Is it more efficient to farm more during spring and rely on stockpiles during winter?
I think this pretty much boils down to:
Does the season bonus/penalty apply to both Catnip fields AND farmers or ONLY Catnip fields?
I've been assigning my kittens to farming during spring and other jobs during winter, thinking that it's more efficient that way, but I was wondering if this is really the case.
Best Answer
The season bonus doesn't apply to farmers, so there's no reason to switch jobs unless your kittens are in danger of starving or you need the resources.
It turns out it's not that difficult to check: increase or decrease the number of farmers during spring or winter and you will notice that the catnip production/second will be modified by 5 (barring other modifiers such as happiness).
Also, to be sure, I checked game.js and here's what I found:
//SEASON MODIFIERS
...
perTick = perTick * weatherMod;
...
//VILLAGE JOB PRODUCTION
...
perTick += resProduction;
so the season modifiers (including warm/cold) are applied before village job bonuses.
Note that this applies to the current version (v0.9.6.8)
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