Watering own crops (pre & after 1.0.1)

[DrTuSo]

I have 9 farm plots, 9 wells (which looks totally ugly having so many) and a lake in the next tile. So i can get 9 clear water and 10 dirty water before my character is exhausted.

This is not enough to keep the 9 farm plots watered all the time. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but right now, at workbench level 5, and my current status of the quest line (finished the farm), it seems impossible to run a small farm yourself.

And to top that off, all I can do is run for the total of 19 water, water my crops, go sleep and repeat. No time for anything else. Sure, I could place even more wells, the looks doesn't matter at this point at all. The wells don't cost us stamina, so this would be the way to go. And use the well buff on top of it maybe.

Edit: And having to press ESC each and every time I watered a spot, to close the watering menu is also no fun at all.

[smallce]

Build and light it up a CAMP FIRE then stay within close range to regenerate your FATIGUE (not stamina) then. You don't have to go to sleep simply because you are low on fatigue.

I do agree that watering your farm is a bit tiresome, though.

[MadDawg2552]

Originally posted by smallce:

Build and light it up a CAMP FIRE then stay within close range to regenerate your FATIGUE (not stamina) then. You don't have to go to sleep simply because you are low on fatigue.

By the time your fatigue is full, it's night time and you need to go to bed anyway.

[CatPerson]

Is there any big reason to keep them watered until full growth? All the desciption says (I think) is that it speeds up harvest time/days or something like that. All I've done is give each plot a couple bottles of water then run off and do something else for a while. I still get 2-4 plants per crop, making it "profitable" in the sense I used one to plant. Do you get more if you water constantly? I can't recall what I got with no watering. Still got at least two I think.

But yeah, overall I'd agree with this and others that farming isn't worth the trouble/time most of the time, vs. just plonking down more biome tiles to grind, unless you're going for 20x20+ farm plots without watering.

[DrTuSo]

I'm testing it at the moment. I have 4x6 = 24 plots at the moment. Using some with one water, some with 2 water, some with one fertilizer, some with 2 fertilizer and so on.

Farming is super time intensive and the clonky UI doesn't help a bit with it.

Edit: First harvest done. Of 8 planted:

2x 2 water = 1x 4, 1x 3 harvest
2x 2 water + 2 fertilizer = 2x 4 harvest
2x 2 water + 1 fertilizer = 1x 4, 1x 3 harvest
2x 0 water + 2 fertilizer = 2x 4 harvest

Water & Fertilizer seem to only speed things up. Waiting at the moment for 12 plants who are not watered and without any fertilizer.

If that is true, that water and fertilizer affect only grow speed, that stuff is completely useless. It takes a lot of clicks and menu hopping to water and fertilize + the tons of water and bones needed.

Just build a ton of plant plots and you are good to go. Never water them, never waste fertilizer.

[smallce]

Originally posted by MadDawg2552:

By the time your fatigue is full, it's night time and you need to go to bed anyway.

Not necessary - if your farm land isn't too far away (like, 1-2 block away from water source), you probably have enough time to make 2 return trip if you really want to (beside getting water off well next to the shelter). If I have to build a new (and optimized) farmland next time, I will build one tile of camp fire and then 8 surrounding it.

Actually, I found most of the crop farming are NOT really necessary (or don't need to mass-farming). It's not like you need to eat more than 3 times per day if you do fish / random animal hunting/cooking.

[DrTuSo]

Finished my testing. Water and fertilizer only speed up the growth process. They have no influence on the output.
Just harvested 24 plots, which have never seen a drop of water or fertilizer. Most of them yielded 4.

Grinding for water is a complete waste of time.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by DrTuSo:

Finished my testing. Water and fertilizer only speed up the growth process. They have no influence on the output.
Just harvested 24 plots, which have never seen a drop of water or fertilizer. Most of them yielded 4.

Grinding for water is a complete waste of time.

That's too bad. It's something they could adjust in a patch I suppose.

I'm liking the game a lot largely for the make your own map aspect - I can spend oodles of time on stuff like that, layouts and efficiency - as well as a simple chill grinder re: the build up to place more tiles loop. I also like that combat is not frantic/chaotic or the near entirety of gameplay, like so many games. But people wanting more of a "sim" aspect may be disappointed perhaps.