🐵 Complete Nihonzaru Pet Guide – Grow a Garden (Roblox)
By Paquito Jr Conde | August 2, 2025
The Nihonzaru is a rare and peaceful monkey pet introduced in the Zen Update of Grow a Garden on Roblox. Modeled after the Japanese macaque, this furry little friend doesn’t just look adorable — it also boosts your whole team’s performance when placed in a Hot Spring. In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to get it, how its unique passive ability works, all its mutation chances, and tips to make the most out of your garden!
🐵 Nihonzaru – Pet Overview
Rarity: Rare Tier
Release Date: July 19, 2025 (Zen Update)
Appearance: Inspired by the real-life Japanese macaque, Nihonzaru has soft light-brown fur and a serene, chilled vibe.
Hunger Value: 8,000 🍎
🎁 How to Get Nihonzaru
Where: Available only through the Zen Egg during the Zen Event 🧘♂️
Drop Rate: About 31% chance per Zen Egg hatch 🎲
🥚 How to Get Zen Eggs:
- Buy from the Zen Shop for 30 Chi 🌀 or 149 Robux 💸
- Complete Tranquil Plant Turn-ins or Quests with the Monk NPC 🙏
- Possible pet trades or future event rewards 🔁
✨ Passive Ability – “Bathe Time”
When placed in a Hot Spring decoration, Nihonzaru relaxes and gives a ~2.5% passive boost to all other pets in your garden! 🛁
🛒 Hot Spring Access:
- Buy from the Zen Shop (30 Chi or 149 Robux)
- Sometimes rewarded via crafting, quests, or Zen Tree progress 🌳
🛠️ Gameplay Tips & Bugs
Placement Tips:
- Each Nihonzaru needs its own Hot Spring (1:1 ratio) 🐒➡️🛁
- Placing multiple in one spring can cause bugs or deactivate abilities ⚠️
Known Bugs:
- Gifting Bug: Sometimes shows “ineligible to send gift” after Nihonzaru triggers 🧧
- Dual Placement: Putting 2 together can mess with cooldowns (reportedly patched) 🔧
🧪 Mutation Variants
Nihonzaru has a variety of cool visual mutations! Here's the drop rate breakdown:
| Mutation | Approx. Drop Rate |
|---|---|
| ✨ Shiny | ~32.15% |
| 🌓 Inverted | ~16.08% |
| 🌬️ Windy | ~6.43% |
| ❄️ Frozen | ~6.43% |
| 🌟 Golden | ~6.43% |
| 🔹 Tiny | ~6.43% |
| 🦍 Mega | ~6.43% |
| 🛡️ IronSkin | ~3.22% |
| 💡 Radiant | ~3.22% |
| ⚡ Shocked | ~3.22% |
| 🌈 Rainbow | ~3.22% |
| 🔱 Ascended | ~0.32% |
📋 Quick Summary
| Name | Nihonzaru (Japanese Macaque) |
|---|---|
| Tier | Rare |
| Added | July 19, 2025 |
| Source | Zen Egg |
| Drop Rate | ~31% |
| Hunger | 8,000 |
| Passive | Bathe Time – Boosts other pets by ~2.5% |
| Activation | Requires Hot Spring |
ℹ️ Extra Info
Grow a Garden launched on March 26, 2025 and quickly exploded in popularity, reaching tens of millions of concurrent players and becoming one of Roblox’s top revenue-driving games that year 💥🌱
The Zen Update on July 19, 2025 introduced peaceful new content like Nihonzaru, Hot Springs, and other relaxing, Zen-themed features. 🧘♀️