Best Pets in Grow a Garden 2: Every Pet and Ability Ranked

Pets are one of the best ways to speed up your progress in Grow a Garden 2. Each pet has its own ability. Some make plants grow faster, some protect your garden at night, and some raise your chance of getting rare mutations. But pets cost a lot of Sheckles, so buying the wrong one early can slow you down.

This guide explains what every pet does, which ones are worth buying first, and which ones are only useful for certain play styles. Want to know what a pet is worth in trades? Check the pet values list.

Every pet and what it does

Prices are what guide sites reported and are rounded. They can change with updates, so check in the game before saving up.

Pet	Rarity	About	What it does
Frog	Common	10K	Lets you jump higher.
Bunny	Common	20K	Makes you walk faster.
Owl	Uncommon	25K	Better view at night and hoots when a rare pet spawns.
Deer	Rare	50K	Makes your plants grow about 10% faster.
Turtle	Rare	70K	Extra inventory slots, but you walk a bit slower.
Robin	Legendary	75K	Eats ripe fruit and sometimes drops a seed.
Bee	Legendary	1M	Swarms intruders to guard your garden.
Butterfly	Legendary	1M	Speeds up plant growth.
Monkey	Mythic	1M	Picks ripe fruit and brings it to you.
Bear	Mythic	5M	Tackles intruders and pins them down.
Bald Eagle	Mythic	5M	Grabs intruders and carries them away.
Golden Dragonfly	Mythic	9M	Doubles the chance of the Gold mutation.
Unicorn	Mythic	12M	Doubles the chance of the Rainbow mutation.
Raccoon	Super	15M	Steals crops at night and raises your steal limit.
Ice Serpent / Black Dragon	Super	Guild reward	Powerful guard pets from guild competitions.

Best pets to buy first

1. Deer. Cheap, and faster growth helps every single round of the game loop. Almost every guide agrees it is the best value early pet.
2. Bunny. Moving faster saves time all the time: running to the shop, harvesting, selling.
3. Butterfly. Another growth booster once you have around a million Sheckles.

Best pets for mutations

Mutations multiply a crop’s value, so pets that raise your mutation chance can pay for themselves many times over.

• Golden Dragonfly doubles your chance of the Gold mutation.
• Unicorn doubles your chance of the Rainbow mutation.

Both are expensive, so they are mid-to-late game goals. Learn more in our mutations guide and see every multiplier on the mutations list.

Best pets for defense

At night, other players can try to take crops from your garden. Defense pets make that much harder:

• Bee: the most affordable active guard.
• Bear and Bald Eagle: stronger guards that stop or remove intruders.
• Ice Serpent and Black Dragon: very strong guild reward pets, if your guild does well in competitions.

Pets for special play styles

• Raccoon is for players who like to go out stealing at night. It is very expensive, so only buy it if that is how you want to play.
• Monkey and Robin help with harvesting and seeds, but players rate them lower than growth and mutation pets.
• Owl, Turtle and Frog are small quality-of-life helpers, nice to have but not a priority.

Buying order for most players

1. Deer (early)
2. Bunny (early)
3. Bee (when thieves become a problem)
4. Butterfly (mid game)
5. Golden Dragonfly or Unicorn (late game)
6. Bear (if you have valuable crops to protect)

Trading pets

Pets are some of the most traded items in the game. Before you trade one away or accept one, check its value and demand on the pet values page and put the trade into the trade calculator. Our safe trading guide explains common pet trade scams.

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