Roblox Grow a Garden Pet Tier List (November 2025)

Written by Anish — Updated November 17, 2025

Pets are essential in Grow a Garden because they boost your plants, unlock mutations, and offer XP, Sheckles, item duplication, cooldown reduction, and more. But not all pets are equal—some like Mimic Octopus and Corrupted Kitsune can completely accelerate your farm, while others like Cat or Dog barely help.

This 2025 Tier List ranks every pet by performance, rarity, and passive usefulness

Grow a Garden Pet Tier List Overview (S–D Tier)

Pets are ranked by:

• Usefulness in late-game
• Mutation potential
• XP boost impact
• Egg rarity
• Value in events and Admin Abuse War

S-Tier = Best in the entire game
A-Tier = Excellent but not broken
B-Tier = Situationally good
C-Tier = Weak but usable
D-Tier = Not recommended

S-Tier Pets (Best in the Game)

These pets define the meta. They offer duplication, mutation boosts, major XP, and extreme utility.

Pet Name	How to Get	Passive Ability
Dragonfly	Bug Egg	Converts fruits to Gold variant
Mimic Octopus	Paradise Egg	Copies abilities of other pets
Raccoon	Night Egg	Steals fruits from players
Disco Bee	Anti Bee Egg	Applies Disco Mutation
Hyacinth Macaw	Oasis Egg	Chance to apply Wilt Mutation
Red Giant Ant	Mythical Egg	Chance to duplicate fruits
Fennec Fox	Oasis Egg	Copies mutation from another garden
Bear Bee	Bear Egg	Gives HoneyGlazed Mutation
Petal Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinated Mutation + retain flowers
Mole	Night Egg	Digs Sheckles & Gear
Meerkat	Oasis Egg	Reduces cooldown of a pet
Capybara	Paradise Egg	Stops hunger + bonus XP
Flamingo	Rare Summer Egg	Boosts plant growth
Queen Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinated Mutation + refresh passive
Butterfly	Anti Bee Egg	Turns 5-mut fruits into Rainbow
Praying Mantis	Bug Egg	Boosts variants
Giant Ant	Bug Egg	Duplicates harvested fruits
T-Rex	Dinosaur Egg	High-value mutations to 3 plants
Pterodactyl	Dinosaur Egg	Winstruck + Twisted mutation chances
Iguanodon	Primal Egg	Bonus XP for Dino pets
Spinosaurus	Primal Egg	Transfers mutation to harvested fruit
Kitsune	Zen Egg	Steals fruits + Chakra + Foxfire
Corrupted Kitsune	Kitsune Box	Applies mutations to 9 plants
French Fry Ferret	Gourmet Egg	Levels pets automatically
Lobster Thermidor	Culinarian Chest	Molten + Meteoric mutation
Spaghetti Sloth	Gourmet Egg	Sauce or Meatball mutation
Koi	Zen Shop	Returns egg when hatching
Golden Goose	Sprout Egg	Lays Fortune-mutated Golden Egg plant
Lemon Lion	Admin Abuse War	Brainrot mutation + XP roar
Cockatrice	Enchanted Egg	Boosts Gold/Silver/Toxic mutations
Peach Wasp	Admin Abuse	Plasma mutation + cooldown advance
Hex Serpent	Grave Digging Event	Random rewards via Hex Cosmetics
Headless Horseman	Spooky Egg	Applies Chaotic mutation
Ruby Squid	Gem Egg	Permanently copies others’ passives

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A-Tier Pets (Very Strong & Useful)

Great abilities, but not quite game-breaking.

