I decided to spend a little bit of time earning money to upgrade to the Relax Range. This is a level four farm, one of the more expensive farms at 20k. The cheapest are 5k, and I did not really pay attention to the intermediate prices.

After that, I basically blew my life savings, so I couldn’t actually farm, because I couldn’t afford the materials! So I decided to see what the “day cycle” was about.

In the image below, there are five slices to the “pie”, but it is never totally dark, so there are only four time periods. Notice the color of the “active” time, and the other slices. As time elapses, the next slice will appear, and it will be a darker color.  When it is “late evening”, it’ll immediately flip to “dawn” (there is no “midnight”, when all the slices are inactive).

I have not timed the time phases, but they feel like about 5 minutes each. I also didn’t notice if time elapses when we are away from our farms. As others have pointed out, there is no longer a “pause” button, so I suspect that time does not elapse while we are away.

Next, I’ll have to go earn some more money to actually buy seeds, fertilizer and water, and try my hand at farming.

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