Iron Fence
| Iron Fence | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Farming (Level 4) |
| Produces | 10 Iron Fences per craft |
| Sell Price | 6g |
The Iron Fence is a sturdy metal fence and a solid upgrade over wood and stone. A single Iron Bar makes a whole bundle of posts, and each post stands for roughly two in-game years before it falls apart. That is about twice as long as a Stone Fence and several times longer than a Wood Fence, which means far fewer repair rounds. Only the Hardwood Fence lasts longer. The recipe comes at Farming level 4, early enough for the iron posts to frame the first animal pens.
Recipe
Reaching Farming level 4 teaches the recipe. Crafting one Iron Bar makes ten Iron Fence posts, so a small stack of bars fences in a large area. Smelting Iron Ore with Coal in a Furnace gives the bars, so fencing a whole pasture costs only a handful of smelts.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Bar | 
|
1 |
Use
Fences mark out space on the farm. They keep farm animals inside a pen, so the animals graze close to their barn or coop and are easy to find for petting. They also hold back the spread of grass and stop players and horses from cutting across fields.
A closed fence line needs at least one Gate, or the farmer and the animals cannot get through. A Gate only works when it is connected to the fence on either side.
A good pen is built around the animal door of the barn or coop. Animals eat the grass closest to their door first, so centring the pen there keeps them fed. A larger pen lets the grass grow back faster than a full barn can eat it. Buildings, ponds and other solid objects can stand in for part of the fence line, which saves posts.
A Torch can sit on top of an iron post. That lights up a pen or a path at night without using up an extra tile.
Variants
The other fences in the game, with what each one takes and where the recipe comes from.
| Name | Image | Ingredients | Recipe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gate | 
|
Wood (10) | Starter |
| Hardwood Fence | 
|
Hardwood (1) | Farming (Level 6) |
| Stone Fence | 
|
Stone (2) | Farming (Level 2) |
| Wood Fence | 
|
Wood (2) | Starter |
Notes
Every fence decays in the end, iron included. A spouse sometimes spends a morning mending the farm's fences, which stretches the time between repairs.
The Gold Clock from the Wizard's Tower ends the problem for good. Once built, it stops every fence on the farm from decaying. It is extremely expensive, so most farms rely on longer-lasting fences long before they can afford one.
Choosing a fence comes down to time and cost. Wood and Stone are cheaper but need replacing much sooner. Hardwood lasts the longest but takes a valuable resource. Iron sits in between and suits a farm that wants sturdy pens without spending Hardwood.
All Crafting
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