There are 45 characters in Stardew Valley to befriend. Having to remember 45 different peoples’ likes and dislikes can be hard to track, so you’ll want to narrow it down to their favorite gifts. If you give a character a gift they love, they’ll respond with a speech bubble with a heart inside it.
Giving characters that they love will increase their relationship with you the most. Giving them this kind of gift on their birthday will score you eight times the amount of points it normally would which provides a giant boost in your relationship. Giving something a gift on the Feast of the Winter Star will also increase your relationship significantly, with the points being multiplied by five. So, whether you’re trying to woo your favorite character into marrying you or you’re going for the Popular achievement/trophy, these are the items that you’ll want to give each villager in Stardew Valley.
Universally Loved Gifts
There are five universally loved gifts in the game that 43 characters adore, with Haley and Penny being the exception to this as they both hate a different item on this list. So, if you find these items or manage to craft them and don’t need them for crafting or any quests, feel free to give them to one of the villagers. These items are:
- Golden Pumpkin
- Magic Rock Candy
- Pearl
- Prismatic Shard (Harley hates this item)
- Rabbit’s Foot (Penny hates this item)
The Bachelors’ Favorite Gifts in Stardew Valley
| Character | Favorite Gifts |
| Alex | Complete Breakfast, Salmon Dinner |
| Elliot | Crab Cakes, Duck Feather, Lobster, Pomegranate, Squid Ink, Tom Kha Soup |
| Harvey | Coffee, Pickles, Super Meal, Truffle Oil, Wine |
| Sam | Cactus Fruit, Maple Bar, Pizza, Tigerseye |
| Sebastian | Frozen Tear, Obsidian, Pumpkin Soup, Sashimi, Void Egg |
| Shane | Beer, Hot Pepper, Pepper Poppers, Pizza |
The Bachelorettes’ Favorite Gifts in Stardew Valley
| Character | Favorite Gifts |
| Abigail | Amethyst, Banana Pudding, Blackberry Cobbler, Chocolate Cake, Pufferfish, Pumpkin, Spicy Eel |
| Emily | Amethyst, Aquamarine, Cloth, Emerald, Jade, Ruby, Survival Burger, Topaz, Wool |
| Haley | Coconut, Fruit Salad, Pink Cake, Sunflower |
| Leah | Goat Cheese, Poppyseed Muffin, Salad, Stir Fry, Truffle, Vegetable Medley, Wine |
| Maru | Battery Pack, Cauliflower, Cheese Cauliflower, Diamond, Gold Bar, Iridium Bar, Miner’s Treat, Pepper Poppers, Radioactive Bar, Rhubarb Pie, Strawberry |
| Penny | Diamond, Emerald, Melon, Poppy, Poppyseed Muffin, Red Plate, Roots Platter, Sandfish, Tom Kha Soup |
The Villagers’ Favorite Gifts in Stardew Valley
| Character | Favorite Gifts |
| Caroline | Fish Taco, Green Tea, Summer Spangle, Tropical Curry |
| Clint | Amethyst, Aquamarine, Artichoke Dip, Emerald, Fiddlehead Risotto, Gold Bar, Iridium Bar, Jade, Omni Geode, Ruby, Topaz |
| Demetrius | Bean Hotpot, Ice Cream, Rice Pudding, Strawberry |
| Dwarf | Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, jade, Lemon Stone, Omni Geode, Ruby, Topaz |
| Evelyn | Beet, Chocolate Cake, Diamond, Fairy Rose, Stuffing, Tulip |
| George | Fried Mushroom, Leek |
| Gus | Diamond, Escargot, Fish Taco, Orange, Tropical Curry |
| Jas | Fairy Rose, Pink Cake, Plum Pudding |
| Jodi | Chocolate Cake, Crispy Bass, Diamond, Eggplant Parmesan, Fried Eel, Pancakes, Rhubarb Pie, Vegetable Medley |
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| Kent | Fiddlehead Risotto, Roasted Hazelnuts |
| Krobus | Diamond, Iridium Bar, Pumpkin, Void Egg, Void Mayonnaise, Wild Horseradish |
| Leo | Duck Feather, Mango, Ostrich Egg, Poi |
| Lewis | Autumn’s Bounty, Glazed Yams, Green tea, Hot Pepper, Vegetable Medley |
| Linus | Blueberry Tart, Cactus Fruit, Coconut, Dish O’ the Sea, Yam |
| Marnie | Diamond, Farmer’s Lunch, Pink Cake, Pumpkin Pie |
| Pam | Beer, Cactus Fruit, Glazed Yams, Mead, Pale Ale, Parsnip, Parsnip Soup, Pina Colada |
| Pierre | Fried Calamari |
| Robin | Goat Cheese, Peach, Spaghetti |
| Sandy | Crocus, Daffodil, Mango Sticky Rice, Sweet Pea |
| Vincent | Cranberry Candy, Ginger Ale, Grape, Pink Cake, Snail |
| Willy | Catfish, Diamond, Iridium Bar, Mead, Octopus, Pumpkin, Sea Cucumber, Sturgeon |
