How to capture animals?

[Rallianto]

I bought the game today and try to figure out, how to get cows and sheep inside enclosure? Lure them? And when I have them, how do I make them multiply?
(How else to get food, I figured out to plant seeds, anything else?)

[Rallianto]

Also one of my villagers have brought in some sunflower that is in a chest. They will spoil in 14 hours so I guess I have to use. But for what?

[Asteroth]

use rope to take them to pen, make sure to set it as a husbandry zone, then put some wheat in a feed trough
eventually they will tame and start multiplying, set the husbandry zone to the threshold u want.

[Asteroth]

also helps to have an animal keeper villager

[Rallianto]

Originally posted by Asteroth:

use rope to take them to pen, make sure to set it as a husbandry zone, then put some wheat in a feed trough
eventually they will tame and start multiplying, set the husbandry zone to the threshold u want.

Thanks mate!

[Faerador]

You won't get an animal keeper until further into the game, however, so be prepared. He won't visit your island for recruitment, and keepers at other villages won't be recruited either, until you meet the requirements.

[Rallianto]

Originally posted by Faerador:

You won't get an animal keeper until further into the game, however, so be prepared. He won't visit your island for recruitment, and keepers at other villages won't be recruited either, until you meet the requirements.

Okay I was wondering why nobody with husbandry would show up. Thanks

[NewYears1978]

Originally posted by Rallianto:

Also one of my villagers have brought in some sunflower that is in a chest. They will spoil in 14 hours so I guess I have to use. But for what?

Spoiling is the worst mechanic ever I turned it off. Although, using spoiled stuff for fertilizer makes it not a complete waste.

[Rallianto]

Originally posted by NewYears1978:

Originally posted by Rallianto:

Also one of my villagers have brought in some sunflower that is in a chest. They will spoil in 14 hours so I guess I have to use. But for what?

Spoiling is the worst mechanic ever I turned it off. Although, using spoiled stuff for fertilizer makes it not a complete waste.

I have a lot of stuff that spoils soon. I don't fully understand this mechanic, am I supossed to make everything into stuff that dont spoil? or is there a storage type that undo the spoiling?

[Rallianto]

Originally posted by NewYears1978:

Originally posted by Rallianto:

Also one of my villagers have brought in some sunflower that is in a chest. They will spoil in 14 hours so I guess I have to use. But for what?

Spoiling is the worst mechanic ever I turned it off. Although, using spoiled stuff for fertilizer makes it not a complete waste.

How can you turn off food spoiling without turning entire survival mode off?

[Faerador]

Originally posted by Rallianto:

How can you turn off food spoiling without turning entire survival mode off?

In the pause menu, go to Settings, then World, and you can change Difficulty, Death Penalty, Raid Frequency, and Survival/Hunger options.

[Faerador]

Originally posted by Rallianto:

I have a lot of stuff that spoils soon. I don't fully understand this mechanic, am I supossed to make everything into stuff that dont spoil? or is there a storage type that undo the spoiling?

There's a Cooling Box you can make, and you stuff it with Ice Flowers to keep foods cool. I believe that it extends spoilage time by a factor of 4? So, those flowers that would spoil in 14 hours would now spoil in 14*4 = 56 hours. I'm assuming those are real-hours, not in-game hours; I don't play with food spoilage because I find it annoying to manage.

[tkdbackkick]

Originally posted by Rallianto:

Originally posted by NewYears1978:

Spoiling is the worst mechanic ever I turned it off. Although, using spoiled stuff for fertilizer makes it not a complete waste.

I have a lot of stuff that spoils soon. I don't fully understand this mechanic, am I supossed to make everything into stuff that dont spoil? or is there a storage type that undo the spoiling?

Spoiling was introduced as a feature through game development to help with immersion. As others have posted, I also find it tedious/frustrating so I leave it off. While a little less immersive (no way cooked meals last forever in a chest) it feels better especially when you don't have a lot of food.

Late game farming crops and selling them makes a lot of gold to help with enchanting your gear so there's also that, but play how you want!

[Rallianto]

I see many people who have turned off spoiling. But then I also have to turn off survival mode which will prevent settelers from leaving if they don't have enough food. I like that on instead of totally easy mode. I think I keep spoiling on for now and see what happens.

But for you guys who play without spoiling, do you use fertalizer?
And how to even get fertalizer without spoiled food

[Faerador]

You can convert pretty much any food/seed item into fertilizer. It doesn't have to be spoiled food. It's just that spoiled food is perfect for fertilizer, having no other uses.

As far as using fertilizer, my farm is now large enough that I don't need to. I was using fertilizer initially to get over the early-game hump when I could find or make it, but with an established settlement there's no need for me to use it. If you want to conserve land and use less space farming, however (or if your settlement island is small and you don't want to expand it), fertilizer comes in handy.

[Hoja Lateralus]

As someone who have just started playing (12h so far, beaten the first boss, village with 4 people) I don't see a problem with spoiling so far, especially since you can
a) get a coolbox
b) compost spoiled food
Also I think when spoiled food is added to a stack of fresh food it somehow balances itself out, so that's also a way to circumvent that. And as always you can adjust your production to fit the usage.

Originally posted by Rallianto:

And how to even get fertalizer without spoiled food

I put excess seeds there