Crop Field

Crop Fields are a primary mid-game source of food for settlements, with continued relevance into late game.

Crop Fields are the primary source of Beans and Root Vegetables (long-lasting foodstuffs) and Flax, a critical component in producing Linen Clothing locally for your villagers (a key product for both global happiness and prevention of Maladies.

Additionally, crop fields are an alternate source of Greens (shorter lasting foodstuff that provides greater food variety and prevents certain Maladies) and Grains, which are useful in the production of Bread, Beer, and feeding of Cattle herds.

Basic Strategy
While soil fertility can be improved, it is helpful to review fertility levels (hotkey: F) prior to deciding on placement of fields as Fertility is often the largest impact on crop yields.

As managing of croplands is one of the most complex elements of the game, it is strongly recommended that players review our extended Farming guide elsewhere on the wiki.

This guide (and others like it) can be reached via the top navigation through Gameplay >> Game Concepts