Weather in Catch and Tame is not just a visual filter. It drives luck, mutations, limited-time animals, and even event currencies. If you care about high-rarity pets or profit from mutations, you need to plan around it.
All Catch and Tame weather events and effects
Each weather state has its own mix of stat boosts, mutations, and spawns. All of them run for roughly 10 minutes and can appear in any order.
| Weather | Key effects | How it appears |
|---|---|---|
| Sunny | No special effects. Standard spawn behavior. Most common weather. | Highest natural spawn rate. |
| Rainy |
25% Luck Boost Higher chance for large and mutated animals Catch chance on pets is higher Turtles can appear on the map |
Random event. |
| Thunderstorm |
Applies the Shocked mutation to your animals Lightning Dragon can spawn |
Low random chance or forced with a Thunderstorm Totem. |
| Sandstorm |
Camels spawn Griffin (Mythical) can spawn Basilisk (Mythical) also uses this weather window |
Low random chance or forced with a Sandstorm Totem. |
| Cosmic |
Meteors fall and drop Cosmic Fruits Applies the Cosmic mutation Cosmic Griffin (Mythical) can spawn |
Low random chance or forced with a Cosmic Totem. |
| Aurora Borealis |
300% Luck Boost Very high chance for large and mutated animals Pets are easier to catch |
Low random chance or forced with an Aurora Borealis Totem. |
| Blizzard |
Blizzard-themed animals spawn Applies the Frozen mutation |
Random event. |
| Snowy |
Christmas animals appear (Christmas Dragon, Mammoth, Polar Bear, Festive Penguin, and others) Applies the Frozen mutation 1.5× Candy bonus |
Random event. |
Sunny weather sits in the background as the default state with the highest appearance rate, but no upside beyond normal play. Everything else is effectively a temporary global buff for that server.
How long Catch and Tame weather lasts
Every named weather window runs for roughly 10 minutes at a time. There is no internal rotation or cycle you can predict; any supported weather type can be the next one. That uncertainty is what makes manual control via Weather Totems valuable once you unlock them.
How Weather Totems work in Catch and Tame
Weather Totems give you a way to override the sky on demand for some, but not all, weather types. They are single-purpose items tied to a specific weather and consumed when you use them to start an event.
You can currently force:
| Totem | Weather triggered | Roll chance in Exclusive Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Rain Totem | Rainy | 50% |
| Thunderstorm Totem | Thunderstorm | 35% |
| Sandstorm Totem | Sandstorm | 10% |
| Aurora Borealis Totem | Aurora Borealis | 3% |
| Cosmic Totem | Cosmic | 2% |
Weather Totems come from two places. The first is the Daily Rewards track, which hands out totems on specific login days, such as Day 5 and Day 7. The second is the Exclusive Shop, where you roll for them using Robux. A single roll costs 39 Robux, and a five-roll bundle costs 159 Robux.
Once triggered, a totem starts its weather effect for the usual length of a weather event. You cannot stack two different totems to get multiple weather types at once; you are choosing which single weather you want to run next.
Best weather to farm specific goals
Most of the value in managing weather comes from focusing on one objective at a time. Each state is tuned around a handful of activities.
For raw luck and egg hatching, Aurora Borealis is the strongest option. Its 300% Luck Boost applies globally and includes egg hatching. The practical play is simple: bank high-rarity eggs, wait for Aurora Borealis, then hatch in bulk. Every egg opened during that window benefits from the elevated odds. Rainy is a secondary option with a smaller luck boost if you cannot access Aurora Totems consistently.
For easier captures and size hunting, both Rainy and Aurora Borealis improve catch difficulty and increase the chance of larger, mutated animals spawning. If you are filling out a collection with size variants or mutation lines, chain these two weather types and spend that time purely on captures.
For mutations, Thunderstorm, Cosmic, Blizzard, and Snowy all apply mutations directly to your animals. Thunderstorm adds Shocked, Cosmic adds the Cosmic mutation, and Blizzard/Snowy add Frozen. That makes them ideal windows to mass-capture cheap animals, roll for desirable mutation combinations, then sell off duplicates for currency once you hit strong rolls.
For holiday and event currencies, Snowy is the standout. The 1.5× Candy bonus multiplies your event currency gain while also spawning Christmas animals. Blizzard is the complementary state when you specifically want Blizzard-themed variants with Frozen already applied.
For Mythical hunting, focus on Sandstorm, Thunderstorm, and Cosmic. Sandstorm enables both the Griffin and the Basilisk; Thunderstorm unlocks Lightning Dragon; Cosmic opens the door for Cosmic Griffin and lets you grab Cosmic Fruits mid-event.
