ZED ZONE farming guide
Before 1.0, food came only from scavenging, hunting and fishing, and seeds could only be dropped. Version 1.0 added a real farming system built around Planting Pots.
- Farming arrived with 1.0: Planting Pots, not open soil.
- 12 crops including corn, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, mushrooms.
- Outdoor pots are watered by rain; mushrooms like underground.
How to farm in ZED ZONE 1.0
- Build a Planting Pot. Crops grow in pots you build, not in open ground. Official
- Sow seeds in the pot. Official
- Water and fertilize while the crop grows. Pots outdoors are watered automatically when it rains. Official
- Harvest once the crop is ripe. Official
If you are on an old save and seed items only offer “Drop”, that matches pre-1.0 versions, when farming was still “in development” on the roadmap. Version note Update to 1.0 and build a Planting Pot.
The 12 ZED ZONE crops
The 1.0 notes give the count, 12, and name six: corn, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, mushrooms and blueberries. Official The other six were not named in the announcement; we will list them once they are confirmed from the game.
| Crop | What is known |
|---|---|
| Mushrooms | Grow well underground, so a basement can be a farm. Official |
| Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, wheat, blueberries | Named in the 1.0 notes. Growth times and yields were not published. |
What to cook with the harvest
The 1.0 notes name Bread, French Fries, Tomato Sauce and Chicken and Mushroom Soup among the dishes harvested crops make. Official Cooking needs a cooking station; see crafting stations. An electric or portable induction stove works too (power).
Where to put a farm
- Outdoors for rain watering, inside your walls so hordes do not trample the route to it.
- Underground for mushrooms. Official
- In co-op, farming is one of the jobs the developer pictures sharing out: one player scavenges while another tends the fields. Official See co-op.
- In Cataclysm Mode, where you cannot leave the island, farming is part of preparing for horde nights. Official
Finding seeds
Seeds turn up as loot: a launch-day player picked up blueberry seeds in a house within the first hour. 1.0 video Grass seeds also exist and could be planted before 1.0; a Beta 0.9.97 fix stopped half of planted grass vanishing after a reload. Official Reviewers note farming matters most because it frees your expeditions: with food growing at home, a trip can be about weapons or parts instead of meals. 1.0 review
Checked against version 1.0.4Last verified 2026-11-07
Sources
- Patch notes: Zed Zone 1.0 is out now (New Island, co-op, farming) · 2026-11-06 · official
- Announcement: full release roadmap (turrets, skills, companions) · 2026-09-30 · official
- Announcement: full release date, co-op and Cataclysm Mode preview · 2026-10-16 · official
- Patch notes: Beta 0.9.97 (inland lakes, portable appliances) · 2026-09-05 · official
- Steam Community discussions: ZED ZONE · 2026-11-07 · players, 2+ reports
- YouTube: Neyreyan, “ZED ZONE 1.0 gameplay, max difficulty, ep. 1” · 2026-11-06 · single player report
- YouTube: Gaming Plus TV, “ZED ZONE 1.0: Don’t Buy Until You Know This!” · 2026-11-07 · single player report
