Anubis turns the regular sandstorm in Grow a Garden into a short, server-wide project. Eight obelisks drop across the map, players charge them together, and once the last one fills up, the Scales of Ma’at relic wakes up and boosts plant sales for the rest of the storm.
Quick answer: When the hourly storm opens with “Anubis has appeared!”, find any obelisk showing a number, hold E until it reads “Charged!”, and repeat until all 8 are charged. Then sell to Steven.
When Anubis and his obelisks appear
The Anubis sandstorm appears in-game as Anubis Weather. It begins at each UTC hour and runs for 10 minutes. A sign in the sandy area west of the market shows its status: before the storm, it reads “Anubis Weather Starts in: …”; once the sand is blowing, it changes to “Anubis Weather Ends in: …”.
Anubis himself doesn’t show up for every storm. The storms alternate: one arrives without him and without obelisks, and the next one brings both. In practice, plan on an Anubis storm every other hour.
You’ll know right away which kind of storm you’re in. An Anubis storm opens with this banner:
“Anubis has appeared! Charge his obelisks to awaken the Scales of Ma’at! Once awakened: Plants sell for 1.2x!”
At that moment, a huge Anubis figure rises behind the western dig site, wearing a purple-and-gold headdress above a black jackal head. If neither the banner nor Anubis appears, it’s an ordinary storm; wait for the next hour.
How to charge the Anubis obelisks
You don’t need any items or Robux for this. Bring a garden with fruit still growing in it, because the storm keeps doing its usual work on your crops while you’re out charging obelisks.
Charging progress is shared by everyone on the server. Other players work on the same obelisks, and all 8 can be finished about 2 minutes into the storm, so if you show up late, look for any pillar still displaying a count.
How to tell the Scales of Ma’at is awake
Whenever an obelisk is fully charged, a notice gives the current count, for example, “… is charged! (5/8)”. After the eighth is complete, golden rays connect the obelisks to the relic suspended above the dig site, and the relic’s label shows that the bonus is active.
| On screen | What it means |
|---|---|
| “0 / 10” over a pillar | Obelisk needs charging |
| “Charged!”, bright yellow | That obelisk is done |
| “(5/8)” in the message | Server-wide progress |
| “SCALES OF MA’AT” / “Awakened!” | Relic is active |
| Gold Anubis coin icon | Bonus timer running |
The awakened relic displays “SCALES OF MA’AT”, “Plants sell for 1.2x!”, and “Awakened!”. A third weather icon, a gold coin with Anubis on it, also shows up at the bottom right next to the storm icon, counting down on the same timer as the storm. The relic stays awake until the storm ends. In the 00:00 UTC storm, that meant roughly 00:02 to 00:10 UTC.
Using the 1.2x bonus and the storm’s Hieroglyphic fruit
The relic’s bonus is the game’s own “Plants sell for 1.2x!”, so the window to sell fruit to Steven is while the Scales of Ma’at is awake. Don’t use Steven’s “How much is this worth?” quote to check it, though. The same Carrot was quoted at 77¢ both while the relic was active and after it ended, so the quote doesn’t reflect the bonus.
Meanwhile, the storm keeps applying the Hieroglyphic mutation to fruit in gardens, announced with “The sands etched Hieroglyphic into a fruit in your garden!”. Most of a Carrot patch can come out Hieroglyphic in a single storm, and other crops like Wraproot get hit too. Leave that fruit alone during the storm, charge an obelisk or two, and harvest once the storm is over. Then take your Hieroglyphic fruit to Trader Tina for Anubis Coins.
The garden-area “Grow All” (375R$) and “Harvest All” (9R$) boards require Robux and are unrelated to the obelisks.
