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Produce Fertilizer with a Dung Beetle
A Dung Beetle turns feces into fertilizer, giving a crop farm a renewable input source.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Produce Fertilizer with a Dung Beetle
A secure Dung Beetle pen near your crop plots or fertilizer storage.
Before you go
- A tamed Dung Beetle in a secure pen.
- Animal feces to use as input.
- Crop plots or storage ready to receive fertilizer.
Farming steps
- Keep the tamed beetle in a secure location where you can inspect its inventory.
- Collect animal feces and place the intended input into the beetle's inventory.
- For a Massive Animal Feces input, use the inventory-loaded production method described in the recorded farming facts.
- Allow the beetle to process the input, then check its inventory for fertilizer output.
- Transfer finished fertilizer to a nearby crop plot or storage container.
- Add fertilizer to plots that need it and check their crop information afterward.
- Repeat the input and collection cycle as more feces becomes available.
- One unused fertilizer batch provides crop plot units; check the plot's displayed fertilizer before adding more.
- Keep the beetle and output close to the farm to reduce the chance of forgetting fertilizer during crop maintenance.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeatable production: supply feces, allow conversion, collect fertilizer, and refill plots. Output depends on input and production conditions; do not treat a single batch as an unlimited supply.
Common mistakes
- Leaving finished fertilizer in the beetle: inspect and transfer output to plots or storage.
- Assuming the crop has fertilizer because the beetle produced some: check the plot itself and refill it as needed.
- Using a production detail for Massive Animal Feces as a guarantee for every feces input: verify output in the beetle's inventory.
When to stop or switch
Stop feeding inputs when storage and plots have enough fertilizer for the current farm; resume when plot displays show the supply is low.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.