Art of Growing is a Vintage Story mod by Fedarmens. Art of Growing expands crop handling in Vintage Story with seed-focused harvesting, drying, threshing, grain processing, and improved plant resources.
Why this mod is worth installing
This mod suits players who want more deliberate farming choices and extra steps between harvesting crops and using them in food, planting, or animal care. It is also useful for anyone building a grain, flax, or seed-processing routine.
What Art of Growing adds
Vegetables such as turnips, carrots, parsnips, cabbage, and onions can be harvested for food or left to flower and wither for seeds. The growth stage affects the yield, while onions can also provide edible scallions during growth.
Several crops become a small processing chain rather than a single harvest. Spelt, rice, rye, flax, and amaranth produce ear bundles that must dry before threshing; the resulting grain can be replanted, cleaned into cereals, eaten, or used for animal feed.
The mod adds distinct handling for sunflowers, legumes, and pumpkins. Sunflower heads release grains without drying, beans must be shelled, and pumpkins are cut on the ground to obtain slices and seeds.
Flax straw is processed to recover fiber instead of yielding it directly at harvest. Grass and grain bundles can be dried and gathered with a fork, while a threshing flail speeds up grain separation.
Where to download Art of Growing
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.