How to Get Pets in Grow a Garden

Pets aren’t just cute companions in Grow a Garden — they’re a core part of farming success. Many of them come with special traits that boost your crops, speed up growth, or trigger valuable mutations, making them just as important as seeds and soil.

Welcome to our guide on how to get pets in Grow a Garden. If you’ve ever wondered where to find them or how players manage to collect rare ones, you’re in the right place.

In this guide, we’ll break down every way you can obtain pets, from the Pet Egg Shop to limited-time events and trading. We’ll also cover how to expand your pet slots so you can raise even more animals on your farm.

If you want to speed things up, you can also use Grow a Garden Pets boosting services. These services are focused on helping players obtain rare pets directly, making it easier to expand your collection without relying on shop rotations or limited events.

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How to Get Pets in Grow a Garden

Grow a Garden pets are a core part of progression in the game, giving your farm extra personality while also providing powerful traits that improve crops, mutations, and overall efficiency. They aren’t just cosmetic companions — the right pets can completely change your farming strategy, especially once they age and grow stronger.

There are several ways to add pets to your collection. The most common is by buying eggs from the Pet Egg Shop, where the lineup rotates regularly and includes everything from common pets like dogs and bunnies to rare finds such as mimic octopus or queen bee. Limited-time events are another major source, introducing exclusive pets that can only be unlocked for a short period. Finally, trading allows players to exchange aged or vaulted pets, making it possible to pick up creatures that are no longer obtainable through eggs or events.

To sum up this Grow a Garden pet guide, every pet in comes from one of three main methods:

1. Buying and hatching eggs at the Pet Egg Shop
2. Unlocking limited-time pets during seasonal or event windows
3. Trading with other players to get rare or unobtainable pets

Now, let’s take a look at how to get the top-10 pets in the game with a bonus pet for good measure.

How To Get a Golden Goose

The Golden Goose is one of the best pets in Grow a Garden and can be obtained from the Sprout Egg, which was only available during the Beanstalk Event (added August 16, 2025). The Sprout Egg had a 1% chance to hatch into the Golden Goose.

To get it during the event:

1. Contribute plants to Jack the NPC to help grow the Beanstalk.
2. Once the Beanstalk was grown, climb it to reach Goliath’s Goods at the top.
3. Purchase Sprout Eggs from the shop. The stock refreshed every 60 minutes or could be restocked manually for currency.
4. Hatch Sprout Eggs until you obtain the Golden Goose.

The Beanstalk event is not currently live, so the Golden Goose is now among the Grow a Garden trading pets, which can be obtained through trading with other players.

How to Get a Kitsune

The Kitsune is one of the rarest pets ever added to the game, introduced during the Zen Event (July 19 – August 2, 2025). It could only be obtained from the Zen Egg, which had a hatch chance of just 0.08%. This made it the rarest pet in the game at the time, averaging one Kitsune per 1,250 Grow a Garden pet eggs.

Steps to Get the Kitsune (During the Zen Event)

1. Earn Chi currency by submitting crops with the Tranquil or Corrupted mutation during the event.
2. Grow the Zen Tree by spending Chi with the Zen Channeller or Tanuki NPC. Progressing tree stages unlocked items in the Zen Shop.
3. Purchase Zen Eggs from the Zen Shop for 30 Chi each. These eggs took 4 hours and 10 minutes to hatch.
4. Hatch the Zen Egg and hope for the Kitsune. The chance was just 0.08%, so most players needed hundreds of eggs.

The Kitsune’s ability, Nine-Tailed Myth, activated roughly every 22 minutes. It would travel to another player’s fruit, apply the Chakra mutation, and duplicate it for you. On rare occasions, it instead applied the stronger Foxfire Chakra mutation, multiplying crop value massively.

How to Get a Corrupted Kitsune

Just like most pets in this list, the Corrupted Kitsune is one of the Grow a Garden event pets. It was added in the second half of the Zen Event (July 26 – August 2, 2025). Unlike the normal Kitsune, it wasn’t obtained from the Zen Egg. Instead, it came from special event chests: the Kitsune Chest and the Exotic Kitsune Chest, both offering just a 1% hatch chance. Players could also earn it through the Rainbow Sack with a higher 7% chance, though that item was much rarer to get.

