The main character you can feed in Grow a Garden on Roblox is Sam, the Seed Shop vendor. This was added during the Fairy Update, and you can get to know him and level your friendship with him by handing him cooked food once a day. Feeding Sam opens up a second “Friendship” tab in the Seed Shop, which has unique high-rarity seeds (such as Coco mango, a Prismatic multi-harvest crop) that do not appear in the regular rotation. These seeds are available for Garden Coins (farmable by climbing or other methods of progress). Meals that give more friendship points are higher in rarity, so it’s best to unlock those for quicker unlocks. Here we will share How to Feed NPC in Grow a Garden.
The process is simple but needs cooked food, which you can cook using a Cooking Kit. Sam can only be fed once every 24 hours, and his friendship meter only pops up when you’re holding a valid food item. Below is a step-by-step guide.
Step 1: Cooking Kit unlocks and activates to make food.
Unlock Cooking Kit: Open your Garden Guide (via the menu or by clicking the book icon). You can get it very easily by completing all five Common achievements (planting your first seed, harvesting a crop, etc). This redeems a Basic Cooking Kit. More progressive kits are from Rare or Mythical achievements.
Collect Resources: Farm Stands (minus the random drop – like fruits such as Mango or veggies like Carrots). Go through the “Food” section of your Garden Guide for recipes – some are hidden, and will unlock after you’ve successfully cooked a recipe for the first time.
Cook the Meal:
Pop the Cooking Kit into your garden (it’s a utility item, like sprinklers).
Open it (press E on PC, or the equivalent on mobile/console).
Choose a recipe and place the ingredients necessary (e.g., a Smoothie may require a fruit + milk item).
Let it cook for the recipe’s cooking time (simple recipes take minutes, complex recipes take longer).
Obtain the cooked meal from the kit and hold it in the hand (just like holding a tool or crop).
Tips for Best Meals: Eat higher rarities to get more points:
- Common: 1 point
- Uncommon: 5 points
- Rare: 25 points
- Epic: 100 points
- Legendary: 500 points
- Mythical: 2,500 points
- Prismatic: 10,000 points
- Transcendent: 50,000 points
Examples: Basic Smoothie (Common), Gourmet Stew (Mythical). Larger or mutated ingredients can produce less common meals.
Step 2: Feed Sam
Sam’s Shop: Go to Seed Shop (across from the stall owned by Steven). Sam is the counter NPC (alternately Tom sometimes).
Have the Food: Hold your cooked meal in your hand (visible on your avatar).
Talk with Sam: Approach him and press E (on PC) to talk with him. He will have the “Feed” over his head, or you will see his friendship meter above his head rather than the normal shop menu.
Check the Feed: Here, you have the option to feed him. You’ll notice points will be added to your friendship level. If you don’t have food deployed, it falls back to the standard Seed Shop. Get full grow a garden script.
Daily Cap: One feed per 24 hours (resets per real-time). Feeding levels are made to increased.
Level 1: 10,000 points (unlocks very basic exclusive seeds)
Level 2: 50,000 points
Up to Level 5: 500,000+ points (full access to Prismatic/Transcendent seeds such as Cocomango for ~1M Garden Coins).
See Progress: Hover over Sam or consult the Seed Shop menu after feeding – the Friendship tab unlocks as you level up.
Common Issues and Tips
Can’t See Feed Option? Make sure you’re holding cooked food; raw crops won’t do the trick. If it isn’t showing up, try unequipping/re-equipping or restarting the game.
No Cooking Kit? Fast grinding: Grind Common achievements: Plant 10 seeds, harvest 5 fruits, etc. They’re made for new players.
Other NPCs? While Sam is the primary feeder since the Fairy Update, in previous episodes, it had others:
Hungry Plant (older feature) feed weighted fruits/veggies into it on the map center for seed packs (Premium rewards – max 50 feeds).
Goliath (Beanstalk Event): Since the event is over, a similar mechanic: Feed cooked food, to gain friendship for event shop access.
Chris P. is a pig that can be fed in the Cooking Event for rewards, but that’s no longer the case.
Pets vs. NPCs: Don’t confuse this with feeding your pets (your animal companions). Pet Menu (<< icon) allows for the feeding of raw crops/fruits to age and increase abilities for your pets (not Sam!).
Mobile/Console Controls: Click the interact button (usually a hand icon) instead of E.
If you’re just getting started, work on easy cooking first to fill up your meals. This system motivates daily logins and is connected to cooking/progression mechanics. Please consult the in-game Garden Guide or the community Discord for more. Happy gardening.