Friendship
You can become friends with Pelican Town's villagers. As your friendships deepen, the villagers' dialogue lines become more friendly, cutscenes called heart events occur, and the villagers send you gifts in the mail.
Friendship mechanics
Point system
Each villager has a friendship score represented by a ten-heart meter (for a normal villager) or twelve-heart meter (for your spouse):
Each heart is 250 friendship points. You can view your relationships on the social tab of the game menu.
You can increase friendship points by:
- talking to villagers (+20/day);
- completing a quest for them (+150);
- giving them a gift they like (see gifts);
- making certain choices in their heart events.
You can lose friendship points by:
- not talking to a villager (-2/day);
- giving them a gift they dislike (see gifts);
- hitting them with the slingshot;
- rummaging through a trash can when they're nearby (-25, except Linus who doesn't mind).
When a villager's heart meter is full, it will no longer decay over time even if you never talk to them. (If the NPC is romanceable but you haven't given them a bouquet, the heart meter is considered full at 8 hearts.) It may still decrease by other means (e.g. giving them a bad gift).
Gifts
You can give each villager two gifts per week (one per day), as indicated by the checkboxes in the social tab. You can always give them a gift on their birthday, even if you've already given them two that week. After marrying a villager, you can give them one gift every day of the week.
Each villager has individual likes and dislikes, which affects how many friendship points are gained when you give them a gift. The friendship points are multiplied on their birthday (×8) and Secret Santa event (×5):
Gift Taste | Normal | Santa (×5) | Birthday (×8) |
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Love | +80 | +400 | +640 |
Like | +45 | +225 | +360 |
Neutral | +20 | +100 | +160 |
Dislike | -20 | -100 | -160 |
Hate | -40 | -200 | -320 |
Heart Events
Gaining friendship with each villager will unlock unique events (see each villager's article for the requirements). It's possible to view events out of order, and it's possible to permanently miss some events if the conditions are never met.
Romance
- Main article: Marriage
Some villagers can be romanced by the player (see marriage candidates). Once you've reached eight hearts with an eligible villager, you can give them a bouquet to unlock the ninth and tenth hearts. (You can give bouquets to multiple villagers with no repercussions before marriage. Doing so after marriage may lose friendship points with your spouse.) Once you've reached ten hearts with an eligible villager, you can give them a Mermaid's Pendant to propose.
After you've married a villager, they get an expanded twelve-heart friendship meter. Reaching the hidden thirteenth heart will net you a stardrop.
Festivals
- Main article: Festivals
Two festivals can affect friendship points:
- The Flower Dance increases friendship points with your dance partner.
- The Luau increases or decreases friendship points with all villagers.
Universal gift tastes
Below are lists of items that are universally loved or hated. Note that there are some exceptions and that individual villager tastes override any universal tastes.
- See also: List of Best Gifts by Villager
Universal Loves
This is a list of items that every villager absolutely loves to receive as a gift. These items are guaranteed to give the most points (80) towards your relationship, but may be difficult to obtain.
Image | Name | Description | Source |
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Prismatic Shard | A very rare and powerful substance with unknown origins. | Mining | |
Rabbit's Foot | Some say it's lucky. | Animals |
Exceptions
- Haley hates Prismatic Shard.
- Penny hates Rabbit's Foot.
Universal Likes
Though worth less friendship points than a loved gift, liked gifts (45 points) are much easier to fulfil. As there are many ways to go about procuring such gifts, their open-ended nature lends itself to 'one gift to woo them all.'
- All Gems except Quartz ((A sub-group of Minerals))
- All Cooking (Except universally neutral foods, which are Fried Eggs, Bread, Wheat, and Hops)
- All Artisan Goods (Except for Pine Tar and Oak Resin, which are universally disliked)
- All Fruit Tree Fruits
- All Vegetables
- All Flowers
Image | Name | Description | Source |
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Coffee | It smells delicious. This is sure to give you a boost. | The Saloon |
Non-Exhaustive List of Exceptions
- Caroline, Jas, Sam, and Sebastian dislike Mayonnaise.
- Elliott dislikes Limestone and Tigerseye and hates Poppies.
- Emily dislikes Pine Tar and Sashimi.
- Evelyn and Kent dislike Sashimi
- George dislikes all flowers.
- Harvey loves Coffee.
- Jas, Sebastian, and Vincent dislike Jelly.
- Jas and Vincent hate Coffee, as well as all Artisan Goods.
- Jodi dislikes Daffodil.
- Krobus dislikes all Cooking.
- Leah dislikes all Pancakes and Gems, except for Diamonds which she likes.
- Maru dislikes Maple Syrup and is neutral towards Cranberries and Daffodil.
- Maru, Sam, and Shane dislike Pickles.
- Penny dislikes Pale Ale and Wine.
