Guide:Food Production
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Hunger & Nutrition
OUTDATED. SEE Needs AND Well-Being INSTEAD
Each beaver consumes, on average, 2.5 units of food per day. All food types satiate the same amount of hunger, but each gives a distinct nutrition buff.
Beavers prefer a balanced diet, prioritizing eating foods that gives some nutrition that they lack and will ignore Berries if another type of food is available.
| Food | Adults | Kits |
|---|---|---|
| Berries | None | None |
| Carrots | Life expectancy +30% | Life expectancy +20% |
| Grilled Potatoes | Strength +30% | Life expectancy +20% |
| Grilled Chestnut | Strength +10% | Life expectancy +5% |
| Grilled Spadderdock | Life expectancy +15% | Life expectancy +15% |
| Bread | Carrying speed +20% | Life expectancy +20% |
| Cattail Crackers | Carrying speed +10% | Life expectancy +10% |
| Maple Pastry | Carrying speed +10% | Life expectancy +10% |
Farming
Raw food
| Plant | Days to grow | Crop size | units/day | plants/beaver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berries | 12 | 3 | 0.25 | 10 |
| Carrots | 4 | 3 | 0.75 | 3.3333 |
Grilled food
| Plant | Days to grow | Crop size | units/day | Grilled food | plants/beaver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potato | 6 | 1 | 0.1666 | 4 Grilled Potatoes | 3.75 |
| Spadderdock | 12 | 3 | 0.25 | 3 Grilled Spadderdock | 3.3333 |
| Chestnuts | 8 | 3 | 0.375 | 2 Grilled Chestnut | 3.3333 |
- Potatoes require 0.1 logs per plant per harvest to grill.
- Spadderdocks and chestnuts require 0.3 logs per plant/tree per harvest to grill
- The Chestnut Tree takes 24 days to grow before yielding Chestnuts
Baked food
| Plant | Days to grow | Crop size | units/day | Flour | Baked food | plants/beaver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 Wheat Flour | 5 Bread | 1.6666 |
| Cattail Root | 8 | 3 | 0.375 | 1 Cattail Flour | 4 Cattail Cracker | 1.6666 |
| Maple Syrup | 12 | 3 | 0.25 | 3 Maple Pastry | 2.7777 Wheat
3.3333 Maple syrup |
- Wheat and cattail requires 0.3 logs per plant per harvest to bake.
- Maples themselves don't require logs, but Maple+Wheat processing requires 0.3 logs per wheat plant per wheat harvest. 0.3 logs per maple tree per maple harvest. 0.16 logs per plant/tree per wheat harvest. 0.14 logs per plant per maple harvest. Or 9 logs per 11 plants (5 wheat 6 maple) per 60 day cycle.
- The Maple tree takes 30 days to grow before yielding Maple Syrup
Planting Ratio
Considering that each plant is harvested and planted immediately and that grills, gristmills and bakeries runs without a backlog, the plants perfect ratio to feed 36 beavers is:
| Plant | Tiles |
|---|---|
| Carrot | 120 |
| Potato | 135 |
| Wheat | 60 |
| Spadderdock | 120 |
| Cattail | 60 |
| Chestnut Tree | 120 |
| Maple | 120
100 |
The actual ratio depends heavily on the time to plant and harvest crops, time to carry goods between factories, drought periods and if 
Folktails Beehive is present or not.