Garden

The Garden as of v2.052

This is the general page for the minigame. For strategies, see the Garden Strategies page.

The Garden is a minigame in Cookie Clicker based on the farm building, offering many unlockable plants that provide various positive and/or negative effects.

Unlocking the Garden requires leveling up the farm building to at least level 1 with a sugar lump, with each later level unlocking more planting plots until level 9 (6x6).

Ascending will not reset unlocked seed types, however it will clear the garden of all current crops. The garden will not be accessible again until at least 1 farm is purchased.

Garden Size

When first unlocked, the Garden's size starts as a 2×2 grid. It can be further expanded by continuing to upgrade the farm level with sugar lumps. The maximum plot size of 6×6 is unlocked at level 9.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9+
Size	2×2	3×2	3×3	4×3	4×4	5×4	5×5	6×5	6×6
Plots	4	6	9	12	16	20	25	30	36

Tools

Currently, there are four tools in the minigame. Sacrifice Garden is only unlocked when all seeds have been discovered.

Icon	Name	Description	Notes
	Garden Information	"You can cross-breed plants by planting them close to each other; new plants will grow in the empty tiles next to them." "Unlock new seeds by harvesting mature plants." "When you ascend, your garden plants are reset, but you keep all the seeds you've unlocked." "Your garden has no effect and does not grow while the game is closed."	Also displays the combined effects of all of the plants in your garden above the instructions.
	Harvest All	"Instantly harvest all plants in your garden."Shift+Ctrl+Click to harvest only mature, mortal plants.	Seeds are also collected from mature plants. Attempts to unearth every tile twice in quick succession, causing any spores from Meddleweed to also be destroyed
	Freeze	"Cryogenically preserve your garden. Plants no longer grow, spread or die; they provide no benefits. Soil cannot be changed. Using this will effectively pause your garden."	Tick countdown continues until it reaches zero, where it is paused until unfreezing. Planting and harvesting is still available. Useful when there is no time to stay on the screen while the end of growth periods will need attention.
	Sacrifice Garden	"A swarm of sugar hornets comes down on your garden, destroying every plant as well as every seed you've unlocked - leaving only a Baker's wheat seed. In exchange, they will grant you 10 sugar lumps. This action is only available with a complete seed log."	The first time this tool is used, it also awards the "Seedless to nay" achievement, which makes seeds 5% cheaper, plants mature 5% sooner, and plant upgrades drop 5% more.

Sacrifice Garden

With efficient gardening, this tool can be a great source of additional Sugar Lumps, as it can be repeated every time the seed log is completed.

Soil

In Cookie Clicker's garden minigame, different types of soil can be selected to alter the time per tick, as well as providing other effects. They are unlocked by obtaining a certain amount of farms at least once in the current ascension.

Switching soil will incur a 10 minute cooldown, after which the next can be chosen.

Icon	Name	Farms Required	Tick Speed (minutes)	Weed Growth	Passive Plant Effectiveness	Other Effect(s)	Description
	Dirt	1	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	"Simple, regular old dirt that you'd find in nature."
	Fertilizer	50	3	+20%	-25%	N/A	"Soil with a healthy helping of fresh manure. Plants grow faster but are less efficient."
	Clay	100	15	N/A	+25%	N/A	"Rich soil with very good water retention. Plants grow slower but are more efficient."
	Pebbles	200	5	-90%	-75%	35% chance of harvesting seeds automatically when plants expire	"Dry soil made of small rocks tightly packed together. Not very conductive to plant health, but whatever falls off your crops will be easy to retrieve. Useful if you're one of those farmers who just want to find new seeds without having to tend to their garden too much."
	Wood Chips	300	5	-90%	-75%	Plants spread and mutate 3 times more	"Soil made of bits and pieces of bark and sawdust. Helpful for young sprouts to develop, not so much for mature plants."

