Best Stardew Valley gifts for all the bachelors and bachelorettes

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Best Stardew Valley gifts for all the bachelors and bachelorettes


Riding around on a horse during winter in Stardew Valley
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Giving out the right Stardew Valley gifts is key to forming relationships and even marrying the 12 eligible bachelor and bachelorette NPCs within the game. There’s the purple-haired, supernatural-loving Abigail or the man with a dark past and tough exterior, Shane, and all you have to do is win them over. But, how do you do that?

Well, there’s a great way to win your way into their hearts and that’s with gifts. Each of the 12 Stardew Valley characters has specific loves and likes for certain items. It’s incredibly important to know what they are so that you don’t waste your time giving them things that might affect your budding friendship (or even romance). So, we’ve put together a list of all the characters you can try to woo, and what to give them to get into their good books. If you’re looking for more tricks, check out our guides to the best Stardew Valley tips, Stardew Valley cheats, and Stardew Valley mods.

The full list of Stardew Valley villagers you can befriend is as follows:


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Bachelors
Alex
Elliott
Harvey
Sam
Sebastian
Shane

Bachelorettes
Abigail
Emily
Haley
Leah
Maru
Penny

Universal gifts

There are a few gifts that every single villager loves to receive in Stardew Valley, known as “universal” gifts. Here’s a full list of all the universal loves which provide 80 relationship points, but can be seriously tough to find. There are a few exceptions to the rules here, as some characters dislike otherwise universally liked items, but we’ve outlined these below.

Universal Loves:

  • Golden Pumpkin
  • Magic Rock Candy
  • Pearl
  • Prismatic Shard
  • Rabbit’s Foot

Universal Likes are easier to find, but only provide 45 relationship points.

Universal Likes:

  • All Artisan Goods (except for Oil and Void Mayonnaise)
  • All Cooking (except for Fried Egg, Bread, Strange Bun, and Seafoam Pudding)
  • All Flowers (except for Poppy)
  • All Foraged Minerals (except for Quartz)
  • All Fruit Tree Fruits
  • All Gems
  • All Vegetables (except for Hops, Tea Leaves, Wheat, and Unmilled Rice)
  • Life Elixir
  • Maple Syrup
  • Rainbow Shell
  • Treasure Chest

Stardew Valley bachelors

Starting with the Stardew Valley bachelors, here are all of the male villagers you can give gifts to.

Stardew Valley Alex gifts

Stardew Valley Alex gifts

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Alex lives in the house south-east of Pierre’s General Store with his grandparents Evelyn and George. He’s friends with Haley and has a dog called Dusty.

Loves:

  • Complete Breakfast
  • Salmon Dinner
  • Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Thick

Likes:

  • All Eggs (except Void Egg)

Stardew Valley Elliott gifts

Stardew Valley Elliott gifts

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Elliott lives on the beach to the south of town, near Willy’s Fish Shop. He’s friends with Willy and Leah.

Note that Elliott doesn’t like Amaranth and Pizza from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Crab Cakes
  • Duck Feather
  • Lobster
  • Pomegranate
  • Squid Ink
  • Tom Kha Soup

Likes:

  • All Fruit (except Pomegranate and Salmonberry)
  • Octopus
  • Squid

Stardew Valley Harvey gifts

Stardew Valley Harvey gifts

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Harvey is the chap in charge of the Medical Clinic, where he works with Maru.

Note that Harvey doesn’t like the following universal likes: Blueberry Tart, Cheese, Chocolate Cake, Cookie, Cranberry Sauce, Fried Mushroom, Glazed Yams, Goat Cheese, Hashbrowns, Ice Cream, Pancakes, Pink Cake, Pizza, Rhubarb Pie, and Rice Pudding.

Loves:

  • Coffee
  • Pickles
  • Super Meal
  • Truffle Oil
  • Wine

Likes:

  • All Fruit (except Salmonberry and Spice Berry)
  • All Mushrooms (except Red Mushrooms)
  • Daffodil
  • Dandelion
  • Duck Egg
  • Duck Feather
  • Goat Milk
  • Hazelnut
  • Holly
  • Large Goat Milk
  • Leek
  • Quartz
  • Snow Yam
  • Spring Onion
  • Wild Horseradish
  • Winter Root

Stardew Valley Sam gifts

Stardew Valley Sam gifts

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Sam lives in the southern part of town with his mother Jodi and younger brother Vincent, just north of the river. He also works part-time at JoJa Mart and is good friends with Sebastian and Abigail.

Note that Sam doesn’t like Duck Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, Pickles, and Vegetables from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Cactus Fruit
  • Maple Bar
  • Pizza
  • Tigerseye

Likes:

  • All Eggs (except Void Egg)
  • Joja Cola

Stardew Valley Sebastian gifts

Stardew Valley Sebastian gifts

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Sebastian lives in the basement of his mother’s carpenter shop in the mountains to the north of town with Robin, his mother; Demetrius, his step-father; and Maru, his half-sister. He’s good friends with Sam and Abigail.

