Botanist's workshop

Production Obsidian farm

The botanical workshop is a nice extra for improving how you feed animals on your other farms, but without those animals it is an investment you can skip.

Quick overview

Farm	Obsidian farm
Category	Production
Size	4 × 5
From level	114
Max level	6
Price	100 000 Obsidian dollars
Build time	4 h
Workers	14
Priority	Depends on your animals

What it's for

The botanist's workshop produces extremely fertile farm products for your mainland farms. It specializes in powerful fertilizers and animal feed.

Produces

Obsidian feed

Obsidian feed XL

Obsidian feed XXL

The botanical workshop is a smaller production building (4x5) on the Obsidian farm that turns basic chicken, pig and cow feed into stronger obsidian feed, plus its XL and XXL versions, for your mainland animals. It needs between 14 and 24 farmhands depending on level, and you build and upgrade it with obsidian dollars. It is a support building for anyone who wants to give their animals on other farms better feed than they can make locally. On its own, with no animals to feed, it serves no purpose.

When to build it

Build it from player level 114, once you have chickens, pigs or cows going on your mainland farms and want to improve their feeding. The small 4x5 footprint means it slots onto the Obsidian farm easily alongside your other buildings, so you do not have to hold off waiting for space.

Is it worth upgrading

The price and build time rise just like the conservatory's - from 100000 to 600000 obsidian dollars and from 4 hours to just under 11.5 hours, with farmhands going from 14 to 24. Upgrading makes sense in line with how much basic chicken, pig and cow feed you can supply regularly, because without the ingredients a higher level gives you nothing.

Tip from a veteran player Always keep a reserve of basic chicken, pig and cow feed, because the botanical workshop burns through dozens of units per batch and production stalls fast once you run dry.

Most common mistake Players often build this workshop before they have big enough herds and flocks on the mainland to actually use the obsidian feed - then it stands unused and just soaks up farmhands.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	XP	Workers	From level
1	100 000 Obsidian dollars	4 h	1 000	14	114
2	200 000 Obsidian dollars	4 h 30 min	1 500	16	124
3	300 000 Obsidian dollars	5 h	2 000	18	144
4	400 000 Obsidian dollars	5 h 30 min	2 500	20	174
5	500 000 Obsidian dollars	6 h	3 000	22	194
6	600 000 Obsidian dollars	11 h 23 min	5 000	24	214

Production at level 1

Output	Ingredients	Time	Cost	XP
Obsidian feed × 10	w80052 × 15 Chicken feed × 10 Obsidian leaves × 32	1 h 30 min	5 000 Obsidian dollars	—
Obsidian feed XL × 10	w80052 × 20 Pig feed × 10 Obsidian leaves × 44	1 h 30 min	10 000 Obsidian dollars	—
Obsidian feed XXL × 10	w80052 × 30 Cow feed × 10 Obsidian leaves × 60	1 h 30 min	15 000 Obsidian dollars	—

Yield by level – Obsidian feed

Level	Amount	Time
1	10	1 h 30 min
2	10	1 h 30 min
3	10	1 h 30 min
4	10	1 h 30 min
5	10	1 h 30 min
6	10	1 h 30 min

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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