S: Keratinized in rain, Needle-leaf in dry, Hope for seed loops, Fractal on multi-harvest plants. A: Turritopsis, Fertility Boost, Symbiotic. B: Windborne, Charge, Extended Bloom, Bonsai. C: Firefly, Gift of Time. Trap: Seedless. Situational S: Even Rain once you understand sprinkler genes.
Protect, then return seeds, then extra fruit. S: Keratinized in rain, Needle-leaf in dry, Hope for seed loops, Fractal on multi-harvest plants. A: Turritopsis, Fertility Boost, Symbiotic Nourishment. B: Windborne, Charge, Extended Bloom, Bonsai. C: Firefly, Gift of Time. Trap: Seedless. Situational S: Even Rain once you understand sprinkler genes. Locked high-skill genes such as Parasite stay unranked for early lists. Three slots. Do not triple-stack protect.
Three-slot builds
Rain bed: Keratinized + Hope + Fractal. Dry bed: Needle-leaf + Fertility + Hope. Shrub: Gift of Time + Hope + Fractal. Do not triple-stack protect.
When the crop list and the gene list disagree
Pumpkin can be crop-S and still want Keratinized to remain pumpkin-S outdoors. Endyam is crop-S partly because this gene list’s Keratinized is S. Agave’s 1,000 gold does not make Seedless useful. Thundergrass being crop-D does not make a rare gene on it S. Rank the trait, then pick the seed. The planner shows which seeds can roll it.
Firefly is C because it is pretty or useful, not because the in-game name is a joke. Gift of Time is C-to-B on shrubs. Bonsai is B for space, which matters on a vertical cliff. Animals still eat ground crops regardless of genes. A Fractal pumpkin on the floor is still a pheasant snack. Layout is not a gene and still beats your S mix if you skip fences.
How to use these letters with the planner
Open gene planner before you hunt a capsule. Endyam’s Keratinized at 0.45 is why this list’s rain S exists. Cabbage’s Turritopsis at 0.27 is not a day-one perennial. Eden Fruit’s genes are all 0.0556 — it is a story plant. Farming covers basins. Protect covers acid 0.45. Crop profit ignores weather on purpose. How to get is Gene 101 and extractors. Three slots. Do not triple-stack protect and call the cabbage finished.
Sibling lists: crops ranks what to plant tonight, food ranks the pot, tech ranks Gene 101 as a node that eats your points. Capsules are just the tool. Rank the trait. Seedless stays a trap. Even Rain is situational S once sprinklers exist. Charge stays B unless you are playing lightning. Trait text lives on the genes catalog.
Keep reading in this section
Fish tier list
Food tier list
Drone tier list
Tech tier listFrequently asked questions
Is Keratinized always S?
In outdoor Light Rain, yes. Indoors, Fractal can outrank it.
Why is Charge only B?
It is a lightning toy. Great with rods and storms, not a money default.
Parasite rank?
High skill, locked. Unranked for early lists.
Can I rank capsules as items?
Capsules are just the tool. Rank the trait.
Does Hope outrank Keratinized indoors?
Indoors, Fractal and Hope can outrank protect. Outdoors in Light Rain, Keratinized stays S.
Is Seedless ever S?
No. It is a trap. Agave’s 1,000 gold does not change that.