3 farms now instead of 2?

[MinnesotaRuss]

In the past when I researched Feudalism, the voice said that if 2 farms were adjacent, there would be a bonus. Now it appears that it takes 3. Is that correct? Does farming rice or wheat count as one of the 3?

 

[Victoria]

It is 3 farms so as long as it is a farm when you hover your mouse over the tile it counts. A plantation is not a farm but you know that anyway I imagine. Just being clear for anyone else that reads.

It still takes 2 adjacent farms to the one that is being increased.... so a triangle of farms is the perfect design, still works just like before the patch.

 

[MadDjinn]

Well, 2 farm adjacent to a third farm produces the result. So it's right.

 

[Leyrann]

You can say it two ways: A farm gets +1 food for every two adjacent farms, or when three farms are adjacent to each other, they all get +1 food.

Basically, farms get a +0.5 food adjacency bonus from other farms, rounded down (like all +0.5 adjacency bonuses).

 

[General Tso]

To combine everything into one statement: The game still works the same. They just changed the text in the description.

 

[isau]

Another way to put it (the way it actually appears in the database) is that the bonus to an individual farm is +1 for every 2 adjacent farms. It's actually the same exact bonus structure as you'd get for a Holy Site next to Woods. It's just that in this case the item being placed is the same type as the items being placed next to.