Ride A Pet Best Pets for Farming
Deep keep, equip, and sell calls ranked by how fast they finish egg routes.
This page is the deep companion to the Tier List Hub. Here we break down the best pets players talk about for Ride A Pet farming — not pure flex collections. If an egg is on a timer, the pet that arrives first is the pet that “wins,” even if another hatch looks rarer in the index.
Ride A Pet by this game is gud runs on a simple truth: speed is the main progression stat. Use this guide after Getting Started and while you convert eggs from Find eggs.
How we judge “best”
- Ride speed on egg routes (primary)
- Practical obtainability during normal play
- Keeper value for mutations and index (secondary)
Showcase-only pets that farm poorly belong on display, not on your saddle.
S-tier farm carries
Kitsune
Kitsune sits in the top conversation for serious farmers. Community-reported farm notes often treat it as the movement king — roughly ~1B base speed with around ~90M income in shared overlays. Treat those figures as community-reported, not a guaranteed live sheet, and recheck after patches on Updates. When you hatch one, equip it before you even tidy inventory. Use it to contest eggs on full six-player servers, to extend route length safely, and as a prime mutation candidate once materials are ready. Do not auto-sell without an explicit rarity exception.
Dragon
Dragon shares the S-tier farm band and often plays the money king role in the same community notes — roughly ~300M speed with around ~300M income. That tradeoff matters when shops are your wall: radars, nests, and food restocks (about every three minutes) need cash as much as contested rares need raw pace. See Cash farming for when to lean income versus movement. If you somehow own both Kitsune and Dragon, ride whichever fixes today’s bottleneck — timer misses or empty wallet — using live stats after patches.
Cerberus
Cerberus completes the usual S-tier trio in community speed talk. Same rules: equip immediately, protect from careless sells, consider mutation only when your backup ride still farms well.
S-tier play pattern: Royal-level radar if available, nests pre-cleared, contested rares enabled, index holds parked separately. During rebirth recovery, any S-tier you still own is the recovery mount — do not prestige without a plan on the rebirth checklist.
A-tier progressive mounts
Phoenix
Phoenix is a premier stepping stone and sometimes a long-term main depending on your hatches. It crushes starter animals and keeps EPM healthy while you hunt S-tier eggs. Great for players who just finished mid-game nest unlocks (Nests, gear, and food).
T-Rex
T-Rex brings strong presence and competitive speed for mid-to-high routes. Use it to learn contested decision-making without yet owning a Kitsune-class pet. Sell duplicates once one stable T-Rex (or better) is secured.
Unicorn
Unicorn often feels like the “first time the map shrinks” mount for newer players. It is fast enough to punish bad habits — if you still waste eggs, the problem is routing, not the pet. Pair with Magic-or-better radars.
B-tier solid mid farm
Cheetah
Cheetah represents the high-mobility mid tier: clearly better than horse/monkey starters, not yet endgame. Equip the moment it outruns your current ride. Keep one, sell extras, and do not spend mutation resources here unless you lack any A/S options and need a project.
Other mid animals belong beside Cheetah when they beat your saddle but lose to Phoenix/Unicorn/T-Rex class mounts. Always compare in inventory, not by memory of someone else’s screenshot.
C-tier early mounts
Snail, chicken, monkey, horse
These starters exist to teach the loop. They are correct for the first minutes and wrong as mains once anything faster exists. Fund radars and nests by selling duplicates. If you are still on C-tier after claiming group rewards and checking codes, focus hatch volume near the plot instead of tourist routes.
Equip rules you can memorize
- After every hatch: is it faster? Yes → equip. No → index/mutate/sell decision.
- Before every run: confirm the saddle pet is still your fastest.
- After every update: retest top pets; balance shifts happen.
- During rebirth recovery: any mid-tier speed pet beats nostalgia for a mutated flex you cannot currently ride well.
Keep / sell / mutate matrix
| Pet band | Keep | Sell dupes | Mutate? |
|---|---|---|---|
| S-tier | Always | Yes, carefully | Priority when stable |
| A-tier | Yes until replaced | Yes | Situational |
| B-tier | One copy | Aggressive | Rarely |
| C-tier | Temporary | Aggressive | No |
Index exceptions can pause a sell, but they should not force a slow saddle. Park the index pet; ride the fast one. Details in Mutations and rebirth.
Best pets versus best account setup
A Dragon on zero nests with no radar still loses to a Unicorn player who banks every egg. Mount tier multiplies setup quality; it does not replace egg skill or plot hygiene. Likewise, scripts that Auto Equip Best only help if your inventory already contains a best (Scripts Hub).
Using the top-pets video
The embedded top pets style video is useful for visual ID and community ranking vibes. Cross-check anything surprising against your live speed after hatch — videos lag behind hotfixes sometimes.
Sample progression ladder
Community hatch talk often climbs early snail/turtle/sloth/axolotl mounts into deer/kangaroo/crocodile/horse/wolf/shark/lion, then fox/giraffe/cheetah/unicorn/T-Rex/Phoenix/Cerberus/Dragon/Kitsune. In practice:
- Horse/monkey starter
- Cheetah-class mid
- Unicorn / Phoenix / T-Rex band
- Kitsune / Dragon / Cerberus band
- Mutated keepers while maintaining a farm saddle
Skip steps whenever RNG allows. Never refuse an upgrade because you “were saving” for a name you have not hatched yet. Chase smarter eggs with Best eggs once volume farming works.
Related pages
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for Ride A Pet players.
What is the best pet in Ride A Pet?
For farming, S-tier mounts like Kitsune, Dragon, and Cerberus lead community rankings. Kitsune is often called the movement king and Dragon the money king in community-reported stats — equip whichever fixes your live bottleneck after patches.
Is rarity the same as best?
No. A rarer slow pet can lose eggs to a faster mid pet. Rank by ride speed for farming first.
Should I mutate Cheetah?
Usually not if you already have A- or S-tier options. Mutate proven keepers after your farm ride is stable.
When do I stop using starter pets?
As soon as anything faster hatches. Sell duplicate starters to fund radars and nests.
Where is the quick tier summary?
See the Tier List Hub for S/A/B/C bands, then return here for deeper keep and equip advice.