Petting animals

[CostaRrr]

Hi everyone, quick question. If animals/pets already have the maximum number of hearts, is there any reason to keep petting them every day?

 

[Terdin]

Hi everyone, quick question. If animals/pets already have the maximum number of hearts, is there any reason to keep petting them every day?

Yes. If you don't, they'll lose friendship, unless you've got an Auto-petter in the coop/barn. Feel free to ignore your pet though, unless you want to see if it's got a present for you.

 

[CostaRrr]

Yes. If you don't, they'll lose friendship, unless you've got an Auto-petter in the coop/barn.

Thank you!

 

[Jayamos]

I don’t pet them every day. A few times a week works.

 

[StankyStardew]

Yes. If you don't, they'll lose friendship, unless you've got an Auto-petter in the coop/barn. Feel free to ignore your pet though, unless you want to see if it's got a present for you.

How does one get an Auto-Petter??

 

[NextXander]

How does one get an Auto-Petter??

You can randomly get them inside the Skull Cavern, or you can buy them from JojaMart if you go the Joja route.

 

[Ereo]

Yes. If you don't, they'll lose friendship, unless you've got an Auto-petter in the coop/barn. Feel free to ignore your pet though, unless you want to see if it's got a present for you.

eating fresh grass gives more points than they lose at full hearts, so unless it’s winter or a really rainy week, this will offset any lost points quickly.

 

[Terdin]

How does one get an Auto-Petter??

Apart from Skull Cavern treasure rooms, you can also get them rarely from golden mystery boxes, or as a special drop from monsters in the Mine if it's in "dangerous" mode. The first (and so far only) time a monster dropped one I went "It dropped WHAT?" followed by a scramble to make space for it in my backpack.