Balanced Crop Growth x1.5

BALANCED CROP GROWTH x1. 5

Spend less time waiting for your crops and more time exploring ICARUS.

Balanced Crop Growth x1. 5 makes crop growth approximately 1. 5x faster while preserving the original farming progression and differences between crops.

Instead of making crops grow instantly or removing farming progression, this mod reduces the duration of normal growth stages to approximately 66. 7% of their vanilla values.

The result is faster harvests without turning farming into an instant or overpowered system.

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• 1. 5x Faster Crop Growth

Normal crop growth stages take approximately 66. 7% of their vanilla duration.

• Balanced Farming Progression

The original progression between growth stages is preserved. Crops still need time to develop normally — they simply grow faster.

• Faster Harvest Cycles

Spend less time waiting for crops to mature and more time building, exploring and progressing.

• No Instant Growth

This mod does not make crops grow instantly. Farming remains part of the survival experience.

• Focused Modification

Only the TimeToNextState values of normal crop growth stages are modified.

• Dead States Remain Vanilla

Dead crop states are intentionally left untouched.

• Future-Friendly

New crop growth stages that use the same standard ICARUS growth structure can automatically benefit from the same balanced adjustment.

VANILLA VS BALANCED

Crop Growth Speed — 1. 0x

Crop Growth Speed — approximately 1. 5x

300 seconds → 200 seconds

600 seconds → 400 seconds

900 seconds → 600 seconds

1800 seconds → 1200 seconds

7200 seconds → 4800 seconds

The goal is simple:

Less waiting. Faster harvests. Same balanced farming experience.

WHAT THIS MOD DOES NOT CHANGE

This mod does not modify:

• Crop meshes or visual growth stages

• Soil fatigue

• Seed properties

• Farming modifiers

• Dead crop states

• Required feature levels

• Other farming mechanics

The modification is focused specifically on crop growth time.

INSTALLATION

1. Download the mod.

2. Extract the archive.

3. Copy the .pak file to:

...\Icarus\Content\Paks\mods

4. If the "mods" folder does not exist, create it manually.

5. Launch ICARUS.

UNINSTALLATION

Remove the mod's .pak file from:

...\Icarus\Content\Paks\mods

COMPATIBILITY

This mod modifies:

Icarus/Content/data/Farming/D_FarmingGrowthStates.json

Any other mod that modifies D_FarmingGrowthStates.json may conflict with this mod.

Depending on load order, one mod may overwrite the changes made by another.

DEYVID MODS

Part of the Balanced mod series for ICARUS — focused on improving quality of life while keeping progression meaningful.

Grow faster. Harvest sooner. Explore more.