Do you need to water plants every day?

[Gustuv Wynd]

I am just starting and I went all in on planting in hopes to save enough to buy the first farm building. Do I really have to water each day? One plant at a time? Plus I am doing it constantly since I have no money for food. A work day is about three hours for me and then it is back to bed. I wake and water all over again.

Really hoping there is some sort of irrigation in the future, because this is going to get old.

[TheMistBeats]

you can make sprinklers later on

[@ndy]

you dont if you dont water it just wont grow, there are also rainy days
and most of all :
most (replaying) people quickly go to mines the first spring to get resources on spriklers

BTW: there is this basic retaining soil 2rocks per 5 boxes that is pretty helpfull until you get sprinklers i think you need lvl 2 farming to unlock it

[Nibbie]

Also if you upgrade your watering can at Clint's it can water multiple squares at a time.

[ehyder]

It's tough to go all in on planting before getting the equipment upgrades, including ability to craft/buy irrigation. I recommend backing off a bit in the summer to give yourself time to go do other stuff. It will both be more relaxing (maybe :) ) and help you gain resources to use when ready to expand your farm.

[I Kinda Fail]

I wouldn't go above 40 crops at a time until you upgrade your watering can. The copper can will water 3 crops at once if you charge it up. Uses less energy, too.

Just stick out with your crops until they finish growing. If you have 60 potatoes planted, then sell them and buy 30 cauliflower instead. Much easier to manage.

You can also check for forage in the forest south of your farm. In Spring, onions sprout out of the ground pretty often and are a decent food source. About halfway through the season, berries sprout on bushes and you can harvest them daily for food.

[TheCollector]

The game allows you different ways to make money and restore energy. Don't spend all the time on your farm. Use the full time of your days.
Planting and harvesting is necessary to level up the Farming skill which unlocks usefool tools like jar and keg, but you also need other skills and resources to build these in sufficient numbers.
Revenue of year 1 spring crops is rather low. Summer crops like blueberries are much better to earn money. Farming with upgraded tools is much more time efficient. Try to keep a balance between the different activities.

After watering your plants or on rainy days, use your free time to explore the world :

- Check the world for seasonal items to forage. Use 300 wood to repair the bridge to the eastern part of the beach. Walking around and foraging usually does not cost energy.

Some items give low revenue but have high energy value. Keep these items for work days where you need additional energy. Other items have high value but give almost no energy. Sell them or keep some for the community center tasks which become available at the end of first week.
There are seasons (15.-18.) for wild berries which are a very cheap energy source.

Foraging provides additional money and free energy food.

- On some days go to the mines and try to do 5-10 floors, using energy food. You need the ore and coal to upgrade your tools and for useful recipes.
Give gems and minerals from geodes to the museum to unlock the sewers and the merchant down there who sells Iridium sprinklers.

Mining provides stone, gems, geodes, metal ore and coal. Donate/Sell excess minerals and gems for money.

- Some players can make a fortune with fishing really fast.

- Spend some days with clearing trees to gather wood. You will later need tons of wood for buildings, recipes and for making coal. (jar, beehouse, keg, ...)

Income in the later game usually does not come from plain crops but from refined goods (jar, keg, beehouse, tapper, etc). E..g. keg and jar can double or triple the revenue from certain crops. In case of beer and ale, revenue can be about ten times the basic crop sales price (with artisan profession).

[SashaMkai]

There is this also, after you water your plants and are out of energy, go to bed but do NOT go to sleep. You can lay there and slowly get some energy back. It won't be full but it could be enough to do something else.
Foraging helps a lot.

[Stardustfire]

Originally posted by SashaMkai:

There is this also, after you water your plants and are out of energy, go to bed but do NOT go to sleep. You can lay there and slowly get some energy back. It won't be full but it could be enough to do something else.
Foraging helps a lot.

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