Welcome to the 5x5 challenge, in this challenge you have to make a self sufficient factory (no bots!). This could be a bacon farm! or a steel mill etc.
Requirements:
bed,
hf,
claim,
input chest(not fully required unless its a steel mill etc),
output chest (they dont have to be chest it could be any container),
food (best way is through idol/1x2 beatroot farm(i dunno why im helping you here but i guess its for the everyone noob-pro)), enough to keep you/your alt alive,
and the factory thingy w/e.
bonuses:
Wall to keep out raiders (this can be out side the 5x5 but have to touch the claim) +2pt
added curio farm (has to be in 5x5 area)+3
trade idol (if you add this you can exclude the input/output containers(in the 5x5 area))+2
barter stand(equivalent of the trade idol (5x5 area needed)(can have both))+1
Think you can do better? do it in 4x4 or better 3x3
like this: http://imgur.com/8wyxTnt thats my basic 3x3 tree farm without a bed or claim :3 (but i can still fit a bed in)
Let me see what you can do.
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dackT-E
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5x5 challenge
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jordancoles
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Re: 5x5 challenge
A tree planted there will stunt
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dackT-E
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Re: 5x5 challenge
nope i got it to work on multiple times :3
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Seizure
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Re: 5x5 challenge
Depends entirely on the tree. A mulberry for instance should have no problem.
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dackT-E
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Re: 5x5 challenge
thats what i used...
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MagicManICT
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Re: 5x5 challenge
How can you make a self-sufficient anything with an industry that you will need to expand to more than 5x5, ie mining (steel)? Or is bringing input materials in from other sources OK?
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Re: 5x5 challenge
Not 5x5, but small and efficient without
being small and efficient to the point of
inefficiency at the aim of being smaller

24x14 with ~ 10 unusable tiles
~All crops ql 100
~Sufficient crops for LP gain, cheese,
baked goods, curiosities, and fodder
~High ql chickens for curios, meat,
and company
~Barter stand for mass storage
~Room for 2-3 trees if desired

~Feast area
~Boat storage
~Food storage
~q10 water
~Sometimes cheese
~LC's in boats for more storage

~Trade storage
~Curio storage
~Ingredient storage
~Water, Milk, Wine, and vinegar
~Cheese production
~Trees, tea, hemp, possible silk
production
~Metals, equipment, and meat
storage
~Scent storage with tags
being small and efficient to the point of
inefficiency at the aim of being smaller
24x14 with ~ 10 unusable tiles
~All crops ql 100
~Sufficient crops for LP gain, cheese,
baked goods, curiosities, and fodder
~High ql chickens for curios, meat,
and company
~Barter stand for mass storage
~Room for 2-3 trees if desired
~Feast area
~Boat storage
~Food storage
~q10 water
~Sometimes cheese
~LC's in boats for more storage
~Trade storage
~Curio storage
~Ingredient storage
~Water, Milk, Wine, and vinegar
~Cheese production
~Trees, tea, hemp, possible silk
production
~Metals, equipment, and meat
storage
~Scent storage with tags


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dackT-E
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Re: 5x5 challenge
for magicmanICT
for naowut
input=you can mine underground all you need is the actual process to be in 5x5 unless its farming
for naowut
even tho it isnt in 5x5 i still like it
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MOldAr
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Re: 5x5 challenge
making cheese on 5 racks is 100% pro