NewRanch:Research

Research unlocks most of New Ranch's farm content. Place a Research Table (8 planks and 6 Wood at a Work Bench, or bought from the Farmer) and right-click it to open The Field Book. It closes if you move more than 12 tiles away.

Each branch costs Field Notes from your inventory and needs the branch before it. Items that belong to a branch cannot be used or placed until it is learned; their tooltip says "Requires …" in red. Recipes and shop entries are locked the same way.

Branches

Branch	Cost	Needs	Unlocks
Kitchen Garden	3	–	Lettuce, Leek, Cucumber; Harvest Basket
Root Crops	5	Kitchen Garden	Carrot, Turnip; Ironvine and Furrowvine Seeds
Fruiting Crops	6	Kitchen Garden	Tomato, Pepper, Bean, Strawberry, Melon; biome seeds from the Dryad
Fibre Crops	5	Kitchen Garden	Flax; Quillcane Seeds
Seed Saving	6	Kitchen Garden	+1 seed when mining a ripe crop; Seed Satchel
Husbandry	8	Root Crops	+1 yield at Feed Troughs and Fish Cages; Cold Box, Pasture Flute
Veterinary Work	9	Husbandry	Fever Serum, Nightpulse Brew (also learned for free from the Physician's Ledger)
Orchard	10	Fruiting Crops	Three tree seedlings and three bush cuttings
Pruning	8	Orchard	+2 fruit per tree shake
Harrow Botany	15	Orchard, Hardmode	Harrowbloom Seeds
Composting	4	–	Compost Heap, Rich Soil, Speed Fertilizer
Irrigation	6	Composting	Watering Can, Rain Barrel, Well
Farm Works	12	Irrigation	Windmill, Grain Silo, Sprinkler, Horse Cart, Tractor and Trailer
Aquaculture	8	Irrigation	Rice Seeds, Kelp Anchor, Clam Spat, Salt Pan, Fish Cage

All 14 branches together cost 105 Field Notes.

Field Notes

Field Notes drop from:

• farm pests (1 in 3) and undead livestock (1 in 4),
• other surface enemies, except ones from statues (1 in 12),
• the mod's bosses (several at once, more for bosses with more life),
• pests during Blight Night (an extra 1 in 4),
• many ruin chests, and the Old Farmwife's daily wish list.