Introduction[]
This soil farm has the ability to raise the biomass of the body it is on. This process doesn't affect any other terraforming statistics. Levels beyond V are only reached through events.
"A few plant species will be able to live in the local dirt as-is, but most will require the sort of bio-rich soil they would find back on Earth. Eventually those sort of soil will be produced naturally by the biosphere, but we can get a jump on the process by manufacturing soil manually and introducing it into the environment." - Ingame Description
Level Charts[]
Beginner Mode differs in time needed compared to Normal Mode. The Culture modifiers accounts for the total Biomass, Population, Credits, Research Time and/or Construction Time gained/lost for the buildings/research.
Beginner Mode[]
| Level | Biomass
(Mt) |
Cost
(Credits) |
Base Time
HH:MM:SS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | N/A | 1,000,000c | 00:15:00 |
| I (Build) | 4 | 250,000c | 00:07:30 |
| II | 6 | 125,000c | 00:03:45 |
| III | 8 | 250,000c | 00:07:30 |
| IV | 10 | 375,000c | 00:11:15 |
| V | 12 | 500,000c | 00:15:00 |
| VI | 14 | Events | N/A |
| VII | 16 | ||
| VIII | 18 | ||
| IX | 20 | ||
| X | 22 |
Normal & Expert Mode[]
| Level | Biomass
(Mt) |
Cost
(Credits) |
Maintenance Cost
(Credits) |
Base Time
HH:MM:SS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | N/A | 1,000,000c | N/A | 01:00:00 |
| I (Build) | 4 | 250,000c | 500 | 00:30:00 |
| II | 6 | 125,000c | 1,000c | 00:15:00 |
| III | 8 | 250,000c | 1,500c | 00:30:00 |
| IV | 10 | 375,000c | 2,000c | 00:45:00 |
| V | 12 | 500,000c | 2,500c | 01:00:00 |
| VI | 14 | Events | 0c | N/A |
| VII | 16 | |||
| VIII | 18 | |||
| IX | 20 | |||
| X | 22 |
Special version in All Hands on Deck[]
The Soil Farm in this event differs in that it produces +10 biomass (2.5x more) instead of +4. All other gains are adjusted accordingly. The in-game description also differs, as shown below.
"Conventional agriculture has squeezed out every last nutrient from farmlands without replenishing them. Instead of abandoning dried out fields, we can restore the health of our impoverished soil and mitigate the effects of climate change."