Tip 1: Feed Your Pets Regularly

Leveling up your pets starts with keeping them well-fed. Each pet has a hunger bar that, when full, lets them passively gain experience and explore your garden effectively. Feeding them large fruits like Burning Bud or Sugar Apple quickly fills their hunger bar, which lasts about 12 hours before depleting. Keeping pets fed consistently ensures they earn the maximum XP both online and offline, since pets gain little or no experience when their hunger bar hits zero.

To feed pets, simply hold a fruit and click the Feed button or press the F key near the pet. Use the Pet HUD to monitor hunger levels and keep your pets in peak condition for faster leveling.


Tip 2: Get to Know the Pets

Read and collect knowledge about pets as much as you can. You should always read Grow a Garden Pets Wiki, to check which pets are good to be leveled up. You can also take a look at the Grow a Garden Pets Tier List, and upgrade the T1 pets first, that will help you use your resources more wisely.


Tip 3: Use XP-Boosting Pets

Some pets provide passive XP boosts to themselves and nearby pets, greatly accelerating leveling. The best XP-boosting pets include:

Having several of these pets active together creates an XP synergy that speeds up progress. Filling your active pet slots with XP-boosters maximizes your leveling efficiency.


Tip 4: Upgrade Your Pet Slots

You start with three pet slots but can upgrade to eight, allowing more pets to contribute XP simultaneously. To unlock new slots, you’ll need to trade aged pets to NPC Raphael or use Robux. More slots mean more XP-boosting pets active at once, speeding up the leveling of all your pets.

Slot upgrades become available as your pets reach certain ages (20, 30, 45, 60, 75) and require in-game currency or Robux.


Tip 5: Use Pet Toys

Pet toys are items that increase XP gain, happiness, or other passive abilities when used on your pets. They can be crafted or bought and are great for quicker leveling. Examples include:

  • Small Toy: Slight boost to passive abilities
  • Small Treat: Slight XP boost over time
  • Medium Toy/Treat: Moderate boosts
  • Levelup Lollipop: Instantly increases pet’s age by 1
  • Using these toys regularly, alongside feeding and XP-boosting pets, ensures faster growth.


Additional Tips

  • Keep the game running while AFK to earn XP passively.
  • Make feeding a priority to avoid losing XP when pets get hungry.
  • Trade with other players to obtain rare eggs for stronger pets.
  • Use pets like Starfish to unlock extra pet slots faster.

By combining regular feeding, strategic use of XP-boosting pets, slot upgrades, and pet toys, you can level up your Grow a Garden pets quickly and unlock advanced features like pet mutations and expanded garden space.