Gnomes are used in Grow A Garden 2 to protect your crops against other players when they try to rob you. After placing them, they'll chase after any players who enter your garden after dark, hitting them until they're dead. Morbid, but I like these guys' style. Annoyingly, though, they aren't a permanent fix to your robbery issue. Once placed down, they'll hang around for ten minutes before disappearing to do Gnome stuff, making them a temporary measure that won't permanently dissuade nearby robbers from helping themselves to your harvest. That means the best time to use them is directly after
For 100,000 Sheckles, you're probably wondering whether Gnomes are worth the purchase. Obviously, this is going to be relatively subjective, but for my two cents, no, not particularly. As a temporary measure, they will be able to knock other players around if they try to rob you, but you can also just hang out in your garden overnight to prevent theft. Alternatively, you could open a private server on Grow A Garden 2 for free, which will let you and your friends hang out without any rogue player intervention (well, unless your friends are sneaky little creatures, like mine). There are far bett