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This page walks through the first steps of a New Ranch world. New Ranch adds its biomes, ores and structures only when a world is '''created''' with the mod enabled; in an older world a chat message tells you what is missing. Seasons, climate, needs, livestock, research, recipes, bosses and town NPCs work in any world.

== Choosing a world ==
A '''Large''' world is recommended, because fields, orchards and hollows are spread across the map and a small world simply has fewer of them. The mod also adds a fourth world size, '''Ranch''' (16800 × 2400 tiles). It takes longer to generate, needs about twice the memory and only opens while New Ranch is installed. See [[NewRanch:World Generation|World Generation]].

== Day one ==
* '''Barn Ore''' lies just under the surface. Smelt it into [[NewRanch:Barn Bar|Barn Bars]]. Plain wooden chests on the surface may also contain Barn Bars.
* As soon as any player owns a Barn Bar, the [[NewRanch:Farmer|Farmer]] can move in. He sells [[NewRanch:Grain Seeds|Grain Seeds]], the [[NewRanch:Research Table|Research Table]] and the [[NewRanch:Farm Journal|Farm Journal]]. Items he sells cost '''Farm Marks''', the mod's own currency (see [[NewRanch:Farming#Selling|Selling]]).
* The [[NewRanch:Farm Journal|Farm Journal]] shows the season, the weather, your own state and the year's harvest.

== The first field ==
# Craft a [[NewRanch:Barn Plow|Barn Plow]] (5 Barn Bars, 8 Wood, Anvil). Using it turns dirt and grass into [[NewRanch:Fallow Soil|Fallow Soil]], three tiles at a time. There needs to be open space above the tile.
# Plant [[NewRanch:Grain Seeds|Grain Seeds]]. Grain grows from spring to autumn.
# Harvest ripe crops with a right-click, a sickle or the [[NewRanch:Harvest Scythe|Harvest Scythe]]. The plant goes back to a seedling and regrows, so there is no need to replant. Mining a crop only gives seeds.
# Out of season a crop does not grow at all; the seed tooltip tells you when it grows.

More on soils, crops and watering: [[NewRanch:Farming|Farming]].

== Research ==
Place the [[NewRanch:Research Table|Research Table]] and right-click it to open the '''Field Book'''. Branches cost [[NewRanch:Field Notes|Field Notes]], which drop from farm pests, other surface enemies, the mod's bosses and ruin chests. Items that belong to a branch cannot be used or placed until the branch is learned. Good first picks are '''Kitchen Garden''' (more crops) and '''Composting''' (manure and Rich Soil). See [[NewRanch:Research|Research]].

== The first animals ==
* Hens, Woolly Ewes and Dairy Cows roam the surface. Catch one with a bug net and place the item: it sets down the animal's pen.
* The [[NewRanch:Veterinarian|Veterinarian]] (moves in after the Farmer) sells Hens, Woolly Ewes and Barn Cats.
* Build a [[NewRanch:Feed Trough|Feed Trough]] and fill it with [[NewRanch:Wild Grain|Wild Grain]]. Animals within 30 tiles, or a pen within 10 tiles, produce eggs, wool or milk plus manure.
See [[NewRanch:Livestock|Livestock]].

== Looking after yourself ==
With the default settings you have '''hunger''' and '''thirst''' bars under your buffs, and food spoils after a few days. Drink [[NewRanch:Watering Can|from a watering can]] or bottled water, eat, and dress for the temperature. See [[NewRanch:Seasons and Climate|Seasons and Climate]].

== The first boss ==
The first New Ranch boss is [[NewRanch:The Rat King|The Rat King]], summoned with a [[NewRanch:Moldy Loaf|Moldy Loaf]]. Note that by default some vanilla bosses wait for the farm: the Eye of Cthulhu needs [[NewRanch:The Old Crow|The Old Crow]] first, and the Wall of Flesh needs the [[NewRanch:Vermin Board|Vermin Board]]. See [[NewRanch:Bosses|Bosses]].

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