FULL GUIDE To The TRADER ARRIVES UPDATE In GROW A GARDEN Roblox – Trader Troy Streaks, New Plants, Pets & Chimera introduces the limited one‑week Trader Event where you chain plant turn‑ins to build a streak with Trader Troy, unlocking new seeds like Pomegranate and Wild Pineapple, Gem Chests with plants such as Asteris and pets like Bearded Dragon, ingot‑powered Silver and Golden Piggies for faster growth and pet XP, and the Chimera Stone ritual that fuses Goat, Lion, and Emerald Snake into the ultra‑rare Chimera pet.
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Guide to the Trader Arrives UPDATE in Grow a Garden
Event basics and how long it lasts
The Trader Arrives event is a one‑week Admin Abuse–style event where a new NPC, Trader Troy, appears and offers rotating trade requests in exchange for escalating rewards. According to Roblox news coverage, the event runs roughly from November 22, 2025 at morning NA time until November 29, 2025, after which the Trader and his special streak rewards may go away or change form.
Alongside Troy, the patch prepares the coming Trading World / Trading Hub, a separate “Please Donate–style” realm with stalls and item listings that was tested on dev servers but delayed due to bugs, now expected to release about six days after this event’s start. For this guide, focus is on everything already live in Trader Arrives: Troy’s streak system, new seeds and gem chest plants, new pets, gem egg status, ingot‑craft pets, and the Chimera ritual.
Trader Troy, streaks, and how trading works
Trader Troy is the centerpiece of the update: an event NPC who asks for specific items (usually plants) in exchange for a streak that increases your reward tier the more you trade without failing. Each time you fulfill Troy’s request—such as turning in a batch of daffodils—your streak increases by 1, and you get a reward roll from the table associated with your current streak tier. There is a streak timer visible under the UI; if this timer expires before you complete the next requested trade, your streak resets to 0, forcing you to climb again from weaker reward tables.
You can also pay Robux to skip a trade and instantly complete it, which is what the showcase uses for demonstration, but in live servers free‑to‑play players will typically farm or pre‑stock whatever plant Troy asks for. In dev server testing, the highest streak shown is Streak 12, but the creator warns that in live servers the effective “max” might be much higher (e.g., 100+ streak) and more demanding, with stricter timers and tougher requests. The higher your streak, the better the possible rewards: top streak tiers can roll rare seeds like Wild Pineapple, special pets like Pack Mule, new crates, and a new Gem Chest alongside older event items.
All new Trader rewards and what’s actually new
Trader Troy’s reward table includes many existing items but also several brand‑new ones tied to this event. From the dev‑server reward preview, the clearly new prizes are:
- Gem Chest (new chest type).
- Wild Pineapple seed (Trader‑exclusive plant).
- Pack Mule pet.
- Large Toy decorative/cosmetic item.
- Outdoor Crate (a new decoration crate).
Everything else in Troy’s top reward list is pulled from existing loot pools, but the drop weights and streak‑gating make some items easier or harder to obtain than before. In live servers, TechWiser and others confirm that Troy’s reward odds and required streaks are tuned up—so expect fewer jackpot pulls and more grind compared to the dev showcase.
New shop content: Octa Bloom seed and Exotic Gem Chest
Inside the normal Shop, a brand‑new Robux seed, Octa Bloom, has been added with a price of 595 Robux. Purchasing it adds an Octa Bloom seed to your inventory, which you can plant like other premium seeds; visually it’s a multi‑layered, multicolored bloom designed to stand out as an end‑game plant. In dev testing the plant appeared grey due to a bug, but the developer’s own garden shows its intended look: a tall stalk with purple, pink, and blue octagonal blooms, now slightly reduced in size compared to early test builds.
The Shop also now sells a new Exotic Gem Chest, different from the old Gem Egg, which pulls from a small pool of gem‑themed plants and pets discussed below. There is no new digging quest attached to this update; instead, past craftable seeds from the Smithing event have been moved into the Crafting menu permanently so players can still make them post‑event.
Gem Egg status: now limited‑time
In the Egg Shop, the Gem Egg is now flagged as a limited‑time egg, reversing earlier assumptions that it would be a permanent addition. The UI clearly indicates it will likely disappear with or shortly after the Trader Arrives event, so players who want its pets or plants should farm it before the event ends. The guide notes that Gem Egg rewards “aren’t the greatest” in pure value but are visually cool, so collectors are encouraged to grab a few before they vanish.
New Trader seeds: Pomegranate and Wild Pineapple
Two of the most important new plants come directly from Trader Troy’s streak reward tables.
Pomegranate (Streak 1+ seed)
- Unlocked as early as Streak 1, with about a 13% chance from that tier in the dev configuration.
- Visually, pomegranate resembles classic early‑game plants (similar to peach), with a simple bushy top and round red fruits, evoking the game’s OG aesthetic.
- Sample sell prices show pomegranate fruits ranging between roughly 40,000–50,000 shekels depending on size.
