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Shrub Seeds is a Common-tier seed in Windrose used to grow Plant Fiber. Seeds plant at a Ground location with a roughly 1-hour real-time growth cycle, and every harvest refunds 1 seed to keep the loop renewable.

Summary

How to Obtain

• Approximately 30-50% per wild bush harvest (unverified specific percentage)

• Harvested Saplings also return the seed used, so once a player has one seed the loop is self-sustaining.

Growth

Per harvest yield: 1-2 Plant Fibers plus 1 Shrub Seed 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.

The Sapling places directly on the ground without a Seedbed and without any Fertile Soil cost. This makes Ground Plants the cheapest renewable resource loop in the game.

Ground Plant, Not a Seedbed Crop

Windrose splits crops into two groups: ground plants and seedbed crops. Shrub Seeds are a ground plant, which means the Shrub Sapling plants straight onto open ground anywhere on your plot. It does not need a Seedbed, and it does not consume Fertile Soil. Only seedbed crops require a built seedbed and the Fertile Soil that goes into each seedbed section, so a Shrub patch is the cheapest farm you can set up before you have unlocked any of that.

Uses

Plant Fiber feeds Coarse Fabric (3 to 1 at Workbench), which in turn feeds ropes, bandages, and early armor.

Notes

Shrub Saplings turn the single most-consumed early-game resource (Plant Fiber) into a renewable loop. Place several on the base plot as soon as the Coastal Jungle boss is cleared.

See Also

• Shrub Sapling, the planted form that grows the crop

• Plant Fiber - the crop produced

• Any island with bushes - the wild biome source

• Farming System - overview of the farming mechanic

• Seedbed Placement - Seedbed construction rules

• Farming Contractor - Tortuga-based bulk automation

Details

Properties

Progression Notes

Shrub Seeds are part of the crafting progression chain rather than a standalone collectible. Use the recipe, station, and ingredient rows to trace what unlocks it, what it consumes, and which linked upgrades or materials should be prepared before crafting it.