Wheat flour

Wheat Flour is a processed good produced from wheat and used as a basic baking ingredient. It exists in the game economy as the intermediary product between raw wheat and finished baked goods. Wheat Flour is created in a gristmill and is consumed by bakeries when producing bread and maple pastries.

A gristmill converts raw wheat into Wheat Flour at a one-to-one rate: one wheat becomes one Wheat Flour. The gristmill requires power to operate, so production stops if the mill is not supplied with sufficient mechanical power. Wheat Flour itself does not require additional processing before use in recipes; it moves directly from gristmill output into bakery input for further production.

Bakeries accept Wheat Flour as an ingredient and use it to make bread and maple pastries. Bread and maple pastries are produced items that depend on Wheat Flour being available to their bakery building to maintain a steady output. Because Wheat Flour is an intermediate good, its production rate and availability directly affect the throughput of any bakery relying on it.

• Ensure gristmills are powered. Gristmills require mechanical power to turn wheat into Wheat Flour; without power, production halts.
• Match wheat supply to gristmill capacity. Each wheat converts to one Wheat Flour, so plan cultivation and transport so mills are consistently fed.
• Coordinate gristmill output with bakery demand. Bakeries consume Wheat Flour to produce bread and maple pastries, so buffer or balance production to avoid starving bakeries or wasting storage space.
• Use logistic planning to keep Wheat Flour moving from gristmills to bakeries, since it is a necessary intermediate for baked goods.

This entry covers Wheat Flour’s production and primary uses. No other production methods or uses are specified here.