Every villager in Stardew Valley has unique tastes, but there are still certain gifts that are universally loved, liked, disliked, hated, or have a neutral feeling toward. These gifts help you make friends (or enemies) with each villager.
Universal Loves
Gifts that are liked will increase your friendship with the villager you give it to by 80 points.
- Golden Pumpkin
- Magic Rock Candy
- Pearl
- Prismatic Shard
- Rabbit’s Foot
Universal Loves Exceptions
Gifts that are universally loved have two exceptions.
| Villager | Exceptions |
|---|---|
| Haley | Hates Prismatic Shard |
| Penny | Hates Rabbit's Foot |
Universal Likes
Gifts that are liked will increase your friendship with the villager you give it to by 45 points.
- All Artisan Goods (exclusions: Oil and Void Mayonnaise)
- All Cooking (exclusions: Fried Egg, Bread, Strange Bun, and Seafoam Pudding)
- All Flowers (exclusions: Poppy)
- All Foraged Minerals (exclusions: Quartz)
- All Fruit Tree Fruits (exclusions: Banana and Mango)
- All Gems (exclusions: Prismatic Shard)
- All Vegetables (exclusions: Hops, Tea Leaves, Wheat, and Unmilled Rice)
- Life Elixir
- Maple Syrup
Universal Likes Exceptions
There are many exceptions to universal likes. Take a close look at each villagers exception so that you don’t accidentally insult the villager by gifting them something they hate.
| Villager | Exceptions |
|---|---|
| Abigail | Loves: Amethyst, Banana Pudding, Blackberry Cobbler, Chocolate Cake, Spicy Eel, and Pumpkin Dislikes: All Vegetables except Pumpkin |
| Alex | Loves: Complete Breakfast, Salmon Dinner |
| Caroline | Loves: Green Tea, Fish Taco, Tropical Curry, and Summer Spangle Likes: Tea Leaves Dislikes; Duck Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, and Amaranth |
| Clint | Loves: Artichoke Dip, Fiddlehead Risotto, and all Gems except Diamond Dislikes: All Flowers except Poppy |
| Demetrius | Loves: Bean Hotpot, Ice Cream, and Rice Pudding |
| Dwarf | Loves: All Gems except Diamond |
| Elliott | Loves: Crab Cakes, Tom Kha Soup, and Pomegranate Dislikes: Pizza Hates: Amaranth |
| Emily | Loves: Cloth, Survival Burger, and all Gems except Diamond Dislikes: Fried Eel, Ice Cream, Rice Pudding, and Spicy Eel Hates: Fish Taco, Maki Roll, Salmon Dinner, and Sashimi |
| Evelyn | Loves: Chocolate Cake, Stuffing, Fairy Rose, Tulip, Diamond, and Beet Hates: Fried Eel, Maki Roll, Sashimi, Spicy Eel, Trout Soup, and Garlic |
| George | Loves: Fried Mushroom Dislikes: All Flowers except Poppy |
| Gus | Loves: Escargot, Fish Taco, Tropical Curry, Orange, and Diamond Hates: Coleslaw |
| Haley | Loves: Fruit Salad, Pink Cake, and Sunflower Dislikes: All Vegetables except Hops and Wheat |
| Harvey | Loves: Coffee, Pickles, Truffle Oil, Wine, and Super Meal Dislikes: Cheese, Goat Cheese, Blueberry Tart, Chocolate Cake, Cookie, Cranberry Sauce, Fried Mushroom, Glazed Yams, Hashbrowns, Ice Cream, Pancakes, Pink Cake, Pizza, Rhubarb Pie, and Rice Pudding |
| Jas | Loves: Pink Cake, Plum Pudding, and Fairy Rose Dislikes: All Vegetables except Hops and Wheat Hates: Triple Shot Espresso and all Artisan Goods except Honey, Jelly, and Oil |
| Jodi | Loves: Chocolate Cake, Crispy Bass, Eggplant Parmesan, Fried Eel, Pancakes, Rhubarb Pie, Vegetable Medley, and Diamond Dislikes: Garlic |
| Kent | Loves: Fiddlehead Risotto and Roasted Hazelnuts Hates: Algae Soup, Sashimi, and Tortilla |
| Krobus | Loves: Diamond and Pumpkin Likes: Seafoam Pudding Dislikes: Life Elixir and all Cooking except Bread, Fried Egg, Strange Bun, and Seafoam Pudding |