Garden update process

Each tick, the garden checks and performs several actions. Here is the actions:

• Compute the amount of time for next tick according to current soil
• Compute the effects of all tiles according to any effect-spreading plants that may be present (Tidygrass, Nursetulip, etc.)
• Calculates base amount of time (in terms of age) for any plant to mature according to whether or not have the Seedless to nay achievement
• Determines the boost from Supreme Intellect and Reality Bending (1, 1.05, 1.005, or 1.055) and the amount of runs it will do according to the dragon aura boosts, current soil, and whether a sugar lump has been used to boost the garden: default 1, 3 if wood chips, multiplied by the dragon aura boost, randomFloor-ed, then multiplied by 3 if a lump has been used to boost the garden
  • randomFloor is a function that takes in a number, and rounds it to an integer according to randomness. The part after the decimal point serves as the chance to round up, and otherwise rounds down. (For example, 3.3 would have a 0.3 (or 30%) chance to be rounded up and a 70% chance to be rounded down)
• For each tile, from left to right then from top to bottom:
  • If the tile has some plant on it:
    • Ages the plant according to the randomFloor of the values associated with its type, the current aging effects of that tile, and the dragon auras present, and kills the plant if it is too old
      • There are two values associated with the aging of every plant: ageTick and ageTickR. "ageTick" is always added directly, and then a random value between 0 and "ageTickR" is added.
    • Calculates possible contamination from orthogonal neighbors, then contaminates the plant if it is not immortal, not immune, and that the random check succeeds.
  • If the tile is empty:
    • Calculates possible mutations from its cardinal neighbors, adding a mutation to a pool according to the base chance for said mutation, then chooses one mutation from the pool to plant onto said tile (if the pool is not empty)
• Computes the cumulative effect from all plants in the garden

This update order example goes into early/late ticks (how some plants may mutate the tick they mature/decay) with more detail.

Plant Overview

Growing or mutating plants, as well as other effects, are based on ticks. Spanning from 3 to 15 minutes depending on the chosen soil.

When a tick is complete, the following processes will occur for each plant from left plot to right plot, top row to bottom row:

• The plant will age (or may not) according to their specified range
• The plant (where applicable) will roll the dice to mutate according to other plants in a 3x3 area centered on the plant
• The plant will roll the dice to contaminate other plants that are orthogonally adjacent and capable of being contaminated

Aging

All plants have 4 stages, with their effects scaling respectively:

Growth	Progress (in percent) to mature	Effectiveness
Bud	0%	10%
Sprout	33%	25%
Bloom	66%	50%
Mature	-	100%

Mutating/Getting New Seeds

Plants can be cross-bred by planting them close to each other, growing new plants in the plots that both plants occupy adjacently (orthogonally and diagonally). Some plants do not need to be mature to mutate.

New plants will always grant their seed (unless already obtained) if harvested when mature. There is a 35% chance of plants dropping their seed when they decay with the Pebbles soil.

Daydun's (improved by CursedSliver) Cookie Garden may be used to fiddle with combinations for mutation chances without in-game intervention.

Contamination

Some plants are able to 'contaminate', or spread seeds to other plots that are either empty or have plants that can be contaminated. Unlike breeding, contamination can only occur orthogonally.

If a plant that can be contaminated is affected, it will be replaced entirely.

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  New plants will only grow in shared plots among breeding plants (represented by green X).

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  Plants that can contaminate will only do so on empty plots or contaminable plants, replacing them in the process.

Mutation Tree

Species Details

Legend:

• CC - Cookie Cost in minutes of CpS (MC - Minimum Cost)
• AT - Age per Tick, MA - Mature Age value
• MT - Maturation in average Ticks, LT - Lifespan in average Ticks
• CV - Contamination Value, IC - Is Contaminable?

