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Last reviewedCommon pets
- Bunny — +5 walk speed; reported 20,000 Sheckles from map spawn points.
- Frog — +5 jump height; reported 10,000 Sheckles from map spawn points, the cheapest pet in the game.
Uncommon pets
- Owl — +12.5% night view distance; reported 25,000 Sheckles from map spawn points.
- Dog — bites and stuns thieves, making them drop stolen goods; reported 50,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (0.75% spawn) or the Fall Egg. Added August 2, 2026.
Rare pets
- Deer — +10% plant growth speed; reported 50,000 Sheckles from map spawn points.
- Turtle — +10 backpack space at the cost of −2 walk speed; reported 70,000 Sheckles. Community-verified across the Miraheze wiki and Beebom.
- Turkey — pecks the ground to dig up random seeds; reported 100,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (1% spawn) or the Fall Egg.
- Hedgehog — rolls toward intruders and knocks them back; reported 140,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (1% spawn).
Legendary pets
- Robin — flies around eating ripe fruit and sometimes drops seeds; reported 75,000 Sheckles.
- Bee — patrols the garden and swarms intruders to defend fruit; reported 1,000,000 Sheckles.
- Butterfly — helps every player's plants grow 3% faster and stacks with multiple butterflies; reported 1,000,000 Sheckles. Added in the July 3 update.
- Squirrel — digs the ground to find seeds; reported 1,200,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (0.6% spawn).
- Swan — sprays water to speed up nearby plant growth; reported 1,600,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (0.4% spawn).
Mythic pets
- Monkey — occasionally picks ripe fruit and brings it to you; reported 3,000,000 Sheckles, cross-verified by IGN's all-pets table and the community wiki.
- Golden Dragonfly — doubles Gold mutation chance; reported 9,000,000 Sheckles.
- Unicorn — doubles Rainbow mutation chance; reported 12,000,000 Sheckles, the most expensive map-spawn pet.
- Bear — tackles intruders, pins them, and throws them away; reported 5,000,000 Sheckles with a 0.225% map spawn chance. Added in the Aurora event update.
- Bald Eagle — snatches intruders and flies them out of the garden; reported 5,000,000 Sheckles. Added July 4, 2026.
- Firefly — server-wide support pet that makes everyone's newly planted crops 2% bigger; reported 3,000,000 Sheckles. Added July 12, 2026.
- Wolf — summons a pack of beasts when the moon rises; reported 6,500,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (0.2% spawn).
- Fox — steals other players' seeds at night and brings them back to you; reported 10,000,000 Leaves from the Fall Harvest world (0.1% spawn).
Super pets
- Raccoon — sneaks out at night to steal fruit and raises the steal limit by a reported +25; reported 15,000,000 Sheckles from map spawn points.
- Ice Serpent — breathes frost on intruders and freezes them solid; not bought with Sheckles—earned as a guild weekly competition reward.
- Black Dragon — eats ripe fruit and lays Common Eggs that hatch into pets; earned as a guild competition reward across multiple rounds.
- Shadow Dragon — applies the Veil mutation to planted crops; reported 30,000,000 Leaves, the rarest pet obtainable without a guild.
How to get pets in Grow a Garden 2
- Check map spawn points for Sheckles-priced pets; most base pets spawn randomly around Garden Valley.
- Earn Leaves in the Fall Harvest world to buy the eight event pets, or open the Fall Egg for a chance at them.
- Compete in the weekly guild competition for Ice Serpent and Black Dragon variants.
- Watch for Big and Mega size variants: Big is uncommon and Mega is rare, and both unlock exclusive badges.
Which pet should you buy first?
Match the pet to your current bottleneck instead of saving for the most expensive name. Early players get immediate value from cheap movement and growth pets, while night-defense problems justify Bear, Bald Eagle, or the guild-earned Ice Serpent. Mutation-focused accounts should target Golden Dragonfly or Unicorn. For the role-based comparison across four editorial tier lists, use the best pets guide.
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