Learn how to take care of pigs in Solarpunk by unlocking pig pens, finding pigs on outer islands, keeping them fed and watered, and letting them passively produce truffles.
Pig care in Solarpunk is refreshingly low-effort once you understand the loop. You unlock the housing through your blueprint progression, track the pigs down on the outer islands, and make sure they have something to eat and drink. Do that and they quietly get on with producing truffles while you build out the rest of your farm.
In Solarpunk you care for pigs by unlocking pig pens through blueprint progression, finding pigs on the far outer islands, and keeping their pen supplied with food and water — automated feeders make this hands-off, after which the pigs passively produce truffles with no direct interaction needed.
How to keep your pigs fed and watered in Solarpunk
The whole routine comes down to housing the pigs and supplying two things. Here’s the order it plays out in.
STEP 1/5
Push your blueprints forward to unlock pig housing
As you progress the animal blueprints you’ll eventually unlock the pens for pigs.
STEP 2/5
Find pigs on the outermost islands
Pigs turn up on the outer islands alongside other animals like sheep and chickens. Don’t go too far out to the snow islands, but the islands in the middle.
STEP 3/5
Make sure the pen has food and water
Pigs only ask for food and water — keep both stocked in the pen and the animals stay cared for.
STEP 4/5
Set up an automated feeder and water trough
The automated trough stays full of water on its own with no upkeep, so building one of each for every animal is the easy, hands-off way to keep them supplied.
STEP 5/5
Leave them to produce truffles
Once fed and watered the pigs lay truffles on their own — there’s nothing else to interact with.
Feeding and watering pigs with automated troughs
Pigs really do just need food and water — that’s the entire maintenance requirement. You can keep them topped up manually, but the far better option is the automated feeder and water trough. The automated water trough stays full of water on its own, so you don’t have to do anything with it once it’s placed, and that’s by some distance the most useful thing to know going in.
If you can, build one automated feeder and one automated trough for each of your animals. It turns animal care from a recurring task into a set-and-forget part of your farm, which matters a lot once you’re juggling pigs, sheep and chickens across several islands.
Build an automated water trough and feeder for your pigs — the trough stays full on its own and needs no upkeep, turning pig care into a set-and-forget chore.
What pigs produce and why their care is passive
Once they’re fed and watered, pigs produce truffles automatically. Because Solarpunk has no looting, you never collect anything off the animals directly the way you might in other survival games — the truffles simply appear as the pigs do their thing.
That’s what makes the system so passive: you don’t interact with the animals at all beyond keeping their food and water supplied. It’s an unusual mechanic, but it means pigs become a steady background source of truffles rather than another thing to manage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do you find pigs in Solarpunk?
Pigs are found on the outermost islands, much further out from your starting area. They don’t appear to show up on the nearer islands, or the snow islands far out, but somewhere in the middle.
What do pigs need to be taken care of?
Just food and water. Keep both stocked in their pen and the pigs are taken care of. Using an automated feeder and water trough is the easiest way to handle it, since the trough refills itself and needs no upkeep.
What do pigs produce in Solarpunk?
Pigs produce truffles, and they do it automatically once they’re fed and watered. You don’t have to harvest or loot anything — the truffles are generated on their own.
Do you have to interact with or feed pigs manually?
You don’t interact with the pigs themselves at all. You only need to keep their food and water topped up, and an automated feeder and trough can handle even that for you. Beyond supplying those, the animals are entirely hands-off.
