Getting acquainted with the farm and first works | The Career Mode Professional Farmer 2014 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

In the game, you can select either of the two modes - career and free play. The career mode is not too complex, but it is worth using it to learn about the game itself. At some point, you can realize that it does not make any sense to complete still tasks. You can then ignore them and play to reach your own goals.

In the career mode, the game leads you by the hand and shows you the in individual elements of gameplay, so that you learn them.

Task: Follow instructions

Reach the successive elements marked in blue and you will learn where the hen coop and the garage are.

Task: Get into the tractor

Go towards the tractor and get inside. The tractor has manual transmission. The gears from 1 to 6 are switched with the keys that change gears up and down ([F] and [V]). However, to change the gearbox's range, (A, B, C, D), you need to hold down the keys that change gears up and down ([F] and [V]). To reach top speed, switch the gear to 6D.

Task: Go to the petrol station

In front of you, there is your petrol station. Drive up to it,, open the menu and select "Fill up".

Task: Go to the silo

As you cruise ahead, you will find the silo. This is where all your crops are stored.

Task: Go to the warehouse

Turn around and drive towards the warehouse, which is located next to the garage.

The first works: plowing and loosening

It is time to start working in the field, i.e. to plow, loosen, fertilize, etc. this has been described in detail, in another chapter of this guide.

Task: Attach the plow

It is early Summer. You need to prepare the field for sowing. To do that, drive to the garage, reverse up to the plow, and attach it to the tractor.

Task: Get to the field

Follow the instructions to reach your field. It is located across the road close to the hen coop.

Task: Plow the field

Stop at the edge of the field, so that the plow is next to its edge. Lower the plow and set the gear to 4B. Start moving.

Try to go in straight lines without leaving a strip unplowed. At the same time, try not to plow again the spaces that you have already plowed. The aim of this is the effective work - there is no point in wasting fuel and time. Once the field has been plowed in 95%, you will be able to stop. However, you can plow the whole of it, if you want to.

Task: You can drive back home now

Lift the plow and drive towards home. You can drive over the field, without worries, as long as the plow is up.

Task: Detach the plow

Take the plow to where you have taken it from. To detach it, you first need to lower it, and detach afterwards.

Task: Attach the cultivator

In the garage there is the cultivator. Reverse up to it and attach it.

Task: Go to the field

Take the cultivator back to the same field.

Task: Loosen the soil

Again, stop t the edge of the field. Start loosening soil from the very edge of the field. Do not worry about the notifications, telling you that you are loosening the unplowed strips of the field. Loosening is much faster. Switch the gear to 4C. Again, as soon as you have loosened 95% of the field, you will receive a notification that you may You can drive back home now but, do not do that - complete the entire field.

Task: You can drive back home now

After you have loosened the field, you may You can drive back home now.

Task: Detach the cultivator

Leave the cultivator where you have taken it from. Reverse up and remember that you need to lower the piece of machinery before you detach it.

Your first purchase at the store

Task: Buy seeds at the store

You already have the seed drill , but in the warehouse there are no seeds. You need to go and get them from the farming store. Unfortunately, the road is long, the store is to the far North. Follow hints. Remember to switch into the highest gear (6D). you do not need to stick to the road - take shortcuts if it is only worthwhile to cut turns short.

Once you get there, open the store's menu ([Enter]) and buy wheat. Buy more than the recommended 1200 kg, e.g. 1500 kg, or even 2000 kg, as a reserve.

Task: You can drive back home now

Again, follow checkpoints to You can drive back home now.

Your first assignments

Task: Plow the neighbor's field

Although you could sow your field now, it is a good idea to take the opportunity and earn some cash. Attach the plow and get to the neighbor's field marked on the map.

Task: Plow the field

Lower the plow and plow the field. Because it is an assignment, it is not that important to be accurate. It is only necessary that you plow 95% of the field. Once you do that, do not continue working, lift the plow and get off the field.

Task: You can drive back home now

After you can drive back home now, and complete the assignment, you will receive your remuneration - 2000 Euros. This really paid off.

Task: Loosen the neighbor's field

After you have plowed the field, you now need to sow it. . Leave the plow and attach the cultivator. Note! You are, probably, running out of fuel in your tractor. As you are leaving, drive up to your petrol station and fill up the tractor. Follow the instructions, now and get to the neighbor's field. This field is different from the one that you have just plowed.

Task: Loosen soil.

Loosen the field in a direction perpendicular to the direction of plowing. This way, you will have your work done faster (you will not need to make as many turns after you reach the edge of the field).

Task: You can drive back home now

Once you have loosened 95% of soil, get off the field - drive now to your farm. For your work, you will receive the remuneration of 2400 Euros.

When the night comes, you do not need to work. Access the map ([M]), select the "Mechanics" tab and select "Wait". This way, you will sleep through the night, in a manner of speaking and wake up the next morning at 6 a.m., where you have finished.

The first sowing

Task: Attach the seed drill

Next to the garage there is the seed drill - attach it to the tractor.

Task: Fill the seed drill in your warehouse

Get towards the warehouse, which is right next to the garage. Access the warehouse's menu ([Enter]) and click "Fill up the seed drill" next to wheat.

Task: Get to the field

Get to your field, which you have plowed and loosened beforehand.

Task: Seed the field

Take your position at the edge of the field, just like in the case of the plow or the cultivator. Lower the seed drill and drive ahead. Just like in the case of the previous works, be accurate. Just like previously, after you have finished your work in 95%, you will be able to go off the field. Still, do not do that.

