Stardew Valley has an Auto-Petter, and I love that I’m just now finding out
Some of my all-time favorite games have the same thing in common: no matter how much time I sink into them, it feels like there’s always a chance I’ll discover something new, either organically on my own, or in an off-the-cuff community discussion. These games are very clearly finite, but they have this ethereal “Today I Learned” quality to them. One of the best examples, for me anyway, is Stardew Valley — this game has leeegs.
Case in point, Reddit user the_changinator shared their latest find “after four playthroughs” and “over 500 hours of gameplay” in Stardew Valley: the Auto-Petter.
after 4 play throughs, over 500 hours of gameplay, i finally found it from StardewValley
While you’d normally want to pet your animals to form a closer bond with them (and because they’re just plain cute), overworked or overwhelmed farmers can use the Auto-Petter in coops and barns to at least keep their critters feeling “content.” Who knew?
I never found this invention, and I’m certain plenty of you could say the same.
The Auto-Petter first appeared in the now-pretty-legendary 1.5 update, and it’s tied to the conniving JojaMart questline — kind of. That’s arguably the “easy” way of getting the tool. You can outright buy it for 50,000g after finishing the Joja Community Development Form. Or, if you’re not a corpo, you can try your luck at finding an Auto-Petter in a chest in the Skull Cavern. I haven’t done the Joja quest and I never will. It’s not worth the guilt!
(If you’re determined to go the luck-based route, here’s a helpful guide.)
On a wholesome note, the Auto-Petter isn’t meant as a total replacement for hand-petting animals in Stardew Valley to raise their mood and friendship levels; for the best results, you’ll want to bond
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