Keg

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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.png Farming (Level 8)
Ingredients Wood.png Wood (30)Copper Bar.png Copper Bar (1)Iron Bar.png Iron Bar (1)Oak Resin.png 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 Bundle Purple.png Artisan Bundle in the Pantry.

Products

Note that processing times are approximate, since time passes differently at night. See Notes below.

Image Name Description Ingredient Processing Time Sell Price Restores
Beer.png
Beer Drink in moderation. Wheat.png Wheat (1) Time Icon.png 1750 mins (1 Day) data-sort-value="200">Gold.png200g Energy.png50Health.png22Speed.png Speed (−1)
Coffee.png
Coffee It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost. Coffee Bean.png Coffee Bean (5) Time Icon.png 120 mins (2 Hours) data-sort-value="150">Gold.png150g Energy.png3Health.png1Speed.png Speed (+1)
Green Tea.png
Green Tea A pleasant, energizing beverage made from lightly processed tea leaves. Tea Leaves.png Tea Leaves (1) Time Icon.png 180 mins (3 Hours) data-sort-value="100">Gold.png100g Energy.png13Health.png5Max Energy.png Max Energy (+30)
Juice.png
Juice A sweet, nutritious beverage. Any Vegetable (1) Time Icon.png 6000 mins (4 Days) 2.25 × Vegetable Base Price Energy.png75Health.png33
Mead.png
Mead A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation. Honey.png Honey (1) Time Icon.png 600 mins (10 hours) data-sort-value="200">Gold.png200g Energy.png75Health.png33Speed.png Speed (−1)
Pale Ale.png
Pale Ale Drink in moderation. Hops.png Hops (1) Time Icon.png 2250 mins (1-2 Days) data-sort-value="300">Gold.png300g Energy.png50Health.png22Speed.png Speed (−1)
Wine.png
Wine Drink in moderation. Any Fruit (1) Time Icon.png 10000 mins (6.25 Days) 3 × Fruit Base Price Energy.png50Health.png22Speed.png Speed (−1)

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.

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">Gold.png200g.

Fruits Vegetables

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 and Wheat) since the preserves jar has a much faster 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, optimaly 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, but smaller, permitting fewer Kegs per tile of external farmland used.

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.

Notes

  • Each day has 1600 minutes of processing time. From 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM, kegs process at 100 minutes per hour. For the rest of the day, kegs process at 60 minutes per hour, so (4 × 100) + (20 × 60) = 1600 minutes of processing time per day. In this way, Beer takes just over a day to finish processing, while Pale Ale takes about a day and a half.

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.