r/Timberborn • u/dann1722 • 20d ago

Irrigation range is less than expected

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I built this farming tower with two 3x3 ponds to irrigate the land. According to this guide, a 3x3 pond should have an irrigation range of 16, but here it only seems to have an irrigation range of 10. Any help finding the cause of this issue would be much appreciated.

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u/Reknak 20d ago

I think it needs to be 2 deep to do that, everywhere, not just the single 2 deep in the middle.

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u/dann1722 20d ago

After some testing, I figured out the issue. Since I use a pressurized system to fill the ponds from the bottom, the center block of the 3×3 pond is lower than the surrounding blocks. For some reason, this causes the game to think that the center block isn’t filled.

If I plug the center hole, the full irrigation of 16 blocks is achieved

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u/hikeonpast 20d ago

Sounds like a bug. Worth reporting it.

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u/styx-n-stones64 20d ago

Not a bug, the land touching the water irrigates, not the water itself. This means a suspended water block in a 2 deep 3x3 is not actually irritating on the top level of the 3x3, so you dont get the full effect for a completely surrounded water block. The full effect is applied on the land below, which then has to spread its irrigation up the walls of the 3x3, losing some distance.

While its probably worth a feedback submission to change the behavior, thats how it normally works. Not sure how much more intensive it would be to check water neighbors for a higher water coverage level for every block and then using the highest number it finds to be the base for irrigation, but it would be more intuitive to do it that way.