When it comes to boosting my harvest yield in Grow a Garden, one of the most reliable pets I use is the Giant Ant. This Mythical pet, introduced in the Animal Update, has a fantastic ability to duplicate the crops I harvest, effectively doubling my profits from a single plant. It’s an incredibly useful companion for any farmer looking to maximize their earnings.
This guide will cover the Giant Ant’s appearance, its powerful duplication traits, and how you can hatch one from a Bug Egg.
🐜 Appearance
The Giant Ant has a simple but cool design. It features a blue body and head, with six darker blue legs and a pair of antennae. Its body is composed of two main segments: a torso and an abdomen. It’s a distinct look that makes it easy to spot in my garden as it goes about its work.
✨ Duplication Traits
The Giant Ant’s main strength comes from its two passive traits, which are both focused on duplicating harvested crops. I’ve found this to be extremely powerful, especially with high-value plants.
- For the Blue Colony: This is its primary trait. It gives an approximate 10% chance to duplicate a fruit that I’m harvesting. What makes this so amazing is that if the original crop is mutated, all of its mutations will be copied to the duplicated fruit as well. The chance is lower for rarer fruits, but it’s still a fantastic bonus.
- Prehistoric Harvester: This is its secondary trait, which provides an extra 5% chance for candy-type plants to be duplicated when harvested. I always make sure to have my Giant Ant active when I’m harvesting from my candy farm.
🥚 How to Obtain the Giant Ant
The Giant Ant is one of the more common pets to hatch from a Bug Egg, making it relatively accessible for players. Here are its key details:
- Tier: Mythical
- Obtaining Method: Hatched from a Bug Egg (25% chance) or an Exotic Bug Egg (30% chance).
- Hunger: 18,000
- Trivia: I’ve noticed through testing that the Giant Ant gains more hunger points when fed Lilac or Candy Blossom crops, which is a nice little bonus for those who grow those plants.
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