Parks/natural reserves?

[snuggleform]

Do dupes visit these on their own during idle time kind of like a water cooler or do you have to force them to walk through it?

[Ellip]

You'll have to force them. Best to make a hallway that they have to go through in your base as the nature park.

[SamuraiJones]

they get it when they walk through it. That means you don't actually need to dedicate time to it on "downtime." Just put it on a main street and all your dupes will have a free +6 morale.

Mine runs over the main ladder. Take a looksie.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1823366177

[snuggleform]

Ok thanks, another related question:

Do buried muckroots count as wild or does it have to be a "propagating" (i.e. growing, not one time harvestable) plant to count for the reserve?

[Ellip]

muckroots don't count for the nature reserves/park has to be actual growing plants that not on a farm tile.

[Just a dog]

It only lasts 1/4th of a cycle afaik, so it's best to have multiple and/or on your main tunnels.
Also pips are great for artificial nature reserves - both of these are artificial (just needed to save the natural tiles):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1823413249

If you block the left natural tiles with ladders so the pips plant right -> left, they can plant one apart.

[snuggleform]

Originally posted by KucheKlizma:

It only lasts 1/4th of a cycle afaik, so it's best to have multiple and/or on your main tunnels.
Also pips are great for artificial nature reserves - both of these are artificial (just needed to save the natural tiles):
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198047661279/screenshot/779605041017770438

If you block the left natural tiles with ladders so the pips plant right -> left, they can plant one apart.

eww 1/4 of a cycle...that's difficult to plan around for a 100% uptime then. I guess it still helps though even just to have one preserve before the mess hall.

[snuggleform]

Are you guys using old data? The park bonus seems to be +3 and seems to last longer than 1/4 a cycle, did you guys use an old version?

[Just a dog]

It's not impossible, I never said I'm 100% certain just what I read from some other discussion. If you have more up to date info feel free to share it. xD

[snuggleform]

I tracked a dupe for a day; the park buff lasts half a cycle and the strength is +3. I think in older versions it may have been +6 with 1/4 cycle duration but that is not currently the case.