{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "releaseId": "gag2-garden-defense-source-audit-2026-07-30-r1",
  "datasetVersion": "2026-07-30.1",
  "game": "Grow a Garden 2",
  "gamePlaceId": "97598239454123",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pagePath": "/grow-a-garden-2/garden-defense",
  "method": {
    "summary": "Compare defender-focused search results with the existing night-stealing and Prop Shop source audits, then keep physical-layout, active-defense, farming-habit, price, probability, and immunity claims separate.",
    "searchQueries": [
      "how to protect your garden in grow a garden 2",
      "grow a garden 2 garden defense",
      "grow a garden 2 walls",
      "grow a garden 2 base defense",
      "grow a garden 2 owner door",
      "grow a garden 2 fence crate"
    ],
    "searchDate": "2026-07-30",
    "sourcePages": 10,
    "claims": 16,
    "defenseCrates": 4
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "roblox-gag2",
      "publisher": "Roblox",
      "url": "https://www.roblox.com/games/97598239454123/Grow-a-Garden-2",
      "sourceDate": null,
      "sourceType": "first-party-game-listing",
      "role": "Official experience identity and night-stealing description"
    },
    {
      "id": "allthings",
      "publisher": "All Things How",
      "url": "https://allthings.how/grow-a-garden-2-night-stealing-and-base-defense-mechanics/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-13",
      "sourceType": "secondary-guide",
      "role": "Combined stealing loop and layered defense guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "pgg",
      "publisher": "Pro Game Guides",
      "url": "https://progameguides.com/roblox/how-to-steal-and-defend-in-grow-a-garden-2-pvp-base-protection-tips/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-12",
      "sourceType": "secondary-guide",
      "role": "PvP and base-protection guide with screenshots"
    },
    {
      "id": "tools-wiki",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Tools & Wiki",
      "url": "https://www.growagardens2codes.com/guides/protect-garden-from-stealing",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-20",
      "sourceType": "community-guide",
      "role": "Defender-first checklist and recovery loop"
    },
    {
      "id": "exact-match-wiki",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden2wiki.com/guides/how-to-protect-your-garden-grow-a-garden-2/",
      "sourceDate": null,
      "sourceType": "community-guide",
      "role": "Walls, owner-door, farming-habit and guild-defense guide"
    },
    {
      "id": "gamezebo",
      "publisher": "Gamezebo",
      "url": "https://www.gamezebo.com/walkthroughs/how-to-protect-your-garden-in-grow-a-garden-2/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-06-17",
      "sourceType": "secondary-guide",
      "role": "Garden-layout, wall, defensive gear, pet and private-server suggestions"
    },
    {
      "id": "fandom-stealing",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Fandom Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.fandom.com/wiki/Stealing",
      "sourceDate": null,
      "sourceType": "community-wiki",
      "role": "Night stealing and Shovel-recovery reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "calculator-props",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden Calculator Wiki",
      "url": "https://www.growagardencalculator.com/grow-a-garden-2/wiki/props/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-28",
      "sourceType": "community-database",
      "role": "Fourteen release-crate directory with screenshot-attributed prices and odds"
    },
    {
      "id": "bloxb-props",
      "publisher": "Bloxb",
      "url": "https://www.bloxb.com/news/grow-a-garden-2-prop-crates-tier-list-decorate-garden-props-shop-guide",
      "sourceDate": "2026-07-09",
      "sourceType": "secondary-database",
      "role": "Seventeen-row price, restock-chance and drop-rate table"
    },
    {
      "id": "fandom-props",
      "publisher": "Grow a Garden 2 Fandom Wiki",
      "url": "https://growagarden2.fandom.com/wiki/Props_Shop",
      "sourceDate": null,
      "sourceType": "community-wiki",
      "role": "Props Shop mechanics and classic crate restock table"
    }
  ],
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "night-stealing-official",
      "category": "threat",
      "status": "first-party",
      "claim": "The official experience description says stealing starts at night.",
      "sourceIds": ["roblox-gag2"],
      "boundary": "It does not publish a complete defense or collision specification."
    },
    {
      "id": "owner-away",
      "category": "threat",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Reviewed mechanics guides repeatedly describe normal stealing as targeting an unattended or owner-away garden.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "tools-wiki", "fandom-stealing"],
      "boundary": "Sources differ between a hard owner-present lock and a strong deterrence description."
    },
    {
      "id": "stay-home",
      "category": "active-defense",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Staying at the garden during Night is the most repeated active defense.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "tools-wiki", "gamezebo", "fandom-stealing"],
      "boundary": "The page does not call this a universal immunity guarantee."
    },
    {
      "id": "harvest-first",
      "category": "farming-habit",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Harvesting irreplaceable ripe fruit before Night is repeatedly recommended.",
      "sourceIds": ["tools-wiki", "exact-match-wiki"],
      "boundary": "This is risk-management advice, not a measured profit formula."
    },
    {
      "id": "shovel-recovery",
      "category": "recovery",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "A Shovel hit is repeatedly identified as the basic way to interrupt a thief and recover fruit.",
      "sourceIds": ["pgg", "tools-wiki", "fandom-stealing"],
      "boundary": "Range, timing, and patch behavior were not measured by this publisher."
