What is the 404 Chicken in Grow a Chicken Fighter?

The 404 Chicken is a Secret-rarity fighter named as an S-tier carry by the official Discord community. It is one of the rarest draws in the game and, if you have it, you build your run around it.

How do you get the 404 Chicken?

Community reporting documents two sources: the Cursed Egg (laid by the NPC Chick, <1% hatch rate, community-reported) and the event-only Blazing Egg (8% hatch rate, community-reported). No official odds are published.

404 Chicken in Grow a Chicken Fighter — Secret Unit Guide

Why it matters

404 Chicken is one of the two confirmed S-tier carries on our tier list, alongside the Mythic Thunder Rooster. Its rarity is the difference: Thunder Rooster has a documented hatch route; 404 Chicken is a Secret draw with no published odds.

Rarity & stats

Rarity: Secret
Tier: S — best in meta
Role: Elite PIT / TOWER carry
Source: Confirmed by the community via the official Discord general channel

How to get it

Community reporting has now pinned two documented sources for the 404 Chick:

Cursed Egg (community-reported, <1%): the mid-game route — farm Scratch Egg layers until you hatch the NPC Chick, let it lay Cursed Eggs, then open them chasing the Secret draw. See our Cursed Egg guide for the farming chain.
Blazing Egg (community-reported, 8%): a far better rate, but the Blazing Egg is event-only — it spawns during the Hot Event in the central ring, and the 40KCCU code has also granted one (expired Aug 23, 2026).

Both rates are community-sourced, not developer-published — treat them as targeting aids. No official odds exist for Secret-rarity draws, so the rarest fighters in the game list 404 Chick and community reporting points to the highest-rarity egg pools as the realistic hunting ground. Check our how to get rare chickens guide for the targeting strategy.

Don't wait on it

Secret draws can take a very long time. Build your roster with A-tier staples while you hunt — if the 404 Chicken lands, it upgrades your ceiling. If it doesn't, your run still moves.

How to build around it

When you hatch one, fuse a strong trait onto it and make it your permanent PIT fighter. Pair it with the money loop so its damage earns Cash in the background, then push the TOWER on boost windows. As floors slow, rebirth to compound the permanent bonus.

The community-reported top build is the 404 x Ash fusion — fuse a Radiant Fenghuang donor onto the 404 to lock the Cycle of Ash skill. See the full build guide for both parts and the fusion steps.

Common questions

Is 404 Chicken the best unit? It's top of the meta alongside two other confirmed S-tiers (Thunder Rooster and the seasonal Snowman Chicken). With bad traits it can still be out-muscled — always compare level, attack, rarity and traits before trusting a name.

Watch it in action

This RFG walkthrough hunts the 404 Chick from Cursed Eggs in-game — see the hatch rate reality before you start farming.