Ranching

Ranching is one of the mechanics for making money in HarvestVR.

## Animals

### Feeding

All animals must be fed every 10 days, and will die if they are not. It says to feed them every day in the in-game guide, but that is ***wrong***. It will let you feed your animals every day, but it is not recommended as it's a waste of pennies. It is recommended to feed your animals every 8-9 days to minimize risk of death(by forgetting) especially in simulated time mode. You can, however risky, feed them when their hunger bar is full at 10 days, but if you miss it by even a single night they will die.

### Maturing

All animals mature at 10 days of age, and are useless cute babies until then. They are immortal as long as you feed them.

### Cows

To take care of cows, you need a cow, cow food, and buckets, all from the animal store.

Once they reach 10 days of age, they can produce milk.

To get milk, you need to put a bucket under the cow, and pull on any of its udders 4 times until the bucket is filled with milk. You can then sell the milk in the Collection bin for 130 pennies. (profit of 80 pennies, 130-50)

Cows have the lowest barrier to entry of all animals, only requiring a one time 2000 penny purchase, 50 pennies per day for buckets, and 50 pennies every 10 days for food.

### Sheep

To take care of sheep, you need a sheep, sheep food, and a shaving knife, all from the animal store.

Once they reach 10 days of age, they can produce wool.

To get wool, you need to "sheer" the sheep by rubbing the knife on the outside of the sheep, and it will drop 4 wool. You can then sell wool at the collection bin for 30 pennies each, or 120 pennies in total.

Sheep have a slightly higher barrier to entry than cows, with a one time payment of 2000 pennies per sheep, 900 pennies once for the shaving knife, and 50 pennies every 10 days for the food.

### Bees

Bees can be bought at the animal store, once bought bees need no taking care of and no accessories and no maturing time.

Once bought they can be found near the lake in the ranch.

Bees produce one jar of honey everyday, selling for 100 pennies each.

### Chickens

To take care of chickens, you need at least 1 chicken, a chicken pen, and chicken feed, found from the animal store and the artisan store

Once they reach 10 days of age, they produce 5 eggs and 1 feather.

They have a tiny chance to produce golden eggs, but since I have never encountered one their price is undetermined.

Their eggs are found in the chicken roost, and the feathers laying around the pen. You only need to pick them up, no interaction is required with the chickens. 5 eggs sell for 100, and one feather is 50. One chicken produces 150 pennies a day

Chickens have the highest barrier of entry, with a payment of 5000 pennies for the pen itself, then 1500 pennies for each chicken, then 25 pennies every 10 days for food.

## Profitability

### Cows

Cows take 27 days to become financially profitable.

130(revenue from milk) - 50 for bucket - 5 per day for food(50 pennies every 10 days)

2000 pennies / 75 = 26.7 = 27

Over the first 100 days, you will gain ~5840 pennies from one cow.(not accounting for food)

Over any next 100 days, you will gain ~8000 pennies from one cow.(not accounting for food)

Multiply this by however many cows you have(1-3)

### Sheep

Sheep take 25 days to become financially profitable.

2900 pennies / 115 = 25

Over the first 100 days, you will gain ~8625 pennies from one sheep.(not accounting for food)

Over any next 100 days, you will gain ~11500 pennies from one sheep.(not accounting for food)\

Multiply this by however many sheep you have(1-3)

### Chickens

The first chicken takes 45 days to become financially profitable.

5000 pen + 1500 chicken = 6500

6500 / 145 = 44.8 = 45

Over the first 100 days, you will gain ~7975 pennies from first chicken.(not accounting for food)

Over any next 100 days, you will gain ~14500 pennies from first chicken.(not accounting for food)\

Multiply this by however many chickens you have(1-3)