Pet Growth Calculator
Calculate pet XP requirements, growth time, and level progression in Grow a Garden. Optimize your pet strategy with our free online calculator. Also check out our Plant Value Calculator,Pet Drop Calculator,Stock Tracker, andFont Generator for complete Grow a Garden optimization.
Pet Growth Calculator
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Complete Pet Guide - Grow a Garden🎯Pet XP & Growth Calculator – Complete Guide
Pets are a huge part of progressing in Grow a Garden. They help with everything from hatching eggs faster to applying powerful mutations. But to get the most out of your pets, you need to understand how their XP, age, and cooldowns work. This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about pet growth and the calculator.
⚡Quick Start Guide
How to Use the Calculator
- Enter your pet's current age and target age (1–100)
- Add Owls and Capybaras with their XP/sec values
- Set Starfish, Grey Mouse, and Brown Mouse XP
- Press "Calculate" for results
💡 Pro Tip: Combine with our Grow a Garden Calculator to optimize garden layout for maximum pet food production!
Key Features
- Accurate XP calculations
- Time estimation
- Multiple pet support
- Hunger management tips
❓Frequently Asked Questions
What Is the Pet Growth Calculator?
The Pet Growth Calculator helps players estimate how long it will take for a pet to reach a certain age level, based on its XP gain rate.
Factors included:
- Passive XP per second
- Boosts from other pets
- Pet hunger mechanics
- Target age level
Why Is Pet Age Important?
In Grow a Garden, a pet's age determines how strong its abilities become.
As pets age:
- XP gain scales up
- Ability cooldowns get shorter
- Aura ranges improve
XP Level Formula
The official formula used by the community:
XP Required = floor(20 × n^2.02)• Level 1→2: 20 XP
• Level 10→11: 2,000+ XP
• Level 50+: 10,000s XP
Pet Hunger Management
Pets stop gaining XP when hungry. Keep them fed for optimal growth.
Tips:
- Auto-feed with fruits/items
- Use Capybara or Moth for hunger
- Limit total pets for better food
XP Boost Pets
Some pets boost XP for all others:
- Owl: +0.2 XP/sec
- Blood Owl: +0.5 XP/sec
- Capybara: +3.48 XP/sec (Chill Zone)
- Sea Turtle: 1000 XP/10min
Best Growth Strategy
To level pets quickly and efficiently:
- Use XP-boosting pets
- Keep pets well-fed
- Limit total pets
- Track progress with calculator
🐾Understanding Pets in Grow a Garden
What Are Pets?
Pets are collectible animals hatched from eggs purchased at the Pet Egg Stall. With over 50 unique pets across seven rarity tiers—Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary, Mythical, Divine, and Prismatic—each pet brings a distinct ability to boost your farming efficiency.
Pet Benefits:
- Speed up crop growth and harvest faster
- Auto-sell crops for higher value
- Apply valuable mutations for rare plants
- Refund crops or duplicate items
- Unique animations and behaviors
How Pets Work
Each pet has unique abilities that provide specific in-game benefits and can be strategically combined.
Key Mechanics:
- Pet abilities stack for amplified effects
- Up to 8 pets can be equipped at once
- Hunger meters require food management
- Pets age and become more powerful
Pet Tier Rankings
Understanding pet rarity helps prioritize which pets to focus on:
- Divine (S-Tier): T-Rex, Queen Bee, Dragonfly
- Mythical (A-Tier): Butterfly, Bear Bee, Brontosaurus
- Legendary (B-Tier): Flamingo, Petal Bee, Capybara
- Rare (C-Tier): Toucan, Rooster
- Uncommon (D-Tier): Bee, Chicken
- Common (E-Tier): Bunny, Dog
Maximizing Pet Benefits
Strategic pet management is key to maximizing your garden's efficiency:
- Combine synergistic pets with complementary abilities
- Keep pets fed to maintain active abilities
- Focus on pets that generate rare mutations
- Unlock all eight pet slots for maximum stacking
- Target event pets for limited-time benefits
- Balance XP and ability-boosting pets
💡Advanced Tips & Strategies
Multiple Pet Management
Advanced calculators can handle multiple pets with unique XP values and individual target ages.
Perfect for managing mythical or divine pets that require strategic placement.
Experiment & Optimize
Use the calculator to experiment with different XP setups and see exact time estimates.
Avoid over-committing space or resources with accurate predictions.
