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I’ve been grinding Grow a Garden like crazy ever since the Halloween update dropped, and let me tell you the Ghostly mutation has been one of the most exciting additions to the game. When I first saw that spooky white mist wrapping around my crops, I knew I had to figure out how to get more of it. After spending countless hours testing different methods and chatting with other players in the community, I’ve cracked the code on getting this elusive mutation.
The Ghostly mutation isn’t just about looking cool (though it definitely does). With its impressive 28x value multiplier, it’s become one of my go to mutations for making serious Sheckles. Whether you’re a beginner just getting started or a veteran farmer looking to optimize your garden, I’m gonna walk you through everything I’ve learned about getting and maximizing this spooky mutation.
Before we dive into the how to part, let me break down what makes the Ghostly mutation so special. I remember when I got my first Ghostly crop it was this beautiful ethereal effect that made my tomato look like it was straight out of a ghost story. The crop gets surrounded by this haunting white mist, and you can see these wispy spectral particles floating around it.
But here’s what really matters: that 28x multiplier. When I compared it to some of the other mutations I’d been using, I realized the Ghostly mutation sits in a really sweet spot. It’s not the highest multiplier in the game (that honor goes to mutations like Dawnbound at 150x or Cosmic at 240x), but it’s way more accessible than those top tier mutations. Plus, unlike some other limited mutations that only show up during special weather events, I can actually control when and how I get Ghostly mutations.
The visual effect is pretty distinctive too. Your crops will have this ghostly, semi transparent appearance with white mist swirling around them. It’s the kind of thing that makes other players stop and check out your garden when they visit. I’ve had people message me asking how I got so many Ghostly crops, which honestly feels pretty good.
Alright, here’s where things get interesting. Unlike most mutations in the game that rely on weather events or random chance, the Ghostly mutation works differently. I spent my first few days waiting for some kind of Halloween weather event to show up, but then I realized there isn’t one for Ghostly. Instead, you’ve got two main methods to get it, and I’ve tested both extensively.
This is hands down my favorite way to get Ghostly mutations, and I’m gonna explain exactly why. The Great Pumpkin plant is this massive, transcendent tier seed that you can buy from the Seed Shop during the Halloween event. When I first heard about it, I thought “great, another expensive limited seed,” but once I planted it, everything changed.
Here’s what makes the Great Pumpkin so powerful: it applies the Ghostly mutation to nearby crops every 5 minutes. Yeah, you read that right every 5 minutes. I timed it myself multiple times, and it’s incredibly consistent. The plant doesn’t even need to be fully grown to start working, which I discovered accidentally when I was impatient and checked my garden early.
Step-by-Step Process:
What I Love About This Method:
The Catch:
The Great Pumpkin is only available during the Halloween event. I’m writing this guide during the event, but if you’re reading this later, you might have to wait until next Halloween. That’s why I’m stocking up while I can. I’ve also heard rumors in the community that these might become available in other ways later, but nothing’s confirmed yet.
Okay, so this method is technically possible, but I’m gonna be real with you it’s not my first choice, and here’s why.
To get a Ghostly mutated pet, you need to purchase premium Spooky Eggs from the in game shop using Robux (real money). Each egg costs actual money, and there’s a pity system where you’re guaranteed a Ghostly mutated pet after opening 125 eggs. Let me do the math for you that’s a LOT of Robux.
I’ve got a couple of friends who went this route because they really wanted those exclusive pets, and here’s what I learned from their experience:
How It Works:
Why I Don’t Recommend This Method:
When This Method Might Make Sense:
If you’re already planning to buy Spooky Eggs because you want the exclusive pets for their other abilities, then sure, getting Ghostly mutations as a bonus is nice. Some of those pets have really good passive effects that can help with other aspects of the game. But if you’re solely focused on getting Ghostly mutations, I’d skip this method entirely and stick with Great Pumpkins.
After farming with this mutation for a while now, I’ve developed some strategies that have seriously boosted my efficiency. These are things I wish someone had told me when I started.
This is probably the most important tip I can give you. When I first bought a Great Pumpkin, I thought “cool, one’s enough.” Wrong. So wrong.
Here’s what I’ve learned: each Great Pumpkin operates independently on its own 5-minute timer. So if you have three Great Pumpkins, you’re getting three separate chances for Ghostly mutations every 5 minutes. I currently run five Great Pumpkins in my garden, strategically placed to cover different sections, and the difference is night and day.
I went from getting maybe 5-6 Ghostly crops per hour with one pumpkin to getting 20-30 per hour with five pumpkins. The math makes sense when you think about it, but seeing it in action was really eye opening.
My Placement Strategy:
This is something I figured out after I realized I was wasting Ghostly mutations on cheap crops. Remember, the mutation multiplies your crop’s base value by 28. So if you’re applying it to a crop worth 10 Sheckles, you get 280. But if you apply it to a crop worth 1,000 Sheckles, you get 28,000.
