The Grow a Garden Ancient Trials are an hourly server activity from Anubis Part 2. You unlock them by submitting fruit with the currently required trait until the progress bar fills. The wiki puts that target at 900 points. Then you clear an obby and open the Golden Chest at the end. The trials stay open for about 20 minutes before they close and reset.
You can fill the bar alone or with your server, and players who contribute more get extra rewards. The wiki lists the Golden Chest as the home of Akhekh (a 5% chance), Anubis Eggs, Seed Packs and two new seeds.
This guide covers the unlock steps, the three obbies, every reward and its odds, and how the trials feed the crafting bench from the full Anubis Part 2 update. Wiki-only numbers are labeled, and the last section lists what I couldn’t verify.
Ancient Trials at a Glance
| Detail | What we know | Source |
| Unlock method | Submit fruit with the required trait to fill a progress bar | Patch notes |
| Trait rotation | Changes every hour | Patch notes |
| Who can contribute | You alone, or anyone in your server | Patch notes |
| Bar target | 900 points; rarer and mutated plants count for more | Wiki |
| Open window | About 20 minutes, then it closes and resets | Patch notes |
| Obby variants | Three possible obbies | Patch notes |
| Finish line | Golden Chest and the Anubis Crafting Bench | Patch notes |
| Extra rewards | Players who contribute more receive more | Patch notes |
How Do You Unlock the Ancient Trials?
Follow these steps each time a trial cycle comes around:
- Find the trials entrance and read the trait it currently wants.
- Harvest fruit that carries that trait. A fruit counts only if it matches the current request.
- Submit the fruit to add points to the progress bar.
- Keep going, alone or with your server, until the bar is full and the entrance opens.
- Walk in before the 20-minute window ends.
The trait changes every hour, so check it before you harvest. A batch that matched last hour’s request may not match this one.
What Counts Toward the 900 Points?
The patch notes say fruit with the right trait fills the bar. The wiki adds that rarer and mutated plants count for more than plain ones.
That has a practical consequence. One high-value mutated fruit with the right trait should do more than a pile of common ones. Check the mutations list to see which of your fruit are worth the most.
I couldn’t find a published points-per-fruit table. Until someone documents one, treat the “rarer is better” rule as the guide and watch how far the bar moves after each submission.
Which Traits Can the Trials Ask For?
The trait list for the trials wasn’t visible in the wiki data I could access. The sister activity, Ancient Archaeology, draws from 12 traits: Berry, Fruit, Flower, Vegetable, Tropical, Prickly, Woody, Leafy, Stalky, Root, Sweet and Sour.
The trials probably draw from a similar pool, but that is an assumption. Read the trait on the entrance itself rather than planning around a list. If you want the full Archaeology breakdown, see Ancient Archaeology.
The setup also resembles the earlier Beanstalk Event, where the wiki describes an hourly trait and a 900-point target. That is useful context, not proof the two systems behave identically.
What Happens Inside the Ancient Trials?
Once the entrance opens, you enter one of three possible obbies. The wiki lists them as Sandstone, Sunken and Pharaoh’s, each with an equal one-in-three chance.
Extra rewards sit along the route, and reaching the end opens the Golden Chest. The wiki says only players who helped unlock the entrance can open the chest. So don’t wander in as a spectator and expect a prize.
I couldn’t find a route guide for any of the three obbies. That makes the clock your main risk. You have about 20 minutes total, and the whole server shares it, so don’t stop to farm once you’re inside.
What Rewards Can You Get From the Ancient Trials?
The wiki splits rewards into three groups. All odds below are wiki data from before release, so verify them in-game.
Rewards Along the Obby
| Reward | Quantity | Chance |
| Godly Sprinkler | 2x | 10.64% |
| Master Sprinkler | 1x | 8.51% |
| Silver Fertilizer | 1x | 6.38% |
| Small Treat | 1x | 4.26% |
| Small Toy | 1x | 4.26% |
These percentages add up to only about 34%, so the table looks incomplete. Treat it as a partial list of what you can find on the route.
