Don't Starve Together is a cooperative survival sandbox game developed by Klei Entertainment that drops you and your friends into a world, within which food is always scarce. While hunting and gathering may be good enough for subsistence, the fine art of farming guarantees not only an alternative but also a far more reliable and sustainable solution. This guide shall take readers through the nitty-gritty involved in farming within Don't Starve Together and help one achieve a bountiful harvest that should make for a continued source of food within a colony.
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From Seed to Supper: The Basics of Agriculture
Unlike the single-player version, Don't Starve Together has a farming system that the players can use to grow several crops. Here are the basics:
- Farm Plots: This is the base of all your agricultural pursuits. Farm Plots are placeable structures that create fertile soil in which seeds can be planted. Each plot can contain multiple crops.
- Seeds: Found via harvesting existing crops or as drops from birds, seeds are what is planted to begin the growth process of a plant. Different seeds will yield different crops.
- Hoe: The basic hand implement that tills the earth on Farm Plots and gets the ground ready for planting.
- Watering Can: Water is life to a plant. With the Watering Can, keep your crops well-hoed and wait for your harvest to be bountiful.
Here's how to make your crops flourish:
- Placing Your Farm Plots: Place your Farm Plots in sunny areas with easy access to water sources. Don't place them too close to Shadow Manipulators or in places where it's wet most of the time, as their growth can be compromised.
- Planting and Spacing: Plant the seeds by using the plant spot in your farm plots. Leave some spaces in between for plants that are too close to each other to be able to inhibit their growth.
- Crops and Watering: Use your 'Interact' key on crops to upkeep them. Water each crop twice per growth stage to keep it sufficiently watered.
- Fertilization: Some crops do well with the addition of fertilizers to optimize harvest. Fertilizers can be obtained in several ways, for instance from the dung of Beefalo or the manure of Glommer.
Advanced Farming: Unlocking the Potential
Once you can understand some of the basic things, go ahead with the advanced farming techniques for optimized results:
- Giant Crops: With some TLC for the plants in your farm throughout their growth cycle, you might see a giant crop or two. These will yield much more than regular crops.
- Crop Seeds: Fully grown crops may occasionally yield Crop Seeds upon harvest. Can be planted like a crop to grow, no longer will we use bird-dropped seeds.
- Crop Rotation: The different types of crops take a specific nutrient from the soil. Crop rotation should be done regularly to avoid the depletion of nutrients and to continually enhance the growth of the crop.
Farming Resources in Don't Starve Together
Valuable resources to learn more about farming:
- Official Don't Starve Together Wiki: This entire Wiki contains details for just about everything you would want to know about farming, including specific crop needs and details of fertilizing.
- Community Farming Guides: A bunch of online guides put together by veterans with some fantastic advice and tactics to really get the best out of your farm with Don't Starve Together.
Not that there is a "best" time to do it, but to plant them in spring or summer will, at least, assure that there is regular sunlight and growth in the initial stages.
Inspect your plants visually. Wilting, dry plants need to be watered.
Not all crops will benefit from the fertilizer, though some will. Research to find out individual needs for each crop.
The growth period of the crops is dependent on the type of crop sown. Refer to the Don't Starve Together Wiki for details on timing.
Conclusion:
Farming in Don't Starve Together reorients the way you play from a desperate scavenger into a resourceful agriculturalist. Master the must-need techniques: apply in-game strategies, use what is available to you in the environment, and set up a prospering farm. This will surely keep the flow of food steady into your colony and pave a more prosperous, sustainable future in the harsh wilderness.
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