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All Grow a Garden Pet Mutations and How to Get Them
Which mutations can pets get?

Our Grow a Garden Pet Mutations guide includes all the mutations that pets can get via the Mutation Machine. Any pet can get a mutation, so make sure to learn about all the different Pets in Grow a Garden.
Grow a Garden Pet Mutations
Pets can now get mutations with a variety of effects.
How to Get Pet Mutations
To apply mutations to your pets, you need to visit the Egg Merchant’s stall to find the Mutation Machine to the left. The pet must be at least level 50 to obtain a mutation! It takes 60 minutes for the mutation to be applied and resets the pet’s level to 1.
All Pet Mutations
What mutations can pets get when using the Mutation Machine?
Windy
Windy pets have a 20% to 30% chance of applying the Windstruck mutation to random fruit. The Windy mutation has a 0.65% chance of appearing.
Shocked
Shocked pets work during the Thunderstorm weather event, increasing the chance of attracting lightning by 25% to 30%. This helps to apply the Shocked mutation to crops! The Shocked mutation has a 3.22% chance of appearing.
Tiny
The opposite of the Mega mutation, Tiny pets are extremely small. Their Hunger stat depletes 20% slower and they earn 5 to 30 XP every second. Tiny pets have a 6.43% chance of appearing.
Shiny
The Shiny mutation boosts the amount of XP the pet earns by an extra 15% per second. There’s a 32.15% chance of it appearing, and the total boost is +30%
Ascended
Ascended pets have a 75% to 90% chance of applying the Dawnbound mutation to a random fruit in your garden. This pet mutation has a 0.32% chance of appearing, making it the rarest in Grow a Garden so far.
Golden
Golden pets boost the power of the pet’s passive ability by 10%. This mutation has a 6.43% chance of appearing.
Radiant
Radiant pets summon a beam of light to boost the growth speed of a random crop for a total of 24 hours. This mutation has a 3.22% chance of appearing.
Inverted
Inverted pets boost the amount of XP the pet earns by an extra 30% per second, totalling to a +50% increase, with a 16.08% chance of it appearing.
Mega
Mega pets are visually larger than normal pets and get Hungry 20% faster. However, they earn 10-40 XP every second. This mutation has a 6.43% chance of appearing.
Rainbow
Rainbow pets boost the passive ability of the pet by 20% and have a 3.22% chance of appearing.
Frozen
Frozen pets have a 20% to 30% chance of applying the Frozen mutation to random fruit. This mutation has a 9.65% chance of appearing.
Iron Skin
Iron Skin pets have a 35% to 45% chance of getting stolen crops back from another player and have a 3.22% chance of appearing.
Tranquil
Tranquil pets have a chance of applying the Tranquil mutation to random crops every 25 minutes and have a 3.12% chance of appearing.
Corrupted
Corrupted pets have a chance of applying the Corrupt mutation to a random crop every 25 minutes and have a 3.02% chance of appearing.
Fried
Fried pets have a chance of applying the Fried mutation to a random crop every 20 minutes. You can get this pet mutation by obtaining the Fried Mutation Shard during the Cooking event.
Aromatic
Aromatic pets have a chance of applying the Aromatic mutation to a random crop every 24 minutes or so. You can get this pet mutation by obtaining the Aromatic Mutation Shard during the Cooking event, from the Rat Connoisseur NPC.
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