The whole game in four steps
- Plant ›
- Harvest ›
- Make ›
- Sell
Plant crops, harvest them, turn them into goods in your buildings and sell them at the Market and Warehouse.
Where to find things
- Look around
Drag the grass to move the farm. With a mouse, a drag with the right button moves it from anywhere; before your first harvest only that one does. Pinch, or scroll with a mouse, to zoom in and out.
- On a phone
The bar at the bottom has My farm, Buildings, Market, Quests and More. Today and Events are in More; when something waits there, a round button shows it at the side of your farm. At the top you see your level, coins and diamonds.
- On a computer
The buttons at the side of the screen open Today, My farm, Buildings, Market, Quests and More. At the top you see a map of your farm, your level, coins and diamonds. Click a spot on the map to look there.
- More
More holds everything else, like How to play, Settings and Feedback. What opens at a higher level waits under Coming later, with the level it needs. A ! on a button means something waits there.
Beginner guide
The Beginner guide shows you the farm in 10 small steps. Each step gives 15 XP. You never have to do a step twice. Not sure what to do? Tap Show me and the guide shows you where to tap.
On a computer the guide is a card on the screen. On a phone it is the line at the top: tap it to see every step.
- Your first basket
Your corn is ripe. Tap a ripe field to harvest it, or sweep across all of them. - Your first market sale
Tap Market and sell the corn you just harvested. Your first sale pays double. - Plant a little possibility
Pick Wheat with the seed button at the bottom, then tap an empty field. Wheat seeds cost 1 coins. - A little water goes a long way
Plant wheat, choose Water and tap the new crop within 1 min. Water makes it ripen much sooner. - Put your buildings to work
Tap the Chicken Coop on your farm, or open Buildings. Choose Feed the chickens and tap Start batch. Your starting feed is for this. - A gift for showing up
Open Today and tap Collect. On a phone, Today is in More. Come back tomorrow for the next gift. - An egg opens new doors
When the label over the Chicken Coop turns yellow, tap it to collect your eggs. Then open Market, tap Farm goods and sell an egg. - Good things need a little care
When the label on a growing crop glows gold, choose Care and tap the crop. Care makes it ripen sooner still. - A helping hand
Tap the Greenhouse on your farm and water the dry seedlings. - Made on your farm
Collect a finished batch from any building, then tap Claim 50 diamonds.
After the last step you get 50 diamonds. Then the Next goal card takes the guide’s place and shows one thing to do next. See Quests and levels.
Working your fields
- Ripe or growing?
A ripe field shows only a picture of its crop. A growing field shows a label with a ring and the time left. When that label glows gold, the crop is ready for care.
- Tools at the bottom
Pick Plant, Water, Care or Harvest at the bottom of the screen, then tap or swipe your fields. The seed button beside them picks the crop you plant. On a computer, keys 1 to 4 pick the tools.
- What a tap does
You don’t have to switch tools all the time. A tap plants an empty field and harvests a ripe one. On a growing crop it gives water or care when the crop can use it.
- Swipe across fields
With a mouse, hold the button on a ripe crop and sweep across your fields: every ripe crop you pass is harvested on the spot, up to 60 in one sweep. From an empty field a sweep plants your seed, and from a growing crop it waters or gives extra care. Before your first harvest, a mouse sweep harvests the ripe crops it crosses, wherever it starts. On a touchscreen, hold a field for a moment until it lights up, then swipe across your fields. A quick swipe moves the farm instead.
- Water and care
Every harvest gives 1 crop. Water and care make it ripen much sooner: with both, a crop is ready in about a quarter of its time. Water right after planting; care comes later, when the label glows gold. See Fields and crops.
Help at the start
- What you start with
500 coins and 8 fields, some already planted. Your barn holds some crops and animal feed to begin with.
- A big first harvest
Your very first harvest gives 3 times the crop.
- Kept for your first buildings
The corn, feed and barley you start with are kept for your first buildings during your first 30 minutes. What you harvest or make sells right away.
- Beginner boost
When you start your farm, waiting times for crops and batches are 50% shorter. The boost gets smaller evenly, day by day, and stops after your first 7 days. On a computer, the hourglass at the top shows how much is left.
- A quick first batch
The first batch in each new building is ready in 30 seconds. After that every batch takes its usual time.
Coins, XP and diamonds
- Coins
You earn coins by selling at the Market, and from quests, the daily gift and new levels. You spend them on seeds, buildings, more fields and upgrades.
- XP
Harvests, finished batches, guide steps, most quests and the daily gift give XP. Selling at the Market gives no XP.
- New levels
Enough XP brings a new level. Every level gives coins and diamonds, and opens new crops, buildings or things to do. A message tells you what opened and where to find it. See Quests and levels.
