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Grow a Garden Campfire Part 3 Guide — Campfire Ritual, Level 500 Pets, Flame Bear & Shadow Cat (Update 1.61.0, June 2026)
Grow a Garden Update 1.61.0 — Campfire Part 3 — landed June 20, 2026. Full launch breakdown: the new Campfire Ritual that grants the Inferno pet mutation, the 4-shard / 100-Bearnaby-quest grind math, the pet level cap raise from 100 to 500 with four new L500 mutations on the Pet Mutation Machine, the Flame Bear and Shadow Cat legendary pets (with full crafting recipes), the new Divine-tier Shadow Spine and the limited-Legendary Smoke Stalk crops, and every QoL change shipped alongside.
Grow a Garden 2 Aurora Event Update — Venom Spitter, Bear & Pet Teleporters Guide (June 2026)
Grow a Garden 2 just got its first major content patch — the Aurora Event Update (1.01.0), dropped June 20, 2026. Full breakdown: the Aurora weather + 40x Aurora mutation, the Venom Spitter mythic seed (30M Sheckles, attacks intruders at night), the Bear pet (5M, tackles thieves), the Player Magnet and Megaphone gears, the data-mined Epic Egg, and what this means for your night-defense kit.
Adopt Me Summer Camp Update — Launch Day Guide (June 19, 2026): Aestus & Solaris Dragons, Fishing System, Acorns Currency & Extended Admin Abuse
The Adopt Me Summer Camp Event goes live today, June 19, 2026, at 11:05 AM ET — the moment the Journey to Summer Camp lead-up ends and a five-week seasonal event takes over. Full launch-day breakdown: the two confirmed Legendary dragons (Aestus & Solaris), the new Acorns currency, the carp-fishing system on Adoption Island, the doubled one-hour Admin Abuse session, what we still do not know about the remaining three Week 1 pets, and how to prep your account before the launch window opens.