#Rich Soil Guide

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tranquil stump
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**Made by @blazing folio **

Hello everyone!

For whatever reason I decided I wanted to test out the drop rate for Rich Soil after the Scar content update, and here I am finally done over a week later 😅
I grew 1000 of each crop in their native biomes.

TL;DR for this post – if you are in need of rich soil, grow a bunch of wheat. The drop rate is low, but it grows so quickly that it doesn’t matter.

If you are interested in the drop rates I experienced for each crop, here you go:

Peaceful Meadow
Carrots – 6.2%
Lettuce – 4.2%
Wheat – 4.5%

Dazzle Beach
Corn – 6.5%
Sugarcane – 6.1%
Tomato – 6.1%

Forest of Valor
Bell Pepper – 5.3%
Canola – 4.2%
Onion – 5.4%

Glade of Trust
Okra – 5.3%
Rice – 5%
Spinach – 3.5%

Frosted Heights
Asparagus – 4.4%
Cucumber – 5.3%
Eggplant – 4.8%

Sunlit Plateau
Chili Pepper – 5.7%
Cotton – 4.7%
Soya – 4.4%
Zucchini – 5.1%

Forgotten Lands
Leek – 4.9%
Potato – 4%
Pumpkin – 6.1%

I feel confident in saying that Gardening Buddies DO NOT help with Rich Soil after all this testing. I had one with me for all of my harvests except the few I tried a Digging Buddy for, and it never seemed to change anything (the Digging Buddies never duplicated it either). Maybe they will in the future, but not as of writing this post.

I also do not believe the weather changes anything with the drop rates. I kept track of when/if it rained while I was harvesting each crop, and it didn’t seem to do anything (I didn’t keep track of fog, but I can’t imagine that would change much either).

Overall, the drop rate was between 4-6%. If you’re farming pumpkins to try and give Scrooge a run for his money, then you’ll end up with a decent amount of Rich Soil. If all you need is Rich Soil, then Wheat will be your best bet.

I hope this was helpful to someone. If not, at least I have a bunch of dirt in my chests now 😂

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fossil creek
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Thanks for the info! I also tried with a foraging buddy and it made no difference:

sharp oriole
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❤️

hoary tiger
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Oh. My. Gosh. I just love the different ways we all geek out over this game! Kudos to you to put in this kind of time and then share it with us! Your conclusions are very helpful!

For those who may not have realized it yet, rich soil can be "crafted" into regular soil. It might be handy to have a reserve of rich soil on hand even for just that purpose in case you need to make roads or something with regular soil (like had had to tonight. 😉 )

I'm off to plant me a bunch of wheat in Peaceful Meadow to replenish my soils. 😄

torn basin
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I have tried over 150 wheat and I am still at 8/10 rich soil. I've done at least 60 corn and carrots. I must be super unlucky today

blazing folio
somber coral
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This may be a stupid question. But what does the rich soil do?

violet marten
true quartz
sharp oriole
hard saddle
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New player for this game and this has been truly helpful!!!

marsh fractal
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Hi! So i'm confused, do we get rich soil by digging or harvesting? I've gotten before randomly when digging but don't think i've ever gotten it by harvesting anything. I'm on the Scar quest now and struggling to get it now that I need it lol

violet marten
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Plant wheat - it grows super fast

round ridge
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I thought carrots

sharp oriole
round ridge
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I was checking the rich soil drop rates

blazing folio
round ridge
violet marten
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DreamLight bumpDreamLight

turbid yarrow
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thank you

fallen barn
warm horizon
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WHEAT 🌾 IS THE ANSWER. the most rich soil comes from wheat. grows the fastest, can be harvested fast thus; more rich soil.

warm horizon
violet marten
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Yup, that's what the testing showed. I mean, all crops have the same general drop rate but because wheat grows the fastest, that's how you get it the fastest if that's what you're looking for

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primal apex
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Thank you for this info and for testing this process out! 💗