🐾 Auto-Petter

The Auto-Petter is a special tool in Stardew Valley that automatically pets all animals in a Barn or Coop each day. It ensures animals maintain their happiness and friendship levels without the player needing to interact with them directly. This device is especially useful for players with large farms or those looking to save time on daily chores.

⚒️ Uses

The Auto-Petter reduces daily farm chores by automatically caring for animals:

Automatically pets all animals in the building once per day
Maintains friendship and happiness without manual petting
Works in both Barns and Coops
Only one Auto-Petter is needed per building

📍 Acquisition

The Auto-Petter is harder to obtain than the Auto-Grabber and is primarily available through Joja routes or rare rewards:

Purchasable from the JojaMart for 50,000g (Joja membership required)
Can also be found rarely in Skull Cavern treasure chests
Each Barn or Coop requires its own Auto-Petter

💡 Tips & Strategies

Combine with Auto-Grabbers and Auto-Feeders for near fully-automated animal care
Useful if you have many animals and limited daily time
Still visit animals occasionally to trigger heart events and dialogue
Best placed in Deluxe Barns and Deluxe Coops for maximum animal capacity
High cost (50,000g) makes it a late-game convenience item