Question about food box and well

[Sakapuss]

Hey, just a quick question about those :

I'm wondering which "zone" count for them to take effect ? As in, in order for villagers to feed and drink, do i need to make sure the well and food box are in their movement range ? or as long as the villagers themself are in the blue circle of the well/food box, they'll get fed even if their individual mouvement range doesn't include the buildings ?

Thanks

[victor889]

maybe the range of the food box should cover their staring position.

[Player 1]

@Sakapuss - Everything has to be "Inrange" of the NPC that it can be used by them... Out of range it takes no effect.

[Sakapuss]

Originally posted by Player 1:

@Sakapuss - Everything has to be "Inrange" of the NPC that it can be used by them... Out of range it takes no effect.

Thanks

[Shrub]

I've done extensive testing so I'll also clarify -

In range is defined as an overlapping of territory i.e, the blue circles.

If Hana is far away from the food box, but her territory is extended so that her blue territory is intersected with a food bin's blue circle and a water well's blue circle, all of her needs will be met.

You can check the respective territories by clicking on them.

This also extends to NPC interactions and is useful for managing relationships, but I digress.

[Sakapuss]

Originally posted by Shrub:

I've done extensive testing so I'll also clarify -

In range is defined as an overlapping of territory i.e, the blue circles.

If Hana is far away from the food box, but her territory is extended so that her blue territory is intersected with a food bin's blue circle and a water well's blue circle, all of her needs will be met.

You can check the respective territories by clicking on them.

This also extends to NPC interactions and is useful for managing relationships, but I digress.

Welp, that is quite nice info there, so bases can actually be quite large with only one food box and one well in the middle i guess, since, if i understood correctly as long as you get a fraction of the buildings blue circle in any NPC own territory, they'll get what they need.

Not like well / food boxes were hard to get and keeping them full is quite easy once you have some dedicated workers spamming food for you, but still nice to know.

Thanks a bunch

[flannan]

Originally posted by Sakapuss:

Not like well / food boxes were hard to get and keeping them full is quite easy once you have some dedicated workers spamming food for you, but still nice to know.

Food boxes are easy to make, but a well needs a lot of iron for the shovels. Like, 4 shovels = 8 iron bars = 80 raw iron.
And since villager-operated mines hardly produce any iron (unless I'm missing something, out of 10 work shifts, they produce 1 raw iron), you'll need to run anround a mine and mine iron yourself.