🐾 Gift Rat Pet in Grow a Garden — Rare
Gift Rat is a Rare pet from the Christmas Harvest Event, sold in Santa's Stash Shop. It's the third rat in the game, after the Rat Connoisseur and the Pumpkin Rat.
Last verified against the Gift Rat page and the ability data on the Grow a Garden wiki.
Santa's Stash Shop.
📋 Gift Rat at a glance
| Rarity | Rare |
|---|---|
| How to get | Santa's Stash Shop (Christmas Harvest Event) |
| Hunger | 6,000 |
| Ability (wiki wording) | Gift Wrat: Occasionally converts Apple fruits into a random Gift cosmetic! Collect all 6 variants! |
| Added | December 6, 2025 (Christmas Harvest Event) |
| Still obtainable? | No, per the wiki |
⚡ What Gift Wrat does
Every 7 minutes at base weight, the Gift Rat turns an Apple into a random gift cosmetic. There are 6 to collect.
It needs Apples in your garden, and each one it wraps is used up. It's a decorating pet, like the Beaver and Cactus Mouse.
📈 Gift Rat stats by weight
| Pet weight | Cooldown |
|---|---|
| 10 kg | 6:18 |
| 25 kg | 5:15 |
| 50 kg | 3:30 |
| 71 kg | 2:01 |
The cooldown falls 4.2 seconds per kilogram, to 3 minutes 30 seconds at 50 kg and a 2-minute floor at about 71 kg.
⚡ See Gift Rat's ability at your pet's weight →
👀 What the Gift Rat looks like
It uses a model like the Mochi Mouse's, in red and green with a red bow tied on its back.
❓ FAQ
What does the Gift Rat do in Grow a Garden?
Every 7:00 at base weight (2:00 at about 71 kg), it turns an Apple into one of 6 random gift cosmetics.
How do you get a Gift Rat?
It was sold in Santa's Stash Shop during the Christmas Harvest Event.