I am starting a test of the silos available for Halloween to see how much I can have them taking care for for me. This will take awhile so feel free to check back for updates.
I'm going to turn the farms on and run them until empty to get the initial timing. I will then turn on the silos and do a timing with all three. I had upgraded 2 to level 2 already and will upgrade the other before the test with them. Let's face it, no one will use level 1 silos for very long so I'll just skip to level 2. I've attached a picture of my area.
This will change and ultimately become some sort of guide, but we have to get through testing first.
All times are based on assumptions.. Mileage will vary based on placement...
Initial Calculations:
5 - Level 4 farms will produce 100 wheat an hour on average
2 - Level 3 farms will produce 30 wheat an hour
10 - Level 1 farms start with 200 wheat so 10x200 = 2000 wheat
so
2000 wheat / 120 wheat and hour = 16.67 hours to depletion (calc was wrong. It is 120 an hour not 130)..
Silo calculation
A level 2 silo will reseed 2 per ~13 minutes on my setup.
So 3 Level 2 Silos x 2 seeds per 13 minutes = 6 seeds per 13 minutes.
The are 4.6 13 minutes times in a hour.
So 4.6 times there will be 6 seeds planted = 27.6 seeds planted an hour
Wow. Level 2 won't even come close to cutting it. Level 4 would be 55 an hour. 5 level 4 silos wound be 92 an hour. And you can always buff...
It's 11:15pm and I have 384 wheat left in 3 fields. Based on the end time, and I want a true end time, I am restarting now and it should go until tomorrow afternoon.
Of course the purpose of this is not to have a never ending supply of wheat fields, but to limit how often you have to rebuild.
Toy4x4 - Why are you testing this? Lvl 1 Silo will satisfy a lvl 1 Farm, lvl 2 silo will satisfy two lvl 1 farms, and so on. I'm just curious behind the method of why your doing this.
Silos are best paired on a 1 to 1 ratio with Farms. They have the same production times as farms. Best thing is to lay a strip of farms in a straight line with a storehouse in the center of the line. Then run a line of farms on one side and a line of silos on the other. This will match the production times evenly, and you WILL NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE A FIELD AGAIN!