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Gift Guide
February 18, 2026 at 04:47 PM
New article: Comprehensive gift guide with per-NPC preferences, universal gifts, and strategies
Giving gifts is the fastest daily method to build Affection with NPCs. You can give one gift per day per character. The in-game Social app (Phone → Social) tracks gift history and discovered preferences as you experiment.
Loved/Favorite: +15 Affection Points (flowery aura reaction)
Liked: +10 Affection Points
Neutral: +5 Affection Points
Disliked: +0 Affection Points
Hated: +0 Affection Points
These items work well for almost every NPC and are a reliable fallback when you do not know a character's specific preferences:
Moonflower: The single best universal gift. Almost everyone loves or likes it — the one exception is Loren, who hates it.
Chilled Twilight Salad: The safest cooked dish. Most characters at least like it.
Coconut: Broadly liked across nearly all characters.
Plain Noodles: Liked or neutral for the majority of NPCs.
Dragon Fruit: Liked by most characters.
Red Firefly: Hated by the vast majority of characters. Avoid giving this to anyone.
Copper: Disliked by many NPCs (exception: Neona loves it).
Trash, weeds, failed cooking dishes: Universally hated.
Raw bugs/insects: Most residents dislike them.
Solara — Mayor's assistant, Community Center
Loved: Tiramisu, Dragon Fruit, Twilight Succulent.
Liked: Wishful Heart Cookies, Pink Hydrangea, Chilled Twilight Salad, Coconut, Moonflower, Plain Noodles, Jelly, Pumpkin.
Dislikes: Blue Sleep Lily, Wheat, Copper, Red Firefly, Redtail Catfish, Softwood.
Hates: Pickled Water Spinach, Celeb Moth, Glazed Cicada, Chinese Perch, Gold Ore, Meat Bait.
Delphin — Fishing Mentor, AquaBlue Outpost
Loved: Red Beaded Starfish, Blue Hydrangea, Yellow Sleep Lily, Moonflower, Red Tulip, Twilight Succulent.
Liked: Light Blue Hydrangea, Purple Hydrangea, Dragon Fruit, Grilled Chicken Wings, Mirage Sunflower, Plain Noodles, Coconut, Braised Crab Pot, Grilled Mushrooms, Peanut.
Dislikes: Vinegar, Softwood, Copper, Boxfish, Clownfish.
Hates: Gold Ore, Pickled Cabbage, Glowing Shell, Red Firefly, Fiddler Crab.
Graminova — Farming Mentor, Happiness Seed Shop
Loved: Cucumber, Water Spinach, Moonflower Seed, Mirage Sunflower Seed, Garlic, Plainberry, Pumpkin, Moondew Shroom, Sunveil Shroom, Blue Sleep Lily, Wheat, Red Tulip, Cabbage, Wheat Seeds, Yellow Sleep Lily, Twilight Succulent, Moonflower.
Liked: Coconut, Chilled Twilight Salad, Pink Hydrangea, Grilled Mushrooms, Wishful Heart Cookies, Dragon Fruit, Plain Noodles.
Dislikes: Wafer Biscuits, Crispy Rice, Softwood, Bamboo Leaf, Copper.
Hates: Veggie Bait, Feather, Red Firefly.
Zerine — Crafting Mentor, General Store
Loved: Copper Sheet, Quartzite, Luminfrog Fragment, Quartz, Floral Sachet, Soothing Sachet, Warming Sachet.
Liked: Blue Hydrangea, Pink Hydrangea, Purple Hydrangea, Moonflower, Twilight Succulent, Flannel, Grilled Chicken Wings, Red Sleep Lily, Yellow Sleep Lily, Coconut, Plain Noodles.
Dislikes: Gold Ore, Prism, Softwood Plank.
Hates: Premium Wood, Celeb Moth, Mutton, Red Firefly.
Pastelle — Ranching Mentor, Green Pasture Ranch
Loved: Chicken Feed, Rabbit Feed.
Liked: Moonflower, Twilight Succulent, Light Blue Hydrangea, Blue Hydrangea, Chilled Twilight Salad, Water Spinach, Pickled Cabbage, Wheat, Coconut, Plain Noodles.
Dislikes: Cucumber, Red Sleep Lily, Copper, Strawberry Milk.
Hates: Moorish Idol, Glazed Cicada, Red Firefly, Soup Dumplings.
Aurelis — Chef, Aureleaf Kitchen
Loved: Celeste Berry, Mushroom Soup.
Liked: Grilled Chicken Wings, Cloud-Soft Toast, Coconut, Moonflower, Plain Noodles, Mirthshroom Soup, Fish Head Tofu Soup, Red Tulip, Leek, Cabbage, Spinach, Garlic, Peanut, Dragon Fruit, Watermelon, Tomato, Chilled Twilight Salad.
Dislikes: Softwood, Tin, Velvet, Copper, Bamboo Leaf.
Hates: Glazed Cicada, BC Milk, Caco Laco, Cooking Oil, Red Firefly.
Alex — Woodworker, Lex Woodworks
Loved: Diamond.
Liked: Softwood, Coconut, Moonflower, Floral Sachet, Plain Noodles, Warming Sachet, Crispy Noodles, Latiao, Grilled Chicken Wings, Twilight Succulent, Red Tulip, Berry Daifuku, Dragon Fruit, Light Blue Hydrangea, Mirage Sunflower.
Dislikes: Arrow, Copper, Iron Nail, Softwood Plank, Cucumber.
Hates: Red Firefly, Gold Ore, Mutton.
