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Carrot

Early food crop at calculator value 2—slightly spicier raid weight than Tomato, and the crate currency that unlocks Banana seeds at the trader.

Version 1.0Checked July 2026Seeds, water, growth, harvest, and raidsHow to get it ↓Crafting & trade ↓
In-game asset / crops
Carrot item icon in Scrap Mechanic
Category
Crops
Size
3 × 1 × 1 blocks
Max stack
10
Flammable
Yes
Carrot
Entry version boundaryCarrot is checked for 1.0

The live game version is shown separately from this article's own test label. Structured recipe, trade, object, and quest relationships can also carry older source versions and are not automatically promoted by a site-wide release update.

Live game
1.0.5
Entry version
1.0
Entry checked
July 2026
Grow time
21 min (10.5 fertilized)
Harvest amount
1
1.0 calculator value
2
Seed crates
Green ≈3.2% / Golden ≈2.8%
Trader role
Carrot crates buy Banana seeds (5 seeds / 3 crates)
Food role
Reliable early nutrition row
Raid note
Twice Tomato’s plant value per plant
Matching Seedbot
Carrot Seedbot
Lootbot route
Possible produce from each accepted Lootbot hit
Cookbot use
Veggie Burger ×4; Revival Baguette ×3
Used by recipes
2 across Cookbot
Crafting and trade

Where Carrot fits

It is consumed by 2 recipes across Cookbot, using 3–4 per batch.

What it can make2 recipes
  • Veggie BurgerUses 4× Carrot at Cookbot
  • Revival BaguetteUses 3× Carrot at Cookbot
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Recipe and trader connections checked for version 1.0.1.869.

How to get it

Routes and locations

Carrot Seeds are available through early farming supplies and normal crop-loot progression.

Method / location

Crash Site and farming patches

Check seed supplies beside early soil plots and small meadow farms.

Method / location

Harvest cycle

Mature Carrots provide food and replacement seeds for continued planting.

Before you leave
  • Keep the next planting supply before trading or eating the harvest.
  • Carrots belong to the vegetable Packing Station route.
  • Match row spacing to the watering method.
Game data

Carrot recipes and properties

Inventory description

A nutritious Carrot.

Seed
Carrot Seed
Requires
Soil, water, seed
Classic raid value
1
Compared to Tomato
Same grow clock; higher 1.0 plant value
Max stack
10
Size
3 × 1 × 1 blocks
Material
Fruit
Flammable
Yes
Durability
1/10
Weight
1/10
Friction
4/10
Buoyancy
4/10

Value 2 Changes Row Planning

Carrots grow on the same 21-minute clock as Tomatoes but score 2 on the 1.0 calculator. A wide carrot field raises raid pressure faster than an equally sized tomato patch—count plants against the Raid Calculator before doubling rows.

Carrot Crates Buy Banana Seeds

Three Carrot Crates trade for five Banana Seeds. That makes carrots the early bridge into mid-tier fruit: farm carrots intentionally when the next goal is bananas, not only when the cookpot is empty.

  • Bank crates separately from snack carrots.
  • Do not eat the crate quota the night before a trader run.
  • Replant enough carrots to replace what the trade consumed.

Seed Odds Match the Starter Pack

Carrot Seeds share the green (~3.2%) and golden (~2.8%) crate table with Tomato, Redbeet, and Potato. When a crate drops any of those four, decide immediately whether the seed goes into food rows or trading rows.

Straight Rows for Later Vacuum Work

Carrots are a common first automation test because they are cheap and frequent. Plant straight, leave a walking lane, and keep seed stock labeled so a Vacuum Pump experiment does not mix carrot and redbeet lines.

  1. Water the full row in one pass.
  2. Harvest into a carrot-only crate.
  3. Split the crate into food versus trader stacks.

Classic Muscle Memory Is Wrong Here

Older guides listed Carrot at raid value 1 beside Tomato. Under 1.0 calculator weights, Carrot is 2. Update spreadsheets and mental math before assuming a “small carrot farm” is still raid-invisible.

Carrot: Which Bot Actually Matters?

Carrot Seedbot carries the matching seed type. Seedbots flee instead of attacking; damage can release matching seeds and destroying one releases an additional matching bundle. Possible produce from each accepted Lootbot hit.

Cookbot does not grow or harvest Carrot. Its current use for this crop is: Veggie Burger ×4; Revival Baguette ×3. Reserve seven Carrots if you want one of each Carrot-based Cookbot output.

  • Use a Vacuum Pump creation for planting or harvesting; that is a player-built machine, not an autonomous farm bot.
  • Check the Raid Calculator before scaling the field, because crop count and crop value change the attacking wave.
  • Keep seeds, harvest produce, and Cookbot ingredients in separate labeled containers.