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You can become friends with Pelican Town's villagers. As your friendships deepen, the villagers' dialogue lines become more friendly, cut-scenes called heart events occur, and the villagers send you gifts in the mail.

When talking to villagers, a circle will appear next to their portrait. Its color will depend on the number of hearts you have with the villager. Blue denotes 0 hearts, green for 2, yellow for 4, red for 6, purple for 8, and at 10-12 hearts a purple star will appear. Scrolling the mouse over the circle will display the number of hearts out of 10, if not married.

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 all heart meters on the social tab of the game menu.

You can increase friendship points by:

talking to villagers (+10 if the villager is in the middle of a special animation, like exercising or using a camera, otherwise +20; can only score once per day);
completing a delivery quest for them (+150);
giving them a gift they like (see Gifts);
additional points for a second liked or loved gift in a week (see Gifts);
making certain choices in their heart events.

You can lose friendship points by:

not talking to a villager (see Decay);
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). They will speak to indicate that they have seen you.

You may enter a villager's bedroom when the relevant heart meter reads at least 2 hearts. This level improves access to the villager for talking and gifting.

You receive (or deduct) friendship points as normal on a festival day, based upon any contact with a villager that happens outside of the festival itself. However, talking to a villager during a festival yields no friendship points, although it may reveal interesting information. You may, however, talk with a villager once outside the festival, and talk again during the festival, if the festival schedule and place permit it. But if attending the festival means you have no possibility of talking to a villager, you will still lose two friendship points.

Friendship points can increase up to a maximum of 2749 (one point less than 11 hearts), when you do talk or give a liked or loved gift to a villager whose heart meter is full.

With marriage candidates, the meter pauses at 8 hearts. It will stay that way forever unless you give the candidate a bouquet to indicate your romantic interest. If you do so, that meter is unlocked again and operates as before until ten hearts is reached and it registers as full. It is possible to give a bouquet to any and all marriage candidates, and raise all their friendship levels to 10 hearts, without damage to your relationships with other romantic partners, so long as you have not yet proposed.

When you propose marriage, the heart meters of all other marriage candidates convert to the behavior of all other villagers, since none are marriage candidates any longer. In three days, when you then marry, your spouse's meter unlocks once again. The social tab displays a 12-heart meter, but the friendship level actually can rise as far as 13 hearts.

Decay

Each day, not talking to a villager will slightly decrease their friendship unless their heart meter is full.^[1] When married, decay never stops — don't ignore your spouse!

relationship	decay rate	when decay stops
married	-20/day	never
gave bouquet	-8/day	10 hearts
pre-bouquet	-2/day	8 hearts
not romanceable	-2/day	10 hearts

Gifts

You can give each villager one gift per day, up to two gifts per week, as indicated by the checkboxes in the social tab. For the purpose of gift-giving, the week begins on Sunday. If you give a villager two gifts in a week, that heart meter will rise an additional ten friendship points on Sunday morning when you get up.

You can always give a birthday gift to a villager, even if you've already given that character two other gifts that week. Glitch: If you do, one of the checkbox checks against their name will disappear. Even so, you cannot then give yet another gift that week.

You can give your spouse 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.

Quests

Main article: Quests

The game-opening Introductions quest, when completed, increases by 100 the player's friendship points with each of the 28 starting townspeople. (The Wizard is not included among these villagers.)

Festivals

Main article: Festivals

Three festivals can affect friendship points:

The Flower Dance increases friendship 250 points (one heart) with your dance partner, unless the partner is locked at eight hearts beforehand.
The Luau increases or decreases friendship points with most villagers (all except Sandy, the Wizard, Krobus, and the Dwarf).
Your gift to your secret friend at the Feast of the Winter Star is worth 5x the normal amount of friendship points.

Bulletin Board Bundles

Main article: Bundles

Completing all Bulletin Board bundles improves the player's friendship rating with non-datable villagers by two hearts (500 points). Note that this applies only to non-datable villagers whom you have met in person. Villagers who do not show on the "Social" tab of the player menu and villagers whose names appear as "???" will not receive 500 points.

Note that you do not have to understand Dwarvish for the Dwarf to receive 500 points. In contrast, you do have to understand Dwarvish for gifts to affect friendship with the Dwarf.

Universal Gifts

Template:See also Below are lists of items that are universally loved, liked, considered neutral, disliked, or hated. Note that there are some exceptions and that individual villager tastes override any universal tastes.
Preferences for Eggs, Milk, Fruit, and most Foraged Items vary by villager, and are generally not listed here.

Note that Dinosaur Eggs are considered Artifacts and not Eggs for gifting purposes.

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.

When given a loved gift, villagers usually respond with a heart dialogue bubble.

Universal Loves exceptions

Haley hates Prismatic Shard.
Penny hates Rabbit's Foot.

Universal Likes

Though worth fewer friendship points than a loved gift, a liked gift increases friendship by 45 points, and is often much easier to obtain.

