Join the official Goodgame Big Farm Discord today!
Are you looking for a community of like-minded farmers to discuss your farming experience with? Look no further than the GoodGame Big Farm Discord Server!
Our server is the perfect place to connect with other farmers from around the world. Whether you're looking to chat about strategy, share tips and tricks, or just make new friends, our community has got you covered.
And that's not all - as a member of our Discord server, you'll also have access to exclusive giveaways and other special events. It's the perfect way to stay up to date on all the latest news and updates from GoodGame Studios.
So what are you waiting for? Join the GoodGame Big Farm Discord Server today and start connecting with fellow farmers from all over the world. Just click here to join the fun!
Update May 24th - Dockyard, Deep Sea Fishing & More!
WascallyWabbit (FormerMod)
Guest Posts: 6,097
Hi everyone,
We have had a small break from content updates in the last few weeks to fix some issues and can now bring lots of new content to Big Farm for you to enjoy and explore! In the next update, we will bring you something new and exciting
The Dockyard and Deep Sea Fishing!
Continue reading to find out all about them:
General Information
As soon as you have complete all of the fishing tasks on your farms, you will get a task and a new ship will dock right next to Oleg on your Flower Farm!
After this step, a new deep sea fishing area will be available to explore!
Dockyard
From the dockyard you’ll be able to buy / upgrade boats and produce Chum.
Upgrading the dockyard allows you to buy more and better boats.
Some boats are only accessible once you upgrade your dockyard to a certain level.
Boats
Buying and upgrading a boat takes some time (this can be skipped from the boat itself).
Once you buy a boat, you’ll have the option to upgrade, equip, demolish and rename.
You can own up to 14 boats
Different boats have different numbers of slots (the better the boat more slots you have)
All boats can fish all types of fish by default.
You can name each of your boats - first time is always free.
Upgrading a boat will increase:
Fishing time
Fish caught per hour
Capacity
Travel time saved
Types of boats:
Motorboat
Runabout
Norfolk Wherry
Skipjack
Trawler
Equipment
Each boat has up to 12 slots for fishing equipment & crew, depending on the type of boat & its level.
Equipment/Crew - Purchased equipment & hired crew available to drag to slots
Travel speed - Hire crew who can reduce the time that your boat spends travelling
Capacity - Purchase additional storage for your catch
Fish caught per hour - Hire crew who can catch more fish per hour
Specific fish equipment - You will need the correct one of these items to catch each type of fish
Fishing time - Hire crew who can increase your fishing time
Protection - Purchase items to protect you from dangers at different fishing locations
Chum - Produce chum in your dockyard to help you catch fish fasterSome equipment requires specific levels. If you haven’t reached them yet, you can buy the equipment using gold.
Item efficiency: all items are only 100% efficient when equipped to specific boats and boat levels. If you equip them on the wrong boat, the item will get a performance penalty, which will be indicated by red text.
Fishing
The fishing locations are spread around the sea and each location will have different types of fish.
The fishing trip is divided into 3 steps: traveling to the location; fishing; returning to the dockyard.
There are 8 different distances from the dockyard, with different travel times.
Each type of fish requires 1 specific equipment item (for example, to catch Oysters, you need a Rake).
Several dangers can affect your fishing journey and you can lose part of your cargo:
Storm, Sharks, Whirlwind, Iceberg and Octopuses.
You can protect your boat against these dangers with protection equipment.
In each location, there’s a limited amount of fish you can catch - When all the fish are caught from one location, it will vanish & spawn a new fishing location.
Clicking on a location & selecting "Go fishing" will bring up a deployment window showing::
% chance of dangers at that location.
Standard travel time to that location
Types & number of fish there
Boats already equipped to deploy to that location (or click on the + icon to equip a boat to deploy)
- More than one boat can be out fishing at the same time & up to 4 at the same location.
The fishing locations have a lifetime of 24 hours. When the 24h are over, it will vanish and spawn a new fishing location. If a boat is fishing during the reset, the fishing location will vanish as soon as no boat is at this location anymore
Producing Chum
Producing chum, in your Dockyard, helps to catch fish faster & you will be able to produce different types of chum for different purposes.
To produce chum, you need to use some of the fish that you catch (Oyster, Clams, Shrimp, Herring, Tuna, Lobster, Salmon, Cod, Swordfish).
The chum will give you a "Catching speed bonus" increasing the amount of fish that you catch per hour.
There are 2 types of chum:
Normal chum for all the fish: 10% bonus.
Specialized chum for specific types of fish: 15 - 25% bonus.
- Hovering your cursor over the bonus icon will show you which types of fish your chum will affect.
Job Center (coming soon!!!)
This upcoming cooperative village building, the last element of the Growing and Mining production cycle, will address the edge plants and their respective penalties. We’ve been working hard to get it ready and bring it to our live servers as soon as possible! Stay curious! 
Summer Weekend Special Festivities
From the 24th to the 28th (Wednesday to Sunday) you’ll get the opportunity enjoy: Ice Cream Carts; Tourists; Horse Trainers; Fireworks; Racing Farmer. For more information, you can check these previous Official Announcements
The Summer Weekend Festival starts!
Captain Yarnacle's Schedule
With this update, Yarnacle will leave the shore at 01:00 and 13:00 CEST. Depending on the damage of his boat, he can be back at around noon and in the evening. We know this is not yet perfect for a some time-zones but this is something we need some more time to improve.
Note: This change means that, depending on the time of the update, and because the time change applies instantly, Yarnacle will be gone if he was there before or will be there if he wasn’t there before.
Deep Sea Fishing Themed - Hard Work Event
With this Update we will implement a new version of this event with activity rewards and requirements connected to the new Deep Sea Fishing content! This HWE will run from Weds, May 24th 23:59pm to Sun, May 28th 23:59pm CEST
Other Changes/Fixes
Enjoy discussing this update HERE
Your Big Farm Team
EDIT: 25.05.17
- Max number of equipment slots is 12 not 8
- Additions to "Boats" & "Fishing" shown in bold italics
EDIT:30.05.17
- To catch Lobsters you need cages Oysters you need a rake
Comments
Coop Village League Challenges
The name of the challenge starter will now be displayed in coop chat and also on the dialog that pops up when a challenge is started - It will not show for challenges that were started before the update.