
I’ve been grinding away in Grow a Garden since the Chubby Chipmunk Update dropped on October 4th, and honestly? This might be my favorite event yet. There’s something incredibly satisfying about watching these adorable little critters run around my garden, munching on fruits and triggering their unique abilities. After spending countless hours collecting all six new pets, testing their passives, and figuring out which combinations work best, I’m here to share everything I’ve learned.
The Chubby Chipmunk Update introduces six woodland-themed pets to Grow a Garden, each with distinct abilities that can transform how you approach farming, resource collection, and garden optimization. Whether you’re a casual player who just wants cute companions or a hardcore farmer looking to maximize efficiency, these pets offer something special for everyone.
This latest update (version 1.25.1) brings an autumn-inspired event that revolves entirely around raising, feeding, and collecting adorable rodent pets. The event runs from October 4 to October 18, 2025, giving us two weeks to catch ’em all before they’re gone.
The centerpiece is the Chubby Chipmunk itself—a free pet you can grab from the event island that gains weight by eating fruits from your garden. The heavier your chipmunk gets, the better rewards you unlock from the event progression track. It’s basically like raising a virtual pet, but with actual in-game benefits.
What sets this update apart from previous events is the sheer variety of pets and their synergistic abilities. Some boost plant growth, others provide support to your existing pets, and a few can even manipulate plant mutations for massive profit. The diversity means you’re constantly experimenting with different combinations to find what works best for your playstyle.
There’s something genuinely delightful about this event that kept me coming back every single day. Maybe it’s the cozy autumn aesthetic with all the acorn decorations, or maybe it’s watching my Idol Chipmunk perform musical numbers that heal my other pets. Whatever it is, this update hit differently.
I particularly love how the event encourages active participation without feeling grindy. My Chubby Chipmunk naturally eats fruits while I’m planting seeds or harvesting crops, and every few minutes, it drops an Acorn that contains random rewards. It’s like getting surprise loot boxes just for playing normally.
The pet collection aspect scratched that completionist itch perfectly. Opening Nutty Chests and hoping for that rare Divine Chinchilla gave me the same rush as pulling for limited characters in gacha games, except everything felt achievable within the event timeframe.
Plus, the pets themselves are just adorable. Watching the Farmer Chipmunk waddle around with its tiny gardening tools or seeing the Fortune Squirrel shimmer when it applies a jackpot mutation brings genuine joy to my farming sessions.
Getting these pets requires different approaches depending on which companions you’re after. Let me break down the acquisition methods:
The Chubby Chipmunk is completely free. Just visit the event island (look for the special portal that appeared with the update), and you’ll find a stand with a “FREE CHIPMUNK” sign. Grab yours immediately—you’ll need it to participate in the event progression system.
Two pets are unlocked through the Chubby Chipmunk Event Rewards progression:
To hit these milestones, focus on feeding your Chubby Chipmunk by keeping plenty of harvestable fruits in your garden. The pet automatically eats fruits every few minutes, and each fruit consumed increases its weight. Fruits with mutations provide bonus weight gain, so prioritize planting high-value, mutated crops.
The remaining three pets come from Nutty Chests, which you can purchase using acorns collected during the event:
Farmer Chipmunk (Common):
Idol Chipmunk (Legendary):
Chinchilla (Divine):
Pro tip: Exotic Nutty Chests cost more but offer slightly better overall loot quality. However, the drop rates for specific pets remain similar, so regular Nutty Chests work fine if you’re on a budget. Save your acorns for bulk chest openings to maximize your chances.
Let me walk you through each pet, their abilities, and how I’ve been using them in my garden.
Rarity: Rare
Hunger: 50,000
How to Get: Free from event island
Passive Ability: Every 4-5 minutes, eats a random fruit in your garden and gains weight (approximately 0.02kg per fruit). When it eats, an Acorn spawns that grants random rewards when collected.
This little guy is the heart and soul of the event. I’ve been running mine alongside high-yield fruit plants like Dragonfruit and Starfruit to maximize weight gain. The Acorns it drops have given me everything from rare seeds to furniture pieces to event currency.
