Agricultural tower - Revision history

WormeymanWiki: /* Trivia */ Add source and info about agriculture tower needing fertilizer in an early build. Not sure if I got formatting correct.

2026-07-04T20:52:33Z

Trivia: Add source and info about agriculture tower needing fertilizer in an early build. Not sure if I got formatting correct.

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	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

	During development, the agricultural tower had a fluid input/output, and this can still be seen on the in-game sprite.		* During development, the agricultural tower had a fluid input/output. As explained by content creator Trupen, it was used to insert fertilizer made from "biter shit," which had to be collected as a liquid and shipped to Gleba. Remnants of this can still be seen on the in-game sprite.

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	== History ==		== History ==

Kelenius at 04:41, 7 June 2026

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	{{About/Space age}}		{{About/Space age}}
	The '''agricultural tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically harvests ~~and re-plants~~ trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with [[seed]]s ~~obtained via fruit processing~~, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with.		The '''agricultural tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically plants and harvests trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with [[seed]]s, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with.

	The agricultural tower can plant [[yumako seed]]s, [[jellynut seed]]s, or [[tree seed]]s. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into 3×3 tile sectors ~~- if one~~ of ~~these~~ sectors is ~~completely filled with a viable soil type,~~ and the ~~agricultural tower has a matching seed~~ in its inventory ([[artificial yumako soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth yumako soil]]{{SA}} for yumako seeds, and [[artificial jellynut soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth jellynut soil]]{{SA}} for jellynut seeds), then it will automatically plant the ~~seed in that area~~. ~~Hovering the cursor over an agricultural tower reveals its range, broken up into the 3×3 sectors; each sector will be color coded, with a~~ green sector ~~representing farmable land~~, a yellow sector ~~representing areas~~ that ~~could have the farmable landfills~~ placed there, and a ~~red~~ sector ~~representing an area that cannot be farmed~~. The ~~yellow indicator~~ does not ~~make a distinction~~ between overgrowth ~~and regular~~ soil, so ~~it is possible that a tile may appear to~~ be ~~farmable before the player can actually farm it. Note that a red area may have some farmable areas within it, the colour of the 3x3 sector~~ is ~~decided as a whole~~.		== Operation ==
			The agricultural tower can plant [[yumako seed]]s, [[jellynut seed]]s, or [[tree seed]]s. When placing it or hovering the cursor over it, its range will be highlighted. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into 3×3 tile sectors, and its reach covers an area of 7x7 sectors. The tower itself is 3x3 and occupies the sector in the middle. A green sector indicates suitable soil, yellow sector indicates that suitable artificial soil can be placed there, and orange indicates unsuitable soil. All tiles in the sector must be suitable; if a sector contains a mix of tiles, the least suitable will determine the color. The tower does not distinguish between tiles requiring artificial soil and more expensive overgrowth soil, so care should be taken if artificial soil is not available.

	[[~~File~~:~~Agri_tower_hover~~.~~jpg\|thumb\|270px\|none\|Example~~ of ~~an agricultural tower~~, ~~showing the various indicators~~.]]		If the tower has a suitable seed and an empty green sector, it will plant the seed in the middle of the sector. Towers will not plant in sectors that have any object or [[ghost]] in them, even if it wouldn't block the tree: a [[medium electric pole]] can be placed on the edges of the sector without any harm to the tree, but the tower will not replant that tree after harvesting it. Such blocked sector will still show up as green. A tower in range of different kinds of soils can plant and harvest both, but if a ''sector'' includes different types of soil, it will show up as green despite not being suitable for planting.

