The text of the profession says
All crops grow 10% faster
How does that actually translate into gameplay?
(please avoid spoilers if possible)
To clarify the question, crops grow in a small, whole number of days, the actual effect cannot be anything approximating being 10% faster.
For crops that only yield one harvest per seed, the effect is going to have to be either:
- Some crops are unaffected, and some are shortened by one day
- Some crops are shortened by one day, and some are shortened by two days
Which is it? How do I know ahead of time which crops are which?
For crops that yield multiple harvests, is there an additional possibility that the time between harvests is irregular?
Best Answer
By looking at the decompiled code of the game, the profession works just like fertilizers. The whole number of days is reduced by 10% then rounded down, which mean the reduction will always be at least one day.
For multi-harvest crops, the time between the harvest is not affected. Only the initial grow time (before the first harvest) is reduced.
Each single crop will be affected individually, which mean they will all receive the exact same reduction and will all be available for harvest the same day. For multi-harvest crops will have regular harvest.
This mean that cauliflowers will grow in 10 days, and parsnips in only 3 days!
Relevant code is available here. Look at lines 234 to 240, tho it might be hard to understand as the decompiler does not preserve variables name.