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Friendship

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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)
Love +80 +400 +640
Like +45 +225 +360
Neutral +20 +100 +160
Dislike -20 -100 -160
Hate -40 -200 -320

If a gift is liked or loved, the points gained will be further affected by quality of the item:

Quality Multiplier
Normal +0%
  Silver +10%
  Gold +25%
  Iridium +50%

Heart Events

Gaining friendship with each villager will unlock unique events (see each villager's article for the requirements). It's possible to permanently miss some events, though most events can be viewed at your leisure or out of order.

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, List of All 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
  Prismatic Shard A very rare and powerful substance with unknown origins. Mining
  Rabbit's Foot Some say it's lucky. Animals

Exceptions

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.'

Non-Exhaustive List of Exceptions

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
  Sweet Gem Berry It's the sweetest thing you have ever smelled. Farming
  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

Universal Dislikes

Image Name Description Source
  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

Non-Exhaustive List of Exceptions

Universal Hates

Image Name Description Source
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
  Void Mayonnaise A thick, black paste that smells like burnt hair. Mayonnaise Machine

Non-Exhaustive List of Exceptions

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