The Bat Pet is a festive and functional addition to your collection in Grow a Garden, available during the limited-time Ghoul Garden Halloween event. As an Uncommon pet, it’s both accessible and highly useful for farming event-specific plants. This guide will walk you through how to get the Bat Pet, its hatch chance, stats, and how its unique ability can boost your Halloween farming.
What is the Bat Pet?
The Bat Pet is a Halloween-themed Uncommon pet introduced in the Grow a Garden Ghoul Garden update. It features a classic spooky design with a small body, large ears, and dark wings. Beyond its thematic appearance, its real value lies in its special ability that directly enhances your chances of finding rare plant variants during the event.
How to Get the Bat Pet in Grow a Garden
Obtaining the Bat Pet is a straightforward process centered around the Halloween event’s mechanics. You cannot get this pet outside of the Ghoul Garden event period.
Step 1: Farm Candy Corn
The Bat Pet is acquired through the Spooky Egg, which requires Candy Corn, the event’s special currency. Here’s how to earn it:
Witch’s Cauldron: Donate fruits from your garden to fill its progress bar. Each full bar rewards you with a random amount of Candy Corn.
Ancient Jack O’ Lantern: This entity spawns on the map every two hours. Interacting with it and providing crops will grant you bonus Candy Corn.
Step 2: Purchase the Spooky Egg
Once you have enough Candy Corn, visit the Creepy Critters Shop, the central hub for Halloween event items.
Spooky Egg Price: The egg costs 30 Candy Corn.
Step 3: Hatch the Egg
Place the Spooky Egg in your garden to begin the hatching process.
Hatch Time: The Spooky Egg takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to hatch.
Bat Pet Chance: Upon hatching, you have a 45% chance to receive the Bat Pet. The egg contains other Halloween pets, making the Bat a common but not guaranteed outcome.
Bat Pet Stats & Ability Explained
Once you have your Bat Pet, it provides a consistent and valuable bonus to your farming efforts.
Rarity: Uncommon
Hunger Stat: 5,000
Ability: Spooky Plant Variant Bonus
What Does the Bat Pet’s Ability Do?
The Bat Pet’s ability is a passive aura that benefits the plants around you.
The Effect: It provides a 0.7x variant chance bonus to all Spooky-type plants within its range.
The Range: The aura extends to a radius of 32 studs from your character.
This means that any Spooky plant you grow within this radius has a significantly increased chance of becoming a rare variant when it matures. This is incredibly useful for efficiently collecting event-exclusive variants.
Why You Should Get the Bat Pet
The Bat Pet is an excellent investment for any player participating in the Halloween event for several reasons:
High Hatch Chance: With a 45% chance, it is one of the more common pets from the Spooky Egg, making it easy to obtain.
Targeted Bonus: Its ability specifically boosts Spooky plants, which are the focus of the event, helping you complete your collection faster.
Great Value: For just 30 Candy Corn, you get a pet that provides a permanent, passive boost to your farming efficiency for the entire event duration.
FAQ
Q: Can I get the Bat Pet after the Halloween event ends?
A: No. The Bat Pet, Spooky Egg, and Creepy Critters Shop are all part of the limited-time Ghoul Garden event and will be unavailable once it concludes.
Q: What if I don’t get the Bat Pet from my first Spooky Egg?
A: With a 45% hatch chance, you might get a different pet. You can simply farm more Candy Corn and purchase another Spooky Egg to try again.
Q: Does the Bat Pet’s ability stack if I have multiple Bat Pets?
A: The provided information does not specify if the effects stack. It is generally safe to assume that most passive auras from multiple pets of the same type do not stack, but you can test this in your garden.
Q: Is the Bat Pet better than other Halloween pets?
A: “Better” depends on your goal. For directly increasing your yield of rare Spooky plant variants, the Bat Pet is one of the most effective and accessible options available.
Conclusion
The Bat Pet in Grow a Garden is a perfect example of a well-designed event pet: it’s easy to acquire, visually thematic, and provides a clear, powerful benefit that aligns with the event’s objectives. By following the steps to earn Candy Corn, buying a Spooky Egg from the Creepy Critters Shop, and hatching it, you can add this helpful companion to your team. Its ability to boost Spooky plant variant chances will make your Halloween farming much more productive and rewarding. Don’t miss the opportunity to hatch one before the event vanishes!