Pets leaving farm for pats in mp

[sleek root]

I was shaking a tree outside the farm for a coconut, when one of my pets, left the farm and began wandering
My friend came down and my pet immediately went to her for pats, then walked back to the farm
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[latent shore]

That's somehow cute! 👀 Thanks for bringing this to our attention @sleek root

Did they always follow you outside the farm every time you didn't pet/talk to them?
And are you the host of the session? 😮

[sleek root]

I am not the host, Meegs is the host. This was the first occasion they had done it, and I haven't noticed them do it again. I had pet it, and it traveled out to find Meegs for her to pet it

I should add I'm on Xbox and she is on steam

[sleek root]

Another time it’s happened, it seems to happen when the other player doesn’t pat the pet for 2-ish days

[latent shore]

Noting that Meegs is the host and you're the guest! 📝

[latent shore]

Are you the one who adopted the pet by any chance? And has it ever gone the other way, like have you ever skipped pats for a couple days and had them come wandering to you instead? 👀

Just trying to figure out if it's an ownership thing or just a "whoever hasn't given pats recently" thing!

[sleek root]

I am yes, I adopted this particular pet, we're working on testing with the one she adopted. So Meegs had skipped patting the cat for about 2 days and we tested it again, and she was followed out of the farm

Next time we get on we can test the other farm exits to see if it will follow her out of the others

I can also try not giving it pats for a couple days and see as well

[latent shore]

Oh, that's really helpful, thank you both for testing this out! The extra tests would be super useful too if you get the chance, no pressure though

We'll go ahead and relay everything you've shared so far to the team for them to look into further. We really appreciate you taking the time to dig into this! 🐾

[sleek root]

We play practically every day, so we're absolutely down to test everything out to help you out anyway we can

[latent shore]

That's awesome 🙌 Drop any findings here, and we'll keep passing them along to the team!

[sleek root]

Two update with videos, Meegs’ lizard, Bottas, followed me out of the top exit of the farm

And Russell, the cat that kicked this off, got a stuck when trying to go out the bottom exit

[latent shore]

Wooa, these are super helpful! Thanks a lot for taking the time to reproduce this and share the videos, both of you.