Rust | The Complete Watering Guide (Automatic Sprinklers)

[@MrUnisteez]

1 sprinkler outputs 15 ml/splash. Yours outputs only 12 ml/splash because its dividing 15/4 planters and rounding down from 3.75 to 3 per planter. If you use 3 planters per sprinkler then it's 15/3 planters which gives 5 ml per planter for a total of 15 ml.

[@tamura77Rust]

Thanks for heads up. I prefer to splash boxes in sets of 4 so I will keep it like this but I will pin this comment in case anyone wants to water their plants differently. 1 box = 180mlpm, 2 box = 168mlpm across two and 3 box = 180mlpm across 3 and then as in the video 4 box = 144mlpm across 4. That's super annoying.. if they just changed the splash rate to something divisible by 4 then there would be no need for any circuits..... hopefully that gets changed in the future so we don't lose water to rounding.

[@omnaaggvin3747]

@@tamura77Rust so a 9x9 sharing 3 sprinklers would be balanced and u could just leave it permanently on?

[@tamura77Rust]

@@omnaaggvin3747 theoretically yes, but idk how to share the sprinklers in sets of 3.. to me it seems it would always overlap.

[@vendettus2656]

@@tamura77Rust best options seems to be a 3x3 split with walls into 3x1 compartments with one sprinkler each, so you have 3 planters per sprinkler in terms of water efficiency.

[@derrickb3587]

@@tamura77Rust walls

[@AmexL]

The Man, The Myth, The Legend of Rust Farming...

[@sgtleska]

There is no better place to get a Rust Tutorial. This was very helpful. Keep up the good work soldier!

[@ezenelex]

you actually did it you madman

[@TheOatyGoat]

Mate you have no idea how hype I get when your videos come out. I feel like I'm enrolled in a BSc Rust Botany university course.

[@tamura77Rust]

that means sm, cheers mate

[@DustyWills]

This is good information, I figured all of this by myself, the only thing I'm really stuck on is the water purifier. I don't have access to fresh water most of the time.

[@tamura77Rust]

I would always try to build near fresh water so you can start farming asap. But if you're using the water purifier, just set this up the exact same way, but add a purifier after the pumps, if the purifier starts collecting salt water and can't keep up with your pumps, then add more purifiers and make use of fluid combiners and fluid splitters.

[@rozz1991]

@@tamura77Rust the problem is that the pumps can't keep up... the purifier cuts the amount of water... so if you are using a purifier, you gonna need more pumps than 3 for every 4 sprinklers

[@alexsavutube]

On my server a rust second is 0.98 to 1.02 seconds from what I noticed playing with clocks, I did one that transforms the 1 hour cycle in 24 hours and goes faster at night so is syncronised with the light. If you want a dependable electric system keep it as simple as possible and use longer times on timers, if you try to go down to a few seconds you'l have a hard time. Also time related automations are buggy so do it for the fun of it, don't depend on them.

[@suqdic]

Depending on what electronics you use, some will add a latency when the power goes through (this is why you can set timers way shorter than the normal amount a timer would give you by daisychaining memory cells for example). A second is still a second in Rust.

[@redmist284]

how rust can go this deep. worry about pvp not enough i have to headace about this automatic system to dear lord. ty for the information

[@invincible0522]

Amazing again. For myself at this very current stage of Rust and farming I will be over watering as fertilizer is so hard to obtain. Thanks for the video

[@tamura77Rust]

yeah same, unless I am close to bandit, because pickles are a good source

[@DiniM]

I'm currently running 3 floors of 4x4 for a total of 432 plants with 18 pumps and 3 water purifiers. Each set of 4 planters has only 1 sprinkler so I do have to water a little each growth cycle. The interesting thing is that when I water by splashing the jug, the water is divided by 8 as it also (magically) hits the planters in the floor ABOVE! It doesn't affect the planters bellow! BTW the top floor I use half for cloning the YGGYGG hemp and the other half for corn to turn into fertilizer.

[@tamura77Rust]

that's awesome dude, if you live near bandit camp you can use your scrap to buy a lot of pickles for fertilizer rather than having to grow corn to maximize efficiency as growing corn can take a while.

[@genrihbaranovski5003]

Thanks a lot! All your manuals extremely useful. Thanks again! Good luck!

[@dampnoodle]

And there I was making two switches for the base that control sprinker because my dumbass forgot about the Fluid Combiner. Whatever works either more work more of a hassle. More satisfying to get in sync manually.

[@roelwieggers4181]

I just made my first super gene GGYGGY in-game :D

[@RYANRYAN1234567]

Thanks, been waiting for someone to do a video on this. I couldn't figure out why I was losing so much water, I had a 2x2 with a light and sprinkler in each square ool

[@Ryutai7]

Thank you so much! I love the gardening videos

[@Rampage514]

insert "aint no body got time for that!" meme. Joke aside tho, its some work but its worth it!

