About this mod
Tired of manually petting animals and collecting eggs? Ranch Helper automates ranch chores! Press O (configurable) to instantly pet all animals, collect eggs/milk/truffles, and gather products from machines—all while tracking what you’ve collected. Perfect for large farms!
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
✅ Auto-Pet All Animals – No more forgotten pets!
✅ Collects Products Instantly – Eggs, milk, wool, truffles, feathers, and more.
✅ Machine Harvesting – Collects from mayo machines, cheese presses, etc.
✅ Inventory Alerts – Warns if your inventory is full.
✅ Detailed Reports – Shows how many animals were petted and items collected.
✅ XP Gain – Grants farming XP for collections.
How It Works:
Press the O key (default) to:
- Pet all unpetted animals in coops/barns.
- Collect products:
- Directly from animals (e.g., milk, wool).
- From the ground (e.g., eggs, truffles).
- From machines (e.g., mayo, cheese)
- Display a summary (e.g., "Petted 12 animals. Collected 5 Eggs, 3 Milk, 2 Truffles.").
- Works with all vanilla animals (cows, chickens, pigs, etc.).
- Supports modded animals if they use standard Category -5 for products.
- No known conflicts with other mods.
⚠️ Requirements
- SMAPI(3.0 or later)
- Stardew Valley 1.6
- Download the mod and unzip it.
- Place the RanchHelperMod folder in your Mods directory.
- Launch the game via SMAPI.
Q: Can I change the hotkey?
A: Yes! Config file is added with the zip file!
Q: Does it work with Automate or Autograbbers?
A: Yes! It complements them (collects from autograbbers too).
Q: Will it pet my horse/cat/dog?
A: No—only barn/coop animals.
📜 Version History
- Version 1.1.1 (Latest)
- Fixeda bug where cows outside barn were not being milked.
- Fixeda bug with the Incubator.
- Version 1.1.0
- NowCollects Duck Feather
- NowCollects Duck Feather
- Version 1.0.1
- Fixeda bug where the mod does not work when animals are outside barn/coop
- Fixeda bug where the mod does not work when animals are outside barn/coop
- Version 1.0.0
- Initialrelease.
- Supportsall vanilla animal products.
- Inventoryfull notifications.
- Summarymessages for collections.