Note that Sebastian doesn’t like Flowers, Complete Breakfast, Farmer’s Lunch, Omelet, and Artisan Goods (except for Coffee, Green Tea, and Oil) from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Frozen Tear
  • Obsidian
  • Pumpkin Soup
  • Sashimi
  • Void Egg

Likes:

  • Flounder
  • Quartz

Stardew Valley Shane gifts

Stardew Valley Shane gifts

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Shane lives with his aunt Marnie and goddaughter Jas in the south-west corner of town, next to the entrance to Cindersap Forest. He works most days at Joja Mart and doesn’t have any friends he socialises with.

Note that Shane doesn’t like Pickles from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Beer
  • Hot Pepper
  • Pepper Poppers
  • Pizza

Likes:

  • All Eggs (except Void Egg)
  • All Fruit

Stardew Valley bachelorettes

Here are all of the female villagers you can befriend and the best gifts to give them.

Stardew Valley Abigail gifts

Stardew Valley Abigail gifts

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Abigail lives at Pierre’s General Store with her parents, Pierre and Caroline, and is good friends with Sam and Sebastian.

Note that Abigail doesn’t like Vegetables from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Amethyst
  • Banana Pudding
  • Blackberry Cobbler
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Pufferfish
  • Pumpkin
  • Spicy Eel

Likes:

  • Quartz

Stardew Valley Emily gifts

Stardew Valley Emily gifts

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Emily lives with her sister Haley at a house south of the town square. She also works part-time at the saloon and is friends with Sandy from the Calico Desert.

Note that she doesn’t like Fish Taco, Fried Eel, Ice Cream, Maki Roll, Rice Pudding, Salmon Dinner, Spicy Eel, and Sashimi from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Amethyst
  • Aquamarine
  • Cloth
  • Emerald
  • Jade
  • Ruby
  • Survival Burger
  • Topaz
  • Wool

Likes:

  • Daffodil
  • Quartz

Stardew Valley Haley gifts

Stardew Valley Haley gifts

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Haley lives with Emily south of the town square and is friends with Alex.

Note that she doesn’t like Prismatic Shard from the list of universal loves and Vegetables from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Coconut
  • Fruit Salad
  • Pink Cake
  • Sunflower

Likes:

  • Daffodil

Stardew Valley Leah gifts

Stardew Valley Leah gifts

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Leah lives in a small cottage in Cindersap Forest and works inside sculpting. She’s good friends with Elliott.

Note that she doesn’t like Foraged Minerals (except for Earth Crystal), Gems (except for Diamond and Prismatic Shard), Carp Surprise, Cookie, Hashbrowns, Ice Cream, Pancakes, Pink Cake, Pizza, Rice Pudding, Survival Burger, and Tortilla from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Goat Cheese
  • Poppyseed Muffin
  • Salad
  • Stir Fry
  • Truffle
  • Vegetable Medley
  • Wine

Likes:

  • All Eggs (except Void Egg)
  • All Fruit
  • All Milk
  • All Mushrooms (except Red Mushroom)
  • Daffodil
  • Dandelion
  • Driftwood
  • Earth Crystal
  • Ginger
  • Hazelnut
  • Holly
  • Leek
  • Snow Yam
  • Spring Onion
  • Wild Horseradish
  • Winter Root

Stardew Valley Maru gifts

Stardew Valley Maru gifts

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Maru lives to the north of town in a house attached to Robin’s carpenter shop with her parents Demetrius and Robin, along with her half-brother Sebastian. She works for Harvey at the medical clinic.

Note that Maru doesn’t like Honey, Maple Syrup, and Pickles from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Battery Pack
  • Cauliflower
  • Cheese Cauliflower
  • Diamond
  • Gold Bar
  • Iridium Bar
  • Miner’s Treat
  • Pepper Poppers
  • Radioactive Bar
  • Rhubarb Pie
  • Strawberry

Likes:

  • Copper Bar
  • Iron Bar
  • Oak Resin
  • Pine Tar
  • Quartz
  • Radioactive Ore

Stardew Valley Penny gifts

Stardew Valley Penny gifts

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Penny lives in a trailer she shares with Pam to the east of town and is good friends with Maru and Sam. She tutors Jas and Vincent part-time at the museum.

Note that Penny doesn’t like Rabbit’s Foot from the list of universal loves, and Algae Soup, Beer, Mead, Pale Ale, Pale Broth, and Wine from the list of universal likes.

Loves:

  • Diamond
  • Emerald
  • Melon
  • Poppy
  • Poppyseed Muffin
  • Red Plate
  • Roots Platter
  • Sandfish
  • Tom Kha Soup

Likes:

  • All Artifacts
  • All Milk
  • Dandelion
  • Leek

While you shouldn’t gift Stardew Valley Prismatic Shards or Stardew Valley Golden Walnuts, they’re definitely worth finding!

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