How to Get Big and Huge Pets in Grow a Garden 2 – Methods to Getting Large Pet Variations

In Grow a Garden 2, you can get the big variants of pets by buying the larger versions pets spawning on the map or hatching eggs from Guild and leaderboard rewards. Here’s how:

What Big and Huge actually are in Grow a Garden 2

Big pets are oversized variants of the normal pets already in the game — the same Bunny or Frog you can buy, just rolled in a much rarer, larger form. Big is the rarer-than-normal tier, and Huge is rarer still on top of that.

There are two viable ways to chase them: buying pets that spawn on the map and keeping an eye out for a visibly larger model, and hatching eggs you earn through the Guild and leaderboard system. Both are pure luck — the chance is extremely low.

Hatching Guild and leaderboard eggs for a chance at a Big or Huge

The non-map route runs through the Guild and leaderboard system, which hands out Common Eggs that carry a small chance of hatching into a Big or Huge variant.

Join a guild

Even a freshly created guild can take part in the leaderboard, so you don’t need an established one to start earning rewards.

Climb the leaderboard before it resets

You need to land roughly at rank 5,000 or better when the period ends to qualify.

Collect the Common Eggs your rank earns

Reward tiers rank 5,000+ at around 5 Common Eggs, rank 1,000–5,000 at about 10, and rank 100–1,000 at roughly 25, with the very top ranks handing out pets directly.

Hatch the eggs and check the result

Each hatch carries only a small chance of a Big or Huge — a full batch of eggs does not guarantee even one.

Higher leaderboard finishes don’t just give more eggs — they give better rewards, and the guild reward track is also where the heavily variant-stacked pets show up. The Ice Serpent reward tiers, for example, reportedly run all the way through Huge Rainbow Ice Serpent, Huge Ice Serpent, Big Rainbow Ice Serpent, Big Ice Serpent, Rainbow Ice Serpent, and the plain Ice Serpent. 

Map-spawn pet prices worth farming for

Pets appear on pads around the map with a countdown timer and are bought with Sheckles; if the timer runs out, that spawn disappears. Realistically only the cheaper end is worth repeated farming attempts — the Frog at 10,000 is the classic cheap test buy, while a Bee or Monkey at 1,000,000 and up is a one-off, not something you re-roll. 

Private servers, Sheckle buffers, and the RNG reality

If a big pet does spawn on a public map, you’re competing with everyone else on that server to grab it before the timer ends. Playing on a private server takes that race off the table — no one out-clicks you on a rare spawn — and it’s the single most recommended habit for anyone seriously farming these variants.

It’s also worth keeping a healthy stack of Sheckles on hand at all times, since an expensive pet can spawn at any moment and the window to buy it is short. Beyond that, set your expectations honestly: this is high-variance RNG with no guaranteed trick. There is no gear, upgrade, or item that enlarges a pet you already own, and a batch of eggs does not promise a Big or Huge no matter how many you hatch.

Best pets, extra slots, and where to find codes

Once the Big/Huge hunt is out of your system, the more practical question is what to actually run. Unicorn and Ice Serpent sit at the top of current community tier rankings, so they’re solid targets if you’re picking pets to invest in.

You’ll also bump into a slot limit fast — you start with only 3 pet slots, and the first extra slot costs 200,000 Sheckles, with later ones climbing from there. And for a head start on Sheckles and seeds, keep an eye on the active Grow a Garden 2 codes, which refresh regularly and are the easiest free boost to your early bankroll.