Flax

Overview

Flax is a crop that can be grown in your colony. Like all crops, it requires proper soil conditions, adequate lighting, and protection from harsh environmental factors to thrive.

Flax is a native crop that is available to plant from the start of the game. It is slightly more difficult to plant than the other native crops, but carries similar growing benefits. Flax is gentle on soil nutrients levels, so farm fallowing or fertilizer is unlikely to be needed.

Flax is the foundation of the fiber supply chain and should be planted early, preferably before the Forager Hut exhausts the local wild supply. You need it to make woven cloaks, rope, nets, thread, cloth, and more.

You do not need to aggressively plant Flax, but you will need to expand farms to support your growing fiber supply chain.

You can heat small Flax farms in the winter to continue growing and harvesting Flax. This may be helpful in the early game to ensure your Whiskers have clothing in the winter.

Flax
Growth Information
Growth Period	0.05 years
Decay Period	0.50 years
Maximum Yield	2.00
Soil Requirements
Nutrient Minimum	64.00
Nutrient Saturation	128.00
Nutrient Starvation	80.00
Environmental Factors
Light Target	96.00
Light Penalty	0.02
Rock Penalty	0.20
Pollution Penalty	1.00
Temperature Tolerance
Frost Growth Threshold	100 (unit unknown)
Frost Rot Threshold	0 (unit unknown)