All Artisan Goods (Except for Oil which is disliked, and Void Mayonnaise which is hated)
All Cooking (Except for Fried Egg and Bread, which are universally neutral, and Strange Bun which is hated)
All Flowers (Except for Poppy which is hated)
All Foraged Minerals (Except Quartz which varies by villager)
All Fruit Tree Fruits
All Gems (Except Prismatic Shard which is Loved)
All Vegetables including Fiddlehead Fern (Except Wheat and Hops which are Universal Neutrals)
Life Elixir
Maple Syrup

Universal Likes exceptions

Below is an Expandable table of all Universal Likes exceptions, listed by Villager. (See also: List of All Gifts)

Villager	Loves	Dislikes	Hates
Abigail	Gems: Amethyst Cooking: Blackberry Cobbler, Chocolate Cake, Spicy Eel Vegetables: Pumpkin	All Vegetables except Pumpkin
Alex	Cooking: Complete Breakfast, Salmon Dinner
Caroline	Cooking: Fish Taco Flowers: Summer Spangle	Artisan Goods: Duck Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise Vegetables: Amaranth
Clint	All Gems except Diamond Cooking: Algae Soup, Fiddlehead Risotto	All Flowers (except Poppy)
Demetrius	Cooking: Bean Hotpot, Ice Cream, Rice Pudding
Dwarf	All Gems except Diamond
Elliott	Cooking: Crab Cakes, Tom Kha Soup Fruit Tree Fruit: Pomegranate	Cooking: Pizza	Vegetables: Amaranth
Emily	Artisan Goods: Cloth Cooking: Survival Burger All Gems except Diamond	Cooking: Fried Eel, Ice Cream, Rice Pudding, Spicy Eel	Cooking: Fish Taco, Maki Roll, Salmon Dinner, Sashimi
Evelyn	Cooking: Chocolate Cake, Stuffing Flowers: Fairy Rose, Tulip Gems: Diamond Vegetables: Beet		Cooking: Fried Eel, Maki Roll, Sashimi, Spicy Eel, Trout Soup Vegetables: Garlic
George	Cooking: Fried Mushroom	All Flowers (except Poppy)
Gus	Cooking: Escargot, Fish Taco Fruit Tree Fruit: Orange Gems: Diamond		Cooking: Coleslaw
Haley	Cooking: Fruit Salad, Pink Cake Flowers: Sunflower	All Vegetables (except Hops & Wheat)
Harvey	Artisan Goods: Coffee, Pickles, Truffle Oil, Wine Cooking: Super Meal	Artisan Goods: Cheese, Goat Cheese
Jas	Cooking: Pink Cake, Plum Pudding Flowers: Fairy Rose	All Vegetables (except Hops & Wheat)	All Artisan Goods (except Mead & Oil)
Jodi	Cooking: Chocolate Cake, Crispy Bass, Eggplant Parmesan, Fried Eel, Pancakes, Rhubarb Pie, Vegetable Medley Gems: Diamond	Vegetables: Garlic
Kent	Cooking: Fiddlehead Risotto, Roasted Hazelnuts		Cooking: Algae Soup, Sashimi, Tortilla
Krobus	Gems: Diamond Vegetables: Pumpkin	All Cooking except Bread, Fried Egg, & Strange Bun Misc: Life Elixir
Leah	Artisan Goods: Goat Cheese, Wine Cooking: Poppyseed Muffin, Salad, Stir Fry, Vegetable Medley	All Foraged Minerals except Earth Crystal All Gems except Diamond & Prismatic Shard Cooking: Carp Surprise, Cookie, Ice Cream, Pink Cake, Rice Pudding, Survival Burger, Tortilla	Cooking: Hashbrowns, Pancakes, Pizza
Lewis	Cooking: Autumn's Bounty, Glazed Yams, Vegetable Medley
Linus	Cooking: Blueberry Tart, Dish o' The Sea Vegetables: Yam	All Foraged Minerals All Gems except Diamond & Prismatic Shard
Marnie	Cooking: Farmer's Lunch, Pink Cake, Pumpkin Pie Gems: Diamond
Maru	Cooking: Cheese Cauliflower, Miner's Treat, Pepper Poppers, Rhubarb Pie Gems: Diamond Vegetables: Cauliflower	Misc: Maple Syrup	Artisan Goods: Honey, Pickles
Pam	Artisan Goods: Beer, Mead, Pale Ale Cooking: Glazed Yams, Parsnip Soup Vegetables: Parsnip
Penny	Cooking: Poppyseed Muffin, Red Plate, Roots Platter, Tom Kha Soup Gems: Diamond, Emerald	Cooking: Algae Soup, Pale Broth	Artisan Goods: Beer, Mead, Pale Ale, Wine
Pierre	Cooking: Fried Calamari	All Foraged Minerals All Gems except Diamond & Prismatic Shard	Cooking: Parsnip Soup, Tortilla Vegetables: Corn, Garlic
Robin	Artisan Goods: Goat Cheese Cooking: Spaghetti Fruit Tree Fruit: Peach
Sam	Cooking: Maple Bar, Pizza	All Vegetables (except Hops & Wheat)	Artisan Goods: Duck Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, Pickles
Sandy	Flowers: Crocus, Sweet Pea
Sebastian	Cooking: Pumpkin Soup, Sashimi	All Flowers (except Poppy)	All Artisan Goods (except Coffee, Mead, & Oil) Cooking: Complete Breakfast, Farmer's Lunch, Omelet
Shane	Artisan Goods: Beer Cooking: Pepper Poppers, Pizza		Artisan Goods: Pickles
Vincent	Cooking: Cranberry Candy, Pink Cake	All Vegetables (except Hops & Wheat)	All Artisan Goods (except Mead & Oil)
Willy	Artisan Goods: Mead Gems: Diamond Vegetables: Pumpkin	All Cooking except for the following dishes he likes: Baked Fish, Carp Surprise, Chowder, Crab Cakes, Crispy Bass, Fish Stew, Fish Taco, Fried Calamari, Fried Eel, Lobster Bisque, Salmon Dinner, & Trout Soup Misc: Life Elixir