A21 Darkness falls Underground farming

[Succ Nasty]

I've seen many threads about how this works. People kinda just spamming the same YT links in response. However i've gotten a underground farm with the irrigation, growing lights, and even the same set up as everyone favorite darkness falls farming youtube video. And yet its been two in game weeks and not a single tick of growth. Just kinda confused at this point and kinda ruined my food generation this run, only eating quest reward foods.

My question is, what are all the requirements for growing underground food? (i've noticed a lot of the requirements aren't told to you) Like i said, i've followed the steps of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JJ42Wjjgi4&ab_channel=Not-A-GamerGaming so please dont spam me with the link. thanks :D

[seven]

Try to find a more recent video, or tips. DF has changed a lot since A19 and although I haven't yet played DF this alpha I would be surprised if farming hadn't also changed.

[Khissi]

Your best bet is to go to the Darkness Falls discord channel and check the FAQ there. Tons of very good information that's up-to-date as well as people who will be willing to answer questions as long as you were willing to read the FAQ first. Also, check your in-game journal.

[Brevan]

Originally posted by Smoker:

My question is, what are all the requirements for growing underground food?

These are the criteria I noticed in the current DFalls v5.0.1:
1) Your irrigation pipes must connect to an Irrigation Pump that is touching water (I usually just dig out a 2x2x2 area near the Pump and pour out a bucket of water there.
2) Your Farm Plots must be touching an irrigation pipe (i.e. 1 block away), or at most 2 blocks away from one. I'm told diagonal lines count as 1 unit of distance.
3) You must plant the Underground varieties of seeds, these are made in the Mortar with that crop and with Super Corn (I think it's 4 Crop + 2 Super Corn, so Underground Super Corn Seeds takes 6 Super Corn each)
4) Your Farm Plots must be 5 or fewer blocks from a Grow Light (I'm told the direction they're facing isn't important, but I've seen crops adjacent to the light not grow, so some testing is needed). I placed the Lights on the edges of the farm facing inward, I had to place one every 3 rows.

You'll need to be a Master Farmer to craft the Underground Seeds, and max the farming perk to make irrigation systems.