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Grows a chosen type of farm animal to produce milk, meat, wool, hides, or leather. Changing farm animal costs $180.

Farm animal - Output[]

  • Cattle - Meat & Hide
  • Sheep - Wool & Milk
  • Crocodile - Leather
  • Pig - Meat
  • Llama - Wool
  • Goat - Milk

Work modes[]

  • Humane Exploit: The ranch operates on full efficiency but decreases the fertility in the vicinity.
  • Pasture Prohibition: The ranch does not decrease the fertility in its vicinity. Decreases the efficiency by 15%. The ranch gains a stock of 3000 Manure that can be transported to Manure Spreaders.

Ranch Upgrades[]

  • Veterinary Vaccination: (Cold War) ($850) Increases efficiency by 10%. Upkeep is increased by $5.
  • Modernize: (Modern Times) ($3835) Upgrade this Building into a Factory Ranch.

Animal Specific[]

Animal Upgrade name Era Cost ($) Effects
Cattle Manure Fertilizer Colonial Era 500 Increases efficiency of nearby Plantations and Hydroponic Plantations by 10%. The bonus does not stack. The Ranch produces Manure irrespective of Work Mode. Range of 4 cells.
Sheep Sheep Conveyor Line World Wars 2500 Increases efficiency by 15%.
Crocodile Chainmail Gloves Colonial Era 500 Increases job quality by 10.
Pig Overfeeding World Wars 1200 Increases efficiency by 10%.
Llama Shaving Pens World Wars 1800 Removes 1 job position. Increases efficiency by 10%.
Goat Mechanical Milker Cold War 2500 Increases job quality by 10. Increases efficiency by 20%.

Budget[]

Budget ($) 21 33 42 50 63
Job Quality 30 35 40 45 50
Wage ($) 4 6 8 10 12

Notes[]

Upgrades are kept when modernizing.