My Strategy: Place your Chubby Chipmunk near your most productive plants. It ignores favorited fruits and single-harvest crops, so you don’t need to worry about it eating your premium plants. Feed it manually by clicking on it with fruits in your inventory—each fed fruit has about a 15% chance to grant bonus weight, with additional chances based on mutations.
Rarity: Uncommon
Hunger: 25,000
How to Get: Chubby Chipmunk reward track
Passive Ability: Every 4-5 minutes, eats a random fruit and converts it into a Fissure Berry Seed.
At first glance, the Hyrax seems simple, but it’s incredibly useful for expanding your seed collection. Fissure Berries are event-tied crops that can be valuable for crafting or selling. I’ve been using mine to build up a stockpile of these seeds while focusing on other tasks.
My Strategy: Position the Hyrax in sections of your garden with abundant common fruits. This way, you’re essentially converting low-value crops into potentially valuable seeds without any manual effort.
Rarity: Rare
Hunger: 30,000
How to Get: Chubby Chipmunk reward track (46.43kg requirement)
Passive Ability: Occasionally applies the Jackpot (Fortune) mutation to random plants in your garden.
This golden beauty is a money-maker. The Jackpot mutation significantly increases the rewards from harvesting plants, making your crops way more profitable. I noticed that plants with this mutation drop additional coins, rare items, and sometimes even premium currency.
My Strategy: Pair the Fortune Squirrel with expensive, slow-growing plants like exotic flowers or rare fruits. When the jackpot mutation hits these high-value crops, the payoff is substantial. I’ve earned thousands of extra coins from lucky jackpot harvests.
Rarity: Common
Hunger: 15,000
How to Get: Nutty Chests (34.5% from regular, 34% from exotic)
Passive Ability: All Nutty-type plants grow 1.56x faster.
If you’re focusing on event-specific crops like Acorn Seeds or Pecan Seeds, this pet is absolutely essential. That 1.56x growth multiplier might not sound huge, but when you’re speed-farming event plants to collect acorns, it makes a noticeable difference.
My Strategy: Since it’s only Common rarity, I actually managed to get multiple Farmer Chipmunks from chest openings. The growth bonuses stack, so running two or three of these pets together with a garden full of nutty plants creates an incredibly efficient farming loop.
Rarity: Legendary
Hunger: 30,000
How to Get: Nutty Chests (14.5% from regular/exotic)
Passive Ability: Every 11-12 minutes, performs a song for about 8-9 seconds. During the performance, all other pets in the garden restore 1.48% hunger per second.
This adorable performer has become one of my favorite additions. Pet hunger management can be tedious, especially when you’re running multiple pets at once. The Idol Chipmunk basically acts as an automatic pet feeder, keeping your companions active without constant manual intervention.
My Strategy: Place the Idol Chipmunk centrally in your garden so its singing reaches all your other pets. This is especially valuable if you’re running high-hunger pets like the Chubby Chipmunk (50,000 hunger) or Chinchilla (50,000 hunger). I can now leave my garden running while I’m AFK and return to find my pets still active and working.
Rarity: Divine
Hunger: 50,000
How to Get: Nutty Chests (1% from regular/exotic, 7% from Rainbow Sack)
Passive Ability: Every 30-40 minutes, rolls to another pet and makes them perform their ability 3.03 times consecutively.
This is the crown jewel of the update. At only 1% drop rate from standard chests, the Chinchilla is rare as heck, but its ability is absolutely game-changing. When it triggers on pets like the Fortune Squirrel or Hyrax, you’re essentially getting triple the value from their abilities.
My Strategy: I pair my Chinchilla with high-impact pets. When it targets my Fortune Squirrel, I get three jackpot mutations instead of one. When it hits my Hyrax, I receive three Fissure Berry Seeds. The synergy potential is incredible, and strategic pet placement can influence which abilities get multiplied most often.
I won’t lie—it took me opening about 30 Nutty Chests before I finally got mine, but it was worth every acorn.
After experimenting with various setups, here are my top pet combinations:
Based on my time with the update, here are strategies that made a huge difference:
1. Stockpile Fruits Before Starting
If you have fruits saved from previous gameplay, keep them in storage. Once you get your Chubby Chipmunk, you can manually feed it these stored fruits for instant weight gain spikes.
