Hybrids

Two rare crops side by side can make something even rarer.

How hybrids work#

Plant two Epic-or-better mutations next to each other (sideways, up and down, or diagonally) and the plots around them get a chance to roll a Hybrid at their next harvest. Hybrids are always minted and announced to every player.

Who counts as a neighbour#

All eight plots around a crop count, corners included.

. . . . .
. x x x .
. x A x .      A = your Epic+ crop
. x x x .      x = its 8 neighbours
. . . . .

Recipes#

Neighbours	Result	Value	Chance per harvest
Shocked + Frozen	Frostbolt	75x	3%
Gold + Crystal	Gilded Crystal	120x	1%
Diamond + Diamond	Prismatic Diamond	200x	0.5%
Dawnbound + any Epic+	Dawnbloom	300x	0.1%

Fine print#

Frostbolt bends the rule: its recipe uses a Frozen, which is Rare, not Epic.
"Any Epic+" means Shocked, Gold, Crystal, Diamond or Dawnbound.
Hybrids are worth more than most single tiers. Dawnbloom at 300x is the top of the whole game.