I now keep most of my starter crops (like Tomatoes and Carrots) far away from my Great Pumpkins. Instead, I surround my pumpkins with high tier plants like:
This one change probably doubled my hourly Sheckles income. It’s all about working smarter, not harder.
Here’s where things get really fun. I didn’t realize this at first, but Ghostly mutations can stack with other mutations. The game calculates your total multiplier by adding up all your mutations and then multiplying them together with your variant multipliers (like Golden or Rainbow).
Let me give you a real example from my own garden. I had a Rainbow Dragon Fruit (50x base multiplier) that got:
Using the game’s formula, my total multiplier was insane. That single fruit sold for millions of Sheckles. It was one of those moments where I just stared at the screen in disbelief.
Best Mutations to Combine with Ghostly:
Based on my experience, here are mutations I actively try to stack:
The key is being patient and letting your crops soak up multiple mutations before harvesting them. I’ve trained myself to not instantly harvest everything I wait to see what other mutations might land on high value crops first.
This is a small optimization, but it adds up over time. Since Great Pumpkins apply mutations every 5 minutes, I try to time my harvesting to happen right after a mutation cycle.
Here’s my routine:
This way, my mature crops get one last chance at receiving the Ghostly mutation before I sell them. It’s especially worth it for those super expensive transcendent plants.
This might sound obvious, but I’ve seen people in the community harvest their Great Pumpkins after one cycle, thinking they’re done. Don’t do this! The Great Pumpkin plant continues to apply mutations every 5 minutes as long as it’s in your garden.
I treat my Great Pumpkins like permanent fixtures in my garden. They’re not crops I’m growing to sell they’re investment pieces that keep generating value. Yes, you can harvest them eventually when the Halloween event ends or when you need the space, but while the event is active, keep them planted.
The Great Pumpkin harvest itself is pretty valuable (it’s a transcendent plant, after all), but the passive mutations it generates are worth way more in the long run.
I mentioned placement earlier, but let me expand on this because it’s really important. Your garden layout matters a lot when using Great Pumpkins.
I’ve experimented with different layouts, and here’s what I’ve found works best:
The Hub and Spoke Method:
The Grid Method:
I personally use a modified grid method because I like keeping my garden organized by plant type. It makes it easier to track what needs watering, what’s ready to harvest, and which crops are getting the most Ghostly mutations.
Let me break down the economics of the Ghostly mutation because understanding the numbers really helped me appreciate how valuable this mutation is.
When a crop gets the Ghostly mutation, its sell value gets multiplied by 28. But here’s the thing this works alongside the crop’s weight multiplier and any other mutations it has.
The game uses this formula for crop value: Final Value = Weight × Base Value × Variant Multiplier × (1 + Sum of Mutation Multipliers – Number of Mutations)
It sounds complicated, but basically:
So a Ghostly mutation on a basic Tomato might give you a few thousand Sheckles. But a Ghostly Rainbow Dragon Fruit with stacked mutations? We’re talking millions.
I’ve tracked my earnings with different mutations over the past week, and here’s how Ghostly stacks up against other accessible mutations:
| Mutation | Multiplier | Accessibility | My Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wet | 2x | Very Easy (Rain) | Good for stacking |
| Chilled | 2x | Easy (Snow weather) | Good for stacking |
| Moonlit | 2x | Easy (Night growing) | Good for stacking |
| Pollinated | 3x | Medium (Swarm events) | Decent |
| Bloodlit | 5x | Medium (Blood Moon) | Great when available |
| Frozen | 10x | Medium (Wet + Chilled) | Excellent |
| Golden | 20x | Hard (1% random) | Amazing but unreliable |
| Ghostly | 28x | Easy (Great Pumpkin) | Excellent and consistent |
| Rainbow | 50x | Very Hard (Random) | Best variant |
| Shocked | 100x | Hard (Thunderstorms) | Amazing but rare |
| Celestial | 120x | Very Hard (Special events) | Top tier but inconsistent |
As you can see, Ghostly sits in this perfect middle ground where it’s got a solid multiplier but is actually obtainable consistently. That consistency is what makes it so valuable for steady farming.
During the Halloween event, I’ve been able to farm way more efficiently than usual, and the Ghostly mutation is a big reason why. Here’s my thought process:
I’ve been treating this Halloween event like a gold rush. I’m planting as many Great Pumpkins as I can afford, surrounding them with high value crops, and just letting the Sheckles roll in. When the event ends, I’ll still have all these Ghostly crops saved up that I can sell over time.
After you’ve got the basics down, here are some advanced techniques I’ve developed that take things to the next level.
