Pets

Overview

Pets are a core feature added to Grow a Garden in Update 1.04.0. Pets have unique abilities, having multiple of the same pets can stack their abilities. Players start with 3 equip slots, but can get an additional 5 slots from buying and/or trading aged pets.

Players can hold a maximum of 60 pets in their inventory. This limit can be bypassed by buying pet eggs instead of hatching them. Keep in mind that to hatch an egg, the player must first delete or sell pets to make space.

Obtainable Pets

These pets can be obtained through normal game play and do not require trading, testing rights, or admin rights.

Common

Bunny - Every 40s, eats a carrot at a 1.5x value bonus
Dog - Every 60s, 5% chance to dig up a random seed
Golden Lab - Every 60s, 10% chance to dig up a random seed

Uncommon

Bee - Every 24:45m, flies to a nearby fruit and pollinates it, applying Pollinated mutation
Black Bunny - Every 40 seconds, searches for a Carrot and eats it at 1.5x value
Cat - Every 80 seconds, naps for 10 seconds. New fruit within 10 studs will be 1.25x larger
Chicken - Increases egg hatch speed by 10%
Deer - Gives a 3% chance for berry plants to stay when harvested
Monkey - Selling fruit has a chance to refund it to inventory (2.5%)
Orange Tabby - Every 90 seconds, naps for 15 seconds and causes new fruit within 15 studs to grow 1.5x larger
Pig - Every 118 seconds, emits a 15 second aura that grants a 2x chance for plants within 15 studs to grow variant fruits
Rooster - Increases egg hatch speed by ~20%
Spotted Deer - Gives a 5% chance for berry plants to stay when harvested

Rare

Honey Bee - Every ~20 Minutes flies to a nearby fruit and pollinates it, applying Pollinated mutation
Cow - Causes all plants within 8 studs to grow 1.12x faster
Polar Bear - Every ~90s, ~10% chance to turn a nearby crop chilled or frozen
Sea Otter - Every 30 seconds, sprays water on the nearest plant within at least 15 studs
Silver Monkey - 8% chance to refund crops
Wasp - Every 30m, flies to a nearby fruit and pollinates it, applying the Pollinated mutation. Every 10m, stings a random pet and advances its ability cooldown by 60s
Tarantula Hawk - Every 25m, flies to a nearby fruit and pollinates it, applying the Pollinated mutation. Every 5m, stings a random pet and advances its ability cooldown by 80s
Turtle - All sprinklers last 20% longer
Petal Bee - Every 24:46m. Flies to a nearby fruit and pollinates it, applying Pollinated mutation! 1.17% chance Flower type fruit stays after harvest

Legendary

Moth - Every ~13 minutes, restores 100% hunger of a random pet by singing to it
Brown Mouse - Gains 750 bonus experience every 8 minutes. Increases the player's jump height by 10%
Caterpillar - Leafy plants grow 1.65x faster
Giant Ant - ~10% chance for harvested crops to duplicate. +~5% chance to duplicate candy type plant
Grey Mouse - Gains 500 bonus experience every 10 minutes. Increases the player's movement speed by 10%
Praying Mantis - Every 80s, prays for 10.30s granting a 1.51x variant chance to crops within 10.30 studs
Red Fox - Advanced trait pet
Red Giant Ant - Enhanced version of Giant Ant
Snail - Extra 5% chance harvested plants drop seeds
Squirrel - Grants a 2.5% chance to keep a seed when planting

Mythical

Bear Bee - Every 25 minutes it turns a crop Honey Glazed
Butterfly - Every ~30m, flies to a nearby fruit with 5+ mutations, removes all mutations from it and turns it rainbow
Dragonfly - Every ~5 minutes, one random crop will turn gold
Queen Bee - Every 25 Minutes, a nearby fruit becomes magically pollinated, applying the Pollinated mutation. Every 30 Minutes, a random pet will refresh its cooldown

Divine

Disco Bee - Every 20m, 12% chance a nearby fruit becomes Disco

Unobtainable Pets

Typically unobtainable, these are pets from previous limited-time events or were never publicly released. Currently, only trading, testing rights, admin rights, or opening their respective eggs, can provide them.

Rare

Hedgehog - Grants prickly fruit <1.50x size bonus
Kiwi - Every 60 seconds, decreases hatch time of egg with the highest remaining hatch time by 25 seconds
Panda - Every ~3 minutes, eats bamboo off the players' plot and sells it for ~1.5x value boost

Legendary

Blood Hedgehog - Makes prickly fruits grow 2x bigger, higher prickly fruit variant chance
Frog - Every >20 minutes, croaks and a random nearby Plant will advance growth by 24 hours
Mole - Every ~80 seconds, digs down underground to find treasure. Can dig up gear or sheckles
Moon Cat - Every 60s, naps for 20s. New fruit within 20 studs will be 1.5x larger. 6% chance Moon Type fruit stays after harvest
Chicken Zombie - Provides zombification mutation to crops

Mythical

Firefly - Glowing pet with special abilities
Blood Kiwi - Every 60s, decreases hatch time of egg with the highest remaining hatch time by 45s and increases its hatch speed by 20%
Echo Frog - Every <10 minutes, croaks and causes a random nearby plant to advance growth by 24 hours
Owl - Boosts all the active pets XP by around 0.20 XP each second
Blood Owl - All active pets gain <0.50 XP per second
Night Owl - All active pets gain an additional <0.23 XP per second
Raccoon - Every ~15 minutes, duplicates a crop from another players' plot and gives it to the player

Undefined

Red Dragon - Extremely rare dragon pet

Pet Mechanics

Age System

Age is a pet feature which increases over time through XP. As the pet gets older, the amount of XP required for the pet to age will increase, but it will also improve the pet's trait by either giving it a shorter cooldown, better chances, and other various buffs. A pet cannot age if its hunger bar reaches 0.

