Originally posted by Polonius Ulf:

I have almost convinced myself that time does not pass for my boars unless I am present. I moved all of my farming operations, including tree farming, to the boar farm, built elaborate defenses around the farm, and so on.

If it turns out that I need to sleep with my boars, I am going to rename the farm to "Dogpatch."

I take it you have never played minecraft?
Yes if you are too far away the chunk is not loaded, and time does not pass, goes for valheim and goes for minecraft. Thats why i dont make farms else where, and insted make a pen at my base.