Bell peppers?

[Chiikasaurus]

Just wondering if these have been officially implemented in the game yet? It looks like you can cook with them and pickle them according to the handbook. If they're in the game, how does one acquire seeds? I would love to add them to my seed catalog 

[LadyWYT]

Welcome to the forums!

4 hours ago, Chiikasaurus said:

Just wondering if these have been officially implemented in the game yet? It looks like you can cook with them and pickle them according to the handbook. If they're in the game, how does one acquire seeds?

They technically exist in the game files, but cannot be cultivated or otherwise obtained outside of the creative menu. I think the reason for that is the plants were meant as an experiment for crops that could have more than one harvest per planting, but it was quite buggy when implemented so the devs disabled it until that kind of feature can be properly polished.

There are, however, mods that add bell peppers, if you're open to modding your game.

[Maelstrom]

15 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

I think the reason for that is the plants were meant as an experiment for crops that could have more than one harvest per planting, but it was quite buggy when implemented so the devs disabled it until that kind of feature can be properly polished. [emphasis added]

Yes.  Bell peppers in 1.15/1.16 (can't remember which) were extremely buggy, up to and including crashing the game if attempted to be harvested.  But they also couldn't be planted, although 1 streamer seemed to have somehow glitched the game into allowing one to be planted, but serious issues arose after that if I recall, it wouldn't grow and if it was "harvested" would crash the game.

[Chiikasaurus]

Thanks folks I appreciate the quick responses. A shame they're so buggy. But at least I'm no longer getting FOMO from not finding them!