How to spawn specific weather with totems
Once you own a totem for a weather type, using it is the most reliable way to get the conditions you need for a specific grind. The exact UI interaction may shift slightly with updates, but the loop is consistent.
Step 1: Make sure you have at least one Weather Totem for the weather you want to trigger in your inventory. Check the Daily Rewards track for upcoming totem days, and consider whether you need extra rolls from the Exclusive Shop before a grind session.
Step 2: Choose a server and time when you are ready to commit roughly 10 minutes to that weather window. Once the totem is active, its duration is fixed; there is no pause or extension.
Step 3: Activate the Weather Totem from your inventory to start the event. The sky and visual effects will update to match the weather. From that moment, the entire server runs under those effects until the timer ends.
Step 4: Use the full duration to pursue the goal that matches that weather. For example, immediately hatch eggs under Aurora Borealis, run catch routes under Rainy, or seek Mythical spawns during Sandstorm, Cosmic, or Thunderstorm.
Weather, eggs, and luck interactions
Luck boosts from Rainy and Aurora Borealis are not limited to overworld encounters. They also affect egg hatching outcomes. That means eggs incubated earlier but opened during these windows benefit from the temporary luck values.
The practical effect is that you can decouple egg acquisition from the weather schedule. Farm eggs whenever you have time, but delay the actual hatching animation until a high-luck window. Aurora Borealis is the ideal state for this; a Rainy period is a reasonable fallback if Aurora remains elusive and you cannot justify burning an Aurora Totem.
Weather-limited and seasonal animals
Several high-value animals only exist under specific weather conditions. Missing the correct sky state means they simply will not spawn, regardless of how long you patrol their usual routes.
Christmas animals such as Christmas Dragon, Mammoth, Polar Bear, and Festive Penguin are tied to winter weather. They appear during both Blizzard and Snowy states, with Snowy layering the Candy bonus and the Frozen mutation on top. If your goal is a complete seasonal collection, it is worth focusing every Blizzard/Snowy window on catching rather than other tasks.
Mythical weather spawns break down by weather type:
- Thunderstorm can spawn Lightning Dragon.
- Sandstorm can spawn Griffin (Mythical) and Basilisk.
- Cosmic can spawn Cosmic Griffin (Mythical).
The chance of any given Mythical appearing within a single weather window is low, so using the relevant totems is effectively mandatory if you are targeting a specific creature.
How to catch Basilisk during Sandstorm
The Basilisk sits at the top of the difficulty curve for Sandstorm hunts. It is a Mythical that appears only when the desert weather state is active.
Step 1: Wait for a Sandstorm to start naturally or force one using a Sandstorm Totem. Without that weather, Basilisk does not spawn at all.
Step 2: Before you begin the hunt, equip a Lasso with at least 1,400 power. Anything weaker will fail the capture requirement, even if you manage to track Basilisk down and win the encounter.
Step 3: Spend the Sandstorm window patrolling known Mythical spawn areas and prioritizing any unusual or larger-than-average creatures. Basilisk shares the weather with regular Camels and Griffin, so you will see those alongside it.
Step 4: When you finally engage Basilisk, manage its health carefully and throw captures once the percentage is favorable. If the Sandstorm ends mid-hunt, the existing encounter continues, but you will not see another Basilisk until Sandstorm returns.
Mutations from weather and how to profit from them
Several weather states automatically apply mutations to animals that spawn or that you catch during that window. Thunderstorm adds Shocked, Cosmic adds Cosmic, and Blizzard/Snowy add Frozen. These are permanent traits on the animals and can dramatically change their value in trading or selling systems.
The efficient play is to use cheap, common animals as mutation fodder. During a mutation-heavy weather window:
Step 1: Focus exclusively on quick, repeatable encounters with easy-to-catch animals. The goal is volume, not individual quality.
Step 2: After the weather ends, inspect your haul and sort by mutation and size. Keep rare combinations or good stats, and mark everything else for sale.
Step 3: Sell surplus mutated animals to generate currency, then reinvest that currency into better gear or more Weather Totems, closing the loop.
Over time, this cycle builds a stable income stream tied directly to your ability to time play sessions around favorable weather conditions.
Once you treat weather as a resource instead of background decoration, Catch and Tame opens up into clear, time-boxed windows of opportunity. Whether you are chasing a specific Mythical, rerolling mutations, or lining up a perfect batch of hatches under Aurora Borealis, the players who watch the sky tend to walk away with the rarest stables.
