From: willicassi <146377084+willicassi@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:42:22 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Update guidebook botany entry (#22351) X-Git-Url: https://git.smokeofanarchy.ru/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=45b12cd52c00fd870ba3da01411fab7fa5f5eb26;p=space-station-14.git Update guidebook botany entry (#22351) * update botany guidebook entry; now includes basics of job, hydroponics tray, and seed extractor. * fixed spacing issue * update text colors to match referenced light colors --- diff --git a/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Service/Botany.xml b/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Service/Botany.xml index b96e10c91c..7db8912d22 100644 --- a/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Service/Botany.xml +++ b/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Service/Botany.xml @@ -1,4 +1,45 @@ +# Botany +As a botanist, it is your job to grow enough food to stop the chef from seeking "alternative sources". Grow lots of wheat, and when you get tired of that, grow weed. Make weed smoothies and spike drinks with nettles. Just keep growing plants, and you'll do great! + +## Starting your shift +First identify the machines around you that you will be using. Coordinate with the Chef to see if they want anything specific to be grown, otherwise grow wheat and bananas and whatever else you feel like growing. You may also grow plants for Chemistry (Medbay), the Bartender, or to sell by Cargo. + + +# Tools +There are many tools that can be used to keep your crops healthy and growing. The Hydroponics Tray is where you will spend most of your time as a botanist. + +## Hydroponics Tray + + + +It's a hydroponics tray, it grows plants with water. First fill the tray with water, then add seeds. +Hydroponics tray lights indicate different things depending on color and position: +- [color=red]Red Light, Left[/color]: Dead plant that needs re-planting. Use a spade to remove the plant. +- [color=orange]Flashing Orange Light, Center[/color]: The environment is sub-optimal. Check what is affecting the plant by Shift Clicking on it. It is likely weeds but it could be undesirable pressure or lack of oxygen. If weeds, use a mini hoe or spray 1 time with weed spray. Be warned, however, that overuse of weed killers can lead to unhealthy plants, possibly killing them. +- [color=#0336ff]Blue Light, Right[/color]: Needs water. Use bucket on the water tank and fill the tray. +- [color=green]Green Light, Left[/color]: Ready for harvest. Left click to harvest. +- [color=yellow]Yellow Light, Right[/color]: Needs nutrients. Use any fruit and put it into the soil or get EZ nutrients from chemistry. + +The lifecycle of a hydroponics tray is the following: +- [color=lightgreen]Empty[/color]: no water, seed or nutrients +- [color=lightgreen]Hydrated[/color]: you've added water to it (e.g. from a bottle or bucket). +- [color=lightgreen]Ready for planting[/color]: you've added water and nutrients to it (i.e. fertilizer). +- [color=lightgreen]Planted[/color]: you've added a seed to it +- [color=lightgreen]Ready for Harvest[/color]: you've waited for the plant to grow +- [color=lightgreen]Sampled[/color]: you've taken a sample (seed) +- [color=lightgreen]Harvested[/color]: you've picked ready plants. Some plants will then grow again. Others will die and need replanting. +- [color=lightgreen]Unhealthy[/color]: You've sampled too many seeds or sprayed it with deadly chemicals. The plant isn't coping too well. It'll continue to grow. Health can be restored by fertilizers or you can cut your losses and extract a seed (plant clippers) and replant. +- [color=lightgreen]Old / Wilted[/color]: the plant has matured and will soon die. It will still be harvestable and you can extract seeds but only for a short duration. Extract the seed and then pluck it out / chop it down. +- [color=lightgreen]Dead[/color]: the plant has been harvested and ceased growing. It should be plucked out / chopped down. No seeds can be extracted. + +## Seed Extractor + + + +It extracts seeds. Insert crop, receive seeds. + + # Plant Genetics Like all other forms of life known to NanoTrasen, plants pass traits to offspring in their genes. By manipulating plant genetics, botanists can produce plant varieties with desirable mutations that increase plant health and yield.