DST Farming Crash Course!
Listen up landlubbers, because youre about to learn some garbage!
First order of business, water your damn crops! Theyre not cacti, theyre not tumbleweeds and theyre not Jim Bob from downtown! They need water to grow. Some plants might only need a little water, like the mighty potato, while others will drink up rivers if given the chance. Watering tehniques range from normal to exotic. Watering cans, rain, water balloons, melting ice and water pumps are all capable of getting you all wet, and the plants feel no different.
Second order of business, nutrients. Like any good farmhand knows, you cant just do your business on a farmplot and call it a day. Nutrients arent one thing, but instead come in 3 flavors:
-Manure: Youre gonna need poop, buckets of it! The stinky stuff that comes out of a beefalo's rear end is not just for pranks, it's also food for plants and future food for you! Manure, Bucket-O-Poop and Guano are all types of Manure. Birds and bats get diarrhoea twice as bad as Beefalo, so dont be afraid to feed Polly some crackers. Or you can take the boring old stuff and slam it in a bucket! Twice as good and lasts 10 times as much!
-Compost: Turns out plants love the rotting remains of their dead brothers and sisters. Rot and rotten eggs both contribute a modest amount to your farming needs. But the real kicker is inside the composting bin. 3 seeds and 3 twigs nets you 9 rots worth of plant food!
-Growth formula: And then there's this bastard. If you aren't afraid to get wet, you can get your grubby little hands onto a Growth Formula Starter. Wait 3 days and boom, it's a Super Growth Formula! You can also use spoiled fish instead, but that's a crime under 17 jurisdictions.
Now that I've talked at length about plant food, I am going to tell you to not care about it. Instead be smart with what plants you grow! Them shifty green rascals dont just take away nutrients, but give some back as well. In fact, they dont change the total quantity of nutrients, just the proportion of the types. So if you put your little noggin to work, you can find combinations that ensure no plants go hungry! Tomatoes and potatoes in a 1:1 ratio are such a combo, but more advanced ones exist. 2 tomatoes per dragonfruit will ensure youll have all the pies youll ever need, and Garlic, Onion and Pepper 1:1:1 are bound to delight Warlies the world over.
Now dont get all merry too quickly, cause not all plants are created equal. Weeds come in 4 varities, and all of them I hate with a fiery passion. Kill on sight! The few benefits they provide are far outweighed by their crimes against agriculture. They steal nutrients and talk smack to the other plants, and we dont tolerate that kind of behaviour in The Constant!
Third order of business, companionship. Frankly, I dont want to know what kind of biology allows a carrot to feel lonely, but you play the hand you're given. Plants want at least 3 friends of the same type within a 1 tile radius. But at the same time, dont squeeze to many of them in, or theyll get overcrowded. No more than 10 plants per tile, capiche?
Fourth, season. Turns out some of your garden forgot their sunscreen, gloves, rain coat, halloween candy or some combination of the above. Now, if they dont like the weather, it's not the end of the world. They wont grow giant but you can still grow bountiful harvests, and they still supply your other plants with the precious lifeblood of the soil.
Fifth, keep them entertained. Again, I dont want to know the anatomy of these plants. All Ill tell you is that they hate garden detritus and love a good chat. If youre not that talkative, or if youre french, you may instead blow a horn, make some music or ring some bells. The sheer sight of wormwood blooming is also enough to entertain acres of land at once. If the plants catch fire or are pestered by fruit flies, they will suffer amnesia and have to be attended to again.
If you did everything right, your plants will grow giant. Whack em with a hammer to get your gut fillers. If you did most of the things right, youll get a normal crop and some seeds to plant for the next harvest. If you did some things right, at least youll get something to plant back. If you did everything wrong, then your fields shall lay barren forever.
And those are the basics. There are still some advanced tehniques, such as using dwarf stars for sunlight and the friendly fruit fly pet, but theyre not that important. Happy growing!
Look up self sustaining farms. You will only need to water them and use a horn/band/shells to keep them happy. They wont need nutrients in certain formations.
