Cotton plant
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Cotton plant
A mid-size crop that yields fine white cotton fibers. These are used to make cloth.
Base Stats
- Type
- Plant – Domesticated
- Beauty
- 0 (1)
- HP
- 85
- Flammability
- 100%
- Path Cost
- 14 (48%)
Building
- Blocks Wind
- False
Ingestion
- Nutrition
- 0.2
Plant Stats
- Time to grow
- 8 days (14.77 days)
- Work to Sow
- 170 ticks (2.83 secs)
- Work to Harvest
- 200 ticks (3.33 secs)
- Base Harvest Yield
- 10
- Min Fertility
- 70%
- Fertility Sensitivity
- 100%
- Min light to grow
- 50%
- sowTags
- Ground, Hydroponic
The cotton plant is a player-growable production crop with a moderate yield and slightly longer growing cycle. A mature cotton plant yields 10 cloth.
Growing[edit]
Cotton plants have a base growing time of 8 days, need a minimum soil fertility of 70%, and have a fertility sensitivity rating of 100%. The following table details how long it takes for cotton plants to grow in each growable ground type, factoring in the plant resting time and being in ideal growing conditions:
| Ground Type | Gravel | Soil | Rich Soil | Hydroponics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fertility (%) | 70 | 100 | 140 | 280 |
| Real Grow Time (days)[1] | 21.1 | 14.77 | 10.55 | 5.28 |
| Base Yield/day[2] | 0.47 | 0.68 | 0.95 | 1.9 |
- ↑ Actual days to grow, taking into account rest time.
- ↑ Per plant, assuming Crop Yield Multiplier of 1.0.
Note that Difficulty settings change the Crop Yield Multiplier.
Economy[edit]
First, be aware that the cotton plant's raw product is "cloth". There is no intermediary product or process, no bales of raw cotton which then need to be cleaned, spun, woven, etc. - in Rimworld, cloth comes off the plant ready for the tailor, sitting in big piles out in your cotton fields.
Cloth has a market value of 1.9 silver. The final product with the largest profit margin is a duster, having a 1.32%[1] profit margin. The following table details silver per day, per plant. It only factors in the 50% selling markdown, the market value of the products, and the yield per day:
| Ground Type | Gravel | Soil | Rich Soil | Hydroponics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw | 0.71 | 0.89 | 1.14 | 1.71 |
| Refined | 0.72 | 0.91 | 1.16 | 1.73 |
Normal quality cloth dusters are actually profitable when compared to devilstrand dusters. This is because cloth dusters have a higher work:ingredient value ratio compared to devilstrand dusters; a larger market value gain relative to the total value of the ingredients.
Gallery[edit]
Immature cotton plant
Mature variant A
Mature variant B
Version history[edit]
- Beta 19/1.0 - Min fertility 50% -> 100%.
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