Editing Flower planting

[[File:PB Flower Planting Tutorial.png|thumb|right|250px|Flowers being planted behind the player.]]

'''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.

Having flower planting on also 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. In addition, [[expedition]]s will be found more frequently while walking around if flower planting is turned on.

For the purposes of flower planting, the world is divided into a grid of cells that are around 5 by 5 meters. 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. 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 20 kilometers per hour, to prevent players from being able to plant lots of flowers from within a vehicle.

Not all flowers are rendered on the map screen. When flowers are directly adjacent to eachother, only some will be shown, and the density shown depends on how zoomed-in the camera is, as well as the performance of the device being used to play the game. A more zoomed-out camera will show less flowers, especially further away from the player. 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 amount of [[petal]]s consumed per minute will also increase along the same parameters, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area.

!Planting area

!Big Flower planting area

|[[File: Big Flower Planting Area 2x2.png|x50px]]

|10

||[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 3x3.png|x60px]]

|20

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 4x4.png|x70px]]

|40

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 5x5.png|x80px]]

|60

|[[File:Big Flower Planting Area 6x6.png|x90px]]

==With Others==

==Flower planting accelerator==

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The Flower Planting Accelerator is an item that doubles both petal usage and flower output for 15 minutes during flower planting.

In the simplest of terms, this mechanism causes 2 flowers to be planted into each flower grid cell instead of 1. The cooldown period before the same player can plant into the same cell again remains the same. However, Big Flower counts are affected by the doubled output, meaning it is possible for a single player to bloom a Big Flower on their own without waiting for cooldown to occur. If another Accelerator is added before the current effect expires, the period is extended instead.

==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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!Color

!Cherry blossom

!Tulip

!Carnation

!Hydrangea

!Lily

!Sunflower

!Spider Lily

!Windflower

!White

!Blue

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

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

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

!Yellow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==History==

|Added Privacy Zones, allowing areas to be designated within which the player will not plant flowers, obscuring their trail.

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

==Trivia==

*Flowers cannot be planted in military areas.

==See also==