Keg
| Keg | |
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| Place a fruit or vegetable in here. Eventually it will turn into a beverage. | |
| Information | |
| Source | Crafting |
| Sell Price | Cannot be sold |
| Crafting | |
| Recipe Source |  Farming (Level 8) |
| Ingredients |  Wood (30) Copper Bar (1) Iron Bar (1) Oak Resin (1) |
- For a detailed analysis of profit using the Keg, see Keg Productivity.
The Keg is a type of Artisan Equipment used to make Artisan Goods. A Keg is the reward for completing the 
Artisan Bundle in the Pantry or the 
Brewer's Bundle in the Pantry (Remixed). Four Kegs can be obtained as the 19th prize from the Prize Machine (50% chance).
Products
Note that processing times are approximate, since time passes differently from 2am to 6am. One hour = 60 minutes from 6am to 2am, but 1 hour = 100 minutes from 2am to 6am. One full day is 1600 minutes, where day is 1200 minutes and night is 400 minutes.
| Image | Name | Description | Ingredient | Processing Time[1] | Sell Price | Energy / Health / Buffs |
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Beer | Drink in moderation. |  Wheat (1)
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 1750 mins (1 Day)
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 200g
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 50 22 Speed (−1)
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Vinegar | An aged fermented liquid used in many cooking recipes. |  Rice (1)
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600 mins (10 Hours)
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100g
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135
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Coffee | It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost. |  Coffee Bean (5)
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120 mins (2 Hours)
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150g
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31 Speed (+1)
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Green Tea | A pleasant, energizing beverage made from lightly processed tea leaves. |  Tea Leaves (1)
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180 mins (3 Hours)
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100g
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135 Max Energy (+30) Speed (+0.5)
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Juice | A sweet, nutritious beverage. | Any Vegetable (1) or any positive energy Forage (other than Mushrooms) (1) | 6000 mins (4 Days)
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2.25 × Ingredient Base Price | 2 × Base Ingredient Energy2 × Base Ingredient Health
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Mead | A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation. |  Honey (1)
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600 mins (10 hours)
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300g
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7533 Speed (−1)
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Pale Ale | Drink in moderation. |  Hops (1)
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2250 mins (1-2 Days)
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300g
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5022 Speed (−1)
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Wine | Drink in moderation. | Any Fruit (1) | 10000 mins (6.25 Days)
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3 × Fruit Base Price | 1.75 × Base Fruit Energy1.75 × Base Fruit Health Speed (−1)
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Notes
- Juice made from an inedible vegetable will instead give 1 × Base Vegetable Price and 0.45 × Base Vegetable Price.[2]
- Wine made from an inedible fruit will instead give 0.25 × Base Fruit Price and 0.1125 × Base Fruit Price.[3]
- The following foraged items can be made into Juice: Wild Horseradish, Leek, Dandelion, Cave Carrot, Spring Onion, Hazelnut, Winter Root, Snow Yam, and Ginger.
Preserves Jar vs. Keg
The Preserves Jar increases the profit of a crop using the following equation: (2 × Base Crop Value + 50), while the Keg multiplies the base value of Fruits by 3, and most Vegetables by 2.25. Because of this, low-value high-yield crops like Corn or Tomatoes are more valuable in the preserves jar. The Keg, on the other hand, favors crops with a much higher base value, such as Ancient Fruit or Melons. The breakpoint is 50g for fruits and 200g for vegetables.
Below is a list of crops that are more beneficial to be put in the Keg, along with their raw base price. Boldfaced items have a base price above 200g.
| Fruits | Vegetables |
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It should be noted that these calculations only involve the value gained in terms of max profit; if looking at profit per day based on the time required, the Preserves Jar will outpace the Keg regardless of the base value of the item (in every case except for Hops, Wheat, and Tea Leaves) since the Preserves Jar has a much shorter processing time.
Storage Options
Inside Farm Buildings
Kegs can be stored in farm buildings.
A Shed, optimally filled with kegs, holds 67 of them, while occupying only 21 tiles of land. An upgraded Big Shed, optimally filled, holds 137 kegs on the same land space. A Barn, however, is cheaper, and holds 90 kegs on 28 tiles of land. The Deluxe Barn increases building costs considerably, but has so far been shown to be able to fit 136 kegs on the same land space as the initial Barn. Coops are cheaper still, but smaller, permitting fewer kegs per tile of external farmland used. Cabins are the cheapest initially, occupy the smallest land area of 15 tiles, but can only hold 42 kegs without upgrades, assuming the cabin is unclaimed and the gift and bed must remain. The first level of upgraded cabin can hold 113 kegs at a lower cost than any other option. While the second upgrade significantly raises costs, 351 kegs can be stored, in version 1.6, new cabin renovations were added, and 586 kegs can be stored, allowing the largest number of kegs per external farmland used.
Optimal Shed layout provides 67 spaces
Optimal Big Shed layout provides 137 spaces
Optimal Barn layout provides 90 spaces
One possible Deluxe Barn layout with 136 kegs
Empty, unclaimed Cabin layout with 42 kegs
Single upgrade Cabin layout with 113 kegs
Two upgrade Cabin layout with 352 kegs
Two upgrades and remodeling Cabin layout with 586 kegs
Outside The Farm
- See also: Crafted goods outside the farm
Kegs can be stored almost anywhere outside the farm. Out of the way places are best as NPCs walking through a keg will destroy it. Other good options not pictured are the Desert and the Railroad.
374 Kegs in the Quarry.
131 Kegs in The Tunnel.
90 Kegs on the Road. 2 are inside the tunnel.
References
History
- 1.0: Introduced.
- 1.1: Mead Added. Removed Clay from crafting recipe.
- 1.4: Green Tea Added. Adjusted processing time so that machines process 100 minutes from 2am to 6am, not every hour the player is asleep. Kegs can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.
- 1.6: Positive energy foraged items (other than Mushrooms) can now be made into Juice. Green Tea now gives +0.5 Speed. Rice can now be placed into a Keg to make Vinegar. Can now be obtained as a prize from the Prize Machine.
- 1.6.2: Wine Health and Energy now scale with base fruit's values. Juice Health and Energy now scale with base vegetable's values.