Recruiting and managing pets is a vital aspect of Grow A Garden 2, offering players a variety of bonuses that can enhance crop growth, defend against intruders, and improve overall gameplay. These companions, ranging from common frogs to mythical bears, each possess unique abilities that can significantly impact a player's garden.

Acquiring Pets

Pets can be acquired in Grow A Garden 2 through two primary methods: direct purchase and hatching from Eggs. Many pets are available for purchase in the game's central area, appearing with a price tag and a timer indicating their availability. Players must pay the listed price before the timer expires to add the pet to their garden. For instance, the common Frog can be purchased for 10,000 Sheckles, while rarer pets like the Turtle, which increases carry capacity, cost 70,000 Sheckles. Legendary pets, such as the Bee, require a substantial investment of 1 million Sheckles. Mythic pets like the Bear and Golden Dragonfly command even higher prices, reaching up to 9 million Sheckles.

Understanding Pet Abilities

Each pet offers distinct abilities. The Frog, for example, provides a 30% chance to hatch from a Common Egg and boosts jump height by +5. The Owl, an uncommon pet, extends night view distance by 12% and alerts players to rare pet spawns. Legendary pets like the Robin can eat ripe fruit and occasionally drop Seeds, while the Bee swarms intruders and inverts their controls. Mythic pets offer powerful advantages: the Monkey brings ripe fruit from the garden, the Bear pounces on and throws intruders, the Golden Dragonfly doubles the chance of growing Golden crops, and the Unicorn doubles the chance of growing Rainbow crops. Super-rarity pets, such as the Raccoon, Ice Serpent, and Black Dragon, offer unique utilities like stealing from other players, freezing intruders, or burning them.

Eggs and Hatching

Eggs serve as a form of lootbox in Grow A Garden 2, with players earning them through Guild Rewards. When placed, eggs reveal a random pet. Common Eggs can yield a variety of pets, including the Frog, Bunny, Deer, Robin, Bee, Unicorn, Golden Dragonfly, and Raccoon, with varying spawn odds. Epic Eggs are mentioned but their acquisition method is currently listed as TBA (To Be Announced), and they can hatch Deer, Unicorn, Bee, and a larger variant, Bee (Big).

Managing Your Pet Squad

Upon acquiring a pet, it can be found in the Pets section of the inventory. Equipping and placing a pet on the ground adds it to the player's active squad. New players start with three pet slots, but this capacity can be increased. By accessing the Pet tab, indicated by a Bunny logo, players can find a '+1' button with an associated cost. Clicking this button allows for the purchase of additional pet slots, expanding the number of pets that can follow the player simultaneously. Pets can also be unequipped through this same menu, returning them to the inventory.

Pet Mutations

An additional layer of pet enhancement comes in the form of Pet Mutations. These rare mutations imbue pets with buffs to their abilities, such as a Bunny with a Rainbow Mutation offering even greater speed boosts. While the exact number of mutation variants is not fully detailed, the game acknowledges their existence and rarity, encouraging players to add any mutated pets to their roster.