Loftia Best Crops: Every Crop Ranked by Dew per Hour

The Blue Cap Mushroom is the best crop for Dew in Loftia. It makes 60 Dew profit in a 40-minute grow, about 90 Dew per hour. It only grows in a Hydrofarm, though, and unlocks late. In garden beds, Tomato, Cauliflower, Spinach and Basil tie at 60 Dew per hour, as long as you replant each one as soon as it's ready. If you'd rather plant and walk away, grow Chili Pepper. It makes 55 Dew profit per harvest from a one-hour grow.

Below is the full ranking, the best crop for each stage of the game, and the upgrades that earn you more than any single seed.

How we rank crops

Profit is the sell price minus the seed price at Hazel's Seed Shop. Dew per hour is that profit divided by the grow time. That figure assumes you harvest and replant the moment a crop is ready, so it rewards short crops you keep tending. It leaves out skill bonuses, which we cover further down.

Every crop ranked by Dew per hour

1. Blue Cap Mushroom: 90 Dew per hour. Seed 40, sells for 100. Grows in 40m, water every 10m. Hydrofarm only.
2. Tomato: 60 Dew per hour. Seed 15, sells for 30. Grows in 15m, water every 5m.
3. Cauliflower: 60 Dew per hour. Seed 20, sells for 30. Grows in 10m, water every 5m.
4. Spinach: 60 Dew per hour. Seed 30, sells for 50. Grows in 20m, water every 5m.
5. Basil: 60 Dew per hour. Seed 40, sells for 70. Grows in 30m, water every 10m.
6. Chili Pepper: 55 Dew per hour. Seed 30, sells for 85. Grows in 1h, water every 15m.
7. Garlic: 45 Dew per hour. Seed 40, sells for 85. Grows in 1h, water every 20m.
8. Eggplant: 40 Dew per hour. Seed 20, sells for 50. Grows in 45m, water every 15m.
9. Radish: 37.5 Dew per hour. Seed 30, sells for 55. Grows in 40m, water every 20m.
10. Rice: about 33 Dew per hour. Seed 30, sells for 80. Grows in 1h 30m, water every 45m.
11. Carrot, Lettuce, Cotton, Potato and Onion: 30 Dew per hour each. Carrot, Lettuce and Cotton grow in 10m. Potato takes 20m and Onion 30m.
12. Wheat: 25 Dew per hour. Seed 20, sells for 45. Grows in 1h.
13. Watermelon: 20 Dew per hour. Seed 20, sells for 40. Grows in 1h.
14. Soybeans: 17.5 Dew per hour. Seed 40, sells for 75. Grows in 2h.
15. Pineapple: 15 Dew per hour. Seed 30, sells for 60. Grows in 2h.

Among the four crops tied at 60, Basil needs the fewest trips. It makes 30 Dew per harvest and you replant every 30 minutes. Tomato makes the same per hour but needs you back every 15 minutes, with water every 5.

Your real best crop depends on how many beds you have and how long you play. The Loftia Companion Profits page takes both and picks the crop for you.

Best crop at each stage

Hazel's Seed Shop adds seeds in tiers, and each tier unlocks with a main quest. Here is what to plant as you progress.

• Tier 1, after The First Sprout: Tomato is the clear pick at 60 Dew per hour. If you're short on Dew, Lettuce and Cotton seeds cost only 5.
• Tier 2, after A Call From the Gardens: Cauliflower matches Tomato's 60 per hour on a 10-minute loop. Eggplant makes 30 Dew per harvest if you want longer gaps between visits.
• Tier 3, after Everything Is Connected: Chili Pepper becomes the best crop to plant and leave. Spinach joins the 60-per-hour group.
• Tier 4, after Mending What's Broken: Basil is the easiest 60-per-hour crop. Garlic makes 45 Dew per harvest.
• Tier 5, after Never Too Mush: Dr. Marie gives this main quest in The Gridfall. It has you craft a Hydrofarm and grow Blue Mushrooms. After that, Hazel sells Blue Cap Mushroom seeds, the top earner in the game.

