If you’ve spent any amount of time messing around with your Serenitea Pot, you’ve probably wondered how to plant seeds in Genshin Impact Teapot to get your hands on free ascension materials and crafting supplies. I ignored the gardening feature for almost a year after it launched, writing it off as a useless cosmetic add-on that only mattered to players who cared about decorating their realm. But once I tried it, I realized it’s one of the most low-effort, high-reward activities in the entire game, and it doesn’t cost a single point of resin to use. Even if you only log into your teapot once a week, you can stockpile dozens of materials that would take hours to grind for in the open world.
Pre-Requisites You Need Before You Learn How to Plant Seeds in Genshin Impact Teapot
You can’t jump straight into gardening the second you unlock your Serenitea Pot, there are a few small hurdles you need to clear first. First, you need to reach Adventure Rank 35 and complete the Archon Quest “A New Star Approaches” to unlock the teapot itself, then finish the introductory quest “The Realm Within” to gain full access to your realm. Next, you’ll need to purchase the Seed Dispensary from Tubby’s Realm Depot for 1000 Realm Currency – this gadget lets you collect seeds when you pick plants in the open world.
You’ll also need to buy gardening plots from the same Realm Depot menu. There are three distinct plot types, each made for specific seed categories: Jade Field for crops and common flowers, Orderly Meadow for rare regional flowers, and Luxuriant Glebe for local specialty plants. You can buy up to 5 of each plot type, so you’ll have space for 60 total seeds at once if you unlock all available slots. You don’t need any special materials to craft these plots, only Realm Currency you earn passively just by having your teapot unlocked.
Finally, you’ll need to collect seeds to plant. You can get seeds by equipping the Seed Dispensary and picking plants in the open world, or buy 5 random seeds from Tubby’s daily rotating shop for cheap. Most common plants drop one seed for every two you pick, so you’ll build up a stock pretty quickly once you start intentionally collecting them.
Step-by-Step Process to Plant Seeds in Your Teapot
Once you have all your pre-requisites sorted, planting seeds is incredibly straightforward, and you don’t need any special skills or items to do it. I’ve broken the process down into simple steps so you don’t have to waste time guessing what to click:
- Enter your Serenitea Pot by equipping the teapot gadget from your inventory and interacting with it. You can summon the pot anywhere in the open world except for combat zones, quest restricted areas, and Spiral Abyss.
- Open the placement menu, navigate to the “Furnishings” tab, then select the “Gardening” submenu to find your purchased plots. Place them on any flat, open space in your realm – they don’t need to be near water, light, or any other furnishing to work properly.
- Walk up to the placed plot and interact with it to open the gardening menu. The game automatically sorts your eligible seeds for that plot type, so you won’t waste time trying to plant a specialty seed in a regular crop field.
- Select the seeds you want to plant, confirm your selection, and you’re done. You don't need to tend to your plants after planting – there’s no watering, fertilizing, or pest control required in Genshin’s gardening system.
- Come back after the seed’s growth cycle is complete to harvest your fully grown plants. Growth timers keep counting even when you're not logged into the game, so you don’t have to check in every few hours to keep your plants alive.
Growth cycles vary by seed type: common crops take 2 days to grow, common flowers take 3 days, rare flowers take 5 days, and regional specialties take 7 days to fully mature. I usually set a phone reminder for the day my plants are supposed to be ready, so I don’t forget to harvest and replant new seeds.
Best Seeds to Plant for Maximum Rewards
Not all seeds are worth planting, especially if you only have a few plot slots unlocked early on. You want to prioritize seeds that save you the most time and effort in the long run, rather than planting random seeds you collect just for the sake of gardening.
First, prioritize planting regional specialty seeds for character ascension like Qingxin, Violetgrass, Glaze Lily, or Naku Weed. These materials are notoriously tedious to farm in the open world, and most characters require 168 of their specialty ascension material to hit level 90. Planting 20 of these seeds every week cuts your farming time by 70% minimum, and you won’t have to run around Liyue’s mountains or Inazuma’s islands every 48 hours to collect them. I made the mistake of waiting until 3 days before Xiao’s rerun to start planting Qingxin, and I only had enough to get him to level 70 before I had to grind the rest in the rain for an hour. Don’t be like me.
If you’re focused on furnishing your realm or crafting items for the Serenitea Pot shop, prioritize planting common flowers like Silk Flower, Windwheel Aster, and Cecilia. Most high-value furnishings require 20+ of these flowers to craft, and buying them from NPC shops costs thousands of mora each. Growing your own lets you craft furnishings for free, and you can sell surplus crafted furnishings for extra Realm Currency. If you’re just looking for extra mora, plant common crops like Wheat, Carrot, and Radish – you can cook them into high-value food items to sell to NPCs for a quick profit.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Gardening in Your Serenitea Pot
Even though gardening is simple, there are a few common mistakes that new players make that waste their time and plot slots. Most of these are easy to avoid once you know what to look for.
The first mistake is trying to plant the wrong seed type in the wrong plot. If you open a plot menu and don’t see the seed you want to plant, that means it’s not eligible for that plot type, not that the game is broken. Double check which plot type you’re using, and swap to the correct one if needed. Another common mistake is forgetting to equip the Seed Dispensary when you’re farming materials in the open world. I keep mine in my quick access slot next to my healing food so I never forget to swap it on before I go out farming.
Many players also only use 2 or 3 plot slots, when they can unlock up to 15 total plots for 60 seed slots. Even if you only plant common crops in the extra slots, you’ll get way more free materials than you would by leaving them empty. You also shouldn’t ignore Tubby’s daily seed restock – he sells 5 random seeds every day, including rare specialty seeds you might not have found in the open world yet, for only 120 Realm Currency each.
Never sell your extra seeds for mora – even if you don’t need the plant right now, you’ll likely need it for a future character ascension or furnishing craft, and seeds are far more valuable grown into plants than sold for a few hundred mora each. If you have more seeds than you can plant, just store them in your inventory until you have free slots.
Gardening is one of the most underrated features in the game, and taking the time to learn how to plant seeds in Genshin Impact Teapot will save you dozens of hours of grinding in the long run. You don’t have to spend resin, fight enemies, or complete complicated quests to use it, and the rewards are consistent and useful for every type of player. Even if you only log into your teapot once a week to harvest and replant seeds, you’ll quickly build up a stockpile of materials that would take hours to collect manually. Next time you’re taking a break from Spiral Abyss runs or story quests, spend 5 minutes setting up your garden – you won’t regret it.