Butterfly Grow a Garden: Rainbow Flutter Pet Guide
Butterfly in Grow a Garden is the Mythical Anti Bee Egg pet that applies Rainbow (about 50x) via Rainbow Flutter. Hatch chance is about 1% on that egg (same pool as Disco Bee at 0.25%). Favorite trophy fruit before you equip it. Last verified August 11, 2026.
Butterfly quick facts
| Stat | Detail |
|---|---|
| Game | Grow a Garden (GAG1) |
| Rarity | Mythical |
| Egg | Anti Bee Egg (craft: 1 Bee Egg + 25 Honey) |
| Hatch | About 1% |
| Ability | Rainbow Flutter, about every 30 minutes |
| Need | Nearby non-favorited fruit with 5+ environmental mutations |
| Result | Rainbow growth variant, about 50x |
Cooldown scales with kg and age. Model it in the pet ability cooldown calculator. Weight class: pet weight calculator.
Rainbow Flutter (read this before you equip it)
Every cycle Butterfly flies to a nearby fully grown fruit that already has five or more mutations and turns that fruit Rainbow. Gold and Silver do not count toward the five. Community wikis agree it skips favorited fruit. Sources disagree on the strip: some say it removes five mutations, others say it strips every crop mutation and leaves only Rainbow. Treat a Shocked + Disco + Voidtouched stack as unsafe until it is favorited.
- Favorite any fruit whose current stack is worth more than a clean Rainbow 50x
- Rainbow is a growth variant, not weather. Rules: Rainbow mutation guide
- Rainbow and Gold cannot sit on the same fruit
- Price the result in the mutation calculator
- Gear lock: Favorite Tool in the gear guide
How to get Butterfly
| Route | Notes |
|---|---|
| Anti Bee Egg | Primary. About 1% Butterfly. |
| Craft | 1 Bee Egg + 25 Honey at Bizzy Bear / cosmetics craft (about 2 hours) |
| Same egg | Wasp, Tarantula Hawk, Moth, Disco Bee 0.25% |
| Trading | Most players buy one between Bee events |
Hatch math: egg hatch calculator. Pool: eggs list. Honey loop: Bizzy Bee event. Consolation Divine: Queen Bee from the regular Bee Egg.
Best Butterfly loadouts
- Finish line: Disco Bee or Kitsune + T-Rex + Butterfly last
- Let the other pets build five environmental mutations, then let Flutter convert
- Gold farm is not this pet: Dragonfly applies Gold, not Rainbow
- Never run Butterfly alone on a clean Tomato row. It has nothing legal to land on
- Ability theory: pet abilities guide
Butterfly vs Disco Bee vs Dragonfly
| Pet | Job | When to prefer it |
|---|---|---|
| Butterfly | Rainbow 50x convert | You can feed it 5-mutation fruit and favorite trophies |
| Disco Bee | Disco about 125x | You want the raw sticker, not a variant swap |
| Dragonfly | Gold about 20x | Cheaper Gold volume, no 5-mutation gate |
Our pet tier list still ranks Butterfly as a finish pet, not a solo income engine. Disco Bee is the rarer Anti Bee chase.
Trade value
Our pet value list puts Butterfly in A-tier: Mythical, 1% egg, and the only reliable Rainbow pet convert. Age and kg premiums apply. Do not invent a Sheckle sticker from an old trade site. Check pet value list, then trade calculator and WFL. Buy after a Bee event, not during hype week.
Common mistakes
- Equipping Butterfly over unfavorited Shocked or Disco fruit.
- Counting Gold or Silver toward the five-mutation gate.
- Expecting Flutter on a fruit with two weather mutations.
- Paying Disco Bee prices for a 1% Mythical.
- Using the GAG2 calculator. This is a GAG1 pet.
People Also Ask About Butterfly Grow a Garden
These are the questions players search most around this topic, answered directly for quick scanning.
What does Butterfly do in Grow a Garden?
Rainbow Flutter: about every 30 minutes it turns a nearby 5-mutation, non-favorited fruit into Rainbow (about 50x).
How do you get Butterfly?
Hatch the Anti Bee Egg at about 1%, craft that egg with 1 Bee Egg + 25 Honey during Bee events, or trade.
Does Butterfly remove mutations?
Yes, at least some. Favorite any stack worth more than a clean Rainbow before you equip it.
Can a pet make Rainbow crops?
Yes. Butterfly is that pet. Dragonfly makes Gold. Natural Rainbow rolls still exist.
Is Butterfly better than Disco Bee?
No as a raw multiplier. Disco is about 125x and rarer (0.25%). Butterfly finishes stacks into Rainbow.
Is Butterfly in Grow a Garden 2?
This page is the GAG1 Anti Bee Egg pet.
Egg odds and Flutter wording shift on Saturday patches. Confirm on the Grow a Garden Wiki and the official Grow a Garden page on Roblox. Last verified August 11, 2026.
