Genetics Calculator

Theory

Rust has a rather sophisticated farming system which involves genetics. Each seed you plant in the ground has 6 genes that can have different values that will give the plant different characteristics. You can then breed togheret different seeds of the same plant to get better genes and create artificially a better seed.

There are 5 different genes:

• G Growth gene, the plant will grow faster
• Y Yield gene, the plant will create more fruits
• H Hardiness gene, the plant will tolerate better bad environment conditions
• W Water gene, the plant will use more water to grow
• X Null gene, empty gene, does not proive any characteristics to the plant

Seeds can be planted on the ground or in a dedicated planter (Small Planter or Large Planter). The last method allows to create an efficient indoor controlled farm. Plants will grow fast and produce a lot of fruits only if they are in the perfect condition. You must keep in consideration the following environment factors:

• Light: plants will always need light, either sun light or artificial (Ceiling Lights or Industrial Light)
• Water: plants needs water to grow, if planter is dry use Sprinklers to keep it wet enough
• Ground: the planter may need some additional Fertilizer to provide a perfect soil
• Temperature: plants need a warm place to grow, if the temperature is too low use Electric Heater

There are multiple stages through which each plant evolves:

• Seed: a seed just planted on the ground
• Seedling: seed is growing to become a plant
• Sapling: the small plant is grow
• Crossbreed: plant has takes from its neighbours genes
• Mature: plant is maturing in order to star producing fruits
• Fruiting: plant is producing fruits
• Ripe: plant has finished to produce fruits that can be harvested
• Dying: plant is dying, all fruits are lost and only Plant Fiber can be harvested

When trying to achieve the perfect clone (which usually is Y Y Y G G G) the most important phase is crossbreeding. During this stage a plant will look for adiacent plants of the same type and will combine their genes to create its own genes. Creating the plant with perfect genes will require to surrond a plant with 2 to 4 other plants that have the right genes.

Each of the 6 genes is combined individually with genes of the others plants. The combination rule is pretty simple. Green genes have a weight of 50 points, red ones have 60. The gene which has more points wins over the other, if two or more genes have the same points the gene is choosen randomly between them. With this method you can combine different plants to "replace" a bad gene with another.

To make an example, we want to combine Y W H X G Y with Y Y H G Y Y and G Y H H H Y.

Here below you can experiment with genes without having to waste hours in game. Have fun and create your perfect plant and a huge farm base!

Small planter

Big planter