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Produce Compound Fertilizer from Livestock Waste
A Compound Fertilizer line turns livestock feces and farm byproducts into a universal crop input with a growth-speed benefit.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Produce Compound Fertilizer from Livestock Waste
Base production area: Outhouse or livestock pens → Fertilizer Bucket → nearby Farmland and Granary.
Before you go
- Unlock Crop Planting and place a Fertilizer Bucket.
- A continuing feces source from domesticated livestock or an Outhouse.
- Tree Bark, one of Fiber/Thatch/Vine, Fire Ash, Bone Powder or Phosphorous Powder, and Acidic Fluid or Niter Powder.
Farming steps
- Assign a nearby tribesperson to livestock or Outhouse work so feces can accumulate while the base is active.
- Collect Tree Bark plus Fiber, Thatch, or Vine and use the Fertilizer Bucket to make Compost.
- Use feces with Fire Ash to prepare Ash Fertilizer.
- Use feces with Bone Powder or Phosphorous Powder to make Bone Powder Fertilizer.
- Use feces with Acidic Fluid or Niter Powder to make Stone Powder Fertilizer.
- Feed one batch of each of the four fertilizer types into the Compound Fertilizer recipe at the bucket.
- Move the Compound Fertilizer to the Granary or farm supply and use it on fields that need a universal growth boost; keep crop-specific fertilizer for crops where you want that matched input.
- The four fertilizer recipes have distinct secondary ingredients, so prepare all four supply lines before queuing the compound recipe.
- Livestock and the Outhouse are both documented feces sources; add animal capacity if fertilizer is the persistent bottleneck.
Repeat, collect and use
Keep the Fertilizer Bucket stocked with the four base fertilizers and replenish feces, ash, bark, and powders as the compound batches are consumed. The recipe is a production chain, so schedule it around the farm’s actual fertilizer use.
Common mistakes
- Trying to craft Compound Fertilizer before producing all four component fertilizers leaves the recipe incomplete.
- Using Bone Powder Fertilizer as a substitute for every crop ignores the separate recipes and crop needs.
- Allowing feces to be collected in unrelated storage can starve the fertilizer bucket of its main shared input.
When to stop or switch
Stop batching when the farm’s current plots have enough Compound Fertilizer or when the required inputs are more useful for a crop-specific fertilizer.
Sources & fact checks
What you can get here
Open a guide to find other locations and see what the item is used for.