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Dinosaur pets are all the craze in Grow a Garden right now—and the Pet Mutator (also known as the DNA Machine) is how you get them. Tucked right beside the Prehistoric Quest stand, this machine lets you trade in pets for a shot at hatching powerful dino companions.
With the right upgrades, you can cut wait times and boost your egg haul. Here’s everything you need to know about how to use and upgrade the Pet Mutator in Grow A Garden
How To Use Pet Mutator (DNA Machine) In Grow a Garden
To use the Pet Mutator, you simply go to the center of the map in Grow A Garden. You should spot it right beside the Prehistoric Quest stand. Now, insert any pet into the DNA Machine and wait 1 hour for incubation. After that, you will receive between 1-4 Dinosaur Eggs.
Now, here's the secret: The rarer the pet you offer, the higher the chance that you'll outright skip the incubation stage and get a Dinosaur Pet right away. Every pet has unique passive abilities, from increasing crop growth to mutating fruits automatically.
How To Upgrade Pet Mutator In Grow A Garden
The DNA Machine in Grow A Garden can be upgraded to reduce wait times and increase rewards. Here’s how to do it:
- Talk to the Raptor NPC beside the machine.
- Feed it Prehistoric Plants from the Ancient Seed Packs—these include: Stonebite, Paradise Petal, Horned Dinoshroom, Boneboo, or Firefly Fern.
- Each upgrade tier requires you to hand in a heavier total weight: 20kg → 30kg → 40kg → 50kg+
Each upgrade you do will boost the egg yield, reward odds, and reduce the time required to mutate a pet in Grow A Garden. Max it out and you’ll be farming Dinosaur Pets faster than ever.
All Dinosaur Pets & Abilities In Grow A Garden
Here are all the different Dinosaur Pets and their passive abilities in Grow A Garden:
| Pet | Odds | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Raptor | 35% | Clever Claws: Small chance fruit gets Amber mutation after collecting! Raptor Dance: Player has increased movement speed. |
| Stegosaurus | 28% | Prehistoric Doubling: Small chance to duplicate harvested fruit Prehistoric Harvester: Increased chance to duplicate harvested prehistoric-type plant |
| Triceratops | 33% | Tri-Horn: Rams into random plants and advances their growth. |
| Pterodactyl | 3% | Sky Reptile: Occasionally applies Windstruck mutation to multiple nearby fruits! Air Time: Player has increased jump height. |
| Brontosaurus | 1% | Giant Incubator: Pets hatched from eggs have a higher base weight |
| T-Rex | 0.5% | Apex Predator: Occasionally eats a random mutation from a fruit in your garden, then roars and applies that mutation to other fruits in your garden. |
And that's a wrap. The Pet Mutator is your one-way ticket to prehistoric power in Grow a Garden!
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