Garden

The Garden as of V2.01

The Garden is a minigame initially added on March 31, 2018 in beta version 2.0053. Its implementation into live version 2.01 occurred on April 18, 2018. In the Garden, plants and fungi can be grown and crossbred, obtaining new species as a result. Crops provide various benefits depending on the species, some granting passive buffs as they sit planted in the Garden, while others give rewards when harvested. The Garden can be unlocked by upgrading Farms to level 1 using a Sugar Lump.

Ascending will not reset the unlocked seed types, but it will clear the garden of any crops. The Garden has its own equivalent of ascension, which removes all planted crops and seeds except the starter seed of Baker's Wheat, in exchange for 10 sugar lumps.

Garden Size

The Garden's size starts out as a 2x2 field, and can be expanded by further upgrading Farms with sugar lumps. The maximum size of 6x6 is unlocked at level 9.

Level	Size	Plots	New Plots per Sugar Lump
1	2x2	4	4
2	3x2	6	1
3	3x3	9	1
4	4x3	12	0.75
5	4x4	16	0.80
6	5x4	20	~0.667
7	5x5	25	~0.714
8	6x5	30	0.625
9+	6x6	36	~0.667

Growing Crops

Plants and fungi can be planted in the garden by clicking on the seed you would like to plant on the left hand side and then clicking on a empty tile in the Garden. A seed can be easily planted more than once by shift-clicking to plant. At each tick, the game will check three things in order for each tile: age, contamination and mutation. The length of one tick is determined by the type of soil which is currently in use, though a tick can be triggered instantly by spending a sugar lump.

Age, mature and decay

While growing, the crop ages every tick by its aging value, which in most cases is a randomized number. As the age increases, the crops will grow as bud, sprout, bloom and finally mature after reaching their mature age. The premature stages of growth increase as the crop reaches 1/3 and 2/3 of its mature age. The power of passive effects increases with each growth stage, reaching full strength once the crop matures. The effectiveness at premature growth stages is as follows: 10% for buds, 25% for sprouts, and 50% for blooms. A crop will decay once its age reaches 100 unless it is immortal.

Mutation

To begin with, the Garden only has one seed available: Baker's Wheat. By leaving the Garden plots empty, Meddleweed may also start appearing. These two plants are the most fundamental species of the Garden; Baker's Wheat is the basis for all other plants, while Meddleweed is the basis of fungi. Most new species appear as a result of two or more parent crops adjacent to an empty plot, but the two fundamental species of fungi first appear randomly as a result of manually harvesting Meddleweed. Using the harvest all tool will cause any resulting Crumbspore and Brown Mold buds to be harvested along with everything else, and harvesting crops before they mature just kills them without adding their seeds to your collection. However, using ctrl+shift+click on a Meddleweed seed does work, since it only harvests mature instances of the specified plant, rather than the entire garden.

If there is an empty plot, it has a chance to start growing a plant based on the adjacent (orthogonal and diagonal) plots. For example, if there are two adjacent Baker's Wheat, the empty plot may produce another Baker's Wheat, a Thumbcorn or a Bakeberry, in order of greatest chance to lowest chance. The exact probability can be calculated from random list mechanism. In general the actual number is close, but not equal, to the base chance and can be approximately tripled by woodchips. Most mutations require mature crops to trigger, but there are some exceptions. Certain mutations may also be prevented by having too many of a certain species adjacent to a slot. See the species section for a complete list of all mutation conditions.

Mutation Setups

The picture to the left shows examples of optimal plant alignments for each Garden level, when trying to mutate a new crop from 2 parents of the same species (example: Thumbcorn from 2 Baker's Wheats).

The picture to the right shows examples of optimal alignments for each Garden level, when trying to mutate a new crop from 2 parents of different species (example: Cronerice from Baker's Wheat and Thumbcorn). The light red squares indicate plots which may grow unwanted crops (resulting from mutation of 2 plants of the same type).