Name Growth Stages	Effects	Seed Description	Mutation Recipes (base chance per tile per tick)	Type	Cost CC (MC)	Aging AT, MA	Ticks MT, LT	Contam. CV, IC
Baker's Wheat	+1% CpS	"A plentiful crop whose hardy grain is used to make flour for pastries."	2x Baker's Wheat (20%) 2x Thumbcorn (5%)	Plant	1 (30)	7-9, 35	5, 13	None, Yes
Thumbcorn	+2% cookies/click	"A strangely-shaped variant of corn. The amount of strands that can sprout from one seed is usually in the single digits."	2x Baker's Wheat (5%) 2x Thumbcorn (10%) 2x Cronerice (2%)	Plant	5 (100)	6-8, 20	3, 15	None, Yes
Cronerice	+3% grandma CpS	"Not only does this wrinkly bulb look nothing like rice, it's not even related to it either; its closest extant relative is the weeping willow."	1x Baker's Wheat, 1x Thumbcorn (1%)	Plant	15 (250)	0.4-1.1, 55 0 (25.7%) 1 (73.6%) 2 (0.7%)	74, 134	None, Yes
Gildmillet	+1% golden cookie gains +0.1% golden cookie effect duration	"An ancient staple crop, famed for its golden sheen. Was once used to bake birthday cakes for kings and queens of old."	1x Cronerice, 1x Thumbcorn (3%)	Plant	15 (1,500)	2-3.5, 40 2 (33.3%) 3 (58.3%) 4 (8.3%)	15, 37	None, Yes
Ordinary Clover	+1% golden cookie frequency	"Trifolium repens, a fairly mundane variety of clover with a tendency to produce four leaves. Such instances are considered lucky by some."	1x Baker's Wheat, 1x Gildmillet (3%) 2x mature Ordinary Clover, less than 5x total Ordinary Clover (0.7%)	Plant	25 (77,777)	1-2.5, 35 1 (33.3%) 2 (58.3%) 3 (8.3%)	20, 58	None, Yes
Golden Clover	+3% golden cookie frequency	"A variant of the ordinary clover that traded its chlorophyll for pure organic gold. Tragically short-lived, this herb is an evolutionary dead-end - but at least it looks pretty."	1x Baker's Wheat, 1x Gildmillet (0.07%) 2x mature Ordinary Clover, less than 5x total Ordinary Clover (0.01%) 4x or more Ordinary Clover (0.07%)	Plant	125 (777.778 billion)	4-16, 50	5, 10	None, Yes
Shimmerlily	+1% golden cookie gains +1% golden cookie frequency +1% random drops	"These little flowers are easiest to find at dawn, as the sunlight refracting in dew drops draws attention to their pure-white petals."	1x Ordinary Clover, 1x Gildmillet (2%)	Plant	60 (777,777)	5-11, 70	9, 13	None, Yes
Elderwort	+1% wrath cookie gains +1% wrath cookie frequency +1% grandma CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) age 3% faster Immortal	"A very old, long-forgotten subspecies of edelweiss that emits a strange, heady scent. There is some anecdotal evidence that these do not undergo molecular aging."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x Cronerice (1%) 1x Wrinklegill, 1x Cronerice (0.2%)	Plant	180 (100 million)	0.3-0.8, 90 0 (45%) 1 (55%)	164, ∞	None, No
Bakeberry	+1% CpS Harvest when mature for +30 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank)	"A favorite among cooks, this large berry has a crunchy brown exterior and a creamy red center. Excellent in pies or chicken stews."	2x Baker's Wheat (0.1%)	Plant	45 (100 million)	1-2, 50	34, 67	None, Yes
Chocoroot	+1% CpS Harvest when mature for +3 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank) Predictable growth	"A tangly bramble coated in a sticky, sweet substance. Unknown genetic ancestry. Children often pick these from fields as-is as a snack."	1x Baker's Wheat, 1x Brown Mold of any age (10%)	Plant	15 (100,000)	4, 25	7, 25	None, Yes
White Chocoroot	+1% golden cookie gains Harvest when mature for +3 minutes of CpS (max. 3% of bank) Predictable growth	"A pale, even sweeter variant of the chocoroot. Often impedes travelers with its twisty branches."	1x Chocoroot, 1x White Mildew of any age (10%)	Plant	15 (100,000)	4, 25	7, 25	None, Yes
White Mildew	+1% CpS May spread as brown mold	"A common rot that infests shady plots of earth. Grows in little creamy capsules. Smells sweet, but sadly wilts quickly."	1x Brown Mold, 1x or less White Mildew (50%)	Fungus	20 (9,999)	8-20, 70	5, 8	None, Yes