[@jackfoo2]

just a fyi if you find yourself in need of bulk water storage the large water catcher has a big tank

[@mc4818]

Youre amazing!! Thanks!

[@Omiae]

he low key a farming chad

[@MFeltmann]

it is possible to have more then 6 sprinklers you just have to add more water barrels as they only output 12 or have more water pumps pr line as they output 12 also and 1 sprinkler uses 2 water

[@tamura77Rust]

No, its for server performance. You can have 100 water, but only 6 will flow through :(

[@Bedtech_3000]

for a second I though bro was gonna play John Hutcherson meme

[@jc6226]

great vids, thanks!

[@janderkheesen12]

I noticed you use multiple fluid switches since you directly combine the water pumps to the fluid switches. You're better off putting everything together with water combiners and then putting those all to one fluid switch, so everything runs on 1 switch instead of needing a new one every 6 sprinklers.

[@tamura77Rust]

Sprinkler pass through only works for a maximum of 6 sprinklers regardless of water intake. Also if you try to flow all the water into one fluid switch then split it afterwards, the switch won't output all of that water. At least that's what I found, I might run some tests and see if combining then splitting is viable for large scale farm, but I am pretty sure there is a limit to the function of one fluid switch.

[@janderkheesen12]

@@tamura77Rust Hi, I tested it myself and if connect all the pumps to water combiners and combine those into more water combiners, until you have 1 exit point with all the water output and then connect that exit point to 1 switch, you can use that switch to passthrough the sprinklers indefinitely until you run out of water output. I have done this with more than 60 sprinklers on 1 switch, it's much more efficient that way and a lot less expensive.

[@tamura77Rust]

@@janderkheesen12 So your pass through goes through 60 sprinklers? Or do you use fluid splitters after the fluid switch? I tried a long pass through and it was always capped at 6 sprinklers. I guess I will retest this when I am next on rust.

[@janderkheesen12]

@@tamura77Rust No, just the passthrough went through 60 sprinklers. But this is only when you have the water combiners together before and if you go straight from the pump to the water combiners (so don't use any water barrels in between)

[@ollie2002]

Hey Tamura77, I was thinking, what if you used one switch pump and just use a water combiner for the other 2 pumps? Awesome video mate keep up the great work.

[@tamura77Rust]

you could, but then you would need a bunch of fluid splitters and it could make the system a lot more complicated. Try it out and see what you think, but for the sake of the video I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.

[@ollie2002]

@@tamura77Rust oh yeah makes sense

[@Vini-wg6jm]

Nice content dude! Thanks for sharing all of this. I didn't know about how sprinklers work.. And this timer for on and off is kinda hard to make... lol I usually just use a blocker and solar panel to activate during the night. :P of corse isn't the best way.. but works

[@tamura77Rust]

If the timer is too hard to make, I recommend using 1 sprinkler per 4 boxes and then just manually refill it every 2-3 hours. If you're not using fertilizer you can use 2 and over water(because the plant is capped at 67% growth anyway) but of course do what suits you :)

[@caleb11900]

Have you found it difficult to get the plant's ground status higher because compost production seems so slow now? What's the best way to make fertilizer that's not too high maintenance?

[@tamura77Rust]

I don't bother with it. Buying mass pickles can work, but its rarely worth it.

[@95fyken]

i love your videos omg

[@laslo67]

first off... much thanks. great information here and well put together. much appreciated. my question is about the last thing you mention in a seemingly offhanded way. the fact that if you're not planning on composting then over-saturating doesn't cause any additional problems and the circuit can be avoided entirely. do i understand correctly that with a constant source of water such as a river/lake (as you've suggested) a 6 pumps/8 sprinkler setup could simply be set to run full time for it's associated 4x4? (at least until the required electrical components could be acquired.) is this level of simplification worth considering? how much does fertilizer actually help? and i guess just as important a question is how much help does it provide in relation to the effort it requires? i.e. would the decision of forgoing composting, fertilizing and the sprinkler/timer circuit setup as a whole be worth if for the simplification of the setup and elimination of the composting entirely?

[@tamura77Rust]

Its up to you and what you have available. With the recent horse dung nerf the only way to get fertilizer really is to bulk buy pickles and use them. Technically the extra cloth per hour you get, using the fertilizer from the pickles will yield you more scrap than you paid (for pickles). So yes it is worth it. However then you have to consider: - are you close to bandit camp -are you willing to keep the water level constant -can you be bothered topping up boxes with fertilizer. Before I would setup a horse farm and say 100% its worth to use fertilizer and keep water at 100%. But after the nerf... its highly debatable. It takes a lot of extra time that could arguably be put to better use (such as setting up more layers). I am hoping they add another way to get fertilizer, but consider all those things and make your own decisions as I only use fertilizer if I am close to bandit camp. The reason I said that in an "offhanded" way is because I assume if you're coming to an automated sprinkler guide, you already know why you need automation and when you don't.

