Goat

Goat

Type	Animal
Building	Big Barn
Price	4000g
Produce	Goat Milk; Large Goat Milk

The Goat is the second dairy animal on the farm, and Marnie offers it once the Barn grows into a Big Barn. Goats give milk only every other day, but each Goat Milk sells for far more than a cow's. Its real strength is Goat Cheese, one of the most valuable products to age in a Cask. Large Goat Milk also fills a slot in the Animal Bundle. Like cows, goats can give birth in an upgraded Barn, so a pair can slowly grow into a herd.

Care

A goat lives in the Barn alongside the cows and follows the same daily routine. It needs one portion of food a day. On dry days outside Winter, an open Barn door lets goats out to graze, and fresh grass both feeds them and puts them in top spirits. Inside, they eat Hay from the trough, which the Hay Hopper fills from the Silo. The Deluxe Barn takes over that job with its automatic feeder. A hungry goat stays healthy but gives no milk until it eats again.

The herd returns to the Barn around 6pm. Any goat left outside when the door shuts spends a miserable night and wakes up grumpy. A wild animal may also attack a goat stranded overnight. Goats shelter indoors on rainy days and all through Winter. A Heater keeps their mood up during cold evenings, and a full Silo saves buying Hay.

A daily pat builds friendship towards five hearts and brightens the goat's mood. Milking by hand adds a small extra boost to friendship. The Shepherd profession makes every barn animal warm up faster and improves the quality of what they produce. Skipping the daily pat costs a little friendship each night.

Produce

A grown goat is ready for the Milk Pail every second morning, as long as it has eaten. Goats reach adulthood after five days of regular meals. With high friendship and a good mood, a goat sometimes gives Large Goat Milk, which is worth about half as much again. Care also raises the chance of better star quality.

Putting Goat Milk into a Cheese Press makes Goat Cheese in a little over three hours. The press ignores the star rating of the milk. Iridium Goat Milk is therefore worth more sold raw, unless the Artisan profession is taken. With Artisan, every kind of Goat Milk is worth pressing.

Goat Cheese gets even better in a Cask. Aging it raises the cheese one quality step at a time until it reaches iridium, which doubles its base price. Goat Cheese is worth much more per jar than cow's Cheese, which makes it a favourite for filling a cellar.

Goat Milk can stand in for Milk in any cooking recipe. Large Goat Milk is an option in the Animal Bundle in the Pantry. Goat Cheese is an option in the Artisan Bundle.

Buying

Marnie sells goats at Marnie's Ranch once a Big Barn has been built. The Big Barn is also the first Barn where animals can become pregnant. Pregnancy is switched on or off in each goat's menu, opened by interacting with it after petting. When a goat gives birth, a message announces it and the game asks for the kid's name.

A goat with full hearts fetches about a third more than its price at the ranch.

Notes

Compared side by side, a cow earns slightly more per day than a goat. A cow gives Milk daily and costs far less to buy. A goat's advantage is that it fills each Cheese Press run and each Cask with a more valuable product.

One Golden Animal Cracker makes a goat give double milk from that day onward.

All Animals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Building	Price	Produce
Chicken		Coop	800g	Egg; Brown Egg; Large Egg; Large Brown Egg
Cow		Barn	1500g	Milk; Large Milk
Dinosaur		Big Coop	-	Dinosaur Egg
Duck		Big Coop	1200g	Duck Egg; Duck Feather
Dusty	-	-	-	-
Goat		Big Barn	4000g	Goat Milk; Large Goat Milk
Golden Chicken		Big Coop	-	Golden Egg
Ostrich		Barn	-	Ostrich Egg
Pig		Deluxe Barn	16000g	Truffle
Rabbit		Deluxe Coop	8000g	Rabbit's Foot; Wool
Sheep		Deluxe Barn	8000g	Wool
Void Chicken		Big Coop	-	Void Egg