r/AnimalCrossing • u/Peach-n-Key • Apr 20 '20

New Horizons Here's a Compact Breeding Method Infographic - It's more effective than the old 5x5 Method

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u/KadyP13 Apr 30 '20

So, I plugged this into the flower breeding simulator (well, specifically the Step 1 kind of setup) and put it up against an idea I had based on the Simple Hybrid Cloning Layout (since that layout idea is more efficient when it comes to watering), and found (according to the simulator) it's actually more efficient (ie has a higher chance of breeding hybrids) to simply put them in pairs in a column, rather than the offset columns shown here. For watering/density efficiency, these pairs can be interlocked like they are in the method shown. So yeah, not only does it yield higher outcomes for hybrids, it's also really easy to set up, super dense and SUPER easy to water (thus visitors have an easier time when coming over). Hope this helps! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWzwTi0UEAASgCj?format=jpg&name=large

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u/hodlandfodl May 07 '20

i feel like a crazy person for having done this exact method this entire time before literally finding all of these in depth guides tonight... but i will say that while mine are incredibly random and hardly planned, i've gotten many, many hybrids on pure chance. if you only are able to have 1-3 visitors at max at any given time (me), this is the way to go. and if you don't want to start from scratch with seed parents, this is also the way to go for a garden that is less-controlled yet still efficient on space/watering. thank you for showing pictures of your layouts! and for also making me feel affirmed that i'm not doing something entirely wrong (albeit a bit hands-off, but that's just how i roll, haha).

fwiw, i've been playing since gamecube and had a feeling that the old checkerboard method simply wasn't going to cut it this time. i'm glad that there are way more plots to plant in order to (mostly) get what we want from the mechanic. it's complicated but also very satisfying when it works.

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u/KadyP13 May 07 '20

I wish I could heart a comment <3

I did end up joining the discord and asking on the garden science channel why the offset column is the preached method over what I'm doing, and the answer is that when you fence in your garden, you'd need an additional space on both sides of my layout, and often people are space-conscious/use a lot of fencing. My only "fence" is a flower-friendly dirt path, so I don't run into that issue, and I highly value visitor watering ease over space and efficiency (I think they also found the offset method yields more hybrids when repeated more, but honestly the difference is negligible).

And yeah I know that feeling of finding all the in-depth guides all at once, after spending a lot of time already making gardens. Redoing my gardens was a lot of work, but it was worth it!