Beginner's Tips, Tricks and Strategies
Welcome to IGN's Garden Story Beginner's Guide portion of the wiki guide. Here you'll find additional Battle Tips and Strategies. This page is especially helpful for those wanting to get better at defeating Rots and for those who want to more easily beat bosses. These strategies are helpful for in-game battles, boss fights and overall story progression!
Beginner's Tips, Tricks and Strategies
Below is a list of battle strategy tips, as well as information on how to increase your chances of beating Rots and boss battles by upgrading weapons and Dew Jars.
Battle Strategy
The best way to defeat any kind of Rot is to notice the pattern it follows. Here is a list of Rot attack patterns and how to defeat them. For more information, visit the How to Defeat Rot Enemies page. If you hold Y, or the attack button, you can fully charge your swings to deal more damage.
TYPE OF ROT | HOW TO DEFEAT |
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Normal - Doesn't strike when moving. Sits still, turns into a spiky ball with blast radius. | Attack before or after the spiky ball blast. Hit with any weapon. |
Glomp - Fast and lengthy dash. Turns white before dashing. | Attack before or during dash charge. Move away while dashing. Attack with any weapon. |
Acorn - Spews purple spores in one direction. | Attack before it spews spores or wait until it spews spores, then attack from opposite direction. Hit with any weapon. |
Rot Roots - Spews purple spores; stationary enemy. | Use shield to deflect spores and push in close. Hit with any weapon to destroy. |
Shelled Rot - Has a hard shell and dashes to spew spores that slow Concord down and causes damage. | De-shell using Dowsing Road; avoid the dash and purple spores pattern. Then destroy after de-shelled with any weapon. |
Tentacles - Will have red strike radius and strike fast. | Attack before or after strike. Avoid strike zone. Hit with any weapon. |
Hay Rot - Hides in hay. Moves quickly and causes damage. | Use the sickle to remove hay, then destroy like a normal Rot. |
Snowcap / Frozen Rot - Shoots purple spores | Attack before or after spore shots. Use shield to deflect spores. Use sickle to break frozen Dew on head, then any weapon to defeat. |
Upgrading Weapons and Tools
Concord can upgrade weapons and tools in shops around The Grove. This will usually cost Leaflets and resources. For more information, visit the How to Make Leaflets (Money) and How to Collect Resources pages.
Upgrades will be crucial for defeating boss fights. If you can't seem to beat a specific boss, try upgrading your weapon at the forge in your current town and try again. Weapons can be upgraded to Level 4, but we played through the entire game with weapons at Level 2.
Upgrading Dew Jars
Dew Jars come in hand in battle as Dew heals Concord and restores health points. You can tap Dew for free at wells around The Grove–although you'll want to avoid the Dew in Autumn Town until you restore water flow and have completed Defeating Rotberg.
You can also purchase or upgrade Dew Jars at Dew shops around the Grove, like the Tavern in Spring Hamlet, Cacky's shop in Summer Bar or Dillford's shop in Autumn Town. Upgrading usually requires both Leaflets and resources, while buying a new jar typically only costs Leaflets.
Here is a quick list of Dew types.
DEW TYPE | BENEFIT |
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Tap Dew | Heals 2 health Points |
Metallic Dew | Heals 4 health points. Deflects enemies. |
Grove Dew | Heals 10 health points. |
Sea Dew | Heals 4 health points, pushes away enemies. |
Spicy Dew | Heals 2 health points, leaves a "feeling of heat." |
Perish Control
If you're really struggling with a boss battle or fighting Rots, you can turn on Perish Prevention in the gameplay options at any time. Press + or pause, then select "Options." Select "Gameplay" and switch to "True" for Perish Prevention.