How to grow and harvest Dragon Fruit in The Sims 4

Dragon Fruit: A Valuable and Versatile Plant

The Dragon Fruit is a highly prized and beneficial plant in The Sims 4. By carefully managing its price and quality, players can ensure a bountiful harvest that can fetch up to $695 Simoleons. This makes it a lucrative investment, especially in a game where money is often in abundance.

Not only is the Dragon Fruit an essential ingredient for grafting Cow Berries, but it is also a valuable addition to any Sim's garden. The fruit can be sold for profit or used to start new plants, providing a reliable source of income.

Growing a Dragon Fruit Plant

Growing a Dragon Fruit plant is a significant milestone in gardening. While there are shortcuts available, leveling up and grafting are usually faster and more cost-effective, particularly if you aim to create multiple plants.

To grow a Dragon Fruit plant:

1. Begin by leveling up your gardening skill to level five. This can be achieved by planting seeds in a patch of earth or a planter. Basic seed packs can be purchased using a mobile or PC. Refer to the seed pack descriptions to find out where the seeds were harvested. Alternatively, you can transform a community lot into a Community Garden in Evergreen Harbor, although this requires hours of completing gardening-related tasks.
2. Once you reach level five in gardening, you will gain the ability to cut and graft plants. This skill is necessary to obtain the Dragon Fruit plant. You can acquire knowledge on cutting and grafting by reading books in the library.

Grafting Dragon Fruit

Before obtaining a Dragon Fruit plant, you must learn how to graft a Snapdragon onto a Strawberry. Both of these plants can be found in seed packets. Snapdragons are available in Spring and Fall seed packets, while Strawberries are found in the Spring seed packet or the more affordable Farmer Flowers and Fruit packet.

To create a Dragon Fruit plant:

1. Obtain a Snapdragon and a Strawberry.
2. Graft the Snapdragon onto the Strawberry or vice versa to create your Dragon Fruit plant. Grafting a Snapdragon onto a Strawberry results in faster growth but a lower value secondary crop, whereas grafting a Strawberry onto a Snapdragon leads to slower growth but a higher value secondary crop.

Although shortcuts exist, leveling up and grafting remain the preferred methods due to their efficiency and affordability. Rare seed packets, requiring a gardening skill of level ten and costing $1,000 each, guarantee a plant with the same growth pattern as the seed packet.

That's how you can successfully grow a Dragon Fruit plant in The Sims 4. For more gardening tips and tricks, be sure to explore our comprehensive gardening guides. Discover how to use grafting to win the favor of other Sims, learn about rare plants, and uncover strategies for obtaining seeds in the game.