Flower planting

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Flower planting is a game mechanic in Pikmin Bloom. 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 petals of the type that is being planted. Planted flowers on the map are visible to all players (unless that feature is turned off).

Planted flowers are used to bloom Big Flowers. 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 seedlings 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, expeditions will be found more frequently while walking around if flower planting is turned on.

Details

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For the purposes of flower planting, the world is divided into a grid of cells of around 5 by 5 meters. 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. The range in which this occurs depends on the number of Pikmin in the squad. This will only happen if the player is moving less than 15 kilometers per hour, to prevent players from being able to plant lots of flowers from within a vehicle.

Planting Area

As squad size increases, so too does the flower planting area. For every 10 Pikmin added to the squad, the grid will increase by one square along both dimensions. The amount of petals consumed per minute will also increase along the same parameters, though this does not outweigh the benefits of increasing the planting area.

Big Flower counts operate on a separate, but similar and simultaneous process. The only practical difference is that the receptive planting area is slightly larger, and square.

Minimum Level	Squad Pikmin	Planting Area	Big Flower Planting Area	Petals Used Per Minute
1	1-9			1
10	10-19			1.5
20	20-29			2
40	30-39			2.5
60	40			3

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Flower types

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These flowers are produced by the following petals.

Color	Flowers	Petals
White
Red
Blue
Yellow