{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "releaseId": "crimson-thorn-source-audit-2026-09-02-r1",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-09-02.1",
  "game": "Grow a Garden",
  "gamePlaceId": "126884695634066",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "verificationMethod": "one-primary-game-identity-check-and-six-dated-community-page-claim-comparison",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "roblox-game",
      "publisher": "Roblox",
      "url": "https://www.roblox.com/games/126884695634066/NOW-Grow-a-Garden",
      "sourceDate": "reviewed 2026-09-02",
      "role": "First-party game identity and official play route; the readable public page does not publish Crimson Thorn prices or stock mechanics"
    },
    {
      "id": "community-wiki-crop",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Thorn",
      "sourceDate": "retrieved 2026-09-02",
      "role": "Community crop entry with 10T regular seed cost, 8B Daily Deal notation, 0.13 percent stock chance, multi-harvest status and sell-value fields"
    },
    {
      "id": "community-wiki-shop",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden.fandom.com/wiki/Seed_Shop",
      "sourceDate": "retrieved 2026-09-02",
      "role": "Community Seed Shop table with 10T regular seed cost, 1,149 Robux, 0.13 percent stock chance and Daily Deals history"
    },
    {
      "id": "calculator-plants",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Calculator",
      "url": "https://www.growagardencalculator.com/wiki/plants/",
      "sourceDate": "retrieved 2026-09-02",
      "role": "Recently crawled plant index listing Crimson Thorn as obtainable through Sam's Seed Shop or Daily Deals at 10T Sheckles"
    },
    {
      "id": "all-things-how",
      "publisher": "All Things How",
      "url": "https://allthings.how/how-to-get-crimson-thorn-in-grow-a-garden/",
      "sourceDate": "published 2025-09",
      "role": "Dated guide with the older 10B seed cost, 1,149 Robux, 0.13 percent chance, multi-harvest status and 210K average sell value"
    },
    {
      "id": "grow-a-garden-pro",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Pro",
      "url": "https://growagardenpro.com/crops/crimsonthorn/",
      "sourceDate": "retrieved 2026-09-02",
      "role": "Community crop page that still lists the older 10B seed cost while repeating multi-harvest, 1,149 Robux, 0.13 percent chance and 210K average value"
    },
    {
      "id": "reddit-daily-deal",
      "publisher": "r/growagarden community post",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/growagarden/comments/1uxpnif/crimson_thorn_in_daily_deals/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-16",
      "role": "Dated player report and discussion describing an 8B Crimson Thorn Daily Deal and contrasting it with a 10T regular price"
    }
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "official-game-identity",
      "topic": "Identity",
      "claim": "The linked Roblox experience is Grow a Garden by The Garden Game.",
      "evidence": "primary",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-game"],
      "note": "The public game page does not document Crimson Thorn item values."
    },
    {
      "id": "transcendent-rarity",
      "topic": "Identity",
      "claim": "Reviewed community crop pages classify Crimson Thorn as Transcendent.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "No readable first-party crop catalog was located."
    },
    {
      "id": "multi-harvest",
      "topic": "Harvest",
      "claim": "Reviewed community crop pages consistently describe Crimson Thorn as multi-harvest.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "community-wiki-shop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "The page treats this as repeated community evidence, not a first-party rule."
    },
    {
      "id": "regular-price-10t",
      "topic": "Seed cost",
      "claim": "Three newer or recently crawled community references list a 10T regular Sheckles seed cost.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "community-wiki-shop", "calculator-plants"],
      "note": "This conflicts with older 10B pages and must be checked in game."
    },
    {
      "id": "regular-price-10b",
      "topic": "Seed cost",
      "claim": "Two other community guides still list a 10B regular Sheckles seed cost.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": ["all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "These pages appear to preserve an older price and are not normalized into the 10T claim."