For the chart with different plants, level 6 can be altered to remove its unwanted plots, by using the setup for level 7 without the empty top row. However, this uses up one more space in the grid, meaning there is one less space for a new plant to grow.

Contamination

Meddleweed, Crumbspore and Doughshroom are able to contaminate other crops in an orthogonal direction, when they are mature. The chance of this happening is very low. When it does occur, the contaminated plant is replaced by the attacking weed or fungus. Immortal plants are immune to contamination, as are certain other species. See the species section for an overview of contamination values and immunity information.

Tools

Currently, there are four tools in the minigame. Sacrifice Garden is only unlocked when all seeds have been discovered.

Icon	Tool	Description	Notes
	Garden Information	"You can cross-breed plants by planting them close to each other; new plants will grow in the empty tiles next to them." "Unlock new seeds by harvesting mature plants." "When you ascend, your garden plants are reset, but you keep all the seeds you've unlocked." "Your garden has no effect and does not grow while the game is closed."	Also displays the combined effects of all of the plants in your garden above the instructions.
	Harvest All	"Instantly harvest all plants in your garden."	Seeds are also collected from mature plants.
	Freeze	"Cryogenically preserve your garden. Plants no longer grow, spread or die; they provide no benefits. Soil cannot be changed. Using this will effectively pause your garden."	Tick countdown continues until it reaches zero, where it is paused until unfreezing. Planting and harvesting is still available. Useful when the there is no time to stay on the screen while the end of growth periods will need attention.
	Sacrifice Garden	"A swarm of sugar hornets comes down on your garden, destroying every plant as well as every seed you've unlocked - leaving only a Baker's wheat seed. In exchange, they will grant you 10 sugar lumps. This action is only available with a complete seed log."	This also awards the "Seedless to nay" achievement, which makes seeds 5% cheaper, plants mature 5% sooner, and plant upgrades drop 5% more.

Species

As of version 2.011, there are 34 different crops in the game. Each one has various properties which affect its aging rate, lifespan, passive effects, contributions to crossbreeding, and more. All positive effects (shown in green color in the game) such as +x% stack additively while all negative effect (shown in red color in the game) such as -x% stack multiplicatively. The "cheaper" effect of Cheapcaps stacks multiplicatively.

