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farming

Farming in Dinkum covers raising domestic animals, breeding them for steady production, and using the tools and licenses that make a profitable animal pen possible. Done well, it lets you turn wild captures into a renewable source of eggs, milk, cheese, meat, and sale value.

Farming Licenses and Access

The farming loop starts with the Farming Licence and the vendors that support it.

  • Rayne's Greenhouse is the farming shop. It sells farming tools and seeds.
  • Rayne is available from 11AM - 4PM and is off on Friday.
  • To move Rayne in, you need:
    • 1/2 heart of friendship
    • 18,000 dinks spent
    • Farming Licence Level 1

Domesticating Farm Animals

Male animals must be captured from the wild before they can safely join your pens.

How domesticating works

  • Find the wild male in its natural biome.
  • Use a Domesti-Crate bought from Irwin's Barn.
  • Face the crate door toward the animal so it walks in.
  • Once trapped, the crate label shows which animal is inside.
  • Only males caught this way can be safely added to farm-animal pens, because wild males attack other farm animals.

Wild males and where to find them

  • Wild Rooster — found in the Tropics, usually crowing in the early morning
  • Wild Plunk — found in Rivers that are not Mangroves
  • Wild Vombull — found in the Plains
  • Wild Boaricoot — found in the Desert
  • Wild Penguin — can be domesticated, though penguins cannot be bred

Animal Pens and Breeding Requirements

Breeding only works when the animals meet the full set of conditions:

After giving birth, females need a recovery period before breeding again. This rest time is half the pregnancy duration:

  • Pleeps and Burrowcoots: 5 days
  • Vombats: 4 days

Breeding Chickens

Roosters can be used to increase the chance of fertilised chicken eggs.

Basic rooster setup

With Animal Breeding Licence 1, you can place a domesticated rooster into a pen with at least three adult Chooks. This gives a chance that one Chook in the pen will lay a Fertilised Chicken Egg the next day.

Adding more than one rooster increases the chance of fertilised eggs.

Duff Dust setup

With Animal Breeding Licence 2, you can use Duff Dust on a domesticated rooster in a pen with at least three adult Chooks. This guarantees that up to three Chooks in the same pen lay a Fertilised Chicken Egg the next day, for a maximum of three fertilised eggs.

More than one rooster still increases the chance of fertilised eggs.

Why Breed Animals

Breeding is valuable for both production and profit.

  • Baby animals grow into young adults that produce lower-quality milk and cheese
  • Animals with 5 hearts sell for the most dinks, so breeding lets you replace older animals while selling them at peak value
  • Breeding reduces the need to keep buying animals from Irwin's Barn

Hunting, Capture, and Farm Support

Animal-related progression is tied to combat and trapping licenses.

Hunting Licence

  • Lv.1: basic weapons can be crafted
  • Lv.2: more advanced weapons can be crafted; the Trap Licence is unlocked
  • Lv.3: lets you craft stronger weapons using animal drops; animals are more likely to drop other useful items when hunted

Traps and capture value

Some animals are better hunted, while others are better captured for profit.

  • Scrub Turkey spawns in the Tropics, drops feathers and small bird leg meat, runs from the player but is slow, and has a capture reward of 4,200 dinks
  • Kidna drops bones and raw meat, is awkward to hunt because it rolls into the player, and has a high capture reward of 8,400 dinks
  • Diggo is a neutral animal that drops bones and raw meat, and can be domesticated with a Dog Collar obtained from treasure chests in the mine

Selling Animal Products and Meat

Farm and animal products are a major money source, but not every item should be sold in its raw form.

  • Lower-value fish can be cooked on a campfire before selling to raise profit
  • For animal production, the main value comes from raising livestock, selling high-heart animals, and turning farm outputs into milk, cheese, or fertilised eggs

Useful Farming Flow

A strong farming setup usually looks like this:

  1. Unlock the Farming Licence
  2. Buy seeds and tools from Rayne's Greenhouse
  3. Capture male wild animals with a Domesti-Crate
  4. Place them in the correct pen with adult females
  5. Keep animals fed and healthy
  6. Breed for offspring and production
  7. Sell older animals at high heart levels for maximum profit