| Leah | Loves: Goat Cheese, Wine, Poppyseed Muffin, Salad, Stir Fry, and Vegetable Medley Dislikes: Carp Surprise, Cookie, Ice Cream, Pink Cake, Rice Pudding, Survival Burger, Tortilla, all Foraged Minerals except Earth Crystal, and all Gems except Diamond and Prismatic Shard |
| Leo | Loves: Poi Neutral: Coffee Dislikes: Pickles, Life Elixir, and all Cooking except Bread, Fried Egg, Poi, Mango Sticky Rice, Strange Bun, Seafoam Pudding, and Triple Shot Espresso Hates: Triple Shot Espresso, Beer, Mead, Pale Ale, Wine, and Piña Colada |
| Lewis | Loves: Green Team, Autumn's Bounty, Glazed Yams, and Vegetable Medley |
| Linus | Loves: Blueberry Tart, Dish O' The Sea, and Yam Dislikes: All Foraged Minerals and all Gems except Diamond and Prismatic Shard |
| Marnie | Loves: Farmer's Lunch, Pink Cake, Pumpkin Pie, and Diamond |
| Maru | Loves: Cheese Cauliflower, Miner's Treat, Pepper Poppers, Rhubarb Pie, Diamond, and Cauliflower Dislikes: Maple Syrup Hates: Honey and Pickles |
| Pam | Loves: Beer, Mead, Pale Ale, Piña Colada, Glazed Yams, Parsnip Soup, and Parsnip |
| Penny | Loves: Poppyseed Muffin, Red Plate, Roots Platter, Tom Kha Soup, Diamond, and Emerald Dislikes: Algae Soup and Pale Broth Hates: Beer, Mead, Pale Ale, Piña Colada, and Wine |
| Pierre | Loves: Fried Calamari Dislikes: All Foraged Minerals and all Gems except Diamond and Prismatic Shard Hates: Parsnip Soup, Tortilla, Corn, and Garlic |
| Robin | Loves: Goat Cheese, Spaghetti, and Peach |
| Sam | Loves: Maple Bar and Pizza Dislikes: All Vegetables except Hops and Wheat Hates: Duck Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, and Pickles |
| Sandy | Loves: Mango Sticky Rice, Crocus, and Sweet Pea |
| Sebastian | Loves: Pumpkin Soup, Sashimi, and Frozen Tear Dislikes: All Flowers except Poppy Hates: Complete Breakfast, Farmer's Lunch, Omelet, and all Artisan Goods except Coffee, Green Tea, and Oil |
| Shane | Loves: Beer, Pepper Poppers, and Pizza Hates: Pickles |
| Vincent | Loves: Cranberry Candy, Ginger Ale, and Pink Cake Dislikes: All Vegetables except Hops and Wheat Hates: Triple Shot Espresso and all Artisan Goods except Honey, Jelly, and Oil |
| Willy | Loves: Mead, Diamond, and Pumpkin Likes: Baked Fish, Carp Surprise, Chowder, Crab Cakes, Crispy Bass, Fish Stew, Fish Taco, Fried Calamari, Fried Eel, Lobster Bisque, Salmon Dinner, Trout Soup, and Seafoam Pudding Neutral: Dish O' The Sea, Maki Roll, and Sashimi Dislikes: Life Elixir and all Cooking except Dish O' The Sea, Maki Roll, Sashimi, and the other Cooking dishes he "Likes" |
Universal Neutrals
Gifts that villagers feel neutral toward will increase your friendship with the villager you give it to by 20 points.
- Bread
- Clam
- Coral
- Duck Feather
- Fried Egg
- Hops
- Nautilus Shell
- Rainbox Shell
- Roe
- Squid Ink
- Sweet Gem Berry
- Tea Leaves
- Truffle
- Wheat
- Wool
Universal Neutrals Exceptions
There are several exceptions to the universal neutrals.
| Villager | Exceptions |
|---|---|
| Caroline | Likes: Tea Leaves |
| Elliot | Loves: Duck Feather and Squid Ink |
| Emily | Loves: Wood |
| Evelyn | Hates: Clam and Coral |
| Harvey | Likes: Duck Feather Dislikes: Bread Hates: Coral, Nautilus, and Rainbow Shell |
| Leah | Loves: Truffle Dislikes: Fried Egg Hates: Bread |
| Leo | Loves: Duck Feather Likes: Nautilus Shell and Rainbow Shell Hates: Hops |
| Maru | Hates: Truffle |
| Penny | Dislikes: Duck Feather and Wool Hates: Hops |
| Sand | Likes: Wool |
Universal Dislikes
Gifts that are disliked will decrease your friendship with the villager you give it to by 20 points.