Brown Mold	-1% CpS May spread as white mildew	"A common rot that infests shady plots of earth. Grows in odd reddish clumps. Smells bitter, but thankfully wilts quickly."	1x White Mildew, 1x or less Brown Mold (50%) Harvest Meddleweed manually (age-based (age*0.2%); max 19.8% at age 99; ignores Wood Chips)	Fungus	20 (9,999)	8-20, 70	5, 8	None, Yes
Meddleweed	No effects May overtake nearby plants May drop spores when uprooted	"The sign of a neglected farmland, this annoying weed spawns from unused dirt and may sometimes spread to other plants, killing them in the process."	1x mature Meddleweed, less than 4x total Meddleweed (15%) 0x any plants (0.2% * weed multiplier from current soil)	Plant	1 (10)	10-16, 50	4, 8	0.05, Yes
Whiskerbloom	+0.2% effects from milk	"Squeezing the translucent pods makes them excrete a milky liquid, while producing a faint squeak akin to a cat's meow."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x White Chocoroot (1%)	Plant	20 (1 million)	2-4, 60	20, 34	None, Yes
Chimerose	+1% reindeer gains +1% reindeer frequency	"Originating in the greener flanks of polar mountains, this beautiful flower with golden accents is fragrant enough to make any room feel a little bit more festive."	1x Shimmerlily, 1x Whiskerbloom (5%) 2x Chimerose (0.5%)	Plant	15 (242,424)	1-2.5, 30 1 (33.3%) 2 (58.3%) 3 (8.3%)	18, 58	None, Yes
Nursetulip	Surrounding plants (3x3) are 20% more efficient -2% CpS	"This flower grows an intricate root network that distributes nutrients throughout the surrounding soil. The reason for this seemingly altruistic behavior is still unknown."	2x Whiskerbloom (5%)	Plant	40 (1 billion)	0.5-2.5, 60 0 (6.25%) 1 (43.75%) 2 (43.75%) 3 (6.25%)	40, 67	None, Yes
Drowsyfern	+3% CpS -5% cookies per click -10% golden cookie frequency	"Traditionally used to brew a tea that guarantees a good night of sleep."	1x Chocoroot, 1x Keenmoss (0.5%)	Plant	90 (100,000)	0.05-0.15, 30 0 (90%) 1 (10%)	300, 1000	None, Yes
Wardlichen	2% less wrath cookies Wrinklers spawn 15% slower	"The metallic stench that emanates from this organism has been known to keep insects and slugs away."	1x Cronerice, 1x Keenmoss (0.5%) 1x Cronerice, 1x White Mildew (0.5%) Exactly 1x mature Wardlichen, 0x other Wardlichen (5%)	Plant	10 (10,000)	5-9, 65	10, 15	None, Yes
Keenmoss	+3% random drops	"Fuzzy to the touch and of a vibrant green. In plant symbolism, keenmoss is associated with good luck for finding lost objects."	1x Green Rot, 1x Brown Mold (10%) Exactly 1x mature Keenmoss, 0x other Keenmoss (5%)	Plant	50 (1 million)	4-9, 65	10, 16	None, Yes
Queenbeet	+0.3% golden cookie effect duration -2% CpS Harvest when mature for +1 hour of CpS (max. 4% of bank)	"A delicious taproot used to prepare high-grade white sugar. Entire countries once went to war over these."	1x Bakeberry, 1x Chocoroot (1%)	Plant	90 (1 billion)	1-1.4, 80 1 (80%) 2 (20%)	67, 84	None, No
Juicy Queenbeet	-10% CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) are 20% less efficient +1 sugar lump if harvested while mature	"A delicious taproot used to prepare high-grade white sugar. Entire countries once went to war over these. It looks like this one has grown especially sweeter and juicier from growing in close proximity to other queenbeets."	8x Queenbeet (0.1%)	Plant	Can't be planted	0.04-0.12, 85 0 (92%) 1 (8%)	1063, 1250	None, No
Duketater	Harvest when mature for +2 hours of CpS (max. 8% of bank)	"A rare, rich-tasting tuber fit for a whole meal, as long as its strict harvesting schedule is respected. Its starch has fascinating baking properties."	2x Queenbeet (0.1%)	Plant	480 (1 trillion)	0.4-0.5, 95 0 (55%) 1 (45%)	212, 223	None, No
