Grow a Garden: Mastering the Favorite Tool – A Complete Guide

What Is the Favorite Tool?

In Grow a Garden, the Favorite Tool is a Divine-tier gear item that allows players to "lock" a crop, making it uncollectible by the owner unless the tool is used again. This feature is particularly useful for protecting valuable or mutated crops from accidental harvesting.

Key Features:

• Heart Icon: When applied, a heart icon appears on the crop's fruit.

• Protection: Prevents the owner from collecting the crop unless unfavorited.

• Stealing: Other players can still steal the crop unless specific conditions are met.

• Mutations: Crops can still undergo mutations while favorited.
  

How to Use the Favorite Tool

Applying the Favorite Tool:

1. Purchase the Tool: Acquire the Favorite Tool from the Gear Shop for 20,000,000 Sheckles or 119 Robux.

2. Select the Tool: Equip the Favorite Tool from your inventory.

3. Apply to Crop:

   • PC/Laptop: Hover over the crop's body and left-click.

   • Mobile: Tap on the crop's body/fruit.

Each purchase grants 20 uses of the Favorite Tool.

Unfavoriting a Crop:

To remove the favorite status:

• PC/Laptop: Hover over the crop's body and left-click again.

• Mobile: Tap on the crop's body/fruit again.

This action removes the heart icon and restores the crop to its default state.

How to Obtain the Favorite Tool

The Favorite Tool is available for purchase at the Gear Shop for:

• 20,000,000 Sheckles

• 119 Robux

Despite its Divine rarity, it is always in stock, allowing players to purchase it at any time.

When Should You Use a Favorite Tool?

Knowing when to use the Favorite Tool can make a big difference in protecting your crops and maximizing your garden strategy. Here are the best scenarios to use it:

1. Protect Valuable or Rare Crops

   • Favor your high-value crops, such as Legendary or Divine-tier fruits, to prevent accidental harvesting.

2. Safeguard Mutated Crops

   • Crops with mutations that improve stats or yield are worth favoriting to ensure you don’t lose potential benefits.

3. Strategic Farming

   • Favor crops that you plan to harvest later for crafting, selling, or completing quests.

4. During Multiplayer or Trading Sessions

   • If other players can access your garden, favoriting ensures critical crops aren’t stolen or harvested prematurely.

5. Preventing Mistakes

   • Use the Favorite Tool to avoid accidentally harvesting crops when managing large gardens with many fruits.

💡 Pro Tip: Only use the Favorite Tool on crops that truly need protection, as each tool has limited uses (20 per purchase). Proper management ensures maximum efficiency.

Additional Tips and Trivia

• Stealing Mechanism: Favorited fruits can still be stolen using the "Take Player’s Fruit" developer product.

• Failure Chance: There's a small chance (around 1%) that a favorited fruit fails to get stolen, displaying a message "Steal Failed (+100c)" instead.

• Magnifying Glass: Use the Magnifying Glass to check the value of favorited plants.

• Mutations: Plants can still mutate while favorited.

• Bug Alert: A known bug causes unfavorited fruits to become favorited upon re-entering the game and vice versa. This also prevents pet skills from consuming and spreading mutations.

• Icon Visibility: It's possible to disable the heart icons from showing in the settings menu.
  

Conclusion

The Favorite Tool is an essential item for players looking to protect specific crops in Grow a Garden. By understanding its functionality and proper usage, you can safeguard your valuable plants and enhance your gardening strategy.