Volcano Garden

This garden can be unlocked by completing quests for the Volcano Warden.

## Unlocking the Volcano Garden

The volcano garden can be unlocked through the volcano warden. Use the quests in the warden portal to gain natural lights (NL). Once you have earned 1,000 natural lights, the Volcano Garden will unlock and you'll be able to start gardening there. You do not lose the natural lights; the warden simply counts how many you've earned, and when you get the achievement, the garden will unlock. NL earned by completing quests as well as any you win as prizes from special events will count as collected lights. You'll receive two of each dragon flower once you've unlocked this garden. At this time, there are no volcano garden-specific plants to unlock. Once it is completely cleared, it has 104 plots available for any kind of plant.

## Clearing the Garden

The Volcano Garden starts mostly cluttered up with volcanic rock and weeds. These can be cleared with varying amounts of natural lights. The least of these costs 10, and the most expensive costs 55 NL. Clear them as you would any other obstacle. It will cost 3005 natural lights to completely clear the garden.

## Natural Lights

Natural lights are usually acquired by completing quests for the volcano warden or from boxes you earn as part of the volcano warden merge game. You can also get them from the wheel of fortune and as seasonal prizes.

They are primarily used for clearing volcanic rock in your warden portal or your volcano garden. For more on NL, see Natural Lights on the warden portal page.

## Special Plots

As of May 2023, you can purchase special plots for your volcano garden.

The special plot menu appears in the bottom left corner of the volcano gardenClick to activate special plots. You can purchase up to three special plots at once (with cost savings the more you purchase at once)The new special plot will automatically appear at the top left corner of your volcano gardenIf you click the menu button, a timer will apear on new special plots to let you know how long they offer +1 yieldAt this time, you can purchase up to three special plots at once. The plots offer +1 yield each and last for three days. If you have enough natural lights, you can fill your entire field by purchasing multiple sets of three. The plots work very nearly the same as those you win in the Gardening Championship.

More details to come soon.

## Leveling Up the Garden

The volcano garden levels up along with the volcano warden. Once you have completed enough quests to level the volcano warden up to level 20, you can reset the warden portal and you get the option to start recording your natural lights toward leveling up the volcano garden. This will keep occurring every time you level up another 20 levels (40, 60, etc). Each time you level up the garden, you'll receive an additional +1 yield. As of September 2023, this yield will not apply to trees planted in the volcano garden.

Nothing changes in the garden except that you'll now have a bouncing pink arrow suggesting you click on the level icon each time you arrive at your volcano garden. When you click on the level icon, it will show you how many natural lights you've earned since clicking the "level up" button. You may choose not to start counting your natural lights, which will mean it takes longer to start leveling up, but it will not change the state of your garden either way—not yet.

You must collect a certain number of natural lights before you can level up the volcano garden. As usual, you'll collect natural lights by completing quests for the volcano warden. You gain around 250–300 NL per warden level after level 20, so you'll likely need to get to at least warden level 25 before you can upgrade the garden. NL that you obtain as prizes, such as from seasonal events or from the wheel of fortune, also count toward this total, and you can always accelerate with water lilies if you're eager.

Upon leveling up, the garden will be reinfested with weeds and volcanic rock. These will be more expensive to remove than the level zero rocks and weeds, but you'll be earning more natural lights from the merge game, so you should be able to clear the garden more quickly.

It is wise to save up some of the NL you're earning from volcano warden quests so that you can start clearing your volcano garden promptly after upgrading it.

## Level 2

To get to level 2, you must first level up your volcano warden to level 20. Click the ticker to start counting the natural lights you earn or receive until you've collected 1500. Then click the collect button.

Any plants you have planted in the volcano garden when you level up will be returned to your inventory. The garden will be reinfested with volcanic rock costing between 15 to 70 NL to clear. It will take a total of 3,845 NL to completely clear the garden, but if you've been saving the NL as you wait to level up, you should be able to clear over half of it right away. The volcano garden will now produce a +1 yield on all regular plants for a total of 3 (note that fruit trees do not receive a bonus yield in the volcano garden—reportedly, it's too hot for them to flourish there). Upon leveling up, you'll also receive two of each dragon plant, which you can immediately harvest for XP, giving you 7 free spaces you can use immediately.

This is a good time to cash in any weed removal bonuses such as those from seasons or the ancestor grove. Although the bonus says "reduced crystal cost" it also counts toward reduced NL cost in the volcano garden.

## Level 3

At level 3, the volcano garden provides +2 yield for a total of 4. This bonus applies to regular plants (not fruit trees or dragon plants). The volcanic rock is harder to remove at this level, with costs ranging between 25 and 100 NL to clear. It costs 5255 NL to completely clear the garden, although larger volcanic rock obstacles can be removed with friendship hearts.