RimWorld: How to use hydroponics - tips & info

Plants can save lives - including in RimWorld, where the fight against hunger is a constant companion. We explain how hydroponics works and what the benefits are.

Green thumb: hydroponics bring the best results for your RimWorld plants.

You can also plant potatoes, rice, medicinal root and co. outdoors in RimWorld. This is possible very early on, but you will be dependent on the time of year and other uncontrollable conditions.

RimWorld: Hydroponics offer highest growth rate

With hydroponics, this changes. It allows you to plant indoors, so you can sow and harvest crops all year round.

• The central element is the hydroponics tanks, which you must unlock via research. They each provide space for four crops. Each basin requires 70 watts of electricity.
• In addition, the plants absolutely need light. For this, the "Artificial Sun" is suitable, whose power requirement is very high at 2,900 watts.
• In addition, the temperature is important: For each plant species there is an ideal temperature window. If it is too warm or too cold, this greatly affects the process.
• In addition, the plants want to be watered regularly.
• For sowing and harvesting, you should assign the colonist with the highest value in "Plants."

In the ideal case, your plants have a growth rate of 280 percent. This is double the 100 and 140 percent you can achieve outdoors or in a greenhouse. Since you can produce not only edibles via planting, but also other important things like cloth and medicine ingredients, it's worth not ignoring this game mechanic.