The vineyard grows grapes and hops on a trellis. It is worked with a hoe rather than a plough, harvested with a basket rather than a sickle, and — unlike every other field — it pays Brewer crafting experience, not Farmer.
Three sizes
| Harvests per cycle | Working range | |
|---|---|---|
| Large Vineyard | 10 | 15 m |
| Medium Vineyard | 5 | 15 m |
| Small Vineyard | 1 | 5 m |
All three take the same week to grow. The smaller ones need less seed and give back less.
The five stages
1. Plough — needs a hoe, not a plough. 25 energy rather than 50. You can walk about while you work it.
2. Seed — needs a seed bag:
grape · red grape · white grape · hop
3. Water — needs a clay jar and water.
4. Growing — seven days. The vines climb the trellis line as they come on.
5. Harvest — needs a small basket, and nothing else.
Each stage pays 10 Brewer crafting experience.
Two things that are different here
No sickle. A sickle through a bunch of grapes was never going to be right. Harvesting spends one point of the basket’s durability instead, and does not consume the basket outright.
Brewer, not Farmer. Every other field trains Farmer. The vineyard trains Brewer, which puts it on the same ladder as the wine press, the mash tun, the fermentor and the barrels.
What the fruit is for
Grapes are food as they stand. They are also the front of the drink chain: press them into juice, ferment the juice, age it in barrels, bottle it. Hops go the same way for beer.