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Spider Pet Guide - Grow a Garden

By Paquito Jr Conde | October 20, 2025

Spider Pet Guide - Grow a Garden
The Spider is a Halloween event pet in Grow a Garden that helps speed up farms and pet abilities. It creates a periodic web that boosts both plant growth and pet cooldowns while active. Players usually get it from Spooky Eggs during the Halloween event and use it to speed event farming. This guide explains how to obtain the Spider, what its passive does, key stats, common questions, and why it is useful for collectors and farmers. Read on for clear steps and simple tips you can use right away.

Overview

The Spider is a Legendary, event-exclusive pet added on October 11, 2025. It is meant as a support pet for gardens and farms. Its main feature is a timed web that covers a fixed area and boosts nearby plants and pets. The Spider is valuable during seasonal events because it directly improves resource gain and reduces grind time. Many players add one or more Spiders to central farm spots to raise uptime and speed.

How to Obtain the Spider

  • Obtain method: Spooky (Halloween) Eggs bought in the Halloween event shop.
  • Event currency: Eggs are purchased using Candy Corn earned in event activities.
  • Hatch chance: Approximately 18% chance to hatch a Spider from a Spooky Egg.
  • Availability: Event-exclusive at release; may return in limited reruns or trades later.

Pet passive and exact behavior

  • Passive effect name: commonly called a web or Web Weaver.
  • Web timing: The Spider spins a web about every ~8 minutes.
  • Web radius: The web covers roughly an 18-stud radius where its effects apply.
  • Plant growth boost: Plants inside the web gain about +15 seconds of growth progress per second while inside the web.
  • Pet cooldown boost: Pets on the web have cooldowns advance faster, about +1 second of cooldown progress per second while on the web.
  • Hunger (upkeep): ~35,000 hunger.

Best uses and strategies

  • Place the Spider centrally so its web covers the most plants and other pets.
  • Use one or more Spiders to increase coverage and web uptime across a large farm.
  • Pair the Spider with pets that have long cooldowns or plants that take long to grow for best results.
  • During the Halloween event, use the Spider to speed Candy Corn farming and seasonal drops.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • How do I buy Spooky Eggs? Buy Spooky Eggs from the Halloween event shop using Candy Corn earned in event activities.
  • How much Candy Corn do I need? The exact cost can change by event; check the in-game event shop when the Halloween event is active.
  • Can I trade or buy the Spider later? At release it is event-exclusive. Future availability depends on event reruns, trades, or shop rotations decided by the developers.
  • Do multiple Spiders stack? Multiple Spiders increase coverage and effective uptime, which improves overall farm speed. Exact stacking behavior may vary by tick timing.
  • Is the Spider good for casual players? Yes. It speeds plant growth and pet cooldowns, which shortens grind time and helps earn event rewards faster.
  • Does the web do anything harmful? No. The web is purely beneficial and speeds progress for nearby plants and pets.

Why you should get the Spider

  • It directly speeds plant growth and pet ability cooldowns, increasing resources per hour.
  • It is especially useful during the Halloween event for faster Candy Corn farming.
  • Stacking or central placement gives big uptime benefits for large gardens.
  • It is both a useful support pet and a desirable event collectible.

The Spider, released October 11, 2025, is a Legendary Halloween pet that spins a web about every ~8 minutes with an 18-stud radius. It speeds plant growth by about +15 seconds per second and advances pet cooldowns by about +1 second per second while inside the web. You get it from Spooky Eggs (roughly 18% hatch chance) during the Halloween event. Use central placement and stacking to get the most farming value. The pet is a top pick for players who want faster event farming and better garden throughput.

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