Homestead Survival Challenge: Farming Simulator EP1 🌱

Homestead Survival Challenge

You've bought land in hopes to fulfill your dreams of developing a self sufficient off grid homestead and starting a beautiful family. Will you be able to provide for yourself and your quickly growing family?

Map: Any
Game Mode : Start from Scratch - $500,000 owned - $0 debt
Economy: Any
Loans: No
Leasing: No
Contracts : Own equipment only
Seasons : On
Starting Month: January
Other Settings: Optional

Starting Setup

Purchase land plot(s) with a total acreage of approximately 10 acres (give or take)
Purchase and place one house, one shed, one grain silo, and market stand (sell point) at the road
Remaining money to be used at your discretion

Objective of the challenge

Every year, you must collect and store enough food for your growing family. Your family is growing and they are increasingly need more food with more choices! You can produce additional crops and products to sell at the market stand, but only after you have met your food store needs. You can keep dairy animals through the years, but the meat livestock must be sold in December.

In December, you MUST sell everything in your inventory so that each year starts fresh. You can use the money to further develop your farm. The idea is that you consumed these products but you will also need more money to evolve your farm. This keeps you focused on your farm.

Year 1 - Life Alone
5 Pallets of Eggs
2 Pallets of Honey
5 Pallets of Strawberries
5 Pallets of Lettuce
5 Pallets of Tomatoes
2000 Liters of Milk (Cow or goat)
2 Beef cattle at least 8 months old

Year 2 - Honeymoon
10 Pallets of Eggs
5 Pallets of Honey
10 Pallets of Strawberries
10 Pallets of Lettuce
10 Pallets of Tomatoes
10 Pallets of Bread
10 Pallets of Butter
10 Pallets of Cheese
10 Pallets of Mushrooms
5000 Liters of Milk (Cow or goat)
4 Beef cattle at least 8 months old
4 Pigs at least 8 months old

Year 3 - Family Life (a big one!)
20 Pallets of Eggs
10 Pallets of Honey
20 Pallets of Strawberries
20 Pallets of Lettuce
20 Pallets of Tomatoes
20 Pallets of Bread
20 Pallets of Butter
20 Pallets of Cheese
20 Pallets of Sugar
20 Pallets of Mushrooms
10000 Liters of Milk (Cow or goat)
10 Pallets of Preserved Food Beetroot
10 Pallets of Preserved Food Carrots
10 Pallets of Preserved Food Parsnip
5 Pallets of Canola Oil
5 Pallets of Spring Onions
5 Pallets of Garlic
5 Pallets of Chili Peppers
10000 Liters of Rice
8 Beef cattle at least 8 months old
8 Pigs at least 8 months old

Constraints

- NO AI Workers until year 2 when your spouse joins you. Then you can only have 1 worker at a time.
- You can NOT purchase more land!
- You can NOT purchase map productions. Any productions you use must be placed on your land.
- You must produce your own "food". You may only buy farm products externally (seed, fertilizer...etc)
- You may not use unrealistic equipment or productions
- No high output greenhouses
- You will need to power your farm. Set up some solar or windmill energy at your discretion.

Tips for Success

- Prepare for the next season well ahead of time. Make sure you have the equipment and productions ready!
- Strategic placement of productions and other placeables on your homestead to optimize space
- Highly recommend getting a bale and pallet storage building to make tracking the numbers easier
- Honey produces very slowly. Be aggressive with your hives configuration.

Bonus Challenges

- Produce one pallet of flowers and one pallet of chocolate for your partner in Year 3
- Make your homestead look beautiful

Notes

I know the quantities are not very realistic from a real life consumption point of view, but the challenge has to be challenging!

The toughest part of the challenge is picking the right map and property! That said, some maps have cheap property prices, some very expensive. Keep that in mind.

Map - Rhönplateu
By - ‪ LS_Rhoendesigns
https://www.farming-simulator.com/mod.php?mod_id=313696&title=fs2025

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