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
Conversion Buildings
- 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
- 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
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
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.