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Hydroponics or Botany, is the area where the growing of poisonous edible plants is carried out on board. Not to be confused with the more exotic Xenobotany, regular hydroponics is primarily concerned with growing plants for practical uses such as food or medicine. The botanist is the individual primarily responsible for working in here, but if no botanist is available then the Steward is responsible for growing their own produce.

Hydroponics Workplace

This is Hydroponics – everyone can access it.

The hydroponics bay is located within the mess hall, towards the back. Connected to the main hydroponics bay is a small room that leads to the kitchen, this is the hydroponics storage room, and serves as a prep area for the botanist. This room contains some botany lockers, which contain botanist satchels, work gloves, and a few tools that can also be found in the hydroponics bay. The lockers also contain the important plant analyzer, its uses will be discussed later. This room also has a drying rack, a fridge, seed extractor, and biomass generator. Here are some of your most basic tools of the trade in hydroponics:

Tool Icon Description
Hydroponics Trays
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These are the trays which you use to grow your plants and fungi in! They're water filled basins with LED sensors that light up to tell you about your plants.
Seed Storage
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This stores the seeds for the various plants that can be grown.
Hydroponics Vending Machine
Hydroponics vending machine.png
A vending machine that dispenses the various chemicals/tools needed proper plant care.
Bucket
Bucket.png
For watering the plants.
Water Tank
Water tank.png
For filling your watering bucket.
CondiMaster Neo
Chemistry chemmaster 3000.png
Used to separate chemicals from a reagent container into bottles. Now you can turn your tomatoes into ketchup!
Hoe
Hoe.png
For weed removal and plant maintenance.
Hatchet
Hatchet.png
Used to take samples from your plants, and kill unwanted plants (on harm intent only).
Bee Farm
Bee farm.png
You'll have one of these in hydroponics - use it to cultivate your own bee hive!

Growing Plants

Growing plants can be a lengthy, but rewarding process. First, locate the hydroponics trays, they are the basins filled with water that can be seen in the photo above; this is where you will be planting the seeds. Take a seed in your hand, and click the tray. You will then get a message saying "you plant the (plant's name) seed". Note, you can only have one seed per tray until that plant is finished growing, so choose wisely while filling up your trays! If you examine the tray, it will give you a small analysis which includes the water and nutrient levels, whether it's dead, as well as the tray's temperature and 'lumens' (we'll get to this later!) - this is what it should look like:

That's a tray (Apple).

Apples are growing here.

Water: 100/100

Nutrient: 10/10

The tray's sensor suite is reporting a light level of 4.82439 lumens and a temperature of 292.642K.

This is an easy way to identify the plant, if you are not familiar with what they look like - and gives you quick access to the information that allows you to gauge how your plant is doing. If you've become comfortable with the process of watering and fertilizing your plants, you can trade in examining them for looking at their sprite - the trays have built in lights that can give you important information at a glance:

  • Green Light: Ready for harvest
  • Blue Light: Low water
  • Yellow Light: Low nutrients
  • Red Light: Low health
  • Flashing Red Light: Weeds

Plant Chart

Traits:

