Muscle Legends How to Get Pets: Complete Guide to Collecting & Glitching

If you want to dominate the leaderboards in Muscle Legends, knowing how to get pets and maximize their potential is absolutely essential. Pets provide passive stat bonuses that can dramatically accelerate your strength gains, but the most powerful pets require either significant luck or advanced techniques to obtain. This guide covers everything from basic pet acquisition to community-discovered methods for creating glitched pets with extraordinary stats.

Understanding Pets in Muscle Legends

Pets in Muscle Legends are companions that follow your character and provide automatic stat increases. Unlike equipment that you manually use, pets work passively, making them one of the most valuable long-term investments in the game. Each pet has a rarity tier that determines its base stats and how much it gains per level.

The game features several pet rarities, each with different stat growth rates:

Higher rarity pets not only start with better base stats but also receive larger bonuses each time they level up. This compounds significantly over time, making Unique pets the ultimate goal for serious players.

How to Obtain Pets Legitimately

The primary way to get pets in Muscle Legends is through crystal openings. Crystals are special items that can be purchased with gems or earned through gameplay. Different crystal types have varying probabilities of containing rare pets.

Crystal Types and Pet Drop Rates:

You can also obtain pets through special events, daily rewards, and occasionally from the in-game shop. However, crystal openings remain the most consistent method for getting pets at any rarity level. Save your gems for the highest-tier crystals you can afford, as they offer the best odds for rare and unique pets.

The Pet Glitch: What You Need to Know

According to player experience and community reports, a long-standing oversight in the game's XP mechanic allows players to create "glitched pets" with disproportionately large stats. This technique has been part of the Muscle Legends community since early 2020 and continues to work as of 2026.

Important warnings before attempting any glitch:

• The glitch will disappear immediately if you quit, leave, or disconnect from the game
• This method works on both pets and auras
• Server maintenance can interrupt your progress
• Using an alt account is recommended if your internet connection is unstable

The glitch occurs when your pet's XP gain exactly matches the remaining XP needed to level up. When this happens, the game fails to register the level-up properly, causing stats to increase without the pet actually leveling. This allows you to accumulate massive stat bonuses while the pet remains at a low visual level.

Beginner Method: The Treadmill Glitch

For players with 0-79 rebirths, the treadmill method is the simplest way to get pets with boosted stats. This approach uses specific treadmills located near the Tip #3 sign by the beach statue.

Step-by-step instructions:

1. Equip any pet and exercise until it is close to leveling up
2. Monitor the XP bar carefully — you need to stop before the actual level-up occurs
3. Head to the 1XP treadmills near the Tip #3 sign (only these specific treadmills work)
4. Use the treadmill until your pet needs exactly 1 XP to level up
5. Get off the treadmill and wait approximately 5 seconds
6. Start running on the 1XP treadmill again — the glitch should activate

Once glitched, your pet's stats will increase each rep by the same amount it would gain from a normal level-up. While this method is slow (approximately +0.85 strength per second), it requires minimal rebirths and works with any pet rarity. The rarer your pet, the more efficient this method becomes.

Advanced Methods for Higher Rebirths

Once you reach 80+ rebirths, punching rocks provides far better results than treadmills. This intermediate method requires precise calculations to determine if your current rebirth count is "glitchable."

The EXP formula for rock glitching:

EXP per punch = (Rebirths + 20) × Rock Value

Rock values for glitch calculations:

To determine if your rebirth is glitchable, divide the EXP per punch by the cumulative XP required for each pet level. If the result is a whole number (no decimals), your rebirth is glitchable at that level.

Example calculation for Unique pets at Muscle King Rock:

• At 18,980 rebirths: (18,980 + 20) × 12.5 = 237,500 XP per punch
• Level 19 cumulative XP for Unique pets: 237,500
• 237,500 ÷ 237,500 = 1 (exact whole number — glitchable!)

This means at 18,980 rebirths, one punch on Muscle King Rock gives exactly enough XP to jump a Unique pet from level 1 to level 19 instantly, granting +95 stats per punch (5 stats × 19 levels).

Recommended Glitchable Rebirth Paths

Based on community testing, here are optimal rebirth milestones for Unique pets on Muscle King Rock:

For players with unstable connections, the Ancient Jungle rock offers lower rebirth requirements but requires additional XP padding at certain levels. Always verify your exact EXP using the formula before committing to a long rebirth grind.

Pro tip: The Muscle King Rock glitch only works when you are positioned outside the ring. Standing inside will prevent the glitch from activating.

Maintaining and Protecting Your Glitched Pets

Once you successfully glitch a pet, protecting that progress becomes your top priority. The glitch is fragile and will break if you:

• Leave the server
• Disconnect due to internet issues
• Close the game
• Experience a server crash

To minimize risk, avoid glitching during known maintenance windows and consider using an alt account if your device or connection is unreliable. Many players have lost hours of progress to unexpected disconnects, so always have a backup plan.

When you're ready to rebirth, do so immediately after glitching — the glitched stats will carry over, allowing you to boost to much higher rebirth thresholds before glitching again.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get pets in Muscle Legends without glitching? The primary legitimate method is opening crystals with gems. Higher-tier crystals offer better chances for rare and unique pets. You can also earn pets through events and daily rewards, though these are typically lower rarity.

What is the best pet rarity for glitching? Unique (orange) pets are the best for glitching because they receive +5 stats per level. When glitched to high levels, they provide enormous stat bonuses that far exceed lower rarities.

Can I glitch auras using the same method? Yes, according to community reports, the glitch works identically on auras. The same XP formula and methods apply, allowing you to boost aura stats alongside your pets.

Will I get banned for glitching pets? This technique has existed since 2020 and remains widely used in the community. However, as with any exploit, there is always a risk that developers could patch it or take action against accounts that abuse it. Use discretion and avoid drawing excessive attention to your stats.

How many pets should I glitch? Focus on glitching one high-rarity pet first, then use the strength gains to rebirth to higher thresholds. Once you have a strong glitched pet, you can more easily grind rebirths to glitch additional pets.