Contents

Weather

Events/Weathers icons

Grow a Garden features a global weather system with multiple unique weather types, each of which transforms gameplay and creates exciting opportunities for all players.

Global Synchronization

  • Every active server experiences the same exact weather at the same exact time
  • Exception: Global sync only applies to servers created before the weather starts

Growth Enhancement

  • Weather can accelerate growth rates of crops (e.g. Rain & Thunderstorms)
  • Apply mutations that increase crop value immensely

Rare & Event-Locked Features

Exclusive content that makes weather events truly special

🌙 Event-Exclusive Mutations

Certain weather-caused mutations (e.g. Bloodlit, Moonlit) are tied to special Events

⚡ Admin-Only Weather

Some weather types can only be activated by Grow a Garden administrators

Weather Types

📱 Mobile View: Tap category tabs to switch between Standard, Event, and Admin weather types. Each card shows weather effects, timing, and special mutations in an easy-to-read format.

🌧️Standard Weather

Standard Weather refers to naturally occurring weather in the game and does not require manual activation by an administrator.

🩸

Blood Moon

Standard15 minutes📊 33% of Night events

✨ Effects:

  • Gives crops a glowing red hue.
  • Chance to apply Bloodlit.

ℹ️ Details:

  • Default: 6 crops become Bloodlit per cycle (once every 40 seconds over 4 minutes).
  • Placing a Night Staff will increase Bloodlit crop yield.
  • 33.33% chance to replace Night for that cycle.
  • Lasts 15 minutes.
  • Both sky and moon turn red.

🧬 Related Mutations:

Bloodlit
❄️

Frost

Standard3-5 minutes📊 Every hour

✨ Effects:

  • Increases growth speed by 50%.
  • Chance to apply Chilled.
  • Combines with Wet to create Frozen.
  • Triggers shivering animation for players, along with a shivering sound effect.

ℹ️ Details:

  • 25% chance to replace Rain.

🧬 Related Mutations:

ChilledFrozen
☄️

Meteor Shower

Standard~5 minutes

✨ Effects:

  • Meteors fall from the sky.
  • Crops hit by meteors gain Celestial mutation.

ℹ️ Details:

  • Use Star Caller to direct meteors to crops.
  • Duration: ~5 minutes.

🧬 Related Mutations:

Celestial
🌙

Night

Standard10 minutes📊 Every 4 hours

✨ Effects:

  • Gives crops a glowing purple hue.
  • Chance to apply Moonlit.
  • 6 crops become Moonlit per night (once every 40 seconds over 4 minutes).

ℹ️ Details:

  • Placing a Night Staff will increase Moonlit crop yield.
  • Appears every 4 hours and occurs on the 30 minutes of the hour. Lasts 10 minutes.
  • Soundtrack: Clair De Lune.

🧬 Related Mutations:

Moonlit
🌧️

Rain

Standard3-5 minutes📊 Every 20 min

✨ Effects:

  • Increases crop growth speed by 50%.
  • 50% chance to apply the Wet mutation.
  • Can combine with Chilled to create Frozen.

🧬 Related Mutations:

WetFrozen

Thunderstorm

Standard3-5 minutes📊 Every 3+ hours

✨ Effects:

  • Increases growth speed by 50%.
  • 50% chance to apply Wet.
  • Lightning strikes can apply Shocked mutation.

🧬 Related Mutations:

WetShocked

Trivia

Weather Mechanics & Timing

⚡ Thunderstorm Lightning: Strikes every 2-3 seconds

🌧️ Rain Frequency: Occurs approximately every 5+ minutes

⏱️ Duration: Most weather lasts 3-5 minutes, except Night (9.58 minutes)

🏪 Shop Sync: Rain/Thunderstorm often ends 1 minute after seed shop restocks

🐝 Bee Pollination: Takes ~46 seconds (varies by distance)

🐾 Pet Safety: Lightning doesn't kill pets

Weather Frequency (Observed)

* Weather chances are not officially confirmed, based on community observations

🌧️

Rain

Most Common

~Every 20 min

❄️

Frost

Moderate

~Every hour

Thunderstorm

Rarest

~Every 3+ hours

Special Mutation Features

🔔 Notification Mutations

Only Moonlit, Bloodlit, Zombified, and Pollinated mutations display screen notifications when they affect crops.

🍀 Playtime Luck System

Longer in-game sessions increase chances for weather mutations (Chilled, Frozen, Wet, Shocked, etc.). Can be further boosted during Luck Events.

Technical & Visual Details

🎨 Missing Icons: Sheckle Rain, Jandel Storm, Lazer Storm, and Sun God lack weather icons

🕳️ Black Hole Physics: Low gravity allows scaling massive plants like Pink Lily

🎵 Music Update: "It's Raining Tacos" song will be retired and replaced

🎭 Easter Egg: DJ Booth figure during Monster Mash is JhaiLatte (developer)

Admin Controls & Event History

⚡ Admin Thunderstorms

Admins can manually trigger thunderstorms for special occasions (e.g., ~20 minutes before updates)

🌙 Lunar Glow Event Changes

Initially: Night occurred every 20 minutes for first 2 hours → Later changed to once per hour

🩸 Blood Moon Launch

After Blood Moon update release, admins manually changed the first two night events to Blood Moons