Acorns
Acorns are Rodent Farm's first ordinary resource. Acorn Patches produce them on visible timers, and they remain a material for construction, crafting, Work Orders, and civic projects throughout the farm.
- Source
- Timed Acorn Patch production, beginning at level 1.
- Storage
- Normal Stockpile capacity when not assigned to a capped Work Order.
- Crafting
- Roasted Nuts and Trail Mix.
- Recovery
- Ordinary producer output can qualify for the Lost-and-Found Cart.
Production and storage
Acorn Patches place ordinary output in the Stockpile unless a capped Work Order has accepted it. The building inspector displays each Patch's current rate and capacity. Production pauses when ordinary storage is full, while eligible post-cap producer output may enter the Lost-and-Found Cart.
Uses
Acorns pay for ordinary construction and upgrades. They are also the input for Roasted Nuts and, together with Cheese, Trail Mix. Work Orders and Public Work petitions can name Acorns directly among their accepted materials.
Project material
Pondworks and later construction can require raw Acorns, while recipes use them for a particular named destination. The relevant inspector or recipe card displays the current quantity and any Work Order ceiling.