Pig

Pig

Type	Animal
Building	Deluxe Barn
Price	16000g
Produce	Truffle

The Pig is the most expensive animal at Marnie's Ranch and one of the best earners on the farm. It needs a fully upgraded Deluxe Barn. Pigs work differently from every other farm animal. Instead of leaving a product in the Barn, they root about outdoors and dig up Truffles on open ground. Truffles sell for a high price, and an Oil Maker turns them into even pricier Truffle Oil. A well-loved pig often finds several truffles a day, so a small herd quickly pays back its cost.

Care

A pig shares the Deluxe Barn with cows, goats, sheep and ostriches. It eats one portion of food a day, either fresh grass outside or Hay from the trough. The Deluxe Barn's automatic feeder fills the trough from the Silo, so indoor days need no hand feeding.

Getting the pig outside matters more than anything else. Each morning, the Barn door should be open so the herd can wander into the fields. A pig only digs while it is outdoors, fed and walking over clear ground. Truffles cannot appear on tiles covered by debris or other objects. Clearing stones, weeds and wood from the pasture gives the pig more room to dig. A fence keeps the herd close, which also keeps the truffles easy to find.

Pigs stay inside in rain, storms and snow, and through all of Winter. They still need food on those days, even though they find nothing. A Heater keeps their mood up during the cold season. As with other barn animals, closing the door before the herd is home leaves a pig stranded and grumpy, with a risk of a wild animal attack.

Petting raises friendship towards five hearts and lifts the pig's mood. For pigs, friendship has a special job: it decides how many truffles they find.

Produce

A grown pig almost always finds its first truffle of the day, as long as it is fed and outdoors on clear ground. That first find happens whatever the pig's friendship. After it, the pig keeps rolling for more truffles. Each extra roll's chance is the pig's friendship divided by 1,500, so a fully befriended pig succeeds two times in three. On average, a maxed pig digs up around three truffles a day.

Truffle quality depends on the farmer's foraging professions, not on the pig. The Gatherer profession gives a chance to pick up two at once. The Botanist profession makes every truffle iridium quality.

Putting a Truffle into an Oil Maker makes Truffle Oil in about six hours. An iridium truffle from Botanist, however, sells for more raw than Truffle Oil does. Truffle Oil only wins once the Artisan profession is taken. With both professions, the oil sells for more, but each truffle ties up an Oil Maker for six hours.

Truffles and Truffle Oil both help with the Community Center. A Truffle is an option in the Chef's Bundle. Truffle Oil is an option in the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry. Truffle Oil is also an ingredient in the Rain Totem.

Buying

Marnie sells pigs at Marnie's Ranch once a Barn has been upgraded to a Deluxe Barn. Like cows, goats and sheep, pigs can give birth in an upgraded Barn with free space. Pregnancy can be switched on or off in each pig's menu.

At full friendship, a pig sells for one of the highest prices of any farm animal.

Notes

A pig spends Winter as an idle mouth to feed. Planning for that season means a full Silo and patience until Spring.

A Golden Animal Cracker works on every farm animal except the pig.

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