The primal era in Grow a Garden concludes with the catastrophic Armageddon, paving the way for a peaceful beginning. Now that deserts and dinosaurs are things of the past, the era of Zen introduces a brand-new event. It brings new seeds, currency, and fresh pets, and finding them all can get a little confusing. In this detailed Grow a Garden Zen Event guide, we will break down everything you need to know about the event.
What Is the Zen Event in Grow a Garden?
Zen Aura is a new Grow a Garden weather event that occurs every 1 hour. Once it happens, the sky is filled with maple leaves and white cloud lines. The Zen Aura event runs for 10 minutes and sends a blue aura to the garden, applying the Tranquil mutation to random fruits.
But you don’t always need to be in the game or track your offline timer. You can find a timer behind the Unk Monk in the event hub to know when the next event starts.
New Tranquil Mutation in Grow a Garden
This new Grow a Garden mutation offers more than just a 20x sale value multiplier. In terms of looks, it applies a white bubble effect on a fruit with Japanese letters revealing from it. But that’s not all.
Once you have the Tranquil mutation applied to one of the crops, you can trade it for Chi Points or Zen. To get the mutation, you must stay active during the Zen Aura event, grab the Tanchozuru pet, or get a Tranquil mutation pet in your garden.
Zen Shop in Grow a Garden
The first place where you can use the Tranquil mutation fruits is the Zen Shop. But to use the shop, you will need Chi Points.
Chi Currency in Grow a Garden
Chi Points is the limited-time currency for the Zen Shop in the Grow a Garden Zen Event. Talk to the Zen Shop NPC in the hub and turn in your crops. You can either trade one plant or select the “Take all my Tranquil plants” option to trade all at once.
After the trade is complete, you will find the amount of Chi on the left side of your screen, above your Sheckles count. You can also get Chi Points for growing the Zen Tree (more on that later).
Zen Shop Items
You can get all the new items from the latest Zen Event shop with Chi Points. The shop is stocked with multiple new items, including new seeds, seed packs, eggs, and more. Furthermore, you can restock items using Sheckles, but to purchase items, you can only use Chi.
That said, here is a list of all the items you can find in the Zen Shop during the Zen Event on Grow a Garden.
| Item | Use |
|---|---|
| Zen Seed Pack | Unlock New Zen plants |
| Zen Egg | Unlock New Zen pets |
| Hot Spring | Nihonzaru takes bath in it for a small XP boost to other pets |
| Zen Sand | Cosmetic item |
| Tranquil Radar | Detects all Tranquil mutation fruits nearby |
| Zenflare | Rare new plant |
| Zen Crate | cosmetic item |
| Soft Sunshine | Legendary new plant |
| Koi | Fish of Fortune: Grants a small bonus to egg hatch luck |
| Zen Gnome Crate | Zen-themed gnomes |
| Spiked Mango | Mythical new plant |
| Pet Shard Tranquil | Gives Tranquil pet mutation to a selected pet |
The shop restocks every 1 hour, but as you can see, some items in the shop are locked from the beginning. To unlock them, you must upgrade the Zen Event tree in Grow a Garden. That is where Unk the Monk comes in!
Unk the Monk and Zen Tree
Zen is what helps you grow the tree behind Unk the Monk in the Zen Event hub. Simply go to the monk and submit your Tranquil fruits. By submitting Tranquil fruits to Unk the Monk, you can get Zen and complete the bar above him. Zen value is also tied to the rarity of the plant, similar to Chi value. Each time you complete the bar, the tree behind him grows.
With every level unlocked, you will have a new item available in the Zen Shop. But that’s not all. Each level also gives you Zen Seed packs, Chi, crates, and Zen Pet Eggs as rewards. So, growing the tree is important. Especially, if you want that Spiked Mango or Tranquil mutation on your pet.
That is everything you need to know about the Zen Event. Alongside the massive event, the latest update also brings a save slot option to Grow a Garden. So, are you enjoying the new GAG update? Let us know in the comments section below.
Rishabh Sabarwal
