Are spouses supposed to help you with the farm?

Jenthefarmer

Greenhorn
Are spouses supposed to help you with the farm?

I heard that they might help watering the crops, or feed the animals.

But i've been married to Penny for three years now, and all she does is give me some breakfast every now and then. And go out to the town to teach those kids. And when she is home she keeps saying "Oh this would be such a great place to raise childeren, i would've been so happy"

(Yeah i think you can see i regret marrying her a bit oops 😭)
 
Moonlit Sky

Moonlit Sky

Sodbuster
They do water crops and feed animals, but as I am female and don't marry the bachelorettes, I don't know if the female ones do work either.
 

Terdin

Farmhand
Abigail helps out with the chores. She had the same comments when standing on the porch as Shane and Alex did.

It could be that Penny is a special case.
 
REtroGeekery

REtroGeekery

Farmer
I've married Sebastian, Elliot, and Alex in different saves and each of them occasionally fill the pets' water bowls, feed the animals (they'll sometimes say they did this even if your coop and/or barn has auto feeders), water crops*, and repair fences. This is all in addition to the gifts they give the farmer (gifts alter by character). I've noticed that Alex seems to do these tasks more often than Elliot, while Sebastian does them slightly less. This is in line with each characters' propensity to go outside. I've also noticed that every time Alex ot Elliot use their outdoor space, the pets' water bowls are filled (often without being remarked on), while this isn't the case with Sebastian. Note that repairing fences only applies to outdoor fences, not fences in the slime hutch, cabins, sheds, etc.

I've also been roommates with Krobus, and he doesn't do any of these tasks (tbf, he can only leave the house on rainy days).

* They do not necessarily water every crop. They seem to randomly hit on a section of planted tiles for watering. For example, on one of my beach farms (where you cannot use sprinklers everywhere), I've had Alex water a whole block of crops one day and then water a third of the same crops on another.
If you have sprinklers on everything, they'll comment that they were going to water but you have the place wired down already. 🙂
 

Jenthefarmer

Greenhorn
REtroGeekery said:
I've married Sebastian, Elliot, and Alex in different saves and each of them occasionally fill the pets' water bowls, feed the animals (they'll sometimes say they did this even if your coop and/or barn has auto feeders), water crops*, and repair fences. This is all in addition to the gifts they give the farmer (gifts alter by character). I've noticed that Alex seems to do these tasks more often than Elliot, while Sebastian does them slightly less. This is in line with each characters' propensity to go outside. I've also noticed that every time Alex ot Elliot use their outdoor space, the pets' water bowls are filled (often without being remarked on), while this isn't the case with Sebastian. Note that repairing fences only applies to outdoor fences, not fences in the slime hutch, cabins, sheds, etc.

I've also been roommates with Krobus, and he doesn't do any of these tasks (tbf, he can only leave the house on rainy days).

* They do not necessarily water every crop. They seem to randomly hit on a section of planted tiles for watering. For example, on one of my beach farms (where you cannot use sprinklers everywhere), I've had Alex water a whole block of crops one day and then water a third of the same crops on another.
If you have sprinklers on everything, they'll comment that they were going to water but you have the place wired down already. 🙂
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Thanks, good to know since i'll probably marry someone else in the future 😅
 
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