Like many cozy games and life sims, Luma Island has its own farming system, but with some unique spins on the classic game mechanic. Between plants and trees, you'll have a wide variety of crops to grow and make food and drinks out of, but that's not all. Much like real life, you'll need to deal with pests.
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Posts By Tallis SpaldingWeeds and insects will impede the growth of your crops, so you'll need small farm animals to help you out, but they'll get preyed upon by foxes if you aren't careful. There's automation that makes things easier, magical Everseeds mean you won't have to replant things after you harvest them, and more to discover if you're willing to live the life of a farmer.
How To Grow Crops
Crops will be the main way to get ingredients for recipes if you've chosen the Cook or Brewer Profession, and to get them growing, you'll need the Hoe and Watering Can obtained at the start of the game, and seeds.
First, remove anything that breaks up the area you want to grow things in, such as Ferns or Trees, then use the Hoe to plow a section of land and turn it into tilled earth.
Plant groups of tree-based crops like Apples and Starfruit inevery other row so you can easily walk between and tend to them.
Now you can plant your seeds in the tilled earth. Each plant takes up one tile worth of space, including trees, but only plant-type crops, such as Blueberries and Chili Peppers, can be walked through.
If you want to remove a crop so you can place it somewhere else or change what you're growing, you can approach them with any type of axe and hold down Interact to remove it.
You'll get the seed back, and if it's a tree, you'll get a small amount of Farm Wood, Twigs, and Farm Resin as well.
You can harvest multiple crops at one time with the Hoe by charging it up near at least one harvestable crop, and it won't destroy the plant.
Where To Buy Seeds
There are two types of seeds you can get: regular and Everseeds. For regular seeds, these can be bought at the Farmer's Shop and new crops will become available as you unlock Cooking and Brewing recipes.
When a crop grown from a regular seed is harvested the maximum number of times, it'll disappear, and you'll need to replant it using another seed, unless it's a tree or one of three naturally regrowing crops: Grapes, Chili Peppers, and Kiwi Fruit.
Trees don't have an Everseed variant, as they'll endlessly produce fruit as long as you keep them healthy and don't cut them down.
With Everseed versions of crops, they'll become infinitely regrowing, as the seed will automatically replant itself after being harvested.
Everseeds can be found in chests of any rarity once you've found the crop once, though they're much more common in Purple or Orange chests, or they can be purchased from the Mushroom Man's shops for their respective Nature currencies.
Everseed Type
Mushroom Man Shop Region
Cost
Wheat Everseed
Farm
Farm Nature Token x10
Blueberry Everseed
Farm
Farm Nature Token x10
Strawberry Everseed
Farm
Farm Nature Token x10
Corn Everseed
Forest
Forest Nature Token x10
Sunflower Everseed
Forest
Forest Nature Token x10
Tomato Everseed
Forest
Forest Nature Token x10
Sugarcane Everseed
Mountain
Mountain Nature Token x10
Eggplant Everseed
Mountain
Mountain Nature Token x10
Pumpkin Everseed
Mountain
Mountain Nature Token x10
Potato Everseed
Jungle
Jungle Nature Token x10
Watermelon Everseed
Jungle
Jungle Nature Token x10
How To Water Crops
At first, your only way to water crops will be using the Watering Can to do it one tile at a time, but as you progress in the game, you'll unlock ways to do it more efficiently: the early game Gardening Hose and the two mid-to-late-game Sprinklers.
Gardening Hose
The Gardening Hose's drawing costs 2000 Gold and takes five Forest Wood Planks and five Iron Bars to make and takes up a single tile of space. Once placed down, you can interact with it and equip the hose in your hand.
While holding it, you can use it to water multiple plants around you within a nine-by-nine area, though you can walk around with the hose to increase the amount of coverage you can get.
Small And Large Sprinklers
The Small and Large Sprinklers allow you to automatically water and dispense Fertilizer to your crops, but in return, they take more advanced materials and their drawings cost more.
Sprinkler Type
Range
Drawing Cost
Materials Needed
Small Sprinkler
7x7 Tiles
15,000 Gold
Mountain Wood Plank x5
Moonstone Bar x10
Large Sprinkler
9x9 Tiles
30,000 Gold
Jungle Wood Plank x5
Volcanic Bar x10
After being placed, either type of Sprinkler will automatically water any dry crops once per day. You can also interact with them while holding any of the four Fertilizer types to add them to its inventory, and they'll automatically distribute them to crops within their range as needed.
