Grow a Garden Pet tier list (September 2025)

With the Animal update, Grow a Garden introduced the Pets mechanic to the experience, giving players access to various passive abilities. Equipping a Pet can drastically change the way a Robloxian approaches the very act of farming in the gardening game. As such, it’s important to know which Pet Eggs to save your currency for and which to skip past to try and nab the best ones.

So, to help you decide which Pets are worth keeping and equipping, we’ve ranked the various companions in the game.

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Ranking all Pets in Grow a Garden

S-Tier

Official cover art for the game (Image via Roblox)

The S-Tier includes the best Pets in the game, and acquiring them can help you further your progress faster and more efficiently. They offer some of the best passive abilities, making them worth pursuing for all players.

Pet	Egg	Ability
Golden Goose	Sprout Egg	Every 13 minutes, the Golden Goose lays a Golden Egg plant that has the Fortune Mutation by default. The Egg can be harvested and sold like a regular Fruit. Upon selling the Golden Egg, the Pet passes on the Fortune Mutation to another Fruit on your farm.
Dragonfly	Bug	Every 4:50, turns one random fruit gold.
Night Owl	Night Egg	Grants additional 0.05 - 0.25 XP per second to all active Pets.
Blood Owl	None	Grants additional 0.5 XP per second to all active Pets.
Moon Cat	None	Naps in a random spot and boosts nearby fruit size. Night type plants have a chance to replant themselves when harvested.
Disco Bee	Anti Bee Egg	12% chance to apply the Disco Mutation to a nearby Fruit every 20 minutes.
Tarantula Hawk	Anti Bee Egg	Applies the Pollinated Mutation to a nearby Fruit every 25 minutes. Reduces the cooldown of a random Pet’s ability by 80 seconds every five minutes.
Cooked Owl	None	15.35% chance for the Pet to cook a nearby Fruit. The result may be Burnt or Cooked. +0.17 XP per second to all active Pets
T-Rex	Dinosaur Egg	Occasionally eats a random Mutation from a Fruit in the garden and applies it to other Fruits.
Pterodactyl	Dinosaur Egg	Randomly applies the Windstruck Mutation to multiple nearby Fruits. May apply Twisted instead at random. Increases player jump height by 14.49%.
Tanchozoru	Zen Egg	Randomly applies the Tranquil Mutation to Fruits within radius every 10 minutes and 24 seconds.
Kitsune	Zen Egg	Goes to a random player’s farm, applies the Chakra Mutation to a random Fruit, duplicates the afflicted Fruit, and brings it to you. Small chance of applying the Foxfire Chakra Mutation instead.
Corrupted Kitsune	Kitsune Chest	Every 20 minutes and 56 seconds, launches cursed energy at nine different Fruits for a 20.24% chance to mutate them. If successful, applies the Corrupt Chakra Mutation with a very rare chance for Corrupt Foxfire Chakra.
Spaghetti Sloth	Gourmet Egg	Approaches a nearby Fruit and cooks it to apply the Pasta, Sauce, or Meatball Mutations every 3:20 minutes to 14 minutes. Applied Mutation is selected randomly.
French Fry Ferret	Gourmet Egg	Every 20 to 60:32 minutes, raises one random Pet’s level by one. This ability cannot be mimicked or refreshed by other Pets.
Lobster Thermidor	None	Every five to 15 minutes, 20% or more chance to apply the Molten Mutation to a nearby Fruit. Every 500 to 1,800 seconds, 10% or more chance to apply the Meteoric Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Dairy Cow	Sprout Egg	All plants within 10 studs grow 1.3x faster. When selling this Pet, small chance to get a Beanstalk Seed.
Green Bean	None	Randomly sacrifices a Fruit to instantly grow a random plant in your garden with a Fruit size bonus.
Cockatrice	Enchanted Egg	Every 16 minutes, emits a screech that has a 20% chance of turning nearby Fruits into a Silver variant. 1% chance of transforming the affected Fruit into a Gold variant. Spits venom at five Fruits, Eggs, or Pets every 10 minutes. Fruits receive the Toxic Mutation, Eggs have their cooldowns reduced by 80.96 seconds, and Pets gain 804.80 XP.
Phoenix	None	Pets taken from the Mutation Machine have a bonus 1 - 4.89 age to their age value. Every six minutes and 40 seconds, the Phoenix travels between around four random Fruits in your garden and applies the Flaming Mutation. Fruits passed have around a 20% chance to mutate as well.
Swan	Fall Egg	Goes to a random player’s farm on occasion and copies one of their Pets’ abilities. Has a random chance to apply the Graceful Mutation.
Space Squirrel	None	About every 16 minutes, this Pet has a 15% chance of applying the Voidtouched Mutation to a random nearby Fruit.
Tiger	Jungle Egg	Every 12 minutes, roars and gathers all Pets on the garden. Grants a maximum of 800 XP to each Pet. Every seven minutes and 50 seconds, randomly swaps three Mutations on the farm with three other random Mutations. Doesn’t swap the Mutations of favorited Fruits.
Mizuchi	None	Random chance of applying the Azure Mutation to a random Fruit on your farm while selling another harvest with the same Mutation. Small chance of applying the Azure Mutation to a nearby Fruit.

