Grow a Garden: All 40 Tropical Plants for Archeologist Archie

During the Anubis event, Archeologist Archie cycles through 12 plant traits at the Ancient Archaeology dig site in Grow a Garden, the Roblox gardening game; Tropical is one of them. A plant qualifies when it has the Tropical trait. Since plants can have multiple traits, one plant may qualify for several.

Quick answer: Watermelon (2,500¢) is the cheapest Tropical seed in Sam’s Seed Shop, then Coconut (6,000¢). Archie asks for Tropical plants as one of his 12 rotating traits.

Every Tropical plant in Grow a Garden (40)

Tropical has 40 plants, which makes it one of the shortest trait lists Archie uses:

Ackee, Aqua Lily, Banana, Banana Orchid, Beach Fern, Birds of Paradise, Chilli Mango, Coconut, Cocovine, Coilvine, Dragon Fruit, Durian, Fall Pineapple, Firefly Spiral, Fissure Berry, Gilded Grove, Glass Kiwi, Honey Dew, Jungle Kiwano, King Palm, Lilypad Cluster, Mango, Olive, Orange Delight, Papaya, Parasol Flower, Passionfruit, Persimmon, Pineapple, Pinkfruit Palm, Polypea Sprout, Pomegranate, Prism Plume, Prosperity Palm, Queen Fruit, Seaspray Grass, Starfruit, Sugarcane, Watermelon, Wild Frond

Prosperity Palm is the sole new plant from the Anubis event that has the Tropical trait. Archie awards it for his 20th and final find, at 750 kg, so it cannot help you get started in the event.

Tropical seeds in Sam’s Seed Shop

Four Tropical seeds are sold for Sheckles in Sam’s Seed Shop. Each one also counts toward other traits, so a single harvest can serve more than one of Archie’s requests.

Coconut Seed in Sam's Seed Shop, X1 Stock, 6K Sheckles, Mythical — Coconut Seed: "X1 Stock", "6K¢", Mythical, with the green 6K¢ button

Seed	Rarity	Price	Other traits
Watermelon	Legendary	2,500¢	Fruit, Leafy, Sweet
Coconut	Mythical	6,000¢	Fruit, Woody
Dragon Fruit	Mythical	50,000¢	Fruit, Prickly
Mango	Mythical	100,000¢	Fruit, Leafy, Sweet, Woody

Stock is limited. A Coconut Seed card can show “X1 Stock” with a “6K¢” price while Watermelon Seed, Dragon Fruit Seed and Mango Seed sit at “X0 Stock”, “NO STOCK” in the same restock. Buying the last seed flips its card to “X0 Stock”, “NO STOCK” as well.

Watermelon Seed and Pumpkin Seed showing NO STOCK — Watermelon Seed sold out at this restock: "X0 Stock", "NO STOCK", Legendary

Open Sam’s Seed Shop and check the header countdown, which reads like “New seeds in 2m 2s”. It shows when the next restock arrives.

Find a Tropical seed with stock and press its green Sheckles button, such as “6K¢” on the Coconut Seed. The purple button is a Robux price and the blue one is “Gift”, and neither is needed.

Coconut Seed card showing X0 Stock NO STOCK after buying the only one — After buying the only Coconut Seed, its card reads "X0 Stock", "NO STOCK"

With the seed in hand, click an unoccupied patch of soil in your garden. Bigger plants require room to grow; clicking a packed patch has no effect.

Do not press “RESTOCK” in the shop. It costs Robux.

Handing Tropical plants to Archeologist Archie

At the Ancient Archaeology dig site, Archie is in the sandy area west of the market, next to Trader Tina’s Anubis Coin Shop stall. His thought bubble tells you which trait he needs, such as “Looking for Berry plants!” A countdown above the bubble indicates when the request will switch. He rotates through these 12 traits every 30 minutes:

Archeologist Archie with the bubble Looking for Berry plants and a countdown above it — Archie's bubble and the countdown above it (here on a Berry turn)

Berry, Fruit, Flower, Vegetable
Tropical, Prickly, Woody, Leafy
Stalky, Root, Sweet, Sour

Harvested fruit is the only thing that contributes, with progress calculated from its weight. Tropical seeds cost more than the Strawberry and Carrot options for other traits, so pick up a Watermelon or Coconut whenever available and save its fruit for Archie’s bubble requesting Tropical.

Walk up to Archie while his bubble shows Tropical and press E. A menu opens with “Who are you?”, “Take this plant”, “Submit All”, “Skip Submission” and “Nevermind”.

Pick “Take this plant” to hand over the fruit in your hand, or “Submit All” to turn in every matching fruit you carry. “Skip Submission” is paid and not needed.

Keep submitting until the bar reaches the find’s target weight. The first find needs 8 kg, and the one after it needs 12 kg.

How to tell a submission worked

Each hand-in posts the weight added and your running total. On a Berry turn, a single fruit shows “+0.37kg of Berry plants! (3.83kg/8kg)”, and “Submit All” then shows “Submitted 17 Berry plants for +4.44kg! (8kg/8kg)”. When the bar fills, the game announces the find, such as “You uncovered the Ancient Urn!”, and the reward pops out on a “Brushed Up” screen. The first find pays 1x Anubis Crate.

Submitted 17 Berry plants for +4.44kg 8kg/8kg, You uncovered the Ancient Urn — "Submit All" finishing the first find: "Submitted 17 Berry plants for +4.44kg! (8kg/8kg)", "You uncovered the Ancient Urn!"

Archie’s board then resets for the next find, showing “1x Hieroglyphic Radar” as the next reward and a fresh “0kg/12kg” bar. Tropical hand-ins follow the same rules as every other trait, with your Tropical fruit counting toward whichever find is active when his bubble lands on Tropical.

Archie's board showing Next Reward 1x Hieroglyphic Radar and 0kg/12kg — The board after the first find: "Next Reward: 1x Hieroglyphic Radar", "0kg/12kg"

For the other traits, see the full Ancient Archaeology trait list and the Prickly, Vegetable and Sweet plant lists.

More Archie trait lists: Vegetable, Prickly, Berry, Flower, Fruit, Sweet, Woody, Leafy.