The Trading Event in Grow a Garden looks generous on paper: a long reward table, rising streaks, and a cooldown that stretches out as you go. In practice, you only have a week and a limited number of trades, so it pays to focus on the items that will keep paying you back well after the event disappears.
Trader Troy’s rewards fall into three broad categories:
- Powerful progression items (lollipops, sprinklers, Pack Mule)
- High-value or limited pets and eggs (Gem Egg, Jungle Egg, Geode Turtle, Wild Pineapple)
- General utility and filler (Pomegranate, toys, crates, basic tools)
The standout rewards live in the first two categories. Those are what your streak should be built around.
How the Trader streak works in Grow a Garden
During the event, Trader Troy gives you repeatable quests in the Farmers Market area. Each completed trade:
- Consumes specific plants or fruits Troy requests
- Grants one reward from a streak-based loot pool
- Advances your streak by +1
Early on, Troy refreshes after 30 minutes. As your streak grows, the cooldown stretches to around an hour and beyond, limiting how many high-streak rolls you can get before the event ends.
Key rules to keep in mind:
- Failing or skipping resets your streak. If you can’t finish a requirement in time, your streak drops back to zero and future rolls come from the Streak 1 pool.
- You can pay Robux to skip requirements or restore streaks. The game lets you skip a hard request or recover a lost streak, but that’s a premium shortcut, not a free safety net.
- Reward quality increases with streak. Gem Eggs, Gem Chests, Silver Lollipops, Wild Pineapple, and Pack Mule appear or become much more likely only at higher streaks.
Because of the cooldown and reset rules, you won’t get many shots at the rarest drops. That’s why picking your target items matters.
Trader reward overview and rarity
Across the event, Troy can hand out the following mid-to-high-end rewards, with different probabilities depending on your streak level:
| Reward | Type | Approx. chance (global range) | Main value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pomegranate | Fruit | ~13–19% | Decent sell value; common filler reward. |
| Large Toy | Pet toy | ~11–19% | Pet happiness and XP support. |
| Outdoors Crate | Crate | ~10–21% | Decor and miscellaneous items. |
| Geode Turtle | Pet | ~9–23% | Event-limited pet with trading value. |
| Jungle Egg | Egg | ~9–27% | Access to Jungle pets and event nostalgia value. |
| Levelup Lolipop | Consumable | ~8–27% | Levels a pet up without grinding. |
| Gem Egg | Egg | ~7–27% | Prismatic egg with multiple gemstone pets. |
| Gem Chest | Chest | ~5–27% | Gem currency and Gem Egg progress. |
| Grandmaster Sprinkler | Sprinkler | ~4–20% | High-tier automation for farming. |
| Wild Pineapple | Seed/plant | ~3–20% | Limited plant with strong economic value. |
| Silver Lollipop | Consumable | ~0.7–20% | Boosts a pet straight to level 5. |
| Pack Mule | Pet | ~0.7–13% | Raises crafted pet base weight, buffing trades. |
Below streak 3–4, you mostly roll into the top of this table plus basic odds of Pomegranates, toys, and crates. The high-impact items—Silver Lollipop, Wild Pineapple, Pack Mule, x3 Gem Chest, and x3 Gem Egg—cluster at streak 7 and above.
Top-tier progression rewards
Silver Lollipop and Levelup Lollipop
Two different lollipop consumables exist in the pools:
- Levelup Lollipop appears from streak 4 onward and becomes common at higher streaks. It boosts a pet’s level, cutting down on playtime needed to max stats.
- Silver Lollipop is the rare upgrade that instantly brings a pet to level 5.
The Silver Lollipop starts at around 0.7–1.7 percent chance in the mid-streak ranges and only rises significantly at streak 11–12+. That combination of rarity and impact makes it one of the most important single items to target during the event.
Best uses:
- Apply it to a pet with long-term relevance: a value-heavy trading pet, an S-tier farming pet, or Pack Mule itself.
- Avoid wasting it on early-game pets that will be replaced.
Pack Mule
Pack Mule is an event pet with an unusually direct effect on the game’s trading meta. Its ability increases the base weight of crafted pets. Heavier crafted pets translate into better perceived value and stronger positions in player-to-player trades.
Pack Mule only appears at streak 8 and up, with low single-digit odds that climb slightly in the last pools:
- Streak 8–10: ~1.67–6.67%
- Streak 11–12+: ~10–13.33%
Why it matters:
- Weight is a long-lived stat; a good crafting pet will influence many future pets.
- Traders prefer heavy pets as baselines, making your inventory more attractive even when individual skins are common.
If you care about trading, Pack Mule sits at the top of the priority list. Even a single copy can permanently shift how your crafted inventory looks to other players.
Grandmaster Sprinkler
Sprinklers are the backbone of late-game farming in Grow a Garden. The Grandmaster Sprinkler is one of the highest tiers currently accessible from regular play, and during the event it drops directly from Troy instead of needing complex crafting.
Appearance ranges:
- Starts around streak 5–6 at low single-digit odds
- Peaks around streak 9–11 with chances in the low double digits
Why it’s strong:
- Covers large planting areas, keeping crops watered without manual check-ins.
- Supports dense layouts, including high-value event crops like Octobloom and Asteris from the same update cycle.
- Remains relevant even when future seeds and events arrive.
For players who enjoy the farming side more than trading, Grandmaster Sprinkler is the single most impactful “infrastructure” reward in the pool.
Gem Egg and Gem Chest
The event leans heavily on gems as a parallel progression track.
