Leah

“	“Leah lives alone in a small cabin just outside of town. She loves to spend time outside, foraging for a wild meal or simply enjoying the gifts of the season. She’s a talented artist with a large portfolio of work… yet she’s too nervous to display it to the public. Maybe you can give her a little confidence boost?”
	— Dev Update #12

Leah is a villager who lives in a small cottage outside Pelican Town. She's one of the ten characters available to marry.

She spends each morning sculpting inside her cottage. Her home opens at 10:00 AM, but players must first aquire two hearts in friendship before being allowed inside. The first time the player enters her cottage an event will be triggered, but only if she is at home at the time.

Gifts

For an explanation on friendship points/hearts and how gifts increase them, please visit the Social page.

Birthday (Winter 23)

“	“You remembered my birthday! Thank you. This is great.”

Best

“	“Oh! This is exactly what I wanted! Thank you!”

Universal Loves

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
	Goat Cheese	Soft cheese made from goat's milk.	Cheese Press
	Poppyseed Muffin	It has a soothing effect.	Cooking	Poppy (1) Wheat Flour (1) Sugar (1)
	Salad	A healthy garden salad.	Cooking The Saloon	Leek (1) Dandelion (1) Vinegar (1)
	Stir Fry	Julienned vegetables on a bed of rice.	Cooking	Cave Carrot (1) Common Mushroom (1) Kale (1) Oil (1)
File:Vegetable Stew.png	Vegetable Stew	This is very nutritious	Cooking	Tomato (1) Beet (1)
	Wine	Drink in moderation.	Keg	Any fruit

Good

“	“This is a really nice gift! Thank you!”

Universal Likes

All Eggs (except Void Egg)

All Fruits

All Greens

All Milk

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
File:Autumns Bounty.png	Autumn's Bounty	A taste of the season.	Cooking	Yam (1) Pumpkin (1)
	Bok Choy	The leafy greens and fibrous stalks are healthy and delicious.	Farming - Fall
	Common Mushroom	Slightly nutty, with good texture.	Foraging - Spring/Fall
	Daffodil	A traditional spring flower that makes a nice gift.	Foraging - Spring
	Dandelion	Not the prettiest flower, but the leaves make a good salad.	Foraging - Spring
	Mayonnaise	It looks spreadable.	Mayonnaise Machine	Egg (1)
	Morel	Sought after for its unique nutty flavor.	Foraging - Spring
	Omelet	It's super fluffy.	Cooking	Egg (1) Milk (1)
	Wild Horseradish	A spicy root found in the spring.	Foraging - Spring
	Sweet Pea	A fragrant summer flower.	Foraging - Summer
	Blackberry	An early-fall treat.	Foraging - Fall
	Chanterelle	A tasty mushroom with a fruity smell and slightly peppery flavor.	Foraging - Fall
	Holly	The leaves and bright red berries make a popular winter decoration.	Foraging - Winter
	Crocus	A flower that can bloom in the winter.	Foraging - Winter
	Honey	It's a sweet syrup produced by bees.	Bee House
	Cheese	It's your basic cheese.	Artisan Goods - Cheese Press	Milk (1)
	Pale Ale	Drink in moderation.	Artisan Goods - Keg	Hops (1)
	Diamond	A rare and valuable gem.	Mining - Minerals
	Parsnip	A spring tuber closely related to the carrot. It has an earthy taste and is full of nutrients.	Farming - Spring
	Salmonberry	A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest.	Foraging - Spring
	Spaghetti	An old favorite.	Cooking	Wheat Flour (1) Tomato (1)

Neutral

“	“Thank you.”

Universal Neutral

Image	Name	Description	Source
	Duck Feather	It's so colorful.	Ducks

Bad

“	“Hmm... I guess everyone has different tastes.”

Universal Dislikes

All Gems

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
	Bream	A fairly common river fish that becomes active at night	Fishing
	Cave Carrot	A starchy snack found in caves. It helps miners work longer.	Mining
	Clay	Put in a furnace to make a clay pot.	Foraging - Hoe
	Ice Cream	Everyone likes this.	Cooking	Milk (1) Sugar (1)
	Seaweed	It can be used in cooking.	Fishing
	Smallmouth Bass	A freshwater fish that is very sensitive to pollution	Fishing
	Stone	A useful material when broken with the Pickaxe.	Mining

Worst

“	“This is a pretty terrible gift, isn't it?”

Universal Hates

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
	Bread	A crusty baguette.	Cooking	Wheat Flour (1)
	Pizza	It's popular for all the right reasons.	Cooking	Wheat Flour (1) Tomato (1) Cheese (1)
	Poppy	A flower blooming in the Summer.	Farming - Summer
	Void Egg	A jet-black egg with red flecks. It's warm to the touch.	Void Chickens

Heart Events

Two Hearts

At 2 hearts, when you enter Leah's Cottage it triggers a cut-scene in which she talks about her passion but also the fears that come with it. You can help encourage her.

