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.

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.

For every 250 flowers planted, one [[coin]] is earned, up to 60 coins a day. Progress is reset when planting ends.

==Mechanics==

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 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 consumption rate of [[petal]]s will also increase, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area.

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==With Others==

==Privacy zones==

{{todo|Note whether privacy zones limit the effect of planting With Others.}}

Privacy zones allow a player to designate circular areas within which their own flowers will temporarily cease to be planted during planting. However, planting will otherwise continue as normal, consuming petals at a rate proportional to [[squad]] size, and maintaining coin count as well as 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 12 (used to be Level 10 until {{date|14|August|2023}}) that doubles both petal usage and flower output for 15 minutes during flower planting. It is a consumable item that can be bought from the [[shop]] or obtained in rare circumstances. One can be used by pressing the "Accelerate" button while flower planting and confirming this in the pop-up box. If another accelerator is used before the current one expires, the period is extended.

The doubling effect is done by planting 2 flowers in each cell instead of 1, not by increasing the planting radius. The cooldown period before the same player can plant into the same cell again remains the same. Big Flower flower counts are also affected by the doubled output.  

==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===

{|class="wikitable scrollable"style="text-align: center"

!Color

!Lily

!Sunflower

!Spider Lily

!Cosmos

!Cyclamen

!Daffodil

!Windflower

!Baby Blue Eyes

!White

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

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

!Red

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

!Yellow

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

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

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

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

|[[File:Yellow carnation 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]]

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

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

==History==

|Added the flower planting accelerator, which doubles flowers planted for 15 minutes after use.

==Trivia==

*Flowers cannot be planted in military areas.

*Regular Petals are in a brown petal container, whilst Special Petals are in a tan container

==See also==