Enshrouded Farming Guide | Best Crops to Grow

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Enshrouded Farming Guide - Cover Image A Well A Seedbed and Corn in the Nomad Highlands

This Enshrouded Farming Guide will tell you how to unlock farming, how the farming system works, and the best crops to plant on your farm!

While you can forage plenty of resources in the world of Enshrouded, you won't be able to take advantage of the game's cooking system without a reliable source of food. That's where farming comes in -- read on to learn how to unlock farming and how it all works!

Enshrouded Farming Guide - Standing in a Field of Flax While Holding a Felling Axe

How to Unlock Farming in Enshrouded

You can unlock farming in Enshrouded by rescuing the Farmer NPC and placing her back at your base. Once you do, you'll be able to place a Seedbed in your base.

Keep in mind that this will simply unlock the ability to farm crops -- you'll also need to actually find the crops you want to grow. (Refer to the Seedling List at the end of this guide to see what you can grow!)


How Enshrouded Farming Works

The Enshrouded Farming system is surprisingly flexible -- once you make some Seedlings, you can grow them pretty much anywhere there is dirt.

First, you have to place the proper ingredients for the desired crop in a Seedbed. It will take some time for the Seedbed to produce usable seeds; a single batch of seeds can take anywhere from 3 minutes to 20 minutes to process.

Once you have seeds, you can simply put them on your hotbar and place them in some dirt. While this will work in the short term, though, it's a much better idea to craft some Farm Soil or Fertilised Farm Soil at the Farmer NPC -- it gives significant speed boosts that gets you your crops much faster.


Best Crops to Grow

There are two crops that you'll want to grow at all times: Flax and Wheat. Flax is necessary for making Linen, a resource that's used in quite a few crafting recipes. As for Wheat, it's used in a wide array of cooking recipes.

Aside from these two, you should decide which crops to plant based on which food you'd like to cook with them. No single raw food is as good as a cooked meal, so take the time to decide which meal works best for you at the stage of the game you're at.

Enshrouded Farming Guide - Using the Seedbed to Make Bell Pepper Seeds

Enshrouded Seedling List

Seedling Quantity Resources Time
Aloe Seedling 5 1 Sand, 1 Aloe, 1 Nitrate, 1 Water 10:00
Aureolin Flower Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Aureolin Flower, 1 Bonemeal 05:00
Azure Russula Seedling 5 2 Shroud Liquid, 1 Azure Russula, 1 Fossilized Bone Dust 05:00
Beet Seedling 5 1 Farm Soil, 1 Forest Beet 05:00
Bell Pepper Seedling 20 2 Water, 1 Bell Pepper, 2 Fossilized Bone Dust 10:00
Berry Bush Seedling 10 1 Farm Soil, 1 Purple Berries, 1 Water 03:00
Broadleaf Tree Seedling 5 1 Farm Soil, 1 Twigs, 1 Water 03:00
Chamomile Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Chamomile 07:30
Corn Seedling 20 3 Water, 1 Corncob 15:00
Evergreen Tree Seedling 5 1 Farm Soil, 1 Twigs, 1 Water 03:00
Flax Seedling 10 2 Water, 1 Flax 05:00
Grapple Plant Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Grapple Plant, 1 Sand 07:30
Indigo Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Indigo Plant, 1 Farm Soil 10:00
Nettle Seedling 5 1 Stinging Nettle 05:00
Red Mushroom Seedling 5 1 Bonemeal, 1 Red Mushroom 05:00
Rooibos Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Rooibos, 1 Fossilized Bone Dust 07:30
Saffron Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Saffron, 1 Fertilised Farm Soil 07:30
Sage Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Sage Leaves, 1 Bonemeal 10:00
Shrub Seedling 5 1 Plant Fiber 05:00
Strawberry Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Strawberry, 1 Farm Soil 10:00
Sugar Cane Seedling 5 2 Water, 1 Sugar Cane, 1 Farm Soil 15:00
Tomato Seedling 5 1 Water, 1 Tomato 15:00
Wheat Seedling 20 1 Water, 1 Wheat Grains, 1 Fossilized Bone Dust 20:00

We're at the end of our Enshrouded Farming Guide. Check out our other guides below!

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Platforms
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Release Date
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