Game guide on spoilage https://www.farthestfrontier.com/guide/gameplay/food/#q08
Spoilage is an ongoing measure of decay of stored food and other resources. All items that spoil have a base spoilage rate that can be extended through a few different mechanisms -- conversion to a new resource type, Storage Buildings, and barrels.
Upon reaching Spoilage lifespan, any resources that were unused are lost and will vanish.
For a full list of spoilage rates, please review the main Resources page for the resource in question.
Spoilage Reduction[edit | edit source]
Conversion Buildings[edit | edit source]
- Smokehouse - Converts Fish and Meat into their smoked equivalents
- Cheesemaker (Building) - Converts Milk into Cheese, vastly increasing longevity to 36 months
- Preservist - Uses Glassware to preserve root vegetables, berries and fruit.
Storage Buildings[edit | edit source]
- Root Cellar - Provides a passive increase to longevity of stored resources, significantly improved by upgrading to Brick Root Cellar
- Granary - Provides a passive increase to longevity of stored grain and flour (not explicitly listed in the interface)
NOTE: Storehouses/Warehouses and Markets do not inherently increase longevity of goods, but can use barrels to increase longevity. Stockyards do not reduce spoilage nor benefit from Barrels
Barrels[edit | edit source]
Barrels reduce the amount of spoilage of 5% per barrel, buildings which use barrels can add to this effect by keeping up to 5 or 10 barrels in use for a net increase of 25-50% of spoilage longevity.
| Name | Max Barrels | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Granary | 5 (not visible) | Granary barrel usage is hidden in tool-tip |
| Storage Cart | 0 | |
| Stockyard | 0 | |
| Large Stockyard | 0 | |
| Storehouse | 5 | |
| Warehouse | 5 | |
| Root Cellar | 10 | |
| Brick Root Cellar | 10 | Upgrades from root cellar, also has a higher passive effect |
| Market | 5 | |
| Market Square | 5 | |
| Vault | 0 | Weapons and Armor degrade |
| Trader Post | 0 | Not affected by spoilage |
Barrels with 1 month left of durability are still 100% effective at Reducing spoilage of 5%
Barrels last for 86 Months Total [1].
| 100 % | 75 % | 50 % | 25% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months at | 60 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Remaining | 86 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
Barrels with 1 month left of durability are still 100% effective at Reducing spoilage of 5%
Additional Notes[edit | edit source]
Resources stored in the Trading Post do not currently spoil as of version 0.7.5.
This is understood to be temporary behavior that will change in future releases.