Few random questions

[TheGatekeeper]

I couldn't directly see these anywhere, but a few things did have me wondering.

Does the quality of a wine barrel influence anything, like, say, wine? For that matter, does anvil quality affect metal crafts?

When making a brickwall, does the quality of the clay bricks influence how strong the wall is, or is it a flat soak/HP?

When it comes to making steel, is the quality of the steel always a direct transfer from the quality of the wrought iron used in making said steel?

Lastly (that comes to mind for now), how often does decay hit? As I understand it, when trees are tapped by a 'decay' hit, they refresh branches/mulberries/apples/etc, but I have a planted mulberry tree that hasn't regained its branches or its leaves in a week - Ended up chopping it down and planting a new one, but I'm wondering what would have made it NOT refresh.

[LimaZulu]

Wine barrels' q cap wine q.

Brick q doesn't affect wall q.

Dunno about steel.

Decay ticks are random and by tile.

[Potjeh]

Actually, barrels average booze as it ferments, and vinegar naturally gets it twice. Ie, q10 juice + q40 barrel = q25 wine = q32 vinegar.

Steel depends on q of wrought, coal, fuel and crucible.

[LimaZulu]

Actually, barrels average booze as it ferments, and vinegar naturally gets it twice. Ie, q10 juice + q40 barrel = q25 wine = q32 vinegar.

Steel depends on q of wrought, coal, fuel and crucible.

Oh. Oh. Explains why my wine blows despite itself. Gonna make me some better barrels.

[TheGatekeeper]

Actually, barrels average booze as it ferments, and vinegar naturally gets it twice. Ie, q10 juice + q40 barrel = q25 wine = q32 vinegar.

Steel depends on q of wrought, coal, fuel and crucible.

Hmm, interesting. 15q wrought iron came out as 15q steel... with 22q coal and 27q boards as fuel. Dunno the crucible quality (it was crafted with q18 clay and a q15 piece of iron.) Heck if I know what the average of all that is.

Good to know on the barrels, though - Guess I'll have to use the higher Q boards instead of just using a metal saw, bleh.

Thanks for the responses!

[TheGatekeeper]

Had another question - This time about farming!

Now I understand that soil quality will effect the quality of the crop, but does farming repeatedly on a particular tile lower the Q of that soil in any way? Should I have, let's say, two patches of equal-quality land and alternate planting wheat between those two? Or is it cool to just re-use the same patch of farmland over and over without worrying about degradation of soil/crop/seed quality?

[Potjeh]

Only digging decreases soil quality.

[TheGatekeeper]

So I can harvest and instantly re-plant in the same spot - Fantastic to hear.