    },
    {
      "id": "utility-gear",
      "category": "active-defense",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Shovel, Gnome, Flashbang, Power Hose, Freeze Ray, and Vine Wrapper recur in defense lists.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "tools-wiki", "gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "Exact effects, prices, and stock must be checked in the current Gear Shop."
    },
    {
      "id": "defensive-pets",
      "category": "passive-defense",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Bee and other guard-pet descriptions recur as a passive or automatic defense layer.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "Proc rates, stacking, and guaranteed outcomes are not established."
    },
    {
      "id": "defensive-crops",
      "category": "layout",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Cactus and Dragon's Breath recur as defensive crops, while Bamboo is suggested as a slow-to-remove outer layer.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "tools-wiki", "gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "Damage, cooldown, interaction time, and placement efficiency were not reproduced."
    },
    {
      "id": "walls-door",
      "category": "layout",
      "status": "limited-community",
      "claim": "A continuous wall or fence perimeter with one Owner Door is recommended by one detailed defense page.",
      "sourceIds": ["exact-match-wiki"],
      "boundary": "This is single-source layout guidance and the same page warns that full enclosure may not be invulnerable."
    },
    {
      "id": "central-value",
      "category": "layout",
      "status": "limited-community",
      "claim": "One current guide recommends placing the highest-value crops centrally and lower-value or tall crops around them.",
      "sourceIds": ["gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "This is an editorial layout suggestion, not a controlled pathing test."
    },
    {
      "id": "wall-drop-conflict",
      "category": "price-and-odds",
      "status": "conflict",
      "claim": "The audited Roleplay Crate table publishes a 10.53% Wood Wall rate, while one defense article states 15.53%.",
      "sourceIds": ["calculator-props", "bloxb-props", "gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "The dated six-source crate audit preserves 10.53% and does not silently adopt the article's conflicting number."
    },
    {
      "id": "owner-door-price",
      "category": "price-and-odds",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "The dated crate audit lists Owner Door Crate at 1,500,000 Sheckles, 10% restock chance, and a four-door pool totaling 100%.",
      "sourceIds": ["calculator-props", "bloxb-props", "fandom-props"],
      "boundary": "This is a dated community snapshot, not live stock or proof of defensive effectiveness."
    },
    {
      "id": "fence-price",
      "category": "price-and-odds",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "The dated crate audit lists Fence Crate at 7,000,000 Sheckles with 6% restock chance and a published pool totaling 99.99% after rounding.",
      "sourceIds": ["calculator-props", "bloxb-props", "fandom-props"],
      "boundary": "The table does not establish how many fence pieces a specific plot requires."
    },
    {
      "id": "bear-trap-price",
      "category": "price-and-odds",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "The dated crate audit lists Bear Trap Crate at 500,000 Sheckles with 7% restock chance.",
      "sourceIds": ["calculator-props", "bloxb-props", "fandom-props"],
      "boundary": "Trigger rules and loss prevention were not reproduced."
    },
    {
      "id": "private-server",
      "category": "exposure",
      "status": "repeated-community",
      "claim": "Defender guides recommend private servers to reduce exposure to unknown raiders.",
      "sourceIds": ["allthings", "pgg", "gamezebo"],
      "boundary": "Access settings still matter, and a private server is not treated as a guarantee of event spawns or continuity after resets."
    },
    {
      "id": "no-immunity",
      "category": "boundary",
      "status": "publisher-boundary",
      "claim": "No reviewed evidence proves that walls, doors, pets, crops, gear, or a checklist makes a garden universally theft-proof.",
      "sourceIds": ["exact-match-wiki"],
      "boundary": "The page presents layered risk reduction and user-entered scenarios, not immunity."
    }
  ],
  "defenseCrates": [
    {
      "name": "Roleplay Crate",
      "target": "Wood Wall",
      "sheckles": 300000,
      "restockChancePercent": 30,
      "targetChancePercent": 10.53,
      "evidence": "dated-community-snapshot"
    },
    {
      "name": "Owner Door Crate",
      "target": "Any Owner Door",
      "sheckles": 1500000,
      "restockChancePercent": 10,
      "targetChancePercent": 100,
      "evidence": "dated-community-snapshot"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bear Trap Crate",
      "target": "Any Bear Trap",
      "sheckles": 500000,
      "restockChancePercent": 7,
      "targetChancePercent": 100,
      "evidence": "dated-community-snapshot"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fence Crate",
      "target": "Any Fence",
      "sheckles": 7000000,
      "restockChancePercent": 6,
      "targetChancePercent": 99.99,
      "evidence": "dated-community-snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "keywordCluster": [
    "how to protect your garden in grow a garden 2",
    "grow a garden 2 garden defense",
    "grow a garden 2 walls",
    "grow a garden 2 base defense",
    "grow a garden 2 owner door",
    "grow a garden 2 fence crate",
    "grow a garden 2 stop stealing"
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Only the experience identity and night-stealing description are first-party; physical-defense mechanics remain community documented.",
    "No collision, pathing, gear, pet, crop, trap, wall, door, or theft interaction was reproduced in game by this publisher.",
    "Crate prices, stock chances, and drop odds are dated snapshots rather than a live feed.",
    "The risk calculator uses player-entered exposure and reduction assumptions; it does not estimate real raid prevalence.",
    "The guide does not provide exploits, bypasses, scripts, macros, harassment tactics, or public private-server links."
  ]
}