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Homestead Basics

A practical introduction to farming, stations, shared Storage, and keeping passive work moving alongside character progression.

homestead
farming
stations
storage
Updated
2026-07-13
Type
Player guide

Overview

The Homestead is account-wide and works in parallel with your character's active skill timer. Use it as a steady background loop rather than waiting on it before gathering, crafting, or combat.

Keep It Working

  • Plant crops before leaving for a longer gathering, crafting, or combat session.
  • Use crop pages to compare grow time, yield, XP, and compost-adjusted timers.
  • Queue station jobs whenever their outputs support your current goal.
  • Collect station outputs with the character that should receive the items and XP.
  • Expand farm plots when the extra parallel capacity is worth more than the listed materials.

Stations And Storage

The current stations are the Compost Bin, Preserves Jar, Seed Maker, and Charcoal Kiln. Their wiki pages list build costs, processing rules, inputs, and outputs. Shared Storage moves ordinary items and unequipped quality equipment between characters; equipped gear must be unequipped first.