The Cave Planter Box (A Dwarven Wish)

[Eyesgood 2,121]

New Item:  Cave Planter Box which will function identical to dirt tile for growing crops, but in caves.

New Item:  Grow Lamp which will provide special lighting for growing crops in caves.

New Spell:  Sunlight (20 favor, 40 skill) available to all faiths which is cast on any iron lamp to convert it to a Glow Lamp.

 

Create Recipe for Cave Planter Box:

plank and plank to start

Additional: 1 Dirt, 2 plank, 4 large nail, 1 Grow Lamp

May be improved with a plank.

 

Create Recipe for Grow Lamp: (glows the color of the dye)

An Iron Lamp dyed any color

Casting Sunlight on an iron lamp produces a Grow Lamp.

Fuel not required.  This is a magical lamp.

Grow Lamps cannot be planted.  

They are an ingredient in the Cave Planter Box only.

 

Model:  Square wood box filled with dirt and an iron lamp planted in the center of the square or at the north corner. (an idea).

 

Examine:  A cave planter box suitable for growing crops underground.  Sunlight has been cast on it so it will grow crops of higher quality. [50].

Weight: 50kg (just to make it easier to purchase and transport).

 

Properties:

The quality of the box increases the time to harvest (along with tending).

The strength of the cast improves the quality of the harvest (along with skill of farmer).

Cave Planter Box may be placed on a merchant, dropped, picked up, etc.

Once planted, it cannot be picked up or moved except by owner but may be destroyed by bashing.

 

To Use:

Locate flat cave tile and "Plant" Cave Planter Box

Cultivate 

Plant crop of any kind

Once crop is planted, the box glows the color of the Grow Lamp

Harvesting or weeds will cause glow to stop

Tends and harvest identically to crops.

 

Alt Benefit:  May also be a source of food for animals.  They may graze it.

 

Maintenance:

Each harvest does some damage to the Cave Planter Box, maybe 10%, so repair is necessary for maintenance of this awesome item!!!

 

 

Edited November 12, 2017 by Eyesgood

[Attenia 232]

+1

[Roccandil 959]

+1

[Reylaark 1,100]

+1

Have you considered hydroponics and bat guano?  I've heard good things.

[Ekib 183]

+1...

but -1 on the glow lamp being a spell only item... not everyone got alt priests

also a way to grow mushrooms? (without lamp near?)

and 10% dmg sounds a bit extreme. you risk your planter going poof before its first harvest.... 1-5 might be best imo

so a few tweakings required perhaps but still a great idea. its true that now that buildings have been added, the underground lifestyle is much sweeter but cant still be 100% underground, cause of the trees and crops. for trees...large planter? uses a lot more ressource, can grow a tree?

[Ratlin 79]

+1 .. Technically

Would prefer it without the Glow Lamp and if the crop were restricted to Mushrooms (p.s. make mushrooms growable .... colour dependent on ql of grow box perhaps?)

Or maybe just use the pottery planters idea and you can plant mushrooms in the cave planter box and pick like herbs .... (but more frequently?)

 

Edited November 13, 2017 by Ratlin