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I'm tired of throwing mountains of grain at my chickens- how specifically do I keep them broody? Their weight is good, they've eaten a pile of grain, should I just leave them alone? I built their enclosure pretty far from the rest of my stuff? Should I just back off and trust the process?

Hi! My personal technique for getting enough copper for the firstpickaxe, or for when I find a mineral but I don't have my pickaxe (or one that's not the right strength) is this: 1-pick up any and all nuggets. 2-mark on the map (zoomed in) where you found the mineral. 3- dig a hole as deep as you can on the square where a nugget was laying. The random pit is much easier to find when you come back. You can make a planning tray with a single log and your knife to pan for the remainder. Sand or gravel is better here than bony soil. Gather lots of cattails/papyrus to make hand and ground baskets- a full inventory is the worst feeling!! I'd also reccomend getting clay working going as early as possible- a cooking pot or two and at least 1 bowl let you make much more filling meals, and it takes a while for clay creations to be fired. Everyone else has made great suggestions, too.

Well, I wanted to mix it up and play differently! The night sky is always beautiful, I'm really looking forward to those aurora. I guess worst case scenario, I can always run south if it turns out to be too much.

Sorry, nothing special here, I just wanted to say that I think the new spinning maple seeds are great and they make me happy every time I see them.

I'm playing in a a cool climate for the first time. I had to haul myself a few thousand blocks south to find seeds, and I am loving these long summer days that never get dark enough to spawn the usual horde of drifters all night long- but I had a dreadful thought. Surely, winter will be the reverse? Endless nights that never get light enough to allow drifters to despawn?

That's exactly right, with dirt blocks the buff did appear eventually. Guess I'd better hurry up and get that anvil made!

I will! I tried that before, but then I ripped down the entire greenhouse and moved it from the house (I thought maybe the higher walls were interfering with the sunlight??) but I haven't tried that with the current build.

I am trying to make a 5x5 greenhouse. I can't get the greenhouse buff to show up on my tilled block

I don't have a chisel, so I have no chiseled blocks. I don't have a saw and I haven't looted any slabs. I dug out the entire foundation to make sure I don't have any secret hidden cavities. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Could I be below sea level???

I don't know if I could have done something to the settings, or I don't fully grasp the game mechanics, but I seem to have a cursed basement. In daytime, it's nearly as brightly lit as outside, with no dark corners. The walls and ceiling are granite cobblestone, the floor is basalt rock. The ceiling is between 2 and 5 blocks high. I made a small 2 wide, 5 long, 2 high room, blocked it off from the rest of the basement, and it was still lit up like a field. Even at night, it seems much better lit than it should be. I'm new to the game, but I've played a few other worlds and never encountered this before. Is this a bug, or have could I have done some esoteric thing when setting up the game to cause this?