Friendship routes, checklists, and planning notes
Stardew Valley Friendship and Marriage Guide
Plan Stardew Valley friendship, gifts, birthdays, decay, bouquets, marriage, Mermaid's Pendant, Krobus roommate route, children, and spouse Stardrop progress.
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Plan Stardew Valley friendship, gifts, birthdays, decay, bouquets, marriage, Mermaid's Pendant, Krobus roommate route, children, and spouse Stardrop progress.
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Friendship route modules
8 guidesEvery heart is 250 friendship points
Friendship Points and Hearts
友谊点数与爱心
Use daily conversation, weekly gifts, birthdays, quests, movies, and heart-event choices as one combined relationship route instead of treating gifts as the only source.
One gift per day, two gifts per week, with birthday gifts always allowed
Gift and Birthday Route
礼物与生日路线
Save loved gifts for birthdays because the birthday event multiplier turns one strong gift into several hearts of progress, especially with silver, gold, or iridium quality.
Decay depends on relationship state and stops at the relevant cap for most villagers
Friendship Decay Rules
友谊衰减规则
Prevent wasted progress by finishing key friendship caps, then shift daily attention to romance candidates, spouses, recipe villagers, and anyone still below achievement thresholds.
Reach 8 hearts with a marriage candidate, then give a Bouquet
Bouquet and Dating Route
花束与恋爱路线
Use the Bouquet to unfreeze hearts 9 and 10 with a marriage candidate, then keep gifting and talking until proposal requirements are ready.
10 hearts, Bouquet, first farmhouse upgrade, Tide Pool access, rainy Old Mariner day
Marriage Proposal Route
求婚路线
Prepare the farmhouse upgrade and beach bridge before 10 hearts so a rainy Old Mariner day can immediately become the proposal day.
Spouse meter rises to 14 hearts; Stardrop comes at 12.5 hearts
Married Life and Spouse Stardrop
婚后生活与配偶星之果实
After the wedding, keep spouse friendship high for farm help, spouse room/outside area flavor, and the one-save spouse or roommate Stardrop.
10 hearts with Krobus and a Void Ghost Pendant
Krobus Roommate Route
科罗布斯室友路线
Use the Void Ghost Pendant when you want a roommate route instead of marriage; Krobus moves in through a parallel social path.
Marriage, second farmhouse upgrade, nursery, crib, 10-heart spouse, and at least 7 married days
Children and Family Route
孩子与家庭路线
Children are a late farmhouse route: they require the nursery setup, a stable marriage, and time, then progress through baby, crib, crawl, and toddler stages.