A Pest is a Mob that has a chance of appearing when a Player breaks a crop in ⏣ The Garden. When vacuumed, players gain 1 Pest as a currency, which can be viewed through Vacuums and used at 
Pesthunter Phillip.
Spawning[]
Starting at Garden Level V, a Pest has a 1/500 (0.2%) chance to spawn whenever a Player breaks a crop in ⏣ The Garden. This can be reduced by 50% using the 
Sprayonator, and 15% using the 
Atmospheric Filter during Autumn, making the highest possible chance 1/212.5 (~0.47%).
The Pest spawned is not affected by the crop broken, but the chance for specific Pests can be increased via the Sprayonator or playing Pest Vinyls using the 
InfiniVacuum™ Hooverius.
Pests may spawn in the plot the player is farming in or any directly adjacent plot (except diagonally). By default, only one Pest will spawn at a time. This can be increased via ൠ Bonus Pest Chance. Pests can also spawn while the player is outside ⏣ The Garden, up to one per hour.
Traps[]
If the player has 
Pest Traps or 
Mouse Traps placed down, Pests can also spawn in them. Whether the player is online or offline, the spawn rate is about 15 minutes per Pest. The amount of Pests caught is the same for all placed traps, although the specific Pests may differ. On top of the regular 10 Pests, a Field Mouse can spawn in Pest Traps with the base chance of 3.03% and Mouse Traps with the base chance of 8.57%, both affected by the Enderman Slayer IX perk.
Spawning Pests in traps requires the usage of a Sprayonator material. The 2 Pests affected by the material are 12x more likely to appear than others.
Spawn cooldown[]
The default cooldown between Pest spawns is 5 minutes. It can be modified using the following:
| Source | Modifier |
|---|---|
 Finnegan (Pest Eradicator)
|
-20% |
 Pesthunter's Necklace
|
-10% |
 Pesthunter's Cloak
|
-10% |
 Pest Vest
|
-15% |
 Pesthunter's Belt
|
-10% |
 Pesthunter's Gloves
|
-10% |
| Squeaky on Equipment | -2.5% each |
 Pest Repellent
|
2x |
 Pest Repellent MAX
|
4x |
The percentage modifiers are additive.
The minimum achievable cooldown is 1 minutes 15 seconds (2 minutes 15 seconds without Finnegan), while the maximum is 20 minutes.
Pest Repellent and Pest Repellent MAX do not stack, with the latter taking priority.
Attracting Specific Pests[]
Specific Pests can be attracted using the Sprayonator and the InfiniVacuum™ Hooverius's Stereo Harmony ability.
| Pest | Associated Crop | Garden Level Required | Sprayonator Item to Attract | Vinyl to Attract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fly
|
 Wheat
|
5 |  Dung
|
 Pretty Fly Vinyl
|
 Cricket
|
 Carrot
|
 Honey Jar
|
 Cricket Choir Vinyl
| |
 Locust
|
 Potato
|
 Plant Matter
|
 Cicada Symphony Vinyl
| |
 Rat
|
 Pumpkin
|
 Tasty Cheese
|
 Rodent Revolution Vinyl
| |
 Mosquito
|
 Sugar Cane
|
 Compost
|
 Buzzin' Beats Vinyl
| |
 Earthworm
|
 Melon
|
6 | Compost
|
 Earthworm Ensemble Vinyl
|
 Mite
|
 Cactus
|
7 | Tasty Cheese
|
 DynaMITES Vinyl
|
 Moth
|
 Cocoa Beans
|
8 | Honey Jar
|
 Wings of Harmony Vinyl
|
 Slug
|
 Mushroom
|
9 | Plant Matter
|
 Slow and Groovy Vinyl
|
 Beetle
|
 Nether Wart
|
10 | Dung
|
 Not Just a Pest Vinyl
|
 Field Mouse
|
Random (Can't drop other pests' rare drop crops) | 5 |
Behavior[]
When 4 or more Pests are on ⏣ The Garden at once, the player's ☘ Farming Fortune (as well as each crop-specific fortune stat) is reduced, first by 5% and then multiples of 15%. ☘ Farming Fortune will continue to be lost for each additional Pest, up to 8, after which no more Pests will spawn until at least one is killed. The maximum ☘ Farming Fortune loss is 75%.