  • Yi = Yield. Determines how many products per harvest.
  • Ma = Maturation time. A lower number means faster maturation time.
  • Pr = Produce time. A lower number means faster product growth.
  • Po = Potency. Determines the amount of reagents, and strength of special effects.
Name Seed Icon Yi Ma Pr Po Reagents Temp Light Other Source Mutations
Affelerin
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Affelerin.png
6 8 6 20 10u Nutriment
10 Affelerin Nectar
293K 6 Seed Storage
Aghrassh
Seedaghrassh.png
Aghrassh.png
4 3 5 10 10u Nutriment 293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Algae
Seedalgae.png
Algae.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment
4u Bromide
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Almond
Seedalmond.png
Almond.png
6 6 6 10 2 Nutriment 293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Ambrosia Deus
Seedambrosiadeus.png
Ambrosiadeus.png
6 6 6 5 1u Nutriment
1u Bicaridine
1u Synaptizine
1u Hyperzine
1u Hextro-mycosalinate
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Mutate Ambrosia Vulgaris
Ambrosia Vulgaris
Seedambrosiavulgaris.png
Ambrosiavulgaris.png
6 6 6 5 1u Nutriment
1u Bicaridine
1u Kelotane
1u Toxin
1u Hextro-mycosalinate
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage Ambrosia Deus
Apple
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Apple.png
5 6 6 10 2u Nutriment
11u Apple Juice
293K 4 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage Poison Apple,
Golden Apple
Bamboo
Seedbamboo.png
Bamboo.png
5 5 1 1 6u Bamboo Pulp 298K 6 Seed Storage
Banana
Seedbanana.png
Banana.png
3 6 6 1 10u Banana Juice
2u Potassium
298K 7 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Berry
Seedberry.png
Berry.png
2 5 5 10 2u Nutriment
11u Berry Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage

Mutate Blueberry or Iridast
Glowberry,
Poison Berry,
Blueberry
Blood Tomato
Seedbloodtomato.png
Bloodtomato.png
3 8 6 10 2u Nutriment
3u Blood
293K 6 Multiple harvests.
Juicy.
Mutate Tomato Killer Tomato
Blue Tomato
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Bluetomato.png
2 8 6 10 1u Nutriment
3u Cryoxadone
293K 6 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Mutate Tomato Bluespace Tomato
Blueberry
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Blueberry.png
2 5 5 10 2u Nutriment
11u Berry Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage

Mutate Berry or Iridast
Glowberry,
Poison Berry,
Berry
Bluespace Tomato
Seedbluespacetomato.png
Bluespacetomato.png
2 8 6 10 1u Nutriment
12u Singulo
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Bio-luminescent.

Juicy.
Teleports user/target when thrown.
Mutate Blue Tomato
Cabbage
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Cabbage.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment 293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Cacao
Seedcacao.png
Cacao.png
2 5 5 10 2u Nutriment
6u Coco Powder
298K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Carrot
Seedcarrot.png
Carrot.png
5 10 1 10 1u Nutriment
5u Imidazoline
10u Carrot Juice
293K 5 Seed Storage
Chanterelle
Seedchanterelle.png
Chanterelle.png
5 7 1 1 1u Nutriment 293K 5 Seed Storage Fly Amanita,
Plump Helmet,
Reishi
Cherry
Seedcherry.png
Cherry.png
3 5 5 10 1u Nutriment
1u Sugar
10u Cherry Jelly
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Chili
Seedchili.png
Chili.png
4 5 5 20 1u Nutriment
7u Capsaicin Oil
298K 7 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage Chilly Pepper
Chilly Pepper
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Icepepper.png
4 4 4 20 1u Nutriment
7u Frost Oil
298K 7 Multiple harvests. Mutate Chili
Cinnamon
Seedcinnamon.png
Cinnamon.png
5 7 5 10 10u Cinnamon 293K 7 Seed Storage
Coconut
Seedcoconut.png
Coconut.png
4 6 6 15 1u Nutriment
10u Coconut Water
293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Corn
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Corn.png
3 8 6 20 3u Nutriment
3u Corn Oil
298K 6 Seed Storage
Coffee
Seedcoffee.png
Coffee.png
3 4 4 4 10u Coffee 293K 7 Seed Storage
Death Berry
Seeddeathberry.png
Deathberry.png
3 5 5 10 1u Nutriment
19u Toxin
11u Lexorin
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Mutate Poison Berry
Death Nettle
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Deathnettle.png
2 8 6 10 1u Nutriment
10u Polytrinic Acid
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Strong stinging spines.
Mutate Nettle
Destroying Angel
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Destroyingangel.png
2 12 5 35 1u Nutriment
24u Amatoxin
2u Psilocybin
288K 5 Mutate Fly Amanita
Diona
Seeddiona.png
Dionanymph.png
1 5 10 30 293K 5 Cannot alter or isolate genes. Seed Storage
Eggplant
Seedeggplant.png
Eggplant.png
2 6 6 20 3u Nutriment 298K 7 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Fine Tobacco
Seedfinetobacco.png
Finetobacco.png
4 6 6 1 10u Fine Tobacco 299K 7 Mutate Tobacco.
Fly Amanita
Seedflyamanita.png
Flyamanita.png
4 10 5 10 1u Nutriment
6u Amatoxin
1u Psilocybin
288K 5 Seed Storage

