diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/artifacts/TimekeepersHourglass.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/artifacts/TimekeepersHourglass.java
index 9cbe0f09e..4883944c8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/artifacts/TimekeepersHourglass.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/artifacts/TimekeepersHourglass.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.rings.RingOfEnergy;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.levels.traps.Trap;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.plants.Plant;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.plants.Rotberry;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.scenes.GameScene;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.CharSprite;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.ItemSprite;
@@ -379,7 +380,10 @@ public class TimekeepersHourglass extends Artifact {
 					t.disarm();
 				}
 
-				Dungeon.level.uproot(cell);
+				Plant p = Dungeon.level.plants.get(cell);
+				if (p != null && !(p instanceof Rotberry)) {
+					Dungeon.level.uproot(cell);
+				}
 			}
 
 			presses = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/plants/Swiftthistle.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/plants/Swiftthistle.java
index 6776a2513..e3d374e5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/plants/Swiftthistle.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/plants/Swiftthistle.java
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ public class Swiftthistle extends Plant {
 					t.disarm();
 				}
 
-				Dungeon.level.uproot(cell);
+				Plant p = Dungeon.level.plants.get(cell);
+				if (p != null && !(p instanceof Rotberry)) {
+					Dungeon.level.uproot(cell);
+				}
 			}
 
 			presses = new ArrayList<>();