Our Grow a Garden Pet Tier List ranks each pet type from best to worst. The rankings are based on how useful their passive abilities are!

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Grow a Garden Pet Tier List

Which pets are best to obtain?

S Tier

  • Orange Tabby
    • Rare pet
    • Boost the size of nearby plants by 1.53 every 88.87 seconds
  • Silver Monkey
    • Legendary rarity pet
    • Provides the same buff as the Monkey, but the chance of getting a refund increases by 7.74%
  • Turtle
    • Legendary rarity pet
    • 20.49% boost to the duration of sprinklers
  • Sea Otter
    • Legendary rarity pet
    • Regularly waters plants by spraying them
  • Praying Mantis
    • Bug pet
    • Every 80 seconds, the Mantis prays for 10 seconds, boosting the mutation chance of nearby crops by 1.5x

A Tier

  • Cat
    • Uncommon rarity pet
    • Increases the size of nearby fruit by 1.25x every 80 seconds
  • Pig
    • Uncommon rarity pet
    • Boosts the mutation chance of nearby plants by 2x every 118 seconds
  • Monkey
    • Rare pet
    • You may get a refund for seeds when selling crops
  • Cow
    • Legendary rarity pet
    • 1.12x buff to the growth speed of nearby crops
  • Polar Bear
    • Legendary rarity pet
    • Has a chance of applying the Chilled or Frozen mutations to your crops
  • Dragonfly
    • Bug pet
    • Applies the Golden mutation to a random crop every 5 minutes
  • Caterpillar
    • Bug pet
    • Must be near leafy crops to provide a 1.5x boost to growth speed
  • Giant Ant
    • Bug pet
    • The duplication of crops has a 10% chance of occurring when harvested

B Tier

  • Golden Lab
    • Common rarity pet
    • 10% chance of digging up a seed every 60 seconds, but this chance increases the older the dog gets
  • Bunny
    • Common rarity pet
    • If you have carrots in your garden, it picks one up every 40 seconds, which increases its sell value by 1.5x
  • Black Bunny
    • Uncommon rarity pet
    • Does the same as the Bunny pet
  • Deer
    • Uncommon rarity pet
    • Berries are already permanent crops, but the Deer buff grants a chance of the already grown berries remaining after you harvest them, which means you don’t have to wait for them to grow back
  • Spotted Deer
    • Rare pet
    • Does the same as the Deer pet but provides a higher chance of the berries remaining
  • Chicken
    • Uncommon rarity pet
    • The hatching time for eggs decreases by 10%, which is good, but kind of unnecessary
  • Rooster
    • Rare pet
    • Does the same as the Chicken, but the hatching time duration decreases by 20.52% – in my opinion, this is still an unnecessary passive ability
  • Snail
    • Bug pet
    • You have a chance of obtaining seeds when harvesting crops, but this can be any seed, even low-rarity, cheap ones

C Tier

  • Panda
    • Event pet
    • Increases the value of your bamboo, but this is a one-time crop anyway. This would be a better passive ability if bamboo didn’t disappear once you harvest it
  • Dog
    • Common rarity pet
    • 10% chance of digging up a seed

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