This is something I stumbled upon accidentally but now use religiously. The idea is to intentionally expose your crops to as many mutation sources as possible before harvesting.
Here’s my process:
I had a Dragon Fruit last week that ended up with Ghostly + Golden + Wet + Frozen + Moonlit mutations. It sold for over 15 million Sheckles. That one crop paid for multiple Great Pumpkin seeds by itself.
To maximize my Great Pumpkin efficiency, I’ve developed a crop rotation system. Instead of harvesting my entire garden at once, I harvest in sections on a rotating schedule.
My Weekly Rotation:
This ensures that I always have crops at different growth stages, which means I’m always getting Ghostly mutations on something valuable. If I harvested everything at once, I’d have periods where the Great Pumpkins are applying mutations to empty soil or baby plants wasted opportunities.
This is more of a community thing, but I’ve found a nice little side hustle here. Some players really want Ghostly crops for their collections or to show off in their gardens, but they either:
I’ve been growing extra Ghostly crops and trading them to these players for Sheckles, rare seeds, or other valuables. It’s win win: they get the cool mutation, and I get resources I need. I’ve made some good friends in the community this way too.
Here’s something that changed how I approach the game: I started thinking of Great Pumpkins as investments rather than expenses.
When I first saw the price tag on Great Pumpkin seeds, my immediate reaction was “that’s too expensive.” But then I did the math. Each Great Pumpkin generates Ghostly mutations every 5 minutes. Over the course of just one day, that’s 288 mutations (24 hours × 60 minutes ÷ 5 minutes).
Even if only half of those land on valuable crops, and even if those crops only sell for an average of 50,000 Sheckles more due to the Ghostly mutation, that’s 7.2 million Sheckles per day per Great Pumpkin. The seed pays for itself in no time.
This mindset shift helped me justify buying multiple Great Pumpkins early on, which ended up being one of my best decisions in the game.
I’ve made plenty of mistakes learning this system, so let me save you some trouble by sharing what NOT to do.
When I first started getting Ghostly mutations, I was so excited that I’d harvest them immediately. Big mistake. I was leaving money on the table because those crops could’ve collected additional mutations.
Now I wait. I let my Ghostly crops sit for a while to see if they’ll pick up anything else especially during weather events. The patience has paid off big time.
My first Great Pumpkin was planted right in the middle of my starter vegetable garden. It was applying Ghostly mutations to Tomatoes and Carrots worth basically nothing. I wasted probably two days of mutations before I realized my error.
Move your starter crops away from your Great Pumpkins. It’s harsh, but those basic crops aren’t worth the premium mutation applications.
I bought one Great Pumpkin seed my first day. Then I realized how good it was and went back to buy more… but the Seed Shop was sold out. I had to wait for the stock to refresh.
My advice: when you see Great Pumpkin seeds in stock, buy as many as you can afford. The Seed Shop has limited quantities and they sell out fast, especially at the start of the event. I now buy 5-10 at a time whenever I see them available.
The Halloween event won’t last forever. I made the mistake of thinking “oh, I’ll buy Great Pumpkins later” and then nearly missed out when I got busy with real life for a few days.
Set yourself a reminder. Check the event timer regularly. Make sure you’ve got your Great Pumpkins planted well before the event ends so you can maximize your time with them.
Early on, I was so focused on just getting Ghostly mutations that I wasn’t paying attention to what other mutations my crops could get. I’d see a crop with Ghostly + Wet and think “cool, that’s good enough” and harvest it.
Now I know better. Ghostly + Wet is just the start. If I wait a little longer, that crop might get Chilled too, which would combine with Wet to make Frozen (10x). And if it finishes growing at night, I could add Moonlit (2x). These combo mutations are where the real money is.
I have pets in my garden that provide various benefits, but I wasn’t thinking about how they could synergize with my Ghostly mutation farming. Some pets can:
Now I position my best pets near my Great Pumpkins for maximum effect. My Dragonfly, which has a chance to apply Golden mutations, hangs out right next to my best Great Pumpkin. The dream is getting a Golden Ghostly crop, and this setup has already made it happen twice.
Okay, let’s get real for a moment. You might be wondering if all this effort is actually worth it, or if you should focus on other mutations instead.
From my experience, the answer is a resounding yes but with some conditions.
If you’re an active player during the Halloween event – This is prime time. The Great Pumpkin is available, Halloween crops are in rotation, and you can set up a seriously profitable farming operation. I’ve made more Sheckles during this event than in the previous month of playing.
If you’re not spending real money – The Great Pumpkin method doesn’t require any Robux. It’s all in game currency, which means free to play players like me can fully take advantage of it. This is huge because so many of the top tier mutations require either incredible luck or premium purchases.
If you play regularly – The more often you’re in the game, the more harvests you can do, which means more opportunities to sell Ghostly crops. If you check in several times a day like I do, this mutation becomes an absolute cash machine.