Steps to Get the Corrupted Kitsune (During the Zen Event)

1. Complete Corrupt Zen Quests — these quests required donating crops like strawberries, tulips, or bamboo during the Corrupted Cycle. Each completion granted rewards and contributed to event progression.
2. Earn event chests — by completing these quests and contributing to the Zen event, you could obtain Kitsune Chests and Exotic Kitsune Chests.
3. Open chests for a chance at the pet — each chest had a 1% chance to contain the Corrupted Kitsune. The Rainbow Sack gave slightly better odds at 7%.
4. Hatch and raise your pet — if you were lucky enough to pull it, the Corrupted Kitsune required regular feeding just like the normal version.

The Corrupted Kitsune’s passive, Nine-Tailed Curse, activated about every 21 minutes. It fired cursed energy at nine different fruits, giving each a chance to mutate into Corrupt Chakra (15x) or, on very rare occasions, Corrupt Foxfire Chakra (90x). Unlike the normal Kitsune, which copied crops from other players, the Corrupted Kitsune boosted your own farm directly, making it an incredibly powerful endgame pet.

How to Get a Dragonfly

The Dragonfly is a Divine pet introduced in the Animal Update on May 3, 2025. It is best known for its passive Transmutation ability, which turns a random crop gold every 5 minutes. Because gold is one of the strongest mutations in Grow a Garden and stacks with other multipliers, the Dragonfly is one of the most valuable pets for scaling farms into the late game.

Steps to Get the Dragonfly

1. Go to the Pet Egg Shop — found opposite the Seed Shop on the map.
2. Look for Bug Eggs — the Dragonfly comes only from Bug Eggs (1% hatch chance) or Exotic Bug Eggs (also 1%).
3. Purchase and Hatch — Bug Eggs take time to hatch, so players often bought and opened large numbers due to the very low chance.
4. Raise Your Dragonfly — the Dragonfly has a hunger stat of 100,000, one of the highest in the game. Keep it well-fed with crops from your garden to maintain XP gain and cooldown efficiency.

Because of its gold mutation ability, the Dragonfly directly increases the selling price of your crops and enables powerful synergies with other pets like Butterfly and Golden Bee. Unlike event pets locked behind time-limited quests, the Dragonfly is still obtainable today whenever Bug Eggs or Exotic Bug Eggs are available in the shop rotation, though patience is required due to the extremely low odds.

How to Get a Mimic Octopus

The Mimic Octopus is a Mythical pet introduced during the Summer Harvest Event on June 21, 2025. It quickly became one of the most desirable pets thanks to its unique Mimicry ability, which allows it to copy the power of another active pet in your garden every 20 minutes. This makes it incredibly flexible, letting you double up on your strongest effects without affecting the cooldowns of the original pet.

To unlock the Mimic Octopus, players needed to participate in the Summer Harvest Event and collect Paradise Eggs. These eggs had a very low 1% chance of hatching into the Mimic Octopus, making it both one of the Grow a Garden rare pets and rewarding ones for those who managed to get one.

Steps to Get the Mimic Octopus

1. Participate in the Summer Harvest Event (June 21 – July 5, 2025). During this event, players could earn Harvest Points by submitting summer crops during the timed harvest windows.
2. Earn Summer Coins. For every 1,000 Harvest Points, players received one Summer Coin, which could then be used to buy event rewards. Gold and Rainbow mutations on crops gave extra points, speeding up progression.
3. Obtain Paradise Eggs. Paradise Eggs were available as rewards through the event shop, and each egg had a chance to hatch into different pets, including the Mimic Octopus.
4. Hatch your Egg. The Mimic Octopus had a 1% hatch chance from Paradise Eggs, so multiple eggs were often needed before players succeeded.

Once hatched, the Mimic Octopus became an invaluable pet in any endgame garden. Its ability to copy another pet’s power meant you could double the output of rare effects like the Golden Goose’s Fortune Egg or the Butterfly’s Rainbow transformation, opening up some of the most efficient farming setups in the game.

