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<languages/>Flax is both a source of food as well as a source of flax fiber that can be used in various technologies.
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==Flax seeds==
===Sources of flax seeds===
Flax can be found growing in the wild and can be harvested by breaking the flax plants with an empty hand, knife, or scythe. Fully mature plants will yield flax grain, flax fibers and at least one seed when harvested. Harvesting immature plants may yield no or little grain or fiber and may or may not provide a seed.

Flax seeds can be used in [[farming]] and can be harvested in the same way as wild flax.

Flax seeds can also be found in seed and farming [[Loot Vessels|loot vessels]] located in ruins 

==Flax grain==
Flax grain can be eaten without cooking with a satiety value of 30 but can also be ground into flour using a [[quern]] either manually or with automated [[Mechanical Power#Milling|milling]]. This flour, like flour from other grains, can be made into a dough with water which can then be baked into [[bread]]. Flax bread has a satiety value of 160. Flax grain can also be used as an ingredient in the [[cooking#Advanced Cooking Recipes|advanced cooking recipe]] for porridge.

See [[Cooking|Cooking's main page]] for more details on food and satiety

Flax grain and bread have the lowest satiety values of the grains (see table below) and therefore flax grain is often used as feed in [[Animal Husbandry |animal husbandry]] rather than in cooking. 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Item !! Grain !! Bread 
|-
| Flax || 30 || 160
|-
| Spelt || 60 || 300 
|-
| Rye || 60 || 300
|-
| Rice|| 60 || 330 
|}

==Flax fibers==

===Sources of flax fibers===

Flax fibers can be harvested by breaking mature wild or farmed flax plants with an empty hand, knife, or scythe. They may or may not drop from breaking immature flax plants.

They may also drop by butchering dead [[drifter|drifters]] by shift clicking with a knife in the active hand until the process is complete and the GUI opens to allow players to remove dropped items.

Flax fibers can also be found in forage and farming [[Loot Vessels|loot vessels]] located in ruins 

===Uses for flax fibers===

Flax fibers can be used to make twine which in turn can be used to make linen, both of which unlock important technology.

{{Grid/Crafting
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Flax fibers|B2=Flax fibers|C2=
|A3=Flax fibers|B3=Flax fibers|C3=
|Output=Flax twine
|NoBreak=y
}}
{{Grid/Crafting
|A1=|B1=|C1=
|A2=Flax twine|B2=Flax twine|C2=
|A3=Flax twine|B3=Flax twine|C3=
|Output=Normal stitched linen
}}



==Twine==
===Sources of twine===
Twine can be made using four flax fibers in the crafting grid.

It can also drop from [[locust]] cloth nests when breaking them.

Twine can also be found in farming [[Loot Vessels|loot vessels]] located in ruins.

===Uses for twine===

* [[Bow]]
* Leather Body and Leg [[Armor]]
* [[Wooden Bucket]]
* [[Ore blasting bomb]]
* Plumb and Square

Twine along with linen can create:
* [[Containers#Portable Containers|Linen Sack]]
* [[Containers#Portable Containers|Mining Bag]]

Twine can also be used to repair [[Clothes]] by 10% by left-clicking a worn clothing item in the character screen with twine.

==Linen==
===Sources of linen===
Linen can only be obtained by using four twine in the crafting grid.

===Uses for linen===

* Wooden [[Bed]]
* [[Mechanical Power#Windmill Required Materials|Sail]], needed to build the windmill
* Chair
* Gamboised [[Armor]]
* Honey-Sulphur linen [[poultice]]
* Horsetail linen [[poultice]]

Twine along with linen can create:
* [[Containers#Portable Containers|Linen Sack]]
* [[Containers#Portable Containers|Mining Bag]]

Linen can also be used to repair [[Clothes]] by 50% by left-clicking a worn clothing item in the character screen with linen.

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