The Summer Campfire update in Grow a Garden introduced a brand-new crafting system, Campfire Eggs, exclusive pets, seeds, and workshop rewards. While unlocking everything can seem overwhelming at first, there are a few strategies that dramatically speed up your progress.
This guide covers the fastest methods for farming Campfire Eggs, generating Embers, maintaining a max-level fire, and crafting items efficiently.
How Campfire Progress Works
The entire update revolves around fueling the Campfire.
You earn Embers by sacrificing harvested crops to the campfire. As the fire gains Embers, it levels up through multiple tiers and unlocks additional rewards, including:
- New seeds
- Summer Eggs
- Campfire Eggs
- Crates
- Tools
- Exclusive workshop items
The higher your fire level, the faster your crafting speed becomes.
At maximum efficiency, the fire can reach a 500% crafting speed bonus, making it much easier to mass-produce Campfire Eggs and other workshop items.
Best Crops for Farming Embers
Your goal is to use crops that:
- Have high value
- Regrow quickly
- Can be harvested repeatedly
Best Option: Elephant Ear
Elephant Ear appears to provide some of the highest Ember returns while also being practical for large-scale farming.
If you have a large Elephant Ear farm, continuously harvesting and sacrificing them can generate Embers extremely quickly.
Budget Option: Coconut
Most players will find Coconut farming much easier.
Benefits include:
- Easy to obtain
- Fast harvesting
- Strong Ember rewards
- Works well in bulk
According to testing, large Coconut harvests can generate roughly 1,500 to 2,000 Embers per submission, making them one of the best accessible crops for the event.
Don’t Farm the Event Solo
One of the biggest mistakes players make is trying to level the campfire alone.
Since everyone contributes Embers to the same fire, working with multiple players significantly increases:
- Fire level progression
- Crafting speed bonuses
- Workshop efficiency
A group can maintain maximum fire level far more consistently than a solo player.
Keep Your Fire at 500%
The most important part of the update is maintaining the maximum fire bonus.
Once the fire reaches higher tiers, crafting times become dramatically shorter.
Benefits include:
- Faster Campfire Egg crafting
- More items crafted per hour
- Better use of materials
- Easier event progression
Remember that fire levels slowly decay over time, so continue feeding crops into the campfire even after reaching maximum rank.
Best Pets for Farming Materials
Several pets can significantly improve your farming efficiency.
Giant Ant
One of the strongest pets for this event.
Ability:
- 10% chance to duplicate harvested crops
- Additional duplication bonuses for certain fruit types
Since the event requires huge quantities of crops, every duplicated harvest saves time and resources.
Snail
Great for players struggling with seed supply.
Ability:
- 5% chance for harvested plants to drop extra seeds
This helps sustain Coconut farms and other repeatable crop setups without constantly buying replacements.
Best Pets for Crafting
Once you’ve started crafting Campfire Eggs, different pets become valuable.
Pachy
Ability:
- 6% chance to duplicate crafted items
This effectively gives free crafts over time and can save a significant amount of resources if you’re crafting dozens of eggs.
Orangutan
Ability:
- Chance for crafting materials not to be consumed
This is especially useful for expensive recipes requiring rare seeds.
Over hundreds of crafts, the savings become substantial.
Fastest Way to Craft Campfire Eggs
To maximize Campfire Egg production:
- Keep fire bonus at 500%.
- Use all three crafting slots simultaneously.
- Farm Embers continuously.
- Use Giant Ants for crop duplication.
- Use Pachy and Orangutan during crafting.
- Focus on maintaining a steady supply of required seeds.
Many Campfire Egg recipes require specific seeds, such as Mango Seeds, so maintaining inventory is critical.
Getting More Seeds
The biggest bottleneck for most players isn’t Embers.
It’s seeds.
Some players automate shop purchases to continuously restock seeds and gear while AFK. However, before using any automation tools or macros, keep in mind that automated gameplay may violate Roblox or game-specific rules and could potentially result in penalties if prohibited by the developers.
A safer approach is to:
- Check shops frequently
- Trade for needed seeds
- Use Snails for additional seed drops
- Focus on crops with strong seed return rates
Best Strategy for Farming Campfire Eggs
If your goal is purely Campfire Eggs, use this setup:
Farming Setup
- Coconut farm
- Giant Ant pets
- Snail pets
- Multiple players contributing Embers
Crafting Setup
- Fire maintained at 500%
- All three crafting slots active
- Pachy equipped
- Orangutan equipped
This combination gives the highest overall efficiency by increasing crop production, reducing material consumption, and boosting crafting output.
The fastest Campfire Egg farming method currently revolves around maintaining a max-level campfire and feeding it high-value repeatable crops such as Coconut or Elephant Ear. Pair this with Giant Ant crop duplication, Snail seed generation, and crafting-focused pets like Pachy and Orangutan to maximize efficiency.
Players who keep their fire at 500% and constantly run all three crafting slots will unlock Campfire Eggs, seeds, pets, and workshop rewards much faster than those farming solo or neglecting their fire bonus.