If you’re building toward higher tier content – The Sheckles I’ve made from Ghostly mutations have funded my progression into transcendent plants, better pets, and premium gears. It’s not just about the immediate profit it’s about accelerating your overall game progression.
If you’re a casual player – If you only hop on once or twice a week, the Great Pumpkin method might be overkill. You won’t be around to harvest regularly and capitalize on all those mutations. In this case, focusing on passive income strategies might be better.
If you missed the Halloween event – This is the tough one. If the event is over and Great Pumpkins aren’t available anymore, your only option is the premium pet method, which I don’t recommend for the reasons I mentioned earlier. In this case, focus on other available mutations until next Halloween.
If you’re min maxing for absolute top tier profits – Look, Ghostly is great, but it’s not the highest multiplier in the game. If you’re at the endgame stage where you’re chasing those perfect combo mutations with multipliers in the hundreds or thousands, Ghostly is more of a nice bonus than your primary strategy.
For me, the Ghostly mutation has been a game changer. It’s consistent, profitable, and accessible without spending real money. The fact that I can control when and where it gets applied (via Great Pumpkin placement) makes it one of the most reliable farming methods I’ve used.
I’m currently running 5 Great Pumpkins, and they’re generating enough Ghostly mutations that I’m making 50-100 million Sheckles per day just from selling those crops. That might not sound like much if you’re a veteran player with billions, but for someone who’s been playing for a few months, it’s huge.
The other thing I love is how it’s made me think more strategically about my garden layout, crop selection, and harvest timing. The game has become more engaging because I’m not just mindlessly planting and harvesting I’m optimizing a system.
I’ve gotten a lot of questions from friends and community members about the Ghostly mutation, so let me address the most common ones.
Nope. I’ve tested this extensively. Unlike mutations like Wet (from rain) or Moonlit (from night growing), Ghostly only comes from two sources: the Great Pumpkin plant or Ghostly mutated pets. There’s no random chance, no weather event, no secret method. You need one of those two sources, period.
This actually makes Ghostly somewhat exclusive, which I think is pretty cool. It gives players who invest in Great Pumpkins a distinct advantage during the Halloween event.
Yes, definitely. I haven’t found official numbers, but based on my testing, I estimate it’s around a 15-20 stud radius. I tested this by placing marker objects at different distances and seeing which crops got mutations.
Here’s how I figured it out: I planted a Great Pumpkin in the center of an empty plot, then planted test crops in a grid pattern at various distances. After several 5-minute cycles, I noted which crops received Ghostly mutations and which didn’t. The ones that never got mutations were about 20-25 studs away.
This is why multiple Great Pumpkins are so important if you’ve got a large garden like mine.
No, and I learned this the hard way. Each crop can only have one instance of any given mutation. So if a crop already has Ghostly and gets targeted again, nothing happens.
What you CAN do is stack Ghostly with OTHER mutations. So Ghostly + Golden + Wet + Frozen = yes. But Ghostly + Ghostly = no.
This is actually good news in a way because it means your Great Pumpkins aren’t “wasting” mutations on crops that already have Ghostly they’ll target different crops instead.
The event timing varies each year, but based on what I’ve seen in the community and the official announcements, it typically runs for 2-3 weeks around Halloween. As of writing this ([cm] 2025), we’re currently in the middle of it.
My advice: don’t wait until the last minute. Start farming Ghostly mutations as early in the event as you can to maximize your profit window. I jumped in on day one and haven’t regretted it.
Good question, and something I’ve been wondering too. Based on similar limited plants in the past, they’ll likely stay in your garden and continue functioning if you already have them planted. But you won’t be able to buy new seeds until next Halloween.
I’m planning to keep mine planted indefinitely. Even if the Halloween event ends, having consistent access to Ghostly mutations year round seems valuable. Though who knows the devs might introduce new mechanics or changes.
From what I understand (I haven’t done this personally since I didn’t go the pet route), Ghostly mutated pets from Spooky Eggs are tradeable just like other pets. This means there’s potentially a secondary market where players sell or trade these pets after the event ends.
I’ve seen some going for pretty high prices in the trading community. If you do get one from eggs, you could either use it yourself or potentially flip it for profit later.
Nope! I’ve had days where literally half my garden was Ghostly mutations at the same time. As long as your Great Pumpkins keep triggering every 5 minutes and you have crops available to receive the mutation, there’s no cap.
This is another reason why the Great Pumpkin method is so powerful. You’re not competing for limited mutation slots or anything like that you can just keep stacking them up.
Not that I’ve noticed. The Great Pumpkin seems to target crops randomly within its range, regardless of what type they are. I’ve gotten Ghostly on everything from basic Tomatoes (back when I made that placement mistake) to rare transcendent plants.