Pet Name	Where to Get	Passive Ability
Orangutan	Summer Egg	Returns crafting recipe
Sea Turtle	Summer Egg	+1000 XP to pets
Pack Bee	—	+51 backpack capacity
Hamster	—	Reduces crafting time
Wasp	Anti Bee Egg	Pollinated Mutation + cooldown reduce
Honey Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinated Mutation
Scarlet Macaw	Paradise Egg	Verdent Mutation
Seal	Summer Egg	Refunds egg on pet sale
Peacock	Paradise Egg	Reduces cooldowns
Echo Frog	Night Egg	Boosts growth by 24h
Crab	Summer Egg	Generates Sheckles
Tarantula Hawk	Anti Bee Egg	Pollinated + cooldown reduce
Moon Cat	Legendary Egg	Boosts fruit size + replants
Silver Monkey	Legendary Egg	Refunds sold fruit
Cow	Legendary Egg	Growth radius boost
Snail	Bug Egg	Lucky Harvest chance
Toucan	Summer Egg	Boosts tropical plants
Caterpillar	Bug Egg	Boosts leafy plant growth
Sea Otter	Legendary Egg	Waters nearby plants
Bald Eagle	4th July Shop	Reduces egg hatch time
Bee	Bee Egg	Pollinated Mutation
Ankylosaurus	Primal Egg	Retrieve stolen fruit
Dilophosaurus	Primal Egg	Cooldown reduce / XP
Pancake Mole	Gourmet Egg	Digs Sheckles & Gear
Hotdog Daschund	Culinarian Chest	Cooldown reduce + XP
Tanchozuru	Zen Egg	Tranquil mutation
Bacon Pig	Culinarian Chest	Higher mutation chance
Raiju	Zen Shop	Shocked mutation + value increase
Dairy Cow	Sprout Egg	1.3x growth radius
Griffin	Skyroot Chest	Cyclone mutation boost
Apple Gazelle	Admin Abuse War	Apple duplication + Warp mutation
Spriggan	Goliath Goods	Bloom mutation
Glimmering Sprite	Enchanted Egg	Glimmering mutation
Wisp	Elder Wisp Shop	Bonus XP
Space Squirrel	Fall Shop	Voidtouched mutation
Swan	Fall Egg	Graceful mutation + mimic ability
Barn Owl	Fall Egg	XP gain for pets
Tiger	Jungle Egg	Distributes mutations
Chinchilla	Nutty Chest	Refund egg on sale
Dark Spriggan	Creepy Critters	Blight + Necrotic
Emerald Snake	Gem Egg	Duplicates seeds/gears
Reaper	Spooky Shop	Removes fruits → reduces cooldown
Amethyst Beetle	Gem Egg	Random reward
Diamond Panther	Gem Egg	Devours plants >12 mutations

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B-Tier Pets

Pet Name	How to get	Passive Ability
Frog	Night Egg	Advances the growth of a random plant by 24 hours
Seagull	Common Summer Egg	Chance to get a seed while shoveling
Moth	Anti Bee Egg	Restores the hunger of the hungriest pet in your garden
Blood Kiwi	Blood Moon Shop	– Boosts the hatching speed of eggs – Reduces the hatch time of eggs
Snake	Oasis Egg	Has a chance of duplicating an item that you buy from the Seed or Gear Shop
Cooked Owl	Free	Has a chance of turning your fruits in Cooked or Burnt
Blood Hedgehog	Blood Moon Shop	Boosts the size of prickly fruits in your garden
Squirrel	Mythical Egg	Offers a chance of not using the seed when you plant it
Panda	N/A	Consumes bamboo and sells it at a higher price
Red Fox	Mythical Egg	Gives you a chance to get a random seed from another player
Turtle	Legendary Egg	Sprinklers last longer when this pet is around
Golden Lab	Common Egg	Has a chance to dig up a random seed
Chicken Zombie	N/A	Has a chance to give the Zombified Mutation
Axolotl	Oasis Egg	Has a chance to retain Summer Fruits after you harvest them
Monkey	Rare Egg	Chance to refund a fruit when you sell it
Pig	Rare Egg	Increases the chance of your plants getting a mutation
Grey Mouse	Mythical Egg	Obtains bonus XP and also boosts your movement speed
Brontosaurus	Dinosaur Egg	Advances the growth of three random plants in your garden frequently
Pachycephalosaurus	Primal Egg	Has a chance to duplicate a crafted item
Raptor	Dinosaur Egg	– Has a chance to apply the Amber Mutation – Increases player movement speed slightly
Stegosaurus	Dinosaur Egg	Has a small chance to duplicate a harvested fruit
Mochi Mouse	Cooking Quests	Increases its own and other food-type pet’s XP
Sunny Side Chicken	Rat Connoisseur Rewards	Boosts the egg hatching speed
Gorilla Chef	Rat Connoisseur Rewards	Gives you bonus food when cooking
Sushi Bear	Gourmet Pet Egg	– Has a chance to apply the Chilled or Frozen mutations – Feeds your other pets
Shiba Inu	Zen Egg	Has a chance to dig random seeds in your garden
Junkbot	Admin Abuse	OIL OR BOIL: Occasionally has a chance to oil nearby fruit by applying the Oil mutation.
Jackalope	Sprout Egg	Every 100 seconds, thumps its feet and has a ~15% chance to mutate a nearby fruit, applying the Sandy mutation.
Green Bean	Admin Abuse War	Sacrifice a Beanstalk in your garden to grow a random plant with a fruit size bonus.
Gnome	Friendship Shop (Beanstalk Shop)	– Gnome Collector: Has a chance to mutate a random fruit with the Gnomed mutation. – Gains an additional chance for every Gnome cosmetic in the garden.
Phoenix	Obtained via Enchanted Egg	– Has a chance to apply the Flame mutation. – Advances the age of pets from the mutation chamber.
Red Squirrel	Can be obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	It advances the cooldown of all the Fall-type pets that you have in your garden.
Mizuchi	(will update soon)	When selling a fruit with the Azure Mutation, your other crops have a chance of obtaining a random mutation.
Tree Frog	Obtained by hatching the Jungle Egg	The pet advances the growth of your crops at frequent intervals.
Silver Dragonfly	(will update soon)	The pet frequently gives the Silver Mutation to random crops in your garden.
Lich	Obtained via the Halloween Event	Boosts the size, growth rate, and variant chances of random plants.
Rhino	Obtained via the Safari Egg	– Gives Mirage mutation – Reduces the hatch time of eggs.
Bone Dog	Obtained via the Spooky Egg	Digs out seeds in the game.
Idol Chipmunk	Obtained via the Nutty Chest	It restores the hunger stat of nearby pets.
Chubby Chipmunk	Obtained for free	Eats food to gain weight and grow in size. It then spawns an Acorn on the map.
Smithing Dog	(will be updated)	(will be updated)
Sapphire Macaw	Obtained via the Gem Egg	Has a chance to apply the Crystallized mutation to random crops.
Mummy	Obtained via the Spooky Chest	When using the Sarcophagus cosmetic, the pet applies the Gold mutation to random plants.

