How to Automate Crop Growth and Hopper Harvesting

You can set up an automated harvesting system using critters that water crops, harvest yields, and deposit items into storage.

Boosting Crop Growth

To speed up crop cycles before harvesting, utilize watering critters in your farm plots:

1. Station Melon Critters throughout your crop fields.

2. Melon Critters automatically water adjacent crops, which speeds up crop growth rates.

3. If you need to quickly refresh their watering cycle, feed them a Farmer's Treat to instantly reset their cooldown.

Harvesting and Depositing Items

Once crops reach full maturity, you can automate gathering and sorting with Cocoa Critters:

1. Place Cocoa Critters in your mature crop fields. They will automatically harvest fully grown crops.

2. Each Cocoa Critter can hold up to 5 harvested items in its internal storage at a time.

3. Install vanilla hoppers in the ground where your Cocoa Critters walk.

4. When a Cocoa Critter passes over or near a hopper, it automatically deposits its stored items into the hopper, allowing you to route your produce directly into chests.