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For the Rat that spawns in The Hub, see Rat.

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 Atmospheric Filter during Autumn. Farming Cactus Cactus or Sugar Cane 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 Wheat, not only Fly 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 Sprayonator 0.5x
Finnegan Sprite Finnegan (Pest Eradicator) 0.5x Only while on a sprayed plot
Pest Vest Pest Vest 0.8x
Pest Repellent Pest Repellent 2x
Pest Repellent MAX Pest Repellent MAX 4x

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

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

Attracting specific Pests[]

Specific Pests can be attracted using the Sprayonator Sprayonator and the InfiniVacuum™ Hooverius 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 Fly Wheat Wheat 5 Dung Dung Pretty Fly Vinyl Pretty Fly Vinyl
Cricket Cricket Carrot Carrot Honey Jar Honey Jar Cricket Choir Vinyl Cricket Choir Vinyl
Locust Locust Potato Potato Plant Matter Plant Matter Cicada Symphony Vinyl Cicada Symphony Vinyl
Rat Pest Rat Pumpkin Pumpkin Tasty Cheese Tasty Cheese Rodent Revolution Vinyl Rodent Revolution Vinyl
Mosquito Mosquito Sugar Cane Sugar Cane Compost Compost Buzzin' Beats Vinyl Buzzin' Beats Vinyl
Earthworm Earthworm Melon Melon 6 Compost Compost Earthworm Ensemble Vinyl Earthworm Ensemble Vinyl
Mite Mite Cactus Cactus 7 Tasty Cheese Tasty Cheese DynaMITES Vinyl DynaMITES Vinyl
Moth Moth Cocoa Beans Cocoa Beans 8 Honey Jar Honey Jar Wings of Harmony Vinyl Wings of Harmony Vinyl
Slug Slug Mushroom Mushroom 9 Plant Matter Plant Matter Slow and Groovy Vinyl Slow and Groovy Vinyl
Beetle Beetle Nether Wart Nether Wart 10 Dung Dung Not Just a Pest Vinyl 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
☘ 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 Sprite 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:

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

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

Pest Drops
All Pests
Beetle Beetle
Cricket Cricket
Earthworm Earthworm
Fly Fly
Locust Locust
Mite Mite
Mosquito Mosquito
Moth Moth
Rat Pest Rat
Slug Slug

Trivia[]

  • Additive damage bonuses from sources other than vacuums do not work on Pests, but multiplicative bonuses such as the Book of Progression Book of Progression's Extra Infliction ability do.
  • The base mob type is Bat Bat for Pests that can fly (Fly Fly, Mosquito Mosquito, Moth Moth) and Silverfish 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 Sprite 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, 2023Mosquito Added Pests.
Mar 4, 2024Pests 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, 20230.19.7Mosquito Added Pests.
Mar 12, 20240.19.12Pests 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 Bits each.
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