Cooldown-reduction pets are vital for efficiency. They help your entire pet team activate abilities more often, making your garden run much faster and maximizing your yield or experience gains.
1. Dilophosaurus 🦖
Ability:
Every 13:57, it opens its frills and spits venom. The venom spreads to 3.20 pets, either advancing their cooldowns by 40.25s, or granting 540.00 XP.
2. Griffin 🦅
Ability:
Every 15:32, the Griffin creates a cyclone that advances cooldowns of pets hit by 66.00s and gives fruits a 10.15% chance to gain Cyclonic.
3. Hotdog Dachshund 🌭
Ability:
Every 3:59, drops either a mustard or ketchup puddle. Mustard makes pet cooldowns tick 0.11x faster, while Ketchup grants 21.00% more XP.
4. Lion 🦁
Ability:
Every 13:35, the Lion roars and pulls all pets toward it, distributing 404.00s of cooldown advancement (max 60.60s each).
5. Meerkat 🐒
Ability:
Every 7:20, it approaches another pet and performs a lookout, advancing that pet's cooldown by 20.50s with a 15.25% chance to repeat.
6. Oxpecker 🐦
Ability:
After any Safari pet uses its ability, its cooldown begins 14.40s shorter.
7. Peach Wasp 🍑🐝
Ability:
Every 24:54, applies Plasma to a fruit. Every 9:57, stings a random pet, advancing its cooldown by 60.60s.
8. Peacock 🦚
Ability:
Every 10:00, fans its feathers and advances the cooldowns of all active pets within 20.20 studs by 65.60s.
9. Queen Bee 👑🐝
Ability:
Every 20:04, a fruit becomes Pollinated. Every 21:51, the pet with the highest cooldown gets its ability fully refreshed.
10. Red Squirrel 🐿️
Ability:
After any Fall-type pet finishes its ability, its cooldown starts 14.40s shorter.
11. Spider 🕷️
Ability:
Every 8:03, weaves a web. Pets on the web advance cooldowns by 1.01s every second, while plants grow 15.15s faster per second.
12. Tarantula Hawk 🕸️
Ability:
Every 24:54, pollinates a fruit. Every 4:59, stings a pet and advances its cooldown by 80.80s.
13. Wasp 🐝
Ability:
Every 29:42, pollinates a nearby fruit. Every 9:54, stings a pet, advancing its cooldown by 60.60s.
Final Thoughts
For maximum garden speed, a layered approach is best. Use pets like the Peacock for large AoE buffs, supplement with single-target chainers like the Meerkat, and include specialty pets like the Oxpecker to support your faction pets. A fast pet cycle means faster profits!