Fastest Pets in Ride A Pet: Speed Ranking

Speed is the only stat that gates where you can go in Ride A Pet: faster mounts reach farther egg rings before the break timer or another player beats you there. This page ranks the mounts the community actually uses, from your first Cheetah to the endgame Kitsune.

The speed ladder

Community speed-farming rankings put the riding order like this:

Rank	Mount	Confirmed speed	What it unlocks
1	Kitsune	~1,000,000,000	Everything, instantly
2	Dragon	Unconfirmed	Comfortable Snow ring
3	Cerberus	Unconfirmed	Snow ring riding
4	Phoenix	1,000,000 base	Snow ring, income backup
5	T-Rex	Unconfirmed	Desert and Snow
6	Unicorn	Unconfirmed	Desert ring, Rebirth 3 pet
7	Cheetah	Unconfirmed	Forest ring, first real upgrade

The order of the chasing pack comes from community speed-farming guides; only Kitsune's and Phoenix's values are pinned by stat pages so far. Treat the unconfirmed rows as an ordering, not a measurement.

Why Kitsune is a class of one

Kitsune's roughly one-billion speed sits about a thousand times above Phoenix's one million — the gap between tiers is enormous at the top. Combined with its S+ jump rating, Kitsune does not just reach rare eggs faster; it reaches eggs that are practically closed to slower mounts. The trade-off is the hatch chance: a base 1 in 1Qi, which makes Kitsune a luck-stacking project covered in the kitsune guide.

What speed actually buys you

• Ring access. The map layers from Starter and Meadow through Forest, Desert, and Snow. Each ring's eggs are better, and each gate is a speed check.
• The break timer. Eggs crack on a countdown. Faster mounts turn risky long hauls into safe ones.
• Rare egg racing. Blackhole and Cherub eggs spawn on server-wide announcements. Everyone on the server sees the same announcement; the fastest mounts win.
• Reset efficiency. The map resets eggs every 8 minutes. Fast mounts clear more spawns per reset window.

The practical upgrade path

1. Cheetah — your first dramatic speed jump, affordable from Forest-ring income.
2. Unicorn — the mid-game standard, and a pet you must keep for Rebirth 3.
3. T-Rex or Phoenix — Phoenix is the smarter pick if you also need plot income (100K per second), T-Rex if you purely want speed.
4. Cerberus — solid Snow-ring mount while you save for the endgame pair.
5. Dragon, then Kitsune — covered in the dragon guide and kitsune guide.

Speed multipliers beyond the pet

Mount speed is not only the pet's base stat. Two systems stack on top:

• Mutations. Weather-event mutations multiply pet value and income; community guides also report speed-oriented mutation effects during events. The confirmed income multipliers run from Shocked 2x to Eternal 100x — see the mutations overview.
• Rebirths. Each rebirth permanently raises your base money multiplier (up to +7x per second after Rebirth 7 by community counts), which converts directly into faster access to speed-tier eggs.

Common speed mistakes

• Skipping the Unicorn. It is both a top-tier mid-game mount and a rebirth requirement — selling it costs you twice.
• Buying speed before filling nests. Income funds every future speed purchase; an empty nest slows the whole ladder.
• Chasing Kitsune first. Without stacked luck and high income, 1 in 1Qi is a lottery ticket. Build Phoenix and Cerberus first.

Related reading

For role-based picks, see best pets. For the full roster, see the pet list. To plan the routes your new mount will run, open the egg locations map.

Speed gaps are not linear

The speed ladder reads like a simple list, but the spacing matters more than the order. Phoenix's confirmed one million base speed against Kitsune's roughly one billion means the top of the ladder is a thousand times the middle — while the Cheetah-to-Unicorn gap that feels huge in the Forest ring is a rounding error at the ceiling. Practical translation: early upgrades feel dramatic because they are close together; late upgrades are rare because they are far apart.

Speed by ring requirement

Match the mount to the gate, and ignore everything faster until you can afford it properly:

Ring	Minimum comfortable mount	The realistic pick
Starter and Meadow	Starter pet	Ride whatever hatches
Forest	Cheetah-class	Cheetah — the first true upgrade
Desert	Unicorn-class	Unicorn (keep it — Rebirth 3 needs one)
Snow	Phoenix, Cerberus, T-Rex	Whichever lands first; Phoenix also earns
Everything, trivially	Dragon, then Kitsune	The endgame projects

How the break timer changes speed value

An egg's "Egg Will Break" countdown makes speed worth more than distance-covering: a fast mount converts risky long hauls into safe ones, which means the eggs you can even attempt is a function of your mount. Two players standing at the same spawn do not have the same options — the Unicorn player can bank the haul the Cheetah player has to abandon.

Speed sources beyond the pet

The pet is the base, and the community reports additional movement value from stacking systems: rebirth multipliers raise your cash rate, which funds better mounts faster, and mutation-era guides note speed-oriented event effects during weather windows. Neither replaces the mount — they accelerate how quickly the next mount arrives.

Frequently asked questions

What is the fastest pet in Ride A Pet? Kitsune, at roughly one billion speed — confirmed by community stat pages and rated S+ for leading speed and jump together.

Is Dragon slower than Kitsune? Community rankings place Dragon second in the riding column; exact speeds beyond Kitsune and Phoenix are unconfirmed.

Do I need Cerberus if I have Phoenix? Not necessarily — Phoenix covers the Snow ring and doubles as a 100K-per-second nest pet, which is why it is the popular pick.

What speed do I need for rare egg races? More than the crowd. Announcements are won by margins, which is why the Unicorn-to-Cerberus band is where racing becomes realistic.