General

The Golden Lab is a Common Pet added in the Animal Update. It can be obtained by hatching the Common Egg, costing 50,000 Sheckles with a 99% shop chance and a 33.33% hatch chance, taking 10 minutes to hatch. It has a maximum hunger of 1,000 and is a stronger version of the Dog.

Appearance

The Golden Lab is a recolor of the Dog, having brown ears and a beige body, without the spots found on the regular Dog's body and face.

Traits

Every 60 seconds, the Golden Lab attempts to dig up a random non-exclusive seed with a 10% chance, averaging one seed every ~10 minutes. The chance improves slightly as the pet ages (e.g., potentially reaching ~10.15% or reducing cooldown to ~59.26 seconds with XP gain). Stacking multiple Golden Labs increases the frequency of seed drops.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

  • 10% chance to dig seeds (improving with age)
  • Common rarity and low cost (50,000 Sheckles)
  • Better version of the Dog (10% vs 5% chance)

Cons:

  • No Divine seeds in regular drop pool
  • Long wait between successful digs (~10 minutes)
  • Competes with better pets for limited slots

Trivia

  • Known bug allows digging of event-exclusive seeds
  • Takes short naps every few minutes (visual only)
  • Ranked C-Tier by community for early-game seed collection