Efficient water mill

Production Gourmet farm

The Efficient water mill is the backbone production building of the Gourmet farm and it's worth building as soon as you open the farm. Upgrading it makes sense step by step as your animal pens grow, but levels eight and nine belong to players in the late game.

Quick overview

Farm	Gourmet farm
Category	Production
Size	8 × 6
From level	19
Max level	9
Price	3 000 Gold
Build time	30 min
Workers	4
Priority	Build right away

What it's for

This efficient water mill is used to make feed for your gourmet farm stables and has a higher production output than the regular water mill.

Produces

The Efficient water mill is the improved version of the Water mill on the Gourmet farm - it turns lamb's lettuce, barley, dandelion, parsnip, almonds and milk into feed for the farm's ducks, donkeys, goats and rabbits. It sits at the heart of the Gourmet farm's production chain, because without its feed your animal pens grind to a halt. Compared with the ordinary Water mill it gives a higher yield from the same raw material, so it's most appreciated by players who keep several kinds of animals on the Gourmet farm at once and need feed in volume.

When to build it

It's available in the shop from player level 19, which is around the time you've unlocked the Gourmet farm and are getting your animal pens going. Before you build it, check you have enough workers - even at level one it needs 4 and that grows fast. One is usually enough on the Gourmet farm, since you use it to make feed for several kinds of animals at the same time.

Is it worth upgrading

Upgrading mainly shortens production times and cuts the input per batch - duck feed needs 124 lamb's lettuce and 2 hours 40 minutes at level one, while at the top level 93 lamb's lettuce is enough and it's done in 27 minutes. Worker requirements climb steeply though, jumping from 10 to 20 between levels two and three, and at the maximum it needs 58. Up to level seven the player level needed to unlock rises smoothly from 19 to 77 and the price in gold from 3000 to 90000, but levels eight and nine both wait for player level 142 - level eight still costs 140000 gold, but level nine costs 70000 diamonds. I'd go up to level seven without hesitation; leave eight and nine until your farm is in the late game and you have diamonds to spare.

Tip from a veteran player Count your workers ahead of time before building and before every upgrade - between levels two and three the requirement jumps from 10 to 20 and at the maximum the mill needs 58 people, so without enough houses and happiness you won't even get it running.

Most common mistake An early mistake is upgrading the mill beyond the amount of feed your pens actually consume - that just freezes an 8x6 footprint and workers you'd use elsewhere.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	XP	Workers	From level
1	3 000 Gold	30 min	500	4	19
2	6 000 Gold	11 h 40 min	4 000	10	31
3	12 000 Gold	15 h	8 000	20	43
4	24 000 Gold	18 h 20 min	11 000	26	55
5	48 000 Gold	1 d 4 h 20 min	12 500	32	67
6	72 000 Gold	1 d 12 h 40 min	15 000	40	72
7	90 000 Gold	2 d 0 h 53 min	16 500	46	77
8	140 000 Gold	2 d 17 h 40 min	18 000	52	142
9	70 000 Diamonds	3 d 13 h 33 min	20 000	58	142

Production at level 1

Output	Ingredients	Time	Cost	XP
Duck feed × 10 Experience points × 500	Lamb's lettuce × 124	2 h 40 min	2 250 Dollars	—
Donkey feed × 10 Experience points × 500	Barley × 113	2 h 30 min	450 Dollars	—
Goat feed × 10 Experience points × 100	Dandelion × 38	25 min	180 Dollars	—
Goldfish pellets × 250	Dandelion × 50 Almonds × 80 Milk × 65	1 h	15 000 Dollars	—
Rabbit feed × 10 Experience points × 200	Parsnip × 30	25 min	537 Dollars	—
Speed rabbit feed × 10 Experience points × 100	Barley × 130	4 min 10 s	500 Dollars	—

Yield by level – Duck feed

Level	Amount	Time
1	10	2 h 40 min
2	10	1 h 35 min
3	10	1 h 20 min
4	10	1 h 5 min
5	10	58 min
6	10	46 min
7	10	38 min 20 s
8	10	33 min
9	10	27 min 40 s

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

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