
The blacksmith takes 2 days to finish his work, so take care of any business before that time, (shopping with him, cracking geodes, etc.) E.g.
#Tile miner tips upgrade
Upgrade your tools at the Blacksmith for 5 bars of current ore, (Copper, Iron, Gold, Iridium) + gold fee.A copper Watering Can can charge, with a longer hold of the left mouse button, and water 3 tiles at once. Example - a basic Watering Can will water 1 tile.At max an Iridium hoe/watering can can affect a 3圆 area!
Upgrading your tools is essential - they save you energy, and even better, charge up to water/hoe larger and larger areas with each upgrade. Iridium Sprinklers are good replacements, easily bought from the Caravan and/or Krobus. The Basic Sprinkler is not terribly useful better to save your iron bars for the Quality version. It can severely impact your life, freeing you from the energy- and time-heavy task of watering your crops daily. The Quality Sprinkler is useful for most of the game. Place the scarecrow on the 13th square.īy placing them in a zig-zag, you will be able to cover all crops effectively. To place the lower area ones, count 8 to the left of the first scarecrow, then 12 down from there. From your initial scarecrow, scarecrows on the same level should be 16 spaces apart. I placed only a few Iridium sprinkers on the plan so the scarecrow radius would be more visible. This will allow you to plow the entire land without uprooting them! Place both sprinklers and scarecrows on a floor tile of some sort. (Check the Interactive Farm Planner to see effective radius - see image below). Make efficient use of sprinklers & Scarecrows. Use barns to hold large numbers of kegs & other machinery, (See Artisan Goods section for images & barn sizes). Locate similar items near each other - plant fruit trees together so they can be harvested at the same time, etc. Running in a horizonal direction, it uses only 1 tile.
Your horse is 2 tiles wide when running in an up/down direction, so plan (vertical) pathways with that in mind. To plan the perfect farm, use the Interactive Farm Planner. Randomly, the Crop Fairy may visit you and bless your crops!. Also, by planting one type of crop over your entire farm, you reduce a lot of the "busy-work" that tending multiple types of crops entails. (The 2nd year, you will also have access to new crops as well as ones from the Desert, if you unlock the Bus). Thus for Spring: Potatoes, Summer: Blueberries, Fall: Cranberries, and Winter: Wild Seeds. To get a good start with the game, I recommend planting the most profitable crops the first year, then getting the "Ship 15 of each" achievement the second year.
Planting a 3x3 area solid with Cauliflower, Pumpkins, or Melons may result in a Super plant! (Harvest with the Pickaxe).Make sure to leave room to pass between them. Trellised crops create an impenetrable "fence" where they are planted.You can quick-harvest every tile around you, and plant new seeds at the same time. Select the seeds in your inventory, then right click as you wave your cursor over the ripened crops. Harvesting & Replanting can be done with a single action.Planting: placing the cursor at your feet, hold down the left mouse button and run over your tilled areas - the seeds will be planted on your run path.Fertilizer (other than Speed-Gro) must be laid down BEFORE planting.This is helpful when shopping at Pierre's. This means you can grow a crop that takes 5 days, according to the seed packet. Take 28 and subtract the current date, (ex. Plan carefully, so you don't have crops that will not be harvestable before the change of season. At the end of each season, ALL crops will die, (except corn and Ancient Fruit).