In both real life and in Stardew Valley, having a pet is a wonderful experience. You can take time out of your day to pet and cuddle with your loving pet, but in Stardew Valley, you can build friendship points with a pet to reap some unique benefits.

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These benefits come in the form of gifts, which vary depending on which pets you own. In this guide, we are going to take a look at how you can get gifts from your pets, as well as what the possible gift options are. In total, there are three types of pets that you can obtain.

How To Get A Pet

Your first pet will be given to you for free, with the option to choose from either a cat or dog. Shortly after earning 1,000g, Marnie will visit your farm and present the option to adopt a pet (you can say no to this).

If you have not made 1,000g by the 20th of Spring in Year One, this cutscene will automatically trigger.

How To Get Additional Pets

You can also adopt additional pets by visiting Marnie. There are a variety of cat and dog options to choose from, with each adoption license costing 40,000g.

There are also two turtle options available for purchase, which cost 60,000g (green version) and 500,000g (purple version).

To adopt more pets, your original pet will need to be at maximum friendship.

How To Increase Pet Friendship

Pets can have a maximum of 1,000 friendship points. Below, you can check out how to increase your friendship to this level.

Action

Points Given

Petting

12

Filling Up The Pet Bowl With Water

6 (given the following morning)

To maximize your friendship, just be sure to give out plenty of pets and fill up the water bowl.

When Do Pets Give Gifts?

Once you reach maximum friendship with a pet, they will have a 20 percent chance each day to give you a gift. To accept this gift, you just need to pet them. If there is a gift available, it will drop when you're petting.

All Gift Options

Cats, dogs, and turtles have different drops, which can be found below.

All lists are ordered from most to least common.

Cat Drops

Drop

Bat Wing

Shrimp

Snail

Periwinkle

Joja Cola

Trash

Driftwood

Broken Glasses

Broken CD

Soggy Newspaper

Green Algae

Chub

Rainbow Trout

Walleye

Perch

Lingcod

River Jelly

Cheese

Largemouth Bass

Carp

Bullhead

Sturgeon

Midnight Carp

Rabbit's Foot

Duck Feather

Sunfish

Catfish

Bream

Shad

Pike

Dorado

Salmon

Tiger Trout

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Dog Drops

Drop

Bone Fragment

Clay

Hardwood

Stone

Chipped Amphora

Arrowhead

Artifact Trove

Ancient Doll

Elvish Jewelry

Chewing Stick

Ornamental Fan

Rare Disc

Ancient Sword

Rusty Spoon

Rusty Spur

Rusty Cog

Chicken Statue

Prehistoric Scapula

Prehistoric Tibia

Prehistoric Skull

Skeletal Hand

Prehistoric Rib

Prehistoric Vertebra

Skeletal Tail

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Turtle Drops

Drops

Clam

Coral

Sea Urchin

Nautilus Shell

Rainbow Shell

Sea Jelly

Cave Jelly

Cockle

Crab

Crayfish

Lobster

Mussel

Seafoam Pudding

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