The best Pets in Grow a Garden 2, as of the release meta, are Unicorn (S Tier - can apply the Rainbow mutation to your plants), Black Dragon (S Tier - sets fire to intruders at night), Ice Serpent (freezes intruders at night), and Robin (S Tier - gives you free seeds by eating ripe fruits). This tier list ranks all 12 Grow a Garden 2 pets based on their overall utility for gardening and for stealing/defending at night.
Pets are an integral part of Grow a Garden 2, just as they are in the original Grow a Garden. However, the obtainment method for Pets in Grow a Garden 2 is slightly different and a bit more straightforward. Pets will spawn randomly on the map for a specified time, and you can purchase them using Sheckles before they despawn. So, we’ve put together this Grow a Garden 2 Pets tier list to help you choose the best pets for your garden.
What Do The Tier Rankings Mean in Our Grow a Garden 2 Pets Tier List
While deciding the rankings for our Grow a Garden 2 Pets tier list, we’ve considered their gardening utility (effects on growth speed, seed duplication, mutations) and their PvP potential (how helpful will the pet be during the nighttime stealing and base defending event). Since the PvP aspect is a major part of Grow a Garden 2, Pets with fighting/defending abilities lead the current meta.
Below is a breakdown of what each tier means, followed by our complete Grow a Garden 2 tier list.
| Tier | Description | No. of Pets |
|---|---|---|
| S | Best pets in the game for nighttime PvP stealing and defending. | 4 |
| A | Situational pets that help you with gardening by collecting fruits, duplicating seeds, and adding mutations. | 4 |
| B | Handy pets to have because of their niche benefits. | 2 |
| C | Worst pets in the game right now. Add no noticeable value to your garden. | 2 |
Grow a Garden 2 Pets Tier List
⇓ BEST PETS FOR STEALING/DEFENDING ⇓
Ice Serpent
Unicorn
Robin
⇓ GOOD OVERALL PETS ⇓
Deer
Bee
Raccoon
Bunny
⇓ DECENT PETS WITH SPECIFIC USES ⇓
Frog
Golden Dragonfly
⇓ WORST PETS IN THE GAME ⇓
Owl
Monkey
Which Pets Are S Tier in Grow a Garden 2
| Pet | Description | Why This Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Black Dragon Super | Passive: Flies around your garden and breathes fire on intruders, setting them ablaze. Cost: 1,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Protects your plants at night while you roam around trying to steal fruits from other players. + Quick in the air and easily catches up to all intruders. + Currently, the cheapest Super pet in the game. |
| Ice Serpent Super | Passive: Flies around your garden and breathes frost on intruders, freezing them solid. Cost: 20,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Protects your plants by freezing any intruders. + Freezes them in their tracks so you can bonk them away with your shovel. - The most expensive pet in the game right now. Black Dragon offers similar protection at a much lower cost. |
| Unicorn Mythic | Passive: Trots around your garden and doubles the chance for plants and fruits to turn Rainbow. Cost: 12,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + The only pet in the game that can apply the Rainbow mutations (30x money multiplier). + Increases the chance of all your plants and fruits getting the Rainbow mutation. + Has the potential to make you rich quickly. |
| Robin Legendary | Passive: Flies around your garden earing ripe fruits and sometimes drops seeds. Cost: 25,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Right now, the only pet in the game that can get you free duplicate seeds. + Because of his ability, there’s a chance that he will give you a free seed of any plant from which he eats a ripe fruit. + If you can get 2 to 3 of these in your garden, you’ll be farming seeds for free and making massive profits. |
Which Pets Are A Tier in Grow a Garden 2
| Pet | Description | Why This Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Deer Rare | Passive: Trots around your garden and helps plants grow 10% faster. Cost: 50,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Very useful ability, especially early on in the game. + Passive affects all the plants in the game, and it stacks. So, if you have two Deer, plants will grow 20% faster. + Fairly easy to get because of the low price and decent spawn chance. |
| Bee Legendary | Passive: Patrols your garden and swarms intruders to defend your fruit. Cost: 50,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Causes problems for any intruders who try to steal your plants or fruits. + One of the cheapest pets that can defend your base. + Must-have until you can get a Black Dragon or an Ice Serpent. |
| Raccoon Super | Passive: Sneaks out at night to steal fruit from empty gardens and raises your steal limit by +25. Cost: 15,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + The only pet that can help you steal fruits from other players. + Gives a massive boost to your stealing limit when equipped. + You get to steal from players without having to leave your garden. |
| Bunny Common | Passive: Hops around your garden and boosts your walk speed by +5. Cost: 20,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + The walk speed buff is highly useful during the Midas Weather Event and the Rainbow Weather Event. + You can easily catch up to intruders. + Escaping after other stealing is slightly easier because of the extra speed. + The constant walk speed buff is also a good QOL addition. |
Which Pets Are B Tier in Grow a Garden 2
| Pet | Description | Why This Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Frog Common | Passive: Hops around your garden and boosts your jump height by +5. Cost: 10,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Decent jump boost that helps you reach higher plants and fruits. + The jump boost proves quite useful when stealing from other players as well. + Very easy to get because of low price and high spawn rate. |
| Golden Dragonfly Mythic | Passive: Flies around your garden and doubles the chance for plants and fruits to turn Gold. Cost: 9,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + The only pet that can apply the Gold mutation to your plants and fruits. + Decent chance buff so you will get plenty of Gold plants and fruits in your garden. - Slightly overpriced considering the Gold mutation only adds a 10x multiplier. |
Which Pets Are C Tier in Grow a Garden 2
| Pet | Description | Why This Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Owl Uncommon | Passive: Extends your view distance by 12.5% at night and hoots loudly when a Rare pet spawns. Cost: 25,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | - The extra view distance doesn’t make much of a difference. - There’s only one Rare pet in the game, and it’s pretty easy to spot when it spawns. - One of the most useless pets in the game right now. |
| Monkey Mythic | Passive: Swings around your garden and occasionally picks ripe fruit and brings it straight to you. Cost: 1,000,000 Sheckles How to Get: Purchase when it spawns randomly on the map. | + Can save your ripe fruits from going bad. - Isn’t any good if you actively play the game and collect the ripe fruits yourself. |
Which Pets Should Beginners Choose in Grow a Garden 2
If you’re a complete beginner in Grow a Garden, here are the three pets that you should get:
- Bunny (A Tier): Cheap and easy to get because of high spawn rate. Increases your walk speed by 5 for every Bunny in your garden. The increases walk speed is very useful, especially if you want to steal plants/fruits from other players at nighttime.
- Frog (B Tier): Another low-cost pet (10,000 Sheckles only) that will increase your jump height and allow you to easily harvest your Apples, Bananas, Corns, and other hard-to-reach fruits. It also increases your chances of escaping gardens successfully and catching up to intruders.
- Deer or Bee (A Tier): If you want to focus on gardening and want your plants to grow quickly, get a Deer (or multiple Deers). However, if you want to enjoy the PvP aspect of stealing and defending your garden, go for the Bee, as it will help defend your base while you focus on stealing. You can also get both because they both cost 50,000 Sheckles each, so they’re not too expensive even for beginners.
That’s it for our Grow a Garden 2 Pets tier list. As the Pets roster grows, this tier list will get updated accordingly. So, make sure you bookmark this page to always have the important information at hand.
While you’re here, don’t forget to check out our Grow a Garden 2 Weather Events Guide, and also make sure you redeem the latest Grow a Garden 2 Codes for some free seeds.
