Headstart Fertilizer II

Headstart Fertilizer II gives every crop on its bed two growing steps done in advance, both counted as successes, so the crop is ready sooner and a little richer. 4 Peat and a Rich growth elixir make one, with Anatomy 3, after Fertilizers III (60 green, 15 blue). You make it at the Formulation Bench, which uses Anatomy mastery, not Farming; the Compost Chemist perk doubles each batch.

Of the 8 steps a crop has to grow after planting, it takes care of 2 (see Farming).

How to obtain

Craft

Workbench Ingredients Yields Mastery Duration Tech points
Formulation Bench
Peat ×4
Rich growth elixir ×1
× 1 ( Compost Chemist +1 ) 3 4 4

Used for

Ingredient for

Workbench Ingredients Outputs Duration Tech points
Garden Bed
Vine Trellis
Headstart Fertilizer II ×1
— 0 1

Study

Study requires: Tech points Duration
Science ×4 4010 6 ( Researcher −2 )

Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.

Notes

  • A bed has only two fertilizer slots, so it competes with a Farming Fertilizer and Crop Boosting for them.
  • It stays on the bed. A harvest does not use it up; it only goes when you put a different fertilizer in its slot. Unconfirmed: this follows from the game’s code and has not been checked in play.
  • Studying one costs 4 Science and gives 40 green and 10 blue.