XP Requirements by Age

Age 1: 20 XP
Age 10: 2,094 XP (8,016 total)
Age 20: 8,494 XP (60,569 total)
Age 30: 19,267 XP (201,135 total)
Age 50: 54,069 XP (922,398 total)
Age 80: 139,724 XP (3,771,456 total)

Traits

Each pet has a unique trait, which is a pet feature which can benefit the player and the player's crops. Traits like digging up seeds, increasing crop size, granting mutations to a crop, and much more are all examples of traits.

Pet Equipment Slot Upgrades

Slot Upgrade	Required Pet Age
+1 Slot	Age 20
+2 Slots	Age 30
+3 Slots	Age 45
+4 Slots	Age 60
+5 Slots	Age 75

Hunger & Feeding

Hunger is a pet feature which is required in order for the pet to grow older. When the hunger bar reaches 0, the pet can no longer grow. To feed a pet:

Equip any crop from your inventory
Move closer to your pet
Click the pet and press "Feed" option, or hold the interact button
Alternatively, use the pet menu by clicking the << arrows on the right side of the screen

The mutation and type of fruit affects how much hunger is restored. Each pet can have different hunger bars depending on their rarity.

Pet Names

Pets are assigned random names when hatched. There are 95 possible names including:

A-E: Bella, Babi, Biggins, Biscuits, Cal, Calerie, Callie, Cappy, Cerry, Cerl, Cheetos, Chaia, Chala, ChaoChao, Chunk, Cliamax, Climmy, Colleen, Colly, Coppy, Daizy, Dandy, Dani, Dazzy, Dumi, Dump, Ettle, Eliel, Elgusa, Etty

F-J: Fawny, Fernando, Flay, Geo, Georgie, Geya, Gigi, Grug, Jackie, Jae, Jaeda, Jaia, Jala, Janzy, Jax, Jazzy, Jiji, Jon, Joanie

K-O: Katie, Keana, Keeko, Kitkat, Kiki, Kit, Lani, Luma, Lump, Mali, Mally, Mimi, Malo, Mango, Mewi, Mimy, Mitch, Mossie, Nani, Neko, Ollie

P-Z: Paya, Poe, Puffy, Roozy, Rya, Rylo, Sammi, Samira, Sammy, Samster, Shay, Suki, Simon, Tia, Tid, Tiggy, Tilla, Vivi, Witch, Winnle, Yusie, Yusi, Zaza, Zephy

Developer-Exclusive Names

math.random(1, 4^X...) - Grants the pet a ~100X increase in efficiency with passive
Jandel - Developer name

Pet Strategies

For Beginners

Start with Dog or Golden Lab for seed generation
Get Bunny for carrot value bonus
Chicken or Rooster for faster egg hatching

For Coin Generation

Golden Lab - Best seed generation (10% chance)
Giant Ant - Crop duplication (10% chance)
Silver Monkey - Crop refund (8% chance)
Snail - Increased seed drop chance (5%)

For Garden Enhancement

Cow - Area growth speed boost (1.12x within 8 studs)
Cat/Orange Tabby - Crop size increase (1.25x-1.5x)
Caterpillar - Leafy plant growth boost (1.65x faster)
Turtle - Sprinkler duration extension (20% longer)

For Mutations

Bee/Honey Bee/Petal Bee/Queen Bee - Pollinated mutation (3x value)
Bear Bee - Honey Glazed mutation (5x value)
Dragonfly - Golden mutation (20x value)
Butterfly - Rainbow mutation from multi-mutated crops (50x value)
Polar Bear - Chilled/Frozen mutations (2x/10x value)
Disco Bee - Disco mutation (125x value)

For XP and Progression

Owl/Blood Owl/Night Owl - XP boost for all equipped pets
Brown Mouse/Grey Mouse - Self-XP generation and player bonuses
Moth - Restores pet hunger to maintain XP gain

Advanced Pet Management

Pet Stacking

Multiple pets of the same type can be equipped
Their effects stack additively or multiplicatively depending on the trait
Strategic stacking can create powerful garden setups

Age Optimization

Focus aging on pets with cooldown-based abilities
Higher age reduces cooldowns and improves success rates
Prioritize aging XP-boost pets first to accelerate other pets

Hunger Management

Keep pets well-fed to maintain XP gain
Use Moth to automatically restore hunger
Feed mutated crops for maximum hunger restoration

Event Pet Acquisition

Blood Moon events for Blood series pets
Easter events for seasonal pets
Limited-time shops during special events
Trading with other players (unofficial)

Trivia

Polar Bear, Praying Mantis, Dragonfly, Chicken Zombie, and all Bee variants are the only pets that give mutations to crops
The Pet Menu (Update 1.07.0) allows easy feeding and pickup via << arrows on screen
Pets can become huge with 0.01% chance when hatching
Some pets don't hatch from eggs: Panda, Kiwi, Chicken Zombie, Blood series, and Moon Cat
Maximum pet inventory is 60 pets
Pet eggs can bypass the pet limit until hatched