Plants

Seed	Name	Effect(s)	Description	Mutation recipes (Base Chance)
	Baker's Wheat	+1% CpS	"A plentiful crop whose hardy grain is used to make flour for pastries."	2x Baker’s wheat (20%) 2x Thumbcorn (5%)
	Thumbcorn	+2% cookies per click	"A strangely-shaped variant of corn. The amount of strands that can sprout from one seed is usually in the single digits."	2x Baker’s wheat (5%) 2x Thumbcorn (10%) 2x Cronerice (2%)
	Cronerice	+3% grandma CpS	"Not only does this wrinkly bulb look nothing like rice, it's not even related to it either; its closest extant relative is the weeping willow."	1x Baker’s Wheat, 1x Thumbcorn (1%)
	Gildmillet	+1% golden cookie gains +0.1% golden cookie effect duration	"An ancient staple crop, famed for its golden sheen. Was once used to bake birthday cakes for kings and queens of old."	1x Cronerice, 1x Thumbcorn (3%)
	Ordinary Clover	+1% golden cookie frequency	"Trifolium repens, a fairly mundane variety of clover with a tendency to produce four leaves. Such instances are considered lucky by some."	1x Baker’s Wheat, 1x Gildmillet (3%) 2x mature Ordinary Clover, less than 5x total Ordinary Clover (7%)
	Golden Clover	+3% golden cookie frequency	"A variant of the ordinary clover that traded its chlorophyll for pure organic gold. Tragically short-lived, this herb is an evolutionary dead-end - but at least it looks pretty."	1x Baker’s Wheat, 1x Gildmillet (0.07%) 2x mature Ordinary Clover, less than 5x total Ordinary Clover (0.01%) 4x or more Ordinary Clover (0.07%)
	Shimmerlily	+1% golden cookie gains +1% golden cookie frequency +1% random drops	"These little flowers are easiest to find at dawn, as the sunlight refracting in dew drops draws attention to their pure-white petals."	1x Ordinary Clover, 1x Gildmillet (2%)
	Elderwort	+1% wrath cookie gains +1% wrath cookie frequency +1% grandma CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) age 3% faster Immortal	"A very old, long-forgotten subspecies of edelweiss that emits a strange, heady scent. There is some anecdotal evidence that these do not undergo molecular aging."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x Cronerice (1%) 1x Wrinklegill, 1x Cronerice (0.2%)
	Bakeberry	+1% CpS Harvest when mature for +30 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank)	"A favorite among cooks, this large berry has a crunchy brown exterior and a creamy red center. Excellent in pies or chicken stews."	2x Baker’s Wheat (0.1%)
	Chocoroot	+1% CpS Harvest when mature for +3 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank) Predictable growth	"A tangly bramble coated in a sticky, sweet substance. Unknown genetic ancestry. Children often pick these from fields as-is as a snack."	1x Baker’s Wheat, 1x Brown Mold (10%)
	White Chocoroot	+1% golden cookie gains Harvest when mature for +3 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank) Predictable growth	"A pale, even sweeter variant of the chocoroot. Often impedes travelers with its twisty branches."	1x Chocoroot, 1x White Mildew (10%)
	Meddleweed	No effects May overtake nearby plants May drop spores when uprooted	"The sign of a neglected farmland, this annoying weed spawns from unused dirt and may sometimes spread to other plants, killing them in the process."	1x mature Meddleweed, no more than 3x total Meddleweed (15%) 0x any plants (0.2%)
	Whiskerbloom	+0.2% effects from milk	"Squeezing the translucent pods makes them excrete a milky liquid, while producing a faint squeak akin to a cat's meow."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x White Chocoroot (1%)
	Chimerose	+1% reindeer gains +1% reindeer frequency	"Originating in the greener flanks of polar mountains, this beautiful flower with golden accents is fragrant enough to make any room feel a little bit more festive."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x Whiskerbloom (5%) 2x Chimerose (0.5%)
	Nursetulip	Surrounding plants (3x3) are 20% more efficient -2% CpS	"This flower grows an intricate root network that distributes nutrients throughout the surrounding soil. The reason for this seemingly altruistic behavior is still unknown."	2x Whiskerbloom (5%)
	Drowsyfern	+3% CpS -5% cookies per click -10% golden cookie frequency	"Traditionally used to brew a tea that guarantees a good night of sleep."	1x Chocoroot, 1x Keenmoss (0.5%)
	Wardlichen	2% less wrath cookies Wrinklers spawn 15% slower	"The metallic stench that emanates from this organism has been known to keep insects and slugs away."	1x Cronerice, 1x Keenmoss (0.5%) 1x Cronerice, 1x White Mildew (0.5%) Exactly 1x mature Wardlichen, 0x other Wardlichen (5%)
	Keenmoss	+3% random drops	"Fuzzy to the touch and of a vibrant green. In plant symbolism, keenmoss is associated with good luck for finding lost objects."	1x Green Rot, 1x Brown Mold (10%) Exactly 1x mature Keenmoss, 0x other Keenmoss (5%)
	Queenbeet	+0.3% golden cookie effect duration -2% CpS Harvest when mature for +1 hour of CpS (max. 6% of bank)	"A delicious taproot used to prepare high-grade white sugar. Entire countries once went to war over these."	1x Bakeberry, 1x Chocoroot (1%)
	Juicy Queenbeet	-10% CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) are 20% less efficient +1 sugar lump if harvested while mature	"A delicious taproot used to prepare high-grade white sugar. Entire countries once went to war over these. It looks like this one has grown especially sweeter and juicier from growing in close proximity to other queenbeets."	8x Queenbeet (0.1%)
	Duketater	Harvest when mature for +2 hours of CpS (max. 8% of bank)	"A rare, rich-tasting tuber fit for a whole meal, as long as its strict harvesting schedule is respected. Its starch has fascinating baking properties."	2x Queenbeet (0.1%)
	Shriekbulb	-2% CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) are 5% less efficient	"A nasty vegetable with a dreadful quirk : its flesh resonates with a high-pitched howl whenever it is hit at the right angle by sunlight, moonlight, or even a slight breeze."	1x Wrinklegill, 1x Elderwort (0.1%) 5x Elderwort (0.1%) 3x Duketater (0.5%) 4x Doughshroom (0.2%) 5x Queenbeet (0.1%) Exactly 1x Shriekbulb, 0x other Shriekbulb (0.5%)
	Tidygrass	Surrounding tiles (5x5) develop no weeds or fungus	"The molecules this grass emits are a natural weedkiller. Its stems grow following a predictable pattern, making it an interesting -if expensive- choice for a lawn grass."	1x Baker’s Wheat, 1x White Chocoroot (0.2%)
	Everdaisy	Surrounding tiles (3x3) develop no weeds or fungus Immortal	"While promoted by some as a superfood owing to its association with longevity and intriguing geometry, this elusive flower is actually mildly toxic."	3x Tidygrass, 3x Elderwort (0.2%)

