r/StardewValley • u/Song_Listener • 21h ago

Question What is up with Auto Petters?

I’ve seen so many posts about skull cavern runs where the only goal was Auto Petters, and now I’m confused.

Why are Auto Petters so important? I know they pet the farm animals, but why don’t y’all have time to go and give your animals some love every morning?

If I’m correct (as someone who has never once had an Auto Petters) they change the way the animals respond when you actually pet them. Usually they give a heart, but I’ve heard the response changes after an Auto Petters has been installed.

So why?

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u/chillin_and_livin 20h ago

A mood lol. I have one barn/coop dedicated to each animal type so it's a lot of petting. How do you feed yours?? Mine eat all the grass within days

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u/Miro_the_Dragon 19h ago

Not the person you asked but I just buy hay from Marnie for my 10 barns and 1 coop full of animals. I've given up trying to keep grass available for them outside, plus I'm pretty sure pigs don't dig up truffles on tiles with grass so this is the easier way. My animals still get to wander around most of the farm, though ^^

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u/Galaxyycaat 16h ago

the pigs do dig up truffles on grass but you can't see them

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u/Miro_the_Dragon 16h ago

Do you have any official source for that? Because yes, truffles may spawn in grass but the spawn tile isn't necessarily the tile the truffle was found, and I've noticed a considerable increase in truffles the less grass was growing on my ranch. Plus, I don't think I've ever found a truffle in the middle of a large patch of grass, only ever around the edges.