Guest player can't buy a pet or build hearts with Host's pet

[somber jay]

Not sure if this has been reported officially yet. I can buy a bed but get an error when trying to buy a pet, and the host's pet has very limited interactions with me as a guest

[red owl]

Hi @somber jay , thank you for reaching out to us! We can confirm that the option to adopt pets is only available to the Host. That’s the intended design for now in multiplayer.

Sorry for the confusion! If you’ve got any thoughts or feedback about the pet adoption feature, we’d love to hear them here: https://discord.com/channels/623097219628662784/623123701952544797

And hey, think of these furry companions as a shared family pet—part of the fun is making the choice together. Thanks again!

[somber jay]

Thanks for replying!
Just a few questions -
Does that mean we can't place a pet bed in the Player 2 house?
And are we supposed to get hearts/interactions from the Host pet? And can we do the Pet Day activity with them as Guest player?

[pallid prairie]

Is this also th3 design for babies for host only?

[red owl]

Absolutely! You’ll still be able to place a pet bed in the Guest’s house and build a bond with the pet by interacting with it each day to earn hearts. Plus, you can also join in on the fun by participating in the pet race with the Host’s adopted pet!

[red owl]

Nope! All players can have babies after fulfilling all the requirements 😉

[pallid prairie]

how to unlock the hearts? ours have stayed locked and the babies never grow even after a year of having 1

[red owl]

Could you let us know which platform the Host and Guest are playing from (Steam PC/Deck, Xbox PC/S/X, PlayStation 5)?

Regarding your question about baby growing up, children growing up will be included in the v1.3 update. You can see our detailed roadmap here: https://blog.stairwaygames.com/post/1-million-units-full-crossplay-roadmap

[pallid prairie]

Thank you for that! Host and player 2 are on steam PC :)

[red owl]

Could you share the Host's Save File here? It'll help us look further into the issue 😉

[pallid prairie]

Hopfully this is the correct one

[red owl]

Thank you for sending in the save file! I'll relay this with the team for checking, hopefully the issue can be resolved soon

[somber jay]

Oh, I don't think I can do that in my game. We're in year 2 and the pet has been around for a big part of that time and I can't (as guest) build a bond or get my own

For us it's both on PC/Steam

[somber jay]

Ok so just tried again now and I have an empty pet bed in my house (as guest player) but when the host tries to buy a pet it says there's no empty pet bed + still not possible to gain any hearts with the original MP peg or have any dialogue beyond "___ is very happy today"

[red owl]

Thank you for sharing some additional information! Could you let us know how many pets the Host currently have in your household? And how often do you interact with the pets? Does the heart remains stuck at zero?

In regards to the dialogue issue, we have received similar reports regarding this issue and the team is currently checking on it. We truly appreciate your patience in the meantime!

[somber jay]

No worries
We only have one (a rabbit) and I've interacted with it every game day. We're currently in Spring Year 2 and have had the rabbit since Summer Year 1

There are no hearts