Grow a Garden 2 introduces a variety of pets that offer both aesthetic appeal and practical benefits to your gardening endeavors. Unlike its predecessor, the sequel expands the methods for obtaining these companions, moving beyond eggs as the sole acquisition route. Pets in Grow a Garden 2 provide useful bonuses, from enhancing garden defense to boosting plant growth and player mobility.
Acquiring Pets in Grow a Garden 2
There are four primary methods for players to obtain pets: map spawns, guild rewards, hatching eggs, and receiving gifts from other players.
Map spawns present pets directly in the game world, where they can be purchased for a set price before they cycle out. Each pet on the map has a timer indicating how long it will remain available, encouraging prompt decisions for rarer specimens. The cost and remaining time are displayed above the pet's head.
Guilds offer another avenue for pet acquisition through weekly rewards. These rewards are unlocked by accumulating points based on a player's single largest harvest. Guild members collectively contribute to a shared score, benefiting everyone. Initially, the Ice Serpent was the primary Guild reward pet, with variants becoming available at higher Guild scores.
Eggs have returned in Grow a Garden 2, serving as a source of pets obtainable through Guild rewards. Different egg types can hatch a specific pool of pets, with hatch odds varying significantly. Lower odds indicate a rarer pet within that egg's potential outcomes.
Finally, players can receive pets as gifts from friends. However, caution is advised to avoid potential scams where players might falsely promise a pet in exchange for an item or service.
Understanding Pet Abilities and Mutations
Each pet in Grow a Garden 2 possesses a unique ability. These range from defensive actions, such as deterring intruders, to passive buffs like increased jump height or faster movement speed. Some pets can also interact with garden elements, like eating ripe fruit or doubling the chances of obtaining gold or rainbow mutations on plants.
For example, the Frog offers a common +5 jump height boost, while the Bunny increases walk speed by +5. The Owl, an uncommon pet, extends night view distance by 12.5% and hoots when a rare pet spawns. The Deer, a rare pet, increases plant growth speed by 10%. Legendary pets like the Robin can eat ripe fruit and sometimes drop seeds, while the Bee swarms garden intruders, inverting their controls and applying a red overlay. Mythic pets include the Monkey, which picks ripe fruit and delivers it to the player; the Golden Dragonfly, which doubles the chance of gold mutations; the Unicorn, which doubles the chance of rainbow mutations; and the Bear, which tackles and pins intruders.
Super pets include the Raccoon, which steals fruit from empty gardens at night and increases the steal limit by 25; the Black Dragon, which sets intruders on fire; and the Ice Serpent, which freezes them.
Pet mutations introduce cosmetic variations, with pets appearing larger (Big and Huge mutations) or changing color (Rainbow mutation), alongside an enhancement to their base ability. Some pets may even have a Mega mutation.
Expanding Pet Slots
Players begin Grow a Garden 2 with three active pet slots. This capacity can be increased by accessing the pet icon, typically located on the left side of the screen. Acquiring additional slots requires an investment of Sheckles, with the fourth slot costing 200,000 Sheckles and the fifth demanding 1,000,000 Sheckles.