[@laslo67]

@@tamura77Rust thanks for the quick reply. your points/thoughts here are pretty much right along line with what i was thinking but being as new to all of this i am it's good to hear some confirmation that i seem to be understanding things.

[@cyrilleclery7170]

Thx you so much for the tutorial ! For a 3x3 with perfect setup and gene how many cloth do you get per hour ?

[@carlossimoes2102]

4770

[@cbflazaro]

probable easier to use the system that under sprinkles and just account for a break of x min between each cultivation

[@tamura77Rust]

for sure, the complicated one is just for those who want minimum maintenance

[@Netunation]

You don't need a water purifier to use that water from pumps? You were using them on sea water right?

[@ezenelex]

he was using lake water. for ocean water you would need them

[@janderkheesen12]

I don't suggest ever using water purifiers, they take up way too much power and space and it also only gives you 50% the amount of water..

[@steamisalwaysright]

I don't understand why the automatic system doubles up on sprinklers. Surely this presumes I am picking the crops at the exact right time so it doesn't over-saturate the planters for the next crops? I'm doing a 6x6x2; would you recommend that I use 1 sprinkler per 2x2 and just let the water re-fill gradually during the growth?

[@tamura77Rust]

No, because the plants continue to drain water even during ripe stage. Using one sprinkler and a little manual watering is an easy way of doing it for sure.

[@TocsTheWanderer]

You are the only person I've heard mention anything about overwatering plants, and I can't find anything about it. Are you sure it's actually a feature?

[@tamura77Rust]

I am 100% its a feature, most people don't care about it, because if you don't use fertilizer you can over water and it doesn't matter.

[@shark3922]

Thanks a lot for this information.

[@juanalvarez3507]

Math... My immortal enemy.

[@tamura77Rust]

aha I will do as much of it for you as I can. Come join discord if you're having issues

[@juanalvarez3507]

@@tamura77Rust This swamp area opened up and I'm planning on turning it into a garden. If I place the seeds in the swamp water area, will i have to worry about watering them?

[@jared813]

What is the best way to get fertilizer now that horses are nerfed. I did a plant cycle with perfect clones and it took like 15 min extra. Is it worth it to compost food from a farm or what do u do?

[@tamura77Rust]

buy a lot of pickles and compost them

[@Drdeath6900]

why is it that no one and i repeat noone seems to get into the heating portion of things, you can easily increase efficiency and boost that little 61% to a nice 71% overall with a little addition of a electric heater. its amazing and also makes it a bit more comfortable on vanilla rust to tend to plants.

[@tamura77Rust]

because the overall happiness is determined by the weakest stat. If your temperature is at say 68% and your ground is at 67% (no fert) it doesn't matter if your temperature goes up to 70, 80, 90 or 100. its the WEAKEST stat that will be the overall speed.

[@Oliv636b]

nice vid

[@jihi9376]

i fucking hate rust but you make it not bad too watch thanks

[@CapnCant]

Might be a dumb question, but for the timer fraction, will it mess it up if the numerator is higher then the denominator?

[@tamura77Rust]

yes

[@CapnCant]

@@tamura77Rust seemed like that yeah... so for example i have 3x3 planters with berries in them (assuming they all want 5ml/pm) and sprinklers in the center, should i have 4 sprinklers in the center using the same fraction? or is this fraction only designed to work in a 2x2 module?

[@CapnCant]

eh who am i kidding, i should just duplicate your design exactly then i wont have dumb problems lmao

[@95fyken]

can you make a video on how to locate the best place farming on the map ?

[@tamura77Rust]

no need, just go to a river/lake out of the snow. That's the only requirement.

[@95fyken]

@@tamura77Rust ty

[@MrWeezy666]

how much power do you totally need for autosprinkler setup with 2 fluidswitch/pumps? (without waterpumps)

[@tamura77Rust]

For just the circuit? 19 power but only if you set up your e branches perfectly correct. I would recommend branching out more power than 19 to ensure you have enough (~25) because they won't drain more battery than they need. Then you also need at least 5 extra for every pump, if you decide to add them.

[@alikhamesy9891]

does it have to be fresh water? in that case do inland lakes like the one in the vid count as fresh water?

[@tamura77Rust]

no and yes. You can use a water purifier to convert salt water to fresh but I highly recommend NOT using that (extra costs). All lakes, rivers and parts of swamps count as fresh water.

