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There are a LOT of items inStardew Valley. Many of these items can be gifted to villagers to increase Friendship Hearts with them, and in the case of bachelor or bachelorette characters – to romance them. It can get a bit tricky at times, though, because not all characters like all the same things. This list, however, is safe to gift to anyone in the game, barring some exceptions. For the sake of clarity, we are excluding feelings on Eggs (exceptVoid Egg),Milk, non-Tree Fruit, and most Foraged Items on this list because they are so varied from villager to villager. The only exceptions we are including in this list are if a Villager hates a universally loved, liked, or neutral item, or if a villager loves a universally disliked or hated item. Now, with that out of the way, let’s get to the guide!
Universal Loves
This is a list of items that almost every villager loves to receive as a gift. These items are guaranteed to give the most points (80, with no multipliers) towards your relationship with the villager you gifted to. These items are usually rather difficult to obtain. When given a loved gift, villagers usually respond with a heart dialogue bubble.
Golden Pumpkin
Magic Rock Candy
Prismatic Shard
Haley: Hates
Rabbit’s Foot
Penny: Hates
Universal Likes
These items award fewer friendship points than a loved gift, but still increase friendship by 45 points (a little more than half of a loved gift). These items, thankfully, are usually easier to get, and do not trigger a special dialogue bubble.
Exceptions
Artisan Goods
Honey,Wine,Pale Ale,Beer,Mead,Cheese,Goat Cheese,Coffee,Green Tea,Juice,Cloth,Mayonnaise,Duck Mayonnaise,Dinosaur Mayonnaise,Truffle Oil,Pickles,Jelly,Caviar,Aged Roe
Cooking Items
Omelet,Salad,Cheese Cauliflower,Baked Fish,Parsnip Soup,Vegetable Medley,Complete Breakfast,Fried Calamari,Lucky Lunch,Fried Mushroom,Pizza,Bean Hotpot,Glazed Yams,Carp Surprise,Hashbrowns,Pancakes,Salmon Dinner,Fish Taco,Crispy Bass,Pepper Poppers,Tom Kha Soup,Trout Soup,Chocolate Cake,Pink Cake,Rhubarb Pie,Cookie,Spaghetti,Fried Eel,Spicy Eel,Sashimi,Maki Roll,Tortilla,Red Plate,Eggplant Parmesan,Rice Pudding,Ice Cream,Blueberry Tart,Autumn’s Bounty,Pumpkin Soup,Super Meal,Cranberry Sauce,Stuffing,Farmer’s Lunch,Survival Burger,Dish O' The Sea,Miner’s Treat,Roots Platter,Triple Shot Espresso,Algae Soup,Pale Broth,Plum Pudding,Artichoke Dip,Stir Fry,Roasted Hazelnuts,Pumpkin Pie,Radish Salad,Fruit Salad,Blackberry Cobbler,Cranberry Candy,Bruschetta,Coleslaw,Fiddlehead Risotto,Poppyseed Muffin,Chowder,Fish Stew,Escargot,Lobster Bisque,Maple Bar,Crab Cakes,Shrimp Cocktail,Ginger Ale,Banana Pudding,Mango Sticky Rice,Poi,Tropical Curry,Squid Ink Ravioli
Including farmed flowers only, no foraged or Wild Seed varieties.
Earth Crystal,Frozen Tear,Fire Quartz(Quartzis an exclusion here, as villagers' opinions are very varied)
Not including Gems obtained from any processed Geode
Tree Fruits
Apricot,Cherry,Orange,Peach,Apple,Pomegranate
Vegetables
Including farmed only, no foraged or Wild Seed varieties.
Miscellaneous
Life Elixir,Maple Syrup,Piña Colada
Universal Neutrals
Below is a list of items that most all villagers will have a neutral reaction toward, and these items will award 20 friendship points (with no multipliers) when gifted, barring exceptions. When gifted, these items do not trigger a special dialogue bubble.
Leah: Hates
Evelyn: Hates
Evelyn,Harvey: Hates
Duck Feather
Leo,Penny: Hates
Nautilus Shell
Harvey: Hates
Rainbow Shell
Sweet Gem Berry
Tea Leaves
Maru: Hates
Universal Dislikes
The following list are items that will decrease friendship by 20 points (with no multipliers) when gifted to villagers, barring exceptions. When gifted, these items do not trigger a special dialogue bubble.
Building Materials
Battery Pack,Clay,Fiber,Hardwood,Stone,Wood
This list does not include fish caught during the Night Market Event, and Legendary Fish I & II.
Cave Carrot,Driftwood,Field Snack,Jack-O-Lantern,Oak Resin,Oil,Pine Tar,Qi Fruit,Rice,Solar Essence,Spring Onion,Tea Set,Unmilled Rice,Vinegar,Void Egg,Void Essence,Wheat Flour, All Artifacts, All Bombs, All Crafted Flooring & Paths, All Fencing, All Geode Minerals & Geodes & Smelted Ore, All Seeds, All Sprinklers, All Tackle
Universal Hates
The following list are items that will decrease friendship by 40 points (with no multipliers) when you give them as a gift (so we encourage you to not give them to someone you are romancing or is beneficial to you!). When a villager receives a hated gift, they respond with a hate dialogue bubble.
Monster Loot
Slime,Bug Meat,Bat Wing
Items that can be found when looting villager trash bins and fishing.
Artifact Trove,Bug Steak,Carp,Copper Ore,Crab Pot,Dragon Tooth,Drum Block, Energy Tonic,Error Item,Explosive Ammo,Fairy Dust,Flute BlockGrass 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 (any color),Snail,Strange Bun,Sugar,Torch,Treasure Chest,Void Mayonnaise,White Algae, All Warp Totems, All Bait, All Fossils
And that is all the Universal Gifts in the game! Be sure to check out all of Hardcore Gamer’sStardew Valleycontent for more useful guides like this one!
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