Rot in compost bin not usable

[invivo4u]

Fertilizer cannot be made from in the compost bin. My bin has 600 rot but when I try to task a barnworker to use it making fertilizer, the task listing shows rot in red type. (I'm playing the medievalstage beta.)

[TheOriginalMark:-)]

I have not used the compost bin so this is just a guess but I imagine you need to take the rot and put in the resource store don't you?

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Mark:

I have not used the compost bin so this is just a guess but I imagine you need to take the rot and put in the resource store don't you?

this is the answer. i supplied my village for many years with rot-fertilizer. i made it myself, since that's a really fast job once a season.

but yes, for any job to do anything requiring materials, those materials need to be in the workshop's chest, or in the proper storage.

[bmnoble981]

You need to transfer the rot into the food storage chest or the barns storage chest for the barn workers to be able to use it.

[Morri]

Can confirm, you definitely can use the rot made in the compost bin as fertilizer, since I do it all the time.
The compost bin is under decoration though, just like the chests and barrels you now can craft, your villagers have no access to it, so yep, you'll have to move it yourself first.
I built my compost bins next to the barn, which is right next to a resource storage, so it's easy for me to move.

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by bmnoble981:

You need to transfer the rot into the food storage chest or the barns storage chest for the barn workers to be able to use it.

general storage. despite being food, like gather-able herbs, rot goes in general storage.

[hubbemattsson]

Originally posted by Terrorsaur:

Originally posted by bmnoble981:

You need to transfer the rot into the food storage chest or the barns storage chest for the barn workers to be able to use it.

general storage. despite being food, like gather-able herbs, rot goes in general storage.

No, for the NPCs to catch it, it needs to be in Food storage.

[AfLIcTeD]

Originally posted by Terrorsaur:

Originally posted by bmnoble981:

You need to transfer the rot into the food storage chest or the barns storage chest for the barn workers to be able to use it.

general storage. despite being food, like gather-able herbs, rot goes in general storage.

It even tells you where it belongs.

[invivo4u]

OK! ...got it! Thanks!

[Foxglovez]

Sorry to awaken this necro but how about putting made foods into the bin? Like a loaf of bread as example, do you get a rot? How about sticks? (They are needed for air circulation but that might be going too far game-wise.)

[🎮AliveSince1961🎮]

All foodstuffs that normally rot will rot just as well in the composter. Not seeds, crops before threshing and such.

[kyew]

Originally posted by Foxglovez:

Sorry to awaken this necro but how about putting made foods into the bin? Like a loaf of bread as example, do you get a rot? How about sticks? (They are needed for air circulation but that might be going too far game-wise.)

I can confirm that sticks will not even go into the compost bin.

[Foxglovez]

tyvm

[SimpleMan]

Originally posted by Morri:

Can confirm, you definitely can use the rot made in the compost bin as fertilizer, since I do it all the time.
The compost bin is under decoration though, just like the chests and barrels you now can craft, your villagers have no access to it, so yep, you'll have to move it yourself first.
I built my compost bins next to the barn, which is right next to a resource storage, so it's easy for me to move.

Your answer perfectly describes the problem, not the solution.... XD

[Morri]

Originally posted by ChrisHansen13/f:

Originally posted by Morri:

Can confirm, you definitely can use the rot made in the compost bin as fertilizer, since I do it all the time.
The compost bin is under decoration though, just like the chests and barrels you now can craft, your villagers have no access to it, so yep, you'll have to move it yourself first.
I built my compost bins next to the barn, which is right next to a resource storage, so it's easy for me to move.

Your answer perfectly describes the problem, not the solution.... XD

And you necro a one year old thread to tell me this? :-)

There's not really a problem, just a misunderstanding. To clarify; rot is not meant to be used automatically by npc's; it's more there to give the player a way to make a bit of fertilizer early on before they have access to manure. Manure from the pigsty is the way to go if you want to automate the whole process.