Rank 5 Mog Garden: MINIMUM 126 interactions a day, 882 a week, needed for assistants!

[Edyth]

If you want to use the 3 Mog Garden assistants, this is what you must endure each day to make the most of them (this list assumes you must reselect assistant commands after each harvest; that you NEVER use fertilizers, that you NEVER interact with the moogle to sell items, that your bag NEVER fills up, and that you NEVER are prevented from obtaining an item due to rare status; interactions are not presented in chronological order)

Examine arboreal grove 10 times

Select log/prune 10 times

Speak to Yeestog 10 times

Select aboreal grove 10 times with Yeestog

Select make gathering easier 10 times with Yeestog

Arboreal Grove: minimum of 50 interactions a day (does not include selling items to moogle, and assumes that your bag never hits cap)

Examine mineral vein 10 times

Select mine 10 times

Speak to Yeestog 10 times

Select mineral vein 10 times with Yeestog

Select make gathering easier 10 times with Yeestog

Mineral Vein: minimum of 50 interactions a day (does not include selling items to moogle, and assumes that your bag never hits cap)

Examine flotsam once a day

Select yes to obtain flotsam once a day

Flotsam: minimum of 2 interactions a day (assumes your bag does not fill, and that the flotsam is not a Rare item you already possess)

Pond dredger:

Talk to cat twice

Select help with dredger twice

Select increase yield once

Select either whopper or minnow once (assuming this stacks with increased yield)

Examine dredger once (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Select to take out the fish once (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Dredger: minimum 8 interactions a day (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Coastal Net:

Talk to Susuroon twice

Select help with net twice

Select increase yield once

Select either whopper or minnow once (assuming this stacks with increased yield)

Examine net once (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Select remove fish once (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Net: minimum 8 interactions a day (assuming your bag doesn't fill)

Harvesting (let's just harvest each furrow once per day)

Talk to cat 3 times

Select increased yield 3 times

Talk to rat 3 times

Select increased yield 3 times

Examine each furrow (3 total)

Select to harvest the crops while nimbly dodging the literally worthless "inspect" option that is defaulted to for no reason (3 times total)

If more seeds are needed, plant more (0-3 trades and 0-3 confirmations for trades)

If seeds are not possessed, buy seeds from moogle (minimum 6 interactions, assuming 3 of same seed bought: talk to moogle, select buy/sell, select buy, select seeds, select number of seeds, confirm)

Furrows: minimum of 18 interactions per harvest; up to 30+ interactions if replant is needed


This is too much! I fired all my assistants. I can't stand it. I like my mule's rank 1 Mog Garden because it's relaxing. But Edyth's rank 5 Mog Garden is drudgery. Can we please at least have an option to instantly harvest/gather garden hotspots by simply examining them (no "Do it"/"Do nothing dur dur dur" menu), can we please have the "inspect crops" option removed or moved to second on that list rather than default if it has a secret function, and can we please have official word on whether or not we have to select the desired assistant commands before each harvest or just once per day?

Edit: I have a bad feeling that the developer response will just be something like, "players shouldn't use all three assistants at once." Well, even without assistants, all of the menu options in Mog Garden are excessive, especially at rank 5. Even without assistants, I don't enjoy my mineral vein or arboreal grove.