Mutate Chanterelle
Destroying Angel,
Plastellium
Garlic
Seedgarlic.png
Garlic.png
5 10 1 12 1u Nutriment
11u Garlic Juice
293K 5 Seed Storage
Glowberry
Seedglowberry.png
Glowberry.png
2 5 5 10 2u Nutriment
5u Uranium
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Bio-luminescent.
Juicy.
Mutate Berry, Blueberry, or Iridast
Glowshroom
Seedglowshroom.png
Glowshroom.png
3 15 1 30 2u Radium 288K 5 Bio-luminescent. Seed Storage

Mutate Reishi
Golden Apple
Seedgoldenapple.png
Goldenapple.png
3 10 10 10 2u Nutriment
3u Gold
293K 4 Multiple harvests. Mutate Apple
Grape
Seedgrape.png
Grape.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment
3u Sugar
11u Grape Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage

Mutate Green Grape or White Grape
Green Grape
Grass
Seedgrass.png
Grass.png
5 2 5 1 1u Nutriment 293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Green Grape
Seedgreengrape.png
Greengrape.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment
5u Kelotane
11u Green Grape Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage

Mutate Grape or White Grape
Grape,
White Grape
Gukhe
Seedgukhe.png
Gukhe.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment
3u Sugar
10u Capsaicin
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Gummen Beans
Seedgummen.png
Gummen.png
3 4 4 10 10u Nutriment 293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Harebell
Seedharebell.png
Harebell.png
2 7 1 1 1u Nutriment 293K 5 Seed Storage
Hrukhza
Seedhrukhza.png
Hrukhza.png
5 6 6 1 5u Nutriment
10u Hrukhza Extract
299K 7 Seed Storage
Iridast
Seediridast.png
Iridast.png
2 5 5 10 2u Nutriment
10 Iridast Berry Juice
3u Psilocybin
293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage Berry,
Glowberry,
Poison Berry,
Blueberry
Killer Tomato
Seedkillertomato.png
Killertomato.png
2 8 6 10 293K 6 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Mutate Blood Tomato
Kudzu
Seedkudzu.png
Kudzu.png
4 6 6 10 1u Nutriment
1u Dylovene
293K 5 Dangerous vine. Seed Storage
Lavender
Seedlavender.png
Lavender.png
5 7 5 1 1u Nutriment
1u Bicaridine
293K 7 Seed Storage
Lemon
Seedlemon.png
Lemon.png
4 6 6 15 1u Nutriment
10u Lemon Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests.

Outputs power.
Juicy.
Seed Storage
Liberty Cap
Seedlibertycap.png
Libertycap.png
4 10 1 15 1u Nutriment
8u Soporific
1u Hextromycosalinate
288K 5 Seed Storage