Complete Pet List & Abilities
| Pet Name | Rarity | Ability | Available |
|---|---|---|---|
 Starfish | Common | Gains 5.85 XP per second, increasing with age | ✓ Available |
 Crab | Common | Occasionally pinches another player's garden, granting Sheckles | ✓ Available |
 Seagull | Common | Chance to drop a seed when shoveling a plant (excludes fruits) | ✓ Available |
 Bunny | Common | Every 40 seconds, eats a carrot or chocolate carrot, selling it for 1.5x value | ✓ Available |
 Dog | Common | 5% chance every 60 seconds to dig up a random Seed Shop seed | ✓ Available |
 Golden Lab | Common | 10% chance every 60 seconds to dig up a random Seed Shop seed | ✓ Available |
 Bee | Uncommon | Every 25 minutes, applies the Pollinated mutation to a fruit | ✓ Available |
 Black Bunny | Uncommon | Same as Bunny but with a darker aesthetic | ✓ Available |
 Cat | Uncommon | Every 80 seconds, naps for 10 seconds, boosting fruit size by 1.25x within 10 studs | ✓ Available |
 Chicken | Uncommon | Passively increases egg hatch speed by 10% | ✓ Available |
 Deer | Uncommon | 3% chance for harvested berry plants to replant themselves | ✓ Available |
 Monkey | Rare | 2.5% chance to refund a fruit upon selling (lower for rarer fruits) | ✓ Available |
 Orange Tabby | Rare | Every 90 seconds, naps for 15 seconds, boosting fruit size by 1.5x within 15 studs | ✓ Available |
 Pig | Rare | Every 118 seconds, emits a 15-second aura doubling mutation chances within 15 studs | ✓ Available |
 Rooster | Rare | Passively increases egg hatch speed by 20% | ✓ Available |
 Spotted Deer | Rare | 5% chance for berry plants to remain after harvest | ✓ Available |
 Flamingo | Rare | Every 4 minutes, boosts crop growth 15x within 13 studs for 15 seconds | ✓ Available |
 Toucan | Rare | Grants tropical plants a 1.7x size bonus and 1.18x variant chance within 25.77 studs | ✓ Available |
 Sea Turtle | Rare | Every 10 minutes, grants 1000 XP to a random pet; 10% chance every 118 seconds to apply Wet mutation | ✓ Available |
 Orangutan | Rare | 3.49% chance per crafting material to not be consumed | ✓ Available |
 Seal | Rare | 2.42% chance to refund a pet's egg when selling it | ✓ Available |
 Honey Bee | Rare | Every 20 minutes, applies Pollinated mutation | ✓ Available |
 Wasp | Rare | Pollinates a fruit every 30 minutes; stings a pet every 10 minutes to advance its cooldown by 60 seconds | ✓ Available |
 Kiwi | Rare | Every minute, reduces the longest egg's hatch time by 25 seconds | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Hedgehog | Rare | Grants ~1.5x size bonus to prickly fruits (Cactus, Durian, Pineapple) | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Tarantula Hawk | Legendary | Pollinates every 25 minutes; advances a pet's cooldown by 80 seconds every 5 minutes | ✓ Available |
 Raptor | Legendary | 2.26% chance for Amber mutation; boosts player speed by 14.33% | ✓ Available |
 Triceratops | Legendary | Increases hatched pets' height and weight by 8.27% | ✓ Available |
 Stegosaurus | Legendary | 8.17% chance to duplicate harvested fruits (5.12% extra for Prehistoric fruits) | ✓ Available |
 Pterodactyl | Legendary | Every 10.56 minutes, applies Windstruck to 3.23 fruits (18.59% chance for Twisted). Boosts jump height by 14.39% | ✓ Available |
 Turtle | Legendary | Increases sprinkler duration by 20% | ✓ Available |
 Petal Bee | Legendary | Pollinates every 25 minutes; 1% chance for flower-type plants to remain after harvest | ✓ Available |
 Moth | Legendary | Every 13 minutes, restores a pet's hunger by 100% | ✓ Available |
 Scarlet Macaw | Legendary | Every 11.91 minutes, 15.95% chance to apply Verdant mutation | ✓ Available |
 Ostrich | Legendary | Grants an age bonus to hatched pets | ✓ Available |
 Peacock | Legendary | Every 10 minutes, advances nearby pets' cooldowns by 60 seconds | ✓ Available |
 Capybara | Legendary | Creates a Chill Zone within 15.48 studs where pets don't lose hunger and gain 3.48 XP/second | ✓ Available |
 Sand Snake | Legendary | 1.45% chance to duplicate gear or seed shop purchases | ✓ Available |
 Meerkat | Legendary | Every 7.24 minutes, reduces a pet's cooldown by 21.06 seconds (15.53% chance to repeat) | ✓ Available |
 Cow | Legendary | Plants within 8 studs grow 1.12x faster | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Polar Bear | Legendary | Every 90 seconds, 10% chance to apply Chilled or Frozen mutation | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Sea Otter | Legendary | Every 30 seconds, waters a plant to speed growth | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Silver Monkey | Legendary | 8% chance to refund a crop upon selling (lower for rarer crops) | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Panda | Legendary | Every 3 minutes, eats and sells a bamboo plant for 1.5x value | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Blood Hedgehog | Legendary | 2x size and 1.17x variant chance for prickly fruits | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Frog | Legendary | Every 20 minutes, advances a plant's growth by 24 hours | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Mole | Legendary | Every 80 seconds, digs up Sheckles or gear items | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Moon Cat | Legendary | Naps every minute for 20 seconds, boosting fruit size by 1.5x; 6% chance for moon-type fruits to remain | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Bald Eagle | Legendary | No ability listed; likely event-specific or retired | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Parasaurolophus | Legendary | Crowbar Head: Occasionally, goes to the cosmetic crate with the highest time and reduces time to open! | ✓ Available |
