Magazine: Growing Your Own
| Magazine: Growing Your Own | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Recipe Resource |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Teaches |
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| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.FarmingMag7
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Magazine: Growing Your Own is a farming magazine about the vegetable garden. Reading it teaches the growing seasons of twenty four vegetables and fruits.
The crops are Bell Pepper, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Garlic, Green Pea, Habanero, Jalapeno, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Onion, Potato, Pumpkin, Radish, Spinach, Strawberry, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Turnip, Watermelon and Zucchini. These are the food crops of a home garden, so this is the magazine that matters most to a survivor who plans to eat from the soil.
The magazine belongs to the Agriculture skill. It is found in loot, most often in gun stores, hunting lodges, book stores and farm houses. Reading it also eases boredom and stress.
Uses
Each recipe is named for its crop, such as Carrot Growing Season or Potato Growing Season. A growing season recipe is farm knowledge rather than a craft.
Once a season is known, the sowing menu shows a tooltip for that crop. It lists the water the crop needs and how many days it takes to grow. With the growing seasons option turned on, it also names the months to sow, the best months and the risky months. Watering a known crop also stops at the level that crop likes, so the soil is not flooded.
That timing advice matters most in the first year, before Agriculture has grown.
The same knowledge comes for free at Agriculture level 6. At Agriculture level 10, every growing season in the game is learned at once. The Farmer occupation and the Gardener trait start with all twenty four known.
Like every magazine, it also counts as paper for armour. Make Magazine Body Armor takes eight magazines and four Duct Tape at Tailoring level 1. Make Magazine Limb Armor takes one magazine and two Duct Tape.
Teaches
Reading the Magazine: Growing Your Own teaches these recipes.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Pepper Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Broccoli Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Cabbage Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Carrot Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Cauliflower Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Cucumber Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Garlic Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Green Pea Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Habanero Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Jalapeno Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Kale Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Leek Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Lettuce Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Onion Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Potato Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Pumpkin Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Radish Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Spinach Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Strawberry Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Sweet Potato Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Tomato Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Turnip Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Watermelon Growing Season | - | - | - |
| Zucchini Growing Season | - | - | - |
Used in Crafting
These recipes accept the Magazine: Growing Your Own by its type rather than by name.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Magazine Body Armor | Magazine Body Armor | 
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- | /additem Base.Cuirass_Magazine
|
| Make Magazine Limb Armor | Magazine Limb Armor | 
|
- | /additem Base.GreaveMagazine_Right
|
Locations
The magazine is fairly common. Magazine shelves in gun stores and hunting lodges are the likeliest spot. Book store shelves follow closely. Farm houses hold it in dressers and wardrobes, and zombies dressed as farmers sometimes carry it. Garden store counters are a good place too. Ordinary bedrooms, closets and bathrooms turn one up now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gun store | Magazine shelves | 6% |
| Book store | Shelves | 4.1% |
| Bedroom | Small box | 3.2% |
| Garden store | Counter | 2.8% |
| Garden store | Other | 2.8% |
| Farmer | Small box | 2.3% |
| Convenience store | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Corner store | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Cornerstore counter | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Fossoil | Magazine shelves | 1.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Hunting lodge | Magazine shelves | 6% |
| Farmer | Dresser | 3.8% |
| Farmer | Wardrobe | 3.8% |
| Farmer | Counter | 2.6% |
| Florist | Other | 2.6% |
| Greenhouse | Cupboard | 2.6% |
| Storage unit | Other | 2.6% |
| Sun room | Other | 2.6% |
| Farmer | Cardboard box | 2.3% |
| Farmer | Crate | 2.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Farmer | Body | 3.3% |
| Any building | Zombie wearing a farmer outfit | 2.6% |
| Inside a bag or case | Farming | 2% |
| Inside a bag or case | First aid kit camping | 0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | Other | 3.2% |
| Closet | Other | 3.2% |
| Attic | Cardboard box | 2.6% |
| Attic | Crate | 2.6% |
| Attic | Other | 2.6% |
| Bedroom | Cardboard box | 2.6% |
| Hall | Other | 2.6% |
| Living room | Other | 2.6% |
| Closet | Crate | 2.2% |
| Shed | Counter | 2.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Shelves | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Fireplace | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Fireplace | 0.1% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Fireplace | 0.1% |
Notes
- Agriculture level 6 gives the same tooltip and watering help without the magazine.
- Farmer and Gardener characters already know every season in it.
- The month details appear only when the growing seasons option is on.
- A read copy still serves as Magazine Body Armor material.
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