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A-Tier

Pet Egg Shop (Image via Roblox)

This tier represents some of the best Pets in the game, but they don’t quite measure up to the Dragonfly in the S-tier. While their abilities are useful, they can be somewhat unreliable at times, placing them a tier below the aforementioned Bug Egg Pet.

Pet	Egg	Ability
Sugar Glider	None	Glides and passes through three random Fruits, copying one random Mutation from each. Applies the copied Mutations to the next Fruit.
Barn Owl	Fall Egg	Pets that are bought from the various in-game shops have a chance to have increased base weight. Increases XP gained per second by Fall-type Pets.
Caterpillar	Bug	Speeds up the growth of leafy plants.
Pixie	Enchanted Egg	Every one to three minutes, spreads pixie dust for 15 to 30 seconds. All plants within 15-30 studs experience boosted growth by 30 seconds for every second in pixie dust. Causes nearby plants to levitate.
Imp	Enchanted Egg	Every six minutes and 66 seconds, the Imp beckons you to chase it. Catching the Pet while pursuing it grants a random reward. 15% to 30% chance of triggering another chase upon successfully catching it.
Cow	Legendary	Increases plant growth rate in its radius.
Giant Ant	Bug	Chance to duplicate harvested fruits.
Monkey	Rare	Chance to refund fruits when sold.
Silver Monkey	Legendary	Chance to refund fruits when sold.
Praying Mantis	Bug	Increases Mutation chance.
Snail	Bug	Extra chance for Lucky Harvest.
Mole	Night Egg	Digs every 80 seconds to find treasure.
Frog	Night Egg	Advances growth of a random plant by 24 hours every 20 minutes.
Echo Frog	Night Egg	Advances growth of a random plant by 24 hours every 15 minutes.
Raccoon	Night Egg	Fetches a duplicate of a fruit from another player’s plot every 15 minutes.
Chicken Zombie	None	20% chance to make a nearby fruit Zombified every 30 minutes; increases egg hatch speed by 10%.
Blood Kiwi	None	Every 60 seconds, reduce hatch time of the egg with the highest remaining hatch time by 45 seconds; increases the same egg’s hatch speed by 20%.
Red Fox	Mythical	Makes an attempt to steal seeds from other players’ plots every 10 minutes.
Brown Mouse	Mythical	Every eight minutes, gains 750 bonus experience. Increases jump height by 10%.
Petal Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinates a random Fruit every 25 minutes. 1% chance of Flower type Fruits staying after harvest.
Bear Bee	Bee Egg	Applies the Honey Glazed Mutation to a nearby Fruit every 25 minutes.
Queen Bee	Bee Egg	Magically pollinates a nearby Fruit every 25 minutes. Resets the cooldown for a random Pet every 30 minutes.
Wasp	Anti Bee Egg	Applies the Pollinated Mutation to a nearby Fruit every 30 minutes. Reduces the cooldown of a random Pet’s ability by 60 seconds every five minutes.
Griffin	None	Every 15 minutes, releases a Cyclone that reduces affected Pets’ cooldowns by 60 seconds. If the Cyclone hits Fruits, there’s a 10% chance for them to receive the Cyclonic Mutation.
Lemon Lion	None	Every five minutes, roars and applies the Brainrot Mutation to a random Fruit on your farm. Every 9 minutes and 45 seconds, grants additional XP to a random Pet.
Peach Wasp	None	Every 3-25 minutes, flies to a random Fruit and applies the Plasma Mutation. Every 5-10 minutes, advances a random Pet’s cooldown by up to 120 seconds.
Pack Bee	None	Increases backpack size by 25
Capybara	Paradise Egg	Pets within 15.48 studs won’t lose hunger. Grants 3.48 XP per second to all Pets within the same range.
Scarlet Macaw	Paradise Egg	15.95% chance to apply the Verdant Mutation to a random nearby Fruit every 12 minutes.
Mimic Octopus	Paradise Egg	Copies an ability of a random Pet on the farm and performs it. Activates every 15 minutes.
Toucan	Rare Summer Egg	Raises variant chance and size of all nearby Tropical type Seeds.
Sea Turtle	Rare Summer Egg	Occasionally grants bonus XP to a random Pet on the farm. Occasionally applies the Wet Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Orangutan	Rare Summer Egg	While crafting, the Pet grants a chance for you to retain a crafting material without consuming it.
Hummingbird	Jungle Egg	About every minute, this Pet converts a random Single Harvest plant into its Seed equivalent. Doesn’t convert favorited plants.
Fennec Fox	Oasis Egg	Every 22 minutes and 12 seconds, this Pet copies a Mutation from a random Fruit in another player’s farm and applies it to a random Fruit on your farm. High-rarity Mutations have a lower chance of being copied.
Hyacinth Macaw	Oasis Egg	Every eight minutes, 15.63% chance of applying the Cloudtouche Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Sand Snake	Oasis Egg	Has a random chance (between 1.47% and 3%) to duplicate an item or a seed when bought from the gear or Seed shop.
Hamster	None	Every three minutes, boosts crafting speed by 30.35% for 19 seconds.
Bald Eagle	None	Reduces Egg hatch time by 70 seconds every eight minutes. 70% chance for the hatch time reduction to be multiplied by two.