 Iguanodon | Legendary | Dino Herd: Grants bonus experience per second gain to all active Dinosaur-type pets | ✓ Available |
 Pachycephalosaurus | Legendary | Crafty Dome: Grants a 6% to duplicate the crafted item. | ✓ Available |
 Brown Mouse | Mythical | Gains 750 XP every 8 minutes; boosts player jump height by 10% | ✓ Available |
 Caterpillar | Mythical | Leafy plants grow 1.65x faster | ✓ Available |
 Giant Ant | Mythical | 10% chance to duplicate harvested crops (lower for rarer items) | ✓ Available |
 Grey Mouse | Mythical | Gains 500 XP every 10 minutes; boosts player movement speed by 10% | ✓ Available |
 Praying Mantis | Mythical | Every 80 seconds, prays for 10 seconds, granting 1.5x mutation chance within 10 studs | ✓ Available |
 Red Giant Ant | Mythical | 5% chance to duplicate crops (extra 5% for fruits) | ✓ Available |
 Snail | Mythical | 5% chance for harvested plants to drop their seed (lower for rarer plants) | ✓ Available |
 Squirrel | Mythical | 2.5% chance to keep a seed after planting (lower for rarer crops) | ✓ Available |
 Bear Bee | Mythical | Every 25 minutes, applies HoneyGlazed mutation (5x value multiplier) | ✓ Available |
 Butterfly | Mythical | Every 30 minutes, converts a fruit with 5+ mutations into a Rainbow fruit | ✓ Available |
 Brontosaurus | Mythical | Every 3.33 minutes, advances 3 plants' growth by 33.33 minutes (15.18% chance to repeat) | ✓ Available |
 Pack Bee | Mythical | Increases backpack inventory by 25 (scales with age) | ✓ Available |
 Mimic Octopus | Mythical | Every 20 minutes, mimics another pet's ability | ✓ Available |
 Hyacinth Macaw | Mythical | Every 8 minutes, 15.63% chance to apply Cloudtouched mutation | ✓ Available |
 Axolotl | Mythical | 6.76% chance for Summer-type fruits to remain after harvest | ✓ Available |
 Hamster | Mythical | Every 3 minutes, boosts crafting speed by 30.35% for 19 seconds | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Chicken Zombie | Mythical | Every 30 minutes, 20% chance for Zombified mutation; 10% egg hatch speed boost | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Firefly | Mythical | Every 80 seconds, 3% chance for Shocked mutation | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Owl | Mythical | Boosts all pets' XP gain by 0.20/second | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Golden Bee | Mythical | Occasionally pollinates and turns fruits into gold | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Echo Frog | Mythical | Every 10 minutes, advances a plant's growth by 24 hours | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Cooked Owl | Mythical | Every 15 minutes, 15.35% chance for Burnt or Cooked mutation; boosts pet XP by 0.17/second | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Blood Kiwi | Mythical | Every minute, reduces longest egg's hatch time by 45 seconds; 20% hatch speed boost | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Night Owl | Mythical | Boosts all pets' XP gain by over 0.20/second | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Dilophosaurus | Mythical | Frilled Reptile - Every ~13:53m opens its frills and spits out venom! The venom produced spreads to 3.30 other random pets, advancing cooldown by 40.82 OR granting 570.48 xp. | ✓ Available |
 Ankylosaurus | Mythical | Armored Defender: When a player steals a fruit from you, grants a chance you get the stolen fruit as well. | ✓ Available |
 Red Fox | Divine | Every 8 minutes, duplicates a seed from another player's garden | ✓ Available |
 T-Rex | Divine | Every 20.02 minutes, applies the most valuable mutation to 3.36 fruits | ✓ Available |
 Dragonfly | Divine | Every 5 minutes, turns a crop into gold | ✓ Available |
 Queen Bee (Pet) | Divine | Every 25 minutes, pollinates and refreshes the longest pet cooldown | ✓ Available |
 Disco Bee | Divine | Every 15 minutes, 12% chance for Disco mutation | ✓ Available |
 Fennec Fox | Divine | Every 22.12 minutes, copies a mutation from another player's garden (rarer mutations harder to copy) | ✓ Available |
 Blood Owl | Divine | Boosts all pets' XP gain by over 0.50/second | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Raccoon | Divine | Every 15 minutes, duplicates a crop from another player's garden | ✗ Unobtainable |
 Spinosaurus | Divine | Food Chain: Every ~20 minutes, devours a random mutation from 3 fruits in owners garden each, then roars, spreading those mutations to a fruit in owners garden! Priotizes applying mutation to favourited fruit. | ✓ Available |
 Red Dragon | Unclassified | Occasionally applies Burnt mutation to a nearby fruit | ✗ Unobtainable |