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11 Seedbed Placement covers the rules for building Seedbeds in Windrose. The Seedbed is the only dedicated farming structure and the backbone of the Farming System. Each Seedbed holds four crops and costs 5 Fertile Soil to construct.
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33 Construction
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55 PropertyValueCost5 Fertile Soil per SeedbedPlanting slots4 slots (one at each corner of the Seedbed)Station typeDedicated farming structure; placed from the farming tab of the base build menu
66 How to Build a Seedbed
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88 Gather at least 5 Fertile Soil with a pickaxe from the dirt mounds at Ancient Farm ruins in the Foothills.Open the build menu and select the Seedbed from the farming tab.Aim at a patch of flat, open ground; a green placement ghost means the spot is valid.Confirm placement to spend the 5 Fertile Soil and drop the structure.Plant one seed at each of the four corner slots to fill the bed.
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1010 Surface Rules
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1212 Flat, exposed terrain. Seedbeds must be placed on flat ground that is not clipping into other structures or terrain features.Above ground level. If a Seedbed is buried in sand, clipped into a rock, or partially underground, slot count is reduced or planting is blocked entirely. Placing Seedbeds slightly above ground level (on a plinth or foundation) avoids this entirely.Water / sunlight / soil maintenance. None required. A Seedbed on flat ground grows crops regardless of proximity to water, shelter, or time of day.
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1414 Placement Troubleshooting
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1616 If a placed Seedbed shows fewer than four usable slots, or refuses a seed, the cause is almost always the surface underneath it. Use the table below to diagnose the issue.
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1818 SymptomLikely CauseFixFewer than 4 slotsA corner is clipped into sand, rock, or a slopeMove the bed to flatter ground or raise it onto a foundationCannot plant at allBed is partially undergroundPlace on a plinth so the whole bed sits above ground levelPlacement ghost stays redOverlap with another structure or terrain featureReposition until the ghost turns green before confirming
1919 Slot Layout
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2121 Each Seedbed offers four planting slots positioned at the corners. Plant one seed per corner. All four slots share the same global growth timer of roughly 70 minutes, which means planting the four seeds simultaneously and harvesting them simultaneously is the most efficient use of the structure.
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2323 There are no documented adjacency rules between Seedbeds (no bonus or penalty from clustering). Placing Seedbeds side-by-side is fine for base-building aesthetics, but it neither speeds growth nor increases yield.
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2525 Worked Example: Sizing a Flax Farm
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2727 Because each bed holds four plants, a farm dedicated to fiber is easy to size. Common community guidance is to keep 15 to 20 Flax slots running, which works out to four or five beds. The table below shows the Fertile Soil budget for a few farm sizes.
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2929 SeedbedsTotal SlotsFertile Soil Needed4 beds16 slots20 Fertile Soil6 beds24 slots30 Fertile Soil10 beds40 slots50 Fertile Soil
3030 Ground Plants Exception
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3232 Three plants (Shrub, Ficus, Palm) do not require a Seedbed. These Ground Plants are placed directly on the terrain anywhere on the plot. They do not consume Fertile Soil and do not respect the four-slot-per-Seedbed limit, so they are a free way to green up a base without spending mined soil.
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3434 Where to Get Fertile Soil
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3636 Fertile Soil is mined with a pickaxe from small raised dirt mounds at Ancient Farm ruins in the Foothills biome. A secondary source exists at ruins in the Cursed Swamps. Access to the Foothills is gated behind defeating the Coastal Jungle boss; plan on gathering 30 or more Fertile Soil on the first Foothills trip to avoid repeat runs.
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3838 See Also
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4040 Farming System - farming overviewCrop Growth - growth-timer detailsFarming Contractor - parallel automationFertile Soil - construction material