Sky Mutations in Grow a Garden
Last updated September 2026
Quick answer
Grow a Garden has 9 mutations that come from events in the sky — night cycles, moons, meteors, auroras, eclipses and space events. They run from x2 (Moonlit, Night) up to x150 (Dawnbound, Sun God), and the 5 combinations they feed go higher still — topping out at Astral x365, the highest non-pet multiplier in the game.
What counts as a sky mutation here: a mutation whose trigger is an astronomical event — Night, Shooting Stars, Full Moon, Blood Moon, Meteor Shower, Meteor Strike, Aurora Borealis, Crystal Beam, Solar Eclipse, Black Hole, Space Travel, Supernova, Sun God. Sun-driven heat events (Heatwave, Solar Flare) and storms (Thunderstorm, Tornado) are weather mutations too, but they belong to the ground weather cycle, so they stay on the full mutations list. The closest sun-driven neighbour is Sundried (x85).
All 9 sky mutations
Sorted by multiplier. Every one of them is granted by an event window — none is craftable except through the combinations in the next section.
| Mutation | Multiplier | Event window | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnbound | x150 | Sun God | #13 of 169 |
| Voidtouched | x135 | Black Hole | #15 of 169 |
| Meteoric | x125 | Meteor Strike | #16 of 169 |
| Celestial | x120 | Meteor Shower · Crystal Beam | #18 of 169 |
| Galactic | x120 | Space Travel · Supernova | #18 of 169 |
| Aurora | x90 | Aurora Borealis · Crystal Beam | #31 of 169 |
| Eclipsed | x20 | Solar Eclipse | #91 of 169 |
| Bloodlit | x4 | Blood Moon · Full Moon | #140 of 169 |
| Moonlit | x2 | Night · Shooting Stars | #162 of 169 |
What each sky mutation is worth
Applied to Christmas Tree, the highest base-value crop in the game at 451,250 coins. Weight bonuses and any other layer on the crop multiply on top of these numbers.
| Mutation | Multiplier | Harvest value | vs no mutation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnbound | x150 | 67.7M | +67.2M |
| Voidtouched | x135 | 60.9M | +60.5M |
| Meteoric | x125 | 56.4M | +56M |
| Celestial | x120 | 54.1M | +53.7M |
| Galactic | x120 | 54.1M | +53.7M |
| Aurora | x90 | 40.6M | +40.2M |
| Eclipsed | x20 | 9M | +8.6M |
| Bloodlit | x4 | 1.8M | +1.4M |
| Moonlit | x2 | 903K | +451K |
| Astral (combination) | x365 | 165M | +164M |
| Cosmic (combination) | x240 | 108M | +108M |
| Abyssal (combination) | x240 | 108M | +108M |
| Infernal (combination) | x180 | 81.2M | +80.8M |
| Paradisal (combination) | x100 | 45.1M | +44.7M |
The sky combination chains
5 mutations in the game are fused from sky mutations, and they are where the real multipliers are. Each fusion consumes both ingredients, so a crop can only be at one rung of a chain at a time.
Cosmic is itself a fusion (combining celestial and aurora); Galactic is granted during Space Travel / Supernova. Leave the crop in the ground for both windows and it upgrades itself to Astral.
Celestial is granted during Meteor Shower / Crystal Beam; Aurora is granted during Aurora Borealis / Crystal Beam. Leave the crop in the ground for both windows and it upgrades itself to Cosmic.
Voidtouched is granted during Black Hole; Celestial is granted during Meteor Shower / Crystal Beam. Leave the crop in the ground for both windows and it upgrades itself to Abyssal.
Meteoric is granted during Meteor Strike. Leave the crop in the ground for both windows and it upgrades itself to Infernal.
Verdant is itself a fusion (can be applied by the scarlet macaw pet); Aurora is granted during Aurora Borealis / Crystal Beam. Leave the crop in the ground for both windows and it upgrades itself to Paradisal.
The route that matters is the longest one: Meteor Shower gives Celestial (x120) → Aurora Borealis gives Aurora (x90) → the two fuse into Cosmic (x240) → a Space Travel event gives Galactic (x120) → Cosmic + Galactic fuse into Astral (x365). That is four separate event windows on one unharvested crop, and it is the highest multiplier reachable without a pet. The hub of the family is Celestial: it is an ingredient in 2 different sky combinations, so a Celestial crop is never wasted.
