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# Crop Encyclopedia
**The complete guide to every growable crop in Harvest Vale.** Discover all six supported crops, compare their growth times and harvest yield, understand Player EXP and Farm EXP, and plan your farm around the actual game rules.
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**CURRENT CROP CATALOG:** Six crops are supported—**Turnip, Tomato, Potato, Corn, Cabbage, and Watermelon**. Each crop growth day currently takes **24 real-world hours**.
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## 1. The Complete Crop Collection
The artwork below shows the **actual mature crop sprites** used in the game. Reward values apply **per successfully harvested tile**, not per individual harvested item.
| Crop & Original Artwork | Growth Days | Possible Harvest Yield | Player EXP / Tile | Farm EXP / Tile | Base Sell Value / Item | USDG Preview\* |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------: | ---------------------: | ----------------: | --------------: | ---------------------: | -------------: |
| 
**Turnip** | 1 | 1–4 | +10 | +1.5 | 60 Gold | 0.02 |
| 
**Tomato** | 1 | 1–4 | +10 | +1.5 | 50 Gold | 0.02 |
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**Potato** | 1 | 1–4 | +10 | +1.5 | 75 Gold | 0.02 |
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**Corn** | 2 | 2–5 | +15 | +2.5 | 50 Gold | 0.04 |
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**Cabbage** | 2 | 2–4 | +15 | +2.5 | 75 Gold | 0.03 |
| 
**Watermelon** | 3 | 2–5 | +20 | +3 | 150 Gold | 0.04 |
*USDG figures are **Coming Soon estimates only**. Harvesting does **not** credit, transfer, or pay USDG. These figures are metadata, not an active token reward or promised income.*
### Read the Numbers Correctly
A single **Corn** tile can yield **2–5 Corn items**, but it still awards **15 Player EXP** and **2.5 Farm EXP** exactly once for that tile. A larger harvest quantity does not multiply its EXP, and the EXP values are not reduced simply because your Player Level has increased.
**Example:** Harvesting **four ready Watermelon tiles** awards **80 Player EXP and 12 Farm EXP** in total. The number of Watermelon items you receive depends on each tile's actual yield.
## 2. Seeds and Where to Get Them
Each crop has its own matching seed item. A successful planting action consumes **one seed for one prepared soil tile**.
| Original Seed Artwork | Base Farm Shop Price | Grows Into |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------: | ---------- |
| 
**Turnip Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Turnip |
| 
**Tomato Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Tomato |
| 
**Potato Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Potato |
| 
**Corn Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Corn |
| 
**Cabbage Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Cabbage |
| 
**Watermelon Seed** | 250 Gold / seed | Watermelon |
**Starting seeds:** New accounts receive **one seed of every crop type**. The 250-Gold prices above are the base catalog prices; actual shop conditions and set prices can change.
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**Farmer's tip:** Farm income is not identical to harvest revenue. Harvested crops first enter your inventory; you need a separate supported **sell action** to turn eligible produce into Gold.
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## 3. Choose a Crop for Your Schedule
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### 1 Growth Day
**Turnip, Tomato, and Potato** are the shortest-duration crops currently supported. They each award **10 Player EXP + 1.5 Farm EXP per harvested tile**, with possible yields of **1–4 items**.
Use them when you want a shorter repeatable farming cycle within the set real-time growth clock.
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### 2 Growth Days
**Corn** and **Cabbage** take longer to mature. Both award **15 Player EXP + 2.5 Farm EXP** per tile.
* **Corn:** 2–5 items per tile, 50 Gold base sell price per item.
* **Cabbage:** 2–4 items per tile, 75 Gold base sell price per item.
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### 3 Growth Days
**Watermelon** has the longest current crop duration: **3 growth days**.
A harvested Watermelon tile produces **2–5 items**, **20 Player EXP**, and **3 Farm EXP**. The base sell value is **150 Gold per item**.
Longer growth does not imply passive real-money token payouts.
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## 4. How Crop Growth Actually Works
Each planted crop stores a **planting timestamp**. Its maturity is calculated from elapsed real-world time against the crop's set duration. The Vale Village day/night sky is a separate clock and **does not accelerate or pause the crop timer**.
