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Why do Plots Take up Housing Space

AuthorMessage
Survivor
Apr 22, 2009
3
I understand the housing space limit is there to help load times and not crash the game but should plots count towards the limit they can't be that intensive to render and I feel like it's an artificial way to force players to buy the housing limit extender from the crown shop.

Archon
Sep 17, 2012
4162
It doesn't really matter how hard/easy something is to render. Items and their locations have to be recorded either way. They still take up a place in the database. There has to be some limitation.

Defender
Jun 04, 2014
183
One possible way to help with this (if you are able to get to Polaris) is to farm for the triple plots. The small and medium triple plots are dropped at the Borealis Peaks battles and by Baba Yaga. These plots can hold three plants, but only take up a single housing space slot. By using these, I was able to easily double the size of my garden and still keep the same number of spaces.

These plots can also be bought for crowns from the crown shop if you do not want to farm for them. There is no level limit needed to use them. Obviously, you have to be high enough level to fight in Polaris though, if you intend to farm for them. They drop pretty frequently. I usually got one every time I did the Borealis Peaks battle. Baba Yaga drops them a lot less frequently. Still, in the course of a month of farming, I was able to get almost a hundred of them - small, medium, enchanted, unenchanted.

They can stack but you have to be a little creative to do it. Still, you can arrange them such that you can get 45 total plants using the medium ones to be within a single large circle spell, and 66 total plants using the small ones.

Armiger
Jan 11, 2012
2497
Samusear on Apr 23, 2016 wrote:
I understand the housing space limit is there to help load times and not crash the game but should plots count towards the limit they can't be that intensive to render and I feel like it's an artificial way to force players to buy the housing limit extender from the crown shop.
Imagine if the red barn farm didnt need any plots at all on the outside. Imagine if you could plant seeds right into the ground. While I HATE that a plant takes 2 slots, it actually makes sense. I can see issues cropping up with alignment and spells. The plots make the layout predictable.

Delver
Apr 10, 2010
286
Triple plots? Oh, now those would be great to have!

Explorer
Feb 13, 2011
57
Explorer
Feb 13, 2011
57
Good idea, thanks. I will try it,
mattie1010

Defender
Jun 04, 2014
183
One minor clarification to my previous comment.

While it is true that the triple plots take up only one housing slot, each seed planted still takes up a housing slot as well.

So if you have a triple plot and plant 3 seeds in it, it takes up a total of: 1 + 3 = 4 spots. This is still better than the 6 spots that would be taken up by 3 individual plots and 3 seeds. Sorry if I did not clarify this earlier. It is still a great way to expand your garden and maximize your space.

Survivor
Feb 19, 2009
31
I wish we got an extra space house exliter. that would be so awesome

Archon
Sep 17, 2012
4162
greatwizard1256 on Jun 14, 2016 wrote:
I wish we got an extra space house exliter. that would be so awesome
Bric a brac elixir adds 50 to a house's item limit. It can be used both inside and outside and multiple times up to a total of 350.