What to know
- The sickle is now officially in Hytale with Update 3, bringing bulk crop harvesting to the game with some important changes from the pre-release version.
- Eternal seeds no longer get destroyed when hit by the sickle, making them truly eternal and perfect for automated farming setups.
- The sickle has a durability of 100, requires manual clicking for each swing, and costs only 2 tree logs and 1 stone to craft.
- A full inventory of crops and essence of life takes roughly two and a half sickles to fill using the automatic crop farm with a minecart system.
Hytale Update 3 dropped on February 17, 2026, and one of the standout additions is the new crude sickle. This new farming tool lets you harvest multiple crops in a single swing, which completely changes how large-scale farming works. If you have been using the automatic crop farm design, the sickle makes it even more efficient, though a few key changes from the pre-release version are worth understanding before you hop into your minecart.
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| Tool name | Crude Sickle |
| Introduced in | Hytale Update 3 (February 17, 2026) |
| Crafting station | Level 2 Farmer’s Workbench |
| Crafting materials | 2 Tree Logs + 1 Stone |
| Durability | 100 |
| Quality | Common |
| Item level | 5 |
| Key function | Harvests multiple crops in one swing |
| Swing type | Manual click per swing (no auto-swing) |
| Works with eternal seeds | Yes, does not destroy them |
| Sickles needed to fill inventory | Approximately 2.5 |
The sickle existed in the Hytale pre-release builds, but Update 3 brought some meaningful adjustments that affect how you use it on your farms. Three main changes stand out.
Eternal seeds are finally safe
The biggest and most positive change is how the sickle interacts with eternal seeds. In the pre-release version, swinging the sickle would wipe out the actual eternal seed planted in the ground. This was a serious problem because it meant you had to replant eternal seeds after every harvest, and often the soil underneath would need to be retilled as well.
With Update 3, eternal seeds are now truly eternal. When you swing the sickle over fully grown eternal crops, the crops get harvested but the seeds remain planted and will regrow on their own. You no longer risk losing your valuable eternal seeds to an accidental sickle swing.
Durability is now capped at 100
The sickle now has a set durability of 100 uses. This means the tool will break after 100 swings, and you will need to craft replacement sickles to continue harvesting. In the pre-release version, durability was not as much of a concern, but now you should always keep a few spare sickles in your inventory or storage before starting a big harvest run.
No more auto-swing
Another notable change is that you can no longer hold down your mouse button to swing the sickle continuously. Each swing now requires an individual click. This prevents fully AFK farming where you could ride a minecart through crops while holding down the mouse and harvesting everything automatically. You still need to be actively clicking as you ride through your farm.
How to craft the sickle in Hytale
Crafting the sickle is straightforward and uses very basic materials, making it accessible early in the game.
Step 1
Gather 2 tree logs by chopping down trees with an axe. Any type of tree works.
Step 2
Collect 1 stone from the ground or mine it using a pickaxe.
Step 3
Head to a level 2 Farmer’s Workbench. The sickle cannot be crafted at a basic workbench, so make sure your farming bench has been upgraded.
Step 4
Open the Farming tab in the workbench menu and locate the Crude Sickle recipe.
Step 5
Craft the sickle and move it to your hotbar for quick access during harvesting.
The materials are cheap and widely available, so crafting multiple sickles before a big harvest session is highly recommended.
How the automatic crop farm works with the new sickle
The automatic crop farm is a semi-automatic design that uses a minecart on rails running through rows of planted crops.
You ride the minecart and swing the sickle as you pass through, harvesting everything in your path. With eternal seeds now staying planted after harvest, this design becomes a reliable loop. You harvest, wait for crops to regrow, and harvest again without any replanting.
The farm works best when your crop rows are compact and tightly aligned so that each sickle swing covers as many tiles as possible. Since the sickle no longer auto-swings, you need to click repeatedly as the minecart moves through the field. It is not fully AFK, but it is still much faster than harvesting by hand one crop at a time.
Sickle durability test results
Here are two practical tests on the automatic crop farm to see exactly how much you can harvest with the new sickle durability.
Test 1 — One sickle from full durability to broken
Using one full sickle with 100 durability on the automatic crop farm, the harvest yielded approximately 1,700 essence of life and 376 crops. This filled up close to half of the player inventory, which is a solid return for a single cheap tool.
Test 2 — How many sickles to fill a full inventory
Starting from empty and riding the minecart continuously, it took roughly two full sickles and just the beginning of a third sickle to completely fill the entire player inventory with crops and essence of life. So you should carry at least three sickles with you if your goal is a full inventory in one farming session.
| Test | Sickles used | Essence of life | Crops | Inventory filled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single sickle run | 1 | ~1,700 | 376 | ~50% |
| Full inventory run | ~2.5 | Full stacks | Full stacks | 100% |
Why eternal seeds matter for this farm
Eternal seeds are rare farming items in Hytale that automatically replant themselves after harvest. When you harvest a fully grown crop planted with eternal seeds, the crop is collected normally, the plant replants itself, and no additional seeds are consumed. This eliminates the most tedious part of large-scale farming, which is reseeding your entire field after every single harvest.
You can obtain eternal seeds through random drops when harvesting regular crops, or by trading memories at the Farmer’s Workbench for eternal seed bags. Wheat, potato, onion, and pumpkin all have eternal seed variants. For the automatic crop farm, filling your entire field with eternal seeds is the goal since it turns the farm into an infinite harvesting loop.
Tips for getting the most out of your sickle farm
- Keep your farm layout tight and uniform so each sickle swing hits the maximum number of crops.
- Always carry at least three sickles when doing a full harvest run to avoid running out mid-session.
- Use a watering can or fertilizer on your crops to speed up regrowth between harvest cycles.
- Store extra sickles in a chest near your minecart starting point for quick resupply.
- Since the sickle only requires logs and stone, consider bulk crafting 5 to 10 sickles at a time to save trips to the workbench.
- Remember that you must click for every swing, so find a comfortable clicking rhythm that matches your minecart speed.
The sickle makes Hytale farming worth the effort
The addition of the sickle in Hytale Update 3 is a massive quality-of-life improvement for farming. The fact that eternal seeds now survive sickle harvests makes the automatic crop farm design genuinely sustainable for long-term play. Yes, the durability cap and manual clicking prevent full AFK automation, but the tradeoff is fair. For the cost of a couple of logs and a stone, you get a tool that can fill half your inventory with essence of life and crops in a single use. If you are building up your farm in Hytale, the sickle and eternal seed combination is the most efficient setup available right now.