Golden Chest Rewards
| Reward | Quantity | Chance |
| Anubis Crate | 1x | 26% |
| Horus Flower Seed | 1x | 20% |
| Anubis Egg | 2x | 18% |
| Anubis Seed Pack | 2x | 15% |
| Falcon Figure | 1x | 13% |
| Akhekh | 1x | 5% |
| Azure Frond Seed | 1x | 3% |
These add up to 100%, so this looks like one roll per chest. The Anubis Egg and Seed Pack rewards feed straight into Anubis Crafting, and Akhekh is the Mythical pet from the update.
Top Contributor Rewards
| Reward | Quantity | Chance |
| Anubis Crate | 3x | 50% |
| Anubis Egg | 3x | 35.71% |
| Anubis Seed Pack | 3x | 14.29% |
The patch notes confirm that contributing more earns additional rewards. They don’t say how “top contributor” is decided. In the Beanstalk Event, the wiki gave the extra reward to the player with the most points, but I can’t confirm the trials work the same way.
How Many Runs Does It Take to Get Akhekh?
If Akhekh is a 5% roll per Golden Chest, the average wait is about 20 chests. That is simple math from the wiki figure, not a tested result.
| Chests opened | Chance of at least one Akhekh |
| 5 | about 23% |
| 10 | about 40% |
| 20 | about 64% |
Luck swings wildly around those averages. You could land it on your first chest or miss it over 30. Don’t plan your whole session around one pet. The Anubis Eggs, Seed Packs and crafting progress are the reliable parts.
Before you invest in Akhekh, check where it sits in the pet tier list. Its ability consumes mutated fruit to speed up nearby pets’ cooldowns, and its hunger stat is 300,000.
How Do Ancient Trials Unlock the Crafting Bench Recipes?
The patch notes say recipes unlock as you progress through the trials. The wiki ties each recipe to a number of completed trials:
| Recipe | Trials needed |
| Hieroglyphic Staff | 1 |
| Anubis Egg | 1 |
| Apis | 2 |
| Clay Urn | 3 |
| Nekhbet | 5 |
| Areaclaimer | 6 |
That is why the trials matter beyond a single chest. Nekhbet needs five completions, and the patch notes don’t say how many trials can open per hour or per server. If the trials open at most once an hour, five completions means at least five hours of play across multiple cycles. That is a plan-around-it detail, not a confirmed rule.
Full ingredient lists and coin costs are in our Anubis Part 2 update guide.
Can You Do the Ancient Trials Solo?
Yes. The patch notes say you can contribute alone or with other players in your server.
The catch is time. If the 900-point target is accurate, a small or empty server leaves more of the work on you. A full server splits the load but shares the Top Contributor spot.
How to Clear the Trials Faster: A Practical Plan
This plan comes from the mechanics above, not from a tested run.
- Sort your fruit by trait before the hour starts. The trait changes hourly, so a mixed inventory saves you a scramble.
- Save your best mutated fruit for the right trait. Rarer and mutated plants reportedly count for more.
- Submit early. The open window is only about 20 minutes, and it starts after the bar fills.
- Enter as soon as the entrance opens. The clock keeps running whether you’re inside or not.
- Don’t waste Anubis Coins on skipping ahead until you know which recipes you actually want.
What We Couldn’t Confirm Yet
- Points per fruit: No published table. Only the “rarer counts more” rule.
- The 900-point target: Wiki data only.
- The trial trait list: The wiki table was cut off in the data I could access.
- Obby layouts and difficulty: No route guides found for Sandstone, Sunken or Pharaoh’s.
- Reward odds: Wiki data from before release. The obby reward table looks incomplete.
- How Top Contributor is decided: Not stated in the patch notes.
- How often trials can open: Not stated, so I can’t give a firm hours-to-Nekhbet estimate.
- Whether Part 1 systems carry on: The Anubis Event is listed as running with no end date.
For anything patch-dependent, check the community and the official Roblox for changes after launch.