🌵 Grow a Garden Prickly Pear Guide: Mythical Multi-Harvest Crop & Farming Strategy

Prickly Pear is a Mythical-tier cactus crop that debuted during the Summer Harvest Event (June 21, 2025). It offers reliable multi-harvest yields and currency stability, making it perfect for long-term farming. 

🌱 Step 1: How to Get Prickly Pear Seeds

• Seed Cost: 555,000 Sheckles or 599 Robux (rare shop stock or seasonal merchant) 

• Other Sources:

  • Summer Traveling Merchant, appears randomly with same price 

  • Lucky Harvest rewards

  • Pets like Snail, Dog, or Golden Lab may drop the seed during harvesting or digging

  • Red Fox can duplicate the seed from other players' gardens 

⏱️ Step 2: Growth & Harvest

• Crop Type: Multi-harvest—plants yield fruit repeatedly without replanting 

• Growth Time: ~30 minutes per cycle (initial and regrowth) 

• Yield per Harvest: 1–2 fruits per plant each cycle

💵 Step 3: Value & Mutation Potential

• Base Value: 7,000 Sheckles per fruit

• Minimum Value: 6,318 at weight ~6.65 kg

• Base Weight: ~7 kg; Huge Fruit Chance: ~0.27% 

• Mutation Multipliers:

  • ×1 → ~7,000

  • ×3 (Pollinated) → ~21,000

  • ×10 (Frozen) → ~70,000

  • ×20 (Golden) → ~140,000

  • ×100 (Shocked) → ~700,000

  • ×150 (Dawnbound) → ~1,050,000+ (max ~1.275M) 

🧠 Step 4: Farming Strategy & Tips

• 🍃 Great for AFK farming due to long grow cycles and auto-regeneration

• Use Basic or Master Sprinklers and Bee-type pets to increase mutation chances (Wet/Frozen benefits)

• Plant in long-term plots away from fast-cycle crops to avoid space conflicts

• Combining mutation stacking yields substantial profit returns 

📊 Quick Overview Table

Prickly Pear is a premium Mythical crop offering substantial profit and visual flair. Long growth cycles paired with repeat harvests make it perfect for players building a dependable, mutation-driven farm.