Even though the Summer Harvest Event has ended, players who obtained a Mimic Octopus during that time now own one of the most adaptable pets in Grow a Garden.

How to Get a Butterfly

The Butterfly is a Mythical pet introduced during the Friendship Update, famous for its unique ability to convert crops into Rainbow variants. Every 30 minutes, it flies to a nearby fruit with five or more mutations, strips away those mutations, and replaces them with the Rainbow mutation. This is one of the strongest transformations in the game since Rainbow sets a new base multiplier of 50x, and every other growth mutation stacked on top becomes dramatically stronger.

Steps to Get the Butterfly

1. Obtain an Anti Bee Egg.
   Craft it at the Cosmetics Shop in 2 hours using:
    • 1 Bee Egg
    • 25 Honey
   Bee Eggs can still be purchased from the Honey Merchant or bought directly with RBX.
2. Hatch the Egg.
   The Butterfly has only a 1% hatch chance, so multiple eggs may be needed before you succeed.
   A Premium Anti Bee Egg was also available for 149 RBX, offering another route for players during its release.
3. Raise Your Butterfly.
   With 26,000 hunger, you’ll need to keep it well-fed to maximize uptime. As it ages, cooldowns shorten and reliability improves.

The Butterfly is one of just three pets capable of working with growth-variant mutations, alongside Dragonfly and Golden Bee. Its value lies in refining already strong crops into a powerhouse Rainbow fruit, which becomes the backbone of endgame farming setups. Because it ignores favorited fruits, you’ll want to manage your garden carefully so the Butterfly targets the crops you want upgraded.

How to Get a Queen Bee

The Queen Bee is a Divine pet introduced in the Bizzy Bee Event update. It’s one of the strongest support pets thanks to its two unique abilities: every ~20 minutes it pollinates a nearby fruit, applying the Pollinated mutation, and every ~23 minutes it refreshes the cooldown of the pet with the longest timer. This makes it a powerhouse for speeding up mutation pets and boosting crop efficiency.

Steps to Get the Queen Bee

1. Obtain a Bee Egg.
   • The Queen Bee hatches from the Bee Egg, which can be purchased for:
   • 30,000,000 coins
   • 18 gems
   • 129 RBX
2. Hatch the Egg.
   • The Queen Bee has a 1% hatch chance, so it may take multiple attempts to unlock.
3. Raise and Feed the Queen Bee.
   • With a hunger of 65,000, it requires consistent feeding.
   • As it ages, its cooldowns shorten, making its pollination and refresh abilities even more effective over time.

The Queen Bee’s true value lies in its synergy. Refreshing other pets’ cooldowns lets you use your best abilities much more often, and pollination steadily strengthens your crops. It is considered a core Divine pet for advanced farming setups.

How to Get a T-Rex

The T-Rex is a Divine pet that was introduced in the Prehistoric Event. It is one of the rarest dinosaurs, featuring a powerful ability called Apex Predator: every ~20 minutes, it consumes a mutation from one fruit in your garden and then spreads that mutation to about three other fruits. This makes it an incredible option for multiplying valuable mutations across multiple crops.

Steps to Get the T-Rex

1. Join the Prehistoric Event. The T-Rex was only available during this event, which added new plants, quests, and the DNA Machine system.
2. Use the DNA Machine. The main way to earn Dinosaur Eggs was by putting pets into the DNA Machine, where they would be converted into dinosaur eggs after one hour. Each run produced between 1–6 Dinosaur Eggs, with a small chance to directly obtain a dinosaur instead.
3. Hatch the Dinosaur Egg. The T-Rex had a 0.5% hatch chance from the Dinosaur Egg, making it one of the rarest pulls of the entire event.
4. Upgrade Your Machine for More Chances. By turning in prehistoric plants to Barry, players could speed up the DNA Machine and farm eggs faster.

With a hunger of 60,000, the T-Rex is a demanding pet to keep fed, but it pays off by spreading high-value mutations throughout your garden. Because it removes the mutation from the original fruit when devouring, it’s important to protect your most valuable crops with the favorite option.

