🐾 New Year's Chimp Pet in Grow a Garden — Mythical
New Year's Chimp is a Mythical pet from the New Year's Event, hatched from the New Year's Egg (15%). It takes a fruit from your garden and delivers it to one of four places, each with a different bonus.
Last verified against the New Year's Chimp page and the ability data on the Grow a Garden wiki.
New Year's Egg, 15%.
📋 New Year's Chimp at a glance
| Rarity | Mythical |
|---|---|
| How to get | New Year's Egg or Premium New Year's Egg (15%) |
| Hunger | 40,000 |
| Ability (wiki wording) | Primate Productivity: Occasionally grabs a fruit from your garden and delivers it to one of four different things for a random bonus effect! (Ignores favorited.) |
| Added | December 27, 2025 (New Year's Event) |
| Still obtainable? | No; the New Year's Event has ended |
⚡ What Primate Productivity does
Every 8 minutes at base weight, the chimp grabs a random unfavorited fruit and takes it to one of four places. Per the wiki, the possible bonuses are:
- a chance to apply the Clockwork mutation (×15);
- XP for a random pet (1,000 at base weight);
- some Event Lanterns or Recall Wrenches (up to 3);
- a hatch-time advance for an egg (100 seconds at base weight).
The fruit it grabs is used up, so favorite anything valuable.
📈 New Year's Chimp stats by weight
| Pet weight | Cooldown | Egg time advanced | Max gear items | Pet XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 kg | 7:18 | 110 s | 3.3 | 1,100 |
| 25 kg | 6:15 | 125 s | 3.75 | 1,250 |
| 50 kg | 4:30 | 150 s | 4.5 | 1,500 |
| 100 kg | 4:00 | 200 s | 6 | 2,000 |
The XP, gear count and egg advance all double by 100 kg (2,000 XP, up to 6 items, 200 seconds). The cooldown halves to 4 minutes at about 57 kg.
⚡ See New Year's Chimp's ability at your pet's weight →
❓ FAQ
What does the New Year's Chimp do in Grow a Garden?
Every 8:00 at base weight, it takes an unfavorited fruit for one of four bonuses: a Clockwork mutation chance, pet XP, Event Lanterns or Recall Wrenches, or an egg hatch-time advance.
Does the New Year's Chimp use up fruit?
Yes, it takes a random unfavorited fruit each time.
How do you get a New Year's Chimp?
It hatched from the New Year's Egg and Premium New Year's Egg with a 15% chance.