Agriculture Research Paper Basic

A document containing important research information. Used to discover new skills at the research table.

Notes

Agriculture Research Paper Basic is the foundational research item used at a Research Table to discover early skill books, including Carpentry, Baking, Blacksmith, and Basic Engineering. It is crafted through the Agriculture Research Paper Basic recipe and is tagged as both an Ingredient and Basic Research item. For new towns, prioritizing the production of this paper unlocks the specialties your community needs to move past the campfire stage, so it is a practical early focus for any player invested in research.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Farming level 0Skill level changes labor only.

Talents

Nutrient Deficient (Farming Lv 3) Seed Sorting (Farming Lv 3) Natural Selection (Farming Lv 6)

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Dirt	5	item
Crushed Limestone	3	item
Raw Food	10	category
Crop Seed	10	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Crushed Mixed Rock	≈ 0.96
Food Scrap	≈ 0.08

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	30 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 60 Agriculture Research Paper Basic / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.2× Bio Residue
• 0.1× Garbage

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Recompute for my setup

• 40× Electronic Scrap
• 30× Limestone
• 11.75× Crushed Limestone
• 10× Crop Seed (any)
• 10× Raw Food (any)
• 4.52× Clay
• 3.5× Wood (any)
• 1.88× Iron Ore
• 0.05× Silica (any)

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Basic Research
• Ingredient
• Product
• Research

Obtained from

• Agriculture Research Paper Basic

Used in

• Farming Upgrade

• Advanced Baking Skill Book
• Advanced Cooking Skill Book
• Advanced Masonry Skill Book
• Advanced Smelting Skill Book
• Composites Skill Book
• Cutting Edge Cooking Skill Book
• Electronics Skill Book
• Industry Skill Book
• Oil Drilling Skill Book

• Agriculture Research Paper Advanced
• Baking Skill Book
• Basic Engineering Skill Book
• Basic Upgrade
• Blacksmith Skill Book
• Butchery Skill Book
• Carpentry Skill Book
• Cooking Skill Book
• Farming Skill Book
• Fertilizers Skill Book
• Glassworking Skill Book
• Masonry Skill Book
• Mechanics Skill Book
• Milling Skill Book
• Painting Skill Book
• Paper Milling Skill Book
• Pottery Skill Book
• Recycling Skill Book
• Shipwright Skill Book
• Smelting Skill Book
• Tailoring Skill Book

See also

Culinary Research Paper BasicDendrology Research Paper BasicGathering Research Paper BasicGeology Research Paper BasicMetallurgy Research Paper Basic