Food and plants
Ribbon Plants
Ribbon Plants are a shallow, renewable source of material used to craft batteries.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Ribbon Plants
Shallow seabed in the Twisty Bridges and nearby underwater areas, including around thermal vent edges.
Before you go
- Basic diving and oxygen equipment.
- A safe return route to your base.
- Exterior Growbed at base for propagation.
- Fabricator for making batteries.
Farming steps
- Leave the drop pod or base with enough oxygen for a shallow search and return.
- Search the Twisty Bridges seabed and nearby shallow vent edges for Ribbon Plants.
- When you find one, pick it directly by hand; a Knife is not needed.
- Collect a starter plant and return to base before extending the search into deeper water.
- Place the starter in an Exterior Growbed to begin cultivating a supply.
- Once the crop is available, collect Ribbon Plant material from it for battery crafting.
- Take the material to a Fabricator and make batteries when needed; keep the planted source growing for future use.
- Add the search to an early shallow-water supply trip instead of making a special expedition.
- Keep harvested material near the Fabricator so it is ready when you need batteries.
Repeat, collect and use
A wild plant is a one-time collection point. For ongoing supply, harvest from the established growbed crop as it becomes available and leave the planted source in place.
Common mistakes
- Using a Knife on the plant: pick it by hand.
- Treating the plant as food: save its material for crafting batteries.
- Searching deeper when shallow Ribbon Plants are available: begin in the Twisty Bridges and return if the oxygen margin gets low.
When to stop or switch
Stop searching wild patches after bringing home a starter for cultivation. Switch to the growbed supply for later battery material, and resume wild collection only if you need another starter.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
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