Herb Garden

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Herb Garden

Farm
(Food Production)

Uses nearby farm fields to grow Roots (★), Herbs (★★).

Specialization bonus:
 Farming (Proficiency) 

2 Workers

Recipes

•  Herbs (★★)
•  Roots (★)

12 Storage

Construction

2

Planks

2	City score
20	Build time
2 × 2	Building size

Movable

ID = 'Herb Garden'

Overview

The Herb Garden is a Food Production farm building that uses nearby Farm Fields to grow  Roots and  Herbs.

Herb Garden doesn't need to be unlocked. It is available as a potential blueprint from the start.

Herb Garden has a Hallowed variant: Hallowed Herb Garden.

Seasonal Work

As a farm building, the Herb Garden requires different tasks to be done each Season, these are:

• Drizzle: Planting takes place. Double Yield chances are calculated during planting.
• Clearance: Harvesting takes place.
• Storm: Plowing takes place. Plowing applies +10% Double Yield chance to Farm Fields.

Production Chain

Recipes in the Herb Garden

2 Recipes in the Herb Garden

Buildings	Grade	Ingredient	#	Product
	★★ 1:00	—	6	Herbs
	★ 1:00	—	3	Roots

Perks and Cornerstones

14 Perks with specific names and by searching descriptions

Name	Rarity	Description	Sources										Price
			Alt	Cor	Ord	Rel	Tra	Dec	Por	Fir	Ser	Bio
Advanced Herbalism	Rare	+25% to amount of goods produced in the Herb Garden.	x	x	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Advanced Herbalism	Epic	+50% to amount of goods produced in the Herb Garden.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Back to Nature	Legendary	An old, forbidden ritual. Increases yields by 100% in all buildings that use fertile soil. You will lose all stored food (cooked and raw) upon choosing this cornerstone.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Back to Nature (Stormforged)	Mythic	An old, forbidden ritual. Gain +150% more yield in all buildings that use fertile soil.	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Biscuit Diet	Epic	A farmer's favorite food. Farmers have a +100% chance of producing double yields when under the effect of biscuits.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Farmer's Pack	Uncommon	Any Farmer can carry 5 additional items.	x	x	Ord	x	Tra	x	Por	x	x	x	16
Farmer's Pack	Rare	Any Farmer can carry 10 additional items.	x	x	Ord	Rel	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Fertilizer	Uncommon	Planting crops is 30% faster.	x	x	Ord	Rel	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Hunter-Gatherers	Legendary	All gathering camp production is increased by 100%, but all buildings that use fertile soil have their yields decreased by 50%. Bonus does not affect the Woodcutters' Camp.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Mushroom Seedlings	Legendary	All farms can plant mushrooms (★★) on farm fields during drizzle season.	x	Cor	x	x	x	x	Por	x	x	x	0
Mushroom Seedlings (Stormforged)	Mythic	All farms can plant Mushrooms (★★) on farm fields during drizzle season. Planting and harvesting crops is 50% faster.	Alt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Obsidian Sickles	Uncommon	Harvesting crops is 25% faster.	x	x	Ord	Rel	Tra	x	Por	x	x	x	12
Obsidian Sickles	Uncommon	Harvesting crops is 30% faster.	x	x	Ord	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	0
Seed Pouch	Uncommon	Planting crops is 25% faster.	x	x	Ord	x	Tra	x	Por	x	x	x	12

Strategies

•  Roots are the only product of the Herb Garden that can be directly eaten as food, however producing them in the Herb Garden is extremely inefficient, being even slower that gathering them from a Small Foragers' Camp. There are multiple ways to mitigate this disadvantage of the Herb Garden:
  • Produce only  Herbs (disable the other recipe) and find a way to turn the Herbs into food, such as using a  Porridge recipe or combining it with  Flour to produce  Pie or  Biscuits.
  • Find another source of food and use the  Herbs for other purposes, such as producing  Tea,  Incense or  Pack of Provisions.
  • Improve the efficiency of the  Roots recipe using Perks and Cornerstones that increase the yield of Roots.
  • Obtain the Mushroom Seedlings cornerstone to produce  Mushrooms instead.