Cultivation -- Introduction

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> **We recommend that you DO NOT purchase equipment/recipes until you have reached the point in your profession where you need it. Some recipe levels may not be available for Trainee or Beginner levels and you may find you are unable to use a station until you reach that level.**
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Welcome to the wonderful beYou profession of Cultivation!

The cultivation profession will be responsible for breedable crops like Hemp & Marijuana (over time) with unique strain abilities and encompassing animal husbandry beyond chickens. They will also craft certain types of equipment in relation to the cultivation profession as needed.

## Restrictions/Requirements

In order to participate in the Cultivation Profession, you will need to know the following:

* MUST be a level 5 beYou citizen in order to activate this or any profession.
* Health must be activated in your profile to participate in this profession.
* Can not change professions for 60 days once profession has been enabled

## What does a beYou Cultivator do anyway?

This profession encompass all higher level breedable crops (ie. Cannabis) & breedable animals. They also craft items for their profession.

## Becoming an Cultivator

While you can start some of your guided task to level this profession, please note that this profession will not allow you to use most of the equipment required till **beYou level 25**. This does not mean you can not start working your way through your task. For example, you can start your starter training books, get cured of your illness, get your pamper session, do the exercise session, etc.

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Once you establish yourself in Cultivation and have stock to sell, you may need to advertise your services to procure clientele. You can do this by either joining several inworld spam groups, using the beYou Ad Service prims that you can get at the main beYou sim by the adboards, or by doing grassroots advertising on your own via your social circles/social media outlets. However, ***you can not advertise in the main beYou group***; This is against the group charter.

## Breedable Crops & Items

Before you get too excited regarding breedable crops and animals, a warning: this is NOT like traditional breedable that have been on the SL grid for years.

These types of breedable animals or items will give unique strains for the creation of types of combinations that will be used when creating products specifically for beYou necessities like ingredients for prescriptions, fabrics, etc.

Even though our animals will have breedable capabilities, they are not designed to give a better yield or for rare drops to trade or auction off.  Rare drops and byproducts will be used for specific products within our other beYou professions.

## Leveling Your Profession

Once you start your Cultivation career, you will advance your profession by leveling your skill points. To determine what skill points you need to advance, click on the account options button on your profile, and choose ‘My Career Path.’

In ‘My Career Path’, you will see what research you must accomplish, which skill points you need to advance and how many life experience points (LEP) you will need to advance to the next level.

### Books

Your professions training books will allow you to progress through your leveling process. If you do not already own one, you will need a *beYou Study Hall Skill Trainer* Desk in order to begin training with your books.   You will also need to complete the Learn to train book that comes with the *beYou Study Hall Skill Trainer* desk prior to any starter profession books.

> *Please note that when you go to buy these books, the beginner books show above the trainee books; this is due to naming conventions and can not be changed. You will need to buy the TRAINEE books prior to to beginner books to advance.*
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To get started, you will need to complete the following books in this order:

* **LEVEL 0**
	+ Cultivation Trainee-001A (LEVEL 0)
	+ Cultivation Trainee-001B (LEVEL 0)
* **LEVEL 1**
	+ Cultivation Beginner-001A ***(LEVEL 1 )***
	+ Cultivation Beginner-001A ***(LEVEL 1 )***

*Please note that when you go to buy these books, the beginner books show above the trainee books. This is due to naming conventions and can not be changed. You will need to buy the TRAINEE books prior to to beginner books to advance.*
**ALL books after the starters are gained through the new education class process.**

### **Other standard leveling requirements:**

> While viewing 'My Career Path’, there are some main task you will need to complete, each level, in addition to your book trainings.
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> * **Certificate** - Go see a lawyer, they can process your certification, **provided you have completed all prerequisite books**.
> * **Cultivation Paintings** - Artisans not only pamper you.. good ole relaxation, They also are tasked with making your professions artwork templates. Find your artwork templates on the marketplace.
> * **Exercise Sessions** - No slacking for you - grab a few mats, from the marketplace, and stretch those hamstrings out... need to be limber for all that bending and kneeling, planting seed and tilling crops.
> * **Maintenance** - You're using your shed a lot to make stuff for your profession... well when it breaks (And it will) you will get credits for your repairs.
> * **Clean professional Equipment** - grab your **Cultivation Tractor Cleaner** from the marketplace to get these credits. *NOTE - they break in 20 uses.*
> * **Personal Care** - Go see a relaxing artisan to get your personal care credits.-COMING SOON
> * **Cure an illness** - get sick and get cured... I mean you will anyway, why not get a credit while doing it?
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## FAQ's

***I am new to beYou. I signed up for Cultivation but I cant seem to use the equipment.***

> As a new citizen, beYou requires you to level and engage a bit more before performing the basic functions of this profession. You will need to be level 25 min to get the full benefit of this profession and level up further.
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***I used my Exercise Mat and did not see my Guided research path change.***

> Do you have more than one profession enabled that requires the mat? If so it is possible it filled the requirement in your other professions path.
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> Did you use the correct mat? beYou has some older fitness mats that only gave fitness points and were sold by beYou, not the community, these will not fulfill the Exercise training session requirement.
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***I had a lawyer do my certification and started the forms but I didn't get the credit.***

> Certification can not be completed till you have done BOTH book 001 A and 001 B (TRANIEE). Complete your books first or you will need to go to a lawyer again after they have completed. Any form completed before your books are done, will be invalid.
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***My training book will not allow me to start it.***

