Berries

Overview

Berries 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.

Berries can be grown from the very start once you can afford to build a farm. As a "native crop," berries require less nutrients from the soil in which they are planted. This makes them a fairly stable food source crop that requires less management than other crops. You can expect multiple years of planting before fertilizer may be needed to boost the soil back to full condition.

Alternatively, berries can be foraged utilizing a Forager Hut. Natural patches of berries appearing on the map are consumed once harvested and never regrow. These berry patches are a vital source of food in the early game before farming and fishing buildings are affordable.

As the game progresses, berries can be up converted to better food sources such as Berry Soup and Jam Pastries. These recipes essentially turn one berry into more food units with the addition of inedible ingredients like flour and water. They also have a higher quality and give greater speed and production buffs to your Whiskers. There are currently no food variety buffs so the best quality food that can be sustained should be pursued.

Berries have little tax value (5 coins per berry) so even great surpluses may not be an effective way to pay taxes. The smuggler will trade for the jam pastries.

Berries
Growth Information
Growth Period	0.05 years
Decay Period	0.50 years
Maximum Yield	2.00
Soil Requirements
Nutrient Minimum	32.00
Nutrient Saturation	112.00
Nutrient Starvation	48.00
Environmental Factors
Light Target	96.00
Light Penalty	0.02
Rock Penalty	0.70
Pollution Penalty	1.00
Temperature Tolerance
Frost Growth Threshold	100 (unit unknown)
Frost Rot Threshold	0 (unit unknown)