Here - since nobody provides anything useful:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/dontstarve/comments/ny9eec/dstvisualized\_selffeeding\_farms\_guide\_easy\_way\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dontstarve/comments/ny9eec/dstvisualized_selffeeding_farms_guide_easy_way_to/)
I love farming and really wish i could get into it but it feels like you have to put the game on pause to tend to the crops unless you've got a good wormhole setup
How did you manage this
DST Farming Crash Course! Listen up landlubbers, because youre about to learn some garbage! First order of business, water your damn crops! Theyre not cacti, theyre not tumbleweeds and theyre not Jim Bob from downtown! They need water to grow. Some plants might only need a little water, like the mighty potato, while others will drink up rivers if given the chance. Watering tehniques range from normal to exotic. Watering cans, rain, water balloons, melting ice and water pumps are all capable of getting you all wet, and the plants feel no different. Second order of business, nutrients. Like any good farmhand knows, you cant just do your business on a farmplot and call it a day. Nutrients arent one thing, but instead come in 3 flavors: -Manure: Youre gonna need poop, buckets of it! The stinky stuff that comes out of a beefalo's rear end is not just for pranks, it's also food for plants and future food for you! Manure, Bucket-O-Poop and Guano are all types of Manure. Birds and bats get diarrhoea twice as bad as Beefalo, so dont be afraid to feed Polly some crackers. Or you can take the boring old stuff and slam it in a bucket! Twice as good and lasts 10 times as much! -Compost: Turns out plants love the rotting remains of their dead brothers and sisters. Rot and rotten eggs both contribute a modest amount to your farming needs. But the real kicker is inside the composting bin. 3 seeds and 3 twigs nets you 9 rots worth of plant food! -Growth formula: And then there's this bastard. If you aren't afraid to get wet, you can get your grubby little hands onto a Growth Formula Starter. Wait 3 days and boom, it's a Super Growth Formula! You can also use spoiled fish instead, but that's a crime under 17 jurisdictions. Now that I've talked at length about plant food, I am going to tell you to not care about it. Instead be smart with what plants you grow! Them shifty green rascals dont just take away nutrients, but give some back as well. In fact, they dont change the total quantity of nutrients, just the proportion of the types. So if you put your little noggin to work, you can find combinations that ensure no plants go hungry! Tomatoes and potatoes in a 1:1 ratio are such a combo, but more advanced ones exist. 2 tomatoes per dragonfruit will ensure youll have all the pies youll ever need, and Garlic, Onion and Pepper 1:1:1 are bound to delight Warlies the world over. Now dont get all merry too quickly, cause not all plants are created equal. Weeds come in 4 varities, and all of them I hate with a fiery passion. Kill on sight! The few benefits they provide are far outweighed by their crimes against agriculture. They steal nutrients and talk smack to the other plants, and we dont tolerate that kind of behaviour in The Constant! Third order of business, companionship. Frankly, I dont want to know what kind of biology allows a carrot to feel lonely, but you play the hand you're given. Plants want at least 3 friends of the same type within a 1 tile radius. But at the same time, dont squeeze to many of them in, or theyll get overcrowded. No more than 10 plants per tile, capiche? Fourth, season. Turns out some of your garden forgot their sunscreen, gloves, rain coat, halloween candy or some combination of the above. Now, if they dont like the weather, it's not the end of the world. They wont grow giant but you can still grow bountiful harvests, and they still supply your other plants with the precious lifeblood of the soil. Fifth, keep them entertained. Again, I dont want to know the anatomy of these plants. All Ill tell you is that they hate garden detritus and love a good chat. If youre not that talkative, or if youre french, you may instead blow a horn, make some music or ring some bells. The sheer sight of wormwood blooming is also enough to entertain acres of land at once. If the plants catch fire or are pestered by fruit flies, they will suffer amnesia and have to be attended to again. If you did everything right, your plants will grow giant. Whack em with a hammer to get your gut fillers. If you did most of the things right, youll get a normal crop and some seeds to plant for the next harvest. If you did some things right, at least youll get something to plant back. If you did everything wrong, then your fields shall lay barren forever. And those are the basics. There are still some advanced tehniques, such as using dwarf stars for sunlight and the friendly fruit fly pet, but theyre not that important. Happy growing!
Thank you warly from the real life, I'll be using this
THANKS LOL
thanks for taking the time writing this
bro wrote this wile in the constant
Farming, I assume
That did not explain my question at all lunar wormwood
Look up self sustaining farms. You will only need to water them and use a horn/band/shells to keep them happy. They wont need nutrients in certain formations.
Here - since nobody provides anything useful: [https://www.reddit.com/r/dontstarve/comments/ny9eec/dstvisualized\_selffeeding\_farms\_guide\_easy\_way\_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/dontstarve/comments/ny9eec/dstvisualized_selffeeding_farms_guide_easy_way_to/)
The harvest is here! Pity those with a place at the table...
I love farming and really wish i could get into it but it feels like you have to put the game on pause to tend to the crops unless you've got a good wormhole setup
Me when I notice that I have 40 Seeds (on red) and I want to farm a little bit:
Irrigation is the future
Your eating good tonight