Prehistoric Event – Grow a Garden Wiki
Your complete guide to the Prehistoric Event in Grow a Garden.
Prehistoric Event
| Start Date | July 5, 2025 |
| End Date | July 19, 2025 |
| Event Currency | Sheckles |
Overview
The Prehistoric Event came out in Update 1.13.0, bringing a dinosaur theme to Grow a Garden. Players could use a special machine to turn their pets into dino eggs or even full dinosaurs. It also introduced a few upgrades and crafting features tied to collecting prehistoric plants.
Event Mechanics
DNA Machine
At the back of the event island, there’s a big machine called the DNA Machine. It lets players turn their regular pets into dinosaur eggs. When a pet is placed inside, it takes some time to process (about an hour). Once it’s done, the pet turns into 1–6 dinosaur eggs. There’s also a rare chance for it to become a dinosaur pet right away instead of an egg.
The rarer the dinosaur, the smaller the chance you’ll get it — so it’s mostly about luck and patience.
Upgrades
Players can talk to Barry, the event NPC, to make the DNA Machine work faster and unlock new features. Each upgrade needs a certain total weight of prehistoric plants.
DNA Machine Upgrades
| Requirement | Upgrade |
|---|---|
| 40kg | Unlocks the Primal Egg option |
| 60kg | Reduces mutation time to 48 minutes |
| 80kg | Gives 2 eggs per use |
| 100kg | Unlocks craftable eggs |
| 120kg | Shortens time again to 24 minutes |
Dino Quests
During the Prehistoric Event, players could take on Dino Quests from Blaire, found at the “Pre-Historic Quest” area. Every 12 hours, Blaire gives out three random quests from a pool of fifteen, each focused on planting, harvesting, growing, or crafting items related to the event. Completing these quests rewarded event progress and resources that helped with the DNA Machine and dinosaur collection.
Regular Quests
Plant 100 Carrots
Plant 10 Watermelons
Plant 5 Pumpkins
Plant 25 Bamboo
Plant 1 Mango Seed
Grow a Dog to Age 10
Grow a Golden Lab to Age 10
Grow a Bunny to Age 10
Harvest 50 Strawberries
Harvest 150 Blueberries
Harvest 25 Apples
Harvest 10 Coconuts
Harvest 5 Dragon Fruits
Craft 1 Lightning Rod
Craft 1 Mutation Spray Amber
Bonus Quests
Bonus Quests were extra challenges that offered better rewards and took longer to complete. These included:
Craft 1 Amber Spine Seed
Craft 3 Horsetail Seeds
Harvest 500 Strawberries
Harvest 10 Paradise Petals
Harvest 10 Bone Blossoms
Plant 3 Boneboo Seeds
Plant 10 Stonebite Seeds
Grow a Raptor to Age 15
Grow an Iguanodon to Age 15
Plant 100 Carrot Seeds
Quest Rewards
Each quest completed for Blaire grants Ticks, a special event currency used to track progress. As players collect more Ticks, they unlock milestone rewards filled with cosmetics and rare items from the Prehistoric Event.
Tick Milestones
Dino Quest Rewards
| Ticks | Reward |
|---|---|
| 3 Ticks | Volcano Cosmetic |
| 6 Ticks | 3× Ancient Seed Packs |
| 9 Ticks | Long Neck Dino Statue Cosmetic |
| 12 Ticks | 6× Ancient Seed Packs |
| 15 Ticks | 3× Mutation Spray Amber |
| 18 Ticks | 10× Ancient Seed Packs |
| 21 Ticks | 1× Bone Blossom Seed |
Once all seven rewards are obtained, players can reset their Dino Quest Progress for 100,000,000, allowing them to start the cycle again for additional rewards.
Trivia
- The event was developed following strong player requests on social media.
- During an admin livestream, Jandel hinted that a plant would surpass the Candy Blossom a tease that later became the Bone Blossom.
- The update’s release closely aligned with Jurassic World Rebirth, likely as a thematic nod.
- This update introduced the first ever aging mutation, Amber, which gradually evolves into Old Amber and Ancient Amber over time, raising crop value with each stage.
- The event’s NPCs may reference Jurassic World characters “Blaire” resembling Claire and “Graham” echoing Alan Grant.
- Dino Quests are designed similarly to Eloise’s Daily Quests, though they award Normal Seed Packs rather than Bone Blossom Seeds.
- The first two DNA Machine upgrades together shorten the total mutation time by 36 minutes, leaving only 24 minutes for a full cycle.
- When Bonus Quests were added in the event’s second phase, players gained the ability to complete the full questline using only those since they lack the 12-hour cooldown, it became possible to earn extra Bone Blossoms efficiently.
- Among the prehistoric pets, T-Rex and Spinosaurus share the rarest hatch rate, each with roughly a 0.5% chance.