Plant Growth Chart

Growth Stages	Name	CPS Cost (minutes)	Minimum Cost (cookies)	Age/Tick	Mature Age	Maturation, Lifespan (avg. ticks)	Contamination; Contaminable?
	Baker's Wheat	1	30	7-9	35	5, 13	None; Yes
	Thumbcorn	5	100	6-8	20	3, 15	None; Yes
	Cronerice	15	250	0.4-1.1	55	74, 134	None; Yes
	Gildmillet	15	1,500	2-3.5	40	15, 37	None; Yes
	Ordinary Clover	25	77,777	1-2.5	35	20, 58	None; Yes
	Golden Clover	125	778 million	4-16	50	5, 10	None; Yes
	Shimmerlily	60	777,777	5-11	70	9, 13	None; Yes
	Elderwort	180	100 million	0.3-0.8	90	164, ∞	None; No
	Bakeberry	45	100 million	1-2	50	34, 67	None; Yes
	Chocoroot	15	100,000	4	25	7, 25	None; Yes
	White Chocoroot	15	100,000	4	25	7, 25	None; Yes
	Meddleweed	1	10	10-16	50	4, 8	0.05; Yes
	Whiskerbloom	20	1 million	2-4	60	20, 34	None; Yes
	Chimerose	15	242,424	1-2.5	30	18, 58	None; Yes
	Nursetulip	40	1 billion	0.5-2.5	60	40, 67	None; Yes
	Drowsyfern	90	100,000	0.05-0.15	30	300, 1,000	None; Yes
	Wardlichen	10	10,000	5-9	65	10, 15	None; Yes
	Keenmoss	50	1 million	4-9	65	10, 16	None; Yes
	Queenbeet	90	1 billion	1-1.4	80	67, 84	None; No
	Juicy Queenbeet	N/A	N/A	0.04-0.12	85	1,063, 1,250	None; No
	Duketater	480	1 trillion	0.4-0.5	95	212, 223	None; No
	Shriekbulb	60	4.444 trillion	3-4	60	18, 29	None; No
	Tidygrass	90	100 trillion	0.5	40	80, 200	None; No
	Everdaisy	180	100 quintillion	0.3	75	250, ∞	None; No

