A rain-fed plot can reduce the need to carry water to your garden, but only while rain reaches the plants. Use this routine to check hydration and keep the crop productive without relying on a fixed weather schedule.
Suitable, relatively flat ground near a shelter or base, with the plot exposed to rain and reachable along a safe route.
Prepare a garden plot on suitable ground, plant seeds, then let rain hydrate exposed plants when conditions allow. Rain is an alternative to watering, not a guarantee: inspect the plants in-game and bring water if they need it. This method suits a small base garden in the current base game; server weather and conditions can differ.
Repeat the check-and-harvest loop as needed: inspect the plot, water plants that need it, harvest ready produce, and reserve seeds for another planting. The garden is repeatable, but rain-fed hydration depends on conditions and is not guaranteed.
Stop tending the plot when you have enough food and seed for the next cycle. If it stays dry, becomes unsafe to reach, or needs more attention than it is worth, water it from a container or switch to another food source.
Suitable, relatively flat ground near a shelter or base, with the plot exposed to rain and reachable along a safe route.
More guides for gathering materials and making progress.
Seeds let you turn a scavenged vegetable into future garden harvests instead of treating it as a single meal.
A garden plot turns seeds and a little upkeep into a repeatable food supply near your shelter.
Checking soil moisture and watering when necessary protects the investment you made in planting a plot.
Drying eligible food at a suitable fire structure provides a stored reserve for later travel.