Brontosaurus	Dinosaur Egg	Pets hatched from Eggs have higher base weight.
Stegosaurus	Dinosaur Egg	Has a chance to duplicate harvested Fruits. Higher chance to duplicate Fruits introduced in the Prehistoric Event.
Apple Gazelle	None	Fruits with “Apple” in their name have a 4-7% chance of duplicating when harvested. Sugar Apple produce has a 2-4% chance of applying the Warped Mutation to a random Fruit with this Pet on the farm.
Triceratops	Dinosaur Egg	Every 3:33 minutes, rams into three plants and advances their growth rate by 33:33 minutes. 15.18% chance of activating the ability once more.
Raptor	Dinosaur Egg	2.5% chance of applying the Amber Mutation to a Fruit during harvest. 14.5% increased player movement speed.
Iguanodon	Primal Egg	Grants bonus XP per second to all active Dinosaur-type Pets.
Pachycephalosaurus	Primal Egg	Has a small chance to duplicate the item during the crafting process.
Dilophosaurus	Primal Egg	Every 13:53 minutes, spits out venom that spreads to other random Pets on the farm. The venom reduces ability cooldown by 40.82 seconds or grants them 570.48 XP.
Koi	None	Grants a chance to recover an egg when you hatch it. Comes in different colors.
Nihonzaru	Zen Egg	If you have a Hot Spring in your farm, this Pet will bathe in it and apply a small boost to all active Pet abilities.
Tanuki	Zen Egg	Performs random actions in your garden, applying Mutations, gifting Sheckles, reducing cooldowns, and stealing others’ Fruits.
Kappa	Zen Egg	Applies the Wet Mutation to nearby Fruits roughly every eight minutes. 10.27% chance to further mutate Wet Fruits into Bloodlit.
Maneki-neko	Kitsune Chest	Every two minutes, grants an 8% chance of refunding the Fruit back to your inventory for 10 seconds. The chances of this triggering are reduced for higher rarity Fruits.
Kodama	Kitsune Chest	Grants a 5% chance of applying the Tranquil Mutation while harvesting a Fruit.
Sushi Bear	Gourmet Egg	Every 10 to 80 seconds, has a 15% chance of applying the Chilled or Frozen Mutation to a nearby Fruit. Every 100 to 670 seconds, flings a sushi at a random Pet on your farm to replenish 1% to 50% of its total hunger.
Pancake Mole	Gourmet Egg	Every 10 to 80 seconds, digs on the farm to seek treasure. Possible finds include gear and Sheckles.
Mochi Mouse	None	Grants bonus experience per second to all active Food type Pets. Also gains bonus experience every once in a while.
Gorilla Chef	None	If you have a Cooking Pot or Cooking Cauldron present on the farm, the Gorilla Chef will cook in it. It has a five to 10% chance of duplicating food each time it cooks.
Hotdog Daschund	None	Every 80 to 240 seconds, the Hotdog Daschund drops an eight to 16-stud mustard or ketchup puddle that lasts for 30 to 45 seconds. Pets that are in the mustard puddle have their cooldowns hastened by 20% to 40%. Pets in the ketchup puddle gain a 20% to 40% bonus to XP gain.
Grizzly Bear	Fall Egg	Randomly applies the Fall Mutation. Increases player size.
Bacon Pig	None	Every five to 120 seconds, emits an aura that lasts for around 15 seconds. Fruits within 15 studs of this aura have a 2x chance of growing new Fruits as variants.
Junkbot	None	Every 14 minutes and 50 seconds, 14.33% chance of applying the Oil Mutation to nearby Fruits.
Spriggan	None	Every 10 to 25 minutes, the Spriggan spreads its roots for a chance to apply the Bloom Mutation.
Jackalope	Sprout Egg	Every minute and 40 seconds, has a 15% chance of applying the Sandy Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Ladybug	Enchanted Egg	Boosts growth rate of all Flower-type plants by 1.6x.
Glimmering Sprite	Enchanted Egg	Every three minutes and 38 seconds, applies the Glimmering Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Wisp	None	For as long as the Wisp remains on the farm, all Pets receive 0.75 additional experience points per second.
Drake	None	Approaches an active Cooking Kit and boosts cooking speed by 11%.
Luminous Sprite	None	Randomly applies the Luminous Mutation to a Fruit on your farm.
Silver Dragonfly	None	Randomly applies the Silver Mutation to a Fruit on your farm every eight minutes.
Badger	Fall Egg	Randomly digs in the farm and spreads mud. Fruits affected by the Mud have a chance to be afflicted by the Cracked Mutation.
Marmot	None	Every 540 to 120 seconds, this Pet digs into your farm and hides in the ground. If you find it, it will offer you a random Fall-themed reward. May burrow a second time at a 15 to 30% chance.
Woodpecker	None	Every once in a while, pecks at a Woody-type plant for a chance to duplicate one of its Fruits. Reduced duplication chance for rarer plant species.
Mallard	None	Every hour, this Pet leaves your garden and enters your inventory, leaving behind one random gear piece for you to collect.
Red Panda	None	Every once in a while, this Pet visits the Gear, Seed, or Pet Shop to restock one of the featured items. This ability cannot be copied or refreshed.
Chimpanzee	Jungle Egg	Every five minutes, the Pet collects a random Fruit from your garden and sells it. 2.38% chance of this ability not collecting any Fruit.

