Pest

A Pest is a Mob that has a chance of appearing when a Player breaks a crop in ⏣ The Garden.

Spawning[]

Starting at Garden Level V, a Pest has a 1/1,000 chance to spawn whenever a Player breaks a crop in ⏣ The Garden. This can be reduced to 1/850 by the Atmospheric Filter during Autumn. Farming Cactus or Sugar Cane is believed to double these chances, as two crops break at once.

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, however the number of pests that spawn at once can be increased by ൠ Bonus Pest Chance.

Pests can also spawn while the player is outside ⏣ The Garden, up to one per hour.

There are 10 types of Pest that can spawn, listed in the table below. The type of Pest that spawns is not influenced by the crop the player is farming (e.g. When farming Wheat, not only Flies spawn, but all available pests have a chance to spawn), but each Pest always drops the same type of crop.

Spawn cooldown[]

The default cooldown between pest spawns is 5 minutes. It can be modified using the following:

Source	Modifier	Notes
Sprayonator	0.5x
Finnegan (Pest Eradicator)	0.5x	Only while on a sprayed plot
Pest Vest	0.8x
Pest Repellent	2x
Pest Repellent MAX	4x

The minimum achievable cooldown is 1 minute, while the maximum is 20 minutes.

Pest Repellent and Pest Repellent MAX do not stack, the latter takes priority.

Attracting specific Pests[]

Specific Pests can be attracted using the Sprayonator and the InfiniVacuum™ Hooverius's Stereo Harmony ability.

It is estimated that these each double the weight of the desired pest, therefore the pest affected by both the vinyl and spray has approximately 55% chance to spawn, the pest affected only by the spray has approximately 30% chance to spawn, and the rest have approximately 15% chance (1.875% each) to spawn.

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

Behavior[]

When 4 or more Pests are on ⏣ The Garden at once, the Player's ☘ Farming Fortune is reduced. ☘ 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 able to be lost is 75%.

Pests	Farming Fortune loss
0
1
2
3
4	5%
5	15%
6	30%
7	50%
8	75%

Game Message[]

Grammar and/or punctuation mistakes are intentional, as they appear so in the dialogue in-game.

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 ☘ Farming Fortune for 30 minutes. A maximum of 40 Pests can be exchanged at once, granting 200 ☘ Farming Fortune. If the player has more than 40 Pests in their Vacuum Bag, the leftover pests will remain in the bag and can be exchanged later.

Drops[]

Instead of ✯ Magic Find, Pest drops use ☘ Farming Fortune. For drops with 5% or more chance, it is used as a multiplier for the amount of crops you get. For drops rarer than 5%, it increases your chance for the drop instead.

The ☘ Farming Fortune amount that is used is your crop-specific fortune for the main crop that the Pest is guaranteed to drop.

The formula for drop chance for drops with a base drop chance of less than 5% is:

${\text{Drop Chance}}={\text{Base Drop Chance}}\times \left(1+{\frac {{\text{Universal Fortune}}+{\text{Crop Fortune}}}{600}}\right)$

For pet drops ( Rat Pet and Slug Pet), the formula also includes ♣ Pet Luck:

${\text{Drop Chance}}={\text{Base Drop Chance}}\times \left(1+{\frac {{\text{Universal Fortune}}+{\text{Crop Fortune}}+{\text{Pet Luck}}}{600}}\right)$

Killing a Pest also rewards the player with 5 Bits, multiplied by their Bits Multiplier.

Pest	Drops
All Pests	25 coins (100%) 1,500 Farming XP (100%) 10 Experience (100%) Dung Dye (0.0002%) Only one of the following may drop at once: Compost (10%) Honey Jar (10%) Dung (10%) Plant Matter (10%) Tasty Cheese (10%)
Beetle	Enchanted Nether Wart (100%) Enchanted Book (Pesterminator I) (3.5%) Not Just a Pest Vinyl (2%) Mutant Nether Wart (3%)
Cricket	Enchanted Carrot (100%) Cricket Choir Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Golden Carrot (3%) Chirping Stereo (0.5%)
Earthworm	Enchanted Melon (100%) Bookworm's Favorite Book (2%) Earthworm Ensemble Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Melon Block (4%)
Fly	Enchanted Hay Bale (100%) Beady Eyes (1.5%) Pretty Fly Vinyl (2%) Tightly-Tied Hay Bale (1%)
Locust	Enchanted Potato (100%) Cicada Symphony Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Baked Potato (3%) Enchanted Book (Sunder VI) (0.5%)
Mite	Enchanted Cactus Green (100%) DynaMITES Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Cactus (2%) Atmospheric Filter (0.25%)
Mosquito	Enchanted Sugar (100%) Buzzin' Beats Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Sugar Cane (2%) Clipped Wings (1%)
Moth	Enchanted Cocoa Beans (100%) Wings of Harmony Vinyl (2%) Enchanted Cookie (3%) Wriggling Larva (0.5%)
Rat	Enchanted Pumpkin (100%) Rodent Revolution Vinyl (2%) Polished Pumpkin (1%) [Lv1] LEGENDARY Rat Pet (0.2%)
Slug	Enchanted Red Mushroom (50%) Enchanted Brown Mushroom (50%) Slow and Groovy Vinyl (2%) Only one of the following may drop at once: Enchanted Red Mushroom Block (0.5%) Enchanted Brown Mushroom Block (0.5%) Only one of the following may drop at once: [Lv1] EPIC Slug Pet (0.5%) [Lv1] LEGENDARY Slug Pet (0.1%)

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 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.
It is possible to swap to a farming tool before a Pest dies to get more ☘ Farming Fortune and therefore higher drop chances, but this is generally hard to pull off and may require high ping.
While the formula for pet drops includes ♣ Pet Luck, it being also divided by 6 makes this stat way less potent in increasing drop rates compared to ☘ Farming Fortune.
- It is not confirmed whether this is actually how it works or there is a mistake in the formula published on the official Hypixel wiki.
During testing on the Alpha Hypixel Network, Pesthunter Phillip allowed an option to prevent a Pest from spawning during Jacob's Farming Contests.
- This functionality never made it to the main server, but eventually an option to toggle ൠ Bonus Pest Chance was added to the Pesthunter accessory line, which serves a similar purpose, but does not disable pest spawns entirely, and can be used anytime.

History[]

Alpha Hypixel Network
Nov 8, 2023		Added Pests.
Mar 4, 2024		Pests can now spawn while you're outside ⏣ The Garden.
		Drops from Pests now count towards Crop Milestones.
		Drop rates of Sprayonator materials and several rare crops from Pests have been buffed.
SkyBlock Prototype
Nov 14, 2023	0.19.7	Added Pests.
Mar 12, 2024	0.19.12	Pests can now spawn while you're outside ⏣ The Garden.
		Drops from Pests now count towards Crop Milestones.
		Drop rates of Sprayonator materials and several rare crops from Pests have been buffed.
		Killing Pests now rewards you with 5 Bits each.