Grain

Grain is a basic food item used to feed Ratizens. It is one of the early renewable food sources and is produced by farming or harvesting certain plants. Grain helps keep the population fed and is part of the wider food production chain.

Grain can be obtained from a Grain Farm using several different input recipes:

• 30 Grain + 8 Water, produced in 4000 work
• 30 Grain + 4 Water + 4 Bone Powder, produced in 3000 work
• 60 Grain + 8 Water + 4 Bone Powder + 2 Lime Powder, produced in 6000 work

It can also be gathered from natural or planted sources:

• Small Garden yields 2 Grain in 35 work
• Wild Wheat yields 2 Grain in 35 work

When harvested, Wild Wheat and Grain in Small Garden return to 33% completion, and the work times above already account for the time needed for them to recover back to 100%. This makes them sustainable sources when managed carefully, especially in the early game before more advanced food production is established.