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{{Infobox items|name=Hard Soil|image=Cracked earth isometric icon.png|level=1|base_value=0|journal_entry=Dried out and sun baked. This soil should be removed before you can build a new garden.}} | |||
'''Hard Soil''', also known as '''cracked earth''', is a special type of [[surface]] only seen in ''Viva Piñata'' and ''Pocket Paradise''. It is utterly inhospitable to life, unable to grow any type of [[plant]], nor attract even the most basic of [[piñata]]. [[Buildings]], [[decorations]], [[fences]], and other structures cannot be placed on hard soil. [[Crates]] are an exception, and can be placed on hard soil. Moving it again will cause it to remove the hard soil beneath it. | '''Hard Soil''', also known as '''cracked earth''', is a special type of [[surface]] only seen in ''Viva Piñata'' and ''Pocket Paradise''. It is utterly inhospitable to life, unable to grow any type of [[plant]], nor attract even the most basic of [[piñata]]. [[Buildings]], [[decorations]], [[fences]], and other structures cannot be placed on hard soil. [[Crates]] are an exception, and can be placed on hard soil. Moving it again will cause it to remove the hard soil beneath it. | ||
Every new garden will be filled with hard soil, that must be removed by whacking it with your shovel. The first [[garden]] will also contain [[garden junk]], that will also remove hard soil upon being destroyed. | Every new garden will be filled with hard soil, that must be removed by whacking it with your [[shovel]]. The first [[garden]] will also contain [[garden junk]], that will also remove hard soil upon being destroyed. | ||
Hard soil is the result of [[Professor Pester's]] attack on [[Jardiniero's]] garden, the same garden that you have now been saddled with. Despite making it seem like restoring the garden is impossible, hard soil will give way to normal, healthy [[soil]] upon being removed. | Hard soil is the result of [[Professor Pester's]] attack on [[Jardiniero's]] garden, the same garden that you have now been saddled with. Despite making it seem like restoring the garden is impossible, hard soil will give way to normal, healthy [[soil]] upon being removed. | ||
Because the game takes place in a different garden, ''Trouble in Paradise'' does not feature hard soil at all. | Because the game takes place in a different garden, ''Trouble in Paradise'' does not feature hard soil at all. | ||
== Description == | |||
== Removal == | |||
Your first task upon starting the game is to clear the land, removing all debris and removing the hard soil. [[Leafos]] gifts you your first shovel to do this, even the rundown shovel she gives you works well enough to plow the land. When over hard soil, you can press A on your controller to begin automatically removing cracked earth. Simply move around the garden, and try not to miss any awkward bits of soil that may be annoying to remove later. | |||
Other items can remove hard soil, though they are not available till later in the game and cannot help you with the initial removal. Crates can be used to remove any hard soil underneath them. Ponds can be dug in hard soil, destroying it in the process. These methods are good for removing any tiny stray patches your shovel fails to remove on it's own. | |||
== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
The only real use for hard soil is for hatching a [[Dragonache]]. Hatching a Dragonache on hard soil will create the gold variant. However, once hard soil has been removed, it can never be replaced in your garden. Because of this, a patch of it must be saved since the start of your garden if you wish to obtain the gold Dragonache. | |||
A simpler method is to start a secondary garden, as new gardens will be covered in fresh hard soil, and without all the clutter found in the initial garden. This will allow you to quickly and easily obtain your gold Dragonache, though you will need to put in the work of finding a new egg for that garden. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Cracked earth icon.png|Flat icon for hard soil | |||
File:Hard soil overhead.png|A new garden filled with hard soil | File:Hard soil overhead.png|A new garden filled with hard soil | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Surfaces]] | [[Category:Surfaces]] | ||