Food balance

[Dako]

I must be doing something wrong here... I Never have enough food or workers... I am always shorthanded and need food. Every race played and am experienced in city builders... Help please.

[pwnage_incarnate]

You want a few different food sources, and the species working those sources need bonuses. Cretonians farm, Tilapis ranch or hunt, and Amevias fish. Grain and bread are the most efficient food source for all species except Garthimis, so if you're struggling just to get enough food and you don't care about variety, then get some Cretonians running a grain farm on high fertility and a few Dondorians running a bakery, and that should free up a lot of workforce

[MOK]

Check this steam guide - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231499915

But the short answer is that wheat is your staple crop. It's primary use should keep you stable without too much labor investment, as long as it's placed on somewhat fertile ground with good logistics. And importing grain is pretty cheap and reliable. So if you don't have food stores, ultimately it's gonna be because you're not Graining enough.

There are other crop options that aren't nearly so productive, and just wont create the food stores you need to keep plebs happy. In the end, the most efficient result is to have a good warehouse full of grain, that wont spoil quickly, and supplement it with a little bit of spare of any other preferred food, just enough to see you through the immediate future, with minimal spoilage.

Personally, I've been building a baker to service every distance-separated neighborhood, and seeing that they only bake enough to just barely meet the local bread demand. Bread spoils quick, wheat does not.

[Dako]

Originally posted by pwnage_incarnate:

You want a few different food sources, and the species working those sources need bonuses. Cretonians farm, Tilapis ranch or hunt, and Amevias fish. Grain and bread are the most efficient food source for all species except Garthimis, so if you're struggling just to get enough food and you don't care about variety, then get some Cretonians running a grain farm on high fertility and a few Dondorians running a bakery, and that should free up a lot of workforce

Thanks for the reply, will try it out.

[Dako]

Originally posted by MOK:

Check this steam guide - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231499915

But the short answer is that wheat is your staple crop. It's primary use should keep you stable without too much labor investment, as long as it's placed on somewhat fertile ground with good logistics. And importing grain is pretty cheap and reliable. So if you don't have food stores, ultimately it's gonna be because you're not Graining enough.

There are other crop options that aren't nearly so productive, and just wont create the food stores you need to keep plebs happy. In the end, the most efficient result is to have a good warehouse full of grain, that wont spoil quickly, and supplement it with a little bit of spare of any other preferred food, just enough to see you through the immediate future, with minimal spoilage.

Personally, I've been building a baker to service every distance-separated neighborhood, and seeing that they only bake enough to just barely meet the local bread demand. Bread spoils quick, wheat does not.

Thank you sir, I will review the guide you suggested and try that bakery trick.