Oxygen Not Included farming is a colony resource network: plants supply food or materials, ranches produce meat and eggs, and machines recycle gases and liquids. Wild growth saves inputs but grows slowly; domestic farms trade materials for faster output. Sustainability depends on matching crop needs, critter feed and renewable resources.
17 farming guides · PC / Global, base game; Spaced Out and planet packs are DLC
Preview the available maps and layouts. Each one links to its farming instructions.
Glossy Drecko ranch layout, design 1: four groomed breeders with Mealwood feed and a separate shearing area (controlled overflow population). Follow the source gas-layer and automation instructions before copying the build.
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Glossy Drecko ranch layout, design 2: four groomed breeders with Mealwood feed and a separate shearing area (open overflow area). Follow the source gas-layer and automation instructions before copying the build.
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Plants in basic farming buildings grow faster than wild plants, but each crop has its own requirements. Check those needs before choosing a farm layout.
Critter ranching errands require the Critter Ranching skill, and tame critters belong in Stables with ranching buildings. Plan for the room and rancher before relocating animals.
A domestic Thimble Reed needs polluted water in a Farm Tile or Hydroponic Farm and yields Reed Fiber and seeds. Check its water requirement before connecting irrigation.
Prioritize immediate food, water, and oxygen needs, then progression-linked ranching and crop systems, followed by reusable farming and resource-loop guidance.
A practical early food crop that turns Dirt and seeds into Meal Lice without irrigation.
A Lavatory and Water Sieve can return more water than the bathroom consumes, while requiring germ-aware handling.
An Electrolyzer converts supplied Water into breathable Oxygen and Hydrogen that must be routed safely.
This loop converts a Water supply into Oxygen and Hydrogen, with the Hydrogen available for power generation.
Hatch ranching turns critter care into a managed source of eggs and other species-dependent outputs.
Drecko shearing supplies material from a managed ranch when the animals, feed, and station are maintained.
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A practical early food crop that turns Dirt and seeds into Meal Lice without irrigation.
Bristle Blossoms provide Bristle Berries for colonies able to supply light and irrigation.
Dusk Caps turn a suitable dark, carbon-dioxide space and Slime fertilizer into mushrooms.
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Thimble Reed provides Reed Fiber for materials such as suit production while also consuming Polluted Water.
Thimble Reed can absorb Polluted Water overflow while producing Reed Fiber for colony materials.
Farm Tiles turn a crop choice into a managed domestic growing area with faster growth than wild plants.
Wild harvests can provide useful crops or materials without the fertilizer and irrigation costs of domestic farming.
Pips can establish wild plants in suitable natural terrain without domestic irrigation or fertilizer inputs.
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Hatch ranching turns critter care into a managed source of eggs and other species-dependent outputs.
Drecko shearing supplies material from a managed ranch when the animals, feed, and station are maintained.
View 2 maps ↗This combined ranch and crop chain converts Drecko care into Phosphorite for a Pincha Pepper farm.
Pacu are aquatic critters that can be managed for eggs and edible output using aquatic handling rather than a land Stable.
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A Lavatory and Water Sieve can return more water than the bathroom consumes, while requiring germ-aware handling.
An Electrolyzer converts supplied Water into breathable Oxygen and Hydrogen that must be routed safely.
This loop converts a Water supply into Oxygen and Hydrogen, with the Hydrogen available for power generation.
A Puft and Algae Distiller chain converts Polluted Oxygen into Slime, then into Algae and Polluted Water.
Routing Polluted Water to a compatible plant or Water Sieve can recover useful value from a colony waste stream.
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A practical early food crop that turns Dirt and seeds into Meal Lice without irrigation.
A Lavatory and Water Sieve can return more water than the bathroom consumes, while requiring germ-aware handling.
An Electrolyzer converts supplied Water into breathable Oxygen and Hydrogen that must be routed safely.
This loop converts a Water supply into Oxygen and Hydrogen, with the Hydrogen available for power generation.
Hatch ranching turns critter care into a managed source of eggs and other species-dependent outputs.
Drecko shearing supplies material from a managed ranch when the animals, feed, and station are maintained.
View 2 maps ↗This combined ranch and crop chain converts Drecko care into Phosphorite for a Pincha Pepper farm.
Bristle Blossoms provide Bristle Berries for colonies able to supply light and irrigation.
Dusk Caps turn a suitable dark, carbon-dioxide space and Slime fertilizer into mushrooms.
Pacu are aquatic critters that can be managed for eggs and edible output using aquatic handling rather than a land Stable.
Thimble Reed provides Reed Fiber for materials such as suit production while also consuming Polluted Water.
Thimble Reed can absorb Polluted Water overflow while producing Reed Fiber for colony materials.
A Puft and Algae Distiller chain converts Polluted Oxygen into Slime, then into Algae and Polluted Water.
Routing Polluted Water to a compatible plant or Water Sieve can recover useful value from a colony waste stream.
Farm Tiles turn a crop choice into a managed domestic growing area with faster growth than wild plants.
Wild harvests can provide useful crops or materials without the fertilizer and irrigation costs of domestic farming.
Pips can establish wild plants in suitable natural terrain without domestic irrigation or fertilizer inputs.
