Is There Much Of A Point To Farming?

[Almea]

When you're relatively unlikely to get a seed back, you can't really have a sustainable farm unless there's something I'm missing.

[Almea]

Re-bump...

[KatherineOfSky]

I found that resources eventually respawn on the map, (unlike in Don't Starve). THe point of a farm is to plant resources close to your base for easy harvesting. I plant in 5x5 squares, then use the resource bomb collector in the center to gather the entire 25 squares with a single bomb.

Also, you will eventually get potted plants -- these are super useful to farm since they don't require re-planting.

[Almea]

Originally posted by KatherineOfSky:

I found that resources eventually respawn on the map, (unlike in Don't Starve). THe point of a farm is to plant resources close to your base for easy harvesting. I plant in 5x5 squares, then use the resource bomb collector in the center to gather the entire 25 squares with a single bomb.

Also, you will eventually get potted plants -- these are super useful to farm since they don't require re-planting.

Indeed, potted plants are very useful, but as for farming, I don't think so....

[Ashyne]

Farming is to have an easily accessible and convenient stockpile of supplies when you need it.

[ehyder]

I agree that the seed drop for farms is very low. I am trying to make a sustainable farm but I do not get enough seeds from harvesting the 'crops' to keep it going for long. I have to constantly harvest in the wild to keep the farm going, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a farm.

Perhaps the devs could tweek seed generation for plants grown in dirt to provide more incentive for having a farm.

[KatherineOfSky]

Originally posted by ehyder:

I agree that the seed drop for farms is very low. I am trying to make a sustainable farm but I do not get enough seeds from harvesting the 'crops' to keep it going for long. I have to constantly harvest in the wild to keep the farm going, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a farm.

Perhaps the devs could tweek seed generation for plants grown in dirt to provide more incentive for having a farm.

My impression of the game generally is that farms are meant NOT to be sustainable -- they are meant to have a quick influx of frequently needed resources. I think the devs are encouraging us to continue to collect resources instead of stopping as soon as we get a few seeds. I do think it's an intended game mechanic... since each plant seems to drop x amount of resources, and a seed takes the place of some other material.

@ehyder - *waves Hi!* :-)

[ehyder]

I did notice that I tend to get more seeds from the wild and was starting to wonder how intentional that was, as opposed to bad luck with farming.

@KatherineOfSky - Big wave back!

[Astasia]

The current system doesn't feel like "farming" or "having a quick influx of resources" it's more like half your drops are "locked" behind seeds and you have to wait 15 minutes to get them. I have like 50 furtle dirt, but only have 25 placed because that's pretty much all you need to burn through seeds as you get them.

I really wish we could have sustainable farms, that is one of my only big disappointments with this game so far.

[BlackDev]

The farms tend to be quite small as the resources are hard to come by and seeds are hard to find in an amount that would farms make productive.

Currently I have two bases for the first and the second biome with 3 farms each with a 5x5 raster to farm with a harvest bomb.

-When I need the resources, the farms are to small to get a good amount out of it, so I need to spend an huge amount of time gathering in the wilderness anyway.

-If I want to keep them running continuesly, the amount of seeds I get from the farms are way to small so I need to spend an huge amount of time gathering in the wilderness anyway

In my eyes, the farms are not much of a use.

[KatherineOfSky]

In all but the last biome, I've found that I change the crops I plant -- basically just plant all seeds, then harvest bomb them, and move up in plant tiers as I progress. My two 5x5 farms are rarely empty -- seems to balance out with the exploring & wild harvesting. (In other words, I don't reserve certain areas for specific crops, just plant the next tiers as they are unlocked).

[Farshad]

Farming seems broken in the current 2019 version. No matter what plant you plant in your dirt, within a couple of generations you'll run out seeds.

They simply don't generate nearly enough seeds to sustain farming.

[Amadan]

Maybe it's meant to be a supplement. Say you find 50 in the wild. Farming enables you to get 75, but won't allow you to sustain the crop because it's 50% yield. It's a matter of making sure the time you spend farming X yield (25) is less than the time you spend searching in the wild for the same amount.