Farming walkthrough

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Hello everyone!!

Let's make an step by step gide and discussion about farming in this wonderfull game.

In this guide we will discuss about:
1- From the beginning
2- Why farming?
3- Preparing the first farm
4- Expanding
4.1 - Some layouts

I hope you enjoy!

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From the beginning

You landed in a gridded base cute game but but make no mistake, there are several constant challenges!

Make sure to walk arround a little and collect some resources. Start building the game basic stuff (Reseach plataform -> library) and some defenses too!

When you are stable and confortable with your camping it's time to think about farming!

Why farming?

Now is the time to explore the farming mecanics of this game. But first, why?

--> Maybe you realized that walking arround to collect resource is consuming a lot of in game time during day time, and soon in that day you have to go back to your camping to help defend it.
--> You will need many resources from another ecologies, some of this resources you can farm withou change your ecology. Keep in mind that changing ecologies is a normal action that you have to do in this game
--> Automization!!! This is (in my opinion) the best mechanic in this game! You can make farms automizations, helping you to optimize your time and resource collecting amount.
--> Make a gorgeous base!

Preparing the first farm

We can consider 3 types of farm:

1. Plants
   
2. Animals
   
3. Mining

You can choose what are your most needed resource to farm. After choosing it's time to build your first farm!
In this walkthrough we will discuss only the Plant type of farming.

Plants

To optimize the results of this type of farming you will need the following researchers:

• Automatic Receiver
  
• Crystal Lamp (yellow)
  
• Power Lamp
  
• Crystal Lamp (green)
  
• Advanced Lamp

We have some patterns (not combining more than one Automatic Receiver) to this type of farming, each of pattern has you advantage and your disadvantage. We are not considering synergie between farms to make those calculations. Let's talk about them!!!

Expanding

Some layouts can be boorsted when put side by side! We don't calculate the ods from that expansion but there are lot's of advantages. Try it and discover the best layout for you. In the next session we provide one sample of many plant farms layout.

Some layouts

Legend:
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Char | Building
= | Field
@ | Automatic Receiver
y | Crystal Lamp (yellow)
Y | Power Lamp
t | Crystal Lamp (green)
T | Advanced Lamp
O | Path
X | Fied with chance to generate insect

The pattern 1 (20 tiles):
= = = = =
= = T = =
= = Y = =
= = @ = =

Advantages:

• Compact
  
• Works during night (100% of fields)
  
• Wipe out insects (100% of fields)
  
• Speed up (100% of fields)
  
• Cheap
  
• Synergie side by side (vertically) with same pattern farm -> leading to more efficiency

Disadvantages:

• Auto-collector does not work at maximum efficiency -> only 50% of capacity
  
• Not auto-farming -> only 71% of fields
  
• Manual farming -> 29% of fields

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The pattern 2 (20 tiles):
= = T = =
= = Y = =
= = @ = =
X X O X X

Advantages:

• Compact
  
• Works during night -> 100% of fields
  
• Speed up -> only 75% of fields
  
• Wipe out insects -> only 75% of fields
  
• Auto-farming -> 100% of fields
  
• Cheap

Disadvantages:

• Auto-collector does not work at maximum efficiency -> only 66% of capacity
  
• Chance to generate insect

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The pattern 3 (25 tiles):
= = T = =
= = Y = =
= = @ = =
X X O X X
X X O X X

Advantages:

• Works during night -> 80% of fields
  
• Auto-farming -> 100% of fields
  
• Speed up -> 60% of fields
  
• Wipe out insects -> only 60% of fields
  
• Synergie side by side (vertically) with same pattern farm -> leading to more efficiency

Disadvantages:

• Auto-collector does not work at maximum efficiency -> only 83% of capacity
  
• Chance to generate insect

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The pattern 4 (35 tiles):
O = = X = = O
T = = X = = T
Y = = @ = = Y
T = = O = = T
O = = O = = O

Advantages:

• Works during night -> 91% of fields
  
• Auto-farming -> 100% of fields
  
• Speed up -> 91% of fields
  
• Wipe out insects -> only 91% of fields
  
• Multiple speed up -> 54% of fields
  
• Synergie side by side with same pattern farm -> requiring less tiles in total

Disadvantages:

• Auto-collector does not work at maximum efficiency -> only 91% of capacity
  
• Not compact
  
• Not cheap
  
• Chance to generate insect

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The pattern 5 (35 tiles):
O = = X = = O
T = = X = = T
Y = = @ = = Y
T = = X = = T
O = = X = = O

Advantages:

• Works during night -> 83% of fields
  
• Auto-farming -> 100% of fields
  
• Speed up -> 83% of fields
  
• Wipe out insects -> only 83% of fields
  
• Multiple speed up -> 50% of fields
  
• Synergie side by side with same pattern farm -> requiring less tiles in total
  
• Auto-collector work at maximum efficiency -> only 100% of capacity

Disadvantages:

• Not compact
  
• Not cheap
  
• Need to dismantle and build fields
  
• Chance to generate insect

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The pattern 6 (49 tiles):
O O T O Y O O
O = = = = = O
T = = = = = T
Y = = @ = = Y
T = = = = = T
O = = = = = O
O O T O Y O O

Advantages:

• Works during night -> 100% of fields
  
• Auto-farming -> 100% of fields
  
• Speed up -> 100% of fields
  
• Wipe out insects -> only 100% of fields
  
• Multiple speed up -> 83% of fields
  
• Synergie side by side with same pattern farm -> requiring less tiles in total
  
• Auto-collector work at maximum efficiency -> only 100% of capacity

Disadvantages:

• Not compact
  
• Not cheap
  
• Need to dismantle and build fields

That's all my friends. I hope you enjoyed this simple gide to farming plants!
If you read until here and you need any guide to farm minerals and animals, just try to optimize the space and energy consumption and you will be fine!

What is the best pattern for you?
What is your pattern?

CYA!!!