diff --git a/client/components/crop.ts b/client/components/crop.ts
index 3e0987a..db3f203 100644
--- a/client/components/crop.ts
+++ b/client/components/crop.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,69 @@
-import { Component, Entity } from "$/common/ecs/mod.ts";
+import { Entity, SerializableComponent } from "$/common/ecs/mod.ts";
 import { Position } from "$/common/components/position.ts";
 import { AssetManager } from "../assets.ts";
 import { Sprite } from "./sprite.ts";
 import { ClickableSprite } from "./clickable.ts";
+import { EverythingRegistry } from "$/common/everything_registry.ts";
 
-export class Crop extends Component {
+interface CropsRegistry {
+	total_stages: number;
+	time_to_grow: number[];
+	item_drop: string;
+	sprite_ids: string[];
+}
+
+EverythingRegistry.add_registry("crops");
+EverythingRegistry.register<CropsRegistry>("crops", "bworld:carrot", {
+	total_stages: 5,
+	time_to_grow: [60, 60 * 3, 60 * 3, 60 * 3],
+	sprite_ids: [
+		"bworld:carrot_seeds",
+		"bworld:carrot_stage_1",
+		"bworld:carrot_stage_2",
+		"bworld:carrot_stage_3",
+		"bworld:carrot_stage_4",
+	],
+	item_drop: "bworld:carrot",
+});
+EverythingRegistry.register<CropsRegistry>("crops", "bworld:potato", {
+	total_stages: 5,
+	time_to_grow: [45, 60 * 2, 60 * 2, 60 * 2],
+	sprite_ids: [
+		"bworld:potato_seeds",
+		"bworld:potato_stage_1",
+		"bworld:potato_stage_2",
+		"bworld:potato_stage_3",
+		"bworld:potato_stage_4",
+	],
+	item_drop: "bworld:potato",
+});
+EverythingRegistry.register<CropsRegistry>("crops", "bworld:tomato", {
+	total_stages: 5,
+	time_to_grow: [90, 60 * 2, 60 * 2, 60 * 3],
+	sprite_ids: [
+		"bworld:tomato_seeds",
+		"bworld:tomato_stage_1",
+		"bworld:tomato_stage_2",
+		"bworld:tomato_stage_3",
+		"bworld:tomato_stage_4",
+	],
+	item_drop: "bworld:tomato",
+});
+EverythingRegistry.register<CropsRegistry>("crops", "bworld:pumpkin", {
+	total_stages: 5,
+	time_to_grow: [60 * 2, 60 * 4, 60 * 4, 60 * 4],
+	sprite_ids: [
+		"bworld:pumpkin_seeds",
+		"bworld:pumpkin_stage_1",
+		"bworld:pumpkin_stage_2",
+		"bworld:pumpkin_stage_3",
+		"bworld:pumpkin_stage_4",
+	],
+	item_drop: "bworld:pumpkin",
+});
+
+export class Crop extends SerializableComponent {
+	crop_id: string;
 	current_stage = 0;
 	growth_time = 0;
 	total_stages: number;
@@ -14,12 +73,31 @@ export class Crop extends Component {
 	// you know ["bworld:carrot_seeds", "bworld:carrot_stage_1", "bworld:carrot_stage_2" ...]
 	sprite_ids: string[];
 
-	constructor(total_stages: number, time_to_grow: number[], sprite_ids: string[], item_drop: string) {
+	constructor(
+		crop_id: string,
+	) {
 		super();
-		this.total_stages = total_stages;
-		this.time_to_grow = time_to_grow;
-		this.sprite_ids = sprite_ids;
-		this.item_drop = item_drop;
+		this.crop_id = crop_id;
+		const crop_info = EverythingRegistry.get<CropsRegistry>("crops", crop_id);
+		this.total_stages = crop_info.total_stages;
+		this.time_to_grow = crop_info.time_to_grow;
+		this.sprite_ids = crop_info.sprite_ids;
+		this.item_drop = crop_info.item_drop;
+	}
+
+	override serialize() {
+		return {
+			crop_id: this.crop_id,
+			current_stage: this.current_stage,
+			growth_time: this.growth_time,
+		};
+	}
+
+	static deserialize(data: ReturnType<Crop["serialize"]>): Crop {
+		const crop = new Crop(data.crop_id);
+		crop.current_stage = data.current_stage;
+		crop.growth_time = data.growth_time;
+		return crop;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/client/game.ts b/client/game.ts
index 0fdb534..0559fbe 100644
--- a/client/game.ts
+++ b/client/game.ts
@@ -40,45 +40,21 @@ export function start_game(world: ClientWorld) {
 	world.add_entity(create_crop_entity(
 		0,
 		0,
-		new Crop(5, [4, 4, 4, 4], [
-			"bworld:potato_seeds",
-			"bworld:potato_stage_1",
-			"bworld:potato_stage_2",
-			"bworld:potato_stage_3",
-			"bworld:potato_stage_4",
-		], "bworld:potato"),
+		new Crop("bworld:potato"),
 	));
 	world.add_entity(create_crop_entity(
 		32,
 		0,
-		new Crop(5, [5, 5, 5, 5], [
-			"bworld:carrot_seeds",
-			"bworld:carrot_stage_1",
-			"bworld:carrot_stage_2",
-			"bworld:carrot_stage_3",
-			"bworld:carrot_stage_4",
-		], "bworld:carrot"),
+		new Crop("bworld:carrot"),
 	));
 	world.add_entity(create_crop_entity(
 		0,
 		32,
-		new Crop(5, [10, 10, 10, 10], [
-			"bworld:pumpkin_seeds",
-			"bworld:pumpkin_stage_1",
-			"bworld:pumpkin_stage_2",
-			"bworld:pumpkin_stage_3",
-			"bworld:pumpkin_stage_4",
-		], "bworld:pumpkin"),
+		new Crop("bworld:pumpkin"),
 	));
 	world.add_entity(create_crop_entity(
 		32,
 		32,
-		new Crop(5, [7, 7, 7, 7], [
-			"bworld:tomato_seeds",
-			"bworld:tomato_stage_1",
-			"bworld:tomato_stage_2",
-			"bworld:tomato_stage_3",
-			"bworld:tomato_stage_4",
-		], "bworld:tomato"),
+		new Crop("bworld:tomato"),
 	));
 }
diff --git a/common/ecs/component.ts b/common/ecs/component.ts
index b634aaa..d9d5230 100644
--- a/common/ecs/component.ts
+++ b/common/ecs/component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+import { EverythingRegistry } from "../everything_registry.ts";
+
+EverythingRegistry.add_registry("components");
+
 export abstract class Component {
 	__component = true;
 }
+
+export abstract class SerializableComponent extends Component {
+	abstract serialize(): unknown;
+	// right, this is static you cant do this,,
+	// abstract deserialize<T>(data: unknown): T;
+}
diff --git a/common/everything_registry.ts b/common/everything_registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e282716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/everything_registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export class EverythingRegistry {
+	static #registries = new Map<string, Map<string, unknown>>();
+
+	static add_registry(name: string) {
+		this.#registries.set(name, new Map());
+	}
+
+	static register<T>(registry_name: string, key: string, value: T) {
+		this.#registries.get(registry_name)?.set(key, value);
+	}
+
+	static get<T>(registry_name: string, key: string): T {
+		return this.#registries.get(registry_name)?.get(key) as T;
+	}
+}