Vintage Story - Everything Farming! - How to Handbook Bit By Bit

[@Hughmong_Us]

If you don't have access to a bucket to scoop up water for the purpose of checking if it's salt water, couldn't you just use a bowl instead?

[@MischiefofMice]

Oh yeah. That's a good tip!

[@enot2140]

Can you though?

[@gabriellevesque2185]

Yes you can

[@benben-fz2es]

Bowl or reeds. Reeds grow only in fresh water.

[@UnorthoTox]

Fun fact, most recent updates include the types of soil. Terra preta found in the wild was replaced with finding high fertility soil, and terra preta can be crafted instead.

[@tyr9499]

Thank you, you just saved me hours of searching

[@sanguine7599]

Interesting lesson on potassium. Its name comes from the source of which it was commonly found... literal campfire ashes, so people called it pot ash which quickly became potash. Then after people found out that there was a none reducible molecule in those ashes. They called it potassium.

[@howtoavenge1016]

that’s pretty cool

[@entropic-decay]

raccoons also break open and eat the contents of harvestable skep hives, so they're a menace to beekeeping as well

[@Andy_Enderson]

Put your skeps on a fencepost raccoons cannot climb fenceposts.

[@JDealer18]

@@Andy_Enderson can they climb trees?

[@Andy_Enderson]

@@JDealer18 they can climb up one block, but not trees.

[@JDealer18]

@@Andy_Enderson okay thanks, i just keep mine on level 3 and 4 of pine trees

[@Andy_Enderson]

@@JDealer18 no problem

[@fluffydino1198]

As someone studying horticulture this makes me super happy to see a game this detailed with crop requirements. :) Fantastic guides by the way! Will be picking this game up soon!

[@StrikaAmaru]

23:00 Lol @ 'flax 8/9 drops less that 9/9'. In real life, you WANT to harvest flax when it's almost but not quite ripe; about 2/3rds yellow, the recommendation goes. So if VS!flax were to use the real-life drop table, 8/9 would drop a lot of fibers and little seed, while 9/9 would drop a lot of seeds and almost no fibers.

[@generichuman3838]

Would be eternal suffering for public server flax farmers

[@XplosivDS]

VS!Flax sounds to me like an Undertale AU character lmao But it's technically correct so fair

[@zaecus]

Pumpkins can be right clicked to harvest. You're doing a really good job of explaining the complexities of this game, especially one that's still developing.

[@Enigmaticldeas]

Everywhere I go I find this channel, Thaumcraft 4 (from like 5-6 years ago)? yep. Tinkerers construct? yep. Occultism? yep. You are a madman of the best kind, keep it up!

[@raysandrarexxia941]

I started watching due to Thaumcraft lol

[@benben-fz2es]

Another point - the only two plants not being eat by hares are pumpkins and onions. Which means you don't have to put fences around these two. But it also means you cannot make rabbit traps with these.

[@MannyXVIII]

If I read the wiki correctly, a water source block should penetrate three tilled soil blocks in any direction, giving the first 75% moisture, the second 50% and the last 25%. So in theory you need a water source block every 4th row since it also "radiates" backwards

[@Lupinta]

I'm pretty sure they don't stack

[@MannyXVIII]

yeah, they don't, which is quite annoying. Thanks for mods though@@Lupinta

[@CrazyHondaChris-H18]

I just purchased the game and only played a few hours. Definitely recommend playing with friends for most enjoyment. Anyway, I love watching these videos when I can during downtime. Thanks

[@CanalTremocos]

Although rabbits, hares, and pikas have some traits in common with rodents they are actually Logomorphs. Shrews and moles suffer the same confusion, they aren't rodents either, they are in the same order as hedgehogs.

[@TheTSense]

when working with low/medium fertility soil, consider breaking and replacing it after a harvest. It could be more common than fertilizer

[@randymotter51]

The fence advice is important, had a friend with a small dirt mound near his and wolves dove over the fence and ate all of the chickens. Finding open flat ground for building makes this easier, but if you settle somewhere unusual make sure to terraform a bit.

[@tehNashty]

I had heard of the new Ocean mechanic but I didn't think it would affect farming, thanks Vallen! I saw the water waves too, is that new? I may have overlooked that before. Would be cool if they eventually tied that to the wind and openness of the water. Not sure irrigation canals should have waves like that... Give Kashca and Zoey hugs from me, please!

[@MischiefofMice]

The water waves do move more during windier periods. ;)

[@thesteelrodent1796]

the waves aren't so bad, but it gets weird when a tiny puddle makes wave splashing sounds in a slight breeze

[@Jack_Wolfe]

WHAT?!?! Potash UPGRADES! Soil? i thought it was just another type of fertaliser. thats nuts. More info i didnt know.

[@tehNashty]

Just need to find a column of Halite...

[@electrobob992]

Same didn't realize it could do that.

[@benben-fz2es]

Too bad it doesn't upgrade the K level beyond 100%. And this requires fertilizing twice the same terra preta block. I.e. one year of 3 flax harvests, and in the end of the year you may have 100% on next years if you leave the blocks unoccupied.

[@maibock]

Nice stuff! Already experienced with pretty much everything in Vintage Story, but I love your Bit By Bit videos!

[@abdi4111]

Vintage story looks really cool. I'd love some magic elrment with it

[@NipapornP]

So, temporal gear, translocators, temporal storms, rifts and all these drifters, locusts asf. are too realistic, right?

[@abdi4111]

@@NipapornPnaw like im thinking spell casting. Those elements are cool. Not saying its not enough. But with how things already work in the modpack, I think spellcasting would be interesting. Maybe with a botania feel to it?

