Hybrid crops are a way players can create unusual plant fusions in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life and come with a whole host of benefits. Making hybrid crops in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life has somewhat Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs vibes, but instead of using a machine to create unusual hybrid plant creations, players feed a talking plant called Vinnie.
Hybrid plants are some of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life's best crops to create, as they can yield crops with a hefty price tag for those looking for another way to make money fast. Players can plant, grow, and sell hybrid crops when grown to get more money, and they even show up in some cooking recipes where players can increase their cooking skills. That said, some players may wonder how and when they can begin to make hybrid crops, as for some, the game does not make how to feed Vinnie obvious.
How To Make Hybrid Plants And Feed Vinnie In Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Players must wait until Spring of year 2 to get hybrid crops in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. A cut scene soon triggers, showing Takakura with an unusual, three-headed plant called Vinnie. To make hybrid crops, players must feed Vinnie different crops or seeds. However, to get Vinnie to make hybrid crops, players must first build a friendship with him until the heart meter reaches the pink level by speaking with Vinnie often.
When the heart meter is high enough, speak to Vinnie for a dialogue option to appear and give players the option to mix crops i n the Hybrid Crops menu where players can select 2 fruit, vegetables, or seeds to mix. However, not all combinations yield special results.
A celebratory cut scene triggers when Vinnie successfully makes a set of hybrid crop seeds. He explains what he's made, says they are different from the others, and when the seeds are plantable.
It is also possible to trigger a different type of celebratory scene if players make a hybrid involving carrots, as Vinnie dislikes those. Players should also be aware that Vinnie can't mix crops if the player's bag is full, so it's best to utilize the farm storage cabinet and fridge to store more crops and seeds.
Hybrid Crop Types In Story Of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Some crop-mixing combinations only make regular seeds, so it's best to experiment with different types of crops or seeds to mix to see what happens. It's then up to players to plant, care for, and grow the hybrid crop seeds as they normally would.
Players can use Vinnie to create many different types of hybrid seeds to grow hybrid crops, with some examples as follows:
Blue Hybrid Crops
Players can make blue hybrid crops by mixing 1 Trick Blue Flower and virtually any fruit or vegetable to create a blue variety, such as:
- Trick Blue flower + banana = Bluenana seeds, plantable and harvestable in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. When grown, a Bluenana is worth 255G each.
- Trick Blue flower + peach = Peablu seeds, which can be plantable all year round in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Mixing Regular Crops And Seeds
Players can mix most 2 regular crops or seeds to get some intriguing hybrid seeds to plant and grow. Some example hybrid crop combinations include:
- Tomato + melon = Melotoma seeds. Plant in Spring, Summer, and Autumn. A Melotoma with a b rating is worth 570G.
- Tomato + watermelon = Greetoma seeds. Plant in Spring, Summer, and Autumn. A Greetoma is worth 470G each.
- Sweet potato + carrot = Swarrot seeds. Plant in Summer and Autumn.
- Carrot + turnip = Caroturn seeds. Plant in Spring, Summer, and Winter.
- Carrot + strawberry seeds = Strawsweet Seeds. Plant in Spring, Autumn, and Winter.
Mixing Hybrid Crops And Seeds
Players can also feed Vinnie hybrid crops they have grown with regular fruits, seeds, and vegetables or with other hybrid crops or seed bags to make new hybrid creations, like mixing a Turnberry and a Berrymelo, or a Strawmelo with a regular potato. For instance, mixing Bluenana with a Greetoma gives players Bluemato seeds plantable in Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
It is often fun to experiment with mixing hybrid crops to see if anything unusual happens. Players can also use some hybrid crops in cooking recipes, such as the Pickled Veggies recipe, which requires a Waturnip and a Turnmato.
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is available now on PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S