Posted May 07, 2015
I am scratching my head here. No matter how hard I try food production seems to be like Russian roulette. The only early game option I had success with was Gatherer's Hut. The Fishing Dock just doesn't produce the volume needed and crops and orchids are long term investments... But the problem I'm having with Gatherer's is placement. I can't put it too far away otherwise I lose productivity but I can't place it super close to town cause then it impedes future development. Worse still I kinda need the synergy between Hunters and Gatherers but I can't seem to find spots with good wildlife density that I can utilize early in the game. One map had a very good forest for Gatherer's and Hunters but my village starved to death in the time needed to bridge the river, make roads, and build the mini village needed to make the producers locally sufficient and I tried to use Fishing Docks to sustain myself for the first year but even with a full crew of workers the Fishing Dock produced almost nothing.
Also does a Hunter's Lodge actually need visible wildlife to produce or will any dense forest do?
Do dense forests draw wildlife to them over time?
Do I have to be able to see herbs and plants on the ground for Herbalists and Gatherer's to produce or can I put them in any dense forest?
Also does a Hunter's Lodge actually need visible wildlife to produce or will any dense forest do?
Do dense forests draw wildlife to them over time?
Do I have to be able to see herbs and plants on the ground for Herbalists and Gatherer's to produce or can I put them in any dense forest?
Post edited May 07, 2015 by Joey3155