Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Rice Crop

The Art of Farming
From Seedling to Grain

The Art of Farming

As a harvest goddess, your strength stems from your rice-planting ability. The more rice you harvest, the more skills you will develop. Be sure to give your crop the care it needs while it grows—rice is power, after all!

Rice Status

Shows rice properties, the fauna and flora inhabiting the field, and upcoming skills.

The Weather

The weather can help or hinder your harvest, so be sure to keep an eye on it as your rice grows. If you require a certain type of weather to accommodate for the status of your crop, you may request a change by offering amber to Lady Kamuhitsuki as a part of an Agricultural Assembly with Tauemon.

Farming Skills

As you grow more accustomed to rice farming, new skills will become available to increase your efficiency. Farming skills can increase the speed at which you plant rice seedlings, boost your tilling range, speed up the rice polishing process, and more. Acquiring them will save you time and effort, so keep an eye out for any new skills as you work the field!

A rice crop has six main attributes, which correspond to the following aspects of your power as a harvest goddess.

Yield = HP
Taste = Strength
Hardness = Vitality
Stickiness = Gusto
Aesthetic = Luck
Aroma = Magic

Rice Status

Your care for the rice will determine your own growth, and you can keep a close eye on the crop as it grows by approaching the center of the field and checking its status.

The status screen will also show you the effects of beneficial and harmful fauna and flora in your fields, as well as which fighting and raiment skills you will learn next by increasing the rice's attributes.

From Seedling to Grain

The growth of a single crop of rice is comprised of the following steps, some of which will only become available to you with experience, my princess.

1. Sorting

Rice must be sorted for quality before planting. A more discerning sort will yield a smaller crop of higher quality.

2. Tilling

The field must be plowed before rice can be planted. Be certain to remove any stones that have accumulated in the field.

3. Raising

Seedlings must reach a certain growth level before being planted in the field.

4. Planting

The mature seedlings must be evenly planted throughout the field. Planting them too closely together or too far apart can affect the quality of the rice.

5. Watering

Open and close the two gates at the edges of your field to control the water level. Speak to Tauemon at each stage of growth for advice on how much water to maintain.

6. Weeding

Weeds will begin to sprout in the fields. Pull as many as you can before they diminish the quality of your crop!

7. Growing

As the rice grows, bugs and other creatures may make their homes in the water-soaked paddy. Kaimaru can raise ducks to eat the insects that would normally live on the crop.

8. Harvesting

Rice must be harvested once it’s fully grown.

9. Laying/Drying

Once the rice has been harvested, it must be dried on the racks before it can be threshed. As long as the weather is fair, the rice should dry properly.

10. Threshing/Hulling

When the rice is properly dried, it must be taken from the stalks and hulled from its shell. The percentage of the rice that has been hulled will also determine its effects on Sakuna's growth and food bonuses.

11. Leaving Work to Others

Certain steps in this process can be completed by Tauemon and others, but the quality of the rice will be greatly decreased. Unless you have a pressing hunt to go on, it would be best to work with the rice yourself!