Best crops when you're away

Dew per hour means nothing if a crop sits ready for hours while you're offline. For long breaks, rank by profit per harvest:

• Blue Cap Mushroom: 60 Dew per harvest, 40m grow
• Chili Pepper: 55 Dew per harvest, 1h grow
• Rice: 50 Dew per harvest, 1h 30m grow
• Garlic: 45 Dew per harvest, 1h grow
• Soybeans: 35 Dew per harvest, 2h grow

Think about watering too. Tomato, Cauliflower and Spinach want water every 5 minutes. Rice goes 45 minutes between waterings and Soybeans a full hour.

Grapes and fruit trees

Grape is a Tier 2 seed that grows on a Trellis, not in a garden bed. The seed costs 50 and the grape sells for 100. It takes 3h to grow and needs water every 1h 30m. You start with room for 2 trellises, so grapes add income without taking a garden bed.

Banana, Cacao and Coconut grow from saplings on tree plots. Their saplings come from The Overgrowth, not the seed shop. They take 6h to grow and sell for only 10 each. Fruit trees give several harvests before you need to replant them. Grow them for recipes, not Dew. Coconut alone goes into 11 recipes, including bamboo furniture and the Platypus Shoes.

Low earners still worth growing

Some crops rank low for Dew but feed a lot of recipes. Keep a few in the ground:

• Tomato goes into 12 recipes, including Ratatouille and Tomato Basil Soup.
• Wheat goes into 10, including Croissant, Waffles and Pineapple Cake.
• Rice goes into 7, including Gimbap and Pineapple Fried Rice.
• Cotton goes into 20 clothing and furniture recipes.

More beds beat better seeds

Every extra bed multiplies whatever you plant. You start with 1 garden bed. Each upgrade raises the limit:

• 2 beds for 25 Dew
• 3 beds for 500 Dew
• 4 beds for 5,000 Dew and 10 Bloom
• 6 beds for 15,000 Dew and 25 Bloom

Garden beds come in 1x1, 2x2 and 3x3 sizes. Hydrofarms start at 1 and go up to 5. The upgrades cost 2,500, then 5,000 plus 10 Bloom, then 10,000 plus 25 Bloom, then 20,000 plus 50 Bloom. Since the Blue Cap Mushroom is the best earner, extra Hydrofarms pay off once you've unlocked it.

Skills that raise your farm's income

The Farming skill tree has several perks that change the numbers above:

• Deep Hydration I (level 5) keeps crops watered 15% longer. Deep Hydration II (level 15) raises that to 25%.
• Fruitful Harvest I (level 10) and II (level 20) each give a 5% chance to double the crops you gather.
• Rapid Growth I (level 15) and II (level 20) each make crops grow 5% faster.
• Batch Harvest (level 20) harvests every grown crop in a garden bed at once.

For Hydrofarms, the Hydroponics tree has Harvest Bonus at level 15, a 10% chance to double hydroponic harvests. Hasty Hydroponics at level 20 cuts Hydrofarm growth time by 10%.

Should you cook your crops?

Most dishes sell for a little more than their ingredients would sell for raw. A few add a lot:

• Radish Kimchi sells for 185, against 141 for its ingredients. That's 44 Dew extra.
• Oyster Mushroom Gyoza sells for 180, against 137. That's 43 extra.
• Summer Salad sells for 170, against 135. That's 35 extra.
• Baba Ganoush sells for 170, against 136. That's 34 extra.

Some popular early dishes barely add anything. Carrot Soup and Tomato Soup each sell for only 5 Dew more than their ingredients. Sell those crops raw and save your cooking time.

See it in-game

Loftia Companion has all of this on its Profits page. It ranks every crop and dish by Dew per hour and per harvest, next to seed costs, grow times and watering intervals. Press Ctrl+Shift+L in-game to check it without leaving your farm. It's free: install Loftia Companion on Overwolf.