Farming Question

[FrozenLegion]

Do crops grow only when players are within a certain distance or do they grow all the time? Would they be growing if I, say, went out looting 500m away?

[Dreadstone]

Crops will grow (once planted) regardless of your distance from the plots.

[thestile]

Yep, you plant your seeds and they will grow in the crop beds. No strings attached.

[Niuq]

It takes awhile for the chunk to go to sleep and stop crop growth.
But an easy workaround in previous alphas was to leave a vehicle, like a bike near your farm to keep the chunk loaded.

Unsure if A21 addressed crop growth in "sleeping" chunks but i doubt it.
If your farm is not near your base, or you take extended trips try the vehicle trick.

Be aware that keeping the chunk loaded means chance of screamers spawning and beating on your base.

[FrozenLegion]

Thank you guys so much! Was scared it would be like minecraft chunk loading if I wasnt standing like 30 blocks away 😂