	~~The agricultural~~ tower will ~~plant seeds~~ and wait to harvest ~~them until they have reached maturity~~. ~~For~~ [[yumako tree]]s and [[jellystem]] ~~trees~~, ~~this~~ is ~~5 minutes~~. ~~For Nauvis~~ [[tree]]s ~~planted with tree seeds~~, ~~this takes 10 minutes~~.		If there is no planting work and the tower has space in the output slots, it will harvest any fully grown plants in range. Note that this includes wild plants native to Gleba such as [[slipstack]] or [[cuttlepop]]; if you don't clear out the area beforehand, the tower will pick up items like [[wood]] and [[spoilage]] into its output. Otherwise, the tower will stand still and wait for the plants to grow. [[Yumako tree]]s and [[jellystem]]s take 5 minutes to grow, while [[tree]]s on Nauvis take 10 minutes. Agricultural towers consume no electricity while waiting. The order in which towers plant and harvest appears to be random.

			Harvesting trees on Gleba creates [[spores]], which attract enemies. Agricultural towers themselves also produce spores while working.

			A tower can support growing up to 48 trees; however, in practice the actual maximum number is 47 to account for power and inserters/belts, and using all 48 tiles would require at least a [[Quality\|rare]] [[substation]] and manual insertion/removal. A [[fast underground belt]] is sufficient to use 47 sectors.

			[[File:Agri_tower_hover.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|none\|Example of an agricultural tower, showing the various indicators.]]

			== Trees and tiles ==
			* [[Yumako seed]]s grow into [[yumako tree]]s, which are harvested for [[yumako]]s. On the map, their natural soil is bright yellow, tiles suitable for [[artificial yumako soil]] are dark yellow, and tiles suitable for [[overgrowth yumako soil]] are greenish yellow.
			* [[Jellynut seed]]s grow into [[jellystem]]s, which are harvested for [[jellynut]]s. On the map, their natural soil is bright purple, tiles suitable for [[artificial jellynut soil]] are dark purple, and tiles suitable for [[overgrowth jellynut soil]] are red and dark red.
			* [[Tree seed]]s grow into [[tree]]s, which are harvested for [[wood]]. Most tiles on Nauvis are suitable for trees, other than sand and [[landfill]].

	== Tips ==		== Tips ==

	Unlike most other methods of resource gathering in the game, agricultural towers do not benefit from [[Mining productivity (research)\|mining productivity research]], and they have no module slots. Each processed fruit has a 2% chance to return its respective seed, so the expected number of seeds that each tree produces is one - the same number of seeds that was used to produce the tree. ~~Initially, this may restrict efforts~~ to ~~grow plantations~~, especially if fruits are allowed to spoil ~~before being processed~~, ~~which can actually result in the effective stock of trees and seeds diminishing~~. However, fruit processing '''does''' benefit from productivity - either via [[productivity module]]s or via the 50% inbuilt productivity of the [[biochamber]]{{SA}}. Using just a biochamber with no extra productivity modules takes the expected seeds each tree returns from 1 to 1.5.		Unlike most other methods of resource gathering in the game, agricultural towers do not benefit from [[Mining productivity (research)\|mining productivity research]], and they have no module slots. Each processed fruit has a 2% chance to return its respective seed, so the expected number of seeds that each tree produces is one - the same number of seeds that was used to produce the tree. This can cause your seed amount to diminish, especially if fruits are allowed to spoil, burned, or eaten. However, fruit processing '''does''' benefit from productivity - either via [[productivity module]]s or via the 50% inbuilt productivity of the [[biochamber]]{{SA}}. Using just a biochamber with no extra productivity modules takes the expected seeds each tree returns from 1 to 1.5.

	Note that this is only an ''expectation'' - there is no underlying mechanic that ~~guarantee~~ 50 fruits will return any number of seeds. It is entirely possible that one might process all 50 fruits harvested from a single tree, or even multiple trees, and obtain no seeds in return.		Note that this is only an ''expectation'' - there is no underlying mechanic that guarantees 50 fruits will return any number of seeds. It is entirely possible that one might process all 50 fruits harvested from a single tree, or even multiple trees, and obtain no seeds in return.

	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

Cardinal: Added link.

2026-01-27T05:16:22Z

Added link.

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	The '''agricultural tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically harvests and re-plants trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with ~~seeds~~ obtained via fruit processing, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with.		The '''agricultural tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically harvests and re-plants trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with [[seed]]s obtained via fruit processing, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with.