- Gem Egg unlocks a prismatic egg tier, which can hatch:
- Topaz Snail
- Amethyst Beetle
- Emerald Snake
- Sapphire Macaw
- Diamond Panther
- Ruby Squid
- Gem Chest is effectively a gem currency bundle, with its own internal reward table, and later shows up in x3 multipacks at the highest streaks.
Important nuance: the Gem Egg itself is prismatic rarity, but the pets it hatches are not prismatic; they’re standard gemstone-themed pets. The value comes from exclusivity and aesthetics rather than a new stat tier.
Why they matter:
- Gem Eggs offer a compact way to roll for limited cosmetic pets that will never be easy to obtain again.
- Gem Chests fuel gem spending across multiple systems, including more eggs and premium items.
- At streak 11–12+, the pools offer x3 Gem Egg and x3 Gem Chest bundles, giving huge spikes of value if you get lucky.
If your goal is a mix of collection and economy, Gem Eggs and Gem Chests are second only to Pack Mule and Silver Lollipop.
High-value seeds and pets from the Trader
Wild Pineapple
Wild Pineapple appears from streak 6 onward, with its odds climbing as you approach streak 12. It is one of the rarest plant rewards in the event and has strong economic potential.
Why Wild Pineapple is worth chasing:
- It is an event-limited crop, so supply is capped after the trading event ends.
- Its base value and multi-harvest nature make it a solid long-term money plant.
- Collectors and late adopters tend to overpay for missed event seeds once they vanish from normal play.
Securing at least one Wild Pineapple seed turns the Trader grind into a permanent buff to your garden’s income, especially when paired with high-tier sprinklers.
Geode Turtle and Jungle Egg
Geode Turtle and Jungle Egg sit in a middle band between pure utility and pure flex items.
- Geode Turtle is a pet with solid appearance odds across almost the entire streak ladder (roughly 9–23 percent depending on streak). It’s not as rare as Pack Mule, but it is an event-tied creature that players can trade for collection sets.
- Jungle Egg offers access to a set of Jungle pets from a previous content cycle. For players who started after those updates, the Trading Event is one of the simplest re-entry points for that collection.
These are not on the same power level as Silver Lollipop or Pack Mule, but they are still smarter pulls than generic toys and crates. If you’re sitting on a decent streak and roll one of these instead of a Gem Egg, it’s not a loss.
Where Pomegranate, toys, and crates fit in
The low and mid-tier items—Pomegranate, Large Toy, Outdoors Crate, Medium Treats, and basic Harvest Tools—appear throughout the Trader pools with relatively high odds in the early streaks.
They have their uses:
- Pomegranate offers quick cash when you’re starting out.
- Toys and treats help level pets more slowly if you never see a lollipop.
- Outdoors Crates feed into garden aesthetics and minor item drops.
But these are not the rewards you plan around. Treat them as background income: useful if you’re new, largely ignorable if you already have a strong farm and pet roster. The entire strategy of the Trading Event is to outrun this filler by pushing your streak into the 7–12 range, where the drop tables tilt toward items with lasting leverage.
How long the Trading Event lasts
The Trading Event runs for roughly a week and is scheduled to wrap up around November 29, 2025, lining up with the arrival of the Farmers Market event that takes over the plaza afterward.
Because Troy’s cooldown stretches as your streak rises, it is not realistic to brute-force dozens of high-streak rolls in those few days. Plan as if you will get a handful of good shots at streak 8–12, not endless retries.
What happens if you can’t finish a trade
Three failure states matter for your streak:
- Missing items or letting the quest expire. Your streak drops to zero. The next time you talk to Troy, you’ll be drawing from the Streak 1 pool again.
- Using “Skip Requirement”. You can pay Robux to bypass a specific demand when the reward looks valuable but the ask is unrealistic. This preserves the streak at the cost of premium currency.
- Restoring a lost streak. If you do drop to zero, Troy offers a Robux-paid option to restore your previous streak level instead of climbing back from the bottom.
For free-to-play players, the safest approach is:
- Skip trades only when you are certain you can’t meet them before Troy’s timer expires.
- Accept that some streaks will die and focus on consistent completions rather than gambling on impossible offers.
For players comfortable spending, the most efficient use of Robux is restoring a high streak (9–12) after an accident rather than endlessly skipping low-value requirements at the bottom of the ladder.
Priorities if you don’t have much time
If you can’t live in Grow a Garden for the whole event, focus your limited streak time on a clear shortlist:
| Priority | Item | Why it’s worth it |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pack Mule | Permanent buff to crafted pet weights, reshapes trading value. |
| 2 | Silver Lollipop | Instant level 5 pet; best used on Pack Mule or top-tier pets. |
| 3 | Grandmaster Sprinkler | High-tier automation that supports every future money plant. |
| 4 | Gem Egg / x3 Gem Egg | Access to prismatic Gem Egg pets and tradeable collectibles. |
| 5 | Gem Chest / x3 Gem Chest | Gem income that fuels long-term purchases. |
| 6 | Wild Pineapple | Limited, high-value crop that keeps paying after the event. |
| 7 | Jungle Egg / Geode Turtle | Good trading pieces and collection catch-up for newer players. |
Everything else—Pomegranate, standard toys, generic crates—can be treated as noise. Useful, but not worth spending Robux or sleep on. If your streak is high and one of the top seven shows up as a potential reward, that is when spending gems or Robux to keep the streak alive starts to make sense.
The Trading Event is short, but the right pulls—especially Pack Mule, a Silver Lollipop, and at least one Gem Egg—will keep shaping your garden and your trades long after Trader Troy closes shop for the season.