Mutate Reishi
Lime
Seedlime.png
Lime.png
4 6 6 15 1u Nutriment
10u Lime Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Lettuce
Seedlettuce.png
Lettuce.png
4 5 2 10 1u Nutriment
2u Lettuce Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Low-Grade Tobacco
Seedbadtobacco.png
Badtobacco.png
5 6 6 1 10u Terrible Tobacco 299K 7 Mutate Tobacco.
Melon
Seedmelon.png
Melon.png
3 6 6 1 1u Nutriment
10u Melon Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Messa's Tear
Seedmessastear.png
Messastear.png
4 3 5 10 2u Honey
5u Kelotane
283K 5 Seed Storage
Nettle
Seednettle.png
Nettle.png
4 6 6 10 1u Nutriment
10u Sulphuric Acid
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Stinging spines.
Seed Storage Death Nettle
O'krri Mushroom
Seedokrri.png
Okrri.png
5 7 1 1 10u Nutriment
3u Sugar
3u Psilocybin
288K 4 Seed Storage
Olives
Seedolives.png
Olives.png
4 3 5 10 5u Nutriment
10u Olive Oil
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Onion
Seedonion.png
Onion.png
4 10 1 10 2u Nutriment
11u Onion Juice
293K 5 Seed Storage
Orange
Seedorange.png
Orange.png
4 6 6 15 1u Nutriment
10u Orange Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Peanut
Seedpeanut.png
Peanut.png
6 6 6 10 2u Nutriment 293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Pear
Seedpear.png
Pear.png
5 6 6 10 5u Nutriment
10u Pear Juice
293K 4 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Peppercorn
Seedpeppercorn.png
Peppercorn.png
3 4 4 5 10u Black Pepper 293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Pineapple
Seedpineapple.png
Pineapple.png
2 5 5 10 1u Nutriment
5u Enzyme
10u Pineapple Juice
293K 7 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Plastellium
Seedplastellium.png
Plastellium.png
6 5 6 20 3u Plasticide 288K 5 Seed Storage

Mutate Fly Amanita
Plump Helmet
Seedplumphelmet.png
Plumphelmet.png
2 8 1 2 2u Nutriment 288K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage

Mutate Chanterelle
Towercap,
Walking Mushroom
Poison Apple
Seedapple.png
Apple.png
5 6 6 10 3u Cyanide 293K 4 Multiple harvests. Mutate Apple
Poison Berry
Seedpoisonberry.png
Poisonberry.png
2 5 5 10 1u Nutriment
5u Toxin
12u Poison Berry Juice
293K 5 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Mutate Berry, Blueberry, or Iridast Death Berry
Poppy
Seedpoppy.png
Poppy.png
6 8 6 20 2u Nutriment
3u Tramadol
293K 6 Seed Storage
Potato
Seedpotato.png
Potato.png
4 10 1 10 2u Nutriment
10u Potato Juice
293K 5 Can provide power. Seed Storage
Pumpkin
Seedpumpkin.png
Pumpkin.png
6 8 6 10 2u Nutriment 293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Qokk'Loa
Seedqokkloa.png
Qokkloa.png
4 3 5 10 5u Hextromycosalinate
3u Sugar
10u Qokk'Loa Extract
285K 5 Multiple harvests.

Extremely lethal to humans.
Seed Storage
Reishi
Seedreishi.png
Reishi.png
4 10 5 15 1u Nutriment
6u Psilocybin
288K 5 Seed Storage

Mutate Chanterelle
Liberty Cap,Glowshroom
Rice
Seedrice.png
Rice.png
4 6 1 5 1u Nutriment
10u Rice
293K 5 Seed Storage
S'randar's Hand
Seedsrandarshand.png
Srandarshand.png
4 3 5 10 1u Bicaridine 283K 5 Seed Storage
Soybean
Seedsoybean.png
Soybeans.png
3 4 4 5 1u Nutriment
10u Soy Milk
293K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Succulent Tobacco
Seedsucculenttobacco.png
Succulenttobacco.png
3 6 6 1 10u Nicotine 299K 7 Juicy. Mutate Tobacco.
Sugarcane
Seedsugarcane.png
Sugarcane.png
4 3 6 10 6u Sugar 298K 5 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage
Sunflower
Seedsunflower.png
Sunflower.png
2 6 1 1 1u Nutriment 293K 7 Seed Storage
Tobacco
Seedtobacco.png
Tobacco.png
5 6 6 1 10u Tobacco 299K 7 Seed Storage Low-Grade Tobacco,
Fine Tobacco,
Succulent Tobacco
Tomato
Seedtomato.png
Tomato.png
2 8 6 10 2u Nutriment
11u Tomato Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage Blood Tomato,
Blue Tomato
Towercap
Seedtowercap.png
Towercap.png
5 15 1 1 11u Wood Pulp 288K 5 Seed Storage

