Does gathering work for the whole party?

Being a guest in someone else's world does not lock you out of gathering. The sharing works in both directions, so a guest picking up a resource node counts for the host, and the host's pickups count for the guest.

In practice this means a party can split up across a clearing and stop racing each other to the same dirt pile or tree trunk. One person collects it and the rest of the party gets it too, so nobody has to trail behind the host to keep their own materials topped up.

The catch is that this applies to certain items, not everything you can pick up. Dirt piles and tree trunks are confirmed to be shared. Anything outside that, assume you still need to grab it yourself until you see it land in your own inventory.

Getting into an Aniimo party to share gathering

Sharing only happens inside a party in companion mode. The host opens the party menu from the main menu, uses the party creation button in the bottom-right corner, and invites a friend into an empty slot. Once the friend accepts, they join the host's world. A party holds up to four players.

Everyone has to be on the same regional server: Aniimo-America, Aniimo-Europe or Aniimo-APAC. Platform does not matter, because crossplay lets PC, console and mobile players party together. Meeting someone in Astra city or at an outpost does not put you in a party, and players you pass in a shared hub do not share your gathering.

Not settled: Dirt piles and tree trunks are the only resources confirmed as shared. Exactly which other items count is not settled.