Automatic Butchering Mole Farm

[MrBird077]

Hi and greetings

I have discovered this farming method 3 years ago in ROG (could be the first?):

First, the surrounding fences has to be big enough, so when you drop the captured moles, they will make new burrow WITHIN the fence.

Second, wait until spring time where frog rain appears, let some frogs rained into the fence.

Now you have moles that constantly aggro the frogs, which will constantly be killed, respawn and repeat, leading to constant supply of morsels. Also, there is little risk that frog will attack you when entering the fence to collect the morsels, since they will be busy chasing and killing the moles.

I wanted to summit this to the wiki, but I have no prior experience in wiki submission or editting, so if this is really the first farming method "invented", can someone who is familiar to the wiki help me upload and add this farming method to it? You will be greatly appreciated for this benevolent act! All I need is a credit and it is enough.

Thank you!

[BezKa]

Unfortunately, the frogs from frog rain despawn after some time in DST, unlike RoG. So you either have to use a pond, or keep it loaded the entire time (aka stand next to it)

[me real life]

7 minutes ago, BezKa said:

So you either have to use a pond, or keep it loaded the entire time (aka stand next to it)

Not necessarily! If you get a frog from a tumbleweed, it's technically a "homeless" Frog that has no pond to return to and will never despawn. So you could probably use them for a farm like this! It sounds super interesting to me.

[kuroite]

Anenemy with a bait could be even better. 

[MrBird077]

Thanks for the replies guys, I didnt know in DST the frogs will despawn.

I'm still looking for someone to add this in wiki.

33 minutes ago, kuroite said:

Anenemy with a bait could be even better. 

Not necessarily better, since some mobs will destroy the fence where frogs cant do that.

[BezKa]

1 hour ago, MrBird077 said:

Thanks for the replies guys, I didnt know in DST the frogs will despawn.

I'm still looking for someone to add this in wiki.

Not necessarily better, since some mobs will destroy the fence where frogs cant do that.

Bait for moles are rocks, so no mob will try to get there except them

[ArubaroBeefalo]

2 hours ago, kuroite said:

Anenemy with a bait could be even better. 

But will only be activated one time and after the moles that survive will eat the bait

[wons]

10 hours ago, Sunset Skye said:

Not necessarily! If you get a frog from a tumbleweed, it's technically a "homeless" Frog that has no pond to return to and will never despawn. So you could probably use them for a farm like this! It sounds super interesting to me.

then how frogs from frog rain work? do they count as homeless? or the nearest pond is their home?

[ArubaroBeefalo]

21 minutes ago, wons said:

then how frogs from frog rain work? do they count as homeless? or the nearest pond is their home?

i guess they have their own prefab because they despawn offscreen

[Cheggf]

3 hours ago, wons said:

then how frogs from frog rain work? do they count as homeless? or the nearest pond is their home?

If I remember right they used never despawn and as such were an enormous threat. But whether or not they used to despawn, now they do, and they despawn really really easily. You only have to walk like one or two screens away to despawn them now.

11 hours ago, ArubaroBeefalo said:

But will only be activated one time and after the moles that survive will eat the bait

Do moles go for bait they can't reach? Like behind a fence?

[ArubaroBeefalo]

6 minutes ago, Cheggf said:

If I remember right they used never despawn and as such were an enormous threat. But whether or not they used to despawn, now they do, and they despawn really really easily. You only have to walk like one or two screens away to despawn them now.

Do moles go for bait they can't reach? Like behind a fence?

oh i didnt get that

[MrBird077]

About the mole bait, you can see a small square fence inside the bigger fence in the picture. It was used for the mole by leaving a thermal stone inside it, so the moles will endlessly digging towards it. I forgot the reason why I ended up not doing it since all these were from 3 years ago.

7 hours ago, wons said:

then how frogs from frog rain work? do they count as homeless? or the nearest pond is their home?

In ROG, those frogs will never despawn and is homeless. They do not interact with pond.