The Vampire Squid is a Mythical pet in Grow a Garden that arrived with the Harvest Moon Event. It is not hatched from an egg and it does not drop from a random event. The only way to add one to your collection is to earn the event currency and catch it during a shop rotation.
Quick answer: Buy the Vampire Squid from the Moon Event Shop for 60 Moon Coins. It has a 3.12% restock chance, so keep refreshing the shop until it appears in the rotation.
Vampire Squid cost and rarity in Grow a Garden
Everything you need to know about the purchase sits in one place. There are two listed prices for the same pet, one in event currency and one in Robux, and the restock chance applies to the shop slot itself rather than to your purchase.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Mythical |
| Source | Moon Event Shop (Harvest Moon Event) |
| Currency price | 60 Moon Coins |
| Listed Robux price | 679 Robux |
| Restock chance | 3.12% |
| Pet type | Night |
Note: the restock chance is low enough that a single visit to the shop is rarely enough. Plan on checking across several rotations rather than assuming the pet is gone.
How to earn Moon Coins in the Harvest Moon Event
Moon Coins are the gate here, and they come from one loop. You summon the Harvest Moon, wait for it to mutate your plants, then sell the mutated fruit. Repeat until you have 60 banked.
Buying the Vampire Squid from the Moon Event Shop
With coins in hand, the rest is patience. Open the Moon Event Shop and look through the current rotation. If the Vampire Squid slot is not filled, close the menu, keep farming, and check again after the next restock. The 3.12% figure is the odds of that slot appearing at all, which means most rotations will show other stock instead.
When it does appear, select it and confirm the 60 Moon Coin purchase. The Robux option buys the same pet outright and skips the currency grind entirely, but it does not bypass the restock roll, so the item still has to be in the shop before you can pay for it either way.
You will know it worked when your coin balance drops by 60 and the Vampire Squid lands in your inventory as an equippable pet. From there, equip it to bring it out into the garden.
What the Vampire Squid does: Bloodlit Squid and Squid of the Night
The pet runs two passives at once, and they pull in different directions. One is about fruit value, the other is about levelling the rest of your team.
| Passive | Effect |
|---|---|
| Bloodlit Squid | Periodically picks a random fruit in your garden and applies the Bloodlit mutation, which can raise that fruit’s sale value. |
| Squid of the Night | Grants extra XP per second to every active pet with the Night type. |
Bloodlit Squid targets fruit at random rather than letting you choose, so the payoff scales with how much high-value produce you have planted at the time. Squid of the Night is the more predictable half. If your active slots are already stacked with Night-type pets, the squid quietly speeds up their levelling while it sits in your garden.
Common reasons the Vampire Squid does not appear
- The shop rotation simply did not roll the pet. At 3.12%, most restocks will not include it.
- You have fewer than 60 Moon Coins, so the listing is visible but not purchasable.
- You are selling fruit without the Moonbeam mutation, which produces no Moon Coins at all.
- The Harvest Moon summon rolled the 50% failure and left no Moonbeam plants behind that cycle.
The squid is worth the wait mainly if you are already invested in Night-type pets, since the XP trickle compounds across a full active team while the Bloodlit mutation adds occasional value on top. If your roster leans elsewhere, the 60 Moon Coins may be better spent on other Harvest Moon stock, and the pet will still be there next rotation if you change your mind.
