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Meat Collector and Butterfly Milker

I haven't been able to find a thread on these things so if i repeat something someone already answered, just point me in the right direction.

I bought three gizmos - a pig feeder, a meat collector and a butterfly milker.  The pig feeder works just fine, and the other two collect meat and butterfly milk, but i can't collect it.  It keeps telling me i don't know how to use this contraption but it doesn't tell me how to use it.  I have taken the herdkeeping and remote herdkeeping skills.  Does anyone know what I do to collect meat and milk?  Thanks Cats1524

Posted 20 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • You put them on the ground in your yard, near your pigs, and they collect meat and milk over time.  I think you can hover over them with the mouse or click on them, and they'll show you "4/50," for example, to tell you that there are four meats in the collector, out of fifty possible.  To complete the RHK quest, you have to leave the collectors alone until they're full, at which point you can click "collect" on the menus to retrieve the milk and meat.  If that first number isn't 0, and you have space in your inventory, and you still can't collect it, then you've found a bug.
    Posted 20 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Glum.  That's what I thought.  I've found a bug.  I did exactly what you said and  I got a message saying "come collect your meat", the unit is full -- but it won't let me collect it.  Same with the butterfly milk.   Darn and those things are expensive!
    Posted 20 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You need the Remote Herdkeeping skill to use them.
    Posted 20 months ago by ping Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks Ping, As i said in my original note, I have the remote herdkeeping skill
    Posted 20 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are you 100% sure?
    Posted 20 months ago by Simplin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Cats1524 I took a look at your profile before replying. It shows that you have Herdkeeping, but not Remote Herdkeeping.
    Posted 20 months ago by ping Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ah thanks for direction. It helped.  I looked at my profile  again and it says I have the remote herdkeeping skill.  I remember taking it.  I took it just so i could use these tools.  But my profile also says I need the animal kinship skills for the remote herding.  I definitely don't have all those.  So I will have to start with those as soon as the game comes back.  Who knows; I might have to take the remote herding skills again.  Thanks for helping me figure out what I'm doing wrong.  I feel like I'm on my way to making it work.  
    Posted 20 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's weird--you shouldn't have been allowed to learn the remote herdkeeping skill without the animal kinship skills... But yes, it takes alot of effort to get that skill because there are so many prerequisites. 
    Posted 20 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When I look at your profile, I do not see Remote Herdkeeping on your skill list.
    Posted 20 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i'll check when i get back onto the game.  thanks for your help
    Posted 20 months ago by Cat A. Tonic Subscriber! | Permalink