NieR Replicant Remaster Ver.1.22474487139 - Gardening Guide

Cultivation Guide in NieR Replicant Remaster

The Cultivation or Gardening feature in NieR Replicant Remaster Ver. 1.22474487139 enables NieR to plant, grow, and harvest different plants in his very own cultivation field. This feature is not available immediately unless the player clear a certain quest in the main story.

All Side Quests

For those who want skip doing quests, you can buy the “Cultivator’s Handbook” from the Village Florist at the cost of 5,000 Gold during Part 2 or Act II.

Trophy

Trophy	How to Unlock
Legendary Gardener	Successfully cultivate the legendary flower.

Trophy List

How to unlock Cultivation and its Features

In order to unlock the Gardening feature, NieR must talk to the Village Florist at the Shopping District Fountain. Talk to her and accomplish the request. This quest can only be accessed in Part 1 or Act I. NieR will start with two gardening rows.

Shopping List Side Quest

NieR can add a third row in his garden or cultivation field by accomplishing the follow-up quest by the Village Florist. This quest can only be accessed in Part 1 or Act I.

A Return to Shopping Side Quest

To learn and apply cross-breeding in the game, Nier can approach a Masked Woman near the entrance of Facade. This quest can only be accessed in Part 2 or Act II.

Life in the Sands Side Quest

Where to buy Cultivation Items

You can buy seeds, fertilizers, and produce from florists, shops and grocers:

Gardening Item List

Cultivating Seeds

How to Plant a Seed or Bulb

To plant seeds or bulbs, approach a row and examine a vacant plot. After planting, water the plant. It takes 24 hours of real-time for seeds to bear fruit so what you can do is to manipulate the system clock of your gaming platform of system.

If you leave plants for up to two days, they will yield seeds instead. If you delayed for more than two days, the plants or produce will wither.

How to Cross-breed Seeds

Cross-breeding only applies to moonflower seeds. Moonflowers can be used as healing items due to their high recovery effects:

Red, Blue, and Gold are the only purchasable seeds in the game. In order to acquire Pink, Indigo, Peach, and White (Lunar Tear) seeds, you need to pair or crossbred a certain row of seeds in NieR’s garden or cultivation field.

Make sure to plant the the colored seeds within the same row. For example, plant Red/Indigo/Red/Indigo/Red pattern to yield Pink Moonflowers. Water the plants as well since this helps in increasing the number of seeds they bear.

System Clock Manipulation (For PS3 only)

This method only works for the PS3 version of the game (Nier Gestalt and Nier Replicant). Save and turn off your console. Then, turn your game two days forward of real time to ensure that the planted seeds will give out new Pink Moonflower seeds. Take note cross-breeding moonflower seeds into Pink, Indigo, and Peach has a 10% success rate.

Timezone Manipulation (For PS4 and PS5)

It was noted that system clock manipulation cannot work when playing the game in PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. This is due to having their own “internal system clock” that cannot be changed by the user.

What you can do is to change your timezone in your console. Before planting the seeds, go to “Settings” > “Date and Time” and set your console timezone to “UTC -11:00 American Samoa”.  Then, plant the seeds in this timezone, then save.

Go back to your timezone setting (no need to close the game) and adjust it to “UTC +13:00 Independent State of Samoa”. This is to make the plants of flower grow through 24 hours. Reload your save file to see which flower or produce have grown.

If you see some flowers or produce that haven’t grown, you have the option to “ungrow” and replant them. Take note of these plots and revert back to UTC – 11:00 again. Reload your save file and replant the one that didn’t produce. Save and then move to forward again to UTC +13:00 to check.

If you’re aiming for a 48-hour or 2-day growth, save your game in your real timezone after moving forward 24 hours. Continue in playing the main story or do other side quests until you reach the next day. In day 2, water the produce or flowers, save your game, and shift your timezone forward to UTC +13:00 only to see the plots leave seeds in NieR’s garden.

Cultivation Time or Growth Period

Here is an estimate of cultivation time for each seed in the game:

Cultivation Output or Harvest Items

Here are the numbers of vegetables or flowers produced by each seed:

Cultivating a Lunar Tear (or White Moonflower)

The only relevant trophy or achievement for this feature is cross-breeding and harvesting for a Lunar Tear flower. The White Moonflower or Lunar Tear has a 2% success rate so be sure to save your game.

In order to acquire this flower, read our Lunar Flower (or White Moonflower) planting guide:

How to obtain a Lunar Tear Flower

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