Getting no seed back?

[Maniac]

Pretty stupid that there is no 100% chance to get at least 1 seed per harvest, you have to constantly collect new seeds on the islands

[Torgonius]

The only ones I think are too low a chance are pine and birch seeds. Strawberry seeds could also use a bump. I get enough coconut seeds for 3 rafts. No complaints on the flower seeds. They're easy enough to acquire.

[Maniac]

i planted like 3 times pineapple and 3 times watermelon and only got 1 seed with those 6 harvests, so either im damn unlucky or its a chance of like 15%

[Anonymous Helper]

Seed drop rates according to wiki:
Palm Seed - 11.8% per chop
Pinecone - 13.5% per chop
Birch Seed - 13.5% per chop
Mango Seed - 14.3% per chop
Banana Plant - 28.6% per chop

Flower (any) - 50% per harvest
Pineapple - 66.6% per harvest
Watermelon - 66.6 per harvest
Strawberry - 80% per harvest

[Maniac]

yeah so its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, one more reason to not cook anything since they already nerfed it that hard, even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%. only potatos for me then since they have a rate of 200%

[Cassie]

The seeds are harder to get, It really doesn't make you want to do much with it really. I would have to agree with you all, it such a pain in the neck and it makes it not much fun trying cook stuff.

[Maniac]

yeah, if it would be at least 1 seed with a low chance for an additional it would make much more sense

[Anonymous Helper]

Originally posted by Maniac:

yeah, if it would be at least 1 seed with a low chance for an additional it would make much more sense

Game is pretty much designed so that you can not make self sufficient raft so that you have to keep moving and visiting islands to scavenge for food and resources. If you stop moving, you will eventually run out of resources (flotsam only spawns when raft is moving, island resources don't respawn and you will run out of seeds eventually no matter how lucky you are and how many you have stockpiled).

If you wish to change it, I'm pretty sure there are mods that give you guaranteed seeds on harvest.

Originally posted by Maniac:

even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%.

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Originally posted by Maniac:

yeah, if it would be at least 1 seed with a low chance for an additional it would make much more sense

Game is pretty much designed so that you can not make self sufficient raft so that you have to keep moving and visiting islands to scavenge for food and resources. If you stop moving, you will eventually run out of resources (flotsam only spawns when raft is moving, island resources don't respawn and you will run out of seeds eventually no matter how lucky you are and how many you have stockpiled).

Originally posted by Maniac:

even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%.

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

yes and thats just stupid. not gonna visit every ♥♥♥♥ island i see to get 2 seeds of something which is gone after 3 plantings

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

Some of us have been around long enough to remember when it wasn't. No guarantees, but the rates were more than high enough to make coconuts and mangoes a sustainable food crop.

With as easy as it is to obtain seeds from islands, sustainability on the raft itself should not be an issue. Like many game elements this adds nuisance rather than challenge.

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Ryvaken Tadrya:

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

Some of us have been around long enough to remember when it wasn't. No guarantees, but the rates were more than high enough to make coconuts and mangoes a sustainable food crop.

With as easy as it is to obtain seeds from islands, sustainability on the raft itself should not be an issue. Like many game elements this adds nuisance rather than challenge.

i just mass craft fishing rods and fish for like an half hour then i have food for hours. not worth the hassle to get to the islands

[babscot]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Originally posted by Maniac:

even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%.

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

I can understand this for most seeds, but for strawberries and bananas, it's a little dumb because they are finite in the game. They can only be found at one spot and once you harvest them, they don't come back, so eventually, you have none. The others, you can find on various islands, just not those 2.

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Originally posted by Maniac:

yeah, if it would be at least 1 seed with a low chance for an additional it would make much more sense

Game is pretty much designed so that you can not make self sufficient raft so that you have to keep moving and visiting islands to scavenge for food and resources. If you stop moving, you will eventually run out of resources (flotsam only spawns when raft is moving, island resources don't respawn and you will run out of seeds eventually no matter how lucky you are and how many you have stockpiled).

If you wish to change it, I'm pretty sure there are mods that give you guaranteed seeds on harvest.

Originally posted by Maniac:

even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%.

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

Yeah on Raft Mod there is a spawning mod that lets you spawn in all game items. I been using it as just wanted to work on my raft now that the story games done so didn't feel like floating around for hours collecting things and it works good can spawn up to 9999 of an item at any one time.

So if you needed or wanted some harder to get seeds you could spawn them in.

[Hukkie]

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

Originally posted by Maniac:

yeah, if it would be at least 1 seed with a low chance for an additional it would make much more sense

Game is pretty much designed so that you can not make self sufficient raft so that you have to keep moving and visiting islands to scavenge for food and resources. If you stop moving, you will eventually run out of resources (flotsam only spawns when raft is moving, island resources don't respawn and you will run out of seeds eventually no matter how lucky you are and how many you have stockpiled).

If you wish to change it, I'm pretty sure there are mods that give you guaranteed seeds on harvest.

Originally posted by Maniac:

even more now that the rate of seed is below 100%.

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

Well after the latest patch you can effectively be entirely self-sufficient.

If you only eat potatoes or beets, all you need to make it fast and easy is sprinklers, a waterpump, some batteries and a wind turbine.

Then again.... where is the fun in that?

[Pyro Penguin]

Originally posted by babscot:

Originally posted by Anonymous Helper:

It has always been that way. You were never guaranteed to get seed on harvest (with the exception of beets and potatoes which produce 2 per 1 planted beet/potato).

I can understand this for most seeds, but for strawberries and bananas, it's a little dumb because they are finite in the game. They can only be found at one spot and once you harvest them, they don't come back, so eventually, you have none. The others, you can find on various islands, just not those 2.

strawberries and bananas both respawn, you just need to leave the island and get far away enough for it to despawn, then punch in the coordinates and go there again

[I'm Trash]

My usual take on food is there is good food and then there is sustainable food.

Good food is used to make recipes that are used for buffs and sustenance bonuses, very useful for larger islands and monument locations where you need time and don't want to futz with food.

Sustainable food is pretty much beets and potatoes. You need planks to grill em up(pre windmill-electric grill) and you need a water purifier. So long as you're moving on your raft you should have no problem supplying a plank to 3 cooked potatoes or beets. This is what should hold you over at all times while you don't need buffs or sustenance bonuses just hanging around your raft. Similarly, grabbing a couple cluckers and goats completely nullifies any need for farming, so long as you provide water to the grass plots. Eating a diet consisting entirely of eggs and milk is hard on the digestive tract, but we do what we have to on the open sea.

But yes, Other than the basics, nothing is FULLY renewable without touching down on an island or monument which... Honestly is how it should be.

This is a survival game, if you got a single seed and were guaranteed another forever, for everything, pretty damn easy survival with literally zero challenge. At that point why not just go into peaceful and spawn in items?