How To Make And Use Fertilizer
Any type of tree or naturally regrowing crop you plant will always require Fertilizer while it's growing and after being harvested, or else its growth will stall.
When a crop needs fertilizer, it loses its bright color, and you'll get a small symbol indicating the type of fertilizer needed above your head when getting near it.
Fertilizer is made in a Kiln from one of the four wood types – Farm, Forest, Mountain, or Jungle. Each one produces its respective type, and they're used on crops considered to be from that region, such as Orange Trees needing Farm Fertilizer.
To apply fertilizer to a plant, approach the crop when its coloring is faded while having the correct type of fertilizer in your inventory, and then interact with it. Your character will sprinkle some onto the crop, and it will be rejuvenated, allowing it tocontinue growing.
You can put Pigs into a Pig Pen and feed them Hay from a Feeding Trough to have them produce a few pieces of random Fertilizer each day, as well as Ginger.
Crop Type
Fertilizer Needed
Grape
Farm Fertilizer
Apple Tree
Farm Fertilizer
Orange Tree
Farm Fertilizer
Cherry Tree
Forest Fertilizer
Starfruit Tree
Forest Fertilizer
Chili Pepper
Forest Fertilizer
Almond Tree
Mountain Fertilizer
Kiwi Fruit Tree
Mountain Fertilizer
Cocoa Bean Tree
Mountain Fertilizer
Coffee Bean Tree
Jungle Fertilizer
Mango Tree
Jungle Fertilizer
How To Remove Beetles And Weeds
Each day, all your crops have a chance to grow weeds on them or attract beetles, both of which will stop the crop's growth, and in the case of weeds, will also begin to ruin your tilled soil.
When this happens, go over and interact with the affected plant. This will either remove the weeds from it or squash the beetles, and return the plant to its healthy state so it can continue growing.
You can also catch Beetles with your Bug Net and use them as a food source for Chickens or as Bait for catching Farm fish.
How To Automate Weed And Beetle Removal
If you want to automatically remove weeds or beetles, you'll need to have Rabbits and Chickens, along with either a Rabbit Hutch or a Chicken Coop, near or inside the area where you're growing crops.
When around any crops, Rabbits eat any weeds that grow on them, while Chickens feed on beetles that arrive, and you won't need to feed them Hay to make them do it, as feeding them only makes them produce their respective material.
Pen Type
Drawing Cost
Pen Size
Animals Held
Product Produced
Materials Needed
Rabbit Hutch
500 Gold
1x1 Tiles
2 Rabbits Per Hutch
N/A
Farm Wood Planks x10
Fern Leaf x25
Hay x25
Chicken Coop
750 Gold
2x2 Tiles
2 Chickens Per Coop
Chicken Eggs
Iron Bar x3
Forest Wood Plank x10
Farm Leather x10
Fern Leaf x25
Hay x25
Having at least two of each around your crops means they'll constantly tend to your field as long as they aren't asleep, and you won't need to manually remove them anymore.
You can pick up any type of farm animal with your Bug Net to relocate them without breaking down their pen.
Both Rabbits and Chickens don't need to be enclosed in a field of crops to tend to them, but putting them into an enclosure makes them stay close to their home pen and navigate to nearby crops on their own. If you don't keep them properly fenced in, they'll be exposed to danger in the form of wild foxes.
How To Protect Chickens And Rabbits
Wild Foxes periodically appear and will attempt to hunt down your Rabbits and Chickens, even if they're protected by a fence, and will frighten them, disrupting their ability to tend crops, and they'll stay inside their pen until the fox is chased away.
Foxes will circle a Rabbit Hutch or Chicken Coop surrounded by fences, but they won't be able to get in unless there's a gap in the fence.
To permanently keep Wild Foxes away from them, you'll need to have a pen with Goats near your enclosed Rabbits and Chickens, or just keep all three types of animals in the same enclosure.
Pen Type
Drawing Cost
Pen Size
Animals Held
Product Produced
Materials Needed
Goat Shed
2,000 Gold
2x3 Tiles
2 Goats Per Shed
Goat Milk
Mountain Wood Plank x20
Fern Leaf x25
Copper Bar x5
Moonstone Bar x10
The Goats will prevent any Wild Foxes from spawning or approaching the Chickens and Rabbits as long as they're within a 15-tile radius of each other, preventing them from scaring and interrupting your smaller farm animals.
