The Crude Sickle is a Common-quality farming tool in Hytale that lets you harvest multiple crops at once instead of picking them one by one. It's one of the first specialized tools you can make once you set up a Farmer's Workbench, and it dramatically speeds up crop collection in the early and mid game.
Quick answer: Craft the Crude Sickle at a Farmer's Workbench using 1 Trunk (Any Tree Log), 2 Rock (Any Stone), and 2 Plant Fiber. The crafting time is approximately 1.5 seconds.
Crude Sickle Crafting Recipe
The Crude Sickle is built at the Farmer's Workbench, which itself requires a Tier 1 Workbench to construct. You cannot pocket-craft the sickle or make it at a standard Workbench — the Farmer's Workbench is mandatory.
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Any Tree Log (Trunk) | 1–2 |
| Any Stone (Rock) | 1–2 |
| Plant Fiber | 2 |
The crafting process completes in roughly 1.5 seconds. Once finished, the Crude Sickle appears in your inventory, ready to equip.
How to Build a Farmer's Workbench
Before you can craft the Crude Sickle, you need the Farmer's Workbench. This specialized station is crafted at a standard Tier 1 Workbench with the following materials:
| Material | Amount |
|---|---|
| Plant Fiber | 20 |
| Any Tree Log | 6 |
Plant Fiber is gathered by breaking tall grass and small plants found throughout Zone 1. You'll need a decent stockpile — 20 units just for the workbench, plus 2 more for the sickle itself. Chop trees with a Crude Hatchet or your fists to collect the logs.
Crude Sickle Stats
The Crude Sickle is a low-tier tool designed for farming rather than combat, though it does have offensive stats if you find yourself in a pinch.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Quality | Common |
| Item Level | 5–20 |
| Durability | 60–100 |
| Base Damage | 5 |
| Charged Damage | 5 |
The stat ranges reflect slightly different values tracked across community databases. Durability may sit around 60 or climb to 100, depending on the current patch. Either way, the sickle will wear down with use, so keep a Repair Kit handy if you plan on extended harvesting sessions. Repair Kits restore durability on tools, weapons, and armor without requiring you to craft a replacement from scratch.
What the Crude Sickle Does
The primary function of the Crude Sickle is harvesting crops. When you swing it near planted crops, it collects multiple plants in a single arc rather than forcing you to interact with each one individually. This makes it essential once your farm grows beyond a handful of plots.
Hytale's farming system revolves around the Farmer's Workbench, which also unlocks seed bags, hoes, watering cans, and other agricultural tools. The Crude Sickle fits into this ecosystem as the harvesting counterpart to the Crude Hoe (used for tilling soil). Together, they form the basic farming toolkit you'll rely on until you upgrade to higher-tier equipment.
The sickle is not a dedicated weapon, but its base and charged damage of 5 means it can serve as an emergency melee option against weaker mobs. It won't replace even a Crude Sword for combat, though.
Game Identifier for Modding and Commands
If you want to spawn the Crude Sickle using console commands, the internal item ID is Tool_Sickle_Crude. This identifier is used in Hytale's data files and can be referenced when modding or testing.
Farming Progression Beyond the Crude Sickle
The Farmer's Workbench operates on a tiered unlock system. At Tier 1, you get access to the Crude Sickle, Crude Hoe, seed bags for basic crops like wheat and lettuce, and utility items like the Wooden Bucket and Scarecrow. As you progress through higher tiers, more advanced seeds, hoes (Copper Hoe at Tier 4, Iron Hoe at Tier 8), and specialized items like the Fertilizer Bag and Capture Crate become available.
No upgraded sickle variants have been confirmed in the current early access build. The Crude Sickle remains the only sickle-type tool, so preserving its durability through Repair Kits is worthwhile until higher-tier harvesting options potentially arrive in future updates.
The Crude Sickle is a straightforward but valuable early-game tool that saves significant time once your farm starts producing. Gathering the materials takes only a few minutes of exploration, and having the Farmer's Workbench set up early opens the door to Hytale's entire agricultural system — from planting seeds to raising animals with Capture Crates and Chicken Coops.