Mutate Plump Helm
Vanilla
Seedvanilla.png
Vanilla.png
3 5 5 10 10u Nutriment
5u Vanilla
293K 7 Seed Storage
Walking Mushroom
Seedwalkingmushroom.png
Walkingmushroom.png
1 5 1 2 288K 5 Multiple harvests. Mutate Plump Helmet.
Watermelon
Seedwatermelon.png
Watermelon.png
3 6 6 1 1u Nutriment
10u Watermelon Juice
298K 6 Multiple harvests.

Juicy.
Seed Storage
Wheat
Seedwheat.png
Wheat.png
4 6 1 5 1u Nutriment
15u Flour
293K 6 Seed Storage
White-beet
Seedwhitebeet.png
Whitebeet.png
6 6 6 10 1u Nutriment
3u Sugar
293K 5 Seed Storage
White Grape
Seedwhitegrape.png
Whitegrape.png
4 3 5 10 2u Nutriment
3u Sugar
11u White Grape Juice
293K 6 Multiple harvests. Seed Storage

Mutate Grape or Green Grape
Grape,
Green Grape
Ximi'koa
Seedximikoa.png
Ximikoa.png
5 7 5 1 2u Nutriment
5u Sugar
293K 7 Seed Storage

Plant care and maintenance

This is a report from the plant analyzer, after scanning a growing apple tree.

As mentioned above, plants can have a variety of issues affecting their growth if you're not tentative to their needs. What exactly does a plant need? Well, that depends on the plant! As a general rule fungus-type plants (reishi, chanterelle, plump helmet, fly amanita) only need nutrients, weed-type plants (nettles) only require water and true plants will require a mixture of both depending on their species. Nutrients (also called fertilizer) can be retrieved from the Hydroponics Vending Machine - there are multiple types that each have their own effects, these will be covered later - and will vend in the form of a bottle, just pour some of this into the tray and examine your plant, once it's at a level the plant will be happy with, you're good! To water your plants, just take a bucket and fill it by clicking on a water tank or sink until you get a message that the bucket is full, then pour it into the tray until it's at a comfortable water level.

Along with nutrient and water, plants also have a requirement for light and temperature preferences too. All of the plants you'll be growing in hydroponics will thrive at a temperature of 293 kelvin, which is room temperature - don't worry about this! Light is still relevant to you however, and is measured in 'lumens', which demonstrate how much visible light is being emitted. While being at the wrong lumen level won't kill plants, correctly lighting their trays will make them grow faster and stay healthier overall. So how do you know how many lumens your plants need? With your trusty Plant scanner.png plant analyzer!

The plant analyzer is an important tool because it allows you to know what temperature, lumens, nutrient and water your plants need, as well as gives you general information on the plant's reagents (if any), and stats. The only stats that are relevant to you are a plants requirements and maturation time - these tell you what your plant needs to be healthy and how long it'll take to grow! To the side you can see an example of a scan from the analyzer for an apple tree. An apple tree should be kept at room temperature, given four lumens, have roughly the same level of water for the duration of it's growth, and 10/10 nutrients at all times to be the healthiest it can be.

To set a plant's lumen level, all you have to do is CTRL-Click on the tray which will lower the tray's lid which has built in hydroponics lights. Right-clicking a tray with a closed lid will give you the option to 'set lights', at which point you can select how many lumens you would like the tray to receive. Make sure you raise the lid when you go to harvest the plant, as you can't harvest from a closed tray!

Now, what if your plant becomes infested with weeds - or worse, unhealthy! Don't fear, you're given (almost) all the tools you need to keep your plants in peak condition. If a tray becomes infested with weeds all you have to do is click on it with your gardening hoe, but what about if they become unhealthy? You have a couple options for improving their health all of which are liquid/chemical in nature, the most basic treatment however is nutriment (not to be confused with nutrients), which is found in all food stuffs, so start grinding up those pizzas or tomatoes and pouring the juice into your tray!