How to Get a Spinosaurus

The Spinosaurus is a Divine pet that was released in the Pet Mutations Update. Its signature ability, Food Chain, activates about every 20 minutes. When triggered, it devours mutations from three different fruits in your garden, then spreads those mutations onto another fruit—prioritizing your favorited crops. This makes it a powerful tool for stacking and preserving valuable mutations across your orchard.

Steps to Get the Spinosaurus

1. Obtain a Primal Egg. The Spinosaurus could only be hatched from the Primal Egg. These eggs were introduced during the Pet Mutations update.
2. Hatch the Egg. The Spinosaurus had a 0.5% hatch chance (1 in 200). This made it one of the rarest pulls, on par with the T-Rex.
3. Manage its Ability Carefully. With Food Chain, the Spinosaurus devours mutations before spreading them.

If a fruit only has one mutation, it will keep searching until it has eaten at least three total before roaring.

Favorited fruits are prioritized for receiving the spread mutations, so use the favorite tool wisely.

With a hunger of 25,000, the Spinosaurus is easier to feed than other Divine pets, but still requires upkeep. Compared to the T-Rex, its role is essentially reversed: instead of consuming one mutation and spreading it to many fruits, the Spinosaurus consumes several and spreads them to a single high-value fruit.

How to Get a Lobster Thermidor

The Lobster Thermidor is a Divine pet that was introduced in the second half of the Cooking Event (August 9 – August 16, 2025). It’s one of the rarer event pets, and unlike most others, it comes from a chest reward system rather than a standard egg.

Its passive ability is split into two effects:

• Molten Boiling Point: Every 5–15 minutes, it has a chance to turn a nearby fruit Molten.
• Meteoric Boiling Point: Every 8–30 minutes, it has a chance to turn a nearby fruit Meteoric.

Both of these mutations are highly valued for their multipliers, with Meteoric being among the strongest in the game.

Steps to Get the Lobster Thermidor

1. Take part in the Cooking Event. The Cooking Event ran from August 2 to August 16, 2025. During this event, players prepared foods using crops and gave them to the NPC Chris P., who rated them and rewarded points.
2. Unlock the Rat Connoisseur. In the second half of the event (starting August 9), the NPC Rat Connoisseur appeared at the map center. By giving him mutated foods, you could enter the Connoisseur Food Review, which allowed you to pick one reward from three random options.
3. Obtain a Culinarian Chest. The Culinarian Chest was one of the rewards offered by the Rat Connoisseur. This chest was limited-time and contained themed rewards, including the Lobster Thermidor.
4. Open the Chest. Inside the Culinarian Chest, the Lobster Thermidor had a 1% hatch chance. It was also available in the Exotic Culinarian Chest (with the same odds), and in the Rainbow Sack at 7%.

Unlike eggs, the chest guaranteed a reward but made the Lobster Thermidor one of the hardest to roll.

Once obtained, the Lobster Thermidor requires feeding (50,505 hunger) to keep its ability active. Because of its tie to the Cooking Event, it is not obtainable anymore unless the event is rerun or players access it through trading.

How to Get a Raccoon

The Raccoon is a pet originally obtained from the Night Egg and Exotic Night Egg. It’s considered one of the most desirable pets in Grow a Garden thanks to its ability to steal crops from other players’ plots, sometimes bringing back massively mutated fruit worth huge amounts.

Its original chances were:

• Night Egg → 0.1% chance
• Exotic Night Egg → 1% chance

While the Night Egg had been unavailable for a time, the Summer Harvest Event reintroduced it, giving players another opportunity to hunt for the Raccoon.

Steps to Get the Raccoon

1. Earn points in the Summer Harvest Event. The Night Egg appears as a reward around the 4,500 points milestone. You must contribute enough points yourself — very small contributions (like 10 points) won’t qualify you for high-tier rewards.
2. Open Night Eggs for a chance at the Raccoon. From the Night Egg, the Raccoon has a 0.1% hatch chance. From the Exotic Night Egg, it is much better at 1% chance.
3. Use the Seal pet method to recycle Night Eggs. The Seal (from the Rare Summer Egg, 10% chance) has a 2.5% chance to refund an egg when you sell a pet. With eight Seals equipped, the chance stacks to about 20%, and even higher if leveled up. This means when you sell unwanted pets, you can sometimes recover Night Eggs, giving you more attempts at the Raccoon without farming new eggs.
4. Sell Night Egg pets for rerolls. Past Night Egg pets such as Mole, Hedgehog, and Frog can be sold while using Seals to get Night Eggs back. This recycling system is one of the most efficient ways to keep rolling for the Raccoon.