Fungi

Seed	Name	Effect(s)	Description	Mutation recipes (Base Chance)
	White Mildew	+1% CpS May spread as brown mold	"A common rot that infests shady plots of earth. Grows in little creamy capsules. Smells sweet, but sadly wilts quickly."	1x Brown Mold, 1x or less White Mildew (50%)
	Brown Mold	-1% CpS May spread as white mildew	"A common rot that infests shady plots of earth. Grows in odd reddish clumps. Smells bitter, but thankfully wilts quickly."	1x White Mildew, 1x or less Brown Mold (50%) Harvest Meddleweed manually (age-based (age*0.2%); max 19.8% at age 99)
	Crumbspore	Explodes into up to 1 minute of CpS at the end of its lifecycle (max. 1% of bank) May overtake nearby plants	"An archaic mold that spreads its spores to the surrounding dirt through simple pod explosion."	Exactly 1x mature Crumbspore, 0x other Crumbspore (7%) 2x Doughshroom (0.5%) Harvest Meddleweed manually (age-based (age*0.2%); max 19.8% at age 99)
	Doughshroom	Explodes into up to 5 minutes of CpS at the end of its lifecycle (max. 3% of bank) May overtake nearby plants	"Jammed full of warm spores; some forest walkers often describe the smell as similar to passing by a bakery."	2x Crumbspore (0.5%) Exactly 1x mature Doughshroom, 0x other Doughshroom (7%)
	Glovemorel	+4% cookies per click +1% cursor CpS -1% CpS	"Touching its waxy skin reveals that the interior is hollow and uncomfortably squishy."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Thumbcorn (2%)
	Cheapcap	Buildings and upgrades are 0.2% cheaper 15% chance to die when frozen	"Small, tough, and good in omelettes. Some historians propose that the heads of dried cheapcaps were once used as currency in some bronze age societies."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Shimmerlily (4%)
	Fool's Bolete	+2% golden cookie frequency -5% golden cookie gains -2% golden cookie duration -2% golden cookie effect duration	"Named for its ability to fool mushroom pickers. The fool's bolete is not actually poisonous, it's just extremely bland."	1x Doughshroom, 1x Green Rot (4%)
	Wrinklegill	Wrinklers spawn 2% faster Wrinklers digest 1% more	"This mushroom's odor resembles that of a well-done steak, and is said to whet the appetite - making one's stomach start gurgling within seconds."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Brown Mold (6%)
	Green Rot	+0.5% golden cookie duration +1% golden cookie frequency +1% random drops	"This short-lived mold is also known as "emerald pebbles", and is considered by some as a pseudo-gem that symbolizes good fortune."	1x White Mildew, 1x Ordinary Clover (5%)
	Ichorpuff	Surrounding plants (3x3) age half as fast Surrounding plants (3x3) are half as efficient	"This puffball mushroom contains sugary spores, but it never seems to mature to bursting on its own. Surrounding plants under its influence have a very slow metabolism, reducing their effects but lengthening their lifespan."	1x Elderwort, 1x Crumbspore (0.2%)

Fungus Growth Chart

Growth Stages	Name	CPS Cost (minutes)	Minimum Cost (cookies)	Age/Tick	Mature Age	Maturation, Lifespan (avg. ticks)	Contamination; Contaminable?
	White Mildew	20	9,999	8-20	70	5, 8	None; Yes
	Brown Mold	20	9,999	8-20	70	5, 8	None; Yes
	Crumbspore	10	999	3-6	65	15, 23	0.03; No
	Doughshroom	100	100 million	1-3	85	43, 50	0.03; No
	Glovemorel	30	10,000	3-21	80	7, 9	None; Yes
	Cheapcap	40	100,000	6-22	40	3, 8	None; Yes
	Fool's Bolete	15	10,000	5-30	50	3, 6	None; Yes
	Wrinklegill	20	1 million	1-4	65	26, 40	None; Yes
	Green Rot	60	1 million	12-25	65	4, 6	None; Yes
	Ichorpuff	120	987,654,321	1-2.5	35	20, 58	None; Yes

Soil Types

As of version 2.01, there are 5 soil types in the game, available depending on the number of farms purchased, including farms which are sold or sacrificed. These can be activated without cost and are active for all plants in the garden, though only one can be active at a time. Immediately after changing soil type, it cannot be changed for the next 10 minutes, unless a sugar lump is spent to reset the timer. Each soil type influences the tick speed, and most have secondary effects on weed growth, passive plant effectiveness, plant spread and mutation, and auto-harvesting.

