How to Cultivate a Lunar Tear Flower or White Moonflower in NieR Replicant Remaster
In order to harvest a Lunar Tear flower (or a White Moonflower) in NieR Replicant Remaster Ver. 1.22474487139, you need to crossbred Peach Moonflowers and Pink Moonflowers in NieR’s garden. This take 24 hours to bloom as a flower and 48 hours to yield seeds.
Take note that growing this flower has a 2% chance of being successful. You can attempt to plant for this flower on Part 1 or Act I but it will be recognized only in Part 2 or Act II.
Get 3 Gardening Rows in NieR’s Garden
Make sure to clear this quest to increase your gardening row up to 3 for this trophy or achievement:
| Side Quest | Availability |
|---|---|
| A Return to Shopping | Part 1 or Act I only |
Crossbreeding a Lunar Tear Flower
Here is a walkthrough for crossbreeding Lunar Tear Flowers. The walkthrough applies the timezone manipulation for the latest consoles, particularly, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
We do not suggest using fertilizers in planting for these seeds. Also, this method will consume more than two days.
Feel free to correct and share your approach in the comments section.
Method: Low Risk, High Investment (4 Days)
Get Red, Gold, and Blue Moonflower Seeds
| 1 | Go to a nearby florist or item shopkeeper. |
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| 2 | Buy at least Red Moonflower seeds x15, Gold Moonflower seeds x15, and Blue Moonflower seeds x6. You can buy up to 30 seeds for each variant as insurance. |
| 3 | Head to NieR’s garden to start planting the seeds. |
Get Peach Moonflower Seeds
| 1 | Before planting the seeds, set your console timezone to “UTC -11:00 American Samoa”. |
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| 2 | Plant the seeds in a Red/Gold/Red/Gold/Red row pattern and save your game. |
| 3 | Return to your timezone settings (no need to close the game) and move forward your time to “UTC 13:00 Independent State of Samoa”. This makes the growth period jump to 24 hours. |
| 4 | Reload your save file and check which moonflower plots have grown. Make sure to have at least Peach Moonflowers x3 or more (10% Success Rate). |
| 5 | Optional: If you want to have more Peach Moonflowers, don’t save yet and take note of the seed plots that did not give moonflowers. Go back to “UTC – 11:00” and reload your latest save file. Then, replant the right moonflower seeds again to those plots and save. After that move forward again to “UTC +13:00” to check. |
| 6 | Wait until day 2. Continue playing the main story or accomplish other side quests to consume time. |
| 7 | When you reach day 2, return to NieR’s garden, water the Peach Moonflowers, and save nearby. Move your timezone to “UTC +13:00” to harvest moonflower seeds. |
| 8 | Make sure to have more Peach Moonflower seeds x9 or more. |
Peach Moonflower Seed Pattern
| Seed Row 1 | Seed Row 2 | Seed Row 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Red | Red | Red |
| Gold | Gold | Gold |
| Red | Red | Red |
| Gold | Gold | Gold |
| Red | Red | Red |
Get Indigo Moonflower Seeds
| 1 | Still in day 2, set your console timezone to “UTC -11:00 American Samoa”. |
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| 2 | Plant the seeds in a Gold/Blue/Gold/Blue/Gold row pattern and save your game. |
| 3 | Return to your timezone settings (no need to close the game) and move forward your time to “UTC 13:00 Independent State of Samoa”. This makes the growth period jump to 24 hours. |
| 4 | Reload your save file and check which moonflower plots have grown. Make sure to have at least Indigo Moonflowers x3 or more (10% Success Rate). |
| 5 | Optional: If you want to have more Indigo Moonflowers, don’t save yet and take note of the seed plots that did not give moonflowers. Go back to “UTC – 11:00” and reload your latest save file. Then, replant the right moonflower seeds again to those plots and save. After that move forward again to “UTC +13:00” to check. |
| 6 | Wait until day 3. Continue playing the main story or accomplish other side quests to consume time. |
| 7 | When you reach day 3, return to NieR’s garden, water the Indigo Moonflowers, and save nearby. Move your timezone to “UTC +13:00” to harvest moonflower seeds. |
| 8 | Make sure to have more Indigo Moonflower seeds x9 or more. |
Indigo Moonflower Seed Pattern
| Seed Row 1 | Seed Row 2 | Seed Row 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Gold | Gold |
| Blue | Blue | Blue |
| Gold | Gold | Gold |
| Blue | Blue | Blue |
| Gold | Gold | Gold |
Get Pink Moonflower Seeds
| 1 | Still in day 3, set your console timezone to “UTC -11:00 American Samoa”. |
