Editing Flower planting

'''Flower planting''' is a game mechanic in {{pb}}. When it is turned on, small flowers will be planted in a trail behind the player, and will appear on the map screen as the player walks around the real world. Planting flowers consumes [[petal]]s of the type that is being planted. Planted flowers on the map are visible to all players. Planted flowers are used to bloom [[Big Flower]]s. While within a Big Flower's radius, players can plant flowers in the circle to encourage growth and allow the Big Flower to bloom once 300 flowers are planted.

While planting flowers, a widget appears at the top of the map screen showing how many total flowers have been planted so far, how many coins have been earned so far, and how many more flower need to be planted before the next coin is earned. Below this, a smaller widget labeled "Accelerate" appears, which can be tapped to quickly open the confirmation menu to use a [[#Flower Planting Accelerator|Flower Planting Accelerator]].

Flowers last for 7 days and then vanish, though they can vanish a few days earlier<!--needs more testing--> if approached by the player while planting more. Flowers within the radius of a Big Flower instead last until the Big Flower wilts.

Changing the selected petal type during planting will change to planting that flower type without interrupting the session, though doing so will immediately spend a petal and start the spending timer from there, so it will always be slightly less efficient. Running out of selected petals while the device is asleep will cause the flower planting session to immediately end.

 

 

One flower can be planted in each cell, and once a flower is in a cell, another one cannot take its place until 5 minutes have passed. As a player walks with flower planting turned on, they will plant flowers in nearby grid cells. This will only happen if the player is moving less than 16-20 kilometers per hour (10-13 miles per hour), to prevent players from being able to plant lots of flowers from within a vehicle. This maximum speed seems to vary between players/locations.

Not all flowers are rendered on the map screen. When flowers are directly adjacent to each other, only some will be shown, and the density shown depends on how far in front of the camera they are, as well as the performance of the device being used to play the game. Flowers are also not rendered when they are on top of roads. However, all flowers, including non-rendered ones, are counted in the banner at the top of the screen that says how many flowers have been planted in a session.

During flower planting, flowers are set down around the player in a rectangular area, which is longer along the north-south axis. The size of the player's [[squad]] controls the size of this planting area. For every 10 Pikmin added to the squad, the rectangle will increase by one cell along both dimensions. The rate at which [[petal]]s are consumed will also increase, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area. {{cite web | rname=flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics_reddit}}

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== With Others ==

== Privacy zones ==

{{game help|pb|Note whether privacy zones limit the effect of planting [[#With Others|With Others]].}}

Privacy zones allow a player to designate circular areas within which their own flowers will temporarily cease to be planted during planting, and as a result, coins will not be earned nor will flowers be counted toward [[Event Challenge]] missions. However, other planting effects will otherwise continue as normal, consuming petals at a rate proportional to [[squad]] size, and maintaining the seedling growth rate bonus. Zones do not affect other players or their planting, nor are they visible to other players.

== Flower Planting Accelerator ==

[[File:Flower planting accelerator icon.png|thumb|left|150px|A Flower Planting Accelerator.]]

The Flower Planting Accelerator is an item unlocked at [[Level#Pikmin Bloom|level]] 12 that doubles petal usage and flower output for 15 minutes while flower planting. It is a consumable item that can be bought from the [[shop]], or obtained as rewards from [[event]]s. One can be used by pressing the "Accelerate" button while flower planting that appears in multiple menus, and then confirming the use of the accelerator in a pop-up box. If another accelerator is used before the current one expires, the period is extended.

When an accelerator is active, all instances of the "Accelerate" button changed to show an activated version of the accelerator, and the word accelerate is replaced by a timer that counts down how much accelerated flower planting time remains.

 

 

 

 

== Badges ==

* '''Apprentice Flower Badge''': Plant 1,000 flowers.

* '''Novice Flower Badge''': Plant 20,000 flowers.

* '''Enthusiast Flower Badge''': Plant 500,000 flowers.

* '''Expert Flower Badge''': Plant 1,600,000 flowers.

* '''Master Flower Badge''': Plant 3,000,000 flowers.

== Gallery ==

=== Screenshots ===

=== Flower types ===

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! !!White!!Yellow!!Red!!Blue

!Basic

|[[File:Red poinsettia flowers icon.png|75px]]

!Camellia

|[[File:White camellia flowers icon.png|75px]]

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|[[File:Yellow sunflower flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red cyclamen flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue cyclamen flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White daffodil flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow daffodil flowers icon.png|75px]]

!Frangipani

|[[File:White frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red frangipani flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red dianthus flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue dianthus flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White gentian flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow mum flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White helleborus flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow helleborus flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White cattleya flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow cattleya flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White sweet pea flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow sweet pea flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White convallaria flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Red convallaria flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow peony flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:White water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Yellow water lily flowers icon.png|75px]]

|[[File:Blue clematis flowers icon.png|75px]]

== History ==

|Added the Flower Planting Accelerator, which doubles flowers planted and petal usage for 15 minutes after use.

== Trivia ==

* Flowers cannot be planted in military areas.

 

== References ==