Pet clues: dog, cat and Capybara adoption

Joanna’s Notes From the Fauna introduces the Small Dog. Complete it to open Fur Real?, the cat quest. Fur Real? asks for ten Cat Location pieces obtained by salvaging and foraging in Loftia City, followed by feeding the cat and reporting to Joanna.

Adoption requirements

Pet	Location pieces	Food
Small Dog	Five Dog Location pieces	Four Lettuce and two Carrots
Shorthair Cat	Ten Cat Location pieces	Six Cauliflower and three Watermelon
Capybara	Thirty Capybara Location pieces	Ten Spinach and ten Wild Greens

Food is required after the clue search. Keep it available for the adoption step rather than assuming the pieces alone finish the quest.

Dog and cat quest order

Field Research opens Notes From the Fauna in the Hanging Gardens. Find the dog’s five clues, feed it and report back to Joanna. The reward includes a Basic Habitat.

Fur Real? follows Notes From the Fauna. Its gathering task specifically names Loftia City. Searching the Hanging Gardens for cat clues because Joanna introduced the dog there mixes the two quests. Patch #2 improves Joanna’s hints to point players toward the City for the cat.

Slow cat clues

Players report very different times for collecting ten pieces. An hour with few drops does not by itself establish that the quest has failed. Complete ordinary salvaging and foraging tasks around Loftia City while the clue step is active.

Check home storage before counting every missing piece as another required drop. In the launch-week discussion, the Codex maintainer reported accidentally storing some of their own pieces while doing the quest. That is a useful check, not a guaranteed explanation for every slow clue counter.

Capybara and fragment pets

Fur-ther Investigation opens later, after Mending What’s Broken. Its Capybara adoption uses thirty pieces and the different food list shown above. It is a longer objective than the early dog rescue.

Alpaca, Tortoise and Duck fragments have a different acquisition route from the named rescue quests. Treasure Hunt chest rewards vary by district: Loftia City for Alpaca, Hanging Gardens for Tortoise, and Gridfall for Duck. See Treasure Hunt before using a Golden Chest Key for a particular pet.

Friendship after patch #2

Gameplay-obtained pets can now advance to friendship level 5. Pets already above the cap retain their current levels. Kickstarter and DLC pets have their content unlocked on purchase and no longer use friendship leveling.

Patch #2 also fixes pets becoming stuck after map travel. Adoption progress, friendship progression and a pet failing to follow are separate issues.