Anubis Pet in Grow a Garden – Ability, How to Get It, and Is It Worth Using

Grow a Garden never slows down with new content, and the moon update proved that once again. Along with fresh pets like the Moon Snail, Anglerfish, and Wise Owl, players got their hands on Anubis through the premium pass. This jackal-headed pet has been a hot topic since release, mostly because players heard it was insanely overpowered before actually testing it. We tested Anubis ourselves in a real garden setup, and here is everything we found out about its ability, its rarity, and whether it deserves a spot in your active pet slots.

What Is Anubis in Grow a Garden

Anubis is a premium pass pet that arrived alongside the moon update. It carries strong Egyptian theming, which fits the recent trend of the game leaning into mythology-inspired pets. Unlike the base chest pets from this update, Anubis is locked behind the premium pass, so free-to-play players cannot pull it from the regular Exotic Chests. That alone makes it feel like a rarer, more exclusive pet compared to the Moon Snail or Anglerfish sitting in the standard rotation.

We claimed Anubis directly from the premium pass rewards screen. There is no hatching or egg process involved here, which saves a lot of time compared to gambling on chests. If you already own the premium pass, Anubis is simply sitting there waiting to be claimed.

Anubis Ability Explained

This is where Anubis gets interesting. Every 19 minutes, Anubis destroys a fruit that carries 32 or more mutations. In exchange, it grants another pet in your garden one age point for every four mutations on that destroyed fruit. Do the math, and a 32-mutation fruit hands out roughly eight age levels in one shot.

That sounds small on paper, but the real value shows up once you understand what Anubis actually replaces. Leveling pets normally takes patience, feeding, and XP grinding over long play sessions. Anubis skips most of that by converting a heavily mutated fruit straight into pet age. We tested this with a fruit sitting well above 32 mutations, and Anubis pushed a fresh pet up by eight age levels within seconds.

A few important details stand out about how this ability behaves.

• The destroyed fruit needs at least 32 mutations before Anubis can use it, so low mutation crops will not trigger the effect.
• The pet does not sacrifice your favorited fruit, which protects your best mutated crops from accidental loss.
• Age gained scales directly with mutation count, meaning fruits with even higher mutation totals return more age per cycle.
• The cooldown sits at 19 minutes, so this is not a constant, passive grind. It works in bursts.

We also tested the rainbow variant, which requires the pet to reach roughly age 500 through the mutation machine or heavy feeding. The rainbow version keeps the same mechanic but scales the age reward higher, making it a long-term investment rather than a quick win.

How to Get the Most Out of Anubis

Anubis is only as strong as your ability to produce heavily mutated fruit. Without a steady supply of 32-plus mutation crops, this pet basically sits idle. That means Anubis is not a beginner-friendly pick. It rewards players who already have a mutation farming setup running.

The fastest way to hit 32 mutations on a single fruit is to combine pets that stack mutations quickly. We used a mix of Spino, T-Rex, and Tiger, alongside mimic pets to copy abilities across the garden. With that combination, a full garden of 32 plus mutation fruits took roughly 10 to 15 minutes to build. Once that setup is running, Anubis becomes a genuinely efficient leveling tool instead of a novelty pet.

Players who lack a strong mutation farm will get far less value here. It is worth prioritizing your mutation pets first, then bringing Anubis in as a support piece once your garden regularly produces high mutation fruit.

Is Anubis Worth Using

Community hype painted Anubis as one of the best pets in the moon update, but our testing tells a more balanced story. It works exactly as described, and it does speed up pet leveling in useful chunks. At the same time, it is not a game-breaking pet that outperforms everything else in the leveling category.

Compared to dedicated setups like Ferrets or Inferno style combinations, Anubis falls a step behind in raw efficiency. Where Anubis wins is convenience. It converts fruit you would otherwise just sell into instant pet progress, which fits naturally into a garden that is already farming mutations for profit anyway.

How Anubis Compares to Other Moon Update Pets

The moon update also brought the Wise Owl, a divine rarity pet that many players expected to be overpowered. In practice, Wise Owl grants a small experience boost and copies mutations between fruits, an effect that pets like Tiger and T-Rex already cover more efficiently. Anglerfish, on the other hand, offers one of the few ways to apply the eclipse mutation outside of weather events, giving it a narrow but useful role.

Against that lineup, Anubis stands out as the most practically useful new pet from this update. It does not rely on rare weather windows or low percentage mutation chances. It simply needs mutated fruit, something most active players already have plenty of.

Final Thoughts

Anubis will not single-handedly transform your garden, but it earns its place for players who already run a mutation farming setup. Feed it 32-plus mutation fruits regularly, pair it with strong mutation pets like Tiger and Spino, and it quietly speeds up your pet leveling in the background. Skip it if your garden is not producing high mutation crops yet, and focus on building that foundation first. Once that piece is in place, Anubis becomes a smart, low-effort addition to any serious Grow a Garden lineup.

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