Roblox’s Grow a Garden keeps getting bigger with every update, and the addition of pets has completely changed the way players manage their farms. These critters aren’t just for decoration—each one comes with unique abilities that can boost crops, trigger rare mutations, or even provide free seeds and gear.
With over 125 pets now in the game, and only three slots to keep active at a time (though you can unlock more), knowing which companions are worth your Sheckles is crucial. The good news is that any extra pets you hatch can be swapped in and out at any time, so nothing goes to waste.
How Pets Work in Grow a Garden
Pets in Grow a Garden are designed as functional companions rather than decorative features. Each animal acts almost like “walking gear,” providing abilities that directly impact your farm. They can transform crops through mutations, accelerate plant growth, provide resources, or even duplicate seeds and fruits.
- Acquisition: Pets are obtained by purchasing and hatching eggs, which can cost a significant amount of Sheckles. Some are also tied to events, shops, or crafting.
- Unique Traits: Every pet has its own ability, such as applying crop mutations, boosting XP, watering plants, or finding tools and seeds.
- Active Slots: You can keep three pets active at a time, though additional slots can be unlocked. Extra pets aren’t wasted — they can be swapped in and out depending on your needs.
- Progression: Pets age, gain XP, and require food to stay effective. Certain pets, such as Blood Owl, Moth, or Capybara, help with hunger or provide passive XP gains to accelerate progression.
This system makes pets an integral part of farming strategy, influencing both short-term harvests and long-term efficiency.
S-Tier Pets (Best in the Game)
These pets provide the strongest buffs and are must-haves for any serious farmer.
- Kitsune / Corrupted Kitsune – Steal fruits from neighbors and boost them with Chakra (15x) or Foxfire Chakra (90x). The Corrupted Kitsune applies Corrupt Chakra or Corrupt Foxfire to nine fruits at once.
- Dragonfly – Guarantees a Gold fruit (20x) every 5 minutes.
- Butterfly – Converts fruits with five mutations into Rainbow (50x) every ~30 minutes, automatically skipping favorited fruits.
- Disco Bee – Has a 12.28% chance every 20 minutes to apply the Disco mutation (125x).
- Raccoon – Clones a neighbor’s fruit every 15 minutes.
- Spinosaurus – Eats one mutation from four plants and stacks them onto one fruit, prioritizing favorited ones.
- T-Rex – Transfers a mutation from one fruit onto 3–4 fruits at once.
- Mimic Octopus – Copies the ability of any active pet, making it an amazing support for combos.
- Golden Goose – Lays a Golden Egg plant with the Fortune mutation (50x). Selling it can even pass Fortune to one of your fruits.
- Griffin – Applies the Cyclonic mutation (50x) and shortens pet cooldowns by 67 seconds.
- Lemon Lion – Forces the Brainrot mutation (100x) and adds XP to a random pet.
- Queen Bee – Fully resets a random pet’s cooldown and applies Pollinated (3x) every ~25 minutes.
- Red Fox – Steals a Seed Shop seed from a neighbor.
- French Fry Ferret – Levels up a random pet by +1 every 20–60 minutes, making it the best aging pet.
- Firefly – Turns fruits Shocked (50x).
- Lobster Thermidor – Applies Molten (25x) or Meteoric (125x, admin-only) mutations.
Why S-Tier? These pets fuel mutation stacking, provide huge multipliers, or create rare variants that scale your farm into billions in crop value.
A-Tier Pets (Strong Choices)
A-tier companions are strong helpers that provide consistent farming benefits, even if not as game-breaking as S-tier.
- Pancake Mole – Finds Sheckles, Sprinklers (even Grandmaster), Trowel, Recall Wrench, Harvest Tool, Lightning Rod, and Watering Can.
- Mole – Digs up free gear every 80 seconds, including Sprinklers and Sheckles.
- Capybara – Keeps pets from going hungry and grants XP every second.
- Triceratops – Speeds up plant growth across multiple crops.
- Moon Cat – Boosts fruit size (1.51x) and keeps Blood Moon plants after harvest with ~6.1% chance.
- Seal – Returns the egg of a pet you just sold, letting you recycle Mythicals.
- Spriggan – Has a 15.21% chance to apply the Bloom mutation (8x).
- Tanchozuru – Adds the Tranquil (20x) mutation to your garden.
- Ostrich – Lets pets hatch already aged (1–4).
- Hotdog Daschund – Grants XP or cooldown advance every 3.57 minutes with a 20% chance.
- Sushi Bear & Spaghetti Sloth – Add food-type mutations (Frozen, Sauce, Meatball, Pasta → Spaghetti 15x).
- Brontosaurus – Increases egg hatch size and weight bonuses.
