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Burrowing Owl
Burrowing Owl is a Rare pet in Steal an Egg that earns a base $35/s. It hatches from the Burrowing Owl Egg, stolen from the nests of the Forest biome.
EggBurrowing Owl EggPet stats
Base income
$35/s
Base weight
8 kg
Egg
Burrowing Owl Egg
Grow time
40s
Speed reward
+560
Cash reward
$3.5K
Source
Forest
Biome nest
Rarity
Rare
Where to get Burrowing Owl
Steal the Burrowing Owl Egg from the nests of the Forest biome, carry it back to your pen and let it hatch.
- Speed required
- Starting biome
- Guardian
- Chicken
The guardian sleeps next to the nest; the faster you are, the easier it is to outrun it. Bigger eggs are worth more but slow you down. Eggs & guardians
Estimate based on the wiki formula
Burrowing Owl income with mutations and size
| Mutation | 1× weight8 kg | 10× weight80 kg | 100× weight800 kg | 200× weight1,600 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No mutation×1 | $35/s | $144.79/s | $598.96/s | $829.49/s |
| Rainbow×3.5 | $122.50/s | $506.76/s | $2.1K/s | $2.9K/s |
| Parasite×3 | $105/s | $434.37/s | $1.8K/s | $2.49K/s |
| Fractured×2.75 | $96.25/s | $398.17/s | $1.65K/s | $2.28K/s |
| Scrambled×2.75 | $96.25/s | $398.17/s | $1.65K/s | $2.28K/s |
| Golden×2.5 | $87.50/s | $361.97/s | $1.5K/s | $2.07K/s |
| Spirit Bloom×2.5 | $87.50/s | $361.97/s | $1.5K/s | $2.07K/s |
| Bloom×1.25 | $43.75/s | $180.99/s | $748.71/s | $1.04K/s |
| Silver×1.2 | $42/s | $173.75/s | $718.76/s | $995.39/s |
Estimate based on the wiki formula (marked beta there): income = base × (weight ÷ base weight)^(37/60) × mutation, with diminishing returns above 125× the base weight. In-game values can differ. See mutations and the income calculator.
How Burrowing Owl compares
Neighbors by income in Forest (4 of 8):
Other Rare pets
Burrowing Owl guide
The first Rare, and the biggest early jump
The Burrowing Owl is where the Forest stops feeling like a tutorial. Income jumps from the Bird's $8/s to $35/s, more than four times as much, and the Owl becomes the lowest-earning of the game's ten Rare pets. Across all 198 pets it ranks 9th from the bottom.
Its egg grows in 40 seconds and pays +560 Speed and $3.5k. On Speed alone, an Owl and a Chicken reach 980, which already covers the 900 that Lake requires.
Owl or Raccoon?
The two Forest Rares are close, so the choice is about time:
- Burrowing Owl: $35/s, egg ready in 40s, +560 Speed
- Raccoon: $45/s, egg ready in 50s, +620 Speed
The Raccoon wins on raw numbers by a small margin. The Owl hatches 10 seconds sooner, which helps if you are cycling eggs between the 5-minute nest resets the wiki describes.
How far a good roll takes it
With an 8 kg base weight (the same as the Chicken), the Owl's size rolls scale like this, using the wiki's formula as an estimate:
- Golden: about $87.5/s
- Rainbow: about $122/s
- 100 times base weight: about $599/s
- 200 times base weight: about $829/s
- Rainbow plus 100 times base weight: about $2.1K/s
That top case would edge past a plain Brr Brr Patapim ($1.8K/s), the Forest's best pet. A heavy Rainbow Owl is rare, but it is the cheapest route in the first biome to four-figure income.
Data sourced from the Steal an Egg Wiki (CC BY-SA) and processed automatically; last synced 2026-10-11.