Great Feast
Great Feast is an early food-gathering technology available at a Farm for eligible civilizations. It improves several renewable and natural Food sources, so it can benefit an economy that is hunting or tending cultivated sources rather than relying on only one type of gathering.
Research profile
- Age
- Exploration Age*
- Civilization
- Native Americans
- Research location
- Farm
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Wood cost
- 100
- Coin cost
- 75
- Effect
- Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, Cherry Orchard, Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +10%; Hacienda auto gather food work rate for food +10%
- Next technology
- Harvest Ceremony
Effect
In the Exploration Age, research takes 30 seconds and costs 100 Wood and 75 Coin. The listed effect increases Villager Food gathering from Hunts, berries, orchards and specified Farm sources by 10%; Hacienda Food auto-gather also improves by 10%. The improvement applies to the listed sources, not every possible Food income.
Research condition
Available in the Exploration Age* at Farm. Research time: 30 seconds. Cost: 100 wood, 75 coin. Civilization-specific building access can vary.
Research decision
Research it when workers are actively gathering from the affected sources and you expect them to continue long enough for the efficiency gain to repay the cost. If the nearby Hunts are nearly exhausted or workers mainly gather elsewhere, invest in the resource or production line that is actually limiting the economy.
Food sources affected
Great Feast improves Villager Food gathering from hunted animals, Berry Bushes, Cherry Orchards, Mills, Farms, Rice Paddies, Fields, and Haciendas by 10%; Hacienda Food auto-gather also rises by 10%. It costs 100 Wood and 75 Coin and takes 30 seconds. This is a source-specific economic improvement rather than a universal increase to every way of obtaining Food.
Progression and version note
Harvest Ceremony is the next technology in this Farm upgrade line. Great Feast was available in the Commerce Age in The WarChiefs and moved to the Exploration Age in the Definitive Edition. The earlier availability supported earlier farming; the current age label should be used when describing Definitive Edition play. Research when affected Food sources will remain in use long enough to repay the Wood and Coin.