- All Building Materials
- All Artifacts
- All Bombs
- All Crafted Floors and Paths
- All Fences
- All Fertilizer
- All Fish (exclusions: Clam, Carp, and Snails)
- All Geode Minerals
- All Geodes
- All Seeds and Saplings
- All Sprinklers
- All Fishing Tackle
- Miscellaneous Mined and Metal Goods
- Bone Fragment
- Cinder Shard
- Coal
- Copper Bars
- Gold Bars
- Gold Ore
- Iridium Bars
- Iridium Ore
- Iron Bars
- Refined Quartz
- 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
Universal Dislikes Exceptions
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. These are the exceptions to the universally disliked gifts.
| Villager | Exceptions |
|---|---|
| Abigail | Loves: Pufferfish Hates: Clay |
| Clint | Loves: Gold Bar, Iridium Bar, and Omni Geode Likes: Copper Bar and Iron Bar Neutral: Coal, Gold Ore, Iridium Ore, and Refined Quartz |
| Demetrius | Neutral: All Fish except Carp and Snail |
| Dwarf | Loves: Lemon Stone and Omni Geode Likes: Cave Carrot and all Artifacts Neutral: Solar Essence and Void Essence |
| Elliot | Loves: Lobster Likes: Octopus and Squid Neutral: All other Fish except Carp and Snail Hates: Sea Cucumber |
| Evelyn | Hates: Clay and all Fish |
| George | Hates: Clay |
| Haley | Hates: Clay and all Fish |
| Harvey | Likes: Spring Onion |
| Jas | Hates: Clay |
| Krobus | Loves: Iridium Bar and Void Egg Likes: Gold Bar |
| Leah | Likes: Driftwood and Spring Onion Hates: Void Egg |
| Leo | Neutral: All Fish Hates: Oil and Unmilled Rice |
| Linus | Likes: Spring Onion Neutral: All Fish except Carp and Snail |
| Marnie | Hates: Clay |
| Maru | Loves: Batter Pack, Gold Bar, and Iridium Bar Likes: Copper Bar, Iron Bar, Oak Resin, and Pine Tar |
| Pam | Neutral: All Fish except Carp, Octopus, Snail, and Squid Hates: Octopus and Squid |
| Penny | Loves: Sandfish Likes: All Artifacts |
| Pierre | Hates: All Fish |
| Robin | Likes: Hardwood |
| Sam | Loves: Tigerseye Hates: Metal Goods |
| Sebastian | Loves: Obsidian and Void Egg Likes: Flouder Neutral: All Fish except Flounder, Carp, and Snail Hates: Clay |
| Vincent | Hates: Clay |
| Willy | Loves: Catfish, Iridium Bar, Octopus, Sea Cucumber, and Sturgeon Likes: Gold Bar, Lingcod, and Tiger Trout Neutral: All other Fish |
| Wizard | Loves: Solar Essence, Void Essence, and Super Cucumber Likes: All Geode Minerals |
Universal Hates
Giftss that are hated will decrease your friendship with the villager you give it to by 40 points.
- All Bait
- All Fossils
- All Monster Loot (exclusions: Solar Essence and Void Essence)
- All Trash (exclusions: Driftwood)
- 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 Totems: Beach, Desert, Farm, Island, and Mountains
- White Algae
Universal Hates Exceptions
| Villager | Exceptions |
|---|---|
| Abigail | Dislikes: Suger |
| Krobus | Loves: Void Mayonnaise Likes: Seafoam Pudding |
| Leah | Dislikes: Seaweed |
| Leo | Likes: Dragon Tooth and Sea Urchin |
| Marnie | Dislikes: Seaweed |
| Maru | Loves: Radioactive Bar Likes: Radioactive Ore |
| Penny | Loves: Poppy Dislikes: Red Mushroom |
| Sam | Likes: Joja Cola Dislikes: Seaweed |
| Shane | Dislikes: Seaweed |
| Vincent | Loves: Snails |
| Willy | Likes: Seafoam Pudding |
| Wizard | Dislikes: Slime |