### Four Visual Growth Stages
These four original **Turnip** sprites illustrate the growth states used across the supported crop catalog.
| Stage 1 · Sprout | Stage 2 · Growth | Stage 3 · Developing | Stage 4 · Mature |
| :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|  |  |  |  |
A crop's growth stage is visual progress through the elapsed growth duration. **Stage 4 alone is not enough to harvest** if fresh water is missing.
### Watering Rules
| Condition | What the Game Checks | What You Should Do |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **Planted, not mature** | Growth timer has not completed | Continue waiting; water when necessary |
| 
**Needs Water** | Water timestamp is missing or no longer fresh | Use your Watering Can on the crop |
| 
**Ready to Harvest** | Growth timer is complete **and** watering is fresh | Use Sickle or the crop panel's HARVEST NOW action |
| **Mature, needs water** | Time requirement is met, but watering expired | Water the crop first, then harvest |
Water normally stays fresh for **24 hours**, independently of the crop's growth time. The growth timer **continues running even when watering has expired**. Watering makes a mature plant harvestable again; it does not restart or accelerate crop growth.
## 5. From Seed to Harvest
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### Prepare an Unlocked Tile
Equip **Hoe** and till an empty, unlocked tile. You cannot plant on an untilled, locked, or currently occupied patch.
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### Plant a Seed
Click prepared soil, open **Choose Seed to Plant**, choose a seed you own, and press **PLANT NOW**. This uses one seed and the required Energy and Stamina.
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### Water and Monitor
Use the **Watering Can** when needed. Open the crop status panel to monitor maturity and watering status. Growing crops follow elapsed real-world time.
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### Harvest When Ready
When both maturity and water checks pass, use **Sickle** or **HARVEST NOW** in the crop panel. The crop items and their EXP rewards enter your account's game state.
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### Replant the Same Soil
After harvesting, the soil remains **tilled** and ready for another seed. You do not need to use your Hoe again unless the plot has been reset.
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## 6. Farming Rewards: What Is Live?
| Reward | Granted During Farming? | Explanation |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Crop Items** | **Yes, on harvest** | Random quantity inside each crop's listed yield range |
| **Player EXP** | **Yes, on harvest** | Fixed per harvested tile, based on crop type |
| **Farm EXP** | **Yes, on harvest** | Fixed per harvested tile, based on crop type |
| **Gold** | **Not directly on harvest** | Obtained separately through eligible crop sales or other systems |
| 
**Vale Voucher** | **Possible** | Planting can award +1 per tile; harvesting can award +1–3 per tile, if the Farming reward pool has supply |
| 
**USDG** | **No—Coming Soon** | Preview estimates only; no live USDG transfer or credit from harvest |
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**Do not confuse Vale Voucher and USDG.** Vale Voucher is an in-game, pool-limited reward item. The previewed USDG Harvest Reward feature is **not active**. No crop listed here guarantees a real-money payout.
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## 7. Progression & Practical Farming Advice
**Farm Level** controls the amount of land available, beginning at **6 × 6 tiles** and expanding to **16 × 16 at Farm Level 25**. **Player Level** separately increases the tool area of Hoe, Watering Can, and Sickle at Levels **20, 30, and 40**.
* Check which crops meet your preferred real-world waiting period.
* Water crops with expired freshness before trying to harvest.
* Keep enough Energy and Stamina for both planting and harvesting.
* Planting and harvesting can also contribute toward the **default Farming Quest chain**.
* Compare **yield quantity, growth duration, base sell value, and Farm EXP**—not token preview values—when deciding what to grow.
For a full guide to tool hotkeys and resource costs, continue to [Farming: Plant, Water & Harvest](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/farming-and-homestead/farming-plant-water-and-harvest). For shop information use [Farm Shop & Gold Prices](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/farming-and-homestead/farm-shop-and-gold-prices) and for land expansion use [Farm Size & Rock Clearing](https://harvest-vale.gitbook.io/harvest-vale-docs/farming-and-homestead/farm-size-and-rock-clearing).