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B-Tier

The Uncommon Egg (Image via Roblox)

The B-Tier Pets will serve you decently well, but they are best replaced the moment you acquire any Pet from the S or A tiers. Their abilities are only okay and generally rely on low percentage chances to apply their effects, making them more unreliable than their peers.

Pet	Egg	Ability
Iguana	Jungle Egg	Every minute, this Pet goes to a random Fruit with the Frozen Mutation and converts the Mutation into Chilled or Wet. Doesn’t convert the Mutations of favorited harvests.
Red Squirrel	None	After a Fall-type Pet activates its ability, this Pet causes them to start with lowered cooldown for the next ability usage.
Chipmunk	None	Gives you a chance not to deplete a Harvest Tool use when activating a Tool.
Black Bunny	Uncommon	Eats a carrot to increase value.
Bunny	Common	Eats a carrot to increase value.
Tree Frog	Jungle Egg	About every three minutes, advances the growth of a random plant by 15 minutes.
Chicken	Uncommon	Reduce Pet Egg hatch time.
Dog	Common	10% chance to dig up a random seed.
Panda	One-time update reward	Consumes a bamboo to increase its value and sells it for Cash.
Pig	Rare	Chance for a fruit to grow with Mutations in its radius.
Golden Lab	Common	10% chance to dig up a random seed.
Rooster	Rare	Reduce Pet Egg hatch time.
Sea Otter	Legendary	Sprays water to nearby plants
Hedgehog	Night Egg	Chance to grant 1.51x size bonus to Prickly Fruit.
Owl	None	Grants additional 0.06 XP per second to all active Pets.
Blood Hedgehog	None	Makes Prickly Fruit grow larger; increases the odds of Mutations in Prickly Fruits.
Red Giant Ant	Mythical	5% chance to duplicate crops when harvested. Has an additional 5% chance with fruits.
Squirrel	Mythical	Gives you a 2.5% chance to keep the seed you plant.
Grey Mouse	Mythical	Gains 500 bonus experience every 10 minutes. Increases your movement speed by 10%.
Kiwi	None	Every 60 seconds, reduce hatch time of the Egg with the highest remaining hatch time by 25 seconds.
Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinates a random Fruit every 25 minutes.
Honey Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinates a random Fruit every 20 minutes.
Butterfly	Anti Bee Egg	Removes all Mutations from a Fruit with five or more Mutations. Applies the Rainbow Mutation instead.
Moth	Anti Bee Egg	Every 13 minutes, restores 100% of the hunger gauge of a random pet by singing to it.
Ostrich	Paradise Egg	Grants pets hatched from Eggs an age bonus.
Peacock	Paradise Egg	Reduces nearby Pet ability cooldowns.
Firefly	None	Every 80 seconds, this Pet has a 3% chance of applying the Shocked Mutation to a nearby Fruit.
Flamingo	Rare Summer Egg	Occasionally stands on one leg. Raises nearby plants’ growth rate.
Seal	Rare Summer Egg	While selling Pets, 2% chance to receive the sold Pets’ original Eggs.
Seagull	Common Summer Egg	Grants a chance to receive the Seed of a plant when destroying it with the Shovel Tool.
Axolotl	Oasis Egg	6.76% chance of retaining a Summer-type Fruit after harvesting it.
Meerkat	Oasis Egg	Every 7 minutes and 14 seconds, reduces a random Pet’s cooldown by 21.06 seconds. The ability has a 15.53% chance of activating again immediately afterwards.