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C-Tier Pets

Mostly early-game pets or low-impact passives.

Pet Name	How to get	Passive ability
Dog	Common Egg	Has a chance of digging up a random seed occasionally
Blood Owl	Blood Moon Shop	Boosts the XP of pets in your garden
Ostrich	Paradise Egg	Increases the age of the hatched pets
Night Owl	Night Egg	Give all active pets an additional 0.23XP/s
Kiwi	Night Egg	It reduces the hatch time of eggs
Owl	Mythical Egg	Gives all the active pets an additional 0.22XP/s
Polar Bear	Legendary Egg	Has a chance of turning nearby fruits into Chilled or Frozen
Brown Mouse	Mythical Egg	Obtains bonus XP and gives you boosted jump height
Rooster	Rare Egg	Reduces the hatch time of eggs
Hedgehog	Night Egg	Gives all the prickly fruits in your garden a 1.51 size boost
Parasaurolophus	Primal Egg	Reduces the time it takes to open a Cosmetic Crate
Triceratops	Dinosaur Egg	Boosts the size of hatched pets
Kappa	Zen Egg	– Has a chance to apply the Wet mutation – Has a chance of applying Bloodlit mutation to wet plants
Tanuki	Zen Egg	Runs around your garden doing mischief
Bagel Bunny	Gourmet Pet Egg	Increases the value of your carrots by five times
Kodama	Kitsune Chest	Tree Spirit: ~5% Zen type Fruit gets tranquil mutation after collecting.
Corrupted Kodama	Corrupt Zen Quests	Tree Spirit: 4.22% chance Zen-type fruit gets Corrupt mutation after collecting.
Seedling	Sprout Egg	Every 5 minutes, swaps mutations between two different random fruits! Ignores favorited fruits.
Luminous Sprite	Can be obtained from the Lumina Fairy Fares Shop	Has a chance to apply the Luminous mutation to random crops.
Marmot	Can be obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	Gives you random rewards periodically.
Badger	Can be hatched from a Fall Egg	Has a chance to apply the Crackef mutation to random crops.
Chipmunk	Can be obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	Provides a chance to not consume a harvest tool when you use it.
Fortune Squirrel	(will update soon)	The pet has a chance to apply the Fortune Mutation to random crops.
Oxpecker	Obtained via the Safari Egg	Reduces the trait cooldown of all the Safari Pets.
Blue Jay	Obtained via the Game Pass	The pet boosts the growth rate of all your Berry-type Crops.
Farmer Chipmunk	Obtained via the Nutty Chest	The pet boosts the growth rate of all the Nut-type plants.