> Have you done the "Learn to train" book that came with your Study Hall Trainer?
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> * You are required to complete that introduction book prior to any other books.
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> Did you get the top 2 books that say beginner and have a number 002?
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***I want to finish my guided research bubbles but I haven't been able to***

> BeYou professions are very intertwined. That being said only a few of the most important new professions have been rolled out. We are currently waiting on Artisan and Mixology, until they are released, you will not be able to level p completely. The hopes are for them to be pushed out before the end of 2023.
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***I am done with all my guided research bubbles, what now***

> Your profession should tell you on your page that you can level up. Click level up and you should get a new set of guided tasks. DO NOT!!!! do your 002 books until you have a circle for it and have leveled.
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***It looks like we need a "pamper session" what is this.***

> Artisan is coming - once released, visit your local barber, hair salon, nail tech etc.
> ***CURRENTLY THIS IS NOT ROLLED OUT- COMING SOON***
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***I don't want to do Cultivation but I turned it on***

> Mistakes happen, open a ticket and see if staff can help you. There is **NO** guarantee they will revert your career path, but you can ask them.
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## Summary of SOME starter recipes/equipment

Here is a summary of the equipment that can be used for Refinement and what recipes will be available for Refinement Students.

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**Fertilizer & Nutrient Note**: You do not need all fertilizers and nutrients listed. Each recipe requires different ingredients so that you can choose which recipe(s) you prefer. You have assorted recipes for Nutrients and Fertilizer that use different ingredients but give the same yield, you do not need them all....this is for personal preference and available supplies.

\*\***VERY IMPORTANT**: As of May 2022, you should not be using the 'break soil down' option on your beYou Soils (v8.6 or older) as it breaks down to the old beYou top soil, which can not be used. If you need new top soil, please follow the instructions listed in the notice from May 2022.

## Equipment

The following pieces of equipment are available directly from beYou.  Higher-level equipment and items will either be crafted by you in your profession or provided by another profession for use.

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> ### **Cultivation Soils**
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> * beYou Cultivation Soil - 1 Plot
> * beYou Cultivation Soil - 5 Plot
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> **IMPORTANT**: Only cultivation crops can be grown on these soils.
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> * HUD required
> * Only Cultivators can sit on soils.
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> These soils are limited to the Cultivation Profession. They will not use regular beYou fertilizer or soil nutrients. They will use Cultivation Nutrients and Organic Fertilizer; both craftable by Cultivation.
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> Planting on the cultivation soils is the same process but executed differently.  How so? Cultivation soils work a little differently than our current farming soils.  Once you sit and click the soil to begin your planting process, the soil will automatically animate you through each step, including rezzing of and use of tools and water can, all the way through to where you can pick which seed you wish to plant.  Once you get to the seed-picking stage, a seed packet will rezz. Click the seed packet and choose your seed from the menu. If you have the available seed(s), then they will be planted once you’ve made your selection.
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> Seeds are sold in the cultivation area of the professions department. Currently, only hemp seeds are available and Mother Plants which provide seeds. They can be planted at any level, however you will not be able to harvest until you reach level 25.
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> #### **Cultivation Harvests**
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> [18:11] beYou Cultivation Soil - 5 Plot whispers: Congratulations! You have harvested (3) crops from this plant.
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> For hemp, once harvested, you will have to dry your hemp within 30 days or it will expire. Dried Hemp does not expire. Make sure you are able to make/use Hemp Dryers before harvesting your hemp (Level 25).
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> The bY Cultivation Shed is a crafting station that is needed in order to craft the Hemp Dryer. Hemp can only be sold dried, which is done by using the hemp dryer. This item will also craft your asset checkers and packagers. **NOTE: If you are new to this profession, you will need a player created Packager, from the beYou Marketplace, to receive items you create. Items you craft are not sent direct to you and will need a Packager to be retrieved.**
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> > * Needs repair 20 uses (requires Cultivation Shed Repair Kit & gives maintenance consume for profession research).
> > * Level 25 required to use
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> > * 7 color options & 1 alpha (able to be made invisible) option available.
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> > | Hemp Air Dry
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> >  | beYou Hemp Harvest (2) bY Stamina (2) beYou Power (2)
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> > | Hemp Natron Dry
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> >  | beYou Hemp Harvest (2) bY Natron Dust (3) bY Stamina (2) beYou Power (2)
> >  | beYou Hemp [4]
> > | Hemp Speed Dry
> >  | 8 hours
> >  | beYou Hemp Harvest (2) bY Natron Dust (3) bY Trona Dust (3) bY Stamina (2) beYou Power (2)
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## Asset Checkers

Asset checkers will be crafted within the Cultivation profession.  Buy these from the Marketplace. If you create anything, you will not be able to get your item without a packager.

While these tools are useful, they are not mandatory in order to use the profession. These devices are simply to assist with ease of use (knowing what you need before you need it).

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> ### bY Hemp Dryer I Asset Checker **- LIMITED**
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## Packagers

beYou packagers will allow you to retrieve vendors in order to sell or gift items to other beYou users.  These tools are not mandatory if you have no intention of selling your wares.  You will need these in the event you want to “give” aka gift items to another beYou citizen.

Buy these from the Marketplace. If you create anything, you will not be able to get your item without a packager.

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> * Breaks 200 uses - **Not Repairable**
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