If your plants die they'll go an off-grey colour and have to be removed from the tray with a single click. Before re-planting, make sure you top up the tray's nutrients and water (lack of these probably killed the plant). If you want or need to kill your plants - you can use your hatchet to hack it down after a few swings or you can spray Plant-B-Gone into the tray. Plant-B-Gone can be found in the botany lockers, but kills more slowly unless you spray a lot onto the plant.

If you didn't kill of your plants by now, you probably have a lot of produce on your hands! Go ahead and use your plant bag on any trays with green lights, and load the bag into the kitchen fridge!

Advanced Hydroponics

Bedsides simply planting seeds and growing them, there are several other things you can do within hydroponics that will supplement your farming work. This includes becoming an apiarist, generating various items from plant-matter, and further propagating your plants.

Hydroponics Machines

Machine Icon Description
Seed Extractor
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The seed storage only has a finite amount of seeds, thirty per plant type to be exact, as such the seed extractor is used to gain more seeds. To use the seed extractor you must take a fully grown plant and with it in your hand click on the seed extractor. Once placed in the seed extractor, the plant will be replaced with multiple packets of seeds of the same plant type. Using the seed extractor means you can have a virtually infinite supply of seeds, as long as you always have at least one of said fully grown plant. Make sure you don't let the chef use your last potato!
Biogenerator
Biogenerator.gif
The biogenerator is a machine which takes fully grown plants and raw meats, and turns them into biomass. Biomass can then be converted into food, plant nutrients, or various leather products. To use the biogenerator just place a slab of meat or a grown plant into the machine and then open up the interface. The interface will tell you how many biomass points are currently in the generator, and how much biomass various items will require to produce.
CondiMaster Neo
Chemistry chemmaster 3000.png
The CondiMaster Neo is the latest and greatest condiment technology. Or, it's just a relabeling of chemistry's chemical sorting machine. Regardless, you use this to separate chemicals that have been ground up in the kitchen's grinder. This means you can make things like ketchup, without the added nutriment - and put it into a snazzy bottles at the same time. This might not see use too often, but a good chef will be happy if you make them some condiments to serve with their food.
Drying Rack
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Not exactly a machine, but the drying rack is simple and useful nonetheless. It works by exposing plants to the air and over a short period of time, they dry out. Using this, you can make plants smoke-able in pipes. If you dry tobacco, you can roll the dried leaves into cigarettes with rolling papers. Just click on it with any grown plant in hand, and in a few minutes, you can open the interface back up and take out the dried product.

Apiculture

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Bee farm.png
Bee hive.png

Apiculture, or 'beekeeping' is a fun additional activity you can carry out while working in hydroponics. Bees provide a double benefit, they generate wax and honey in their combs and they increase the health of all nearby plants. But how do you start a colony?

At the entrance to the hydroponics bay on the right is a crate of beekeeping supplies. In here, you'll find a hive assembly, a single queen bee packet, five beehive frames, a crowbar, and a smoking device. To start, crowbar open the hive and place the five frames into one of the pre-built beehives (there are three of these), then place in the queen by clicking the hive with the queen bee packet. Congratulations, you've started your beehive! As your bees develop honey and wax, the colour of the viewing ports will change! Once they've all changed over, crowbar the top of the beehive and use the smoking device on it. Now you can reach inside and remove the frames, this will take about a minute.

Once you have the frames, you can take them over to the honey extractor. Only one frame can fit into the extractor at a time but the machine works fast, so in a minute you should have some wax bars and honey! To get the honey, use a beaker (or any reagent container) on the extractor.

If you're not interested in using the pre-built hives, you can also take the beehive assembly and place it into one of the empty trays. There's no frames for these hives, so you'll harvest honeycombs directly from them! This is a little more dangerous and these hives tend to be a little more active. There also is no way to know when the honey is done, as there's no visual indicator.

