How to feed the NPC in Grow a Garden

Are you wondering why Sam’s Seed Shop had another tab that you needed to unlock? To open that tab, you’ll need to feed the NPC so you can enjoy a new but subtle feature in Grow a Garden.

If you spent time in GaG during the Beanstalk Event, you probably remember feeding the Giant NPC on the floating cloud island. That same mechanic makes a return in the Fairy Event, likely as a way for Jandel to encourage players to keep putting those Cooking Pot cosmetics to use.

But for newbies who have never tried making food in the game before, this guide will teach you all the things you need to feed Sam.

Feeding Sam won’t be possible if you can’t make food, which can only be prepared by having the Cooking Kit cosmetic. If you don’t have it yet, open the garden guide in your backpack and click on the Achievements tab.

Inside the Achievements tab, select the Core Plants Achievement, then open the Common Achievements section. All you have to do is complete all the tasks listed inside, and you’ll get the Cooking Kit as one of the rewards.

Once you obtain the Cooking Kit, open your cosmetics inventory and place it wherever you like in your garden.

To cook food in Grow a Garden, you can use any crops you have and put them all as ingredients in the Cooking Kit. You can only add up to five ingredients at a time, and once you’re ready, press the green button.

You’ll need to wait for a few minutes until the food is ready. The time depends on the number of mutations in your ingredients. If you used crops with lots of mutations, the cooking time could take as much as 20 minutes.

You can make a total of 18 different types of foods in Grow a Garden. If you want to prepare a specific food, like Pizza, Cake, or Burger, use your Garden Guide to see their respective recipes.

Tip: If you have one or two Gorilla Chef pets, you can equip them in your garden, and you’ll get around a 10% chance to duplicate the food you’re cooking! Just make sure you equip a Cooking Cauldron or the non-utility Cooking Pot cosmetic to trigger their trait.

To feed the NPC in Grow a Garden, head over to the Seed Shop and hold the food you prepared from the Cooking Kit. 

Once you’re in front of Sam, a feed option will appear, and you’ll see a Friendship meter above his head. Hold down the feed option, and the meter will start to fill up. Once you fill this meter, your Friendship Level with Sam will increase, giving you access to his Friendship Shop.

Take note that you can only feed Sam every 24 hours, so working on your Friendship Level with him will take some time. 

Here are the seeds that you can unlock and buy at Sam’s Friendship Shop using Garden Coins:

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