Quests

The Forbidden Fruit in The Last Caretaker: How Many Pears and How to Send Them

Short answer: The Forbidden Fruit is the Habitat Care quest that wants pears from Earth sent into orbit, and it asks for no set number: a handful is enough. Grow them on an Elysium Bed from the Orchard Seed in the pod that lands near Exodus after a rocket with humans, load them into the payload hold at the back of the capsule with a human aboard, launch, and empty the reward pod, which brings back one Elysium Birch Seed per pear. In Update 6 the final "Claim a Restoration Seed" step does not tick off; Channel37 support says the next patch fixes it, and then one more rocket of pears completes the quest.

Growing trees on an Elysium Bed Filling Habitat Care

Last Updated: November 10, 2026

Game version: Early Access, Update 6 (October 19, 2026)

The Forbidden Fruit, Step by Step

Seat Habitat Care. The quest comes from this committee, so first give it its four members. Habitat Care members
Collect an Orchard Seed. Launch any rocket with a human and take the seed from the pod that splashes down near Exodus Station. Exodus Station on the map
Grow a pear tree. Elysium Bed under open sky, Bio Waste for soil, then water and more Bio Waste until pears hang on it. Elysium Bed setup
Load the rocket. A few pears in the payload hold at the back of the capsule, plus at least one human. Save now.
Launch and empty the pod. Sail to the pod near Exodus before it sinks; one Elysium Birch Seed waits for every pear.
Claim the Restoration Seed. In Update 6 this step stays open. Keep your save and send one more pear rocket once the fix is out. the Restoration Seed bug

How Many Pears to Send

How many pears does The Forbidden Fruit need?

No fixed amount. The quest only asks for pears from Earth to reach orbit: players have ticked that step off with three pears and with a couple of hundred, so a small stack is plenty.

Every pear you launch comes back as one Elysium Birch Seed in the reward pod, so a big load mostly buys you a pile of birch trees to plant.

Do Child of the Orchard pears count?

Any pear counts. Child of the Orchard is a pear with its own name, and it counts as well.

Who gives The Forbidden Fruit, and what is the reward?

Habitat Care hands it out, so it appears once that committee has its four members (Room Supervisor, Health Assistant, Teacher and Lab Technician). It pays 500 XP and 10 Enhancer Points.

Getting and Growing Pears

Where do you get pears?

From an Orchard Seed, which grows into a pear tree. You do not craft it: it is in the drop pod that comes down near Exodus Station a few minutes after any rocket with humans returns.

How do you grow a pear tree?

Plant it on an Elysium Bed that stands under open sky with room around it, not on your boat. Drop Bio Waste onto the bed to make soil, set the seed down, and keep both water and Bio Waste coming until the tree bears pears.

A tree that stops and asks for more space can be dismantled: the seed and its pears come back, and you can replant it somewhere roomier.

Sending the Pears to Space

How do you send pears to space?

Open the payload hold at the back of the rocket capsule and put the pears in there, not on the floor. Pears cannot launch alone: the rocket only lifts off with at least one grown human aboard, so bring one from the Lazarus Complex.

See also: rocket fuel · growing a human

Where is the reward pod?

When the rocket comes back, a pod drops into the sea near Exodus Station. Sail out to it before it sinks and empty it: the Birch seeds are inside.

When The Forbidden Fruit Won’t Complete

Why is The Forbidden Fruit stuck on "Claim a Restoration Seed"?

In Update 6 the last step, "Claim a Restoration Seed", stays open even after you empty the pod, no matter how many pears or rockets you send. It is a game bug and nothing you did wrong.

Channel37 support says the next public patch fixes it. Once that patch is out, one more rocket with pears and a human finishes the quest.

What should you do until it is fixed?

Save just before every launch. If the step still does not tick, you can reload after the patch instead of growing a new crop, and the Birch seeds are worth planting either way.