Speed Up

Description
Whenever you set one of your helpers to the task of harvesting crops or bushes, or building, you will see a timer over the item, with a red Speed Up button. If you click either the item, or the Speed Up button, you will be presented with the following options shown on the right.

You may either choose to use some Food to finish the current process, or use some of your Gold, or you may pause the process.

Spending Food or Gold (if you have enough) will result in the process being completed, freeing up your helper for other tasks. It is not possible to just reduce the timer with partial payments.

Pausing the process will stop the timer, freeing up your helper for other tasks. The item will have 'Paused' over it, and you can return to it at any time in the future to finish it off. When you return to a paused item, the timer will resume from where it was when you paused it.

Speed Up Costs
Speed Up costs a different amount of food or gold, depending on the amount of time left on the timer.