If you’re buzzing with excitement about the latest Grow a Garden update, you’re not alone! The Working Bee Update (also known as Part 3 of the Bizzy Bees Event) introduces a massive gameplay overhaul, including a new crafting system, exclusive crops, mutation sprays, and game-changing pets. Whether you're a seasoned farmer or a curious sprout, this guide will walk you through everything new in the update and how to make the most of it.
🛠️ Bizzy Bear Crafting System: How It Works
The Bizzy Bear Crafting Station is the centerpiece of this update. Instead of chasing RNG rewards, you can now craft exactly what you need using honey, fruits, seeds, and gear. Choose between the Gear Crafting Table and the Seed Crafting Table to make powerful tools and rare crops.
📜 Crafting Highlights:
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18+ unique crafting recipes
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Craft items offline
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Includes: Seeds, Sprinklers, Pets, Mutation Sprays, Packs & More
🌱 All New Seeds in the Working Bee Update
You can now grow 11 exclusive crops, some of which are required for crafting high-tier recipes and unlocking special events.
| Crop Name | Icon | Notes |
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| Sugar Apple | 🍏 | Sweet base crop |
| Dragonpepper | 🌶️ | Ingredient for Spritzers |
| Cocovine | 🥥 | Tropical ingredient |
| Bendboo | 🎍 | Bamboo-like plant |
| Nectar Thorn | 🌵 | Mutation crafting |
| Suncoil | 🌻 | Advanced mutation ingredient |
| Violetcorn | 🌽 | Colorful, rare |
| Bee Balm | 🟣 | Used in mutation sprays |
| Succulent | 🟠 | Desert-based |
| Crocus | 🌺 | Flower crafting essential |
🐾 New Pets: Pack Bee & Cooked Owl
📦 Pack Bee
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Effect: Expands fruit storage by +25 slots
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How to Get: Crafted with Anti Bee Egg, Sunflower, Purple Dahlia & Honey
🍗 Cooked Owl
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Effect: Applies Burnt Mutation (x4) to crops
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Availability: Free if online during update launch!
🧬 New Crop Mutations (Including Crafting-Based!)
Three brand-new crop mutations have been added, alongside sprays to control and enhance your mutation strategy.
| Mutation | Multiplier | How to Get |
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| 🔥 Burnt | x4 | From Cooked Owl Pet |
| 🌋 Molten | x25 | Triggered by Volcano Event |
| ☄️ Meteoric | x125 | Triggered by Meteor Strike Event |
💦 Mutation Sprays (Directly Control Your Crop Mutations)
You can now force specific mutations using mutation sprays—crafted at the Gear Crafting Table.
| Spray Type | Crafting Time | Ingredients |
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| Chocolate Spray | 12m | Cleaning Spray + Cacao |
| Pollinated Spray | 5m | Cleaning Spray + Bee Balm |
| Shocked Spray | 30m | Cleaning Spray + Lightning Rod |
🌿 All New Craftable Sprinklers
Boost your mutation odds and apply elemental effects with these themed sprinklers:
| Sprinkler | Effect Type / Ingredients |
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| Tropical Mist Sprinkler | Coconut + Dragon Fruit + Mango + Godly Sprinkler |
| Berry Blusher Sprinkler | Grape + Blueberry + Strawberry + Godly Sprinkler |
| Spice Spritzer Sprinkler | Pepper + Ember Lily + Cacao + Master Sprinkler |
| Sweet Soaker Sprinkler | Watermelon x3 + Master Sprinkler |
| Flower Froster Sprinkler | Orange Tulip + Daffodil + Advanced + Basic |
| Stalk Sprout Sprinkler | Bamboo + Beanstalk + Mushroom + Advanced |
🐝 Working Bee Swarm Event
What It Does:
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Replaces normal bee swarm (1-in-3 chance)
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Duration: 10 minutes
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3 bees pollinate every 30s — double the normal
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Crafting speed increased by 10x
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Significantly boosts pollination-based recipes
🌋 Volcano & ☄️ Meteor Strike Events
These new world events drastically increase your chances of growing high-value crops:
🌋 Volcano
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Applies Molten Mutation (x25)
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Rare environmental disaster event
☄️ Meteor Strike
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Applies Meteoric Mutation (x125)
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Temporarily rains meteors across your garden
📅 Full Gear & Seed Crafting Recipe Tables
⚙️ Gear Crafting Table
| Item | Recipe Components | Time |
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| Pack Bee | Anti Bee Egg + Sunflower + Purple Dahlia + Honey | 4h |
| Mutation Spray: Shocked | Cleaning Spray + Lightning Rod + Honey | 30m |
| Mutation Spray: Choc | Cleaning Spray + Cacao + Honey | 12m |
| Honey Crafters Crate | Bee Crate + Honey | 30m |
🌱 Seed Crafting Table
| Seed Name | Recipe | Time |
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| Manuka Flower | Daffodil Seed + Orange Tulip Seed | 10m |
| Dandelion | Bamboo + Bamboo + Manuka Flower Seed | 16m |
| Lumira | Pumpkin + Pumpkin + Dandelion + Seed Pack | 20m |
| Honeysuckle | Pink Lily + Purple Dahlia | 24m |
| Bee Balm | Crocus + Lavender | 15m |
| Nectar Thorn | Cactus x2 + Cactus Seed + Nectarshade Seed | 30m |
| Suncoil | Crocus + Daffodil + Dandelion + Pink Lily | 45m |
🧼 Quality of Life Improvements
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🧾 Pet cooldown timers added to UI
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🫶 Restore Friendship Pot streaks
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💧 Sprinkler bugs resolved
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🌑 Nighttime rendering bugs fixed
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🪑 You can now sit on cosmetic furniture
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⚙️ Various backend performance optimizations
🏁 Final Thoughts: Maximize Your Garden with the Working Bee Update
The Working Bee Update in Grow a Garden is one of the biggest yet—introducing deep crafting mechanics, new crops, powerful pets, and mutation control. Whether you're chasing the elusive Meteoric Mutation, building your own Sprinkler Empire, or crafting exclusive pets like the Pack Bee, now is the perfect time to optimize your garden.
Start crafting, mutate strategically, and stay tuned to our blog for everything Grow a Garden.