Farming Modifiers

Overview

Farming modifiers define environmental conditions that accelerate or enable plant and animal growth. Each modifier specifies a growth-rate multiplier and the conditions under which it applies. The system supports three modifier types: Water (proximity to fluids or rain weather), Fertilizer (applied via items), and LightLevel (ambient or artificial light thresholds). When multiple modifiers are active simultaneously, their multipliers stack to determine the final growth rate.

File Location

Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/

One JSON file per modifier:

Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/
  Darkness.json
  Fertilizer.json
  LightLevel.json
  Water.json

Schema

Common fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
Type	"Water" | "LightLevel" | "Fertilizer"	Yes	—	Modifier category. Determines which additional fields are relevant.
Modifier	number	Yes	—	Growth-rate multiplier applied when the modifier’s conditions are met. Values greater than 1 accelerate growth; a value of 2 doubles the rate, 2.5 multiplies by 2.5x, etc.

Water-specific fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
Fluids	string[]	No	—	Block IDs of fluid sources that satisfy the water condition when adjacent (e.g. "Water_Source", "Water").
Weathers	string[]	No	—	Weather IDs that satisfy the water condition globally (e.g. "Zone1_Rain", "Zone1_Storm").

LightLevel-specific fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
ArtificialLight	LightChannelRange	No	—	Acceptable range for artificial (placed) light sources, defined per RGB channel.
Sunlight	Range	No	—	Acceptable range for sunlight intensity.
RequireBoth	boolean	No	false	If true, both ArtificialLight and Sunlight conditions must be met simultaneously. If false, either one is sufficient.

LightChannelRange

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
Red	Range	Yes	—	Acceptable range for the red light channel.
Green	Range	Yes	—	Acceptable range for the green light channel.
Blue	Range	Yes	—	Acceptable range for the blue light channel.

Range

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
Min	number	Yes	—	Minimum acceptable value (inclusive).
Max	number	Yes	—	Maximum acceptable value (inclusive).

Examples

Water modifier (Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/Water.json):

{
  "Type": "Water",
  "Modifier": 2.5,
  "Fluids": [
    "Water_Source",
    "Water"
  ],
  "Weathers": [
    "Zone1_Rain",
    "Zone1_Rain_Light",
    "Zone1_Storm",
    "Zone3_Rain"
  ]
}

Crops adjacent to water blocks or exposed to rain weather grow at 2.5x the base rate.

Light level modifier (Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/LightLevel.json):

{
  "Type": "LightLevel",
  "Modifier": 2,
  "ArtificialLight": {
    "Red": { "Min": 5, "Max": 127 },
    "Green": { "Min": 5, "Max": 127 },
    "Blue": { "Min": 5, "Max": 127 }
  },
  "Sunlight": {
    "Min": 5.0,
    "Max": 15.0
  },
  "RequireBoth": false
}

Plants receiving sufficient sunlight OR artificial light grow at 2x the base rate.

Darkness modifier (Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/Darkness.json):

{
  "Type": "LightLevel",
  "Modifier": 2,
  "ArtificialLight": {
    "Red": { "Min": 0, "Max": 4 },
    "Green": { "Min": 0, "Max": 4 },
    "Blue": { "Min": 0, "Max": 4 }
  },
  "Sunlight": {
    "Min": 0,
    "Max": 5
  },
  "RequireBoth": true
}

Certain shade-loving plants thrive in darkness. Both artificial light AND sunlight must be within the low ranges for this modifier to apply.

Fertilizer modifier (Assets/Server/Farming/Modifiers/Fertilizer.json):

{
  "Type": "Fertilizer",
  "Modifier": 2
}

When fertilizer is applied to a plot, growth rate doubles. The fertilizer type has no additional conditions beyond being applied.

Related Pages

• Farming & Coops — coop definitions and produce drops that work alongside growth modifiers
• Drop Tables — produce drop tables referenced by farming coops