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This is a collection of farming tweaks that I have implemented over time for a private server that I play on. It has grown to become a full-fledged mod with (in my opinion) some rather interesting gameplay dynamics, so I thought I'd release it to the public.  My initial impulse was to call it "Yet Another Crop Mod", as there already exists a wide selection of them on the ModDB! If I have inadvertently copied another modder's ideas I apologize; it wasn't intentional. I don't play with any crop mods besides this one and I developed this mod 'tabula raza' from my own inspirations.

This mod has two main goals

• To implement a mechanic where crops no longer drop imperishable seed packets upon being harvested. They instead drop loose seeds whose viability will drop steadily over time. 
• To make grains, peanuts, soybean, and cassava directly re-plantable and eliminate the absurdity of (for instance) flax dropping both grain and seeds.  They're the same thing!

Gameplay dynamics

• It is much harder to find useable crops in the early game, and what you do find must be carefully conserved in order to build up a seed stock for later.
• Because the game uses the same button action for eating an item and for planting an item, this mod makes it impossible for players to eat raw grains, soybeans, and peanuts. They must be cooked first.
  • Fixed in version 1.2.0. RightMouseButton will now plant when focussed on farmland and eat when focussed on nothing (i.e. looking at the sky); also Ctrl-RightMouseButton will eat under any circumstance, even when focussed on a block.
• On the default mod settings, crop yields are significantly reduced, so more land will need to be allocated to farming.
• There is a greater incentive to find or buy seed vessels as a source of quality seeds.
• There is a strong incentive to build a cellar containing clay storage vessels as early as possible in order to preserve found grains and seeds.
• If you have a reliable alternate source of food (such as livestock or hunting), it is possible to divert your crops to seed production and quickly increase your overall yield in less time than it would take in the vanilla game.

What this mod does (in detail)

 Seed mechanics

• Crops drop loose seeds instead of seed packets.
• Seeds do not rot. Instead they diminish in viability over time by using the game's 'transition' mechanic to reduce their quantity at regular intervals. This simulates the effects of mould, mildew, insects, vermin, premature germination, and progressive loss of viability on the ability of a quantity of seeds to sprout.
• Seed packets can be crafted from loose seeds if you have the right materials.
• Loose seeds do not last as long as seed packets and will diminish more quickly over time.
• Seed packets for all crop types can still be obtained from traders and from seed vessels found in ruins.

Crop mechanics

• Vegetable crops (carrots, onions, parsnip, turnips, and cabbage) have an extra 'gone-to-seed' growth stage (with appropriate in-game models) during which they drop mostly loose seeds and almost no food, as opposed to the 'mature' growth stage which drops food but almost no seeds. If you want enough seeds to replant or expand your crop you must choose to forego harvesting some of them when they are mature and instead let a portion of your crop go to seed. 
• Immature crops drop nothing, so if you find them in the wild there is no point in blindly harvesting them. You should instead mark their location on your map and check them periodically to see if they have reached maturity and are ready to harvest.
• Grains (amaranth, flax, rice, rye, spelt, and sunflower) no longer drop seed packets because their grain *is* a seed and can be directly replanted.
• Legumes (peanut and soybean) no longer drop seed packets because their beans can be directly replanted.
• Cassava drops loose cassava seeds instead of seed packets, and in addition to this raw cassava root can be directly replanted.
• Pumpkins drop loose seeds as part of the pumpkin slice grid recipe rather than from a separate grid recipe that wastes the entire pumpkin.
• Pineapples do not drop seeds when harvested. Instead, they drop loose seeds as part of the pineapple slice grid recipe.

New recipes

• Powdered lime, crafted from crushed lime.
• Empty seed bag, crafted with a knife or shears from linen and flax twine.
• Seed packets, crafted from a combination of loose seeds/grains/legumes, powdered lime, and an empty seed bag (the lime is used as a combination anti-fungal and insect repellent).
• Added an extra lime water recipe using powdered lime, in case you accidentally make too much and need lime for leather working.

Miscellaneous tweaks

• All seeds (including grains, legumes, and cassava) have had their perish times reduced to accommodate the fact that they no longer rot but instead reduce in numbers over time. (So don't panic if you encounter what seems to be an insanely short perish time!).
• Reduce all crop food drops (not seeds) to anywhere from 1/2 to 1/4 of vanilla levels, depending on the crop, which compensates for the increased seed availability.
• Option to keep each vegetable growth stage, including the extra gone-to-seed stage, the same length as in the vanilla game, which will extend the overall growth time, or to slightly shorten all growth stages to fit them into the unextended vanilla growth time.
• Give root vegetables a spread of satiety values instead of the vanilla 100sat for everything.
• Reduce the perish time of flour (the default base value of over 1.5 years seems excessive.  Has no one ever heard of weevils?).

Configurable using ConfigLib + ImGui

• All of the above items can be enabled/disabled/adjusted by the player using the in-game ConfigLib interface.
• If you like to set your world to have a non-default month length (say, 30-day months instead of 9-days), this mod has a setting that allows you to easily and automatically adjust all values to accommodate this. 

Default seed diminish settings

Compatible with:

• Plumpkins

If you like this mod then check out my other ones!