In Grow a Garden, the Tanuki pet has a unique passive ability called "Mischief" that activates every 10 minutes. This ability causes the Tanuki to perform a variety of random beneficial actions in your garden, including:
- Applying mutations to random crops such as Choc Mutation, Moonlit Mutation, and Chilled Mutation, each of which doubles the crop's sell value.
- Giving you a random amount of Sheckles (in-game currency) periodically.
- Giving itself experience points to level up.
- Reducing the cooldown time of another pet's ability by 60 seconds.
- Occasionally visiting other players' gardens, copying a fruit, and returning it to give to the owner.
The Tanuki's versatility lies in its ability to do multiple different things, making it a valuable pet for boosting garden productivity and earning potential. However, all these effects are random and triggered by the pet's mischief every 10 minutes. To obtain a Tanuki, you need to hatch it from a Zen Egg, which has about a 20.82% hatch rate, or buy the Zen Egg from an NPC in the game. Overall, the Tanuki is considered a powerful and useful pet due to its range of benefits and relatively short cooldown time for activations compared to some other pets in the game. It is especially helpful in applying mutations that increase crop values and providing random bonuses like money and cooldown reductions.
