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]].

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.

 

Flower planting also provides additional boosts to various aspects of the game:

* Having flower planting on grows [[seedling]]s faster. If a player is planting flowers, seedlings will reach maturity faster with an automatic step-count bonus. Initially, it starts with a 10% bonus, and eventually reaches a maximum of 30% as the player's flowers are continually planted.

* For every 250 flowers that are planted, one [[coin]] is earned, with up to 60 coins available to earn every day. Progress towards the next coin is reset when planting ends, and all coins earned from flower planting are rewarded.

== Mechanics ==

For the purposes of flower planting, the world is divided into a grid of cells that are around 5 by 5 meters.{{cite web|https://www.reddit.com/r/PikminBloomApp/comments/rk5385/flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics/|Post by u/connection_lost|Reddit|published={{date|19|December|2021}}|retrieved={{date|9|June|2024}}|rname=flower_planting_speed_and_hidden_mechanics_reddit}} These cells are determined by a grid of larger cells sized at 0.00036 decimal degrees across both dimensions. These larger cells are then divided into a number of smaller cells, depending on their respective latitiude. At the equator, as well as for the majority of the populated ranges of the earth, the division is into 64 smaller cells, each with edges sized at 0.000045 decimal degrees.{{cite web|https://www.reddit.com/r/PikminBloomApp/comments/zwibwq/comment/j1xlk6l/|Comment by u/Cirrus_Aeltir|Reddit|published={{date|27|December|2022}}|retrieved={{date|9|June|2024}}}} The cells are not shown to the player, but are used to calculate many features of flower planting.  

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.

 

== Strategy ==

The most efficient way to plant flowers is to be moving consistently at under the maximum allowed speed of 16-20km/h (10-13mph), through methods such as riding a bike or driving in a car. Moving east-west is more efficient than moving north-south.

If you are stationary but need to plant flowers for an [[Event Challenge]] mission, starting and stopping planting for a few seconds every 5 minutes is effective, as this limits wasting petals. This is most efficient when your squad is full.

When sending your Pikmin on expeditions, be careful about sending Pikmin from your squad, since if your squad size is reduced below a certain threshold, your flower planting rate could drop significantly. Sending standby Pikmin or checking your squad after sending Pikmin on expeditions helps avoid this.

== 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 ===

== 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.

** This means that Big Flowers in military areas cannot ever bloom.

* There are currently no flowers that exclusively come in only the red color.

** However, there have been flowers in the past that only came in red, but have had other colors added since.

 

== References ==