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All Animal and Pet Passive Abilities in Grow A Garden: Prehistoric Update

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The Animal Update in Grow A Garden brings a fresh mechanic: companion creatures now thrive alongside crops. These creatures offer unique boosts rather than direct income. Below is a breakdown of available companions and their abilities.

Companion Varieties in Grow A Garden

All companions’ effectiveness depends on age and diet. Listed stats reflect baseline values.

Dinosaur Egg

  • T-Rex: Every 20:10 minutes, consumes a mutation and spreads it to 3.22 random fruits via roaring.
  • Brontosaurus: Boosts egg size/weight by 5.52% (max 30%), excluding itself.
  • Stegosaurus: 8.45% harvest duplication chance, plus 5.30% extra for Prehistoric fruits.
  • Triceratops: Charges plants every 3:33 minutes, advancing growth by 33:33ml with 15.19% repeat chance.
  • Raptor: 2.18% Amber mutation chance on harvest, plus 14.22% speed boost.
  • Pterodactyl: Flaps wings every 10:59 minutes, applying Windstruck to 3.15 fruits with 18.45% Twisted chance and jump height increase.

Oasis Egg

  • Fennec Fox: Copies random mutations between players’ gardens every 21:53m, varying by rarity.
  • Hyacinth Macaw: 16.34% Cloudtouched mutation chance every 7m 55s.
  • Axolotl: 6.79% chance to retain fruit type post-collection.
  • Sand Snake: 1.64% shop purchase duplication probability.
  • Meerkat: Reduces another pet’s cooldown by 21.29s every 7m12s, with 15.64% repeat chance.

Common Summer Egg

  • Crab: Steals 259.22–459.22 sheckels from others every 6:12m without cost.
  • Seagull: 3.35% seed refund when shoveling plants.
  • Starfish: +5.62 XP/second.

Rare Summer Egg

  • Toucan: Grants 1.62x size and 1.17x variant chance to tropical plants within 25.62 studs.
  • Sea Turtle: Shares 1030.99 XP every 10:38m and 10.27% Wet chance every 114.54s.
  • Seal: 2.30% chance to regain sold pets as eggs.
  • Orangutan: 3.76% material conservation during crafting.
  • Flamingo: Accelerates growth x15.67 for nearby plants every 3.54m while balancing.

Paradise Egg

  • Mimic Octopus: Shapeshifts every 0:15m to mimic another pet’s ability.
  • Ostrich: Adds 1–4.85 years to hatched pets’ age.
  • Scarlet Macaw: 16.18% Verdant mutation chance every 11:47m.
  • Peacock: Reduces nearby pets’ cooldowns by 61.76s every 9:48m.

Common Egg

  • Golden Lab: 10.36% seed discovery chance every 58.19s.
  • Dog: 5% chance to unearth seeds per minute.
  • Bunny: Consumes carrots every 45s for 1.5x value boost; inactive otherwise.

Uncommon Egg

  • Pig: Every 119.26s, emits 15.18s aura for 2.01x variant chance.
  • Cat: Naps every 79.24s, boosting nearby fruit size by 1.25x.
  • Deer: 2.55% berry retention post-harvest.
  • Chicken: +16% hatch speed.
  • Black Bunny: Enhanced carrot consumption (1.7x value) every 45s.

Rare Egg

  • Monkey: 5% fruit refund chance, reduced for rare plants.
  • Rooster: +20% hatch acceleration.
  • Spotted Deer: 3% berry persistence.
  • Orange Tabby: 15.42s naps every 88.87s grant 1.53x growth to nearby fruits.

Legendary Egg

  • Turtle: Extends sprinkler duration by 20%.
  • Panda: Bamboo boosts value 1.52x every 2:59m.
  • Sea Otter: Waters plants every 118.94s.
  • Polar Bear: 10.19% chill/freeze chance every 89.23s.
  • Silver Monkey: 7.66% refund likelihood, rarer plants less affected.
  • Cow: Nearby plants grow 1.12x faster.

Bugg Egg

  • Dragonfly: Transforms random fruit into gold every 4:52m.
  • Praying Mantis: 10.12s prayers every 79.64s boost variant odds 1.51x.
  • Snail: +5.11% seed drop chance.
  • Giant Ant: 10.23% harvest duplication, reduced for rare fruits.
  • Caterpillar: Leafy plants grow 1.51x faster within 15.35 studs.

Night Egg

  • Raccoon: Duplicates random fruit from others every 14.57m.
  • Night Owl: Provides XP boost to all active companions.
  • Echo Frog: Accelerates random plant growth every 15m.
  • Mole: Retrieves free items every 90s.
  • Frog: Speeds up random plant every 20m.
  • Kiwi: Lowers highest egg’s hatch time by 20s every 50s.
  • Hedgehog: Enhances prickly plants’ size 1.5x.

Mythical Egg

  • Grey Mouse: +500 XP and 10% speed every 10m.
  • Brown Mouse: +750 XP and 10% jump height every 10m.
  • Red Fox: Attempts seed theft from neighbors every 10m.
  • Red Giant Ant: 5% harvest duplication, plus 5% for fruits.
  • Squirrel: 2.5% seed retention when planting.

Limited Blood Moon Pets

  • Moon Cat: Naps 20s/min, granting 1.5x size and 6% Night replant chance.
  • Chicken Zombie: 20% Zombify chance every 30m, +10% hatch speed.
  • Blood Hedgehog: Doubles prickly fruit size.
  • Blood Kiwi: -45s hatch time every 60s, +20% speed.
  • Blood Owl: +0.5 XP/s for all pets.

Limited Bee Egg Pets

  • Queen Bee: Pollinates nearby fruits every 24:26m and refreshes cooldowns every 29:26m.
  • Petal Bee: Pollinates every 24:37m with 1.29% flower retention.
  • Bear Bee: Applies Honey Glaze every 25m.
  • Honey Bee: Upgraded pollinator.
  • Bee: Pollinates for mutations every 24:37m.

Limited Anti-Bee Egg Pets

  • Disco Bee: 13.19% Disco mutation chance every 18:54m.
  • Butterfly: Removes mutations for Rainbow conversion every 28:26m.
  • Moth: Restores pet hunger every 12:32m.
  • Tarantula Hawk: Pollinates every 24:50m and sting-cooldown reductions every 4:59m.
  • Wasp: Pollinates every 29:43m and reduces cooldowns 61.26s every 9:56m.

Obtaining Companions in Grow A Garden

Acquire companions through Eggs purchased from the Pet Egg Store east of the Gears Shop. Stock refreshes half-hourly.

A Pet Store in Grow A Garden
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Plant Eggs in gardens for hatching, which varies by rarity. Hatched companions provide benefits while active, with a maximum of three equipped.