The Burning Bud is a Prismatic seed in Grow a Garden that costs 40,000,000 Sheckles in the Seed Shop and needs Rebirth 2 before the shop will sell it to you. It is the third of the five Rebirth 2 seeds by price, behind the Ember Lily and the Sugar Apple.
Quick answer: the Burning Bud costs 40,000,000 Sheckles in the Seed Shop, or 32,000,000 in the Daily Deals tab, and one is stocked at a time. It grows in 3 hours 46 minutes, harvests more than one fruit per plant, and its real job is crafting: three recipes want a grown Burning Bud by name. The cheapest way to get one without the Sheckles is the Silver Prismatic Seed Pack, which holds it at 13%.
Burning Bud price and where it is sold
| Where | Price | Stock | Catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed Shop | 40,000,000 Sheckles | 1 per restock | Rebirth 2 required |
| Daily Deals tab | 32,000,000 Sheckles | 1 | Only when it rolls into the day’s deals |
| Silver Prismatic Seed Pack | One pack | 13% of packs | Random pack reward |
| Admin Pack | One pack | 4.5% of packs | Random pack reward |
The Daily Deals tab is the same shop, one tab to the right, and it lists the seed 8,000,000 Sheckles cheaper. It appears there on the same rare roll as the main tab, so treat it as a discount for a lucky day rather than a route you can plan around.
Rebirth 2 and why the shop will not sell it to you
Seventeen seeds in the Seed Shop ask for a Rebirth level, and five of them sit in the Rebirth 2 group: the Ember Lily at 15,000,000, Sugar Apple at 25,000,000, the Burning Bud at 40,000,000, Giant Pinecone at 55,000,000 and Elder Strawberry at 70,000,000. All five are Prismatic. Below Rebirth 2 the Burning Bud’s row can be in stock and the shop still will not sell it to you.
The second reason the row looks dead is its restock chance. The shop’s own Stock Odds panel puts the Burning Bud Seed at 0.06% per restock, level with the Sugar Apple and below the Beanstalk at 0.09% and the Ember Lily at 0.08%. A restock releases a single seed, so the row reads NO STOCK on almost every visit. When the stock is there, the green button showing 40,000,000 is the one you want.
The realistic routes, best first
- The Silver Prismatic Seed Pack. The pack holds seven Prismatic seeds and the Burning Bud is in the middle of them at 13 out of 100, behind the Ember Lily at 19 and ahead of Giant Pinecone at 9 and Elder Strawberry at 8.
- The Daily Deals tab at 32,000,000. The cheapest Sheckle price in the game for the seed, on the same roll as the main tab.
- The Seed Shop at 40,000,000. The steady option: the row is always on the list and the restock decides when you can buy.
- Prismatic Seed Rain. The Burning Bud sits in the Prismatic seed rain table at a middle weight, well above the Ember Lily and Beanstalk and below Romanesco and Giant Pinecone.
- The Admin Pack. The Burning Bud is one of its items at 4.5% of packs.
Growth time and harvest
The Burning Bud takes 3 hours 46 minutes to reach full growth. Across the five Rebirth 2 seeds that puts it second only to the Sugar Apple at 53 minutes 20 seconds, and well ahead of Giant Pinecone at 4 hours 7 minutes, the Ember Lily at 5 hours 57 minutes and the Elder Strawberry at 6 hours. Its harvest type is Multi, so one plant yields more than one fruit per harvest instead of a single crop. For 40,000,000 Sheckles that difference is the whole point, because you are buying a plant you harvest again and again rather than a one-off crop.
Its two traits are Flower and Stalky. Two traits matter more than they look: Archeologist Archie rotates through twelve trait requests at the dig site every 30 minutes, and a Burning Bud counts on both his Flower turns and his Stalky turns.
What a Burning Bud is used for
This is where the seed earns its price. Three crafting recipes take a grown Burning Bud by name, and a fourth uses it as a cooking ingredient:
| Recipe | What it makes | Other ingredients | Cost and time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evo Apple II | An Evo Apple II seed | Three Evo Apple I (two grown, one seed) | 30,000,000 Sheckles, 20 minutes |
| Veinpetal | A Veinpetal seed | Orange Tulip seed, Daffodil seed, grown Beanstalk | 650,000 Sheckles, 20 minutes |
| Yarrow | A Yarrow seed | Daffodil seed plus two Master Sprinklers, or two Divine Coal | 18,000,000 or 10,000,000 Sheckles, 1 hour |
| Sweet Tea | A cooked Sweet Tea | One other ingredient | No Sheckle cost, 4 minutes 30 seconds |
The Yarrow recipe exists on two workbenches. The Seed Event workbench wants two Master Sprinklers and 18,000,000 Sheckles for it, while the Smithing Event workbench wants two Divine Coal and 10,000,000. Both take the same hour and the same Daffodil seed and grown Burning Bud, so whichever event is running decides which version you can make.
For cooking, the Burning Bud is one of the flowers that can fill the Herbal Base slot of a Sweet Tea. That slot takes dozens of different flowers, so the Burning Bud is never the only option there, but a garden of them never runs short of it.
Burning Bud or Ember Lily?
They are the two cheapest Rebirth 2 seeds and the pair people weigh up against each other. The Ember Lily costs 15,000,000 but takes 5 hours 57 minutes to grow and carries the Flower and Spicy traits, and its grown plant is the “meat” cooking ingredient. The Burning Bud costs 40,000,000 and grows in 3 hours 46 minutes with Flower and Stalky, and it is the seed the three crafting recipes ask for by name.
So the answer depends on what you are short of. If you want a plant to harvest and cook with, the Ember Lily is cheaper and earns its keep. If you want to craft Evo Apple II, Veinpetal or Yarrow, only the Burning Bud will do, and no amount of Ember Lilies substitutes for it.
Burning Bud FAQ
Why can’t I buy the Burning Bud? Two reasons, and they look the same on screen. Below Rebirth 2 the shop refuses the sale even with stock in the row, and on most restocks the row simply reads NO STOCK, because the seed has a 0.06% chance of being in the restock at all.
How much does a Burning Bud sell for? One fruit is worth 70,000 Sheckles at base value, before any mutation or weight bonus, and the plant harvests more than one fruit at a time.
Is the Burning Bud worth 40,000,000 Sheckles? If you are making Evo Apple II seeds it is not optional, and at 3 hours 46 minutes it grows back faster than every Rebirth 2 seed except the Sugar Apple. If you just want a cheap Prismatic plant to harvest, the Ember Lily does that for 25,000,000 less.
Can I get a Burning Bud without Rebirth 2? Yes, from a pack rather than the shop: the Silver Prismatic Seed Pack holds it at 13% and the Admin Pack at 4.5%, and neither of those is the Seed Shop’s Rebirth 2 row.