Do i really need workers to get pig crap

[brian.fowler]

Do workers juts automatically collect the animal produce, or are they actually required to get resources. The game and the wiki never really gave me a clear answer about if a worker was a requirment or not, because ive heard some people say you can do it yourself, which would make sense since you can shear sheep and milk cows by hand, but I never saw any clear answers for pigs and chickens. I shouldnt have to hire somebody to shovel pig crap.

[Rabsonic]

Yeah you need workers to get manure from pigs.

[brian.fowler]

That kinda stinks, Is there a way for a worker to do 2 jobs at once, or does the intensity really not mean anything

[NickTwist]

You should assign a villager to each animal building you have. For pigs, your villager will feed it from the animal feed your farmers make and will collect the poop for the resource building.

[brian.fowler]

I can see how it would be difficult to code pig scat spawning everywhere without any problems, but why cant we collect chicken eggs, they literally have nest boxes in the coop, why dont they just give the nest boxes an inventory

[NickTwist]

Originally posted by brian.fowler:

I can see how it would be difficult to code pig scat spawning everywhere without any problems, but why cant we collect chicken eggs, they literally have nest boxes in the coop, why dont they just give the nest boxes an inventory

One of the points of the game is to have villagers self-run your village. The animal buildings are a great place to assign the female who got a child and you had to replace, I usually put those villagers after they finish with their child, in spots like the animal buildings.

[listless]

It's worth it. A high level farmer shoveling pig manure all day for a high level trader to sell from a market stall can bring in enough income to pay the taxes for an entire village - even more if your barn workers are able to convert it all to fertilizer first. Eggs bring in a decent profit, too.

Those workers pay for themselves and then some.

[brian.fowler]

Thats good info, also do pigs starve or run off if they go without food?

[GIbbralter]

if what you are looking for is manure to make fertilizer, you can harvest berries or unripened berries in spring and summer, drop them on any of your buildings floors, and wait till next season, they turn into Rot, 10 can make 1 fertilizer, helps in the beginning

[NickTwist]

Originally posted by GIbbralter:

if what you are looking for is manure to make fertilizer, you can harvest berries or unripened berries in spring and summer, drop them on any of your buildings floors, and wait till next season, they turn into Rot, 10 can make 1 fertilizer, helps in the beginning

This is true but 2 pigs will make a TON of fert, and they can have babies too - you can get rich fast on them. Well worth the investment.

[brian.fowler]

i ended up getting a worker to shovel pig crap, because i had gotten a few perks, i was able to afford a full grown pig on the spot along with a sow piglet, a maximum of 30 manure per day for just one pig is great.

[Kharn Terrer]

Originally posted by NickTwist:

Originally posted by GIbbralter:

if what you are looking for is manure to make fertilizer, you can harvest berries or unripened berries in spring and summer, drop them on any of your buildings floors, and wait till next season, they turn into Rot, 10 can make 1 fertilizer, helps in the beginning

This is true but 2 pigs will make a TON of fert, and they can have babies too - you can get rich fast on them. Well worth the investment.

I built my town on my 5 pigs. Honestly pigs are just so much better then every other animal its crazy.
Op it may sound awful to have to put 1 worker on your pigs but in the long run he makes you more money then everyone else in the village combined if you have a market stall and a high level worker.