How to Automate Growing Crops and Solving in Alchemy Factory

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Alchemy Factory doesn’t provide a detailed tutorial because it expects players to figure things out on their own. However, it does give quick hints on how to start crafting items, run your shop, and grow plants. In the beginning, you can only manually grow plants, which isn’t very convenient because the time between each planting is quite short.

Growing plants is very important because it yields key items like rope, healing potions, and bandages. Luckily, once you reach level four, you can automate this process. Here’s everything you need to know about growing plants manually and automatically.

Note: Since Alchemy Factory is still in Early Access, features and details might change.

How to Grow Plants Manually

Planting crops manually is simple. You need a seed plot and a seed. To make a seed plot, press the build button (by default Q on your keyboard), then select “Seed Plot” from the Raw Material Production section. It costs eight stones and can be placed on the ground or on a table in a square shape.

After the plot is in place, go to the shop in front of your store to buy seeds. At the start, only Flax Seeds are available. Other seed types unlock at specific levels, which you can see by hovering over the seeds in the shop. Once you buy seeds, interact with your seed plot and pick the seed packet you want to plant.

You can see how long it takes for each seed to grow by hovering over the seed plot after planting. When the timer finishes, harvest your crop and then replant seeds to grow more plants. You can repeat this process as often as needed.

How to Automate Planting

Once you hit level four and research the Nursery, you can automate the planting and harvesting process. To do this, craft the Nursery using 12 Iron Ingots and six Clay, then place it anywhere on your property. Inside the Nursery, you can plant seeds without using up the seed packet, but you’ll need to supply it with Fertilizer regularly to get a steady crop yield.

Fertilizer is made from Quicklime Powder and Plant Ash:

Quicklime Powder: Craft limestone by crushing it in a stone crusher, then cook it in a crucible to produce quicklime. Grind the quicklime to get Quicklime Powder.
Plant Ash: Harvest Sage and process it in the crucible.

To keep the Nursery working smoothly, you’ll want automation tools, including a buying portal for limestone and Sage seeds, ensuring you always have the raw materials you need for fertilizer.