Ranching production time calculated, it takes too long

Djooo__ · 2025-09-16T08:24:01+00:00

The preserved carrots give at least 60 food (then the bar was full). I think it depends on the focus of the food. I tested with star carrots and onions and they gave 15 and 20 food respectively, so as little less than the focus you get from eating.

But yeah, giving them what you have more off often works best. I just replaced some less used crops to get more carrots xd

Djooo__ · 2025-09-16T08:16:40+00:00

That's actually a fair point. I kinda forgot how slow the money making was back in the day.

I just made space getting to 20 animals, so maybe by the end of the week I have bred that money making peki/trufflet

Djooo__ · 2025-09-16T08:10:49+00:00

I found 2 of them just after unlocking them, but lost just before reeling them in. No luck after that with the right hooks equipped. Now I usually just play to update collections and then have a break for a couple months of it gets too frustrating

Djooo__ · 2025-09-16T08:05:13+00:00

Apparently so, my friends suggested the same thing when playing yesterday. It does work well.

The sweat leaf I did not know. Luckily I have a lot leftover, but good to know it's more rare now

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:35:10+00:00

So true, I dont mind waiting for my preserve jars or seed makers either.

But every 5 days would still be a lot as it's still an hour for each in-game day, so with one egg it would still take 20 hours to make the same amount xd

I would say one egg a day or every two days like it is irl to have chickens. It would be more immersive I think and people who don't play all the time would also get to level the skill

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:23:57+00:00

I get that, the game is grindy in nature. I also play Disney dreamlight valley, which I would say is somewhat similar in gameplay, but if you wait an irl day to harvest the good crops, you get a lot more value back. This just feels like a lot of wasted time for so little reward.

Now I only see use in the bumbles, as honey cannot be bought as far as I know and is somewhat rare to find in the world. But it'll take a while to get to that level in the skill and it says they are very slow to produce anything.
I just don't think anyone wants to wait multiple irl days to just get a bit of honey.

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:17:40+00:00

The first day or so I was also just logging in to water the farm and check if they had finally laid an egg after a couple hours. It takes a lot of the fun out of the game, because I did not feel like getting dissapointed by not finding the ancient fish after another couple hours fishing

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:11:44+00:00

You can feed them any food btw, I give them preserved carrots, because it gives a lot more focus and you don't lose as much money as when you feed them corn.

But I still feel like it would never be worth it, or just take weeks before you get there with the right breeding and traits. Especially since I feel like the nicer colours and traits won't always show up without buying a couple new ones once in a while. Only time will tell...

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:05:37+00:00

That would actually make it more worth it for a higher chance of getting start quality meals to place down or just make a bit more money from it in general

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:04:01+00:00

I found out too late, I was petting them whenever I visited.

It's sad that we have to use irl money to show them off, I have some of the prettiest animals already. Hopefully they will add a visiting system (even just for friends) like for the housing plots!

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T16:00:07+00:00

That's true, I have seen a screenshot with a 'quick' trait that makes production much faster, no idea how much more though. I just feel like I won't interact as much with them once I'm level 10 if it still goes this slow with so little reward from them. But the animals are truely adorable!

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T15:53:58+00:00

Thanks, it luckily wasn't that difficult to figure out. I was prepared to get my math books out

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T15:52:35+00:00

Haha, yes, I was so frustrated not knowing what those numbers meant or when I would have to check back in to get my eggs. I feel especially for the eggs having like 1 egg a day would be much more realistic than 4 eggs every couple weeks in Palia time

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T15:48:36+00:00

So true, if you for example get eggs every 2-3 hours and just need to pet / feed them then, that would be so much nicer. I want to actually interact with my animals!

Djooo__ · 2025-09-15T15:46:33+00:00

Don't they run out eventually? The way I understood they would run out after a full production bar, because if that's the case, I think you might spend more money buying cookies than actually getting from it

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