Scum 0.85 The Ultimate Fame Guide - Olive Picker vs. Farmer 

Just a note: some recipes that need vegetables include potatoes, some of them exclude it. Same with corn etc. All recipes are different in this regard. So dont go all out on one plant, depending on your favorite recipes, you are probably gonna need onions, bell peppers, carrots, chilli, parsley etc, most of them dont give fame.

From a purely meta perspective I really like that the two things that give you the most fame are taking life and creating life. Opposite ends of the spectrum rewarded equally. On the subject of other things giving you fame there does seem to need to me a lot more mechanics for gaining fame in the game. As others have mentioned, buying and selling high end items, doing kill boxes, building large bases, etc. One thing I would personally like to see implemented is a multiplier for when you defeat multiple puppets in a single combat. Especially in melee. Right now if I get bum rushed by 5 puppets and all I have are my fists or lets say a knife or small axe. If I somehow manage to fend off and kill all 5 puppets I get 5 fame points. The same as if I had just mowed them all down with a SMG. Pulling off a win like that should get you some form of multiplier just for surviving. Like 5 puppets at once gets you 5X multiplier on fame. So for winning our example combat you would get 25 fame points. Additionally if they made it so that the weapon used factored into the fame generated that would be another mechanic that would add depth to the game. Like if you kill a puppet with a gun, 1 fame point, kill it with a bow and arrow 2 fame points, hack it apart with an axe in melee 5 fame points, beat it to death with your bare fists 10 fame points. Combine those two mechanics and suddenly if you beat 5 puppets to death all at once with your bare fists you get 250 fame points. I think that would much more accurately reflect the kinds of things that would get big ratings and thus fame in respect to the in game show and audience.

I can agree with idea that target solution should be so that more different actions should give fame - puppets kills, looting (or selling) rare high quality items, doing killbox (different levels depending how much you manage to open). And of course losing fame should also happen for more then just dying - buying items, failing important actions. Lore wise it should work in a way that spectacularly successful actions, that would cause audience to react enthusiastically, would give fame while failures would take it away. But... Until above or similar mechanics will be introduced, working only with what we have in-game now, I can't agree that farming potatos is better way then picking olives. Just look how long and how expensive it is to make a farm like the one you show. And how much and how long it takes to maintain it? You have to build it (it needs nails!!!), you have to find seeds, tools and fertilizer. Remember, you can't buy that cause you have 0 fame. Then you need to plant all that, water it, fertilize it, de-weed it, replant some failed ones... All that takes time so you have to sit at base. Sure you can build and cook in mean time. That is if you had time to loot all required components for that. I'm sure all that time and effort adds up to very large amounts, way beyond what average player can afford. And picking olives? You do that on the go, while running between POIs and towns and traders. And it is free - it cost you 0 effort and adds extra few seconds per looted plant that you would save if you not loot it. In the end of the day, player that just play naturally and collects olives on the go, will get better result faster. I even have anecdotal prof for that - I already had 380 fame when I manage to find 28th nail I would need to build the farm you shown. And I can think of way better use for rare nails then building a farm.

Thanks Luthais !

Thanks for the information

Just getting back into scum, didn't know could farm good video

With all these potatoes it made me think, did you think consider making an updated and expanded cooking guide? Besides the basic skewers roasting over a fire I mean. Like what are all the cooking methods?

I like the fame grind. I played scum for years without a trader and people running to it to get geared up fast. If the game is a dystopian tv show, killing people should be the best way. Private servers can have other gameplays.

I mean they said "everything will earn you fame" and then they launch 0.85 where basically nothing gives you fame. I don't think the devs know what they want.

its fast, but you do need to loot stuff to start the plot, since u need 300fp to buy things. Good news is that all farming loot is very common in the small village towns with barns. I dont have farming skill tho, I will have to make a much smaller plot if possible

is it on adv farming? on none skill or basic is the same amount of potatoes u can pick up? And how many times i can harvest before i need seeds again?

sort of a question i was gonna leave when the video was made but forgot. is that the supporter pack 1 hair ?

Good to know Luthais ty ,title says it ,"fame" so thats the best way for fame not farming ,also i dont believe that only potatoes gives fame ,has no sense so if its that way the devs must fix that and soon .Waiting for the indeep guides , im sure will be very helpfull too .😊👍💣💣💣❤

Thanks that helps a lot. And for adding to the fame thing, i would thik the devs schould make it a adjustable value in the server settings, so that the admin can decide how much fame players get from NPC (pupet) killing. This way everyone can balance it, depending on there servers focus, either let it be pvp or pvp.

i'm a pve player and like the survival aspect of the game. Only about 80 hours of play time but have my first small garden planted. Is there a faster way to get farming leveled up?

Would love to see a real indepth guide on the cannabis growing, like what is the best region to plant it how much water is needed for getting the maximum harvest and what effects the highten senses buff realy does and so on. becaus on the server i play on you can make a living as a cannabis grower, and there is more or less no info whatsoever out there on subject. And since you usaly do realy good videos that goes into the deep details on the subject you cover im asking you for help =)

started playing about a month ago before this fame update and as a new player who has been spoiled by the traders.... it is rough. i wouldnt be playing if my server didnt add ability to set fame to 450 with cash... you said fun but to me killing zombies is fun.. if i wanted to plant and harvest i would play stardew valley

Have you noticed previously safe to eat shrooms are now no longer safe to eat?

Hi Luthais is the content in this video still valid? thanks

I noticed the recipes just say "vegetable" but it won't accept any vegetable in that slot. They need to fix that

Olive pickers like to sweat a lot lol, I don't like the hot areas question: can you farm in the snow? it didn't work too good before the update, people said question: do you think adv farming is helping you to harvest multiple potatoes at one time I usually find only one veggie and Thank you for the video, good project 👍👍👍

Does this only work with potatoes because I got no fame from Tomato or corn?

unfortunately, the 0.8.512 update nerfed this. you can no longer get as many points from looting crops, as well with many other things

why not combine all the things? if ur in base and need fame, do the farming(if u have a base big enough by now) and when ur lootin pick some olives? as a freshi this is definetly faster dann building this farm plot a nd searching for the chemicals/seeds/and stuff but i agree, its is still nasty doin this...thought i can get fame this wipe by goin to nice places and try to loot rare items and not beein fame for picking some olives and insects :D

thx

Good video...but....I have to add dates give fame too... But I agree, every action should give fame, but needs to be balanced. In my opinion every action should give 0.20 fame points. ❤

oh so that was the yesterdays project :)

All you need is a large garden full of grown potato plants :) Irl I can become a billionaire too. All I need is a small loan of a million dollars.

Fame system now isn't fun. Fame should be a reward mechanic instead. Like reach 300 fame and get discounted items in shops or certain perks instead of making everyone run around with a bow forever. This olive picking/ farming is a cringe mechanic.

Lol literally farming fame points

Yeah I'm not sure this game getting more grindy is the right thing.

This is broken AF and needs to get nerfed... lol