For each 100 ൠ Bonus Pest Chance the player has, they can have 1 more Pest on their Garden before their ☘ Farming Fortune starts being reduced. The reduction then starts at 5% and scales from there.
| Pests | ☘ Farming Fortune loss | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-99 ൠ | 100-199 ൠ | 200-299 ൠ | 300-399 ൠ | 400-499 ൠ | 500+ ൠ | |
| 0 | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 5% | |||||
| 5 | 15% | 5% | ||||
| 6 | 30% | 15% | 5% | |||
| 7 | 50% | 30% | 15% | 5% | ||
| 8 | 75% | 50% | 30% | 15% | 5% | |
Note that 400 ൠ Bonus Pest Chance or above is currently unobtainable.
Game Message[]
| Condition | Message |
|---|---|
| 1 Pest spawned | GROSS! A Pest has appeared in Plot - [name]! CLICK HERE to teleport to the plot! |
| 2 Pests spawned | EWW! 2 Pests have spawned in Plot - [name]! CLICK HERE to teleport to the plot! |
| 3 or more Pests spawned | YUCK! # Pests have spawned in Plot - [name]! CLICK HERE to teleport to the plot! |
| Farming Fortune reduction | ൠ ☘ Farming Fortune has been reduced by #%! |
| Offline Pest spawn | GROSS! While you were offline, Pests spawned in Plots [plot], [plot] and [plot]! |
Uses[]
Pests can be exchanged at Pesthunter Phillip to gain temporary 5 ☘ Farming Fortune for 30 minutes per consumed Pest, up to 40 Pests. They can also be exchanged for various items in Pesthunter Phillip's shop.
Drops[]
Guaranteed Drops[]
Each Pest drops a specific number of its respective crop, this number is affected by ☘ Farming Fortune and the crop's respective ☘ Crop Fortune.
Field Mouse always drops one of these crops. It does not consider ☘ Crop Fortune, but the crop drops are 1.5x of those from a regular Pest.
Killing a Pest also rewards the player with 5 Bits, multiplied by their Bits Multiplier.
Rare Drops[]
All Pest drops with a base drop chance lower than 5% have their drop rate increased by ☘ Farming Fortune and ☘ Crop Fortune (its respective pests only).
The formula for drop chance for rare drops is:
For pet drops (
Rat Pet and 
Slug Pet), the formula also includes ♣ Pet Luck:
Overview[]
Trivia[]
- Additive damage bonuses from sources other than vacuums do not work on Pests, but multiplicative bonuses such as the
Book of Progression's Extra Infliction ability do. - The base mob type is a Bat for Pests that can fly ( Fly, Mosquito, Moth) and Silverfish for the rest.
- The ☘ Farming Fortune for drops is calculated after the Pest dies.
- This means that killing at 4 Pests does not negatively impact any Pest drops, but killing at 5 or more Pests does (assuming less than 100 ൠ Bonus Pest Chance).
- If Pests manage to get out of the plot they spawned in, they will be teleported back into the correct plot within a few seconds.
- It is possible to swap to a farming tool before a Pest dies to get more ☘ Farming Fortune, but it is difficult to pull off.
- While the formula for pet drops includes ♣ Pet Luck, it being also divided by 600 rather than 100 makes this stat 6x less potent in increasing drop rates compared to the amount it normally affects pet drops that use ✯ Magic Find.
- During testing on the Alpha Hypixel Network, Pesthunter Phillip allowed an option to prevent a Pest from spawning during Jacob's Farming Contests.
History[]
| Alpha Hypixel Network | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2023 |  Added Pests. | |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Pests can now spawn while not on ⏣ The Garden. | |
| Drops from Pests now count towards Crop Milestones. | ||
| Drop rates of Sprayonator materials and several rare crops from Pests have been buffed. | ||
| Nov 13, 2024 | Added Field Mouse. | |
| Rebalanced Pest drops. | ||
| Fixed farming Cactus and Sugar Cane having double odds to spawn a Pest. | ||
| SkyBlock Prototype | ||
| Nov 14, 2023 | 0.19.7 | Added Pests. |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 0.19.12 | Pests can now spawn while not on ⏣ The Garden. |
| Drops from Pests now count towards Crop Milestones. | ||
| Drop rates of Sprayonator materials and several rare crops from Pests have been buffed. | ||
| Pests now reward 5 Bits each. | ||
| Oct 15, 2024 | 0.20.7 | Earthworms no longer heal when burrowing. |
| Nov 19, 2024 | 0.20.8 | Added Field Mouse. |
| Rebalanced Pest drops. | ||
| Fixed farming Cactus and Sugar Cane having double odds to spawn a Pest. | ||
| Jan 21, 2025 | 0.21.1 | Reworked Pest spawn cooldown mechanics. |
| Field Mouse now drops 1.5x as many crops as regular Pests. | ||