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# Fertilizer : How it Works

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Fertilizer determines how much a player collects in rent compared to other plot share co-owners
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### Fertilizer Gain :

Players gain fertilizer by moving. Each roll of the dice has a 50% chance to earn, 5 to 25 fertilizer to each plot share. Plot shares have a max fertilizer of 250. If a plot is at max fertilizer 'overage' is not applied to plots that are not maxed.

Even if multiple players own the same plot, the player with **more fertilizer earns a larger portion of the rent**.

### Fertilizer Decay :

Fertilizer decay effects all plot shares, simultaneously, every 8 hours.\
(Decays occur at 0600, 1400, 2200)\
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Fertilizer base decay it 5 to 7 points and increases intensity as you obtain more plots.\
1 share = 5 to 7
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5 shares = 13 to 15
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10 shares = 23 to 25

### Fertilizer x Rent

Rent Distribution is calculated as (Player Fertilizer ÷ Total Fertilizer)

### Rent Distribution Example by Fertilizer

| Player   | Player Fertilizer / Total Fertilizer | Share of Rent |
| -------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| Player 1 | 250 / 310                            | 80.65%        |
| Player 2 | 50 / 310                             | 16.13%        |
| Player 3 | 10 / 310                             | 3.23%         |

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