Topic

New animal/skill/tool - Honey

I was thinking of something new that could be added to the game. My idea came from the fact that it takes a lot of honey to create butterfly eggs. It would create a new tool, a new skill or skills, and possibly a new interactive animal.

Here is the idea: Let us create our own honey instead of having to buy it.

You could have bees that are in swarms like the fireflies and be able to catch them with jars like fireflies.

You could learn the beekeeping skill (there could be levels to this, though it may only need to be one skill).

You could have a beekeeping box (like is used by professional beekeepers in the realworld) that you could set up at your house.

You could transfer the captured bees to the box and so many bees make 1 honey, like with blockmaking. Or have it like the animal collectors, where you have your bees depositing honey at some set rate per game day.

Or maybe it's not a jar like fireflies. Maybe it's a bee-charming skill where so many bees can follow you back to your house where your box is located. Or maybe it is a jar full of bees and you shake it to get honey (like with milk to get butter). Or maybe you get pollen from the bees and shake it to get honey.

Just throwing out an idea that I had.

Posted 11 months ago by Cantrix Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • good idea!!
    Posted 11 months ago by Vio Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Although there are more places that discuss this, here are three closed threads dedicated to the art of the apiarist: HereHere, and Here.

    I think it's definitely on the developer's radar, and we should be getting a chance to vote on new animals soon.   Smart money is on a vote between bees, some kind of (bumble)bears, honeybunnies and honey badgers as a honey source - see the thread here for ideas.
    Posted 11 months ago by Scarlett Bearsdale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bumblebears are fun.
    Posted 10 months ago by The Black Chicken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1
    Posted 10 months ago by globule Subscriber! | Permalink
  • a beehive!
    you'd need a smoke canister or something to get it.
    Posted 10 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Of course it must be asked, why bees? This is a game in which milk comes fron butterflies, grain from chickens, and eggs from plants. Perhaps, in a purely Glitchy spirit, honey could come from a different natural source, like a:

    Honey puddle / spring
    Honey shrub
    Honey stone
    Shiny object of no intrinsic value
    Posted 10 months ago by dm Subscriber! | Permalink