Gardening

What is gardening in Deeper
Within the first few days of game time, Jake is prompted to visit the local monastery. The monastery is open from the first day so the player does not need to wait for the prompt to visit.

When Jake visits the monastery he is greeted by a monk who tells him that they have some spare land on the property which they need to use in order to stop it being taken away from them and suggests that Jake could farm his own crops there.

Growing crops allows Jake to earn some extra money on top of his normal job.

What you need
In order to successfully grow crops you must have 4 things in your inventory.

Seeds: There are four types of plant in Deeper which vary in initial cost and difficulty to grow. Each one takes a slightly different time to ripen.

Watering can, Garden hose, Sprinkler system: Any one of these will enable Jake to keep the crops watered. The watering can giving the lowest amount of water, whilst the sprinkler system removes the need for Jake to water the crops manually completely.

Garden Hoe, Hand Plough: Allows Jake to till and fertilise the soil. The hand plough removes the need for Jake to till the soil manually.

Insecticide, Bug Hunter, Plant gene therapy: Allows Jake to remove pests from the crops. Plant gene therapy makes plants immune to pests.

How to garden
In order to use a garden plot it must first be unlocked. The first plot is unlocked automatically upon starting the garden but further plots need to be unlocked which costs an increasing amount the more plots Jake has.

Once unlocked Jake can plant any seeds which he has in his inventory in the plot. Once a seed is planted the water and fertiliser are automatically set to 100%

Each day a varying amount of water and fertiliser will be used up and need to be replenished by Jake using the watering can or fertiliser tool on the plot. This is done by selecting the tool and then clicking on the crop.

Each day there is a chance that a crop will become infested with pests. This results in an increasing amount of water and fertiliser being used up each day and if not dealt with could cause the crops to die.

When plants ripen a green harvest Icon will appear on the crop.

How to harvest
Harvesting can be done by selecting the harvesting basket which puts the game into harvest mode. The player may now click on the crops they wish to harvest.

Upon harvesting, crops are automatically sold and a random number of seeds gathered from the harvest. If the player so wishes they can replant the seeds and start again.

It should be noted that seeds do not spoil in the player inventory, however if a seed is planted and the crop dies, the seeds are lost.