🌾 The Rice Farm

Detailed Game Mechanics & Strategy Guide

🎯 The Goal

Your mission is to reach Level 100 and achieve the prestigious True Rank. Farm rice, manage fluctuations in the dynamic economy, research powerful upgrades, and maximize your XP gain.

📊 Core Mechanics

XP & Leveling Formulas

XP Required for Next Level:

100 × 1.2^(TargetLevel - 1)

Global XP Multipliers (Stack Multiplicatively):

Level 40+: +25% XP (Permanent)
Rank Pro (Lvl 50+): ×2 XP
Maximum Multiplier: ×2.5 (at Level 50+)

Example: At Level 50, you earn 2.5× the base XP for everything.

Economy & Market Fluctuations

Prices update in real-time based on supply and demand. Market resets every hour (on the hour).

📉 Sell Price Changes

Rice Type	Base Price	Decrease Trigger	Floor
Regular Rice	1 元	-10% per 20,000 sold	10% (0.1 元)
Brown Rice	25 元	-5% per 10,000 sold	10% (2.5 元)
Gold Rice	2,000 元	-10% per 100 sold	10% (200 元)

📈 Buy Price Changes

Item	Base Price	Increase Trigger	Cap
Seeds	1 元	+15% per 5,000 bought	400% (4×)
Water (2L)	1 元	+20% per 5,000 bought	400% (4×)
Fertilizer	1.5 元 (1 元 with Tier 1+ research)	+15% per 1,000 bought	400% (4×)

🔄 Trade & Chance Rates

Better Seed Chance: When buying regular seeds, you have a chance to receive better seeds instead.

Base Chance: 10%
Decrease: -1% per 1,000 better seeds received this hour
Rank Bonus: +5% at Average rank or higher
Floor: 0%

Brown Seed Trade: Trade better seeds for brown seeds.

Base Cost: 20 better seeds = 1 brown seed
Increase: +3 per 100 brown seeds traded this hour

Gold Seed Trade: Trade brown seeds for gold seeds.

Base Cost: 2,500 brown seeds = 1 gold seed
Increase: +100 per gold seed traded this hour

💡 Expert Rank Benefit: Upon reaching Expert (Lvl 70), market prices stabilize permanently at 100% value (no fluctuations).

🌾 Crop Statistics

Type	Base XP (Harvest)	Base Yield	Base Time	Sell Price	Success Rate
Regular	3-5 XP	Base	5s	1 元	100%
Better	4-6 XP	Base + 9	7s	1 元	100%
Brown	5-7 XP	Base + 4	9s	25 元	90%
Gold	10-15 XP	Base	11s	2,000 元	30%
True	5-8 XP	Base + 120	4s	1 元	100%

XP from Selling Rice

Selling rice grants XP in addition to Yuan:

Regular: 1 XP per 100 rice
Brown: 1 XP per 10 rice
Gold: 5 XP per 1 rice (High Value!)

✨ True Rice Special Features

Unlock: Level 100 | Price: 10 元 per seed

Double Research: Harvesting True rice grants 2× research points
Dual Mutations: Can mutate to both Brown and Gold seeds (with switches)
Gold Mutation: 2% base (checked first) — ×1.02 per Gold Mutation research
Brown Mutation: 20% base (checked if gold fails) — ×1.025 per Brown Mutation research

Note: Gold mutation is always checked before Brown. Only one mutation can occur per harvest.

🧬 Mutation Rates

Seed Type	Mutates To	Base Chance	Research Scaling
Better	Brown	10%	×1.025 per tier
Brown	Gold	1%	×1.02 per tier
True → Gold	Gold	2% (2× base)	×1.02 per tier
True → Brown	Brown	20% (2× base)	×1.025 per tier

🔬 Research & Upgrades

Unlocked at Level 30. Earn 1-2 Research Points per harvest (Base).

Fertilizer Tiers

Tier	Cost (Res + Fert)	Yield	Time	Bonus Effect
1	20,000	×2	3/4 Base	Fertilizer Cost: 1.5 → 1元
2	100,000	×3	1/2 Base	+25% Harvest XP
3	500,000	×4	1/4 Base	+50% Harvest Research

Scaling Upgrades

Upgrade	Cost Formula (n=purchases)	Benefit Formula
Brown Mutation	1k Res + 500 Btr Seeds × 1.15^n	Chance × 1.025^n
Brown Success	1k Res + 100 Brn Seeds × 1.15^n	Rate × 1.005^n (+Milestone Bonus)
Gold Mutation	10k Res + 1k Brn Seeds × 1.15^n	Chance × 1.02^n
Gold Success	10k Res + (1+n) Gold Seeds	Rate × 1.02^n (+Milestone Bonus)

Yield Research

Better Regular Seeds
Tier 1: 5,000 Res + 5,000 regular → ×2 Yield
Tier 2: 15,000 Res + 15,000 regular → ×4 Yield
Tier 3: 30,000 Res + 30,000 regular → ×6 Yield

Better Better Seeds
Tier 1: 10,000 Res + 5,000 better → ×2 Yield
Tier 2: 25,000 Res + 10,000 better → ×3 Yield
Tier 3: 50,000 Res + 15,000 better → ×4 Yield

🏆 Progression & Ranks

Rank	Level	One-Time Rewards	Passive Perks
Amateur	0-9	-	-
Beginner	10-19	2k 元, 1k Fert	-
Average	20-29	5k 元, 2k Fert, 100 Btr Seeds	+5% Better Seed market chance
Advanced	30-49	10k 元, 1k Res, 1k Btr Seeds	+1 Base Yield (All Crops)
Pro	50-69	100k 元, 10k Res, 10k Brn Seeds	Double XP & Research
Expert	70-99	500k 元, 50k Res, 10 Gold Seeds	Market Prices Never Fluctuate
True	100+	10M 元, 200k Res, 50 Gold Seeds	Ultimate Status

🏅 Achievement Rewards

Achievements grant substantial XP upon completion.

Category	Thresholds	XP Rewards
Rice Harvested	10k / 100k / 1M / 1B	500 / 5k / 500k / 500M
Better Seeds	500 / 5k / 50k / 500k	1k / 5k / 50k / 500k
Brown Seeds	100 / 1k / 10k / 100k	1k / 10k / 100k / 1M
Gold Seeds	1 / 10 / 100 / 1k	1k / 100k / 1M / 1B
True Seeds	1 / 1k / 100k / 1M	1k / 100k / 1M / 10M
Farmlands	2 / 5 / 8 / 12	200 / 1k / 5k / 15k
Spending	10k / 100k / 1M / 10M	1k / 10k / 500k / 50M

☠️ BANKRUPTCY WARNING:
If you reach 0 Seeds AND 0 Money AND 0 Rice to sell, you will be permanently stuck.
Always keep a reserve of seeds or money!

⚠️ Important Unlocks:
• Lvl 15: Buy Land
• Lvl 20: Better Seeds available
• Lvl 30: Research Lab opens
• Lvl 30-40: Brown Switch (Random unlock)
• Lvl 50-60: Gold Switch (Random unlock)
• Lvl 100: True Rice & Switches

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