--- title: ZED ZONE Farming Guide: 12 Crops, Planting Pots, Recipes description: ZED ZONE 1.0 farming: build Planting Pots, sow, water and fertilize, harvest the 12 crops, grow mushrooms underground, let rain water outdoor pots, and cook bread, fries and soups. url: https://zed-zone.wiki/building/farming/ --- # 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. _[Image: ZED ZONE: a seed menu open over a snowy garden plot]_ _Official screenshot · Leven Liu / INDIECN_ ## 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](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/crafting-stations/). An electric or portable induction stove works too ([power](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/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](https://zed-zone.wiki/modes/co-op-multiplayer/). - **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 1.0.4 Last verified 2026-11-07 ## Sources - [Patch notes: Zed Zone 1.0 is out now (New Island, co-op, farming)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/710039706052591851) · 2026-11-06 · official - [Announcement: full release roadmap (turrets, skills, companions)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/703280393464318298) · 2026-09-30 · official - [Announcement: full release date, co-op and Cataclysm Mode preview](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/714541292743295978) · 2026-10-16 · official - [Patch notes: Beta 0.9.97 (inland lakes, portable appliances)](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1211600/view/704404388682139040) · 2026-09-05 · official - [Steam Community discussions: ZED ZONE](https://steamcommunity.com/app/1211600/discussions/) · 2026-11-07 · players, 2+ reports - [YouTube: Neyreyan, “ZED ZONE 1.0 gameplay, max difficulty, ep. 1”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75e31zVf7E) · 2026-11-06 · single player report - [YouTube: Gaming Plus TV, “ZED ZONE 1.0: Don’t Buy Until You Know This!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEOkMpQqv4) · 2026-11-07 · single player report ## More in Building & Power - [guide Base building Build a base in ZED ZONE 1.0: the Structure tab and its five block materials, multi-story builds, repairing with the Repair Hammer, why hordes and NPCs still get in, and where to put your base.](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/base-building/) - [guide Power & generators Power in ZED ZONE: where generators come from, Stirling generators, solar panels and energy storage, connecting a 3D printer with an electric pole, standby draw and the eight portable appliances.](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/power/) - [entity Turrets & traps The four ZED ZONE auto turrets compared (Crossbow, Machine Gun, Laser, Tesla), what powers each, the Electric Fence at 100W a segment, spike traps and landmines, and how to unlock them.](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/turrets-and-defenses/) - [entity Stations & materials All 14 ZED ZONE crafting platforms from the developer’s docs, what each makes, and where to get the materials players get stuck on: glass, CNC components, alloy, metal components and copper.](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/crafting-stations/) - [entity Vehicles Every ZED ZONE vehicle: cars and trucks, bicycles, karts, the electric forklift, the self-driving test car, the island railway and the boat, plus how to repair parts, patch tires and fuel up.](https://zed-zone.wiki/building/vehicles/)