Stone Sign
| Stone Sign | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Starter |
The Stone Sign is a small stone marker that displays a picture of any item. It is one of the recipes every farmer knows from the first day, and it costs nothing but Stone. Showing an item on it takes a single click, and the item is never used up. Signs are the simplest way to label chests, fields and machines. A Stone Sign set on a Fish Pond goes one better and becomes a live counter of the fish inside.
Recipe
The recipe is part of the starting crafting list, so no skill level or purchase is needed. Each sign takes a stack of Stone, gathered by breaking rocks on the farm or in the Mines. The Wood Sign is the same sign made from Wood, also known from the start, while the Dark Sign is a later version that Krobus teaches.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Stone | 
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25 |
Use
A new Stone Sign stands empty. Holding any item that fits in the inventory and using it on the sign puts that item's picture on display. The item stays in the inventory afterwards. Using a different item on the sign later swaps the picture.
Signs make storage easy to read. A sign beside each chest can show what is kept inside, such as ore, seeds or fish. A sign at the end of a field can show the crop growing there, which helps on large farms with many rows. Signs can stand indoors or outdoors.
Signs travel well. They stack in the inventory and in a chest, so a dozen can be carried out to a field in a single slot and planted along the rows in one morning. That makes labelling a whole barn or a whole row of Kegs a job for one trip rather than several.
Away from the farm, the ground underneath matters. Any crafted object left on a tile that a villager walks across is destroyed, and the routes through town and along the Beach cover more ground than they appear to. A sign meant for a public spot is safest against a wall or a fence, well clear of the paths the townspeople take.
Notes
Placing the sign on a Fish Pond changes its job. It then shows the fish living in that pond, with the number of fish in the corner. A row of labelled ponds shows at a glance which ones are close to full and which need more fish.
Because the picture is read from the item itself, a label never goes stale. Swapping a Salmon for a Sturgeon on the sign is one click and costs nothing, so the shelf and the sign can be kept in step for as long as the chest is in use. A picture also reads from across the yard, which a written note does not.
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