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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.




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