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Humanity has developed very sophisticated techniques to protect, develop and grow plants. The Lab is where Plantoid owners can also help nurture and evolve their plants by purchasing and carrying out experiments. These experiments may be as simple as watering the plant or providing fertilizer, or as complex as performing plant grafts to permanently alter the appearance of the Plantoid.
In the following section, we'll share some of what we've implemented and the ideas we have for actions that the users will be able to take to directly influence their Plantoids. We'd love to hear your thoughts ideas in our .
There could be a chance that your Plantoid is just shy of what you think the perfect specimen would look like. Perhaps the leaves are a little too small or you'd like if it sprouted flowers more frequently. We've made it possible for users to directly modify the traits of their plants. Remix your flowers, leaves, and even the structure and shape of your Plantoid. Some mutations can even result in rare, unmintable traits! Mutating a Plantoid prunes it back to an early stage of growth. It takes time for the new genetics to take root, so Plantoids can only be mutated once they've matured enough, but with the right mutagens, it's possible to trigger a mutation sooner. OG Plantoids' growth rate increase with age, so over time they'll be able to mutate more frequently. Happy experimenting!
Water is essential for life. Plants need water to grow and sometimes the amount of rain just isn't enough to cover it. Sometimes they get sick and need some help to be nursed back to health. Giving your Plantoid enough care and attention will be integral to its longevity and continued contributions towards reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
OG Plantoids won't need water to survive for the first three years of their life, but that doesn't mean that properly caring for your OG Plantoid won't have its benefits. Watering will instead temporarily increase its carbon capture rate, boosting your environmental contributions!
Reproduction will allow for selective breeding of Plantoids. By combining plants with preferable traits, owners can tailor plants to their or others' likings. Rare traits can be passed down to progeny, and those offspring will be tradeable on the market. Players with the rarest and most developed Plantoids could be rewarded for their time spent cultivating their garden.
Fertilization allows for the opportunity of adding "nutrients" to their plant, boosting and enhancing the growth of their beloved Plantoid. Plantoids take time to grow and for the genetics to take root, limiting how often they can be mutated. By fertilizing Plantoids, users can boost the growth rate of their plants, allowing for more opportunities to mutate and potentially unlock rare phenotypes!
Experimenting requires creative ways of growing your Plantoid. Splicing helps you take a branch from a Plantoid and attach it to another Plantoid, creating a Plantoid with multiple different phenotypes of the same trait that will keep on growing. This is a high-risk scientific procedure.
Experiments abound