🌅 Dawnbound Mutation in Grow a Garden — ×150 Multiplier
Dawnbound is a weather-triggered mutation with multiplier ×150. Farm it during the listed weather (see the weather events hub), or use any pet/spray named in the trigger. It is not a growth mutation, so it can sit under Gold or Rainbow. Trigger: During Sun God. Can be applied by pets with the Ascended mutation. The mutations hub treats Dawnbound as Sunflower-linked during the Sun God Event: four players each hold a Sunflower toward the Sun at the map's north edge. Pets with the Ascended mutation can also apply it. It is #2 by multiplier on this site, behind Harmonised Foxfire.
Last verified . Multiplier and trigger come from this site's mutation dataset — we do not invent extra rates.
Ranked #2 of 108 tracked mutation pages by multiplier.
📌 When to use Dawnbound
Farm Dawnbound during the listed weather. If a pet is also named in the trigger, that pet is the off-weather path. High multiplier: put it on a heavy, high-base crop (this site's examples use Sunflower) before stacking tiny chips.
📐 How to Get the Dawnbound Mutation
Trigger (from our mutation data): During Sun God. Can be applied by pets with the Ascended mutation.
Watch the in-game forecast and the weather events list. Shops restock on a separate clock — use the stock tracker for Seed/Gear timers, not for weather. If a pet is named above, that pet can apply this mutation without the weather.
Dawnbound is a high multiplier (×150). Put it on a high base-value crop (this site uses Sunflower, 50,138₡ at 8.55 kg, as the reference) and add weight² before chasing extra small mutations.
💰 Worked Examples: Dawnbound on a Sunflower
Numbers use the site formula Base × (Weight/BaseWeight)² × Growth × (1 + Σmutations − count) and Sunflower's listed base. Plug a live crop into the Grow a Garden calculator for other weights.
🔗 Stacking & Best Combos
Once Dawnbound is on a fruit it follows the additive rule with other non-growth mutations: 1 + Σ(multipliers) − count. Gold (×20) or Rainbow (×50) then multiplies that total. Cleaning Spray (Gear Shop, listed on stock) can strip mutations if you need to rebuild a fusion.
📊 Where Dawnbound Ranks
Dawnbound is the #2 most valuable mutation out of 108 tracked entity pages by multiplier, sitting just behind 🦊 Harmonised Foxfire (×190) and just ahead of 🕳️ Voidtouched (×135).
The mutations hub calculator also lists mutations that do not yet have their own URL. This page is the entity URL for Dawnbound only.
❓ FAQ
Does Dawnbound use the homepage calculator formula?
Yes. Dawnbound is a fruit modifier at ×150, not a crop and not a pet. Plug it into the Grow a Garden calculator with a real kg. This FAQ does not repeat the intro paragraph.
How do you get the Dawnbound mutation?
During Sun God. Can be applied by pets with the Ascended mutation.
Does Dawnbound stack with Gold or Rainbow?
Yes. Dawnbound is not a growth mutation, so Gold (×20) or Rainbow (×50) can multiply it. With other environmental mutations it uses 1 + Σ − count first, then growth.
What crop should I put Dawnbound on?
Any crop uses the same multiplier. Worked examples on this page use Sunflower (50,138₡ at 8.55 kg) because that crop is also the Dawnbound reference. Weight² usually moves the number more than swapping a mid-tier crop.
Plug Dawnbound into any crop, weight, and mutation stack for the real number.
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