	The agricultural tower can plant [[yumako seed]]s, [[jellynut seed]]s, or [[tree seed]]s. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into 3×3 tile sectors - if one of these sectors is completely filled with a viable soil type, and the agricultural tower has a matching seed in its inventory ([[artificial yumako soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth yumako soil]]{{SA}} for yumako seeds, and [[artificial jellynut soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth jellynut soil]]{{SA}} for jellynut seeds), then it will automatically plant the seed in that area. Hovering the cursor over an agricultural tower reveals its range, broken up into the 3×3 sectors; each sector will be color coded, with a green sector representing farmable land, a yellow sector representing areas that could have the farmable landfills placed there, and a red sector representing an area that cannot be farmed. The yellow indicator does not make a distinction between overgrowth and regular soil, so it is possible that a tile may appear to be farmable before the player can actually farm it. Note that a red area may have some farmable areas within it, the colour of the 3x3 sector is decided as a whole.		The agricultural tower can plant [[yumako seed]]s, [[jellynut seed]]s, or [[tree seed]]s. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into 3×3 tile sectors - if one of these sectors is completely filled with a viable soil type, and the agricultural tower has a matching seed in its inventory ([[artificial yumako soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth yumako soil]]{{SA}} for yumako seeds, and [[artificial jellynut soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth jellynut soil]]{{SA}} for jellynut seeds), then it will automatically plant the seed in that area. Hovering the cursor over an agricultural tower reveals its range, broken up into the 3×3 sectors; each sector will be color coded, with a green sector representing farmable land, a yellow sector representing areas that could have the farmable landfills placed there, and a red sector representing an area that cannot be farmed. The yellow indicator does not make a distinction between overgrowth and regular soil, so it is possible that a tile may appear to be farmable before the player can actually farm it. Note that a red area may have some farmable areas within it, the colour of the 3x3 sector is decided as a whole.

Bilka: wording

2026-01-26T14:54:22Z

wording

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	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

	Furthermore, ~~Agricultural~~ towers do not coordinate amongst each other if more than one tower could harvest/plant on a specific piece of land. Having overlapping ~~Agricultural~~ towers work areas will not speed up the action time of each tower, in fact, it will slow down with the towers attempting to harvest/plant the same tree~~. As such, a good arrangement for this building is to leave work areas entirely being harvested by a single tower, with no overlap~~.		Furthermore, agricultural towers do not coordinate amongst each other if more than one tower could harvest/plant on a specific piece of land. Having overlapping agricultural towers work areas will not speed up the action time of each tower, in fact, it will slow down with the towers attempting to harvest/plant the same tree.

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

	During development, the ~~Agricultural Tower~~ had a fluid input/output, and this can still be seen on the in-game sprite.		During development, the agricultural tower had a fluid input/output, and this can still be seen on the in-game sprite.

	== History ==		== History ==

Jetroid at 12:01, 12 November 2025

2025-11-12T12:01:12Z

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	Furthermore, Agricultural towers do not coordinate amongst each other if more than one tower could harvest/plant on a specific piece of land. Having overlapping Agricultural towers work areas will not speed up the action time of each tower, in fact, it will slow down with the towers attempting to harvest/plant the same tree. As such, a good arrangement for this building is to leave work areas entirely being harvested by a single tower, with no overlap.		Furthermore, Agricultural towers do not coordinate amongst each other if more than one tower could harvest/plant on a specific piece of land. Having overlapping Agricultural towers work areas will not speed up the action time of each tower, in fact, it will slow down with the towers attempting to harvest/plant the same tree. As such, a good arrangement for this building is to leave work areas entirely being harvested by a single tower, with no overlap.

			== Trivia ==

			During development, the Agricultural Tower had a fluid input/output, and this can still be seen on the in-game sprite.

	== History ==		== History ==

Leole: Added minor observations regarding tower optimizations. In short, you should not overlap them at all.

2025-11-06T14:52:43Z

Added minor observations regarding tower optimizations. In short, you should not overlap them at all.

