Grow a Garden Pet Growth & XP Planner
Blend passive XP, hunger cycles, and event bursts to forecast how long your Grow a Garden pets need to reach their next age milestones.
XP planning overview
Reference wiki-documented XP sources such as Owl, Starfish, and the Mouse events, then adjust Tiny or Mega modifiers to keep your leveling routes accurate.
Growth Planner
Estimate time and feeding cadence to reach a target age. Tiny reduces hunger timer by 20%. Mega increases it by 20%.
XP inputs
Hunger & form
Hunger set to zero pauses XP gain entirely. Tiny shortens the hunger window by 20%, Mega extends it by 20%.
Summary
Total XP needed: 864,948
Total time: 12h 51m 20s
Average XP/s: 18.69
Feeding cadence: 900s window → 52 feeds
Milestones
| Age | Time elapsed |
|---|---|
| 10 | 6m 1s |
| 25 | 1h 40m 9s |
| 50 | 12h 51m 20s |
| 50 | 12h 51m 20s |
Owl XP is a team aura that starts around 0.20 XP/s per owl and increases slightly with age. Event mice grant burst XP on their timers rather than steady XP/s, so the planner treats them as periodic events.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked leveling questions drawn from the Grow a Garden wiki.
- What stops a pet from gaining XP?
- Hunger is the gating stat. The Grow a Garden wiki explains that pets stop earning XP when their hunger hits zero, so feeding schedules are essential for long leveling sessions.
- How do Tiny and Mega forms change XP rates?
- Tiny pets consume 20% less hunger and typically grant 5–30 XP per second, while Mega forms eat 20% more hunger but offer 10–40 XP per second. Those ranges match the wiki values and guide the planner's presets.
- What is the scope of Owl, Starfish, and Mouse XP bonuses?
- Owl shares a small XP-per-second aura with the whole team, Starfish grants itself 5 + weight/2 XP per second, and Grey or Brown Mouse trigger self-only XP bursts every few minutes. The planner labels each boost as Team, Self, or Event per the wiki.
- Can I combine passive XP and event XP in the planner?
- Yes. Stack steady XP-per-second sources with periodic event XP and set your hunger budget to estimate the total time from a starting age to your goal. The tool follows the wiki's timing structure for both passive and burst sources.
- Does Friend Boost increase XP gain?
- No. As the wiki highlights, Friend Boost only affects Sheckle payouts when selling pets. It has no impact on leveling speed, so it is excluded from the growth calculations.