Livestock and Farming

At the moment I don't class 'farming' as farming I class it more as gardening as you only harvest crops. A farm is normally seen as the combination of crops and livestock.

One way to incorporate livestock would be to have a much similar way to how allotments work. For example for pigs you could have several pig sties located around the RS world. You could grow pigs and breed pigs by simply using food on the pig pens at regular intevals otherwise they die (much like watering and composting plants). On occasions you may need to shovel the manure out of the pig pen and use the manure to make super compost or maybe just compost.

Once the pigs are fully grown you go inside with a large crossbow, kill them and use the pork as a new type of food.

You could further this idea to implement any livestock including horses, cows, sheep and any other farmyard animal each with their own individual produce. You could even make an aviary and put those birds eggs to use by simply using an egg with the aviary in much the same way as an allotment and the produce could be lots of feathers.

Only thing I can't think of is the 'seed' for the livestock as with allotments you have a seed you can use to start the growing process off. How would you start the process of growing a pig for example? Maybe catch a piglet with a net or something?

i agree with this, that would be something that would make me WANT to farm, i hate it now, but being able to catch little pigs and raise them would make it enjoyable

Once the pigs are fully grown you go inside with a large crossbow, kill them and use the pork as a new type of food.

Sheesh, don't use any euphamysms or anything :P

It's a good idea though and one I can actually see happening in the game, unlike other ideas here. While the pigs are cute, I think there's more method to their prescence, much in the way that you presented.

I was actually thinking about this today. I would love it. It would be a perfect tie-in with Player Owned Houses, really.

Mmmm... I want this.

Bacon on my baked potatos. Roast lamb to go with the rosemary you can currently farm.

Since you mention horses, I wonder if runescapers can ride it as a mean of faster transport but I don't see it happening sadly.

Maybe you have to buy the mother pig first before you can produce piglets?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the pigs are fully grown you go inside with a large crossbow, kill them and use the pork as a new type of food.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ill put greenpeace on you!!! you very very evil man! save the whales! yea but on the other hand, i canÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâôt stop thinking of bacon atm. :D Good idea.

Cool idea. As a sort of tribute to Mr. Homer J Simpson I'd like to take the time to say:

Mmmm.... bacon!

You could probably catch the pigs at that pig pen in draynor. I always wondered what they were for. Maybe Jagex already thought of this idea.