Maru

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“Growing up with a carpenter and a scientist for parents, Maru acquired a passion for creating gadgets at a young age. When she isn’t in her room, fiddling with tools and machinery, she sometimes does odd jobs at the local clinic. Friendly, outgoing, and ambitious, Maru would be quite a lucky match for a lowly newcomer such as yourself… Can you win her heart, or will she slip through your fingers and disappear from your life forever?”

— Dev Update #12

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

She lives north of town with her family in a house attached to Robin's carpenter shop.

Schedule

Monday

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM works in her bedroom (carpenter's house)

10:00 AM - ??:?? works the laboratory in her house

Tuesday

09:30 AM - 04:00PM Works the front counter at Harvey's clinic as a nurse

Wednesday

Thursday

09:30 AM - 04:00PM Works the front counter at Harvey's clinic as a nurse

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Relationships

Maru lives with her parents Demetrius and Robin, as well as her half-brother Sebastian who is also Robin's son.

Heart Amount	Event	Location
2	Soil Samples	Maru's House

Gifts

Best

"Is that...? Oh wow, (Name)! This is spectacular!"

Universal Loves

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
File:Cheese Cauli.png	Cheese Cauliflower	It smells great!	Cooking	Cauliflower (1) Cheese (1)
	Pepper Poppers	Spicy breaded peppers filled with cheese.	Cooking	Hot Pepper (1)
	Rhubarb Pie	Mmm, tangy and sweet!	Cooking	Rhubarb (1) Wheat Flour (1) Sugar (1)
File:Miners Treat.png	Miner's Treat	This should keep your energy up.	Cooking	Cave Carrot (2) Sugar (1) Milk (1)
	Strawberry	A sweet, juicy favorite with an appealing red color.	Farming
	Diamond	A rare and valuable gem.	Mining
	Gold Bar	A bar of pure gold.	Resource - Furnace
	Iridium Bar	A bar of pure iridium.	Resource - Furnace
	Battery Pack	It's fully charged with precious energy.	Resource - Lightning Rod

Good

"This is a super gift! Thank you!"

Universal Likes

All Artisan Goods

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
	Quartz	A clear crystal commonly found in caves and mines.	Foraging - Mines
	Frozen Tear		Mining
	Copper Bar	A bar of pure copper.	Mining - Furnace
	Iron Bar	A bar of pure iron.	Mining - Furnace
	Sweet Pea	A fragrant summer flower.	Foraging - Summer
	Pizza	It's popular for all the right reasons.	Cooking	Wheat Flour (1) Tomato (1) Cheese (1)
	Amethyst	A purple variant of quartz.	Minerals

Bad

"Oh... That's for me? I'll just put it over here..."

Universal Dislikes

All Fish

Image	Name	Description	Source
	Clay	Put in a furnace to make a clay pot.	Foraging - Hoe
	Salmonberry	A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest.	Foraging
	Soapstone	Because of its relatively soft consistency, this stone is very popular for carving.	Mining

Worst

"Yuck! You thought I would like this?"

Universal Hates

Image	Name	Description	Source
	Stone	A useful material when broken with the Pickaxe.	Mining
	Wild Honey	???	Bee House
	Poppy	???	Farming - Summer

Heart Events

Two Hearts

As you walk into their house, you find Maru and Demetrius in their lab. Maru asks you to watch a beaker as she has to go do something. While you're watching the beaker, Demetrius starts talking to you about his special little girl Maru. Demetrius states that he doesn't want anything getting in the way of Maru's future "If you know what I mean." When Maru returns, Demetrius tells Maru that he was telling you about the tests.

"Right, (character name)?"

1 - Say nothing

Both Demetrius and Maru go back to their work.

2 - Actually, your dad was being weird

Maru will ask Demetrius what (character name) is talking about. Demetrius will tell the truth and apologize for his behaviour.

Four Hearts

Triggered by entering the clinic on a Tuesday or Thursday while Maru is working there. She is surprised by your entry and drops a glass beaker she is holding. Worried about Harvey's response, she asks you what she should do. The three responses below are paraphrases.

1 - Clear it up quickly, Harvey won't notice.

2 - Tell Harvey that it was [player's] fault.

3 - Tell Harvey the truth.

When Maru tells Harvey the truth, he easily forgives her and praises her for being such a good help around the clinic. Maru is happy that she was honest, but the player character has a tear above their head at the end of the event (unclear whether from sadness or relief).

When Maru blames the incident on you, Harvey scolds her saying that she shouldn't blame her problems on others. This leaves Maru feeling flustered and upset.

Six Hearts

Her House (occurred for this editor on Thursday, entering the house after she had just returned from working at the clinic). Maru will show you what it is she's been working on, and accidentally shock you in the process of testing it. You have the option of telling her that the shock barely hurt or that it was extremely painful, with the former leaving her in a slightly better mood although she remains sad that she accidentally shocked you.

Eight Hearts

Triggered by entering the area of the map where her house is located in the evening (after about 8pm on a Sunday coming down from the Hot Springs, for this editor). The scene takes you to a mountain area where Maru is using her telescope; she will look through it and then let you do so, after which you have two options when she asks: 'What did you see?'

1 - A beautiful planet.

Maru agrees with you, and makes a comment about how small it feels to be human in a vast universe. She starts to confess something to you, but hesitates and carries on showing you stars and planets through the telescope.

2 - A cold, dark abyss.

Maru reluctantly agrees with you, and comments that since you are human, both of you will be long dead before any of these stars are visited. She starts to confess something to you, but hesitates and carries on showing you stars and planets through the telescope.

Ten Hearts

Timeline

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