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D-Tier Pets

Pet Name	How to get	Passive Ability
Spotted Deer	Rare Egg	Has a chance of letting the berries stay on the plants after you harvest them
Bunny	Common Egg	Eats a carrot and sells it for a higher value
Chicken	Uncommon Egg	It decreases the hatch time of eggs
Deer	Uncommon Egg	Berries have a chance of staying on the plant after you harvest them
Starfish	Common Summer Egg	The pet increases its own XP
Orange Tabby	Rare Egg	The pet frequently sleeps, and the fruits within its radius have a chance of growing bigger
Black Bunny	Uncommon Egg	The pet eats a carrot and increases its value
Cat	Uncommon Egg	When the cat naps, fruits within its radius have a chance of growing bigger
Nihonzaru	Zen Egg	If there is a hot spring nearby, this pet boosts the passives of all other pets in your garden
Football	Pre-update event	Has a chance to give your free Sheckles or Watering Cans.
Golem	Sprout Egg	Every 5 minutes, goes to the mutation machine and tinkers with it and advances its time by 61 seconds.
Mandrake	Skyroot Chest	Harvesting Mandrake crops has a 3% chance to apply the Rot mutation to a random fruit in your garden.
Elk	Skyroot Chest	2% chance berry fruit stays after collecting.
Pixie	Enchanted Egg	– Advances the growth of plants. – Allows you to levitate.
Imp	Enchanted Egg	Gives you a random item after every successful chase.
Ladybug	Enchanted Egg	Advances the growth of Flower-type crops.
Cardinal	Enchanted Egg	Increases the growth rate of all the magical plants in your garden.
Shroomie	Enchanted Egg	Has a chance to increase the size of plants, depending on how many mushrooms you have in the garden.
Drake	Elder Wisp Fairy Fares Shop	Advances the timer of an active recipe.
Mallard	Can be obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	Gives you a random reward periodically.
Maneko Neko	Can be obtained from the Kitsune Box	Has a chance to refund fruits when you sell them.
Sugar Glider	Can be obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	Has a chance to refund fruits when you sell them.
Woodpecker	Obtained from the Fall Pets Shop	The pet reduces the overall crafting time.
Hummingbird	Obtained by hatching the Jungle Egg	The pet transforms random single-harvest crops into seeds.
Tomb Marmot	Obtained via the Spooky Chest	The pet gives you random Graveyard cosmetics.
Cape Buffalo	Obtained via the Safari Shop	Has a chance to duplicate a fruit when you harvest it.
Wolf	Obtained via the Spooky Egg Shop	– Has a chance to apply the Moonlit mutation to random fruits. – Increases your movement speed and jump height.
Hyena	Obtained via the Safari Shop	The pet gains additional XP for every other Hyena present around.
Bat Sugar Glider	will update soon	will update soon
Scarab	Obtained via the Spooky Chest	The pet boosts the growth size of random pets.
Gecko	Obtained via the Safari Shop	Ensures that your Safari-type plants have higher chances of obtaining variants.

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Final Thoughts

If you want to progress fastest, aim for:
⭐ Mimic Octopus
⭐ Corrupted Kitsune
⭐ Golden Goose
⭐ Lemon Lion (Admin Abuse)
⭐ Ruby Squid
⭐ T-Rex

These pets deliver mutation power, duplication, massive XP, and cooldown reduction — the strongest mechanics in Grow a Garden.

For early game, pets like Bear Bee, Petal Bee, Caterpillar, Cow, and Toucan give excellent value before you get Mythicals.

✅ FAQ

1. What is the best pet in Grow a Garden?

The best pets in Grow a Garden as of November 2025 are Mimic Octopus, Corrupted Kitsune, Golden Goose, T-Rex, Peach Wasp, and Ruby Squid due to their extremely strong mutation, XP, and duplication abilities.

2. How many pets are in Grow a Garden?

There are 150+ pets available in Grow a Garden, including Mythical, Legendary, Admin Abuse, Seasonal, Event-exclusive, and common pets.

3. How do I get Mythical pets in Grow a Garden?

Mythical pets can be obtained from Mythical Eggs, Primal Eggs, Admin Abuse War rewards, Event chests, and rare shop rotations like Zen Shop and Gem Shop.

4. Which pet gives the best mutations?

The strongest mutation-focused pets include Corrupted Kitsune, Butterfly, Lobster Thermidor, Spaghetti Sloth, Peach Wasp, T-Rex, and Cockatrice.

5. What pets should beginners use?

Beginners should start with Bee, Caterpillar, Cow, Toucan, Caterpillar, and Snail for early growth speed, Pollinated mutations, and basic XP boosts.

6. What pets are good for duplicating fruits or items?

Top duplication pets include Red Giant Ant, Giant Ant, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Snake, and Apple Gazelle.

7. Are Admin Abuse War pets worth getting?

Yes. Pets like Lemon Lion, Peach Wasp, Apple Gazelle, and Green Bean are extremely powerful and are almost always placed in S or A tier.

8. Which pet increases XP the most?

Pets like Capybara, Headless Horseman, Hex Serpent, Barn Owl, Wisp, and Bald Eagle significantly boost XP for players or other pets.

9. How is this Pet Tier List ranked?

The ranking is based on usefulness, meta relevance, mutation potential, XP output, cooldown effects, and overall garden progression impact.

10. Can pets mimic other pets’ abilities?

Yes, pets like Mimic Octopus, Swan, and Ruby Squid can mimic or copy the passives of other pets in your garden.