Can sky mutations stack?
Across windows, yes. Sky mutations are ordinary weather mutations, so a crop that survives several events collects several tags: Moonlit from Night, Bloodlit from a Blood Moon, Celestial from a Meteor Shower, Aurora from Aurora Borealis. They are separate layers, and the multiplier on the crop grows with each one that lands.
Inside a chain, no. The combination results replace their ingredients rather than sitting next to them. Celestial + Aurora becomes Cosmic — you do not keep Celestial and Aurora as well. That is also why a x365 Astral crop is not the same as holding four x100-plus mutations at once.
With everything else, yes.The crop's growth variant (Silver x5, Gold x20, Rainbow x50), pet-applied mutations and sprinkler effects sit in other layers and multiply on top of the sky mutations. A Sky mutation is a multiplier on the base value, not a replacement for the crop's own variant.
What the data cannot tell us: community trackers report that Night-sourced Moonlit and Sun-God-sourced Dawnbound cannot coexist on one crop, and that temperature mutations (Wet / Chilled / Drenched / Frozen) resolve to the highest one instead of stacking. Those conflict rules are not in the game data, so treat them as player-reported rather than confirmed.
How to farm sky mutations
- 1Keep expensive, slow-growing crops in the ground permanently. Sky events are unpredictable, so the only reliable strategy is to already have your best crops standing when one lands.
- 2Stay online during Night. Night is the anchor of the whole family: it grants Moonlit, it is the window Meteor Showers roll in, and it is the only route to the Celestial that starts the Cosmic and Abyssal chains.
- 3Prefer multi-harvest crops for chain runs. A chain like Celestial → Cosmic → Astral needs the same plant to survive three or four different events, and multi-harvest crops let you keep harvesting without replanting.
- 4Do not harvest a mutated crop if you are chasing the next rung. The fusion only happens on a crop that is still in the ground — harvesting ends the chain.
- 5Expect the top of the chain to be event-locked. Galactic comes from Space Travel events and Voidtouched from Black Hole events, which are admin-triggered windows rather than something you can schedule. Watch the official announcements if you are holding a Cosmic or Celestial crop.
Where the sky family ranks
9 of the 169 mutations in the game are sky-granted, plus 5 combinations that need them. Nine of the top twenty multipliers overall are in this family.
On Christmas Tree (451K coins base), a Astral harvest is 165M coins before weight.
Sky mutations FAQ
What are the sky mutations in Grow a Garden?
We group the 9 mutations whose trigger is an astronomical event: Dawnbound (x150), Voidtouched (x135), Meteoric (x125), Celestial (x120), Galactic (x120), Aurora (x90), Eclipsed (x20), Bloodlit (x4), Moonlit (x2). They are granted during Night cycles, Shooting Stars, Full Moon, Blood Moon, Meteor Shower, Meteor Strike, Aurora Borealis, Crystal Beam, Solar Eclipse, Black Hole, Space Travel, Supernova and Sun God.
What is the best sky mutation in Grow a Garden?
Dawnbound is the strongest sky-granted mutation at x150, and Astral (x365) is the highest multiplier any sky chain can reach. Dawnbound is triggered by Sun God.
How do you get the Celestial mutation?
Celestial (x120) is applied during Meteor Shower weather, which rolls during Night and Blood Moon cycles. Leave your most valuable crops planted and unharvested — meteors only mutate crops that are in the ground — and stay online, because mutations are not applied while you are offline.
Can sky mutations stack with each other?
Yes, until they fuse. Moonlit from Night, Celestial from a Meteor Shower, Aurora from Aurora Borealis and the rest are separate weather mutations and can sit on one crop together. But Celestial plus Aurora fuses into Cosmic (x240) and Cosmic plus Galactic fuses into Astral (x365) — each fusion consumes its two ingredients, so a crop only ever holds the top of the chain it has reached.
Do you have to be online for sky mutations?
Yes. Crops keep growing while you are offline, but weather mutations are only applied to crops in your garden while you are in the game during the event window. That single rule is why players schedule sessions around Night cycles rather than planting and logging off.
Which crops should I leave planted for sky events?
The highest base-value crops you own, because the multiplier applies to the base sell value. Christmas Tree is the highest base-value crop in the game at 451,250 coins, so a x120 Celestial harvest on it is worth 54.1M coins before weight. Multi-harvest crops are the better long-term pick: they survive across the several event windows a chain needs.