How To Pollinate Crops
Certain late-game crops, such as Pumpkins and Mango Trees, require an additional mechanic to grow even if they also need Fertilizer, and that's being pollinated by bees. Crops that need pollination include:
- Pumpkins.
- Cocoa Bean Trees.
- Potatoes.
- Coffee Bean Trees.
- Watermelons.
- Mango Trees.
To get them or any crop pollinated, you'll need to have them within range of a Beehive. Each Beehive covers a nine-by-nine tile area, and each day they'll automatically pollinate any crops within that range and keep them growing if they require it.
As long as the bees have at least one crop near them, they'll also produce one Honey per day per Hive, and these can be sold for 250 Gold each at any shop in town, giving you an additional source of income regardless of profession.
Build
Drawing Cost
Size
Materials Needed
Beehive
5,000 Gold
1x1 Tiles
Mountain Resin x10
Mountain Wood Plank x10
Mountain Flower x10
Queen Bee x1
How To Find Queen Bees
Queen Bees are found randomly while exploring forested areas in any region, or after chopping down a large number of trees around you.
Once you find a single Queen Bee, more can be purchased from the Farmer's Shop for 7,000 Gold each, and you can buy five per day.
They make a loud buzzing noise as long as you're near them, and unlike other Critters, they don't disappear unless you go into a cave or exit a region completely.
Use your Bug Net to catch them, and each one is used to make a single Beehive, which generates a full hive to pollinate any nearby flowers without needing to be fed or given a type of fuel.
All Cook Profession Recipes
For the Cook Profession, your mentor NPC is Enzo and your main crafter is the Stove. All the main food recipes will be made there except for base ingredients like Flour, each of which has their own crafter.
All Cook recipes need a certain amount of Luma Energy to be crafted for the first time, but after that, the recipe no longer needs it.
Crafter
Product
Ingredients Needed
Materials To Make
Minimum Profession Tier Needed To Craft
Stove
All Cooking Recipes
N/A
Farm Wood Plank x5
Glass x5
Copper Bar x1
N/A
Flour Mill
Flour
Wheat x5
Farm Wood Plank x3
Copper Bar x1
Novice Cook
Plant Oil Mill
Plant Oil
Sunflower x5
Forest Wood Plank x3
Iron Bar x1
Skilled Cook
Sugar Mill
Sugar
Sugarcane x5
Mountain Wood Plank x5
Moonstone Bar x1
Expert Cook
Chocolate Mill
Chocolate
Cocoa Bean x5
Mountain Wood Plank x5
Moonstone Bar x1
Expert Cook
Once a basic ingredient has been crafted, you can buy them at the Bakery in town, but you're limited to five of each type per day.
Dish
Ingredients Needed
Selling Price
Profession Tier
Bread
Flour x2
600 Gold
Novice
Grape Pie
Flour x1
Grape x10
1,200 Gold
Blueberry Muffin
Flour x1
Blueberry x10
1,400 Gold
Apple Pie
Flour x1
Apple x10
1,600 Gold
Strawberry Pie
Flour x1
Strawberry x10
1,800 Gold
Fruit Salad
Orange x10
Apple x10
2,000 Gold
Fruit Popcorn
Corn x10
Blueberry x10
3,000 Gold
Skilled
Cherry Pie
Flour x2
Cherry x10
Chicken Egg x2
3,300 Gold
Blueberry Donut
Flour x1
Plant Oil x2
Blueberry x10
3,700 Gold
Starfruit Salad
Starfruit x10
Strawberry x10
Chicken Egg x1
4,000 Gold
Pizza
Flour x1
Plant Oil x1
Tomato x10
Chicken Egg x2
4,100 Gold
Spicy Corndog
Plant Oil x1
Corn x10
Chili Pepper x10
Chicken Egg x2
4,400 Gold
Candy Fruit
Flour x2
Apple x10
Starfruit x10
Grape x10
6,000 Gold
Expert
Almond Cookie
Flour x4
Plant Oil x3
Almond x10
Goat Milk x2
6,600 Gold
Ratatouille
Plant Oil x2
Eggplant x10
Tomato x10
6,800 Gold
Kiwi Tart
Flour x1
Sugar x2
Kiwifruit x10
Cherry x10
7,200 Gold
Gingerbread
Flour x2
Plant Oil x4
Pumpkin x10
Ginger x2
7,600 Gold
Chocolate-Dipped Fruit
Chocolate x2
Sugar x2
Strawberry x10
Cherry x10
8,000 Gold
Spicy Fries With Ketchup
Plant Oil x1
Potato x10
Chili Pepper x10
Tomato x10
10,000
Master
Tiramisu
Flour x4
Chocolate x2
Coffee Bean x10
Cow Milk x2
11,000 Gold
Watermelon Kiwifruit Icecream
Sugar x1
Watermelon x10
Kiwi Fruit x10
Cow Milk x2
12,000 Gold
Chocolate And Mango Mousse
Chocolate x2
Sugar x1
Mango x10
Goat Milk x2
13,000 Gold
Wedding Cake
Flour x2
Sugar x4
Blueberry x10
Cow Milk x2
14,000 Gold
Royal Cake
Flour x2
Mango x100
Chocolate x5
Strawberry x500
100,000 Gold
read moreAll Brewer Profession Recipes
In the Brewer Profession, your mentor NPC is Bill, and you'll make drinks in one of four types of casks, with each region having a particular cask for its associated recipes.
