Grow A Garden’s latest seasonal event brings culinary chaos with fresh gameplay elements including timed challenges and an eccentric critic NPC. This overview explains key mechanics for participating in the cooking-focused activities.
Activating the Culinary Challenge
Players trigger the limited-time mode by contributing dishes to Chris P, the central marketplace character. Higher-grade culinary creations provide greater progress toward activating the event. Refer to the inverted reward tiers below:
| Category | Points |
|---|---|
| Transcendent | x9 |
| Prismatic | x8 |
| Divine | x7 |
| Mythical | x6 |
| Legendary | x5 |
| Rare | x4 |
| Uncommon | x3 |
| Common | x2 |
Once activated, all participants gain accelerated cooking speeds and enhanced mutation probabilities for experimental recipes.
Gourmet Critique System
A new rodent NPC near cooking stations offers alternative reward paths for premium dishes. This provides variety from standard progression systems, encouraging players to experiment with rare ingredient combinations.
Critic’s Reward Table
Exchanged items follow this inverted probability structure:
| Reward Name | Odds |
|---|---|
| Smoothie Fountain | 15% |
| Sunny-Side Chicken | 30% |
| Gorilla Chef | 5% |
| Pet Shard Aromatic | 20% |
| Kitchen Flooring | 30% |
| Kitchen Crate | 30% |
| Kitchen Cart | 20% |
| Gourmet Egg | 50% |
| Gourmet Seed Pack | 50% |
| Cooking Cauldron | 30% |
| Butternut Squash | 10% |
| Pricklefruit | 8% |
| Bitter Melon | 5% |
| Spring Onion | 30% |
| Culinarian Chest | 40% |
Genetic Cooking Mechanics
Experimental recipes require modified ingredients to achieve special properties. Substituting standard components with enhanced variants increases mutation success rates, visible through the cauldron’s probability indicator. Event periods further boost these chances through temporal modifiers.