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Pet Mutation Shard Oxpecker
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About Pet Mutation Shard Oxpecker
Pet Mutation Shard Oxpecker is an Uncommon gear released during the Safari Harvest Event that applies the Oxpecker mutation to a pet. It is obtained by giving Safari Joe a pet worth 20-99 points.
Pet Mutation Shard Oxpecker — In-Depth Analysis
Pet Mutation Shard Oxpecker sat at the bottom of the Safari Harvest Event ladder. The wiki calls it an Uncommon gear, and Safari Joe took any pet worth 20 to 99 points in exchange, a much wider and lower bracket than the 60 to 120 points he asked for the Giraffe shard.
Out since November 8, 2025, it is limited and not obtainable, and it looks like a red hexagon with glowing particles inside. The effect is built for Safari type pets: when they finish their abilities, they start their cooldown with about 3.93 seconds less. The pet also gains a tiny increase to its passives.
The gain per ability use is modest, but it repeats with every activation of every Safari type pet that carries the mutation. Compared with the Rhino or Lion shards, which add whole new behaviors, the Oxpecker just makes the same abilities come back a little sooner, and it takes the lowest-value pets Safari Joe accepted.