Ember Pepper is the legendary pepper that belongs in the vegetable row, not the flower border — 165 base Sheckles for players who treat heat forecasts as production schedules and keep moisture tags off the same plant.
Raw payout starts at 165 Sheckles per kilogram of weight. Eight kilograms equal 165 × 64 = 10,560 Sheckles; twelve kilograms equal 165 × 144 = 23,760 Sheckles before mutation multipliers. Legendary vegetable seed cost hurts when tags misfire, so finish weight before chasing a second environmental bracket.
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Ember Pepper has a base value of 165 Sheckles at unit weight. Because sale value scales with weight squared, the table below shows the raw sell and the same crop with Golden or Rainbow growth applied at common harvest weights.
| Weight | Raw (no mutation) | + Golden (20×) | + Rainbow (50×) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 kg | 165 | 3.3K | 8.25K |
| 2 kg | 660 | 13.2K | 33K |
| 5 kg | 4.13K | 82.5K | 206K |
| 10 kg | 16.5K | 33K | 825K |
Ember (×25) and Solar (×22) align with heat-week planning. Wet tags conflict with Ember on this site’s stacking rules — pick a dry heat stack or a rain stack, never both on one pepper. Golden (×20) is the default growth choice; Rainbow (×50) when the pepper already crosses your personal listing floor in kilograms.
Plant Ember Pepper ahead of forecasted scorch days, not after fruit is already ripe. Keep fire-friendly pets on neighboring tiles, water for growth speed until Ember is secured, then stop forcing Wet rerolls. Pick when heat breaks if weight targets are met — legendary peppers do not improve by sitting through unrelated storms.
Burning Bud at 158 base lives in the flower category with summer event identity. Ember Pepper at 165 base competes with Jalapeno and Ghost Pepper for the same spice row. Flowers and vegetables share heat tags but not the same pet bonuses — verify what actually buffs vegetable plots before copying a flower layout.
Common Pepper at 38 base is the cheap heat drill. Ember Pepper is the upgrade once you can hold double-digit kilograms through a real Ember window without clearing the tile early.
Heat-event listings flood chat after scorch weekends. Demand fresh harvest timestamps with Ember or Solar visible — stale screenshots are common on high-base peppers.
A twelve-kilogram pepper with no env tag often beats a seven-kilogram double-tag specimen once you run both through the mutation calculator. Do not panic-sell into the first premium offer without checking clean-weight math.