Players who are level 2 or above can be Bakers. This guide is made to help you, level 2 players :)
General remarks
• The baker is a trade for level 2
• The baker uses flour to produce bread.
• Bread is a basic food item and gives 2 hunger points when eaten.
• Before you make a decision, ask your mayor if there are too many bakers already in the town to avoid overproduction.
The trade of baker.
Market:
1) It's necessary to buy flour bags from the market.
2) It's necessary to buy wood pieces from the market.
3) The flour and wood bushels need to be put into your property inventory. (otherwise you will waste a day baking nothing...how silly are you?)
4) The baker cooks the flour into bread, ready to be consumed or sold.
How it works:
- 1 flour bag is used to make 3 loaves of breads.
- 1 bushel of wood is needed per 2 bags of flour.
- A baker can use at most 12 bags of flour and 6 wood per day, which gives him a maximum production of 36 loafs of bread.
Prices & profits.
• The average price for flour and wood, is whatever your market rate is check there, numbers here would get outdated too quickly.
• Though free to choose the price, the price of the bread must respect a certain degree of honesty so consumer and producer can both benefit. Most of the time a loaf of bread can be sold for 6.50 p.. Again check your markets and your mayor for the desired price. (Working with your Mayor is important to the health of not just your town, but your County.)
Basic formula to work out how much each loaf cost your to produce:
Minimum Cost
(Amount of flour x cost) + (Amount of wood x cost) / Loaves Produced
Example
Flour Bags : 12 Price: £13.25
Wood Pieces: 6 Price: £4.25
Loaves Produced: 36
(12 x 13.25) + (6 x 4,25) / 36 (159 + 25.50) / 36 184.5/36
= 5.125 = £5.13
Profit
(Selling Price - Minimum Cost) x Loaves Produced
Example (Using above units)
Selling Price: £5.80
(5.80 - 5.13) x 36 0.67 x 36
= £24.12
Bread Makers Guild
There you can talk with other Bakers, receiving tips and solving further doubts. To join, go to your forums tab => Click on the 2nd link => Scroll all the way down to the almost bottom=> KoE/KoS/KoI Guilds and Corporations => Bread Makers Association.
Look for the mod, just under the name of the guild and pm or ig mail them with a request to be admitted.
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Credit goes to the following players- FrèreNico (original guide) + Marthin (translation) - Pieterjan (updates) - Hezlog (updates) 8/11/009 - Whit.the (formula) 8/11/009
