
Grow a Garden 2’s July 4 Update just dropped, adding two new pets, two Legendary seeds, a fresh weather event, and a batch of website upgrades on GAG.gg. It’s a smaller patch compared to past drops, but several rewards vanish in exactly 7 days, so here’s everything worth grabbing before it disappears.
| Quick Facts | Details |
|---|---|
| Update Name | Fourth of July Update |
| Release Date | July 4, 2026 |
| New Pets | Butterfly, Bald Eagle |
| New Seeds | Fire Fern, Rocket Pop |
| New Weather | Sunburst (Ignited Mutation) |
| Limited Items | Expire in 7 days |

The Butterfly is a support pet that costs 1,000,000 Shekels with a 2% spawn chance. It boosts plant growth speed by 3% for every player in the server, and multiple Butterflies stack — the more players who own one, the faster crops grow server-wide. If you’re chasing passive growth boosts, it pairs well with XP-focused pets covered in our Royal Jelly Shard mutation guide.
The Bald Eagle is a new Mythic pet priced at 5,000,000 Shekels with a 0.2% spawn chance. Its ability picks up intruders and removes them from your garden, making it a solid defensive companion alongside existing anti-theft crops and pets.
Sunburst is a fresh weather event that visually mirrors Moonlight but swaps the red tone for bright orange sunlight. While active, crops can receive the Ignited Mutation, functioning similarly to the existing Bloodlit Mutation. It’s a new route to the mutation rather than a major gameplay shake-up, so don’t expect it to outshine high-value events like Blood Moon or Aurora.
| Seed | Rarity | Price | Sell Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Fern | Legendary | 650 Robux | 900 Shekels | Low sell value despite flashy inferno visuals |
| Rocket Pop | Legendary | Limited (7 days) | ~22,000 Shekels | Single-harvest, strong profit for a one-time crop |
Rocket Pop is the standout here — even as a single-harvest plant, its ~22,000 Shekel average value beats most other one-time crops by a wide margin. Fire Fern looks great with its fiery inferno-ring growth animation, but its 900 Shekel sell price makes it more of a cosmetic flex than a money-maker.
The Fourth of July Crate costs 500,000 Shekels from the Prop Shop and is available for 7 days only. It drops American-themed cosmetic decorations for garden customization — fun collectibles, but purely visual with no farming impact.
The Boombox Crate, also from the Prop Shop, unlocks boomboxes that play sounds in-game, similar to the Megaphone item. Skip it if you play with sound off or stick to private servers, since it offers zero gameplay advantage.
Outside the game, the official GAG.gg site added several community and utility features:
The calculator is genuinely useful — you can estimate odds like how rare a 100kg Carrot is with a Super Sprinkler equipped, cutting out a lot of guesswork before committing resources.
This patch leans toward collectibles and quality-of-life tools rather than major mechanics. Still, since the Fourth of July Crate, Boombox Crate, and Rocket Pop Seed all disappear within a week, it’s worth logging in at least once to grab them — especially Rocket Pop for its strong one-time payout. For broader event strategy, check our Grow a Garden Easter Event guide to see how past limited-time drops compared.
Most limited items — the Fourth of July Crate, Boombox Crate, and Rocket Pop Seed — are only available for 7 days from release.
Yes, if you need garden defense. Its intruder-removal ability is useful, though players with similar defensive pets won’t see a huge upgrade.
Yes, multiple players owning a Butterfly in the same server stack their 3% growth boost, speeding up everyone’s crops.
It applies the Ignited Mutation to crops, functioning like the existing Bloodlit Mutation but through a new orange-toned weather visual.
Yes for profit — Rocket Pop averages around 22,000 Shekels despite being single-harvest, while Fire Fern only sells for 900 Shekels per crop.