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Kasa Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:30pm
Cavern Soil
My fields say cavern soil is the "best", is this a place holder or do crops actually grow better on cavern soil?

I ask partly because I hit my cavern early and it's converting all my soils levels into cavern soil and was wondering if it would be worth deconstructing my farm and reconstructing it again after the conversion.
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Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:
The upper soils do start growing natural fungi, but they never become "cavern" soil. If you want the best soil you have to go down and farm IN the caverns.
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McFuzz Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:33pm 
Yeah you can do that.

As far as I know, farms just do better on fungus ground, whether it's cave fungus or soil layer fungus.
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BlackSmokeDMax Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:33pm 
The upper soils do start growing natural fungi, but they never become "cavern" soil. If you want the best soil you have to go down and farm IN the caverns.
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Kasa Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:40pm 
Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:
The upper soils do start growing natural fungi, but they never become "cavern" soil. If you want the best soil you have to go down and farm IN the caverns.

Dang, when I saw it change from silty clay to silty cavern floor I got my hopes up.
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McFuzz Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:46pm 
Well at least you can use it for animal grazing!
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Kasa Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:47pm 
Originally posted by Frank McFuzz:
Well at least you can use it for animal grazing!

Ya there is at least that!
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BlackSmokeDMax Dec 29, 2022 @ 5:50pm 
Originally posted by Frank McFuzz:
Well at least you can use it for animal grazing!

That is exactly what I use it for, plus harvesting some of the wild-growing plants from time to time.
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