{
  "release_id": "gag1-pet-mutation-machine-legacy-2026-05-r1",
  "game": "Grow a Garden (GAG1)",
  "data_status": "historical_secondary_source_consensus",
  "snapshot_date": "2026-05-10",
  "published_at": "2026-07-30",
  "scope": "Legacy 12-outcome Pet Mutation Machine weights reported before the June 2026 Age 500 and Inferno changes.",
  "not_current_live_data": true,
  "rounding_note": "Displayed weights total 100.02% because the source percentages are rounded.",
  "patch_warning": "June 2026 secondary sources reported a new Pet Mutation Machine and four additional mutations with details still TBC. Use the current in-game probability when it differs from this snapshot.",
  "machine_assumptions": {
    "reported_cost_sheckles": 500000000,
    "reported_duration_minutes": 60,
    "editable_in_calculator": true
  },
  "outcomes": [
    {
      "code": "SHINY",
      "name": "Shiny",
      "reported_chance_percent": 32.15,
      "category": "XP boost",
      "effect_boundary": "Legacy sources consistently report +15% XP per second."
    },
    {
      "code": "INVERTED",
      "name": "Inverted",
      "reported_chance_percent": 16.08,
      "category": "XP boost",
      "effect_boundary": "Legacy sources consistently report +30% XP per second."
    },
    {
      "code": "WINDY",
      "name": "Windy",
      "reported_chance_percent": 9.65,
      "category": "Crop mutation applier",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to attempt Windstruck on nearby crops; timing and chance scale with pet state."
    },
    {
      "code": "FROZEN",
      "name": "Frozen",
      "reported_chance_percent": 9.65,
      "category": "Crop mutation applier",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to attempt Frozen on nearby crops; timing and chance scale with pet state."
    },
    {
      "code": "GOLDEN",
      "name": "Golden",
      "reported_chance_percent": 6.43,
      "category": "Passive boost",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to improve the pet passive; exact scaling is pet- and patch-dependent."
    },
    {
      "code": "MEGA",
      "name": "Mega",
      "reported_chance_percent": 6.43,
      "category": "Size and XP",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to increase visual size and change hunger and XP behavior; exact ranges are patch-sensitive."
    },
    {
      "code": "TINY",
      "name": "Tiny",
      "reported_chance_percent": 6.43,
      "category": "Size and XP",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to reduce visual size and change hunger and XP behavior; exact ranges are patch-sensitive."
    },
    {
      "code": "RAINBOW",
      "name": "Rainbow",
      "reported_chance_percent": 3.22,
      "category": "Passive boost",
      "effect_boundary": "Legacy sources commonly report a 20% passive boost; this is not the Rainbow crop mutation."
    },
    {
      "code": "SHOCKED",
      "name": "Shocked",
      "reported_chance_percent": 3.22,
      "category": "Weather-dependent crop mutation",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to attempt lightning effects during thunderstorms; inactive outside the required weather."
    },
    {
      "code": "RADIANT",
      "name": "Radiant",
      "reported_chance_percent": 3.22,
      "category": "Plant growth",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to advance nearby plant growth; exact interval scales with pet state."
    },
    {
      "code": "AURORA",
      "name": "Aurora",
      "reported_chance_percent": 3.22,
      "category": "Crop mutation applier",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to attempt Aurora on nearby crops; exact interval and chance scale with pet state."
    },
    {
      "code": "ASCENDED",
      "name": "Ascended",
      "reported_chance_percent": 0.32,
      "category": "Rare crop mutation applier",
      "effect_boundary": "Reported to periodically attempt Dawnbound on a nearby crop; this is the rarest legacy Machine outcome."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Grow a Garden Wiki — Pet Mutations",
      "url": "https://growagarden.fandom.com/wiki/Pet_Mutations",
      "role": "Community-maintained mechanic reference"
    },
    {
      "name": "GAGdata — Pet Mutations Guide",
      "url": "https://www.gagdata.com/pets/mutations",
      "role": "Secondary table and June 2026 change warning"
    },
    {
      "name": "BloxInformer — Pet Mutations",
      "url": "https://bloxinformer.com/wikis/grow-a-garden/pet-mutations/",
      "role": "Secondary odds and overwrite behavior cross-check"
    },
    {
      "name": "GameGeekFusion — Pet Mutations Tier List",
      "url": "https://gamegeekfusion.com/grow-a-garden-pet-mutations-tier-list/",
      "role": "Secondary Rainbow and Ascended odds cross-check"
    }
  ]
}