HERB GARDEN

Introduction

A compact all in one solution for your gardening needs!

Catalogue Details

  • Name – Standing Herb garden
  • Location – Activity > outdoor, Misc Appliances
  • Preset – 15
  • Price – 80 simoleons
  • Polycount – 1038v/542p

Stats –

1. Health

  • Tooltip will show the  the health status – Full/Okay/Sick
  • Sick plants need medicine and will not produce harvest without treatment
  • May fall sick after 2-3 sim days

2. Age

  • Tooltip will show the  the age – young/midlife/old/non-productive
  • Non productive plants will no longer produce harvest and needs to be replanted
  • Normal Life Span – 5+ sim days

3. Moisture

  • Tooltip will show the  the moister content – dry/full
  • Can be watered every two hours
  • Boosts a small amount of growth

4. Fertilizer

  • Tooltip will show the  the fertilizer content – low/high.
  • Using fertilizers will make the fertilizer content high.
  • When the fertilizer content is low then the plant can be fertilized. If its high, the plant canot be fertilized.

5. Harvest

  • Tooltip shows – Growing/Cutting Available/Produce can be harvested
  • Very slow growth if left alone
  • Encouraged by watering and using fertilizers

6. Can grow Mushrooms, Can grow Fruits and Veggies, Can Grow Flowers

Interactions –

1. Buy Essentials – Opens a Purchase menu from which you can buy seed packets, fertilizers, enriched soil and plant medicine

2. Clean and Plant

– Depending upon the type of enrichments,planting will requiring different seed packets –

  • No Enrichment – Starter Herb packet
  • Mushroom and Berries Enrichment – Starter Herb, veggie and fruit packet
  • Fruits and Veggie Enrichment – Starter Herb, veggie and fruit packet
  • Flower Enrichment – Starter Herb, Flower packet

Buff – New Beginings (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

3. Enrich

– Can enrich the herb garden for –

  • For Mushroom and Berries – Requires Enriched Soil – Mushroom and Wild berries Special. Grows  mushrooms and berries in addition to herbs.
  • For Fruits and Veggies– Requires Enriched Soil – Fruits and veggies Special.Grows Fruits and veggies in addition to herbs.
  • For Flowers – Requires Enriched Soil – Floral Special Special. Grows flowers in addition to herbs.

– The tooltip will mention the type of extra produce which is growing in the herb garden.

– The enriched soil will loose its value in 4 days and will need to be reenriched.

– Enriched soil can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill (REQUIRES FUNCTIONAL MILL)

Buff – Enriched Soil (+2 happy, 120 sim minutes)

4. Talk – Boost to social need and charisma skill. Buff Botanical Inspiration (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

5. Water – Small boost to growth. can water every 2 hours

6. Fertilize – Sims can choose to use 3 different fertilizers ( high quality, medium quality, low quality). Plant growth depends upon the fertilizer choosen. Can fertilize every 4 hours.

  • Use Bargain Fertilizer – small boost to growth. Requires bag of low quality fertilizer.
  • Use Great Value Fertilizer– medium boost to growth. Requires bag of Med quality fertilizer.
  • Use Super Fertilizer– large boost to growth. Requires bag of high quality fertilizer.

– Tooltip will show the  the fertilizer content ( low/high)

– Fertilizers can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill

7. Sell Cutting

– After a certain  period of growth, a cutting is available for selling. Simoleons earned can range from 150 to 250 simoleons. Selling a cutting will reduce growth of the garden and needs to be nurtured extra with water and/or fertilizers

– Tooltip shows when a cutting is available

Buff – Bountiful Botanical Profit (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

8. Gather Harvest

– After a period of watering and fertilizing, the garden will become ready for harvest.

– Watering boosts growth a small amount

– The higher the quality of fertilizer used, faster will be the growth.

– Selling cutting will slow down the growth.

– Will give Herbs ( unenriched), herbs , mushrooms, berries ( enriched for mushroom and berries), herbs, fruits, veggies ( enriched for fruits and veggies), herbs and flowers ( enriched for flowers)

Buff – Heart Herb harvest, Mushroom and Berry Bounty, Flowey Harvest, Resource rich harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)

9. Give medicine

– Plants may fall sick after 3-4 sim days.

– Can be revived by giving plant medicine

– Plant Medicine can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu or crafted using the Mill

– A sick plant cannot produce harvest

Buff – Loving Care (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)

10. Remove plants –

– Will remove all the plants and new plants can be planted again with or without enrichment.

– Plants can be removed anytime

– If the plant is old then it has to be removed so that new youn plants can be replanted as old plants do not produce harvest.

Harvestables Supported – All base game, EP, GP and custom harvestables supported

Buffs –

  • New Beginings (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  • Enriched Soil (+2 happy, 120 sim minutes)
  • Botanical Inspiration (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  • Bountiful Botanical Profit (+2 inspired, 120 sim minutes)
  • Heart Herb harvest  (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  • Mushroom and Berry Bounty (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  • Flowey Harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)
  • Resource rich harvest (+2 Energized, 120 sim minutes)

Gardening Essentials –

  • Can be bought from the Buy Essentials menu on the Herb garden
  • Can be crafted by the Functional Mill

1. Bargain Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

2. Great Value Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

3. Super Fertilizer ( 77v/124p)

4. Enriched Soil – Mushroom and Wild Berries special ( 458v/752p)

5. Enriched Soil – Fruits and Veggies special ( 458v/752p)

6. Enriched Soil – Floral Special ( 458v/752p)

7. Plant medicine ( 458v/752p)

DLC Requirement :  Base game Compatible

Made with Game Version : PC: 1.95.207.1030 / Mac: 1.95.207.1230

Conflicts: Should not conflict with any other mod

PolyCount : 2487v/1524p (high); 2080v/1150p (low)

Download

Public Release Available on 8.04.23 ( 8th April 2023)

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