10 Things to Do Before Safari Update Grow a Garden Guide!

The long-awaited Safari Harvest Update for Grow a Garden is right around the corner, and there’s a lot you’ll want to do before it drops. Whether you’re after exclusive items, powerful pets, or readying your garden for the new community event, this checklist will help you prepare for everything that’s coming. Also check out our Grow a Garden Codes for more rewards!

1. Buy Everything from the Halloween Merchant

The first and most urgent task is to visit the Halloween Merchant. This limited-time shop will disappear after the update, and its items will never return. Make sure to grab every seed, decoration, and item you can — especially the Spider Vine and Monster Flower.

Their unique fruits look amazing, and the prices are quite affordable. Other items like the Vampire Fang, fences, and Halloween statue are also worth collecting before they vanish for good.

2. Get the Great Pumpkin Seed

If you haven’t already, this is your last chance to grab the Great Pumpkin Seed, the first seed in the game with an ability. It’s limited-time and will be gone once the event ends. You can use a notifier bot (available on many Grow a Garden Discord servers) to track when it’s restocked. Don’t miss it — it’s one of the most valuable seeds in the game and will never return after the update.

3. Join a Community Discord Server

The Safari Harvest Update is a community event, much like the Summer Harvest. You’ll need to team up with other players to fill a collective basket for rewards. Joining a Discord server can help you:

• Coordinate with other players
• Get event notifiers
• Track item restocks and seeds faster
  It’s the best way to stay active during the update rush.

4. Farm Spooky Eggs for the Headless Horseman Pet

Before Halloween ends, grind out as many Spooky Eggs as you can through the Jack-o’-Lantern quest. These eggs can earn you the Headless Horseman Pet, one of the strongest in the game. This pet gives random chaotic mutations like Dreadbound, Soul Flame, Spectral, and Nightmare — the last one being one of the best mutations currently available. It’s powerful and surprisingly easy to obtain before the update.

5. Get the Serpent Pet (Hexerpent)

The Serpent, also called the Hexerpent, is another pet worth adding to your collection. It consumes plants inside its ritual circle every 12 minutes to give random rewards and mutations like Vamp, Ghostly, and Spooky. While not as strong as the Headless Horseman, it’s still valuable and will likely trade well later.

6. Unlock the Lich Pet

The Lich is a secret Halloween pet that buffs spooky plants within a 32-stud range, giving growth, variant, and size bonuses. It’s especially good if you use Great Pumpkin Seeds to earn money. It also boosts XP for all Halloween pets by 1.5x, and because it’s hard to get (requiring a hidden ritual), it’s going to be very rare after the event ends.

7. Plant High-Rarity Seeds for the Safari Harvest

The Safari Harvest event will rely on submitting plants to earn points and rewards. Prepare by planting as many high-rarity seeds as possible.
Here’s how point scoring works:

• Common: 1 point
• Uncommon: 2 points
• Rare: 3 points
• Legendary: 4 points
• Mythical: 5 points
• Divine: 6 points
• Prismatic: 7 points
• Transcended: 8 points

High-tier plants like Burning Bud, Romantic, or Elder Strawberry Cacao will help you earn more rewards once the event begins.

8. Improve Your Movement Speed

Movement is key in Grow a Garden, especially during timed events or admin sessions. Equip pets that boost speed, like the Raptor (+15% speed per pet) or Gray Mouse. Stacking multiple raptors can double your movement speed, saving time while collecting and submitting plants.

9. Finish All Halloween Quests

Before the Safari update arrives, make sure to complete all remaining Halloween quests, such as the Digging Quest and Reaper Quest. Doing them at least once guarantees event rewards like the Civid Spine, which will become unobtainable after the update.

10. Join the Admin Abuse Event

Lastly, don’t miss the weekly Admin Abuse event, which usually happens an hour before the update. This week’s event is expected to be one of the biggest yet — with better rewards and more chaos to celebrate the upcoming Safari Harvest.

The Safari Harvest Update is shaping up to be one of the most exciting events in Grow a Garden. Make sure you stock up on limited items, complete your Halloween content, and prepare your high-rarity plants before the big release.

Those who prepare early will not only get more rewards during the event but also hold some of the rarest collectibles in the game. So get planting, get grinding, and be ready when the Safari Harvest begins!