Hello Kitty's Red Bow

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The Hello Kitty Red Bow is a clothing item that can be created using the Creation Station. The Hello Kitty Red Bow instructions for the Creation Station are given to the player by Hello Kitty during the "A Bow for Besties" quest.

Image	Name	Tags	Rarity	Materials
	Hello Kitty Red Bow		Uncommon	Ribbon (5) Red Penstemum (5) Red Dandelily (5) Red Tulias (5) Red Bellbutton (5) Red Dye (5)

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  A player receiving the instructions from Hello Kitty.
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  A player wearing the Hello Kitty Red Bow.

How to Get Red Flowers

Step 1: Getting the Four Flower Types

The flowers needed for the quest are all flowers from  Merry Meadow. By default, the player gets 1 of the 4 flower types as their Meadow's native flower, which grows in its default colors when they plant  Seeds. The other 3 types of Meadow flowers must be obtained as seed packets from opening  Mystery Seed Capsules.

Once you obtain any color of a flower as a seed or seedling, you can obtain more of that color by planting,  watering, and  fertilizing it. Fertilizer gives a 10% chance of making a new seed or plant in any empty flower plot around it. Watering makes a flower bloom faster. Non-patterned plucked blooms can be turned into seed packets at the  Seed Dispenser in order to plant more of the flower.

The  Dandelily and  Tulias can come in red by default, so red ones of those types can be obtained simply by planting  Seeds (if one is the Meadow wildflower) or by opening more  Mystery Seed Capsules (if not the Meadow wildflower). They cannot have red bred into them from another flower.

The  Bellbutton and  Penstemum cannot come in red by default. The color needs to be transferred into their species by crossbreeding with red & patterned flowers. (Refer to the "Primary Transfers" section of the Flowers page for full details.)

Step 2: Getting Red and Patterned Flowers

A flower can get a pattern with the application of  Fertilizer. The chance of a pattern appearing is 1% with every application. Application of  Fertilizer to a non-patterned █ red  Dandelily or  Tulias has the chance to turn it into a █ red & █ white ombre  Dandelily or  Tulias.

Therefore, the best way to get patterned flowers is to plant a lot of the flower that you want to get a pattern, then fertilize them as often as possible.

Red Tulias █	+	Fertilizer	=	1% chance: Red & White Ombre Tulias █ █
Red Dandelily █	+	Fertilizer	=	1% chance: Red & White Ombre Dandelily █ █

Step 3: Breeding Red into Other Flowers

With a red & patterned flower, crossbreeding can be done as shown in the table below.

Again, red can only be bred into  bellbuttons and  penstemums, not  tulias or  dandelilies.

Example Results of Crossbreeding for Red Flowers

Parents			→	3 Possible Offspring
red & patterned flower (Red & White Ombre Tulias) █ █	+	any color of targeted flower (Sky Penstemum) █	=	10% chance: targeted flower in red (Red Penstemum) █	45% chance: solid clone of patterned flower (Red Tulias) █	45% chance: clone of targeted flower (Sky Penstemum) █

Breeding Setup: Pairs

The most basic setup for breeding flowers together is side-by-side pairs, as shown below. The additional flower one space away from the pair allows for 3 additional breeding opportunities. While shown in a row format, this setup also works if arranged in a column.

*	*	*
		*
*	*	*

Any space with an asterisk (*) is where a possible red penstemum can appear if the space is an empty flower plot. This setup can also be extended by chaining pairs of flowers together.

*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
		*			*			*			*
*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Breeding Setup: Merry-Go-Round

Another possible layout is the square layout known as the "merry-go-round" because of how the goal is for the outside flowers to breed with the central flower. This layout works best if flowers on the perimeter cannot breed with each other. Flowers should not be within two plots of each other on the perimeter if they are:

1. The same color and type (like two white bellbuttons)
2. Able to mix to breed a new color (like a blue bellbutton and a white bellbutton)
3. Patterned (like a sky & white ombre penstemum)

To easiest way to avoid the above is to use at least 5 flowers that are incompatible, either because they are different types and/or "tint" colors: that is, the product of a white flower and another color, like █ ice from breeding █ white and █ blue. Other tints include █ cream, █ pistachio, █ mint, █ seafoam, and so on.

This layout is only useful outside of the  Greenhouse because it helps more flowers to spawn. Inside the Greenhouse, it is a waste of space.

Below is an example merry-go-round that breeds a red & white ombre dandelily with both penstemums and bellbuttons. Any space with an asterisk (*) can possibly produce the desired results and should be kept empty.

Example Merry-Go-Round
Breeding for: Red Bellbutton and Red Penstemum						Example Setup
						Flower 5	Flower 1	Flower 3	Flower 2	Flower 5
	*	*	*			Flower 2	*	*	*	Flower 1
	*		*			Flower 4	*	Target	*	Flower 4
	*	*	*			Flower 1	*	*	*	Flower 2
						Flower 5	Flower 2	Flower 3	Flower 1	Flower 5

Tips for Crossbreeding

1. Always keep the parent flowers plucked and  fertilized.
   • Fertilizer does more than give patterns. Fertilization greatly boosts the chances for offspring to appear, which boosts the chance of crossbreeding successfully.
   • Fertilization is not required for breeding in the  Greenhouse, but it is required for new default patterns there.
2. Always remove any newly produced seeds/plants by  troweling them up to make space for more new spawns and so that they do not interfere with the flowers you are breeding together.
3. Keep 2 empty plots between flowers you are breeding together and unrelated flowers to prevent interference. Any flowers that are touching or have 1 empty plot between them can crossbreed.