Royal Egg: Drop Rates and Odds
What this page helps you decide: whether the Royal Egg is worth farming, and how many hatches its best drop actually costs
The Royal Egg hatches 14 documented chickens, topping out at Celestial with the Radiant Fenghuan at 1% — about 100 hatches on average. You get the egg itself by keeping a Crest Rooster on your plot, which lays it at 60%. The full table is below, along with what we found when we added the percentages up.
The published rates do not add up — and by how much
Adding every listed chance on this egg gives 99 percent, not 100. That is 1 points missing, and it is not unique to this egg: 9 of the 17 tables in the same index have the same problem, ranging from 91 to 102 percent. The most likely explanation is rounding — several entries are written to whole percentages and some as "under 1%". A gap this size can also mean an outcome is missing from the table entirely, so treat the list below as "the drops that are documented" rather than "every drop". Use these numbers to choose which egg to farm; do not use them to predict a single hatch.
What the ceiling is worth chasing
The rarest thing this egg produces is the Radiant Fenghuan, a Celestial at 1%. That works out to roughly 100 hatches before you should expect one. It is the only Celestial on this egg, so a long session has exactly one payoff worth naming. 8 of this egg's outcomes appear nowhere else in the drop data — Rooster of Fortune, Tengu Rooster, Basilisk Rooster and others. Those are the ones that justify farming this egg specifically rather than treating it as a stepping stone.
Where this egg sits in the chain
The Royal Egg is laid by the Crest Rooster at 60%, so keeping one on the plot is the whole supply line — there is no shop or event step in between. Hatching it also moves you forward: 3 of its outcomes lay eggs of their own — the Crest Rooster lays the Royal Egg at 60%, the Spider Chicken lays the Fang Egg at 60%, the Baron Cluck lays the Fortune Egg at 100%. That is the practical reason to farm this egg even after you have the chicken you came for.
Step-by-Step
- Put a Crest Rooster on the plot — it is the only documented source of this egg (60%).
- Decide what you are farming for. The ceiling is the Radiant Fenghuan at 1%, about 100 hatches.
- Note the 8 chickens that appear nowhere else — those are the reason to farm this egg specifically.
- Treat every percentage as rounded: this table sums to 99%, not 100%.
Data Tables
| Chicken | Rarity | Published rate | Expected hatches | Also from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster of Fortune | Rare | 15% | 7 | Nothing else |
| Tengu Rooster | Rare | 15% | 7 | Nothing else |
| Basilisk Rooster | Epic | 9% | 11 | Nothing else |
| Crest Rooster | Epic | 9% | 11 | Scratch Egg, Thunder Egg |
| Spider Chicken | Epic | 9% | 11 | Arena Egg |
| Valkyrie Hen | Epic | 9% | 11 | Nothing else |
| Baron Cluck | Mythic | 6% | 17 | Fortune Egg, Arena Egg, Blazing Egg |
| Cockatrice | Legendary | 6% | 17 | Nothing else |
| Founder Rooster | Legendary | 6% | 17 | Thunder Egg, Fortune Egg, Fang Egg, Blazing Egg, Ordnance Egg |
| Jackal Rooster | Legendary | 6% | 17 | Nothing else |
| Phoenix Hen | Mythic | 3% | 33 | Nothing else |
| Twin Rooster | Mythic | 3% | 33 | Nothing else |
| Nine-Tail Hen | Divine | 2% | 50 | Blazing Egg |
| Radiant Fenghuan | Celestial | 1% | 100 | Nothing else |
| Rarity | Outcomes | Share of the table |
|---|---|---|
| Rare | 2 | 30% |
| Epic | 4 | 36% |
| Legendary | 3 | 18% |
| Mythic | 3 | 12% |
| Divine | 1 | 2% |
| Celestial | 1 | 1% |
FAQ
How do you get the Royal Egg in Grow a Chicken Fighter?
Keep a Crest Rooster on your plot. It lays the Royal Egg at 60%.
What is the rarest chicken from the Royal Egg?
The Radiant Fenghuan, a Celestial at 1% — roughly 100 hatches on average.
How many chickens can the Royal Egg hatch?
14 different chickens are documented, spanning 6 rarity tiers from Rare up to Celestial.
Sources
- Community Grow a Chicken Fighter Eggs Index (community drop table) — Single community source for every rate on this page. Captured 2026-08-27. We recomputed all 17 tables in that index: 9 do not sum to 100%, ranging 91–102%.