Trading as a fallback. If hatching doesn’t work out, the Raccoon is often traded on the Grow a Garden Discord.

Always check vouches before trading to avoid scams, especially if you’re going first in the exchange.
Every 15 minutes, the Raccoon sneaks to another player’s plot and steals a random crop. If it takes a heavily mutated fruit like a Candy Blossom with dozens of multipliers, the profit potential can be enormous. This makes it one of the most powerful farming pets and explains why it’s so heavily sought after.

Grow a Garden: How to Get More Pet Slots

You start with just three Grow a Garden pet slots by default. This can feel limiting, especially once you start collecting rare or event-exclusive pets. Luckily, there’s a way to unlock up to five extra slots without spending RBX, though it takes some grinding and careful planning.

Unlocking Pet Slots Free-to-Play

Extra Grow a Garden free pet slots are tied to the Free Upgrade system in the Shop. Instead of paying RBX, you can trade in high-level pets to unlock new slots. Here’s how it works step by step:

Open the Shop.

• On the left side of your screen, click Shop.
• Scroll down until you see the section for Extra Pet Slots and Free Upgrade.

Check the requirements.

• First upgrade → trade in a level 20 pet.
• Second upgrade → trade in a level 30 pet.
• Third upgrade → trade in a level 45 pet.
• Later upgrades will require even higher-level pets.

Choose a pet to sacrifice.

• The pet you trade in is gone permanently, so do not sacrifice rare or valuable pets.
• Instead, raise common pets like Hedgehog, Beaver, or Dogs to the required level and use them for upgrades.

Feed and train your pet.

• Pets do not gain XP if they are starving. Make sure they stay fed with fruits from your garden before logging off.
• Keeping them at 100% hunger ensures they level even while you’re away.

Confirm the trade.

Once your chosen pet reaches the target level, select it in the Free Upgrade menu and trade it in to unlock a new slot.

Boosting XP Gains

Leveling pets to the required milestones can be slow, but certain pets speed up the process:

1. Owls (Normal, Night, Blood) → Give bonus XP per second to all active pets.
2. Example: A Blood Owl grants +61 XP per second to every pet.
3. Blood Owls are obtained during Blood Moon events (33% chance each hour) for 60M Schmeckles.
4. Mouse (Brown Mouse, Dre Mouse) → Focuses XP gain on itself.
5. Brown Mouse is a Mythical pet with a 27% hatch chance from the Mythical Egg.
6. Dre Mouse is a weaker version with a 35% chance from the same egg.

The most efficient setup is to combine Owls + one fodder pet. The owls feed XP, while the fodder pet is the one you level up and eventually sacrifice for the upgrade.

Important Tips

• Never trade in event pets, Mythicals, or Divines — they’re too rare and valuable.
• Use common pets as “fodder” for upgrades.
• If you get a Mouse, expect to replace it each time, since it must be sacrificed once leveled.
• Blood Owls and Night Owls are limited-time, so don’t risk losing them. Keep them as XP boosters instead.

With patience, consistent feeding, and the right XP-boosting pets, you’ll steadily unlock all available free pet slots. This gives you room to equip more powerful pets at once, which massively improves your farming efficiency.

Conclusion

Getting the best pets and extra slots in Grow a Garden takes patience, but it’s worth the grind. From rare pulls like the Lobster Thermidor to high-value pets like the Raccoon, your lineup can completely change the pace of your progress. Extra pet slots make it easier to stack these powerful companions, while farming methods like owls or mice help you reach level requirements much faster. The key is smart management: never waste rare pets on upgrades, keep your team well-fed, and use event chances like the Cooking Event or Summer Harvest to your advantage. With these strategies, you’ll steadily build one of the strongest gardens around.

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