This is an "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" flower breeding guide for nerds like me. I had a lot of questions that weren't answered by other guides and infographics. I was able to work out a lot of answers from other guides, but needed some of those answers compiled into a readable format.
So, if you are missing:
- all the gene sequences for all flower species
- all the possible outcomes of a breeding pair, not just the target
- a clear layout for each breeding scenario
- every possible optimization in your flower breeding
... then this is the guide for you.
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Usage
If you don't know how flower genes work, read the Flower Genes Primer tab, which is based on the genes section of Aeter's guide. The 3-digit and 4-digit numbers next to flowers in the breeding tables here are gene sequences.
If you want to breed all the various hybrid colors of a certain flower, click the tab for that flower to see breeding stages and notes.
If you aren't familiar with the best layouts for breeding and cloning, you'll also want to refer to the Breeding Layouts tab, which is based on Yue's guide with additional notes. Each flower breeding table recommends a specific layout and links to this tab.
Finally, there are appendices with All First Generation Hybrids and All Phenotypes and their Genes for all flower species in the game.
Legend
These are the conventions we will follow and icons we will use in the breeding tables.
Flower icon, with tooltip showing its color | |
101 | Numeric gene sequence for this flower |
Seed bag icon, seen on flowers grown from seed | |
Throw away this offspring; it is not useful | |
Use this offspring in the next stage | |
Recycle this offspring into this stage; notes will elaborate | |
Keep this; you did it! |
Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the wonderful guides that came before. I learned a great deal from these, and they are all excellent resources that are worth your time:
- Yue's ACNH Garden Guides
- Flower Genotypes Table by Aeter
- Flower Breeding Simulator by AeonSake
- All-Flower Breeding Guide by Giga-Roboid on Reddit
Without the hard work of those authors, I would not have been able to write this guide.