Icon	Soil	Farms Needed to Buy	Tick Speed (minutes)	Weed Growth	Passive Plant Effectiveness	Other Effect(s)
	Dirt	N/A	5	N/A	N/A	N/A
		"Simple, regular old dirt that you'd find in nature."
	Fertilizer	50	3	+20%	-25%	N/A
		"Soil with a healthy helping of fresh manure. Plants grow faster but are less efficient."
	Clay	100	15	N/A	+25%	N/A
		"Rich soil with very good water retention. Plants grow slower but are more efficient."
	Pebbles	200	5	10 times less	-75%	35% chance of harvesting seeds automatically when plants expire
		"Dry soil made of small rocks tightly packed together. Not very conductive to plant health, but whatever falls off your crops will be easy to retrieve."
	Wood Chips	300	5	10 times less	-75%	Plants spread and mutate 3 times more
		"Soil made of bits and pieces of bark and sawdust. Helpful for young sprouts to develop, not so much for mature plants."

Achievements

Milestone achievements 

Icon	Name	Description	ID
	Botany enthusiast	Harvest 100 mature garden plants.	378
	Green, aching thumb	Harvest 1000 mature garden plants.	379
	In the garden of Eden (baby)	Fill every tile of the biggest garden plot with plants. "Isn't tending to those precious little plants just so rock and/or roll?"	380
	Keeper of the conservatory	Unlock every garden seed.	381
	Seedless to nay	Convert a complete seed log into sugar lumps by sacrificing your garden to the sugar hornets. Owning this achievement makes seeds 5% cheaper, plants mature 5% sooner, and plant upgrades drop 5% more.	382

Upgrades

Various plants and fungi have a chance to drop an upgrade, usually a flavored cookie. Two of the flavored cookies have additional effects; one of which does not feature an increase to CpS, unlike all other flavored cookies.

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Miscellaneous upgrades  

Icon	Name	Unlock condition	Base price	Description	ID
	Fern tea	1% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature drowsyfern	3,600 x CpS	You gain another +3% of your regular CpS while the game is closed. (Must own the Twin Gates of Transcendence upgrade.). Dropped by drowsyfern plants. Cost scales with CpS. "A chemically complex natural beverage, this soothing concoction has been used by mathematicians to solve equations in their sleep."	474
	Ichor syrup	0.5% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature ichorpuff	7,200 x CpS	You gain another +7% of your regular CpS while the game is closed. (Must own the Twin Gates of Transcendence upgrade.). Sugar lumps mature 7 minutes sooner. Dropped by ichorpuff plants. Cost scales with CpS. "Tastes like candy. The smell is another story."	475

Trivia

• Since all random results of garden ticks are determined at the time of the tick, you can save before the tick and then reload the game as many times as you like to get the desired result.
• The results of all plant harvests are also randomized, so you can reload after harvesting and harvest again if you did not get a drop.
• Using the Harvest all tool does not update the passive plant effects after each plant, so the harvest of multiple bakeberries will be higher if harvested at once than if harvested separately. This does not apply to the number of cookies in bank: if the 3% maximum is lower than 30 minutes of cookies, each bakeberry will give more cookies than the previous one, even when harvested at once.
• Selecting a seed before sacrificing your garden allows you to plant it after losing all seeds. This can be used to skip parts of the cross-breeding process.

• The achievement "In the garden of Eden (baby)" is a reference to Iron Butterfly's proto-metal song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. The song was originally titled "In the Garden of Eden", but during the writing process keyboardist Doug Ingle became so drunk he was unable to pronounce the lyrics properly, and the new name stuck. 

• Saving up a large about of cookies and then selling every building except farms will drastically lower the price of each seed since they are related to Cps. However, this means you won't be able to work toward upgrades or buying buildings since your Cps is so low and building a building would deplete your stores and also push the price of seeds up. It is recommended to work on achievements for golden cookies, the easter egg hunt, or halloween during this time.