Four Hearts

At 4 hearts, when you enter her cottage it triggers a cut scene in which she has just been talking to her ex, you have a choice of responses.

-No, it had to be done.

"You're right... I just wouldn't have been happy back there."

-No, and your ex sounds like an idiot.

"That's a little harsh... but, yeah. We had different priorities."

-No, but you would've been better off staying in the city.

-Yeah, a little.

-Yeah, but it's natural to care about yourself first.

"*sigh*... Maybe you're right. Humans are selfish creatures. I don't know."

Six Hearts

Head to your farm to trigger the event. Leah will speak to you to say she has a gift for you and you receive the sculpture she has been working on in her house.

Seven Hearts

Walk south from your farm, after 4:00 pm, to Cindersap Forest and you will see her trying to reach a fruit from the large tree just above the forest lake. Leah can't reach it, so you place her on your shoulders. She thanks you and talks about how if her art ever fails, you'll always be there to catch her.

This cut scene is not available in winter or in bad weather. It will be delayed to the next suitable day.

Eight Hearts

Leah will visit your farm the next morning and invite you to her art show in the town that same afternoon. Between 3 PM and 5 PM go into town to trigger the art show.

In the Two Heart event, if you chose to suggest she sell her art online, there is an alternative heart event. Walk into her house at any point after 10 AM, and she will be on the computer talking about her selling her artwork.

Ten Hearts

Walk south of your farm after 11am and the heart event will start. She'll invite you to a picnic and thank you for supporting her art show. You will share a kiss. Kel (her ex) will show up and Leah will get annoyed. You get the option to punch them or reason with them. If you don't punch Kel, then Leah will. If you punch Kel, Leah will comment that your violence concerns her.

Kel's appearance is androgynous and their gender changes, possibly based on the gender of your Farmer.

This cut scene is not available in winter or in bad weather. It will be delayed to the next suitable day.

Schedule

Each day Leah wakes up at 10:00 AM and begins the day sculpting in her cottage. Unless players have achieved at least two friendship hearts with her they will be unable to enter her home. After sculpting she often goes out to draw beside the pond in the woods, or sometimes at the beach in the summer.

If it's raining, or during winter she'll spend the day inside her cottage, exiting at 4:00 PM to travel to the saloon for the evening. She also spends each Friday and Saturday doing art at home, then socializing at the saloon.

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)

Raining
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
2:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Continues moving around inside her cottage.
4:00 PM	The Saloon	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to the saloon.
11:40 PM	Leah's Cottage	Departs from the saloon and walks back home for the evening.

Spring 16
9:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
10:30 AM	Medical Clinic	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to the clinic for her annual checkup. "Hi. Here to see the doctor?"
1:30 PM	Medical Clinic	Continues checkup at the clinic. "Do I look healthy, Doctor Harvey?"
4:00 PM	The Saloon	Departs the clinic and walks to the saloon.
11:40 PM	Leah's Cottage	Leaves the saloon and walks back to her cottage.

Winter
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
2:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Continues moving around inside her cottage.
4:00 PM	The Saloon	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to the saloon.
11:40 PM	Leah's Cottage	Departs from the saloon and walks back home for the evening.

Fall
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 PM	Pelican Town	Leaves her cottage, walks through town, and stands beside the east side of the river behind the Blacksmith.
2:00 PM	Pelican Town	Arrives at the east side of the river in town, stands there gazing over the water.
7:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Walks from Pelican Town back to her cottage.
10:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
12:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Goes to bed for the evening.

Monday
9:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
11:00 AM	Pierre's General Store	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to Pierre's General Store.
5:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Walks from Pierre's General Store back to her cottage.
10:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
12:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Goes to bed for the evening.

Friday, Saturday
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
2:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Continues moving around inside her cottage.
4:00 PM	The Saloon	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to the saloon.
11:40 PM	Leah's Cottage	Departs from the saloon and walks back home for the evening.

Summer
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 AM	The Beach	Leaves her cottage and walks through town to the beach to draw.
7:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Leaves the beach and walks back to her cottage.
10:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
12:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Goes to bed for the evening.

Regular Schedule
10:00 AM	Leah's Cottage	Wakes up for the day, sculpts inside her cottage.
12:00 AM	The Woods	Leaves her cottage and walks west to the lake in the woods. Stands on the eastern shore of the lake and gazes toward the water.
4:00 PM	The Woods	Leaves the lake and walks elsewhere in the woods to draw.
6:30 PM	The Woods	Walks back to the lake in the woods. Stands on the eastern shore of the lake and gazes toward the water.
7:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Leaves the woods and walks back to her cottage.
10:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Moves around her cottage.
12:00 PM	Leah's Cottage	Goes to bed for the evening.

Timeline

Leah's look evolved over the years the game was in development. Here's a timeline showing how ConcernedApe's art and Leah's style changed over the years before the game was launched.