Keg

Keg
Put 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.

Products

Note that processing times are approximate, since time passes differently while awake than while asleep. See Notes below.

Image	Name	Description	Ingredient	Processing Time	Sell Price	Restores
	Beer	Drink in moderation.	Wheat (1)	2250 mins (1-2 Days)	data-sort-value="200">200g	5022
	Pale Ale	Drink in moderation.	Hops (1)	2360 mins (1-2 Days)	data-sort-value="300">300g	5022
	Wine	Drink in moderation.	Any Fruit (1)	10000 mins (≈7 Days)	3 × Fruit Base Price	5022
	Juice	A sweet, nutritious beverage.	Any Vegetable (1)	6000 mins (≈4 Days)	2.25 × Vegetable Base Price	7533
	Mead	A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation.	Honey (1)	600 mins (10 hours)	data-sort-value="200">200g	7533
	Coffee	It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost.	Coffee Bean (5)	120 mins (2 Hours)	data-sort-value="150">150g	31 Speed (+1)

Preserve 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.

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 data-sort-value="200">200g.

Fruits	Vegetables
Ancient Fruit (550g) Apple (100g) Cactus Fruit (75g) Cherry (80g) Coconut (100g) Cranberry (75g) Crystal Fruit (150g) Grape (80g) Melon (250g) Orange (100g) Peach (140g) Pomegranate (140g) Rhubarb (220g) Spice Berry (80g) Starfruit (750g) Strawberry (120g) Wild Plum (80g)	Pumpkin (320g) Red Cabbage (260g) Hops (25g, but Pale Ale sells for 300g) Wheat (25g, but Beer sells for 200g)

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, it is always more beneficial to use a preserves jar, on the highest value item possible (2 days to multiply value by 2×). See this reddit post for more details (Updated as of 22/08/16)

Storage Options

While kegs can be placed outside, many players store them in farm buildings. A Shed, optimally filled with kegs, holds 67 of them, while occupying only 21 tiles of land. 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, but smaller, and less advantageous.

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  Optimal shed layout provides 67 spaces

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  Optimal barn layout provides 90 spaces

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  One possible Deluxe Barn layout with 136 Kegs

Notes

Processing time calculates differently while sleeping than while awake. 1 hour = 60 minutes when awake but = 100 minutes when sleeping. So if you sleep a whole day, the machine would process 2400 minutes (100 × 24). If you work from 6:00AM till 12:00AM and sleep 6 hours, the machine will process 1680 minutes a day (60 × 18 + 100 × 6). If you work from 6:00AM till 2:00AM and faint 4 hours, the machine will process 1600 mins a day (60 × 20 + 100 × 4).

History

• 1.0: Introduced.
• 1.1: Removed Clay from crafting recipe.