[@thefjalar1869]

You know this game is not minecraft... right?

[@electronnuclear]

even if it gets some magic elements, it should be something like black magic or crafts you see in one of those Lovecraftian horror games. It'll stay true to the genre of the game.

[@abdi4111]

I agree@@electronnuclear

[@arsenic3714]

The complexity makes it so fun.

[@CarnivoreChris89]

Great episode as always 👍

[@minecrafterIVI]

Damn the fact ai actually goes for stuff while it's growing is wild. The possibilities of easy food around my house is gon be fun

[@ramdomguy560]

I hope one-day they add underground water sources and the ability to Dig a well and maybe make a pump Spicket for water

[@KatalistProductionsKozzySasha]

Thanks for this, I will learn how to farm in this game thanks to you :)

[@bobjob2514]

Game logic: that entire pumpkin you just wasted? Yeah. Only one seed. It’s not like you can just save a few hundred seeds BY eating the pumpkin or whatever… lol

[@ethanwilson1001]

Great video, Valen! I learned that the axe also helps harvest plants much faster, even the knife. Peace! >

[@tristans623]

Well done. very informative. I'm new to the game, one thing i noticed is that low fertility soil blocks will gradually change to medium fertility. i am in a region with regular rainfall and only find low fertility blocks below grade. Once exposed or placed on the surface grass will start to grow and after some time they are medium fertility.

[@wizardfoxangel5300]

Yay! I hope this video will teach me how to keep live stock happy.

[@MischiefofMice]

No but you can feed them from troughs the proper foods they like

[@CrazyHondaChris-H18]

Great video 😊

[@slothguy_]

nice I just planted all my pumpkin next to everything and then decided to watch this video

[@tokanite]

Great series so far. Just remember it is “satiate” and not “saturate” lol

[@Niaru.m]

Funny thing that onions want phosphorus as the sweetest onions are grown in soil with extra low P :D

[@Jack_Wolfe]

OH! there's SALT water? that changes stuff.

[@tehNashty]

I heard about the new ocean mechanic, but I didn't correlate it to farming.

[@ethanwilson1001]

Great tutorial, though it may need to be updated to 1.19.x. Thanks, Vallen!

[@sheilwood]

Hey, Vallen, will you be doing a video to inform people on the recent situation on curseforge? People will need to know if they have malware

[@clyax113]

For Horsetail, does fallow soil have to be tilled soil, or is fallow soil any soil without tall grass? What about on the green-top soil variant?

[@pythooonuser]

Any chance you are going to do a guide on animal husbandry as well?

[@Myszkou]

newbie here, this really be a reminder to research everything thoroughly before doing it. good to know the terra peta and any higher tear soil turns to low vertility, when you try to pick it up after hoeing it good to know after i done it and was confused where the fuck my precious soil went

[@shut4922]

I love these!

[@MischiefofMice]

\o/

[@plurrberry7189]

you're wrong about the rodents eating my crops, i already ate all the rodents there's nothing left.

[@ProfesjonalnyYoutuber]

Thanks!

[@MischiefofMice]

[@TheLivirus]

Wow, had no idea about salt water.

[@JappaChow]

I remember forever ago we put farms ONTOP of the water. Does that work in this game or does it have to be horizontal to farm?

[@marianogarcia8568]

Nice video. Can you please tell me what mods are you using to those chest gui

[@MischiefofMice]

immersive mouse mode in vanilla settings

[@ronnydarko9046]

Honest question, I just started watching videos on this game; given the realistic nature of the game, can you taste test the water? Like will it say you got sick from drinking salt water?

[@MischiefofMice]

Not at the time of the video. You drink it without effect at the moment.

[@gabriel_klyn_official]

how do you get a watering can?? I cant find it anywhere

[@MischiefofMice]

Clay forming. I show that in the next video

[@bandito4805]

wasn't terra preta removed from natural generation?

[@JDealer18]

i cant get the watering can fire in a pit kiln

[@elliottment]

Note for self: 25:54

[@Fezdani]

You can harvest saltpeter much quicker using a hoe.

[@crightbrayons8416]

Oh.. finding terra preta i miss it so much lol

[@minhze]

Could you place soil ontop of water to get it moist?

[@MischiefofMice]

Next to but not on top.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Does saltpeter respawn over time or is it technically finite?

[@Prasmatis]

It does not respawn, no.

[@crightbrayons8416]

Does the scythe harvest more crops than by hand or knife?

[@MischiefofMice]

Yes! A 3x3 area!

[@NipapornP]

Well, YES in one go, but NO overall! I prefer the axe, which is very fast as well, and I don't have to go again to collect all the stuff laying everywhere around when scything.

[@NotKnafo]

where beans?

[@nordicfatcheese]

Will rabbits spawn in the grass that grows on fallow fields?

[@MischiefofMice]

No because tilled land isn't a full sized block.

[@ATV0222]

king i am so sorry but rabbits are not rodents

[@OHeBigMad]

as a recommendation to anyone interested in farming animals, save your flax grain for feeding your animals.

[@sabinekine2737]

satiety/satiation, not saturation

[@shurhaian]

Wot, nothing on bees?

[@MischiefofMice]

Not yet. There's a ton of stuff to cover.

[@NipapornP]

"bit by bit", and not "all at once". Patience is the key! ;)

[@faucheur4000]

first

[@tehNashty]

Eleventh!

[@dracsfantastic]

Love the detail. Thanks for the tips