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One of the first tasks you lot'll need to knock out in your quest to escape the authoritarian government in Mr. Prepper is getting an underground garden upwards and running. After all, you're going to demand a source of sustenance now that y'all're non earning a livable wage. Getting it going isn't besides hard, merely there are a few steps y'all tin take to ensure it'southward running efficiently from the jump.

The basics of gardening

The kickoff affair yous demand to do is go ahead and add a second level to your hush-hush bunker. The first level is a great identify to have your initial crafting table, but you demand some space for your dark-green thumb. Unfortunately, the game doesn't get in very easy in the early game to become the metallic you demand to build that second ladder.

The simplest way we've found to get more metal is to buy metal boxes from the trading post. Sure, yous could break down items in your house, but that could mean bringing down the wrath of the Bureau and being throw in jail. Instead, go to your mailbox and discover the merchant selling those precious metal boxes. And so, suspension them down at your crafting table and build the ladder.

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From there, information technology's just about digging out enough infinite to build your dream garden. However, your work doesn't end hither. Yeah, you tin simply starting time tossing out seeds to get started, but at that place'due south one important thing to do first.

Equally you tin can see in the screenshot above, nosotros've placed several wall lights in our garden. These make your crops grow faster, making them important additions. In the early game, y'all can't just identify a ton of them as you but have and then much electricity at your disposal. Those problems get away with time, but early on, we'd recommend getting around two lights on each plot. Your crops won't grow at a ridiculous rate, but it'due south sustainable.

From there, it's just about slowly edifice out your garden as you lot acquire new items to build. Information technology'll take some work to go there, but soon you'll accept the all-time garden in your dystopian boondocks.