Loren — Arcade owner, Chrono Arcade
Loved: Tin Ingot, Radiant Crystal, Sunveil Shroom, Moondew Shroom, Mirthshroom, High-Performance Wire Set.
Liked: Star Ramen, Grilled Fish, Chilled Twilight Salad, Crispy Mushrooms, Celeste Berry, Beef Jerky, Jelly, Wishful Heart Cookies, Grilled Chicken Wings, Dragon Fruit, Coconut, Plain Noodles.
Dislikes: Copper, Simple Pellet, Pumpkinseed.
Hates: Moonflower (unique exception — hated by Loren), Blue Hydrangea, Glazed Cicada, Red Firefly.
Lunelle — Fashion designer, Ethereal Styles
Loved: Flannel.
Liked: Chilled Twilight Salad, Moonflower, Premium Wool, Twilight Succulent, Blue Hydrangea, Moondew Shroom, Wheat, Softwood, Velvet, Dragon Fruit, Tin Ingot, Coconut, Plain Noodles, Cucumber.
Dislikes: Iron, Caco Laco, Copper, Red Firefly.
Hates: Chinese Perch.
Neona — Mechanic, G-Power Bike
Loved: Copper, Tin, Iced Americano, Quartz.
Liked: Coconut, Moonflower, Plain Noodles, Coconut Latte, Lamb Skewers, Grilled Chicken Wings, Twilight Succulent, Sunflower Seeds, Watermelon, Plainberry, Pumpkin.
Dislikes: Cabbage, Wheat, Alloy.
Hates: Red Firefly, Mango Sago, Daiquiri, Pickled Water Spinach, Clownfish, Bamboo, Caco Laco.
Serena — Stylist, Bloom Atelier
Loved: Velvet, Diamond, Floral Sachet, Soothing Sachet, Warming Sachet.
Liked: Potato, Pumpkin Seed Fish, Chinese Perch, Coconut, Plain Noodles, Garlic, Pumpkin, Light Blue Hydrangea.
Dislikes: Copper, Red Firefly, Redtail Catfish, Softwood, Margarita.
Hates: Clownfish, Ginger, Curio Bowl.
Stella — Pet shop owner, Woof & Wow Pets
Loved: Black Tea Macaron.
Liked: Fries, Grilled Chicken Wings, BC Milk, Caco Laco, Coconut, Moonflower, Plain Noodles, Sunveil Shroom, Watermelon, Red Sleep Lily, Giant Egg, Water Spinach, Sunflower Seeds.
Dislikes: Chinese Perch, Velvet, Charcoal, Mantis, Swallowtail Butterfly, Celeb Moth, Red Firefly, Bamboo Leaf.
Hates: Copper.
Sylvain — Musician, Silvan Notes
Loved: Light Blue Hydrangea, Blue Hydrangea, Moonflower, Red Firefly.
Liked: Water Spinach, Chilled Twilight Salad, Coconut, Plain Noodles, Celeste Berry, Pink Hydrangea, Grilled Mushrooms, Moondew Shroom, Yellow Sleep Lily, Twilight Succulent.
Dislikes: Copper, Ripening Fertilizer, Char Siu Bao.
Youfang — Fortune teller, Bastrom Heights
Loved: Fresh Bamboo Shoot, Black Tea Macaron.
Liked: Garlic, Light Blue Hydrangea, Dragon Fruit, Caco Laco, BC Milk, Coconut, Plain Noodles, Red Firefly, Sunveil Shroom, Crispy Noodles, Latiao, Berry Daifuku, Hot Dry Noodles, Sunflower Seeds, Purple Hydrangea.
Dislikes: Chilled Twilight Salad, Softwood Plank, Grilled Chicken Wings, Wool, Mantis, Swallowtail Butterfly, Celeb Moth.
Hates: Pickled Water Spinach, Runebird Fragment, Tin, Copper.
Zephyria — Exploration Mentor, Exploration Club
Loved: Blue Sleep Lily, Mirage Sunflower, Moonflower, Sunveil Shroom, Moondew Shroom.
Liked: Chilled Twilight Salad, Grilled Mushrooms, Luminfrog Fragment, Pink Hydrangea, Celeb Moth.
Dislikes: Meat Bait, Softwood Plank, Tin.
Gust — Architect from My Time at Portia (4 hearts max)
Loved: Moonflower, Twilight Succulent.
Liked: Red Sleep Lily, Cucumber, Midnight Herb, Lamb Skewers, Dragon Fruit, Chilled Twilight Salad.
Ginger — From My Time at Portia (4 hearts max)
Loved: Dragon Fruit.
Liked: Watermelon.
Dislikes: Clownfish, Moonstone.
Moonflower meta: Grow Moonflowers on your farm and give one to every NPC daily. It is loved or liked by nearly everyone except Loren.
Match profession to gifts: Farming items for Graminova, crafting materials for Zerine, metals for Neona, mushrooms for Loren.
Check the Social app: Your phone tracks discovered preferences — no need to memorize everything.
Focus on 2–3 NPCs: Since gifts are once-per-day, spreading across all 15 characters slows progress. Target the characters you care about.
Loved > Liked: +15 vs +10 per day adds up. Finding each character's Loved gift saves weeks of progress.
Avoid giving Red Firefly, Copper (for most NPCs), trash, weeds, or failed cooking dishes.
Note: Starsand Island is in Early Access. Some gift preferences are still being documented by the community. Entries marked above reflect the best available data as of launch. Check the Social app in-game for the most up-to-date information.
