I've forgotten how to plant crops.

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I didn't play for like 5 months and stopped somewhere in the middle of Moonbrooke.

I'm trying to expand the little farm on that island so I and the townsfolk can eat something besides potatoes and stew, but apparently there's more involved than placing a scarecrow and more earth because none of these dunderheads are tilling soil.

I guess I'm not doing it right? What else do I need to do to expand the farm and plant more crops?

[ossmpossm]

well, with a good private ECO-SYSTEM, for such an Advanced Community.. ..., i guess you can try actually removing the SPOILED SOIL with fresh, sometimes THAT will trigger The Event, but alternatively you can try to go along completing the rest of the Quests, hoping that will expand your Crop Circle, but as long as you keep developing, you will be open for finishing your supply chain, even in deadly environments

i wouldn't count on holding out for a Christmas Event or anything like That, Things like that just do not happen anymore, in real life (Unfortunately):, but with such a heavy, hard hitting player, in Today's Market, even without (MODS):, you are leaving yourself Open for orders when it comes to preparing for famish season, so just about good to do, i think your only real option, after finishing your supply chain, and maybe even just climbing into the BATH HOUSE, just for some technical practice, regardless of whether or not there is any real end game goal in That

[lilisaur]

Farmers will prioritize harvesting existing crops over tilling. If your existing fields are outperforming the Farmers you have, then they likely won't till new ground, or might only when they get freed up (for example, after a rainstorm does all the watering for them.)

The probable solution is to temporarily remove other Scarecrows until they are done tilling the new field. Recruiting more farmers from Blossom Bay is also an option, as is doing a mass harvest of existing fields yourself (though they may spend time watering those spots again rather than tilling the new fields)

And obviously you need Wrigley in the area to cleanse the soil around the Scarecrow and at least one Farmer to till the land. If they're still in Green Gardens and you're placing Scarecrows in Cerulean Steppe, then you aren't going to get any tilled land until you relocate them with the Resident's Register.

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...I think my question is misunderstood.

I'm on Moonbrooke, it's the third island. I only get 7 potatoes on this stupid island. I wanted to do other things while being forced to slog through the boring busywork of setting up traps and building onto this lame castle for these idiots.

I want a way to have more food because they keep making suboptimal things out of the cooking station. If I have meat, potatoes, and a FREAKING WELL IN THE SAME ROOM AS THEY ARE they WILL STILL NOT MAKE SOLDIERS' STEW which is incredibly infuriating and I hate every NPC in this game.

So I found wheat seeds in my pocket and that's neat but how do I plant them without these stupid worthless idiots tolling more soil?

[lilisaur]

Solider's Stew requires water, and the NPCs can't produce any recipe that uses water. There's a few other things they won't make for similar reasons (like the hard boiled eggs that require Hot Water)

To grow the wheat, you need to hammer up some of your potato plants. You've only got the seven tilled soil spots - you don't get more. 4-5 potatoes and 2-3 wheat is what I typically use. If the chapter runs very long your crops can expire and you can run out of seeds, meaning you're reducing to relying on monster drops the rest of the way. The Drackolytes that hang around Moonahan drop potatoes, and the Spiked Hares drop meat (along with Cotton). Its hard to feed everyone without collecting lots of drops from these two monsters.

You don't have too many choices for food in Moonbrooke despite a workstation that supports three ingredients. You've only got the Potato and Wheat plants, plus meats and fish that you can find around the island, and your bottomless pot for water. So you lack variety that you had on earlier islands. This gives you Bread, Seared Steak and Spectacular Steak, Jacket Potato, Burger and Better Burger, all three levels of Fish Feast, Fries, and Whitebait as the recipes the NPCs can make at the Barbecue, plus the Farmer's Frappe and the three levels of Smoked Salmon at a Cask (steal one from the ship.) Maybe a few other fish recipes but I can't remember which fish are found at Moonbrooke.

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So I can only really have seven potatoes. -_-

The problem is quantity and they deliberately limited that... ugh, I hate this chapter. I really hope this isn't the rest of the game.

[Archonus]

Don't worry lol, it isn't. Moonbrooke ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks. The last chapter is really cool I think though.

[Hillhome]

Originally posted by CULT|Archonus:

Don't worry lol, it isn't. Moonbrooke ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks. The last chapter is really cool I think though.

Man I was just so DONE by the last chapter it felt like a slog to me I dunno. Moonbrooke also dragged. It isn't the story itself just the pacing of events honestly.

[ossmpossm]

it's a tough atmosphere Here, a delicate balance, will check back, after i get some more stuff done in the Furrowfield Village, i'm not sure how far i can progress, without some leadership Here though, so i'll check back (just in case we get some True, and real Heavy Lifting Done, Here, for working around updates that MIGHT bring in a wave of Grace)