| Wizard | Purple Mushroom, Solar Essence, Super Cucumber, Void Essence |
Universally Disliked Gifts in Stardew Valley
Here are all of the universally disliked gifts in Stardew Valley:
- All Artifacts
- All Bombs
- All Crafted Floors & Paths
- All Fences
- All Fertilizer
- All Fish
- All Geode Minerals
- All Geodes
- All Seeds (Fruit Tree Saplings, Tea Saplings, Acorns, Maple Seeds, and Pine Cones included)
- All Sprinklers
- All Tackle
- Battery Packs
- Bone Fragment
- Cave Carrot
- Clay
- Cinder Shard
- Coal
- Copper Bars
- Driftwood
- Fiber
- Field Snack
- Gold Bars
- Gold Ore
- Hardwood
- Iridium Bars
- Iridium Ore
- Iron Bards
- Jack-O-Lantern
- Oak Resin
- Oil
- Pine Tar
- Qi Fruit
- Refined Quartz
- Rice
- Solar Essence
- Spring Onion
- Stone
- Tea Set
- Unmilled Rice
- Vinegar
- Void Egg
- Void Essence
- Wheat Flour
- Wood
Please note that there ar e exceptions:
- Clam is universally neutral
- Carp and Snails are universally hated
And here are the exceptions per character:
| Character | Loves | Likes | Neutral | Hates |
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| Abigail | Pufferfish | – | – | Clay |
| Clint | Gold Bar, Iridium Bar, Omni Geode | Copper Bar, Iron Bar | Coal, Gold Ore, Iridium Ore, Refined Quartz | – |
| Demetrius | – | – | All Fish (except Carp & Snail) | – |
| Dwarf | Lemon Stone, Omni Geode | All Artifacts, Cave Carrot | Solar Essence, Void Essence | – |
| Elliott | Lobster | Octopus, Squid | All Other Fish (except Carp & Snail) | Sea Cucumber |
| Evelyn | – | – | – | All Fish, Clay |
| George | – | – | – | Clay |
| Haley | – | – | – | All Fish, Clay |
| Harvey | – | Spring Onion | – | – |
| Jas | – | – | – | Clay |
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| Krobus | Iridium Bar, Void Egg | Gold Bar | – | – |
| Leah | – | Driftwood, Spring Onion | – | Void Egg |
| Leo | – | – | All Fish | Oil, Unmilled Rice |
| Linus | – | Spring Onion | All Fish (except Carp & Snail) | – |
| Marnie | – | – | – | Clay |
| Maru | Battery Pack, Gold Bar, Iridium Bar | Copper Bar, Iron Bar, Oak Resin, Pine Tar | – | – |
| Pam | – | – | All Fish (except Carp, Octopus, Snail & Squid) | Octopus, Squid |
| Penny | Sandfish | All Artifacts | – | – |
| Pierre | – | – | – | All Fish |
| Robin | – | Hardwood | – | – |
| Sam | Tigerseye | – | – | Metal Goods |
| Sebastian | Obsidian, Void Egg | Flounder | All Fish (except Flounder, Carp & Snail) | Clay |
| Vincent | – | – | – | Clay |
| Willy | Catfish, Iridium Bar, Octopus, Sea Cucumber, Sturgeon | Gold Bar, Lingcod, Tiger Trout | All Other Fish (except Carp & Snail) | – |
| Wizard | Solar Essence, Void Essence, Super Cucumber | All Geode Minerals | – | – |
Universally Hated Gifts in Stardew Valley
Here are all of the universally hated gifts in Stardew Valley:
- Bait: All types
- Fossils: All types
- Monster Loot
- Trash
- Artifact Trove
- Bug Steak
- Carp
- Copper Ore
- Crab Pot
- Dragon Tooth
- Drum Block
- Energy Tonic
- Error Item
- Explosive Ammo
- Fairy Dust
- Flute Block
- Grass Starter
- Green Algae
- Golden Coconut
- Hay
- Iron Ore
- Journal Scrap
- Monster Musk
- Muscle Remedy
- Oil of Garlic
- Poppy
- Qi Seasoning
- Radioactive Bar
- Radioactive Ore
- Rain Totem
- Red Mushroom
- Sap
- Sea Urchin
- Seafoam Pudding
- Seaweed
- Secret Note
- Slime Egg (all colors)
- Snail
- Strange Bun
- Sugar
- Torch
- Treasure Chest
- Void Mayonnaise
- Warp Totem: Beach, Desert, Farm, Island, Mountains
- White Algae
However, there are exceptions to these universal dislikes. Solar Essence and Void Essence are just disliked, not hated. Driftwood is also just disliked. There are some others, but they are character specific:
| Character | Loves | Likes | Dislikes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | – | – | Sugar |
| Krobus | Void Mayonnaise | Seafoam Pudding | – |
| Leah | – | – | Seaweed |
| Leo | Dragon Tooth, Sea Urchin | – | – |
| Marnie | – | – | Seaweed |
| Maru | Radioactive Bar | Radioactive Ore | – |
| Penny | Poppy | – | Red Mushroom |
| Sam | Joja Cola | – | Seaweed |
| Shane | – | – | Seaweed |
| Vincent | Snails | – | – |
| Willy | – | Seafoam Pudding | – |
| Wizard | – | – | Slime |
Published: Mar 21, 2024 10:30 pm