Plants

Plants grow over time through a sequence of stages; a plant produces (is harvestable) only once it reaches its fruiting stage. The zone maintains plant populations toward a fertility target per area; spreading biases new growth toward existing clusters of the same type. The full field reference — types, defaults, the growth state machine, and the rule-file format — is in Plant fields.

Field meanings: growRate = growth cycles a plant sits in each stage before advancing (higher = slower); fertility = how strongly the zone tries to keep this species present; spreading = preference for growing in groups; killDistance = minimum spacing between two plants of the same type (−1 = none);

flowchart LR
    S["Sprout (stage 1)"] --> G["Grow: growRate cycles per stage"]
    G --> S
    G --> F["Fruiting stage reached"]
    F --> H["Harvestable: fruit x fruitAmount"]
    F --> K["Killed / damaged"]
    K --> R["Zone respawns toward the\nfertility target (weighted by species fertility)"]

Harvestable plants

Species with a fruiting stage — the fruit is the harvestable yield (× = fruitAmount per fruiting stage).

Scenery plants (not harvestable)

Species with no fruiting stage — zone scenery only (cover, landmarks, blocking).

Zones

Per-zone fertility (how full the ground is kept with plants), the plant ruleset the zone uses, and altitude scaling.

Ruleset → species