    },
    {
      "id": "daily-deal-8b",
      "topic": "Seed cost",
      "claim": "Community sources document an 8B Daily Deal observation distinct from the regular price.",
      "evidence": "dated-observation",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "community-wiki-shop", "reddit-daily-deal"],
      "note": "The player report is dated July 16, 2026 and is not a current live deal."
    },
    {
      "id": "robux-1149",
      "topic": "Seed cost",
      "claim": "Multiple community pages list 1,149 Robux as a purchase figure.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-shop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "The page does not use Robux in break-even math and tells players to check the current purchase screen."
    },
    {
      "id": "stock-chance-013",
      "topic": "Stock",
      "claim": "Most reviewed community pages list 0.13 percent, or about 1 in 777, for a relevant stock check.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "community-wiki-shop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "Another reviewed guide reports 0.1 percent, so this is not presented as first-party probability."
    },
    {
      "id": "stock-chance-01",
      "topic": "Stock",
      "claim": "At least one community guide reports 0.1 percent, or 1 in 1,000, instead of 0.13 percent.",
      "evidence": "conflict",
      "sourceIds": ["grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "The same page contains 0.13 percent elsewhere, illustrating unstable secondary copy."
    },
    {
      "id": "average-sell-210k",
      "topic": "Sell value",
      "claim": "Reviewed crop pages repeatedly list 210K as an average unmutated sell value per produce.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "Actual sell value depends on the collected produce and current game state."
    },
    {
      "id": "floor-sell-189525",
      "topic": "Sell value",
      "claim": "Reviewed crop pages repeatedly list 189,525 as a price-floor value.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "This is a community crop-value field, not a trade quote."
    },
    {
      "id": "added-2025-09-27",
      "topic": "History",
      "claim": "Community references date Crimson Thorn to September 27, 2025.",
      "evidence": "repeated-secondary",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-crop", "all-things-how", "grow-a-garden-pro"],
      "note": "The release date is not used in value math."
    },
    {
      "id": "historically-stocked",
      "topic": "Stock",
      "claim": "Dated community records show that Crimson Thorn has appeared through stock or Daily Deals before.",
      "evidence": "dated-observation",
      "sourceIds": ["community-wiki-shop", "reddit-daily-deal"],
      "note": "Historical appearance does not predict the next restock."
    },
    {
      "id": "no-live-stock-or-fixed-roi",
      "topic": "Boundary",
      "claim": "The reviewed public pages do not provide a verified current inventory feed or one universal break-even result.",
      "evidence": "derived-boundary",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-game", "community-wiki-crop", "calculator-plants", "reddit-daily-deal"],
      "note": "The calculator uses player-entered cost, sell value, daily produce and already recovered Sheckles."
    }
  ],
  "conflicts": [
    {
      "topic": "Regular Sheckles seed cost",
      "positions": ["10T on newer or recently crawled community references", "10B on older or unchanged community guides"],
      "safeUse": "Use the current in-game purchase screen; the calculator exposes both as labeled presets."
    },
    {
      "topic": "Daily Deal versus regular price",
      "positions": ["8B in a dated July 16, 2026 Daily Deal report", "10T in current community regular-price listings"],
      "safeUse": "Treat the 8B figure as a historical deal observation, not a current guaranteed price."
    },
    {
      "topic": "Stock probability",
      "positions": ["0.13 percent or about 1 in 777", "0.1 percent or 1 in 1,000"],
      "safeUse": "Do not predict a restock time; check the live Seed Shop or Daily Deals interface."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "No readable first-party Crimson Thorn mechanics, price, probability or sell-value table was located.",
    "Community pages conflict on the regular Sheckles cost and contain internally unstable fields.",
    "The July 16, 2026 Daily Deal is a dated player report, not a current offer.",
    "No live Seed Shop or Daily Deals inventory feed was available for verification.",
    "The break-even calculator is deterministic math over player inputs and does not model growth time, mutations, future patches, trading demand or Robux utility."
  ]
}