Use of the cowshed#

A Cowshed is a key building for cattle breeding. It is built once per game account and serves the livestock of all the owner’s clones. The construction process is instant. Barns vary in capacity, which determines the maximum number of animals they can house. If the capacity is exceeded, the excess animals remain in the owners’ barns. A cowshed requires regular maintenance; if it breaks down, it ceases to function, and the animals can only feed from the troughs in cattle yards.

The larger the cowshed, the greater its advantages and the more expensive its maintenance. Various development strategies are possible, including gradual expansion or building a large barn all at once.

Construction cost#

The cost of building a cowshed depends on its capacity.

Table. Cost of building a cowshed

Repair#

A cowshed requires repairs every 30 days of operation. Repair costs are not cumulative: regardless of the length of downtime, the cost of the next repair remains the same. Resource consumption depends on the capacity of the cowshed —the larger it is, the higher the costs.

Table: Cost of cowshed repairs

Functioning of a broken cowshed#

If a cowshed is broken, it is impossible to add or remove feed. Cattle can only feed in cattle yards. Mating is unavailable, the manure recycling discount does not apply, there is no calf weight bonus, and the cowshed does not count towards your account score.

To simplify maintenance, you can enable automatic repairs.

Table. Automatic cowshed repairs

Increased capacity#

A cowshed can be upgraded in stages, increasing its capacity and available benefits. Upgrades are made level by level.

Table: Cost of upgrading a cowshed

Mass operations with livestock#

The cowshed simplifies mass operations. All animals, regardless of owner, feed from a single trough. This simplifies feed management and speeds up the handling of large herds.

Mating your own animals#

Free mating of cows and bulls is only available in a cowshed . Animals from different account clones can be used. Without a cowshed, mating is only possible by renting bulls, which requires additional costs.

Weight gain in newborn calves#

Installing solar panels in a cowshed increases the birth weight of the offspring.

Table. Cost of upgrading a cowshed

The weight of the offspring without improvements is calculated using the formula:

Table. Cowshed coefficient

If there are NFTs, the formula is:

Table. NFT coefficient

The maximum coefficient for the number of NFTs is 2. Taking rarity into account, the maximum value is 2.2.

Discount on cow manure processing#

A cowshed offers a discount on processing manure into “Cow Breeze” fertilizer. The source of the manure is irrelevant. The discount depends on the cowshed capacity.

Table. Discount amount for manure processing