Dandelions only need 50% light to grow?

[Drok Bonechewer]

Looking to build an indoor pen so i can have dandelions year round for feeding.
I've seen people saying that dandelions can be grown indoors with regular lights (no sun lamp, too much power) the wiki also says dandelions need 50% light. However, in game it says dandelions need 51% light to grow. Anybody know if its true that you can grow dandelions indoors with regular lights? I would rather not test it so i figured id just ask.

[Steelfleece]

Looks like it's 51% now. The Wiki isn't always 100% up to date, so I'd wager it was at some recent point. Maybe 1.5's drop or one of the smaller patches since.

If you want to do an indoor pen, well, there are mods to get around that. Dub's Skylights is one alternative for greenhouses that may be just a little OP to some or realistic for others. Graze Up gives alternatives for grazing as well, again with varied reactions.

[Drok Bonechewer]

Appreciate your response. I kinda figured that it might've just been patched out. This is my first play through and i'm currently trying to avoid mods (partly because I've seen a lot of people saying mods can be game breaking.) Also because I wanted to learn on vanilla before i started adding mods. So it kinda looks like the only option for indoor pen grazing is to get the sunlamp then? Still kinda early and i see the sunlamp has a pretty hefty energy consumption, so i was trying to avoid that for now.

[Steelfleece]

Some of the other flowers still have 30%, but they tend to be slower to sow with a shorter lifespan. But...Yeah, honestly a better choice if you can swing it would be to grow plenty of hay during the warmer months. Keep it in an accessible stockpile or shelf in the barn during colder months and the animals will go for it.

Some mods can be game breaking (both in balance and in crashes), and in general yeah it's a good idea to learn the base game before you go adding in a lot of new things. Still, if/when you do choose to, just keeping your mods list light and using well-tested and up to date mods can keep the crashing down. As for the balance issue, well, it's a single player game made to be modded easily, so whether it's balanced is up to the player.

[Dr. Uncredible]

Originally posted by Drok Bonechewer:

Appreciate your response. I kinda figured that it might've just been patched out. This is my first play through and i'm currently trying to avoid mods (partly because I've seen a lot of people saying mods can be game breaking.) Also because I wanted to learn on vanilla before i started adding mods. So it kinda looks like the only option for indoor pen grazing is to get the sunlamp then? Still kinda early and i see the sunlamp has a pretty hefty energy consumption, so i was trying to avoid that for now.

Learning on vanilla first is a very good idea, it´ll let you learn what you want from the mods.
What kind of biome are you running?
Unless it´s absolutely freezing out the best way to feed grazers in a pen is probably to grow loads of haygrass, put a shelf in the pen and allow only hay (And maybe kibble) to be stored in the pen.

[Vintorez]

Also worth noting that some plants may only need 30% light but will have a greatly reduced grow rate if less than 100%.