Because it’s both common and decently valued, pomegranate is an excellent mid‑game money plant and a great first Trader reward for newer players.
Wild Pineapple (Streak 6+ seed)
- First appears in reward tables at about Streak 6, and its drop chance increases at higher streak levels.
- The plant is tall and spiky with a unique wild pineapple look, quickly becoming one of the fan‑favorite designs in this patch.
- Example fruit values: a small wild pineapple fruit sells near 80,000 shekels, a mid‑sized one around 90,000, and a large one in testing reached 160,000 shekels (though this large roll was acknowledged as a high‑end outlier).
A realistic earning range for wild pineapple fruits is about 80,000–100,000 shekels, making it a strong mid–late‑game earner and a clear upgrade over pomegranate for players who can maintain the higher streak requirement.
New Gem Chest plants: Gem Fruit, Coil Vine, Asteris
The new Exotic Gem Chest can roll three new collectible plants in addition to its pet drops.
Gem Fruit
- Simple crystal‑cluster plant with small gemstone buds, positioned as the most common gem chest plant.
- Test values: smaller gem fruits around 51,000 shekels, slightly larger fruits around 61,000 shekels, for an effective range of 45,000–60,000 shekels.
This puts Gem Fruit just above pomegranate for value despite being a chest plant, making it a nice baseline earner from gem pulls.
Coil Vine
- A visually striking vine that coils upward in twists, considered one of the best‑looking plants in the update.
- Sample sells: smallest coil vine fruit ~60,000 shekels, a mid‑sized one around 58,000, and a large one around 88,000 shekels.
Coil Vine sits between Gem Fruit and Wild Pineapple in earning power and is primarily a collector’s plant with decent but not game‑breaking income.
Asteris (Asterisk) – ~1% plant
- The rarest gem chest plant at roughly 1% drop chance, obtained by the creator via another player’s garden.
- Visually resembles a stylized star or flower similar to the plant from the Bone Dog, with a multi‑ray bloom structure.
- Value tests show a small Asteris selling for about 112,000 shekels and a large one near 150,000 shekels without sprinkler buffs.
While not the single highest‑value plant in the game, Asteris is a top‑tier 1% collectible from the gem chest and a strong addition to high‑value gardens.
Octa Bloom: new best money plant in the game
The Robux‑only Octa Bloom seed is the patch’s standout money maker. Although bugged to appear fully grey in the guide, dev screenshots show its intended state as a multicolored octagon bloom with purple, pink, and blue segments, now slightly smaller than its first test version.
Test fruit values are extremely high:
- 3.5 kg Octa Bloom fruit: 260,000 shekels.
- 5 kg fruit: ~280,000 shekels.
- Larger fruit: 457,000 shekels.
- Largest tested fruit: 517,000 shekels.
For comparison, the previous top plant, Zebra Zingly, caps about 30,000 shekels lower than that biggest Octa Bloom value, meaning even relatively small Octa Blooms can out‑earn Zebra Zingly. As a result, Octa Bloom currently claims the title of best plant in the entire game for raw shekels, though this is locked behind its Robux cost and limited availability.
Trader pet: Pack Mule
The only entirely new pet directly obtainable from Trader Troy is the Pack Mule. Pack Mule’s ability states that crafted pets gain +0.1–0.22 kg added to their base weight, effectively acting like an “Elephant‑style” weight booster but only for pets created via crafting recipes. As of this update, the only craftable pets currently in the game are Pack Bee, Silver Piggy, and Golden Piggy, so Pack Mule’s impact is limited today but could become more valuable in future crafting‑heavy patches. Because there is no smithing event live right now and few pets are craftable, Pack Mule is widely viewed as a future‑proof utility pet rather than a must‑have for this single week.
Gem Chest pets: Clam, Magpie, Bearded Dragon
Opening Exotic Gem Chests also yields three new pets with niche but interesting utility.
Clam
- When using watering cans, each use has about a 6.68% chance not to consume the can’s charge.
- This effect stacks across multiple Clams placed in the garden, giving high‑end players a way to dramatically reduce watering‑can consumption if they stack many of them.
Because watering cans are rarely a bottleneck for late‑game players, Clam is mostly a QOL / early‑mid‑game economy pet.
Magpie
- When selling silver fruit, there is roughly a 7.09% chance to receive a random reward.
- This effect incentivizes converting stockpiled silver fruit into shekels and bonus items, finally giving players a reason to liquidate their silver‑farming stores.
The exact reward pool is not fully documented yet, but early tests show useful misc items, making Magpie an attractive investment if you have a backlog of silver plants.
Bearded Dragon (Divine – ~1% from gem chest)
- A Divine tier pet with a very unique passive: every 40 minutes (shared 800‑second cooldown across all dragons), it consumes all fruits on a plant with at least 3 fruits that is Divine rarity or higher, then grants a random egg from the shop.
- The pet ignores plants whose fruits you’ve favorited, allowing you to protect key specimens.
- Valid target plants include high‑tier Divine‑rarity crops like grape, mushroom, pepper, cacao, and other late‑game plants.