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| 2 | Plant the seeds in a Indigo/Red/Indigo/Red/Indigo row pattern and save your game. |
| 3 | Return to your timezone settings (no need to close the game) and move forward your time to “UTC 13:00 Independent State of Samoa”. This makes the growth period jump to 24 hours. |
| 4 | Reload your save file and check which moonflower plots have grown. Make sure to have at least Pink Moonflowers x2 or more (10% Success Rate). |
| 5 | Optional: If you want to have more Pink Moonflowers, don’t save yet and take note of the seed plots that did not give moonflowers. Go back to “UTC – 11:00” and reload your latest save file. Then, replant the right moonflower seeds again again to those plots and save. After that move forward again to “UTC +13:00” to check. |
| 6 | Wait until day 4. Continue playing the main story or accomplish other side quests to consume time. |
| 7 | When you reach day 4, return to NieR’s garden, water the Pink Moonflowers, and save nearby. Move your timezone to “UTC +13:00” to harvest moonflower seeds. |
| 8 | Make sure to have more Pink Moonflower seeds x6 or more. |
Pink Moonflower Seed Pattern
| Seed Row 1 | Seed Row 2 | Seed Row 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Indigo | Indigo | Indigo |
| Red | Red | Red |
| Indigo | Indigo | Indigo |
| Red | Red | Red |
| Indigo | Indigo | Indigo |
Get White Moonflowers or Lunar Tear Flowers
| 1 | Still in day 4, set your console timezone to “UTC -11:00 American Samoa”. |
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| 2 | Plant the seeds in a Peach/Pink/Peach/Pink/Peach row pattern and save your game. |
| 3 | Return to your timezone settings (no need to close the game) and move forward your time to “UTC 13:00 Independent State of Samoa”. This makes the growth period jump to 24 hours. |
| 4 | Reload your save file and check which moonflower plots have grown. Make sure to have at least one White Moonflower (2% Success Rate) to acquire the trophy. |
| 5 | If you want to gain White Moonflower seeds for your personal use, harvest some on day 5. |
White Moonflower Seed Pattern
| Seed Row 1 | Seed Row 2 | Seed Row 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Peach | Peach | Peach |
| Pink | Pink | Pink |
| Peach | Peach | Peach |
| Pink | Pink | Pink |
| Peach | Peach | Peach |
Trophy
Cultivating this flower unlock a trophy or achievement in the game:
| Trophy | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| Legendary Gardener |
Successfully cultivate the legendary flower. |
Other Benefits of Planting Lunar Tear Flowers or White Moonflowers
There are other benefits of cultivating White Moonflowers apart from acquiring the trophy and achievement:
- It can be sold for the selling price of 5,000 Gold. Since five Lunar Tear seeds can be planted in all three plots of NieR’s Garden, you can make up to 75,000 Gold.
- It can be consumed as a recovery item and restore NieR’s HP completely.
Other Strategy Guides
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| Game Controls | Difficulty Modes | Permanent Events |
| Differences in the Remaster | Differences in Act I and II | Tips for Combat |
| Stats Guide | Status Effects | Post-Game Unlockables |
| New Game Plus | - | - |
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Thank you for the guide. I am confused on some parts though:
Peach Moonflower
Step 3 (5 if you repeat cycle) you already set the clock to +13 Samoa, so then how do you set it again to +13 Samoa in Step 7?
When you say “Day 2” do you mean a game day, or IRL day? I’m assuming IRL day, but time is still set at +13 Samoa from step 3 (or 5)
I think it should be mentioned that the time needs to be re-set to -11 Samoa, wait a day, then forward to +13 Samoa.
I do all steps, but in step 6 it doesn’t allow me to water the moonflowers :/
I suggest coming the next day and water the moonflowers before you save and execute the timezone skip for obtaining moonflower seeds. Already updated this part in the guide.
Clock hack doesn’t work with latest updates on digital version of game on consoles.
Thanks for your feedback, Monk. You can change your timezone instead. You can read our latest update for this guide or refresh the page.
cross breeding is determined at the moment of planting. so reloading the same save after changing timezone will not yield different results. you will need to replant each time
Yup, you are correct
Method doesn’t work on ps5 even if we disconnect from internet
Hi! We were informed as well about the system clock issues with PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. We’ll update the guide