Botanist
 Botanist
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| Description: | Capable of distinguishing the characteristics of the various plants and fruits. They are also equally effective when maintaining the garden.
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| Learned by: |  Ian 1 Hua 2 Mage Book
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If  Mush:
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Kept |
Ian's beginning skill and one that he is expected to take. Allows you to read the effects of fruit gained from expeditions so you can tell your crew that it's totally safe to eat that weird alien fruit, honest!
Hua can take this skill to assist with the plant caring but she's more likely to benefit from going on expeditions to find more fruits.
Mage Book candidates include 
Stephen, who can then combine Cycle 8 gardening with some Cycle 1 cooking, 
Chao to give him something to do if the Mush hunt has been successful (also because he can be a 
Survivalist) and 
Paola to help out with large later-game gardens once she is done with comms. 
Eleesha would also be an option for the same reason as Chao, but if she has her 
Determined skill, that is better combined with more difficult tasks, like those of a 
Technician.
Affected actions
Plant (Fruit), Water Plant (Plants), Treat Plant (Plants), Hybridize (Plants):
- If any
are available, 1 is used instead of 
.
Participate (NERON's Core):
- Bonus to efficiency on NERON Projects:
- Extra Hydropots
- Heat Lamps
- Hydroponic Incubator
Affected items
- Effects of consumption can be read.
- Can view Fruit Productivity (fruit per day).
- Can view O2 Productivity (oxygen per day).
- Can view how many cycles are left before the plant matures.
General effects
- Gains 2 per day, to a maximum of 4.
- When on an Expedition, any number of fruit gained from Harvest events will be raised by 1.
