Seed Maker
Seed Maker | |
Place crops inside to produce a varying amount of seeds. Doesn't work with fruit tree crops. | |
Information | |
Source | Crafting |
Sell Price | Cannot be sold |
Crafting | |
Recipe Source | Farming (Level 9) |
Ingredients | Wood (25) Gold Bar (1) Coal (10) |
The Seed Maker is a piece of Refining Equipment that produces seeds from a harvested crop or one of four foraged items: Wild Horseradish, Spice Berry, Common Mushroom, or Winter Root. It takes 20m to process seeds. [1]
A Seed Maker can be crafted after reaching Farming Level 9. One Seed Maker is the reward for completing the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board. A Seed Maker may occasionally be found in a treasure room in the Skull Cavern.
Seeds per Crop
The Seed Maker can produce 1-3 seeds of the same variety as the input crop (97.51% chance, average of 2 seeds), 1-4 Mixed Seeds (1.99% chance), or 1 packet of Ancient Seeds (0.5% chance).
To avoid buying new seeds, an average of 51% of harvests would need to be sacrificed (= 1 / (0.9751 * 2)) to obtain new seeds for the next growing cycle.
The game creates a pseudo-random number to determine the type and number of seeds produced. Note that Luck does not have any effect:
(# days played) + unique game ID / 2 + (X tileLocation of Seed Maker) + (Y tileLocation of Seed Maker) × 77 + (timeOfDay)
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As a result of the above formula, the resulting seed count roll is "repeatable". Notably, if the player restarts the day, and inputs seeds at the same time (and at the same location), they'll get the same resulting output. Because of this, it is possible for the player to perform a "dry run" of the day, taking notes of when (and which) seed makers produced triple seeds. Then, after restarting the day, the player can guarantee a 3:1 crop to seed conversion ratio. Using this technique, it is possible to acquire hundreds of Ancient Seeds within the first year.
Seedless Crops
The Seed Maker does not produce seeds from:
- Blackberry
- Coconut
- Coffee Bean
- Crocus
- Crystal Fruit
- Fiddlehead Fern
- Fruit Tree Fruit
- Salmonberry
- Sweet Pea
- Tea Leaves
- Wild Plum
- Any item listed as "Forage" in-game (other than Wild Horseradish, Common Mushroom, and Winter Root)
References
History
- 1.3.27: Cactus Fruit (both foraged and farmed) can be placed in the Seed Maker to produce Cactus Seeds.
- 1.4: Can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.