Barley Seed

What is Barley?

Barley is a uncommon, overnight-cadence permanent seed in the grain family. One owned copy supports one simultaneous planting. Harvesting returns that copy to availability; it does not consume the seed.

Property	Value
Rarity	Uncommon
Acquisition	15,000 Farm Coins
Base growing time	12h
Base HP per produce	2,160
Base HP/hour per plot	180
Weather affinity	Clear Skies (+15%)
Generation	1
Seed level cap	10
Mastery cap	20
Season	Not restricted to a named Harvest Pass

Planting and harvesting explains available seed copies, timers and freshness. Seed upgrades and Crop Mastery are separate systems.

Where to get it

Buy additional copies in the Farm Coin Shop. Find Barley in the seed list (use its name or rarity filter), then choose Buy copy and confirm. One permanent copy costs 15,000 Farm Coins. Buying a copy is different from paying to upgrade its level.

Once acquired, look for this seed on Seeds or in an empty plot’s planting menu. If all copies are planted, wait for a harvest or obtain another copy; produce in the Barn is not a seed copy. All item sources explains the different shops and reward routes.

Seed levels and exact upgrade prices

“Cost to reach” is the one-step purchase from the preceding level; Level 1 is the starting state. Cumulative cost excludes buying the seed. HP/hour assumes instant replanting, one produce per harvest, no mastery, no matching weather, and no building or companion effects. The farm-level requirement applies to purchasing that level.

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All ten Barley seed levels
Level	Cost to reach (coins)	Cumulative coins	HP each	Growing time	HP/hour	Farm level required
1	0	0	2,160	12h	180	1
2	500	500	2,289	11h 45m 36s	194.6429	1
3	700	1,200	2,419	11h 31m 12s	209.9826	2
4	980	2,180	2,548	11h 16m 48s	225.8865	3
5	1,380	3,560	2,678	11h 2m 24s	242.5725	4
6	1,930	5,490	2,808	10h 48m	260	5
7	2,690	8,180	2,937	10h 33m 36s	278.125	6
8	3,770	11,950	3,067	10h 19m 12s	297.1899	7
9	5,280	17,230	3,196	10h 4m 48s	317.0635	8
10	7,380	24,610	3,326	9h 50m 24s	338.0081	9

Mastery requirements and points

These are raw harvest-equivalent requirements without Greenhouse, Supplier or companion progress. Mastery adds points from the seed’s original base HP, not from the upgraded level value. The percentage column describes that original base; integer rounding can make the exact points slightly higher.

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Mastery thresholds for Barley
Mastery level	Additional progress	Total progress	Added HP each	Base-point bonus
0	0	0	0	0%
1	3	3	44	2%
2	5	8	87	4%
3	7	15	130	6%
4	10	25	173	8%
5	15	40	216	10%
6	23	63	260	12%
7	34	97	303	14%
8	51	148	346	16%
9	77	225	389	18%
10	115	340	432	20%
11	173	513	476	22%
12	259	772	519	24%
13	389	1,161	562	26%
14	584	1,745	605	28%
15	876	2,621	648	30%
16	1,314	3,935	692	32%
17	1,971	5,906	735	34%
18	2,956	8,862	778	36%
19	4,434	13,296	821	38%
20	6,651	19,947	864	40%

A clearly defined maximum-seed example

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Scenario	HP each	Time	HP/hour
Level 10, Mastery 20, matching weather; no buildings/companions, Level 1 plot	4,818	9h 50m 24s	489.6341

This is not the maximum possible farm output. Plot yield, pond reductions, Windmill strength, active companions, late harvesting, fertilizer and downtime change actual results. Harvest Point calculations explains the rounding and order of operations.

Common questions

Why is inventory worth less than the seed card? An older crop retains its planting-time stats and can lose value if harvested after its Perfect Harvest window. Inventory shows its recorded HP per item. A new seed upgrade does not retroactively alter an already growing crop.

Does a higher-yield plot give extra seed copies? No. It gives extra produce. One crop harvest still advances base mastery once, regardless of how many produce items it yields.