Probably Stolen hydroponics is a two-day cycle once it is running: insert a filled water container, add Minerals so there is enough nutrient, insert a power source and a seed, and after a day or two the farm is ready for harvest. The Hydroponic System panel has Module, Water, Seed Input and Produce Output slots.
Probably Stolen Hydroponics: The Manual's Start-Up Order
- Water. Insert a filled water container with Growtower or Basewater.
- Nutrients. Add Minerals so there is enough nutrient in the water.
- Power. Insert a power source.
- Seed. Insert a seed.
- Wait. After a day or two the farm is ready for harvest.
Then keep it running: add water and replace the energy cell as needed so the hydroponic keeps going.
The manual's novice tip is to start by farming Nutrifruit. It is genetically modified to be an easy-to-farm crop, so it keeps your water clean and gives you a reliable first harvest.
The slots those steps use — Module, Water, Seed Input, Produce Output — are the same kind of panel the machines and modules page maps out.
Water, Minerals And Power
| Input | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Water container with Growtower or Basewater | The growing medium and how clean the run stays |
| Minerals | Nutrient level — add a nutrient tablet to the water when the yield drops |
| Energy cell | How long the cycle keeps running |
Quality modules scale the harvest. The readout is expressed as harvest size percentage, so 0.5 Q means harvest size percentage, and a farm run with three quality modules produced the first large-sized batch of Nutrifruit. The Green Thumb achievement tracks producing a Huge Nutrifruit from the Hydroponic.
Work Threshold And Harvest Size
A cycle needs a work threshold. If a seed needs 100 work and your progress speed is 50 per day it takes two days, and overshooting the threshold buys no extra output. That is the whole tuning problem: spending surplus capacity on quality rather than speed is the usual way to grow bigger crops.
The harvest needs a place to sit to be bought, and the display case page covers how the window pulls buyers in.