Farming

A Small Farm

Overview

One of the best ways to provide food to feed your villagers, is to farm. Using Small Farm, Plantation or Herb Garden, Viceroys can farm the following resources on Farm Fields:

•  Grain,
•  Vegetables,
•  Berries,
•  Plant Fiber,
•  Herbs,
•  Roots,
•  Crystalized Dew,
•  Resin,
•  Mushrooms.

How to Place a Farm

In order to farm, Viceorys need two things:

• Fertile Soil
• A farming building (Small Farm, Plantation or Herb Garden)

Once these two things are aquired, Viceorys should navigate to the icon, click on it, and select "Farm Field" option.
You now have Fertile Fields.

Creating Farmfields

Adding a Farming Building

On the left we can the "Farm Fields" option selected, now navigate to Fertile Soil and click and drag to create a farm field.

On the right, we navigate back to the icon and select the farm building, in this example, a Small Farm is used. Place the farming building next to the farm fields, making sure that the bounds of the farming building encompasses the farm field.

Seasons and Farming

When the seasons change, so does the tasks your farmers perform on the farms.

• During Drizzle: Farmers plant crops.
• During Clearance: Farmers harvest crops.
• During the Storm: Farmers plow the fields, adding a 10% chance of double yields.

When the farm field have sparkles on them, it means that field is already worked by a farmer.

Maximising Production

One farmer can only work 4-5 tiles of farm fields per season, it is thus advisable to add a second farm building to any field with more than 9 workable tiles and employ a 3rd farmer to work the land.

Humans have the Farming specialization, meaning when they plant crops, they add an additional 10% chance of double yields. This happen only in planting, so Viceroys can use Humans for planting and any other species for the rest of the seasons.

Adding a small warehouse next to any farming building is also another way to make sure all fields are worked during each season, as it makes going to and fro faster.

Other Uses for Fertile Soil

Once the Greenhouse and Clay pit is unlocked, Viceroys can place them on fertile soil to start producing goods such as  Mushrooms,  Herbs,  Clay and  Reed. Growing  Vegetables is possible in the Greenhouse when the "Moss Broccoli Seeds" Cornerstone is aquired. The Clay pit can also produce  Stone once the "Steel Mattocks" Cornerstone is aquired.

Cornerstones and Perks affecting Farming

19 Perks with selected IDs

Name	Rarity	Description	Sources					Price
			Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra
Advanced Herbalism	Rare	+25% to amount of goods produced in the Herb Garden.	x	x	Ord	x	x	0
Advanced Herbalism	Epic	+50% to amount of goods produced in the Herb Garden.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Back to Nature	Legendary	An old, forbidden ritual. Increases yields by 100% in all buildings that use fertile soil. You will lose all stored food (cooked and raw) upon choosing this cornerstone.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Back to Nature (Stormforged)	Mythic	An old, forbidden ritual. Gain +150% more yield in all buildings that use fertile soil.	Alt	x	x	x	x	0
Biscuit Diet	Epic	A farmer's favorite food. Farmers have a +75% chance of producing double yields when under the effect of biscuits.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Farmer's Pack	Uncommon	Any Farmer can carry 5 additional items.	x	x	Ord	x	Tra	16
Farmer's Pack	Rare	Any Farmer can carry 10 additional items.	x	x	Ord	Rel	x	0
Farming Tools	Epic	+50% to amount of goods produced in the Small Farm.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Fertilizer	Uncommon	Planting crops is 30% faster.	x	x	x	Rel	x	0
Hunter-Gatherers	Legendary	All camp production is increased by 100%, but all buildings that use fertile soil have their yields decreased by 50%. Bonus does not affect the Woodcutters' Camp.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Industrialized Agriculture	Epic	+50% to amount of goods produced in the Forester's Hut.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Large Baskets	Rare	+25% to amount of goods produced in the Plantation.	x	x	Ord	x	x	0
Large Baskets	Epic	+50% to amount of goods produced in the Plantation.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Mushroom Seedlings	Legendary	All farms can plant mushrooms (★★) on farm fields during drizzle season.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Mushroom Seedlings (Stormforged)	Mythic	All farms can plant mushrooms (★★★) on farm fields during drizzle season.	Alt	x	x	x	x	0
Obsidian Sickles	Uncommon	Harvesting crops is 25% faster.	x	x	Ord	Rel	Tra	12
Old Ghran's Technique	Rare	+25% to amount of goods produced in the Small Farm.	x	x	Ord	x	x	0
Rooty Ground	Legendary	Strange roots spread across the land. Wood production is increased by +1, but harvesting and planting are 25% slower.	x	Cor	x	x	x	0
Seed Pouch	Uncommon	Planting crops is 25% faster.	x	x	Ord	x	Tra	12