Last night Penny wanted to update the bedroom, and asked me to remove my chests and such. My farmer awoke to find himself trapped in bed. I had to inventory lamps and plants until working my way free. Not sure why she decided to move the bed against the wall.
It was a good luck day, so I decided to make a test run on the caves. Got to level 20 and realized -- I'd left a lot of my food/energy pickups in a chest when I was doing an all-day fishing spree. Whoopsie. Will try again.
I MADE IT TO YEAR 4! At some point in the winter, I hit a million gold in operating reserves. I also mounted my first serious run on the caves, annnnnnnnnnnnd I got so close. I was on level 88 with thirteen staircases left when it hit 2:00 and my dude just passed out. I lost 20+ bombs and used 30 staircases. :( On the bright side, I got enough iridium ore for 6 bars, and another pristmatic shard. I have 3 in chests and one was used for my galaxy sword. I was trying to hit a balance between using the ladders and throwing bombs to find ladders and slides. More bombs and less manual mining last time. Year 3 was a good year. I finished the community center in spring, hit a million in total earnings in the spring, and by its end had close to 3 mill in total earnings with a million in reserve. Once I get to 2 I will spring for Pam's house. Finally leveled up my last skill, which was combat. I never went back to Ginger Island -- was focused on iron, coal, and stone for staircases and bombs. Let's have a tour, shall we?
This is the main pad earlier during year 3. I've seen other people's farms looking very neat and tidy. Mine looks more rustic. I don't like the "nature conquered" look.
Immediately below it is Cow Island. Technically it's also home to goats, sheeps, and pigs, but the cows were there first. In time I may move them to the Big Island and move operations around, but Big Island is my main cash crop place.
Big Island, my primary cash crop place, and home to my horse Sayyid, several maple syrup jobs, and part of my orchard.
The Other Island, which I only developed in year 3, and Timber Island, now known as Bee & Timber Island, because on spring day 2 I carved out some space for more honeybees. I have been using this island for wood alone, and had it fully covered in trees.
This area is mostly about the orchard but I'm also growing rice here. Eventually it will be flowers and bees, I think.
Moving up is my greenhouse, coop, and Wino Row. Greenhouse has half cranberries, 1/2 strawberries, and 1/2 blueberries. Nothing deliberate there, it's just the seed stock I had on hand when I restored it in winter year 2. The bottom row that isn't covered by sprinklers does ancient fruit and starfruit. I plan to expand those into the main greenhouse area, but I like having a constant supply of fruit for my preserve bins and wino row. I like producing them more than just farming starfruit for money.
Moving back to the homestead, this is my secondary field, started early in year 1. I was using it to grow things for the community center, but in the summer and fall it's mostly a wheatfield.
