Sometimes trying to finding a mission billionaire in Sons of the Forest is just a bit too much. There are cannibals everywhere, the seagulls are having a better time than you, and there’s caves that you’re pretty sure will be in your nightmares. That’s why you might want a simpler life, a nice time at your own little farmstead where you can grow plants and live off the land.
To grow plants in Sons of the Forest, you first off need some seeds. Seeds can be found on occasion while picking up plants and flowers. For instance, while you pick blueberries, you may also get blueberry seeds as a little bonus.
Once you have seeds, you need to build a planter. Press B and with your book open on the left, go to Gardening. Here, you have two options: Standing Planter (16x sticks) and Wall Planter (13x sticks). Though they require more resources, Standing Planters don’t require you to have built up a base yet so they are the better choice, at least early on.
Click the planter you need, then select where you want to place it. Keep adding sticks until it is complete, then approach the planter and interact with it to bring up your seed selection. Choose the seeds you want, then plant them.
You can only plant one kind of seed per planter.
It’s not entirely clear just yet if you can do anything to speed up the process of growing plants, but presumably rain will help them to grow — you cannot yet use a watering can. Once they’ve fully grown (usually after 2-3 days), simply approach the planter and interact to harvest the plant, then they will start to grow again.
Snow seems to halt or at least dramatically slow down the growing process with plants, so you might not be in luck when the weather starts to turn.
If you want to remove the plant that’s in the planter, just get your axe and swipe at it to remove it. You can now plant some new seeds.
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Sons of the Forest is available on PC.
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