Grow A Garden Fairy Update Guide
Everything in the Fairy Update (launched October 10, 2026): the three new pets â Manticore, Red Cap, and Wolpertinger â how Fairy Chests work, Wishing Well reward tiers, and the fastest way to earn every reward.
đž All 3 Fairy Update Pets
Each pet fills a different role: Manticore is the mutation/XP chaser, Red Cap is the egg-hatching and pet-progression pick (especially with Mimic), and Wolpertinger boosts raw garden production. Tap any card for its full stats page and value calculator.
The chase pet of the update â reported 0.5% Fairy Chest drop. Beast of Omen chains 20% rolls for Toxic mutations, XP, and ability refreshes.
View stats & value âThe most interesting pet of the three: trades pet levels for faster egg hatches (~19 min cycle), with a reported Mimic-copy aging interaction.
View stats & value âPlant-growth specialist â advances random plant growth roughly every 9.5 minutes, scaling with magical plants in your garden.
View stats & value âđ How to Get Fairy Chests
Fairy Chests are earned through Fairy Favor quests at the Wishing Well. Each favor asks you to submit crops carrying the Glimmering mutation â fairies arrive roughly every hour to bless your garden with it, so keep Glimmering fruits banked.
There are five reward tiers. Completing a favor lets you pick one of three rewards from the current tier's pool. Higher tiers offer better rewards and a better shot at a Fairy Chest â reported chest appearance rates run from roughly 7.7% at Tier 2 up to about 27% at Tier 5 (player-reported figures, treat as approximate).
Each Fairy Chest contains 3 possible seeds and 3 possible pets. Finished the questline? You can run it again for 7,500 Fairy Points. Pets also show up in the Trade World, but launch-week prices are usually inflated â farm your own chests first.
đĄ Fairy Update Tips
- Bank high-rarity Glimmering crops (Beanstalk, Ember Lily, Sugar Apple) to clear Tier 5 favors fast.
- Chasing Manticore? Budget for a long grind â a reported 0.5% drop rate means hundreds of chests on average.
- Got Mimic? Test Red Cap + Mimic yourself before investing â the aging interaction is player-reported and may be unintended.
- Don't feed Manticore a fruit you'd miss: Beast of Omen consumes a fruit with 8+ mutations every activation.
- Wolpertinger scales with magical plants â the more you have, the more each ~9.5-minute activation is worth.
â Frequently Asked Questions â Fairy Update
What pets were added in the Grow A Garden Fairy Update?
The Fairy Update (launched October 10, 2026) added three new pets: Manticore (Divine), Red Cap (Legendary), and Wolpertinger. All three are obtained from Fairy Chests earned through Fairy Favor quests at the Wishing Well.
How do you get a Fairy Chest in Grow A Garden?
Complete Fairy Favor quests at the Wishing Well during the Fairy Event. Each favor asks you to submit crops carrying the Glimmering mutation. There are five reward tiers â higher tiers give better rewards and a better chance at a Fairy Chest. You can repeat the questline for 7,500 Fairy Points.
What is the Manticore drop chance in Grow A Garden?
Manticore has a reported 0.5% drop chance from Fairy Chests, making it the rarest of the three Fairy Update pets. Its Beast of Omen passive consumes a fruit with 8+ mutations roughly every 30 minutes and chains 20% rolls that can apply the Toxic mutation, grant 12,000 XP, or refresh a pet ability.
What does Red Cap do in Grow A Garden?
Red Cap's passive activates approximately every 19 minutes: it either reduces one of your pet's levels by 1 to cut a random egg's hatch time by about 21 minutes, or does the reverse. It also gains 12% of its current level's XP per activation. Testing reportedly showed that Mimic copying Red Cap's ability can help age pets, though players note this interaction may be unintended.
What does Wolpertinger do in Grow A Garden?
Wolpertinger is a plant-growth pet. Its passive activates approximately every 9.5 minutes and advances a random plant's growth by roughly 20 seconds for each magical plant in your garden. It suits garden-production builds more than pet leveling or mutation farming. (Timings are approximate, based on player testing.)
How do you get the Glimmering mutation in Grow A Garden?
Fairies arrive roughly every hour to bless your garden with the Glimmering mutation. Collect Glimmering fruits and submit them to the Wishing Well to complete Fairy Favor quests and earn Fairy Chest rolls.