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	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

			Furthermore, Agricultural towers do not coordinate amongst each other if more than one tower could harvest/plant on a specific piece of land. Having overlapping Agricultural towers work areas will not speed up the action time of each tower, in fact, it will slow down with the towers attempting to harvest/plant the same tree. As such, a good arrangement for this building is to leave work areas entirely being harvested by a single tower, with no overlap.

	== History ==		== History ==

Thrawcheld: /* Tips */ grammar

2025-01-16T12:39:14Z

Tips: grammar

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	Note that this is only an ''expectation'' - there is no underlying mechanic that guarantee 50 fruits will return any number of seeds. It is entirely possible that one might process all 50 fruits harvested from a single tree, or even multiple trees, and obtain no seeds in return.		Note that this is only an ''expectation'' - there is no underlying mechanic that guarantee 50 fruits will return any number of seeds. It is entirely possible that one might process all 50 fruits harvested from a single tree, or even multiple trees, and obtain no seeds in return.

	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit ~~turns~~ into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turn into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

	== History ==		== History ==

Bilka: /* Tips */ Less subjective/instructions in the tips. The latter tip about the circuit network may fit well in the circuit network cookbook

2024-12-27T17:44:44Z

Tips: Less subjective/instructions in the tips. The latter tip about the circuit network may fit well in the circuit network cookbook

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	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turns into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turns into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

	Because agricultural towers generate 50 fruit per tree, one might want to use [[stack inserter]]s for their output. However, since 50 is not evenly divisible by 16, this can lead to stack inserters holding onto the last bundle of items until the next tree is harvested. If you attempt to deactivate towers periodically to control their output, this can lead to fruit losing some spoil time sitting in the inserter's hand.

	This can be avoided however. If you wire the inserter to the tower, set the tower to "Read contents", and set the inserter to "set filter", this will cause the inserter's filters to reflect the contents of the tower. Output inserters cannot take from input slots for seeds, so that is not a problem. But if the tower is empty of fruits, then the fruit signal from the tower will no longer be active. If the stack inserter is still holding items, waiting for more, then the filter will no longer match the item in its hand. When this happens to a stack inserter, it will turn immediately to discard the held items, thus preventing the stack inserter from waiting for more items. This can lead to a belt that is not fully stacked (as 50 is not divisible by 4), but it still can pack belts very density.

	== History ==		== History ==

Bilka: capitalisation, fixed category

2024-12-27T17:42:46Z

capitalisation, fixed category

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	The '''~~Agricultural~~ tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically harvests and re-plants trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with seeds obtained via fruit processing, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with..		The '''agricultural tower''' is a machine unlocked on [[Gleba]]. It automatically harvests and re-plants trees in its range, provided that it is supplied with seeds obtained via fruit processing, and the soils near it support the kinds of seeds it is loaded with.

	The ~~Agricultural~~ tower can plant [[~~Yumako~~ seed]]s, [[~~Jellynut~~ seed]]s, or [[~~Tree~~ seed]]s. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into ~~3x3~~ tile sectors - if one of these sectors is completely filled with a viable soil type, and the agricultural tower has a matching seed in its inventory ([[~~Artificial~~ yumako soil]]{{SA}} or [[~~Overgrowth~~ yumako soil]]{{SA}} for yumako seeds, and [[~~Artificial~~ jellynut soil]]{{SA}} or [[~~Overgrowth~~ jellynut soil]]{{SA}} for jellynut seeds), then it will automatically plant the seed in that area. Hovering the cursor over an agricultural tower reveals its range, ~~clearly~~ broken up into the ~~3x3~~ sectors; each sector will be ~~colour~~ coded, with a green sector representing farmable land, a yellow sector representing areas that could have the farmable landfills placed there, and a red sector representing an area that cannot be farmed. The yellow indicator does not make a distinction between overgrowth and regular soil, so it is possible that a tile may appear to be farmable before the player can actually farm it. Note that a red area may have some farmable areas within it, the colour of the 3x3 sector is decided as a whole.		The agricultural tower can plant [[yumako seed]]s, [[jellynut seed]]s, or [[tree seed]]s. The agricultural tower's working area is broken up into 3×3 tile sectors - if one of these sectors is completely filled with a viable soil type, and the agricultural tower has a matching seed in its inventory ([[artificial yumako soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth yumako soil]]{{SA}} for yumako seeds, and [[artificial jellynut soil]]{{SA}} or [[overgrowth jellynut soil]]{{SA}} for jellynut seeds), then it will automatically plant the seed in that area. Hovering the cursor over an agricultural tower reveals its range, broken up into the 3×3 sectors; each sector will be color coded, with a green sector representing farmable land, a yellow sector representing areas that could have the farmable landfills placed there, and a red sector representing an area that cannot be farmed. The yellow indicator does not make a distinction between overgrowth and regular soil, so it is possible that a tile may appear to be farmable before the player can actually farm it. Note that a red area may have some farmable areas within it, the colour of the 3x3 sector is decided as a whole.