[@FredTheFurryCat]

Hello, is there a way i can extend pump range. My farm is slightly away from the river and the pump only gets a little over halfway

[@tamura77Rust]

Yes. Build a 1x1 and put a fluid combiner or fluid splitter in to extend the range.

[@FredTheFurryCat]

@@tamura77Rust thank you mate, your videos have been an enormous help for me!

[@on3san07]

nice !!!

[@marshall1093_]

why does my water keeps runnning out tho when i have 3 pumps running into a powered water purifier into a fluid switch

[@tamura77Rust]

Water purifiers are inefficient, so you’ll need twice the pumps

[@marshall1093_]

@@tamura77Rust ah thank you so much

[@cyrielroelofs]

I don't know what i'm doing wrong, i tried putting a sprinkler each box. 1 sprinkler for 2 boxes and 1 sprinkler for 3 boxes. Even tried 0 sprinklers at all. The Water level of all plants stay below 20%. Some even 0%. which means the health is very low. I really don't get this system and i feel like this should be simplified.

[@tamura77Rust]

Sprinklers MAINTAIN water, so make sure to let the planters fill up before planting your plants, you can speed up this process by assisting manually (with a water jug) just to give it a head start.

[@rrajakan]

Why is there 12 power going into the pumps if you set the branches to 5 power?

[@tamura77Rust]

should be 5

[@rrajakan]

@@tamura77Rust Yeah, but you set the branches at 5. Weird that when you point to the pump it shows 12 power.

[@tamura77Rust]

@@rrajakan yeah its a little glitchy, I think it shows the number of left over electricity too or something weird.

[@ezenelex]

8:35 why cant you just have all the pumps combine into 1 pipe with all the water, passing that through all 16 of the sprinklers? that would get rid of the need of using 2 switches for the 2 floors

[@tamura77Rust]

5:32 :)

[@ezenelex]

oh perfect thanks

[@ruiloureiro3167]

Tamura77 Hey Tamura77! Great video. I am playing in staging and I can get the water over much more sprinklers, not only 6. Not sure if this is a change to come, haven’t tried it out in vanilla, but I assume that it’s not out yet since your video is only 5 days old. I am pumping water to barrels from each individual pump, then using fluid combiners to combine the output of 3 barrels into a fluid pump/switch and the pressure adds (36, 12 per barrel). The fluid pump/switch then is capable of handling 18 sprinklers (2 loss per sprinkler).

[@valtsu8027]

Is it somehow possible to do the same setup, but with water catchers?

[@tamura77Rust]

No, water catchers yield next to zero water.. don’t bother

[@Squancheeb]

I’m trying to build a farm on an iceberg..... is that possible?

[@tamura77Rust]

I guess.. I would highly recommend that you build elsewhere. The water is probably too deep for pumps too.

[@willsober7161]

What is the ideal plant water level? 80%?

[@tamura77Rust]

10:58

[@sheridan111111]

im always getting 71%, what am i doing wrong?

[@jorgepreciado6984]

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[@zypex687]

I am confusion

[@on3san07]

Hi guys, its been 2 years. but, water combiner and water splitter is still useless. 😂

[@MultiAnwalt]

Man nice Video but ui put Fallout 4 as Game in the dis cription

[@tamura77Rust]

Was done automatically for some weird reason, changed it

[@IceGeck0]

You dont grow plants overnight so the sprinklers easily fill the planters overnight and I doubt you will run the planters dry during the day. Too over-engineered.

[@ChristopherCrafford]

The math here made no sense at all, you didn't show us how to calculate for our own planters. Just pulled random numbers.

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[@hatedbylifeitself]

Great video! Thx for all the information.

[@PenkoAnonym]

do you still need more fluid switches? Cause i can see water going out of 9 sprinklers even though ive one fluid switch i.imgur.com/A9YJMIi.png thats my setup

[@tamura77Rust]

You can see water, but are those end planters filling up at the same rate?

[@PenkoAnonym]

@@tamura77Rust no but doesn’t change when I put a switch between them either

[@tamura77Rust]

@@PenkoAnonym You can try running your wire and/or hose tool through all the circuits to see the number associated with the electricity and/or water flow to see where the water is getting cut off. Unfortunately FP has a few limitations when it comes to water flow that isn't clearly labelled on the devices and weird buggy things start to happen where visuals of water flow but the actual planters don't get filled up. I would recommend re constructing this setup and making sure you have enough pumps to sprinklers as well as enough electricity (directed via e branches) to each fluid switch. It's very important that the numbers of each branch are correct. For your specific setup I would recommend sharing any issues on my discord (link in description), that way you can share photos and have mods or myself look at SPECIFIC issues.

[@PenkoAnonym]

@@tamura77Rust is there any creative build server where I can fill stuff with water without using endless water catchers

[@tamura77Rust]

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