Efficient citrus orchard

Orchards Flower farm

Compared with the olive grove, the citrus orchard is a more efficient source of nectar for fewer workers, even though you unlock it later.

Quick overview

Farm	Flower farm
Category	Orchards
Size	10 × 10
From level	61
Max level	9
Price	550 Gold
Build time	4 h
Workers	10
Priority	Build from level 61

What it's for

This efficient citrus orchard uses liquid fertilizer from the mixing plant to produce citrus fruits and honeydew with a higher production output than the regular citrus orchard.

Produces

Citrus fruits

Honeydew

The Efficient citrus orchard sits on the Flower farm next to the olive grove, has the same 10x10 footprint and runs on the same liquid fertilizer from the Mixing plant. Instead of olives you harvest citrus fruits from it, plus nectar for the Apiary again, so it shares both its input and its outputs with its sister olive grove. It is a premium building bought with Gold for players with a running Mixing plant on the Flower farm who want to supply the citrus chain more evenly as well. It opens later than the olive grove, so it tends to be the second choice for players who already have one similar orchard.

When to build it

It is available from player level 61, and at level nine it requires level 159, which makes it the most demanding of all the orchards in this batch in terms of player level. Just like with the olive grove, build it only once you have a Mixing plant with a surplus of liquid fertilizer, otherwise 10x10 of space stays unused. One per farm is enough. Beyond that it makes more sense to upgrade it than to build a second one.

Is it worth upgrading

At level one, 10 units of liquid fertilizer produce 100 citrus fruits and 10 nectar, while at level nine the same 10 units give you 162 fruits and 31 nectar. The upgrade price rises from 550 to 33440 Gold, but the number of workers only climbs from 10 to 22, which is gentler than the olive grove with the same footprint. Upgrading pays off mainly because even at level one it gives ten times more nectar per batch than the olive grove, and higher levels only multiply that advantage.

Tip from a veteran player Combine this orchard with seaweed liquid fertilizer mainly for the fruit. At level one you get 130 citrus fruits out of it instead of 100 from regular liquid fertilizer, while nectar comes out at 10 units per batch either way.

Most common mistake Many players build the citrus orchard only as the second orchard on the Flower farm and overlook that it has lower worker demands than the olive grove. Going by the ratio of output to workers, it could easily come first.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	XP	Workers	From level
1	550 Gold	4 h	800	10	61
2	1 430 Gold	8 h	1 500	11	65
3	2 860 Gold	10 h	2 200	12	70
4	6 270 Gold	12 h	3 000	13	75
5	10 835 Gold	14 h	3 800	14	80
6	14 740 Gold	16 h	4 600	15	85
7	21 670 Gold	18 h	5 400	16	90
8	27 500 Gold	1 d 0 h 26 min	6 000	19	95
9	33 440 Gold	1 d 10 h	7 000	22	159

Production at level 1

Output	Ingredients	Time	Cost	XP
Citrus fruits × 130 Honeydew × 10	Seaweed liquid fertilizer × 10	instant	—	2 500
Citrus fruits × 120 Honeydew × 10	Super liquid fertilizer × 10	6 h	—	200
Citrus fruits × 100 Honeydew × 10	Premium liquid fertilizer × 10	6 h	—	100
Citrus fruits × 100 Honeydew × 10	Liquid fertilizer × 10	6 h	37 500 Dollars	—
Citrus fruits × 10 Honeydew × 1	Speed liquid fertilizer × 10	36 min	—	—
Citrus fruits × 168 Honeydew × 12	Seaweed liquid fertilizer L × 10	instant	—	3 000
Citrus fruits × 184 Honeydew × 11	Seaweed liquid fertilizer XL × 10	instant	—	4 000
Citrus fruits × 198 Honeydew × 11	Seaweed liquid fertilizer XXL × 10	instant	—	5 000

Yield by level – Citrus fruits

Level	Amount	Time
1	130	instant
2	139	instant
3	148	instant
4	159	instant
5	169	instant
6	179	instant
7	190	instant
8	200	instant
9	211	instant

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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