	[[File:Agri_tower_hover.jpg\|thumb\|270px\|none\|Example of an agricultural tower, showing the various indicators.]]		[[File:Agri_tower_hover.jpg\|thumb\|270px\|none\|Example of an agricultural tower, showing the various indicators.]]

	The agricultural tower will plant seeds and wait to harvest them until they have reached maturity. For [[~~Yumako~~ tree]]s and [[~~Jellystem~~]] trees, this is 5 minutes. For Nauvis [[~~Tree~~]]s planted with tree seeds, this takes 10 minutes.		The agricultural tower will plant seeds and wait to harvest them until they have reached maturity. For [[yumako tree]]s and [[jellystem]] trees, this is 5 minutes. For Nauvis [[tree]]s planted with tree seeds, this takes 10 minutes.

	==Tips==		== Tips ==

	Unlike most other methods of resource gathering in the game, agricultural towers do not benefit from [[Mining productivity (research)\|mining productivity research]], and they have no module slots. Each processed fruit has a 2% chance to return its respective seed, so the expected number of seeds that each tree produces is one - the same number of seeds that was used to produce the tree. Initially, this may restrict efforts to grow plantations, especially if fruits are allowed to spoil before being processed, which can actually result in the effective stock of trees and seeds diminishing. However, fruit processing '''does''' benefit from productivity - either via [[productivity module]]s or via the 50% inbuilt productivity of the [[biochamber]]{{SA}}. Using just a biochamber with no extra productivity modules takes the expected seeds each tree returns from 1 to 1.5.		Unlike most other methods of resource gathering in the game, agricultural towers do not benefit from [[Mining productivity (research)\|mining productivity research]], and they have no module slots. Each processed fruit has a 2% chance to return its respective seed, so the expected number of seeds that each tree produces is one - the same number of seeds that was used to produce the tree. Initially, this may restrict efforts to grow plantations, especially if fruits are allowed to spoil before being processed, which can actually result in the effective stock of trees and seeds diminishing. However, fruit processing '''does''' benefit from productivity - either via [[productivity module]]s or via the 50% inbuilt productivity of the [[biochamber]]{{SA}}. Using just a biochamber with no extra productivity modules takes the expected seeds each tree returns from 1 to 1.5.
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	Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turns into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.		Agricultural towers may be activated or deactivated via the [[circuit network]]. This can be useful to avoid letting excess fruit back up, as they may eventually spoil and be wasted - and even if it does not, the extra time spent waiting to be processed decreases the [[Spoilage mechanics\|freshness]]{{SA}} of the item, which in turn may decrease the freshness of recipes that consume this item. It's worth mentioning that agricultural towers will collect fruit until their inventory is full, even if inserters aren't removing the fruits, and therefore it's inadvisable to control fruit production via inserters, lest the fruit turns into [[spoilage]]{{SA}} while still inside the agricultural tower.

