Or maybe not even a buff - but a pet you can collect fragments or ores from (like the clover pig or sheep) so that you dont HAVE to go to a certain area like you do with Metallurgy, Sheep Sheering, Mining, and Herbalism.
herb pigs are bad enough, pets you gather from that aren't just for cuteness/convenience's sake (see: sheep) are literally anti-content. measures should be made to make the activities themselves more alluring or worthwhile rather than introduce pets as excuses to not play the game