop in the game. Community-consensus guidance is to dedicate 15-20 Seedbed slots to Flax as soon as Fertile Soil is unlocked.

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