Flower Evil

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-03-05

Overview

flower_evil is a world-scene entity representing a decorative yet dangerous plant found in the Shadow Realm and other high-sanity-loss zones. It emits a negative sanity aura, drops petals_evil when harvested, and can be used as a wildfire starter. Its behavior and appearance are randomized at spawn, and it persists state across save/load cycles via custom save hooks.

Usage example

local inst = CreateEntity()
inst:AddTag("flower")
-- (Implementation note: this is typically instantiated via Prefab("flower_evil", fn) and not manually constructed)
-- In modding, to reference its components:
if inst.components.pickable then
    inst.components.pickable:SetUp("petals_evil", 20)  -- customize regen
end

Dependencies & tags

Components used: inspectable, sanityaura, pickable, transformer (commented out, not active), and indirectly sanity and skilltreeupdater (via onpickedfn logic).
Tags: flower is added to the instance.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
animname	string	random from {"f1", ..., "f8"}	Current animation sequence name; stored in save data.
scrapbook_anim	string	"f1"	Placeholder used for scrapbook display.
scrapbook_removedeps	table of strings	{"nightmarefuel"}	Dependencies excluded from scrapbook auto-generation.
pickupsound	string	"vegetation_grassy"	Not used directly (overridden via pickable.picksound).

Main functions

Not applicable — this prefab is defined in its fn() constructor and exposes no public methods beyond those of its attached components (pickable, sanityaura, etc.).

Events & listeners

The component itself does not register event listeners directly, but:

• Listens to: None (no inst:ListenForEvent() calls appear in this file).
• Pushes: None (no inst:PushEvent() calls appear in this file).
• Indirect listeners via component callbacks:
  • onpickedfn(inst, picker) is invoked when the pickable component triggers a harvest.
  • onsave(inst, data) and onload(inst, data) are called by the save system.

Save/load behavior

• onsave(inst, data)
  Stores inst.animname in the data.anim field to persist the chosen animation across sessions.

• onload(inst, data)
  On restore, applies inst.animname = data.anim and replays that animation via AnimState:PlayAnimation().

onpickedfn(inst, picker)

• Description: Callback executed upon harvesting. Modifies the harvester's sanity based on skill activation.
• Parameters:
  • inst (Entity) – the flower being picked.
  • picker (Entity) – the entity harvesting the flower.
• Returns: Nothing.
• Error states: No-op if picker lacks a sanity component or if picker's skilltreeupdater is missing or skill "wendy_gravestone_1" is not activated.

Component-specific behavior

• sanityaura.aura = -TUNING.SANITYAURA_SMALL – applies a small negative sanity aura.
• pickable.onpickedfn = onpickedfn – hooks into the harvest event.
• pickable.remove_when_picked = true – plant is consumed upon harvest.
• pickable.wildfirestarter = true – enables use as a wildfire starter.
• pickable.quickpick = true – allows one-tap harvest (no pickup animation).
• MakeSmallBurnable(inst) and MakeSmallPropagator(inst) – integrate into fire spread mechanics.