- Farm journal
Tap your level at the top to open the Farm journal. It shows how much XP you still need, your next level reward and what opens next.
- Diamonds
You get 50 for the Beginner guide, and more from the daily gift, daily challenges and new levels. See Diamonds, boosts and VIP.
- What diamonds do
From level 7, diamonds can replace a delivery order. From level 10, they also buy boosts and finish a crop or a batch at once. See Diamonds, boosts and VIP.
Your first 20 levels
Every level opens something new. Tap a name to read more. See What opens when.
What to do next
- Quests
Small goals that pay coins and XP. When one is done, open Quests and claim it. You claim them one at a time. See Quests and levels.
- Next goal
After the Beginner guide, the Next goal card shows one thing to do, like a quest to claim, something to build, a field to buy or your next level. On a phone it is the line at the top.
- Daily challenges Level 3
3 small goals every day, in Today. Each pays coins, XP and diamonds. See Daily rewards and orders.
- A helping hand Level 3
4 stops on your farm each have a small job. Help at a stop for goods and XP, then it rests for a while. Help at all of them for a bonus in coins. See Farm helpers.
- Delivery orders Level 7
Customers ask for crops and goods and pay more than the Market. Tap the cart on your farm, or open Delivery orders in Today. See Daily rewards and orders.
- The farm’s pets
Pat Rex the dog and Mimi the cat by the Farmhouse once an hour for a small find: coins from Rex, 3 crops from Mimi. From level 100, Fawn the deer in the village brings 2 planks.
Coming back
- Your farm keeps growing
Crops and batches keep growing while the game is closed. Nothing spoils: a ripe crop waits on its field until you harvest it.
- Before you go
Wheat grows in 2 min, corn in 15 min. Plant quick crops while you play and longer ones before you go, and start a batch in every building.
- A gift every day
Collect your gift in Today every day: coins, diamonds and XP. Each day in a row makes it bigger, up to day 7. Your second gift also brings 30 minutes of double harvest. See Daily rewards and orders.
- Welcome back
Back after a while? Welcome back shows what is ready, and today’s gift if you have not collected it yet. Its button takes you straight to what waits.
- Back after a few days
Away for 3 days or more? A comeback chest waits for you in Welcome back, at most once every 14 days. See Daily rewards and orders.
- Reminders
Switch on reminders in Settings, and the game tells you when your crops and goods are ready and when your daily gift waits. See Account and settings.
Need help?
- I can’t sell my corn
The corn you start with is kept for your first buildings during your first 30 minutes. Harvest some corn and sell that: it sells right away. See Market and Warehouse.
- A tap does not harvest
Only a ripe field can be harvested: it shows only a picture of its crop, with no ring or time. A field with a ring and a time is still growing.
- Water does nothing
A crop takes water only while it is young. Plant a new crop and water it right away. See Fields and crops.
- Where do I make goods?
Tap a building on your farm, or open Buildings. Choose what to make and tap Start batch. When its label turns yellow, tap it to collect. See Buildings and goods.
- Where do I sell eggs?
Open Market and tap Farm goods. Eggs, milk and everything else your buildings make are sold there. See Market and Warehouse.
- How do I get more fields?
Fields 9 to 12 cost only coins and open at levels 2 to 5. Open Buildings, then the Farmhouse, and tap Buy beside the next field. From field 13 a field also asks for crops and goods. See Farmhouse.
- Can I earn real money?
No. Coins and diamonds are only for the game. You cannot change them into real money.
- What are diamonds for?
From level 10: boosts, and finishing a crop or a batch at once. From level 7 you can also replace a delivery order. See Diamonds, boosts and VIP.
- How do I change my name or avatar?
Open Settings in More. There you change your farmer name and your avatar. See Account and settings.
- My farm is gone
Sign out and sign in again the way you did before. Signing in another way can start a new farm. At the top of Settings, Your account shows how you are signed in. See Account and settings.
Saved for you
Your farm is saved to your account, so you can play on your phone and your computer. You need an internet connection to play.
Play it as an app
- Our app
Harvest Tycoon is also an app: on Google Play for Android phones and tablets, and in the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Sign in the way you do here and your farm is there.
- Why the app
One tap from your home screen, without the browser bar. Reminders when your farm needs you, a number on the icon for new messages, and press and hold the icon for Chat, Daily gift and the leaderboard.
- Android: in Chrome, tap the menu (⋮) and choose “Install app” or “Add to Home screen”.
- iPhone and iPad: in Safari, tap Share, then “Add to Home Screen”, then “Add”.
- Computer: in Chrome or Edge, click the install icon at the right of the address bar.
- In the game
Settings, Farm app shows the steps for your device, or installs it in one tap. There you can also switch on full screen (Android and computers).