Crumbspore	Explodes into up to 1 minute of CpS at the end of its lifecycle (max. 1% of bank) May overtake nearby plants	"An archaic mold that spreads its spores to the surrounding dirt through simple pod explosion."	Exactly 1x mature Crumbspore, 0x other Crumbspore (7%) 2x Doughshroom (0.5%) Harvest Meddleweed manually (age-based (age*0.2%); max 19.8% at age 99; ignores Wood Chips)	Fungus	10 (999)	3-6, 65	15, 23	0.03, No
Doughshroom	Explodes into up to 5 minutes of CpS at the end of its lifecycle (max. 3% of bank) May overtake nearby plants	"Jammed full of warm spores; some forest walkers often describe the smell as similar to passing by a bakery."	2x Crumbspore (0.5%) Exactly 1x mature Doughshroom, 0x other Doughshroom (7%)	Fungus	100 (100 million)	1-3, 85	43, 50	0.03, No
Glovemorel	+4% cookies per click +1% cursor CpS -1% CpS	"Touching its waxy skin reveals that the interior is hollow and uncomfortably squishy."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Thumbcorn (2%)	Fungus	30 (10,000)	3-21, 80	7, 9	None, Yes
Cheapcap	Buildings and upgrades are 0.2% cheaper Cannot handle cold climates; 15% chance to die when frozen	"Small, tough, and good in omelettes. Some historians propose that the heads of dried cheapcaps were once used as currency in some bronze age societies."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Shimmerlily (4%)	Fungus	40 (100,000)	6-22, 40	3, 8	None, Yes
Fool's Bolete	+2% golden cookie frequency -5% golden cookie gains -2% golden cookie duration -2% golden cookie effect duration	"Named for its ability to fool mushroom pickers. The fool's bolete is not actually poisonous, it's just extremely bland."	1x Doughshroom, 1x Green Rot (4%)	Fungus	15 (10,000)	5-30, 50	3, 6	None, Yes
Wrinklegill	Wrinklers spawn 2% faster Wrinklers digest 1% more	"This mushroom's odor resembles that of a well-done steak, and is said to whet the appetite - making one's stomach start gurgling within seconds."	1x Crumbspore, 1x Brown Mold (6%)	Fungus	20 (1 million)	1-4, 65	26, 40	None, Yes
Green Rot	+0.5% golden cookie duration +1% golden cookie frequency +1% random drops	"This short-lived mold is also known as "emerald pebbles", and is considered by some as a pseudo-gem that symbolizes good fortune."	1x White Mildew, 1x Ordinary Clover (5%)	Fungus	60 (1 million)	12-25, 65	4, 6	None, Yes
Shriekbulb	-2% CpS Surrounding plants (3x3) are 5% less efficient	"A nasty vegetable with a dreadful quirk : its flesh resonates with a high-pitched howl whenever it is hit at the right angle by sunlight, moonlight, or even a slight breeze."	1x Wrinklegill, 1x Elderwort (0.1%) 5x Elderwort (0.1%) 3x Duketater of any age (0.5%) 4x Doughshroom of any age (0.2%) 5x Queenbeet (0.1%) Exactly 1x Shriekbulb of any age, 0x other Shriekbulb (0.5%)	Plant	60 (4.444 trillion)	3-4, 60	18, 29	None, No
Tidygrass	Surrounding tiles (5x5) develop no weeds or fungus	"The molecules this grass emits are a natural weedkiller. Its stems grow following a predictable pattern, making it an interesting -if expensive- choice for a lawn grass."	1x Baker's Wheat, 1x White Chocoroot (0.2%)	Plant	90 (100 trillion)	0.5, 40 0 (50%) 1 (50%)	80, 200	None, Yes
Everdaisy	Surrounding tiles (3x3) develop no weeds or fungus Immortal	"While promoted by some as a superfood owing to its association with longevity and intriguing geometry, this elusive flower is actually mildly toxic."	3x Tidygrass, 3x Elderwort (0.2%)	Plant	180 (100 quintillion)	0.3, 75 0 (70%) 1 (30%)	250, ∞	None, No
Ichorpuff	Surrounding plants (3x3) age half as fast Surrounding plants (3x3) are half as efficient	"This puffball mushroom contains sugary spores, but it never seems to mature to bursting on its own. Surrounding plants under its influence have a very slow metabolism, reducing their effects but lengthening their lifespan."	1x Elderwort, 1x Crumbspore (0.2%)	Fungus	120 (987.654 million)	1-2.5, 35 1 (33.3%) 2 (58.3%) 3 (8.3%)	20, 58	None, Yes