Task: You can drive back home now

Get towards the farm. However, as soon as you get there, you will receive a notification of another assignment.

Task: Sow a neighbor's field

Your neighbor's seed drill broke down. Before you go anywhere, however, fill the seed drill in the warehouse and fill it up again. Follow the hints and get to the neighbor's field. Just like in the case of all the assignment, sow the field in 95% to complete this assignment.

Task: You can drive back home now.

After you return to your farm, you will receive your remuneration- 2600 Euros. By completing the three assignments, you have earned a total of 7000 Euros.

Task: Detach the seed drill

Leave the seed drill where you have taken it from, in the garage. The season of the year will automatically change to late Spring.

First fertilization

Task: Attach the broadcast spreader

In the garage, there is the broadcast spreader. Reverse up and attach it. It already comes filled with fertilizer.

Task: Go to the field

Go to your field, which you have recently seeded.

Task: Fertilize the field

The range of the spreader is big. Position yourself, more or less, in the 1/4 of your field. Do not lower the spreader, but turn it on. Switch to the top gear (6D). After you get off the field, turn the spreader off and position yourself at, more or less, 3 of the width of the field. Turn the spreader again and drive through on the highest gear. By going this way, you will cross the field twice, after which you will have it entirely covered with the fertilizer.

Task: You can drive back home now

After you have performed fertilization in 100% return to your farm.

Task: Detach the spreader

Park the spreader in its place. Remember that you first need to lower it, before you are able to detach it.

A loan and buying at the store

Task: Go to the bank

It is time to set out for the bank, which is located at the far West. Remember that you can fuel your tractor before leaving. Follow the checkpoints until you reach your destination. Also, remember that you can take shortcuts whenever possible, by shortening turns.

Once you reach the bank open the menu ([Enter]) and take out a loan - there is only a loan for 250 000 Euros available.

Task: Go to the store

Follow the hints and reach the machine store. Remember to take shortcuts across fields, whenever possible. In the first year of your career, the store's offer is limited.

Task: Buy a harvester and a fitting harvesting assembly

Enter the store's menu and buy the harvester for 130 000 Euros. Then, buy an assembly - select the biggest currently available - a 6,6 meter wide assembly for 13 000 Euros. The harvester and the assembly are in front of the store. The season of the year will automatically turn to early Summer.

Task: Enter the harvester

Get out of the tractor, run up to the harvester and get inside.

Task: Attach the harvesting assembly

Drive forward a bit and attach the assembly in the same way as you attach the other machinery to the tractor.

Task: You can drive back home now

Fortunately, the way from the store to the farm is not long. Follow the leads and take shortcuts across fields. The harvester has an automatic transmission. Once you reach the farm, the season of the year will turn to the late Summer. It is harvesting time!

The first harvest

Task: Enter the tractor

You are on the farm in the harvester, and you need to get to the tractor. Of course, you can run there but, I recommend against wasting that much time. Access the map, and select the "Vehicles" tab. Click on the icon of your tractor, which is next to the machine store, to be taken there.

Task: Attach the trailer

Drive your tractor to the farm. Reverse up into the garage and attach the trailer to the tractor. Before you move ahead, check the petrol level.

Task: Follow the leads

Note the unloading point next to the silos.

Task: Take the trailer to the field

Drive to the field and leave the tractor with trailer next to it.

Task: Enter the harvester

Access the map and, by clicking on the harvester icon, in the "Vehicles" tab, travel to the harvester.

Task: Drive to the field

Take the harvester, with the harvesting assembly mounted, to your field.

Task: Collect the crops; fill the trailer with crops

Position yourself at the edge of the field. Lower the harvesting assembly and turn it on. Start driving the harvester and regulate your speed using cruise control (press the [2] key).

The crops from the entire field will not fit into the harvester. When the grain tank is nearly full, stop and switch to the tractor. Drive the tractor and trailer up to the left side of the harvester. Switch to the harvester, extend the grain unloader spout and start unloading grains. You need to make sure that the trailer is properly positioned (to prevent spilling grains onto the field). Complete reaping the field and unload the rest of the wheat onto the trailer.

Task: Take the harvester back to the garage

Get off the field and drive towards the farm.

Task: Park the vehicle and leave it

Once at the farm, park the harvester in the marked spot.

Task: Enter the tractor

Use the map and switch to the tractor, which remained in the field.

Task: Unload the grain

Drive to the farm, to the grain unload spot, at the silos. Drive up the ramp and unload the grains from the trailer.

Task: Detach the trailer

Park the trailer in its place, in the garage.

Task: Leave the vehicle

Get out of the tractor.

Task: Upgrade your silo

Run up to the silos and open the menu. Access the "Upgrades" tab and click "Upgrade" next to wheat - this will cost you 10 000 Euros.

First straw baling

Task: Enter the tractor

Return to the garage and get into the tractor.

Task: Attach the press

The Press is between the garage and the warehouse. Reverse up to it and attach it.

Task: Get to the field with the press

Drive towards one of your fields.

Task: Bale straw in the field

Turn the press on and drive at top speed. In the bottom-right corner, you notice the baler's progress (in %). Once t exceeds 90%, stop and unload the bale. Then, continue baling until the new task appears.

Task: You can drive back home now

Stop baling, leave the bales and return to the farm.

Task: Detach the press

Put the press in its place and detach it.

Task: Park the vehicle and leave it

You do not need to park the tractor - simply, get off.