🛍️ FAQ: Where to Buy Seeds
All seeds are purchased from Blanc, the gardening mentor. He is the only NPC that sells seeds, fertilizer, and boosters.
📍 Blanc's Daily Location Schedule:
- • 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: Garden Shop (Town Center)
- • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Town Square
- • 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM & 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Tending his home garden / Inside his house
- • Tip: Open your map (M), select his icon, and click "Track" to find him instantly!
📈 How to Level Up Gardening Fast
You gain Gardening Proficiency (XP) through active farming. You cannot level up just by purchasing items. The primary actions that grant XP are:
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1. Harvest Crops Regularly (Main XP Source)
Harvesting yields the most XP. To level fast, grind fast-growing crops like Tomatoes (15 mins) while you are actively playing.
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2. Plant and Water Seeds
You gain small amounts of XP the moment you plant a seed and water it. Never leave empty plant boxes!
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3. Clear Weeds
Periodically, weeds will grow on your plots. Removing them gives bonus gardening proficiency.
💡 Quick Leveling Strategy
Always match your crop growth time to your playtime. Plant 15-minute Tomatoes while questing, and plant long-duration crops like Wheat (4h) before you log off for the night.
🔓 How to Unlock Gardening
Gardening is one of your first hobbies, automatically unlocked during the tutorial:
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Meet Blanc
Progress through the early tutorial until you encounter Blanc, the gardening mentor.
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Receive Starter Kit
Blanc gives you a watering can, starter seeds, and initial plant boxes.
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Start Farming!
Place plant boxes, plant seeds, water daily, and harvest when ready!
📍 Finding Blanc
Blanc's location changes throughout the day. Open your map (M) and look for his icon. He's usually at the Garden Shop (8AM-6PM) or at home (early morning/evening).
🌻 Gardening Basics
How to Grow Crops
- 1. Buy seeds from Blanc at the Garden Shop
- 2. Place a plant box on your lot (8 available at start)
- 3. Plant the seed in the plant box
- 4. Water regularly — every missed watering delays growth!
- 5. Harvest when fully grown, then replant
🌾 Regular Crops
Planted in plant boxes. Most vegetables and fruits go here.
🌸 Flowers
Unlocked at Level 3. Must be planted directly in soil, not in plant boxes.
🥕 All Crops List
Here's every crop in Heartopia with growth times, seed costs, and unlock levels:
| Crop | Growth Time | Seed Price | Unlock Level |
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| 🍅 Tomato | 15 min | 10 Gold | Lv 1 |
| 🥔 Potato ⭐ | 60 min | 30 Gold | Lv 1 |
| 🌾 Wheat | 4 hours | 95 Gold | Lv 2 |
| 🥬 Lettuce | 8 hours | 145 Gold | Lv 3 |
| 🍍 Pineapple | 30 min | 15 Gold | Lv 4 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 2 hours | 50 Gold | Lv 5 |
| 🍓 Strawberry ⭐ | 6 hours | 125 Gold | Lv 6 |
| 🌽 Corn ⭐ | 12 hours | 170 Gold | Lv 6 |
| 🍇 Grape | — | 160 Gold | Lv 7 |
| 🍆 Eggplant | — | 135 Gold | Lv 8 |
| 🍵 Tea Tree | — | 25 Gold | Lv 11 |
| 🍫 Cacao Tree | — | 110 Gold | Lv 12 |
| 🥑 Avocado | — | 180 Gold | Lv 13 |
⭐ = Recommended for profit. Growth times for later crops are not yet confirmed.
💰 Early Game Profit Comparison (Lv1 - Lv5)
Before you unlock high-tier crops at Level 6, these are the best crops to plant for maximizing your early-game Gold:
| Crop | Level Req. | Growth Time | Seed Cost | Base Sell Price (★) | Profit Per Harvest |
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| 🍅 Tomato | Lv 1 | 15 mins | -10g | +30g | +20g |
| 🥔 Potato ⭐ | Lv 1 | 60 mins | -30g | +90g | +60g |
| 🌾 Wheat | Lv 2 | 4 hours | -95g | +250g | +155g |
| 🥬 Lettuce | Lv 3 | 8 hours | -145g | +400g | +255g |
| 🍍 Pineapple ⭐ | Lv 4 | 30 mins | -15g | +45g | +30g |
| 🥕 Carrot | Lv 5 | 2 hours | -50g | +130g | +80g |
🏆 Verdict for Beginners
While Potatoes yield an excellent 60g profit per hour, Tomatoes can yield 80g per hour if you harvest exactly every 15 minutes. However, Pineapple (Lv 4) is also a great middle-ground active crop (60g/hr without needing logging on every 15 mins). For overnight, switch to Wheat or Lettuce!
🧪 Fertilizer & Growth Boosters
Unlock these items at Gardening Level 2 — buy them from Blanc:
🌿 Fertilizer
- • Improves crop quality
- • Higher star crops = more Gold
- • Apply before watering
⚡ Growth Booster
- • Reduces growth time by 15 minutes
- • Great for quick harvests
- • Use on longer-growing crops
💡 Gardening Tips
✅ Do
- • Level up to Gardening Level 2 ASAP — unlocks better crop yields, fertilizer, and boosters
- • Plant potatoes over tomatoes — much better profit margin
- • Water every time you return home — missed watering delays growth
- • Cook crops into dishes before selling — 2-3x more Gold!
- • Clear weeds — they give gardening proficiency points
- • Buy more plant boxes as you level up to grow more crops simultaneously
❌ Don't
- • Sell raw crops — always cook them first!
- • Forget to water — every delay costs you Gold per day
- • Plant cheap seeds when you can afford potatoes
- • Ignore leveling — higher levels unlock more profitable crops