Upgrades

Various plants and fungi have a very low chance to unlock an upgrade, usually a flavored cookie, when harvested while mature. These upgrades unlock permanently, meaning there is no need to re-acquire them from the garden after every ascension. The chance of obtaining each upgrade is multiplied by the random drop chance.

Two of the flavored cookies have additional effects (Elderwort biscuits and Green yeast digestives), one of which, unlike all other flavored cookies, does not feature an increase to CpS at all.

Icon	Name	Unlock condition	Base price	Description		ID
	Elderwort biscuits	1% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature elderwort	7,200 x CpS	Cookie production multiplier +2%. Grandma production multiplier +2%. Dropped by elderwort plants. Cost scales with CpS. "They taste incredibly stale, even when baked fresh."	470
	Bakeberry cookies	1.5% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature bakeberry	3,600 x CpS	Cookie production multiplier +2%. Dropped by bakeberry plants. Cost scales with CpS. "Really good dipped in hot chocolate."	471
	Duketater cookies	0.5% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature duketater	10,800 x CpS	Cookie production multiplier +10%. Dropped by duketater plants. Cost scales with CpS. "Fragrant and mealy, with a slight yellow aftertaste."	472
	Green yeast digestives	0.5% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature green rot	10,800 x CpS	+1% golden cookie gains and effect duration. +1% golden cookie frequency. +3% random drops. Dropped by green rot plants. Cost scales with CpS. "These are tastier than you'd expect, but not by much."	473
	Wheat slims	0.1% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature baker's wheat	1,800 x CpS	Cookie production multiplier +1%. Dropped by baker's wheat plants. Cost scales with CpS. "The only reason you'd consider these cookies is because you feel slightly sorry for them."	476
	Fern tea	1% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature drowsyfern	3,600 x CpS	You gain another +3% of your regular CpS while the game is closed. (Must own the Twin Gates of Transcendence upgrade.). Dropped by drowsyfern plants. Cost scales with CpS. "A chemically complex natural beverage, this soothing concoction has been used by mathematicians to solve equations in their sleep."	474
	Ichor syrup	0.5% chance of dropping after harvesting a mature ichorpuff	7,200 x CpS	You gain another +7% of your regular CpS while the game is closed. (Must own the Twin Gates of Transcendence upgrade.). Sugar lumps mature 7 minutes sooner. Dropped by ichorpuff plants. Cost scales with CpS. "Tastes like candy. The smell is another story."	475

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	ID
	Botany enthusiast	Harvest 100 mature garden plants.	378
	Green, aching thumb	Harvest 1000 mature garden plants.	379
	In the garden of Eden (baby)	Fill every tile of the biggest garden plot with plants. "Isn't tending to those precious little plants just so rock and/or roll?"	380
	Keeper of the conservatory	Unlock every garden seed.	381
	Seedless to nay	Convert a complete seed log into sugar lumps by sacrificing your garden to the sugar hornets. Owning this achievement makes seeds 5% cheaper, plants mature 5% sooner, and plant upgrades drop 5% more.	382