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 (+10 to +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 Gifts

See also: List of Best Gifts by Villager, List of All Gifts by Villager

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.

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

Universal Loves 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 and Void Mayonnaise which is hated)
All Fruit Tree Fruits
All Vegetables
All Flowers (Except for Poppy which is hated)

Universal Likes exceptions

Caroline, Jas, Sam, and Sebastian dislike Mayonnaise.
Elliott dislikes Limestone and Tigerseye and hates Poppies.
Emily dislikes Ice Cream, Pine Tar, and Sashimi.
Evelyn and Kent dislike Sashimi
George dislikes all flowers.
Clint dislikes most 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, Mead and Wine.
Pierre dislikes all Gems (except Diamonds)
Sebastian dislikes Pale Ale, Beer, Mead, 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 Neutrals

This is a list of items that will elicit a neutral response from the villagers. There are some exceptions.

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

Universal Neutrals 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 Monster Loot (Except for the wizard Who loves Solar Essence and Void Essence.)
All Seeds
All Tackles

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

Universal Dislikes exceptions

Sebastian and Krobus love Void Eggs.
Wizard loves Solar Essence and Void Essence.
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

All Trash
All Bait
All Furniture

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