If you’ve been playing Grow A Garden on Roblox, you might have noticed the Seal, a rare pet released in the Summer Update. It’s often asked about by players because of its unique trait and potential usefulness when selling pets. Here’s a detailed breakdown based on what most players experience in practice.
What Does the Seal Look Like?
In general, the Seal has a simple appearance compared to many other pets in Grow A Garden. Its body is a slightly greenish-gray color. It has two flippers on either side near the front and a tail at the back. On its face, there’s a black eye on each side and a short snout with a small brown nose. Because of this simplicity, it’s easy to spot among more colorful or complex pets.
What Makes the Seal Special?
The Seal has a unique trait called Seal the Deal, which affects pet selling:

• When you sell a pet, the Seal has a (0.22 × Weight + 2.5)% chance to return that pet as its egg equivalent.
• This bonus is capped at 8% per individual Seal.
• The total maximum return rate per pet is 50%, which usually requires a team of eight level 100 Seals.
• This trait does not work with rainbow, exotic, or premium eggs, due to a known bug.

Most players find this trait useful if they frequently sell pets for coins but want a chance to get some of them back. In practice, getting the full 50% cap usually takes careful planning and multiple high-level Seals, which not everyone will achieve early in the game.
How Toys Affect the Seal
Players often ask whether toys matter for boosting the Seal’s ability. In general:

• A Medium Toy boosts the passive chance by 0.5%.
• A Small Toy boosts it by 0.25%.

This means that if you’re trying to maximize your Seal’s return rate when selling pets, equipping toys helps slightly, but it won’t replace having multiple high-level Seals. Most players use toys only when they have extra resources.
How to Maximize the Seal’s Bonus
From what experienced players have observed:

1. Level your Seals to 100: The maximum buff is achieved only at level 100.
2. Build a team of eight: To reach the 50% cap, you need eight Seals at the right weight.
3. Monitor the pet weight: Different Seal variants have slightly different weight thresholds:
   • Normal: >1.71 kg
   • Spectral: >1.61 kg
   • Golden: >1.59 kg
   • Rainbow: >1.48 kg
   • Nightmare: >1.46 kg

It’s important to note that Rainbow, Exotic, and Premium eggs cannot be recovered, so most players focus on normal or other obtainable pets when trying to use the Seal effectively.
What Players Should Know About Bugs and Limitations
In general, players report a few quirks with the Seal:

• The Seal cannot refund rainbow, exotic, or premium eggs.
• There’s a known bug that prevents certain eggs from being recovered even if the Seal’s chance is high.
• Previously, pets like Nihonzaru could boost the Seal more than the current limit, but this has been nerfed.

These limitations mean that while the Seal can be a helpful tool, it’s not a guaranteed way to farm rare eggs. Most players treat it as a small bonus rather than a primary strategy.
Seal Mutations and Variants
The Seal has many possible mutations. Players usually collect these for style or minor gameplay differences:

• Aromatic
• Ascended
• Corrupted
• Dreadbound
• Forger
• Fried
• Frozen
• GiantBean
• Glimmering
• Golden
• Inverted
• IronSkin
• Mega
• Nightmare
• Oxpecker
• Radiant
• Rainbow
• Shiny
• Shocked
• Silver
• Soulflame
• Spectral
• Tiny
• Tranquil
• Windy

In general, most players prioritize the functional traits over mutations, but collecting rare mutations is a common side goal.
Why the Seal Matters in Practice
The Seal isn’t just about looks. Experienced players use it strategically when selling pets because it provides a passive chance to regain some of the pets they sell. This makes it especially useful for players who regularly manage their inventory and want to avoid permanently losing pets they’ve grown.
Some players also note that the Seal (and pets that mimic other pets) is currently the only way to get the Lich Crystal Egg, which makes it valuable for completionist collectors.
If you don’t have the Seal yet, some players look for resources like websites to buy grow a garden items to complete their collection faster. However, in practice, many players simply try to earn it in-game through the Summer Update activities.
Summary

• The Seal is a simple-looking, rare pet with a unique Seal the Deal trait.
• Its main usefulness is the chance to return pets as eggs when selling, capped at 50%.
• Toys provide minor boosts, but you need eight level 100 Seals to maximize returns.
• It cannot recover rainbow, exotic, or premium eggs.
• Collecting mutations is optional and mostly cosmetic.
• It’s one of the only pets that can be used to obtain the Lich Crystal Egg.

For most players, the Seal is a pet that provides a small but noticeable advantage when selling pets, and having a team of high-level Seals can help minimize losses over time.