Farmer

Farmer

Farmer is a civilian job in Flint County and at Blueberry Acres in Red County and CITy Island near San Fierro where you plant and harvest crops.

How the job works

Farmer is a resource job on the Civilian side.

You choose a crop, plant it with a Tractor, wait for it to grow, then harvest it with a Combine Harvester.

Resource crops can be sold through F7 or used for crafting in F9. Sunflowers pay cash directly.

Locations

Farmer is available at:

• Flint County and Blueberry Acres in Red County
• CITy Island near San Fierro

How to start

To start the Farmer job:

1. Go to the barn.

1. Enter the yellow vehicle marker and spawn a Tractor.

1. While driving the Tractor, press N to choose a crop.

1. Use a Tractor to plant it.

Crops

The crop options are:

• Herbs
• Hemp
• Wheat
• Pumpkins
• Sunflowers

Physical seed items are disabled.

Herbs, Hemp, and Wheat pay as resources. Pumpkins can be selected and planted but currently give no reward.

Sunflowers pay cash directly.

How it works

After choosing a crop:

1. Use a Tractor to plant it.

1. Wait about 4 minutes for it to grow.

1. Watch for the green blips that show ready crops.

1. Use a Combine Harvester to harvest them.

After harvesting, resource crops can be sold through F7 or used for crafting in F9. Sunflowers pay cash directly.

Vehicles

Farmer uses:

• Tractor for planting
• Combine Harvester for harvesting

Skin

Farmer uses these skin IDs:

• 0
• 157
• 158
• 159
• 160
• 161
• 162
• 198
• 200

Pay facts

Topic	Value
Sunflower bale at L0	$240 without VIP or $288 with VIP
Sunflower bale at L10	$720 without VIP or $864 with VIP
Resource crops	Hemp, Herbs, and Wheat use the same job value, then convert into resources by the current internal resource value
Timing	Hemp, Herbs, and Wheat use the same farming timing as Sunflower

L0 to L10 pay table

Level	Without VIP per Sunflower bale or resource cash-equivalent bale	With VIP per Sunflower bale or resource cash-equivalent bale
L0	$240	$288
L1	$288	$345
L2	$336	$403
L3	$384	$460
L4	$432	$518
L5	$480	$576
L6	$528	$633
L7	$576	$691
L8	$624	$748
L9	$672	$806
L10	$720	$864

Progression

Farmer progression is measured in progress points. Each collected bale gives 2 progress.

Farmer levels are:

• L0 Scarecrow, 0 progress
• L1 Gardener, 500 progress
• L2 Hay Pusher, 1,500 progress
• L3 Migrant Farmer, 3,500 progress
• L4 Harvester, 6,500 progress
• L5 Professional Plower, 11,500 progress
• L6 Agriculturist, 18,500 progress
• L7 Farming Machine, 27,500 progress
• L8 Botanical Master, 39,500 progress
• L9 Agricultural Prodigy, 53,500 progress
• L10 Amish God, 70,000 progress

The Basic Agricultural Skills course reduces crop growth time by 5%.

At Level 10, you unlock:

• /go farmer

Achievement

The Level 10 civilian achievement for Farmer is:

• Professional Farmer

Job Notes

• Farmer is available in Flint County, at Blueberry Acres in Red County, and on CITy Island.
• The job starts from the yellow marker in the barn.
• Press N to choose your crop.
• Crops take about 4 minutes to grow.
• Ready crops show as green blips.
• Plant with a Tractor and harvest with a Combine Harvester.
• Herbs, Hemp, and Wheat pay as resources.
• Pumpkins can be planted but currently give no reward.
• Sunflowers pay cash directly.

Current planting and harvest flow

Enter the barn vehicle marker for a Tractor, Combine Harvester, or Walton. While driving the Tractor, press N to select a crop and drive in the marked field to plant automatically. Physical Seeds are discontinued. Crops take about 4 minutes to grow and ready plants appear as green blips.

Use the Combine Harvester to turn grown crops into bales, then collect the bales on foot. Hemp, Herbs, and Wheat enter the inventory. Sunflowers pay cash. Pumpkins can be selected and planted but currently give no reward.

Local marker and HUD

Press N at the local Farmer job marker to return to the Employment Office. The HUD shows Planted and Grown counts. Ready crops also appear as green blips, and after a Combine Harvester creates a bale the HUD tells the player to get out and collect it.

Plant and bale limits

• A Farmer can have up to 100 plants growing at once. Your crops do not keep growing after you quit the Farmer job.
• Farmers can collect bales while using a jetpack.
• Each collected bale adds 2 Farmer progress.
• Use /r <message> for Farmer job radio.

Choosing bale payment

Use N in the Tractor to choose Hemp, Herbs, or Wheat. At the same rank and VIP status, each uses the same cash equivalent bale value. The number of resource items depends on that resource's current conversion value.

See also

• Civilian
• Hemp
• Herbs
• Wheat
• Pumpkins