AT A GLANCE
Farming is named as a life skill in Steam’s Early Access description, but the public materials do not list crops, land rules or growth times. A separate use of “farming” for leveling is different: XLGAMES says most open-world EXP comes from quests, exploration and points of interest.
Farming as a life system
Steam names farming among the game’s life skills and includes it in the announced Early Access feature set. Housing and trade are explicitly excluded from the demo; the demo announcement does not separately confirm whether farming is playable. No crop list, plot access rule, growth timer or harvest yield is published in the sources checked.
Sources: Official Steam store and Early Access details (checked 21 Oct 2026)Official Steam Next Fest demo announcement (1 Oct 2026)
How farming relates to housing and crafting
XLGAMES has described gardening alongside housing, crafting, decorating and community-building. This establishes a design relationship, not a finalized requirement that crops must be grown at a player house. The public sources do not specify land ownership, seed access or how harvests enter crafting.
Sources: Massively Overpowered interview on housing and PvP (1 Aug 2025)Official Steam store and Early Access details (checked 21 Oct 2026)
If “farming” means grinding for XP
The October progression article says monster kills grant some experience, while most open-world EXP comes from quests, discovering things and completing points of interest. XLGAMES’ description favors exploration and challenge over repeated monster grinding. It does not provide a verified XP-per-hour route.
Sources: Official developer article: how progression works (15 Oct 2026)
Editorial scope
This is an independent guide project and is not affiliated with XLGAMES. Announcement dates, game-stage status and player reports are kept distinct. Promotional artwork is contextual and does not establish that a feature is playable.