THE SHORT ANSWER

Compare Fox as a riding pet

Fox’s September 17 community card reports 19.5K base speed, 105 jump, 1,200 base income and a “1 in 21M” hatch label. It is a major speed step over Horse, but Giraffe and Cheetah have higher documented speed while Fox’s 105 jump is below Horse’s 108. Use it for the route it actually improves, not as a universal upgrade.

Read Fox as a speed gain with a jump tradeoff

Fox’s 19.5K speed is above Horse’s 5.34K, but its 105 jump is three points lower than Horse’s 108. That matters on a return where one repeated ledge is the real bottleneck. On a flatter route, the Fox speed increase may reduce travel time; on a climb, test whether the lower jump adds failed approaches.

Giraffe at 27.4K and Cheetah at 38.4K sit above Fox in the same documented speed field, but they are not proof that Fox is a bad choice. A pet you already own can be the useful next mount when it solves the route today. Compare current cards and controls, not only a distant leaderboard goal.

September 17 community cards: use base fields for a comparison, not a measured travel-time forecast.
PetBase speedBase jumpBase incomeReported hatch label
Horse5.34K1083501 in 500K
Fox19.5K1051.2K1 in 21M
Giraffe27.4K832.2K1 in 300M
Cheetah38.4K1173.5K1 in 7B

Test Fox on the route that prompted the upgrade

Start Fox and your previous mount at the same landmark, take the same path and finish at your plot. Record one arrival time and every failed jump for each. Test without an egg first so an unfamiliar turn or landing does not cost a real pickup.

If Fox is quicker but repeatedly misses the same obstacle, keep a higher-jump alternative for that route or take a lower path. If it completes the return cleanly, use that result as your evidence for the next hunt. The official description supports faster pets helping find rarer eggs; it does not establish a universal route-time multiplier.

Do not invent a Fox egg recipe

The Fox card’s “1 in 21M” label identifies a community pet record. The cited Egg catalog does not map Fox to a named egg, so a Fox-shaped query should not become an unsupported egg or location claim. Use the standard find, return and hatch loop, then record the actual egg and result if you are researching a pool.

Base income is kept as the card reports it. The source does not state whether 1,200 is per second, a percentage or another interval, so it cannot support an earnings calculator. Keep movement and income decisions separate when comparing Fox with your current pet.

Compare Fox as a riding pet: common questions

Is Fox faster than Horse?

The cited cards list Fox at 19.5K and Horse at 5.34K base speed. Their owned versions and real route times can differ after upgrades or because of terrain.

Which egg gives Fox?

The adopted Egg record does not document a Fox pet pool. We do not assign Fox to a named egg without a current contents panel or a reliable documented mapping.

Compare the pet you actually own

Base records are a starting point. Enter the two speed values on your current pet cards in the speed comparison calculator, or plan a feeding budget using the prices shown in your shop.

Sources & record notes

Community records and player reports describe the dated evidence linked here. Check the live game before a purchase or reset; route advice is our editorial recommendation.