🦀 Grow a Garden: Crab Pet Guide
Among the many quirky and useful pets in Grow a Garden, the Crab is a small but sturdy companion with a focus on defense, crop protection, and soil enhancement. While it may not boost mutations as directly as others, the Crab plays a crucial role in guarding your crops and stabilizing garden conditions.
If you're running into trouble with unstable mutations or decay-prone plants, Crab might just be your best friend.
🦀 What Does Crab Do in Grow a Garden?
The Crab is a defensive support pet, known for enhancing soil resilience, slowing crop rot, and boosting root stability—especially for underground or root vegetables.
| Feature | Details |
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| Pet Type | Defensive Utility |
| Main Ability | Hardened Shell – Temporarily reduces mutation decay and crop damage |
| Passive Buff | +15% resistance to rot or mutation instability for underground/root crops |
| Extra Perk | Slows down time-based debuffs during stormy or cursed weather |
Best paired with crops like:
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🥕 Carrot
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🌰 Beanstalk (base form)
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🧄 Root vegetables
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🍠 Underground mutations like Chocolate Carrot or Cursedfruit
🛡️ Hardened Shell Ability
Hardened Shell, the Crab’s signature ability:
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Activates a protective field for 30 seconds
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Reduces mutation rot rate and decay speed by 25%
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Protects up to 6 nearby crops
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Cooldown: ~90 seconds (shorter when leveled)
This makes it especially valuable during mutation events, unstable weather, or when farming fragile hybrid crops.
🧬 Mutation Form: Lava Crab
The Crab can mutate into the Lava Crab, a fiery version with defensive and volcanic soil benefits.
| Trait | Lava Crab Description |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Glowing red shell with smoke trails |
| Buffs | +20% soil stability, +10% volcanic crop mutation rate |
| Effect | Leaves behind Magma Soil that enhances fire-based crops like Dragonfruit or Burning Bud |
🛠️ How to Obtain Crab
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🎁 Available in Ocean-themed Mystery Egg Crates
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🌊 Often appears during Beach or Storm Events
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🧬 Can mutate from Hermit Pets using defensive or earth mutation vials
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🛒 Occasionally found in the Zen Shop for crystals
🧠 Best Ways to Use Crab
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Deploy during mutation storms to stabilize fragile crops
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Use with root vegetables or underground hybrid plants
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Stack with soil totems or earth pets like Beanstalk or Cactus for max protection
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Equip while experimenting with unstable or cursed mutations
🏁 Final Thoughts
While it doesn’t boast flashy abilities or glowing wings, the Crab is a quiet powerhouse in Grow a Garden. Perfect for farmers looking to protect, stabilize, and preserve their rarest crops, this crustacean is all about long-term success.
Whether you’re running an underground farm or braving cursed storms, the Crab is a shield your garden will thank you for.