Compaction

Compaction is a mechanic unlocked by recelerating time and purchasing the respective Unnatural Grass Upgrade. This mechanic reduces the grass growing speed down to a minimum of 100/s and lowers the grass cap down to a minimum of 0, but in turn, it provides a buff to everything the grass straw normally applies to (for instance, grass value and XP). Compaction applies to everything that appears on the field, or rather, any type of grass, including special grass types such as Platinum. Compaction also affects Sol Compression speed. Grass cap could no longer be reduced by compaction after buying the True Grass Cap Line Upgrade, which was removed in version 0.9 due to changes on how the mechanic works.
In version 0.9, the mechanics for compaction were overhauled. Compaction now serves as a multiplier to all currencies and realm XP gained from cutting grass and no longer affects grass growth rate and grass cap. Compaction can now be boosted by Unnatural Level. The True Grass Cap Line Upgrade has also been removed.
==Equation==
The compaction bonus is calculated as max(1, min(x, max(100, y) ÷ 100)), where y is raw growing speed before compaction and x is total maximum compaction multiplier. x can be calculated by finding the sum of all compaction-related upgrades; for instance, 2 levels of the Compaction Unnatural Grass Upgrades and 3 levels of the Cloudy Compaction Cloud Upgrade would result in a total maximum compaction multiplier of 5.25x, or +425%. Essentially, every 100 growing speed equates to +1x of compaction multiplier, assuming sufficient compaction cap.
The formula that determines grass cap is not known, although it is known that the minimum grass cap is 0. This may result in a softlock. In version 0.9, compaction never affects the grass cap, making a softlock impossible.
==Tips==
*Compaction affects numerous currencies' gains, particularly important ones later in the game like Observatorium. It is therefore recommended to prioritize growing speed upgrades to benefit from a higher compaction multiplier.
==Gallery==
Compaction in v0.6c.png|Current display for compaction multiplier.
Grass stats.png|An older version of the display for compaction, in which its multiplier is the cyan after the growing speed.
Category:Miscellaneous