Parasaurolophus	Primal Egg	Every few minutes, goes to a Cosmetic Crate on the farm and reduces the time needed for it to open.
Ankylosaurus	Primal Egg	When a player steals a Fruit from your farm, this Pet grants you a chance to receive the stolen Fruit as well.
Spinosaurus	Primal Egg	Every 20 minutes, eats a random Mutation from three Fruits on the farm and spreads it to a different random Fruit on your farm.
Shiba Inu	Zen Egg	Roughly every 60 seconds, this Pet has a 15% chance to dig up a random Seed.
Mizuchi	Corrupted Zen Egg	When selling a Wet or Drenched Fruit, a random Mutation from the same Fruit may be applied to another in your garden.
Corrupted Kodama	None	4.22% chance of applying the Corrupt Mutation to a Zen type Fruit while harvesting it.
Mandrake	None	Harvesting Mandrake Fruits has a 3% chance of applying the Rot Mutation to a random Fruit in your farm.
Tsuchinoko	Corrupted Zen Egg	Increases the odds of Lucky Harvest.
Bagel Bunny	Gourmet Egg	Every 5 to 45 seconds, eats a carrot to apply a 5x value bonus to it.
Sunny Side Chicken	None	Hastens Egg hatch speed by 20%.
Golem	Sprout Egg	Every 5 minutes, advances the Pet Mutation machine timer by 61 seconds.
Seedling	Sprout Egg	Every five minutes, swaps Mutations between different Fruits. Ignores favorited Fruits.
Cardinal	None	All Magical type plants receive a 1.6x growth rate bonus.
Shroomie	None	All nearby plants within 15 studs will have increased 0.004x size bonus for every Fungus type plant in your garden.
Blue Jay	None	Boosts the growth rate of Berry-type plants.

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C-Tier

Gameplay still (Image via Roblox)

The Pets in this tier are nothing special and offer little to no utility because of their low activation chance or low effectiveness in general. You must only equip these if you have nothing better in the roster and are gathering additional funds for your next Pet Egg. You may opt to sell them to make room for better Pets and receive additional resources in return.

Pet	Egg	Ability
Salmon	None	This Pet receives bonus experience for every Salmon Pet in your garden.
Robin	Fall Egg	Reduces player size by up to 20%.
Cat	Uncommon	Increases fruit size when napping in its radius.
Elk	None	2% chance of retaining a Berry-type Fruit after harvesting it. Lower chance of retaining the Fruit for high-rarity produce.
Deer	Uncommon	Chance to make berry fruits stay after harvesting.
Orange Tabby	Rare	Increases fruit size when napping in its radius.
Polar Bear	Legendary	Applies the Frozen mutation to the nearest plant.
Spotted Deer	Rare	Chance to make berry fruits stay after harvesting.
Turtle	Legendary	Makes Sprinklers last longer.
Crab	Common Summer Egg	Occasionally pinches another player on the server, earning you a small amount of Sheckles.
Starfish	Common Summer Egg	Gains additional XP.

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FAQs on Grow a Garden Pets

What is the highest Pet rarity?

The highest rarity for Pets in the game is Divine.

How to hatch Pet Eggs in Grow a Garden

Pet Eggs can be hatched after purchasing them from the Pet Egg Shop.

What are the different Pet rarities in Grow a Garden?

Pets can belong to the Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary, Mythical, Divine, and Prismatic rarities.