“Penny lives with her mom, Pam, in a little trailer by the river. While Pam is out carousing at the saloon, Penny quietly tends to her chores in the dim, stuffy room she is forced to call home. She is shy and modest, without any grand ambitions for life other than settling in and starting a family. She likes to cook (although her skills are questionable) and read books from the local library.”
Penny is a villager who lives in Pelican Town. She's one of the ten characters available to marry.[1] Her trailer is just east of the center of town, west of the river.
Schedule
Penny can usually be found in town reading or cleaning up at the trailer she shares with Pam. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday she tutors Jas and Vincent at the museum, walking them both home afterwards. She doesn't tutor in the Summer season. Many Saturdays in Spring and Fall she'll take them to the town playground.
When it's raining Penny can either be found inside her trailer or visiting the museum looking at the selection of books.
Goes to bed in her room in the trailer for the evening.
Deviations
Her schedule can deviate if there are specific conditions like season, weather, or certain days of the week. Below are her schedule deviations prioritized highest to lowest (for example when it rains that schedule will override all others below it)
Triggered by entering the Town between 9:30AM and 2PM.
Details
George is unsuccessfully trying to get a letter from his mailbox. Penny sees him and tries to help, which leads to George scold her. The player has the choice to either agree with Penny or with George. Your response may affect her affection for you.
• "I was. You did a kind thing there, Penny." +50 friendship points.
• "You should've left him alone. Now he's grumpy." -50 friendship points.
• "I'm just taking a walk, minding my own business." no change in friendship points.
Four Hearts
Triggered by entering the Trailer when Penny is home and the door is unlocked.
Details
Penny complains about how messy the place is, and asks if you'd be willing to help her clean the place up. As you are helping Penny clean, Pam returns home and begins to yell at Penny for allowing someone else to clean her home. Pam eventually asks you to leave, and they continue their discussion for a short while before the scene ends. The day after the event, the player will get a letter from Penny apologizing.
Six Hearts
Triggered by entering the Trailer when Penny is home and the door is unlcoked.
Details
Penny asks you to try out a new dish she is making. There are three options which may alter her affection for you.
• "(Lie) Mmm! That was delicious!" +50 friendship points.
• "Uh... can I get the rest to go?" -50 friendship points.
• "Well it's definitely unique... how did you get it so rubbery?" no change in friendship points.
If you lie she will tell you how much effort she has put into the dish, and that she has decided to name it after you. She then asks if you want to watch a movie, after which the cutscene ends. The other 2 options result in her commenting that the recipe was a failure.
Eight Hearts
Trigerred by entering Cindersap Forest south of the farm (Around 10am-4pm)
Details
Penny is on a field trip with Jas, and Vincent. Penny asks you if you'd like to be a guest speaker and share your experience about the countryside with the children. Your response may alter her affection for you.
• "I'd love to!" +10 friendship points.
• "Sure." no change in friendship points.
• "No... I can't stand kids." -1500 friendship points.
If you agree to speak to the kids you are prompted to answer a number of dialogue options, after which Penny tells the children to run along and then begins talking to you. She asks you if you'd like to be a parent, your answer here may again alter her affection for you.
• "I haven't really thought about it." no change in friendship points.
• "Absolutely. I want a big family." +20 friendship points.
• "I guess so. It's a natural urge." +20 friendship points.
• "No, I don't think I'd be good at it." +10 friendship points.
• "No, The world's crowded enough already." -10 friendship points.
• "No, I don't want to be tied down with a family." -10 friendship points.
The camera pans and darkens and she thanks you for showing up.
Ten Hearts
The player will find a letter signed by Penny in their mailbox asking them to come to the Spa at night, between 7PM and 12AM. The player must enter the bathhouse and make their way through the locker room and into the bath,
Details
Penny, having joined in the bath, asks if the player knows why she asked to meet there. Response will impact her affection to the player.
• "I feel the same way about you." no change in friendship points.
• "Sorry, but I don't like you in that way..." -1500 friendship points.
Marriage
Penny's room.
Once married, Penny will move into the farmhouse and begin working at the museum on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Like other marriage candidates, she will add her own room off to the side of the bedroom, which happens to be a small library. This room is not editable, and has no functional items in it. (But you are allowed to put your own furniture at the empty place in this room, like other places in your house)
At 13 hearts she will help around the farm when she's not working. She will:
-Water crops
-Fill pet bowl
-Feed animals
She will also occasionally cook you breakfast, adding one random breakfast food to your inventory. If your inventory is full, she will not give you anything.
Possibilities:
Finish Quest by bringing Penny an Iron Bar within two days.
Help Wanted
Mining
360g; Penny will be thankful.
Delivery
Fall
I'd like to put an Amethyst above the mantle. Please deliver it some time today. -Penny
Finish Quest by bringing Penny an Amethyst within two days.
Help Wanted
Mining
300g on delivery, Penny will be thankful
Timeline
Penny's look evolved over the years the game was in development.
Here's a timeline showing how ConcernedApe's art and Penny's style changed over the years before the game was launched.