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Also, at one point you'll get a dog that allows you to send your friends out to gather materials for crafting, cooking and compost.
As story progresses and you find more friend exclusive gathering spots, you should dedicate some time to "waste" a dog on the baby Kaimaru, who gathers literal shit, BUT at certain gathering spots after going deep enough through story he'll find additional dogs so yo ucan send more gatherers out at same time. Also some other animals can be found.