mutations.ts: soft bioluminescent glow from premium growth boosts; growth category, multiplier 31, stackable true. No weather.ts row lists Luminous. Keep trigger language on premium growth boosts; skip invented fertilizer tier SKUs or night-only gates the catalog does not state.
Luminous Mutation Grow a Garden
Luminous is soft bioluminescent growth at 31× — a premium growth-slot glow that outranks Harmonised and Glimmering without needing Moonlit weather to exist.
31×growthStackable
How to trigger
Stacking rules
Luminous is growth. It conflicts with every other growth id via EXCLUSIVE_GROUPS. growthMultiplier = 31 when selected. It does not enter envBracket. Moonlit (8×), Starlit (24×), and Celestial (120×) remain environmental partners. Rainbow (50×) still beats Luminous whenever Rainbow wins the slot. Harmonised (27×) and Golden (20×) lose to Luminous on multiplier alone.
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Luminous value by weight
Luminous applies a 31× multiplier in the growth bracket. The table below shows the value it adds to a reference crop (base 50) across common harvest weights, so you can gauge how much this tag is worth before chasing it.
| Weight | Base crop value | With Luminous (31×) | Value added |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 kg | 50 | 1.55K | +1.5K |
| 2 kg | 200 | 6.2K | +6K |
| 5 kg | 1.25K | 38.8K | +37.5K |
| 10 kg | 5K | 155K | +15K |
Luminous value impact
Bioluminescence is not moonlight
Moonlit and Lunar are weather environmentals; Luminous is growth. A glowing night screenshot can show Luminous + Moonlit, which is growth 31 × envBracket from Moonlit — two systems, one aesthetic. Do not tell buyers Luminous “includes” Moonlit.
Radiant (19× growth) is the bright fertilizer cousin at a lower growth factor. Glimmering (20×) sparkles in the same exclusive lane. Pick Luminous when it is the highest growth available; otherwise Rainbow dominates endgame listings.
Interim premium versus Rainbow holds
Holding a finished Luminous crop for a Rainbow reroll only pays if the plant can still gain tags or if Rainbow odds justify the delay. On already-heavy fruit with strong env icons, shipping Luminous is often correct.
Example shape: base × weight² × 31 × envBracket. Raising kg moves the total faster than chasing a second weak env icon that delays harvest past an event end. Graceful (17×) sits well below this band — do not trade Luminous down to Graceful for aesthetics alone. When Starlit or Moonlit already pad the night bracket, shipping the 31× growth winner usually beats waiting on a speculative Rainbow that never arrives.
Common questions
- Is Luminous stronger than Harmonised?
- Yes. Luminous is 31× growth; Harmonised is 27×. Only one growth mutation applies.
- Does Luminous require night weather?
- No. mutations.ts ties it to premium growth boosts. Night tags are separate environmentals.