Scarecrow
The Scarecrow is a Divine-rarity pet added to Grow A Garden on October 3, 2026 with the Fall Finale update (the third part of the Fall Market Event 2026). Unlike most Divine pets it is not hatched from an egg — it is won as a rare RNG reward from the Shady Scarecrow NPC. Its passive, Farewell Crows, permanently sacrifices a Crow pet every 18 minutes 31 seconds to age a random pet by one level, making it a pet-leveling engine rather than a crop multiplier.
What is the Scarecrow pet in Grow A Garden?
The Scarecrow arrived with the Fall Finale update on October 3, 2026 — described in the official patch notes as another major expansion to the Fall Market. It launched alongside the Scarf Crow pet, the Maple Melt and Rosy Root plants, a Fall Market Collection tracker, and the travelling Harvest Moon merchant.
What makes the Scarecrow unusual for a Divine pet is its role: it does not boost crop values at all. Farewell Crows is a pure pet-aging utility — it converts a renewable resource (Crow pets, farmable during the Halloween Ghoul Garden event) into steady levels on your most valuable pets. There is no ×N.N multiplier to list, because none exists by design.
How do you get the Scarecrow?
Find the Shady Scarecrow NPC and submit almost any seed from your inventory. He consumes the seed, plants it in the patch beside him, and spits out one random reward. Your seed's rarity sets a Seed Score — rarer seeds mean better odds — and seed variants can push the effective score above the base table maximum.
The painful truth: the Scarecrow is one of the two rarest rewards in his pool (the other is the Maple Melt seed). There is no pity threshold — every submission is an independent RNG roll. Budget your seeds accordingly, and submit your rarest seeds for the best chances:
Seed Score by rarity
Scarecrow chance by score
Chances are the in-game listed rates per submission. Scores 9–10 exceed the base rarity table and are reachable through seed variants.
What does Farewell Crows do?
Every 18 minutes and 31 seconds, the Scarecrow permanently removes one Crow pet from your garden — the Crow is scared away and does not return — and in exchange ages a random pet by 1 level.
The strategic read: this is a Crow-to-levels converter. If you farm Crows cheaply during the Ghoul Garden Halloween event, the Scarecrow turns that surplus into roughly three bonus pet levels per hour on pets that are expensive to age any other way. The cost is real, though — each cycle eats a Crow forever, so running it around the clock demands a steady Crow pipeline. Without a Crow in your garden, the cycle simply has nothing to sacrifice and the aging effect cannot trigger.
Is the Scarecrow worth grinding for?
It depends on your pet roster. If you own high-value pets whose levels drive your farm's output — and you can keep Crows coming — the Scarecrow is one of the only repeatable pet-aging engines in the game, and Divine pets with unique utilities tend to hold trade interest. If your roster is thin or you cannot farm Crows, the sub-10% RNG grind at the Shady Scarecrow is a steep price for a pet you cannot fully use.
A note on value: as of mid-October 2026, no 2026-dated source has published a coin or trade value for the Scarecrow — the pet is less than two weeks old and community value lists have not caught up. We will update this page when verified figures appear rather than guessing.
Scarecrow FAQ
How do you get the Scarecrow pet in Grow A Garden?
Submit almost any seed to the Shady Scarecrow NPC (added in the Fall Finale update, October 3, 2026). He consumes the seed and spits out one random reward. Your seed's rarity sets a Seed Score (1–8), and rarer seeds give better odds — the Scarecrow's listed chance ranges from 0.3% at Seed Score 1 up to 9.54% at Seed Score 10. It is an RNG roll per submission, not a guaranteed threshold.
What does the Scarecrow's Farewell Crows ability do?
Every 18 minutes and 31 seconds, the Scarecrow permanently removes one Crow pet from your garden (the Crow does not return) and ages a random other pet by 1 level in exchange. It is a pet-aging utility ability, not a crop-value multiplier, so it has no ×N.N figure.
What is the Scarecrow worth in Grow A Garden?
No 2026-dated source has published a coin value or trade value range for the Scarecrow yet — the pet is only days old and community value lists have not caught up. Its practical worth comes from Farewell Crows: converting spare Crow pets into +1 level on high-value pets roughly every 18.5 minutes.
When was the Scarecrow added to Grow A Garden?
October 3, 2026, as part of the Fall Finale update — the third part of the Fall Market Event 2026. The same update added the Scarf Crow pet, the Maple Melt and Rosy Root plants, the Fall Market Collection, and the Shady Scarecrow NPC.
What is the Shady Scarecrow Seed Score?
The Seed Score is set by the rarity of the seed you submit to the Shady Scarecrow: Common 1, Uncommon 2, Rare 3, Legendary 4, Mythical 5, Divine 6, Prismatic 7, Transcendent 8. Higher scores improve your odds at the rarest rewards (Scarecrow pet and Maple Melt seed), and seed variants can push effective scores to 9–10.
Does the Scarecrow need Crow pets to work?
Yes. Farewell Crows consumes one Crow pet from your garden each cycle. Without a Crow present, the aging effect cannot trigger — so the pet pairs best with a farmable Crow supply. Crow is a Halloween-event pet available during the Ghoul Garden event.
Related guides
Stats verified against 2026-dated sources (official Fall Finale patch notes via Discord, October 4 2026; Sportskeeda and Deltia's Gaming guides, October 2026). Coin and trade values are not yet documented for this pet and are intentionally left blank rather than estimated.