Grow a Garden Pet Mutations tier list (August 2025)

Pet Mutations is the newest major mechanic introduced to Grow a Garden. These are alterations that affect Pets, randomly giving them an additional permanent ability from a pool of several abilities. Unlike Fruit Mutations, Pet Mutations don’t stack, giving each of them significantly more weight gameplay-wise. As such, knowing which of them elevates your Pet to the next level can be quite important.

This article ranks all Pet Mutations in Grow a Garden. You can refer to this list to learn how all of them compare to each other.

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Ranking all Pet Mutations in Grow a Garden

S-Tier

The Pet Mutation station (Image via Roblox)

The Pet Mutations listed in this tier are as good as they can be. Your farming experience will become significantly better, particularly with the ones that rapidly apply Mutations to the Fruits on your farm.

Regardless of where the Pet ranks among other companions, with these alterations, it will be worth keeping on your farm. Incidentally, these are also some of the rarest Pet Mutations in the game.

Pet Mutation	Ability	Mutation chance	Availability
Ascended	Every 6 hours, has a 90% chance to apply the Dawnbound Mutation to a nearby Fruit.	0.32%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Windy	Every five minutes, 25% chance to apply the Windstruck Mutation to a random Fruit.	9.65%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Frozen	Every five minutes, 25% chance to apply the Frozen Mutation to a random Fruit.	9.65%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Aromatic	Every 24 minutes and 42 seconds, infuses a nearby Fruit with a pungent aroma and applies the Aromatic Mutation.	N/A	Can be applied to Pets using the Aromatic Pet Mutation Shard. No longer available.

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A-Tier

Gameplay still (Image via Roblox)

These Pet Mutations are just shy of being at the upper echelon and are only held back by slight shortcomings. If you land on any of these, consider keeping them on your Pet, as your gardening experience can only improve with these active.

Pet Mutation	Ability	Mutation chance	Availability
Radiant	Every 20-30 minutes, advances a random plant’s growth by 24 hours.	3.22%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Golden	Boosts the Pet’s innate passive ability by 10%.	6.43%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Shocked	25%-30% chance to attracts lightning to nearby Fruits during a Thunderstorm about every minute, applying the Shocked Mutation.	3.22%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Rainbow	Boosts the Pet’s innate passive ability by 20%.	3.22%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Tranquil	Applies the Tranquil Mutation to a nearby Fruit every 25 minutes.	None	Exclusive to the Zen Event (July 2025).
Corrupted	Every 25 minutes, randomly apply the Corrupted Mutation to a nearby Fruit.	None	Exclusive to the Zen Event (July 2025).
Fried	Every 20 minutes, a nearby Fruit is cooked, applying the Fried Mutation.	None	No longer obtainable.

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B-Tier

In-game titles (Image via Roblox)

The Mutations in the B-Tier are only okay in specific situations. These situations are a little too niche for them to be ranked any higher, but they can prove to be quite useful when the time is right. If your Pet’s innate ability is quite good, you can consider keeping these Mutations anyway.

Pet Mutation	Ability	Mutation chance	Availability
Iron Skin	35%-45% chance of recovering stolen Fruit.	3.22%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Mega	Massively increases the affected Pet’s size. Increases hunger rate by 20%. Gains 10-40 XP per second.	6.43%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Tiny	Massively decreases the affected Pet’s size. Reduces hunger rate by 20%. Gains 5-30 XP per second.	6.43%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
GiantBean	Increases affected Pet’s hunger rate by 15%. The affected Pet gains an additional 0.12x per second for each Beanstalk on the farm.	N/A	Can be applied with the GiantBean Pet Mutation Shard during the Beanstalk Event (August 2025.

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C-Tier

Official cover art for the game (Image via Roblox)

The Pet Mutations in the C-Tier don’t radically affect how the Pet functions. These are passives that can be nifty every once in a while. If you have another Pet of the same kind, consider trying for a better Pet Mutation.

Pet Mutation	Ability	Mutation chance	Availability
Shiny	Additional 15% boost to the Pet’s XP gain rate.	30.21%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.
Inverted	Additional 30% boost to the Pet’s XP gain rate.	15.11%	Permanently available at the Pet Mutations station.

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FAQs on Grow a Garden Pet Mutations

How to apply Pet Mutations in Grow a Garden

Pet Mutations are applied by submitting a Pet over the age of 50 at the station of the same name.

How much time does it take to apply a Pet Mutation in GaG?

The process of applying a Pet Mutation takes one hour.

How many Pet Mutations are there?

As of this writing, the game features 12 Pet Mutations.