Because the dragon can roll eggs such as the Gem Egg or Bug Egg, it essentially turns a stacked Divine plant into an automated egg farm on a long cooldown, which is one of the most original and powerful Divine passives added recently.
Crafted pets: Silver Piggy & Golden Piggy + ingots
The update introduces Silver Ingot and Gold Ingot cosmetic items, which by themselves are decorative but become functional when combined with two new crafted pigs.
Silver Piggy
- For every Silver Ingot cosmetic in your garden, nearby plants grow faster within the pig’s radius.
- This makes Silver Piggy a scalable growth‑speed pet, especially powerful when you can afford multiple ingots and want to speed up high‑value plants or event crops.
Golden Piggy
- Works analogously for pets: for every Gold Ingot cosmetic in your garden, all nearby pets within a 30‑stud radius gain an extra 0.12 XP.
- Because this bonus stacks by ingot and there appears to be no clearly documented hard cap yet (though logically one must exist), Golden Piggy is a candidate for the best XP pet in the entire game, potentially surpassing older mainstays like Capivara.
By surrounding Golden Piggies with many gold ingots, you can drastically accelerate pet leveling, particularly useful when raising Divines and limited event pets. Both pigs are craftable, not limited‑time, meaning they will remain available even after the Trader event ends, which heavily boosts their long‑term value.
Chimera Stone ritual and the Chimera pet
The most involved late‑game feature of Trader Arrives is the Chimera Stone and the resulting Chimera Divine pet, functioning similarly to the earlier Halloween Lich ritual.
Getting the Chimera Stone
External guides confirm the Chimera Stone is crafted at the top crafting table using one Mythical Egg, Bug Egg, Jungle Egg, Gem Egg, plus 500 million shekels. Once crafted, you can place the stone in your garden to begin the ritual dialogue.
Setting up the ritual: Goat, Lion, Emerald Snake, lights, table
Interacting with the stone cycles through a series of riddles that instruct you which pets and cosmetics to place:
- “Thirsts for a creature of southern strength, a horned beast” – place a Goat pet.
- “Perhaps the king of beasts must stand beside the goat” – place a Lion pet.
- “A serpent is needed. Complete the trade” – place an Emerald Snake, a pet introduced in a previous update.
- Next, the stone says it longs for illumination and asks for at least four light sources around the ritual.
- Finally, the stone demands a table to bear the weight of transformation, so place any table cosmetic within the ritual ring.
Once the Goat, Lion, Emerald Snake, four lights, and a table are in place, interacting with the Chimera Stone prompts a confirmation: “Are you sure you want to use the Chimera stone? The goat, lion, and snake will convert into a new Chimera pet.” Confirming consumes all three pets and completes a flashy ritual that spawns the Chimera Divine pet.
Chimera abilities
The Chimera combines three distinct passives:
- Cooldown advancement share – every 13 minutes (with an 800‑second shared cooldown), it advances the cooldown of all pets by up to 80 seconds each, making it arguably the best global cooldown‑accelerator pet without special mutations.
- Knockback + egg gift – every 8.5 minutes it rams into a random player, knocking them away but also granting them a Common Egg, which can be farmed using alt accounts or friends.
- Trader‑synergy perk – when you buy from the Seed Shop or Gear Shop, there is a 2% chance to duplicate the purchased item, effectively giving you free extra seeds/gears over time.
These combined effects make Chimera one of the strongest utility pets in Grow a Garden, especially for players who buy large volumes of seeds/gears and rely heavily on multi‑pet cooldown synergies.
Best practices for farming the Trader Arrives event
To get the most out of this one‑week event, focus on efficient streak climbing and reward targeting:
- Pre‑stock common plants: before big play sessions, plant and harvest lots of shop‑buyable basics (like daffodils) so you can instantly fulfill early Troy requests without waiting on growth timers.
- Watch the streak timer: set a mental or external timer slightly earlier than Troy’s reset time so you don’t accidentally lose high streaks while AFK.
- Target key rewards: early on, aim for pomegranate and wild pineapple seeds; later focus streak pushes around times when you can fully commit (to chase Pack Mule, Outdoor Crate, and gem chests).
- Invest in Gem Chests: open them while the event is live for chances at Bearded Dragon, Golden Piggy craft materials, and the rare Asteris plant.
- Prioritize Golden Piggy: once you can craft gold ingots, build toward a Golden Piggy setup to massively increase pet XP gain, especially for Divine pets like Bearded Dragon and Chimera.
- Craft and protect Chimera: only convert Goat, Lion, and Emerald Snake when you are sure; afterward, build around Chimera’s shop‑duplication and cooldown‑sharing powers to speed up future events.
Played this way, the Trader Arrives update becomes a full zero‑to‑hero progression arc: starting with simple daffodil trades into pomegranate money, scaling to wild pineapple and gem plants, then finishing with long‑term engines like Golden Piggy XP farms and the Chimera’s economy‑bending perks.
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