2. Focus on Mutated Plants
Fruits with mutations grant bonus weight gain when consumed by your Chubby Chipmunk. Prioritize planting crops that frequently spawn with mutations or use mutation-inducing pets from previous updates.
3. Don’t Sleep on Common Pets
The Farmer Chipmunk is Common rarity, meaning you’ll likely get multiples from chest openings. Don’t dismiss them—having 2-3 Farmer Chipmunks running simultaneously creates insane growth speed for event plants.
4. Time Your Chinchilla
The Chinchilla’s ability has a long cooldown (30-40 minutes), but you can influence its target by positioning it closer to your preferred pets. I noticed it tends to interact with nearby companions more often.
5. Open Chests in Bulk
Instead of opening Nutty Chests one at a time, save up acorns and do batch openings. This helps with the psychological aspect of bad RNG and gives you better overall value from duplicate protection systems.
6. Prioritize Event Pets Over Everything
These pets are limited-time only. Once October 18th hits, they’re gone until the event potentially returns. Focus all your resources on collecting them before grinding for anything else.
7. Use the Idol Chipmunk for Overnight Sessions
If you’re someone who leaves the game running overnight or during work/school, the Idol Chipmunk is essential. It ensures your pets remain active and productive even during extended AFK periods.
8. Complete Daily Tasks for Bonus Acorns
The event includes daily missions that reward extra acorns. These missions are usually simple (plant X seeds, harvest Y fruits) and take minimal time but provide substantial currency for chest purchases.
The Chubby Chipmunk Update (version 1.25.1) launched on October 4, 2025, with several quality-of-life improvements alongside the pet additions:
New Features:
Quality of Life Updates:
Event Duration:
October 4 – October 18, 2025
The developers mentioned on Discord that they’re monitoring feedback about the Chinchilla’s low drop rate and may adjust it if player acquisition rates are too low. No promises, but it’s worth staying updated on their official channels.
Yes! Every pet is obtainable through normal gameplay. The Chubby Chipmunk is free, two pets come from event progression, and the rest drop from Nutty Chests purchased with in-game acorns. You won’t need to spend any Robux if you’re willing to grind.
You keep every pet you’ve collected. They won’t be removed from your inventory, and their abilities will continue working after October 18th. The only limitation is that you won’t be able to obtain new ones once the event closes.
Yes! Each Farmer Chipmunk applies its own 1.56x growth multiplier. Running multiple Farmer Chipmunks at once noticeably speeds up nutty plant growth.
Plant high-yield fruits with multiple mutations near your Chubby Chipmunk. Manually feeding fruits from your inventory adds a 15% bonus weight chance. Keep your garden full so your chipmunk always has food available when its ability triggers.
Not for pet hunting specifically—the drop rates are almost identical. However, Exotic Chests offer better bonus rewards like rare seeds, unique furniture, and cosmetics. If you care about those extras, they’re worth considering.
No. The Chinchilla only boosts other pets. Even when using multiple Chinchillas, they never self-trigger.
Pair it with pets that have high-impact abilities: Fortune Squirrel (triple jackpot mutations), Hyrax (triple seed generation), or powerful legacy pets like the Lemon Lion and Cockatrice if you own them.
The developers haven’t confirmed anything. Some event pets have returned in anniversary or rerun events, but you shouldn’t count on it. If you want them, collect them during this event while you can.
The Chubby Chipmunk Update has genuinely revitalized my interest in Grow a Garden. Between the strategic depth of pet combinations, the satisfaction of watching my Chubby Chipmunk grow heavier each day, and the excitement of opening Nutty Chests hoping for that Divine Chinchilla, I’ve been completely hooked.
What I appreciate most is how accessible everything feels. You’re not forced into premium purchases or impossible grinds—just good old-fashioned farming with adorable companions by your side. Whether you’re chasing the complete collection or just want a couple cute pets to enhance your garden, this update delivers.
With only two weeks to grab these limited-time pets, now’s the perfect time to jump back into Grow a Garden. My advice? Start by grabbing that free Chubby Chipmunk, plant some high-yield fruits, and let the acorns roll in. Before you know it, you’ll have your own woodland sanctuary filled with productive little companions.
What pet are you most excited about collecting? Drop your strategies and favorite combinations in the comments—I’d love to hear how other players are approaching this event!