All Brewer recipes need a certain amount of Luma Energy to be crafted for the first time, but after that, the recipe no longer needs it.
Cask Type
Materials Needed
Profession Tier
Farm Cask
Farm Wood Plank x5
Copper Bar x3
Novice
Forest Cask
Forest Wood Plank x5
Iron Bar x3
Skilled
Mountain Cask
Mountain Wood Plank x5
Moonstone Bar x3
Expert
Jungle Cask
Jungle Wood Plank x5
Volcanic Bar x5
Master
Besides casks, this Profession also makes the most use out of Bottles and the regional Colors, as each recipe needs at least one of the four types of colorings added to it.
- Bottles are crafted in a Simple Workbench, and require one Glass to be made. Glass is made in a Kiln with Sand and Charcoal.
- Farm Coloring is crafted in a Simple Workbench from Farm Berries.
- Forest Coloring is crafted in a Simple Workbench from Forest Berries.
- Mountain Coloring is crafted in a Simple Workbench from Mountain Berries.
- Forest Coloring is crafted in a Simple Workbench from Jungle Berries.
Brew
Ingredients
Cask Type Needed
Selling Price
Profession Tier
Northman's Juice
Wheat x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
Farm Cask
1,000 Gold
Novice
Sailor's Tonic
Grapes x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
1,200 Gold
Blueberry Bliss
Blueberry x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
1,400 Gold
Ambrosia
Apple x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
1,600 Gold
Strawberry Dream
Strawberry x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
1,800 Gold
Orange Tonic
Orange x10
Farm Color x1
Bottle x1
2,000 Gold
Highland Nectar
Corn x10
Forest Color x2
Bottle x1
Forest Cask
3,000 Gold
Skilled
Cherry Twist
Cherry x10
Forest Color x2
Chicken Egg x1
Bottle x1
3,300 Gold
Sunrise Juice
Sunflower x10
Forest Color x2
Bottle x1
3,700 Gold
Starfruit Smoothie
Starfruit x10
Forest Color x2
Bottle x1
4,000 Gold
Tomato Juice
Tomato x10
Forest Color x2
Bottle x1
4,100 Gold
Spicy Juice
Chili Pepper x10
Forest Color x2
Bottle x1
4,400 Gold
Pirate Punch
Sugarcane x10
Mountain Color x3
Bottle x1
Mountain Cask
Expert
Almond Dew
Almond x10
Mountain Color x3
Goat Milk x1
Bottle x1
6,000 Gold
Violet Delight
Eggplant x10
Mountain Color x3
Bottle x1
6,400 Gold
Emerald Burst
Kiwifruit x10
Mountain Color x3
Bottle x1
6,800 Gold
Pumpkin Juice
Pumpkin x10
Mountain Color x3
Ginger x1
Bottle x1
7,200 Gold
Hot Chocolate Drink
Cocoa Bean x10
Mountain Color x3
Bottle x1
7,600 Gold
Oriental Elixir
Potato x10
Jungle Color x4
Bottle x1
Jungle Cask
10,000 Gold
Master
Coffee
Coffee Bean x10
Jungle Color x4
Cow Milk x1
Bottle x1
11,000 Gold
Watermelon Dew
Watermelon x10
Jungle Color x4
Bottle x1
12,000 Gold
Mango Smoothie
Mango x10
Jungle Color x4
Bottle x1
13,000 Gold
Royal Tonic
Grapes x10
Jungle Color x4
Bottle x1
14,000 Gold
Grand Star Nectar
Watermelon x500
Honey x20
Jungle Color x20
Bottle x1
100,000 Gold
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