Chemicals: The Good and The Bad

A variety of chemicals will have different effects on your plants if you inject them or pour them into a tray. Some of them will have beneficial effects such as healing them, increasing their nutrient count or making them more potent, but others will mutate, damage or kill your plants! The two primary chemicals a botanist should be concerned with however are ammonia, and diethylamine.

Ammonia and diethylamine are both effective fertilizers, better than the three standard nutrients you have available to you in the Hydroponics Vending Machine. To get these chemicals however, you'll need to ask chemistry - as none is available to you at round start. If you're going to be growing a lot, these chemicals can be helpful. But if there's no chemists, a few other chemicals can also keep your plants healthy on top of using nutrients. Below is a chart of both beneficial, and harmful chemicals that interact with plants in various ways - some of them are blatantly obvious, while others may not be.

Chemical Water Nutrient Health Yield Mutation Chance Weeds Pests Toxins Mutation
Dylovene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Toxin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Fluorine -0.5 0 -2 0 0 -4 0 2.5 0
Chlorine -0.5 0 -1 0 0 -3 0 1.5 0
Sulfuric Acid 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 0 1.5 0
Polytrinic Acid 0 0 -2 0 0 -4 0 3 0
Plant-B-Gone 0 0 -2 0 0.2 -8 0 3 0
Cryoxadone 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Radium 0 0 -1.5 0 0.2 0 0 2 8
Milk 0.9 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beer 0.7 0.25 -0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phosphorous -0.5 0.1 -0.75 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Sugar 0 0.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
Soda Water 1 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ammonia 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diethylamine 0 2 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0
Nutriment 0 1 0.5 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Adminordrazine (Admin Only) 1 1 1 1 1 -5 -5 0 0
EZ-Nutrient 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robust Harvest 0 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Left-4-Zed 0 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0
Water 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unstable Mutagen 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0

Aquaculture

In addition to growing plants and fungi in the hydroponics bay, you can also raise shellfish. Shellfish work much the same as other hydroponics products – simply get a packet of eggs from seed storage and plant them in a tray as normal. When raising shellfish, keep in mind:

  • Seed storage vendors contain five egg packets of each shellfish species to start with. Additional eggs can be ordered through Supply.
  • Shellfish cannot be used with advanced botany machines, including the seed extractor and any Xenobotany equipment.
  • Shellfish traits cannot be altered with chemicals like Left4Zed or Robust Harvest, though shellfish still need nutrient and can otherwise use fertilizers as normal.
  • Shellfish products must be processed before cooking or eating. Use a knife or other sharp object on a shellfish to process.
    • Caution: If your Cooking skill is below Trained, there is a chance that you may slip and cut yourself. Thick gloves will protect you from being cut if you slip.
    • Crabs are a special case, instead producing live crab simplemobs – these can be butchered for crab meat as normal. See Guide to Cooking for more details on butchering.
Name Seed Icon Meat Yi Ma Pr Po Reagents Temp Light Other Source
Clam
Seedclam.png
Clam.png
Clammeat.png
4 10 6 1 5u Protein 288K 4 Multiple harvests.

Carnivorous.

Seed Storage
Crab
Seedcrab.png
Crab.png
Crabmeat.png
3 10 6 1 6u Protein

(per crab meat)

288K 5 Carnivorous. Seed Storage
Mussel
Seedmussel.png
Mussel.png
Musselmeat.png
5 8 6 1 3u Protein 295K 5 Multiple harvests.

Carnivorous.

Seed Storage
Oyster
Seedoyster.png
Oyster.png
Oystermeat.png
4 8 6 1 4u Protein 288K 4 Multiple harvests.

Carnivorous.

Seed Storage
Shrimp
Seedshrimp.png
Shrimp.png
Shrimpmeat.png
5 6 6 1 3u Protein 295K 7 Multiple harvests.

Carnivorous.

Seed Storage

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