One More Lawn Elvira Backyard Guide: 5 cm, No Damage
A complete route for Elvira's backyard in One More Lawn: set 5.0 cm, trim the fence, protect Gómez, and finish with the care score intact.
Elvira's backyard is the first real job in One More Lawn and the first place the game asks for an exact cutting height. The assignment is simple to say and easy to fail: cut the entire backyard, keep the deck at 5.0 cm, and do not damage anything — especially the garden gnome, Gómez.
The receipt checks the deck, not the average look of the lawn. The official screenshot ↗ shows the height line at 100% with the deck at 5 cm.
The demo includes the full backyard, so you can practice the real route before launch. This guide walks it in the order that protects the care score.
Before you start: the three settings
- Deck height: 5.0 cm. Look at the lever and scroll until the HUD reads 5.0. Do not trust the lever's position; trust the number.
- Blades on. The engine can run without the blades. Check the HUD.
- Bag empty. A full bag stops collecting. Dump it before the job, not halfway through the last row.
If you are playing co-op, announce the height and ask everyone to read their HUD back. One player at 4.5 cm can cost the team the height line.
The route
1. Walk the yard before you mow
You are looking for three things:
- Gómez and any other props in the mowing path.
- Flowerbeds and fence lines that need the trimmer.
- The gate and the shed — the tight spots where a mower scrape becomes a care penalty.
This takes less than a minute and is the cheapest insurance in the game.
2. Trim the perimeter
Equip the string trimmer and cut along the wall, the fence and the garden beds. The trimmer reaches grass the deck cannot, and it keeps the mower away from the wall.
The demo screenshot shows exactly why: a long uncut strip against the wall, with the trimmer doing the edging. If you skip this, coverage stalls no matter how many mower passes you make.
3. Move Gómez — carefully
Gómez is Elvira's gnome and the receipt calls him out by name. Since 0.9.20 you can pick up and move gnomes, which means you can mow the grass underneath without clipping him.
- Walk up and pick him up.
- Move him to a paved area or a bed you are not mowing.
- Put him back before you finish. The care line wants him intact, not necessarily in the same spot, but putting him back is the polite version.
Do not kick him, throw him or run him over as a joke. The receipt has a long memory. The gnome guide→ covers the full protocol.
4. Mow the open middle in long passes
Start at one end and pick the longest straight line. Keep every pass parallel. Overlap slightly so you do not leave a thin uncut strip.
- Turn on cut grass, not on the uncut edge.
- Keep the speed steady; the mower is not a race car.
- Check the deck number after the gate and the shed.
The backyard rewards patience more than speed. A clean 20-minute pass beats a fast 12-minute mess.
5. Detail the edges
After the main cut, go back with the trimmer for the spots the deck could not reach: the wall base, the fence posts, the flowerbed border. This is where the last few percent of coverage live.
6. Dump the bag and finish
A full bag means grass stops going in. Dump it at the truck, then make a final slow lap around the perimeter to catch anything the first pass missed.
The receipt appears when the job is complete. Read all three lines before you leave.
What the receipt wants
The demo's Elvira receipt is the best guide to the job:
- Coverage 100% — "Everything cut, no tufts".
- Height 100% — "Deck at 5 cm".
- Care 70% — "No crashers, gnome intact".
- Perfection 94%.
- Best 98.5%.
The 70% care line is the lesson. Even with the gnome intact and no crashers printed, the score was not 100. Protect everything: the fence, the beds, the gate, the shed. The scoring guide→ breaks down the 40/40/20 model.
Co-op Elvira
Six players can finish this yard in minutes, but the yard is small enough that six mowers become a traffic jam.
A simple split:
- Two mowers on the long middle lanes.
- One trimmer on the wall and fence.
- One gnome handler / detail player moving props and checking edges.
- Two floaters on bag runs and the far corners.
Agree on a direction before the blades drop. The co-op guide→ has the lobby setup.
Common mistakes
- Mowing before trimming. The trimmer spray ruins the stripes and the wall line stays uncut.
- Leaving Gómez in the path. The care line notices.
- Setting the deck by lever position. The HUD is the only number that counts.
- Turning on the flowerbed. A bald arc plus a care penalty.
- Skipping the final lap. The last 2% of coverage is usually behind you.
FAQ
What height does Elvira want in One More Lawn?
Exactly 5.0 cm. The receipt checks "Deck at 5 cm".
Who is Gómez?
Elvira's garden gnome. The receipt's handwritten note says he was her mother's, and the care line mentions him by name.
Can I move the gnome?
Yes. Since the 0.9.20 update you can pick up gnomes and mow underneath them.
Why did I get 94% with a perfect cut?
The care line is the usual culprit. Fence scrapes, flowerbeds or prop damage can lower it even when the printed label sounds clean.
Official source: One More Lawn on Steam ↗, the 0.9.20 gnome and multiplayer notes ↗ and the in-game receipt visible in the official screenshots.