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Farmer Bob

Access: All Players

Category: Farming

Your personal NPC farmhand for planting, watering, harvesting, fertilizing, composting, and animal care.

Farmer Bob

Farmer Bob is your personal NPC farmhand who handles planting, watering, harvesting, fertilizing, composting, and animal care. Once hired, Bob works within a defined farm zone and automates your daily farm routine.

How to Hire and Place Your Farmer
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Open the Menu
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  • Use the Farmer Bob icon on your HUD (bottom left or top right).
  • Or type /farmerbob or /fb in chat.

Select a Farm Size
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  • Choose Small, Medium, or Large.
  • Larger tiers support more planters, animals, and storage containers.

Confirm the Hire
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  • After selecting your tier, you receive a sleeping bag with a custom potato sack skin.
  • Place this bag on a foundation to define the center of your farm zone.

Check the Work Zone
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  • A green dome appears to show Bob’s work area.
  • Planters, composters, boxes, water barrels, and animals inside this zone are included.
  • The dome disappears after 10 minutes.
  • Use Move > Place to show the dome again.

Farm Setup Requirements
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Farmer Bob only interacts with items tagged using official State of Flux kits. Use /kit to claim the required boxes.

  • Seeds Box: Holds seeds or clones for planting. Harvested seeds are returned here.
  • Crops Box: Stores harvested plants after each farming cycle.
  • Fertiliser Box: Holds fertilizer, worms, and grubs. Also collects nearby horse dung.
  • Composter: Converts compost materials.
  • Water Barrel or Tank: Must be nearby for watering tasks.
  • Animal Housing: Includes chicken coops and horse troughs.

Animal Tasks
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Bob can manage nearby animals:

  • Chickens: Collects eggs, refills water, and pets them daily.
  • Horses: Feeds them and collects dung into the Fertiliser Box.

Farming Routine
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Bob starts automatically each day between 9:00 and 10:00 AM.

He works in sequence:

  1. Harvesting
  2. Planting
  3. Watering
  4. Fertilizing
  5. Feeding animals

After completing the cycle, Bob rests until the next farming window.

Farm Tools and Controls
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  • View planters, storage, and animal structures inside your farm zone.
  • Use /rescanfarm if new objects are not detected.
  • Use Move to remove and reposition Bob and the farm center.
  • Use Upgrade to expand to the next farm size tier.
  • Toggle individual tasks on or off, such as fertilizing or feeding.

Preferences and Automation Settings
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In Preferences, you can control behavior:

  • Genetics: Choose a preferred gene string (GGYYYY, GGGYYY, GGGGYY).
  • Max Saturation: Set watering threshold to 60%, 80%, or 100%.
  • Crop Category: Select Flower, Vegetable, or Berry.
  • Specific Plant Type: Choose a single crop (for example, Corn, Pumpkin, or Blue Berry).

If no specific crop is selected, Bob picks the best option based on nearby animal needs or available seeds.

Customization Options
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  • Rename your farmer by changing the name on their sleeping bag.
  • Future clothing customization options will appear in the same menu.

HUD Controls
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  • Use the HUD toggle in the top-right corner to show or hide the Farmer Bob icon.
  • You can also disable the HUD directly from the Farmer Bob interface.