The Christmas update is live in Grow a Garden, and it isn’t just about showering gifts all over the place. This update brings in new festive-themed plants, eggs, gears, and cosmetics. While the number of seeds may be low in number, the developers were generous enough to cover that up with 8 new pets. So, check this guide to find out all the new Grow a Garden Christmas update pets, along with their traits, and which ones you should prioritize getting first.
All Grow a Garden Christmas Update Pets
There are mainly two ways to obtain the new Grow a Garden Christmas update pets. First is to get them from the newly introduced Christmas gifts, while the second is to get them from Christmas Eggs. So, here are all the pets and their traits for both categories.
1. List of All Grow a Garden Christmas Gift Pets
The Christmas gifts can be obtained by submitting Christmas mutated plants at the center of the event, or during Samta’s Here weather event. That said, here are all the pets you can get from them:
| Pet | Rarity | Gift Category | Trait |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() Pine Beetle | Legendary | Rare gift, Mythical gift | -Every 5.52 minutes, battles with another player’s beetle, and if it wins, it gives you a reward. – The higher the beetle’s weight and size, the better the chance of getting the reward |
![]() Eggnog Chick | Legendary | Mythical gift, Gold gift | – Can boost the time required for pets to hatch |
![]() Cacao Cat | Mythical | Gold gift, Rainbow gift | – Every 72.48 minutes, it goes to a Hot Chocolate cosmetic and naps near it for 10.75 seconds. – New fruit within 10.75 studs will be 1.27x larger |
2. List of All Grow a Garden Christmas Egg Pets
The Christmas gifts also have a chance to give you a Christmas egg. Alternatively, you can also purchase this from the in-game shop by spending some Robux. This egg contains the following pets with the given passives:
| Pet | Rarity | Trait |
|---|---|---|
![]() Turtle Dove | Rare | – Christmas plants within range have 0.39x increased growth speed chance |
![]() Reindeer | Legendary | – Gains an additional 6.15XP per second for every other Reindeer in the garden. – Every 4.55 minutes has a 14.35% chance to apply the Snoy mutation to nearby fruit |
![]() Nutcracker | Mythical | – Every 11.50 minutes, cracks open a random Nutty-type fruit and grants a random Christmas-related reward |
![]() Yeti | Divine | – Every 14.56 minutes, devours a fruit with atleast 16 mutations to summon the Yeti Night weather |
![]() Ice Golem | Prismatic | – Grants a 7.46% chance for the pet mutation acquired from the pet mutation machine to become one of the four Ice Golem exclusive mutations, like Christmas Rally, Jolly Decorator, Merry Nursery, and Giant Golem |
Best Pets to Get During the Grow a Garden Christmas Update
If you’re still deciding where to spend your time and effort, here is the list of Christmas pets you must get right away:
- Ice Golem: This pet can grant some of the exclusive mutations to your pets that can later help in collecting sheckles from mutated plants in the long run.
- Reindeer: This is an excellent scaling pet because it can get bonus XP and provide the Christmas-themed mutations to the nearby plants.
- Cacao Cat: This pet is perfect for farmers looking to get some chonky fruits. It can pair perfectly with the Master and Grandmaster sprinklers to further boost the size of plants in the game.
That is all about the new Christmas-themed pets in Grow a Garden and showcasing their traits as well. So, which one did you like the most, and whose trait seems the most attractive of all? Tell us in the comments below.
The Ice Golem is the best pet among all in the Grow a Garden Christmas update due to its passive for providing exclusive pet mutations.
The Cacao Cat can nap near the Hot Chocolate cosmetic, and all the plants near that pet will have an increased size bonus of 1.27 times.







