Lightyear Frontier Crop Chart: Families and Soil
Compare established crop families and soil outcomes, then use a practical checklist for the four crops introduced with version 1.0.
Use this chart for planting decisions
A useful crop chart should tell you what to plant next, not bury the decision under a list of unverified timers. The table below groups established crops by family and gives the corresponding bonus soils. Confirm the selected seed against the current planting preview before committing a large field.
Growth time is deliberately not presented as one fixed number for every world: current world settings can change crop growth speed. Use your own setup when scheduling a delivery.
Established crop families
| Crop | Family | High-yield soil | Mutation soil |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric | Potassic |
| Chromaize | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric | Potassic |
| Zappertwig | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric | Potassic |
| Rabbage | Phosphoric | Potassic | Nitrogenic |
| Lumbloom | Phosphoric | Potassic | Nitrogenic |
| Polyberry | Potassic | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric |
| Caroot | Potassic | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric |
| Honeybottle | Potassic | Nitrogenic | Phosphoric |
The table is a family reference, not a claim that all crops are interchangeable in recipes. Two seeds can share a family and still supply entirely different production needs.
The 1.0 additions
Cloudbud, Coilvine, Papristalk and Quartznip join the crop roster in 1.0. For these additions, inspect each seed's current family and planting preview before inserting it into a rotation. Their family and fixed growth-day values are not established in this chart, so no guessed entries are supplied.
| New crop | Before scaling it |
|---|---|
| Cloudbud | Read its seed family and test the intended soil |
| Coilvine | Confirm the product required by your current recipe |
| Papristalk | Keep a seed reserve after the first harvest |
| Quartznip | Check the next planting's soil after it matures |
Turn the chart into a field plan
Pick a crop you need, choose high yield or mutation, and inspect the field's current type. If the pairing is wrong, decide whether the next rotation crop can prepare it or whether mulch is worth using.
A simple field record can read “Rabbage finished → Phosphoric soil → Wheat next for high yield.” That is a planning example, not a requirement to grow those crops in every farm.
Do not choose a rotation solely for its bonus if none of its output serves your next goal. A slightly less elegant schedule that supplies the farm is more valuable than a perfect pattern filling storage with unused produce.
Continue with crop rotation, Chromaize or watering.