	Because ~~Agricultural~~ towers generate 50 fruit per tree, one might want to use [[~~Stack~~ inserter]]s for their output. However, since 50 is not evenly divisible by 16, this can lead to stack inserters holding onto the last bundle of items until the next tree is harvested. If you attempt to deactivate towers periodically to control their output, this can lead to fruit losing some spoil time sitting in the inserter's hand.		Because agricultural towers generate 50 fruit per tree, one might want to use [[stack inserter]]s for their output. However, since 50 is not evenly divisible by 16, this can lead to stack inserters holding onto the last bundle of items until the next tree is harvested. If you attempt to deactivate towers periodically to control their output, this can lead to fruit losing some spoil time sitting in the inserter's hand.

	This can be avoided however. If you wire the inserter to the tower, set the tower to "Read contents", and set the inserter to "set filter", this will cause the inserter's filters to reflect the contents of the tower. Output inserters cannot take from input slots for seeds, so that is not a problem. But if the tower is empty of fruits, then the fruit signal from the tower will no longer be active. If the stack inserter is still holding items, waiting for more, then the filter will no longer match the item in its hand. When this happens to a stack inserter, it will turn immediately to discard the held items, thus preventing the stack inserter from waiting for more items. This can lead to a belt that is not fully stacked (as 50 is not divisible by 4), but it still can pack belts very density.		This can be avoided however. If you wire the inserter to the tower, set the tower to "Read contents", and set the inserter to "set filter", this will cause the inserter's filters to reflect the contents of the tower. Output inserters cannot take from input slots for seeds, so that is not a problem. But if the tower is empty of fruits, then the fruit signal from the tower will no longer be active. If the stack inserter is still holding items, waiting for more, then the filter will no longer match the item in its hand. When this happens to a stack inserter, it will turn immediately to discard the held items, thus preventing the stack inserter from waiting for more items. This can lead to a belt that is not fully stacked (as 50 is not divisible by 4), but it still can pack belts very density.
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Alfonse: /* Tips */ Adjusted description of stack inserter behavior.

2024-12-24T06:05:41Z

Tips: Adjusted description of stack inserter behavior.

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	Because Agricultural towers generate 50 fruit per tree, one might want to use [[Stack inserter]]s for their output. However, since 50 is not evenly divisible by 16, this can lead to stack inserters holding onto the last bundle of items until the next tree is harvested. If you attempt to deactivate towers periodically to control their output, this can lead to fruit losing some spoil time sitting in the inserter's hand.		Because Agricultural towers generate 50 fruit per tree, one might want to use [[Stack inserter]]s for their output. However, since 50 is not evenly divisible by 16, this can lead to stack inserters holding onto the last bundle of items until the next tree is harvested. If you attempt to deactivate towers periodically to control their output, this can lead to fruit losing some spoil time sitting in the inserter's hand.

	This can be avoided however. If you wire the inserter to the tower, set the tower to "Read contents", and set the inserter to "set filter", this will cause the inserter's filters to reflect the contents of the tower. Output inserters cannot take from input slots for seeds, so that is not a problem. But if the tower is empty of fruits, then the fruit signal from the tower will no longer be active. ~~This means that~~ the ~~filter~~ for the ~~inserter~~ no longer ~~include~~ the item ~~it may have on~~ its hand. When this happens to a stack inserter, it will turn immediately to discard the held ~~item~~, thus preventing the stack inserter from waiting for more items. This can lead to a belt that is not fully stacked (as 50 is not divisible by 4), but it still can pack belts very density.		This can be avoided however. If you wire the inserter to the tower, set the tower to "Read contents", and set the inserter to "set filter", this will cause the inserter's filters to reflect the contents of the tower. Output inserters cannot take from input slots for seeds, so that is not a problem. But if the tower is empty of fruits, then the fruit signal from the tower will no longer be active. If the stack inserter is still holding items, waiting for more, then the filter will no longer match the item in its hand. When this happens to a stack inserter, it will turn immediately to discard the held items, thus preventing the stack inserter from waiting for more items. This can lead to a belt that is not fully stacked (as 50 is not divisible by 4), but it still can pack belts very density.

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