Farming Simulator 25: Beans & Alpacas is now available on PC and consoles. The expansion brings coffee and banana plantations, new livestock, and the Brazil-inspired Catuaí region to the game. Giants Software confirmed the launch in its Steam announcement.
Catuaí has rolling hills, red soil, tropical vegetation, narrow roads, colorful rural buildings, and a winding river lined with stilt houses. Its southern-hemisphere calendar brings a seasonal rhythm unlike the game’s other regions.
Dry and rainy seasons replace snowy winters. Rain changes the look of Catuaí’s roads, soil, and buildings, as covered in the map preview. Parrots and caimans inhabit the region, while a rainforest research station and a local museum’s dinosaur reconstruction project give players destinations beyond the fields.
Coffee and bananas bring different plantation routines
Coffee is planted beginning in September and harvested as red cherries in May, according to the original expansion announcement. Its dedicated plantation system uses specialized machinery to harvest the cherries, and plants need care that includes fungicide treatments. Players can set out customizable coffee layouts, with further details in the coffee cultivation breakdown.
Bananas add a more hands-on harvest. Players cut the fruit with a machete, move it along plantation rails, and wash it before sale or processing. Both crops have customizable plantation layouts and require plant care, including fungicide. Bananas can be planted and harvested year-round on Catuaí, giving them a different schedule from coffee.
Production chains turn coffee into packed coffee, capsules, beverages, tiramisu, and coffee yogurt. Bananas can become milk, chips, jam, and cake, adding several routes from plantation harvests to finished goods.
Alpacas add a new care cycle
Alpacas arrive in four colors. Players can walk them to improve their happiness, then shear their fleece each spring in a minigame or hire a worker to handle the job. Fleece can be sold or processed into wool, socks, pillows, furniture, and plush toys. Brahman cattle also join Catuaí’s pastures.
New machines, buildings, and production projects
More than 25 machines and implements come from brands including Case IH, Ford, John Deere, KUHN, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, New Holland, Oxbo, Stara, and Valtra. Colombo Industries and Southern Spreaders make their series debuts with equipment for the region’s farms.
Six farmhouses with full interiors join more than 80 placeable objects, including sheds, fences, and regional decorations. Players can make paint from dyes and resin, repaint buildings for the local community, and take on new construction projects. New sugarcane foliage and effects, weathering effects, and improved ground-working and tool animations add more detail to farms and fieldwork.
The expansion is available on its own and through the Year 2 Season Pass. The Beans & Alpacas Edition bundles the expansion with the base game and includes four maps and more than 400 machines from over 150 brands.
Which part of Catuaí’s farming loop would you build around first, coffee, bananas, or alpacas? Follow us for more on the region’s crops, animal care, and production chains on X, Bluesky, YouTube, and Instagram.
Farming Simulator 25
Developed by Giants Software
Farming Simulator 25 floods the fields with a host of new machines, gameplay features, visual upgrades, and even fresh water to grow rice - adding even more agricultural depth and diversity to the family-friendly series.
- Genre Simulator
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
- Perspective First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release November 12, 2024
- Publisher Giants Software
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