B-Tier Pets (Good but Situational)
B-tier pets have useful traits but often limited to specific crops or weaker versions of better pets.
- Scarlet Macaw – 15.95% chance every 11.5 minutes to apply Verdant (4x).
- Hyacinth Macaw – Cloudtouched (6x) every 8 minutes, 15.74% chance.
- Bear Bee – Applies HoneyGlazed (5x) every 25 minutes.
- Jackalope – Grants Sandy mutation (3x).
- Hedgehog – Boosts prickly fruits like cactus and durian.
- Red Giant Ant / Stegosaurus – Duplicate crops with moderate odds.
- Wasp / Tarantula Hawk – Provide cooldown reduction, but slower than Queen Bee.
- Blood Owl & Night Owl – XP boosters, but weaker than S-tier pets.
- Mochi Mouse – Boosts XP of food-type pets.
- Iguanodon – Grants steady XP to dinosaur pets.
C-Tier Pets (Average Utility)
Functional pets that can help early or mid-game but don’t scale well later.
- Honey Bee & Petal Bee – Pollinated plants, but with long cooldowns.
- Fennec Fox – Copies a random mutation from a neighbor’s garden, including rare types like Dawnbound, Plasma, and Voidtouched.
- Axolotl – 6.54% chance for summer fruits (Traveler’s Fruit, Guanabana, etc.) to persist after harvest.
- Starfish – Gains 6.36 XP per second (~3,816 XP every 10 minutes), great for unlocking extra pet slots.
- Chicken Zombie – Grants Zombified fruits (25x).
- Peacock – Reduces cooldowns of all nearby pets by 61 seconds every ~9.58 minutes.
- Bee – Pollinates slower than Honey Bee, taking ~24.45 minutes per cycle.
D-Tier Pets (Niche or Weak)
These pets have abilities too narrow or weak to justify a slot in most lineups.
- Blood Kiwi – Reduces hatch time by 45s per minute and increases hatch speed by 20%.
- Bald Eagle / Rooster / Chicken – Hatch time boosters, weaker than Blood Kiwi.
- Pack Bee – Expands inventory slots.
- Maneki-neko / Silver Monkey – Refund a portion of sold fruits.
- Orange Tabby / Cat – Slightly increase fruit size.
- Hamster / Golem – Provide small reductions to crafting or mutation machine timers.
E-Tier Pets (Lowest Priority)
Mostly for collectors, these pets add little to your farm’s efficiency.
- Bunny / Black Bunny / Bagel Bunny – Only increase carrot value.
- Seagull / Sea Otter – Low odds for watering or seed refunds.
- Tanuki – Adds random low-value effects to your crops.
- Frog / Echo Frog – Advance plant growth, but too slowly to matter.
- Deer / Spotted Deer – Can duplicate berries at very low odds.
Mutation Multipliers Quick Reference
Here are the most important multipliers pets can trigger:
- 2x (Wet, Chilled)
- 3x (Pollinated, Sauce, Meatball)
- 4x (Cooked, Pasta, Verdant)
- 5x (HoneyGlazed, Bagel Bunny boost)
- 6x (Cloudtouched)
- 8x (Rod, Bloom, Static)
- 10x (Amber, Frozen)
- 15x (Chakra, Oil, Gnomed, Spaghetti)
- 20x (Gold, Tranquil)
- 25x (Molten, Zombified, Cooked)
- 50x (Rainbow, Fortune, Shocked, Cyclonic)
- 75x (Warped)
- 90x (Foxfire, Corrupt Foxfire)
- 100x (Brainrot)
- 125x (Disco, Meteoric)
Best 3-Pet Loadouts by Goal
Here are some powerful team combinations:
- Max Money & Mutations: Kitsune + Mimic Octopus + Queen Bee (steal, duplicate, reset cooldowns).
- Variant Farming: Dragonfly + Butterfly + Spinosaurus (Gold, Rainbow, mutation stacking).
- Resource & Seeds: Raccoon + Red Fox + Queen Bee (clone fruits, duplicate seeds, reset timers).
- AFK Farming Loop: Pancake Mole + Mole + Shiba Inu (gear, Sheckles, seeds).
- Pet XP & Aging: French Fry Ferret + Blood Owl + Moth (level pets, boost XP, keep hunger full).
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The pet system in Grow a Garden adds real depth to farming strategy, but it also means making smart choices. If you want maximum profit, aim for S-tier pets like Kitsune, Dragonfly, Disco Bee, Raccoon, and Mimic Octopus. These companions provide multipliers and abilities that snowball into billions in crop value.
Early-game pets like Pack Bee, Mole, Capybara, Brown Mouse, and Honey Bee are great for a start, but long-term, focus on high-value mutation pets and cooldown resetters like Queen Bee.
