Careful Herb/Mushroom/Crystal Care

[Anelya Elder]

Hey, I'm just wondering if I'm missing something and thought I'd ask for some advice from those of you who may have figured these skills out. I have Careful Herb and Mushroom Care maxed, and Careful Crystal Care at 2/4, and I truly just do not understand how this skill works. What does it do? Is it clear if something is overgrown? I have it at 100% chance for some of my plants, so why aren't they overgrowing?

Yeah, I just feel like I'm missing something really simple and hope someone can explain to me how this set of skills works?

[The Queen Salis]

I'm unsure myself but I think it has something to do with getting a variable amount of the resource per harvest and then always the best amount?
Since you have Crystal care at 50%, take note of how much gem you receive from each "plant" and if it's a different amount as you go.

[rkkn]

They are overgrowing.
It's definitely working for me, at least. Assuming the other yield perks are maxed out, the non-overgrown give 8, but overgrown give 12. Without the perk, they will always give 8 when you harvest them. With it, they will usually give 12. (There's no impact on the second harvest from using a potion on it)

[fractalgem]

You do have the base growth perks maxed right? I don't think overgrowing works quite right (or at least less efficiently) unless you have maxed growth.
Chucking tier 3 growth potions at them should trigger overgrowth though.

[EliteForceQc]

Once you harvest a crop the next time it come to maturity you have a % chance it overgrow. If you max this hability you have 100% chance overgrow. Carefull harvest give more once overgrow, The max you can harvest per plant/mushroom is 12. (you can double haverst per day with a grow potion lv3, so 24 per crop).

Crystal is less, If i remember well, 6 is the maximum per harvest one you have all perk related.

[Anelya Elder]

Okay, I'm not getting 12 from anything, is this ability connected the potions? Do I have to use the potion of wild growth on the herbs/mushrooms to get more from them? I'm currently getting 10 a day from both with the Careful skills maxed and the Herbalism and Mushroom Harvesting maxed.

[Anelya Elder]

I only just got the crystals seeds growing, so I can't tell much from them yet... I have no clue how you guys are getting 12, though!

[fractalgem]

Originally posted by Anelya Elder:

I only just got the crystals seeds growing, so I can't tell much from them yet... I have no clue how you guys are getting 12, though!

Crystals require stoneskin (which you can make perfect with 2 terraria/1 of the 2x down shrooms and 1 dryad's saddle but you have to ladle awfully close to the bones immediately after using the whirlpool, or you'll need one more ingredient to make it perfect) and I think they give a lower harvest to begin with.

After harvesting, immediately fertilize with a tier 3 wild growth or stoneskin. Don't bother with water in the middle, potions don't care about if the plant is watered or not. You can get two harvests per plant per day this way.

But much Like I said, I think you have to max growth AND the relevant harvesting AND wild growth to get the full results.

[Anelya Elder]

Thanks you guys, I was able to figure out which skills I was missing - I think I just really struggled with the wording and got a little lost :)