- Pierre dislikes all Gems, and hates Apples.
- Sebastian dislikes Pale Ale, Wine, Omelet, Dandelion, Cheese, Daffodil, and most flowers.
- Willy dislikes all Cooking except for dishes that have Fish in them (except Sashimi, which he also dislikes).
Universal Neutral
This is a list of items that will elicit a neutral response from the villagers. There are some exceptions.
Image | Name | Description | Source | Ingredients |
---|---|---|---|---|
Duck Feather | It's so colorful. | Animals | ||
Fried Egg | Sunny-side up. | Cooking |
Egg (1) | |
Bread | A crusty baguette. | Cooking |
Wheat Flour (1) | |
Wheat | One of the most widely cultivated grains. Makes a great flour for breads and cakes. | Farming | ||
Hops | A bitter, tangy flower used to flavor beer. | Farming |
Exceptions
- Leah hates Bread.
- Elliott loves Duck Feathers.
Universal Dislikes
- All Fishes
- All Crafting
- All Minerals including Quartz (Except for Gems which are universal likes.)
- All Building Materials
- All Fertilizer
- All Furniture
- All Monster Loot (Except for the wizard Who loves Solar Essence and Void Essence.)
- All Seeds
Image | Name | Description | Source |
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Chanterelle | A tasty mushroom with a fruity smell and slightly peppery flavor. | Foraging - Fall | |
Cave Carrot | A starchy snack found in caves. It helps miners work longer. | Foraging | |
Driftwood | A piece of wood from the sea. | Fishing | |
Wheat Flour | A common cooking ingredient made from crushed wheat seeds. | Pierre's | |
Oil | All purpose cooking oil. | Pierre's | |
Void Egg | A jet-black egg with red flecks. It's warm to the touch. | Animals | |
Vinegar | An aged fermented liquid used in many cooking recipes. | Pierre's | |
Rice | A basic grain often served under vegetables. | Pierre's | |
Field Snack | A quick snack to fuel the hungry forager. | Crafting | |
Geode | A blacksmith can break this open for you. | Mining | |
Frozen Geode | A blacksmith can break this open for you. | Mining | |
Magma Geode | A blacksmith can break this open for you. | Mining | |
Omni Geode | A blacksmith can break this open for you. These geodes contain a wide variety of Minerals. | Mining | |
Oak Resin | A sticky, fragrant substance derived from oak sap. | Artisan Goods | |
Pine Tar | A pungent substance derived from pine sap. | Artisan Goods | |
Salmonberry | A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest. | Foraging |
Non-Exhaustive List of Exceptions
- Sebastian and Krobus love Void Eggs.
- Wizard loves Solar Essence and Void Essence.
- Jodi, Linus, Shane, Leah, Pam, Robin, and Demetrius like Salmonberries.
- Clint and Dwarf love Omni Geodes.
- Sebastian and Abigail like Quartz
- Leah likes Driftwood.
- Willy likes many types of fish
- Robin likes Hardwood.
Universal Hates
Image | Name | Description | Source |
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File:Weeds.png | Weeds | A bunch of obnoxious weeds. | Foraging |
Sap | A fluid obtained from trees. | Foraging | |
Rusty Spoon | A plain old spoon, probably ten years old. Not very interesting. | Artifacts | |
Rusty Spur | An old spur that was once attached to a cowboy's boot. People must have been raising animals in this area for many generations. | Artifacts | |
Rusty Cog | A well preserved cog that must have been part of some ancient machine. This could be dwarven technology. | Artifacts | |
Carp | A common pond fish. | Fishing | |
Seaweed | It can be used in cooking. | Fishing | |
Green Algae | It's really slimy. | Fishing | |
White Algae | It's super slimy. | Fishing | |
Hay | Dried grass used as animal food. | Foraging, Marnie's | |
Chewing Stick | Ancient people chewed on these to keep their teeth clean. | Artifacts | |
Poppy | In addition to its colorful flower, the Poppy has culinary and medicinal uses. Note: Penny loves Poppy flowers. | Farming | |
Copper Ore | A common ore that can be smelted into bars. | Mining | |
Iron Ore | A fairly common ore that can be smelted into bars. | Mining | |
Sea Urchin | A slow-moving, spiny creature that some consider a delicacy. | Foraging | |
Red Mushroom | A spotted mushroom sometimes found in caves. | Foraging | |
Bug Meat | It's a juicy wad of bug flesh. | Monsters | |
Snail | A wide-ranging mollusk that lives in a spiral shell. | Fishing | |
Slime | A shimmering, gelatinous glob with no smell. | Monsters | |
Bat Wing | The material is surprisingly delicate. | Monsters | |
Oil of Garlic | Drink this and weaker monsters will avoid you. | Crafting | |
Strange Bun | What's inside? | Cooking |