How does fertilizer work?
This is the first time I've played a Rune Factory game, and I'm only a few game days in so far, so please bear with my ignorance.
I got a compost bucket through a request, but I don't know what to do with it. I put 9 withered grass in it, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I can't look inside, only pick it up/break it. I tried finding the answer to this in the giant questions thread, but I only got about 20 pages in before I began to despair.
I understand that soil can degrade if you plant it repeatedly, so I planted first in the right half of the field and now I'm all over the left half. I hope I can boost the soil somehow soon.
Please help!
I got a compost bucket through a request, but I don't know what to do with it. I put 9 withered grass in it, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. I can't look inside, only pick it up/break it. I tried finding the answer to this in the giant questions thread, but I only got about 20 pages in before I began to despair.
I understand that soil can degrade if you plant it repeatedly, so I planted first in the right half of the field and now I'm all over the left half. I hope I can boost the soil somehow soon.
Please help!
- sadeofraine
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Hey, there! I'm not sure how well I can answer your question, but I'll try. Putting things likes weeds and grasses in the compost raise the quality of your fields. After so long, you'll notice the amount go down, and you can restock it. One compost bucket can spread across all your fields. Also, growing corn to complete ripeness and using the hoe on it instead of harvesting it can raise soil quality. You can also use the hoe on withered grass to do the same thing.
So all I have to do it put stuff in the bucket and it magically infuses throughout the entire field? That sounds almost too good to be true!
Good to know that I can put weeds and grasses in there. I have a bunch of green and blue grass and some black (or maybe purple?) grass, too. What's the difference?
I thought maybe I'd read I could use the hoe on grass to till nutrients into the field, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the tip! And corn works, too, huh? Any other crops/items?
Also, how do I check the soil quality?
Sorry for the barrage of questions. I am a complete « new farmer ».
Good to know that I can put weeds and grasses in there. I have a bunch of green and blue grass and some black (or maybe purple?) grass, too. What's the difference?
I thought maybe I'd read I could use the hoe on grass to till nutrients into the field, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the tip! And corn works, too, huh? Any other crops/items?
Also, how do I check the soil quality?
Sorry for the barrage of questions. I am a complete « new farmer ».
It doesn't matter what type of grass you place in the compost bucket, it'll still be the same and no difference. As far as I remember that is, since I've practically dump any weeds and unwanted colored grass into the bucket and it still works.
Regarding the corn issue, I'm not entirely sure if any crops can do that, since I just use either corn or dried weeds (those brown color one) to restore the quality and nutrient of the field. Never really wanted to sacrifice my corn so opt with dried weeds instead.
To check the soil quality you will need the magnifying glass. It's a very useful tool in RF4 which....if I remember correctly you can buy from Bado.
Regarding the corn issue, I'm not entirely sure if any crops can do that, since I just use either corn or dried weeds (those brown color one) to restore the quality and nutrient of the field. Never really wanted to sacrifice my corn so opt with dried weeds instead.
To check the soil quality you will need the magnifying glass. It's a very useful tool in RF4 which....if I remember correctly you can buy from Bado.
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- asduskfalls
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Thank you for all the advice!
I'll grab a magnifying glass when I can, and I'll keep a stack of each type of grass handy for future chemistry endeavors. Are regular weeds ingredients, too?
I'm fresh off ANB, so my instinct is to hoard EVERYTHING. (I've shipped only 1 turnip and 1 fish thus far, and only to fulfill requests.) Plus, I'm the kind of player who likes to know as much as possible going into a game so I can avoid nasty surprises, so it is sad and unfortunate there's no lovely Cher guide for this game. (I know she has way too much on her hands as it is, but wouldn't that be awesome?) I have been trying to muddle through with this walkthrough, but the table with the soil values is basically gibberish to me at this point.
I'll grab a magnifying glass when I can, and I'll keep a stack of each type of grass handy for future chemistry endeavors. Are regular weeds ingredients, too?
I'm fresh off ANB, so my instinct is to hoard EVERYTHING. (I've shipped only 1 turnip and 1 fish thus far, and only to fulfill requests.) Plus, I'm the kind of player who likes to know as much as possible going into a game so I can avoid nasty surprises, so it is sad and unfortunate there's no lovely Cher guide for this game. (I know she has way too much on her hands as it is, but wouldn't that be awesome?) I have been trying to muddle through with this walkthrough, but the table with the soil values is basically gibberish to me at this point.
It's okay to hoard! I think it's sort of a basic instinct that anyone played HM games to hoard everything! xD
Anyway dried weeds are a necessary ingredients if you were to create some medicines. As for normal weeds usually I used it for additional material if I were to forge some armor and equipment. Since you can practically experiment and dump things when forging stuff. It's the fun part of it.
Regarding the soil values, I'll be honest now. Even though I already beat the game and on Yr 5 those attributes still doesn't makes enough sense to me so I just keep dumping stuff on the soil to raise their attributes and check them once in a while. ^^;;
The most important thing is just to keep raising all the four attributes with medicine which you can buy from the florist.
Anyway dried weeds are a necessary ingredients if you were to create some medicines. As for normal weeds usually I used it for additional material if I were to forge some armor and equipment. Since you can practically experiment and dump things when forging stuff. It's the fun part of it.
Regarding the soil values, I'll be honest now. Even though I already beat the game and on Yr 5 those attributes still doesn't makes enough sense to me so I just keep dumping stuff on the soil to raise their attributes and check them once in a while. ^^;;
The most important thing is just to keep raising all the four attributes with medicine which you can buy from the florist.
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