Guide
Rune Factory 5: Best Gifts for All Marriage Candidates
Rune Factory 5 has an affection system with NPCs like other RPG games. This affection system allows you to develop a relationship with the NPC. The affection system will allow the NPCs to become friends with you. Also, Rune Factory 5 has Marriage Candidates, these special NPCs when you do affection with them you will learn about them and their history, and eventually, you will have dating quests with them which will finally lead to Marriage with the NPCs.
Gifting system to increase Affection
Rune Factory has 5 has a gifting system from which you can gift different items to your favorite NPCs to become their favorite. Every NPC has their different gift choices. You can give them gifts in order to increase Affection with the potential Marriage NPCs. You can also give NPCs gifts on their birthday to increase your affection. One thing you should be careful of is to notice the NPCs’ hated gifts when you talk to them, they will tell you what they like and don’t. So, you’ve to be careful while gifting them items. If you gift an item, they don’t like their affection will decrease.
You can learn about the NPCs’ birthdays by talking to them. Once, you’ve talked to them about their birthday it will be added to the calendar in-game. To gift an item you can go to the menu in your inventory to pick the item and then get close to the NPC and you can press A to talk to them and give the item. Also, in order to increase the affection, you should give the NPC the best gift and you can do this one time a day to gain affection, giving the same gift again and again won’t increase the affection.
Bachelor favorite gifts and birthday date
Martin
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | 8th autumn |
Best Gift | Fruit, Sandwich, Orihalcon, Dragonstone |
Fallen Gift | Any type of fruit and ore |
Unpopular Gift | Abalone, Puffer Fish, Mushroom |
Hated Gift | Any kind of puffer fish dish, grilled abalone |
Murakumo
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | summer 2 |
Best Gift | Power Gloves, Champion Beltm Union Stew, Grilled Skipjack |
Fallen Gift | Any type of Chinese-themed dish, Any type of pizza, Great Giant’s Nail, Dango, Blue Giant’s Glove |
Unpopular gift | cakes, pancakes, french toast |
Hated gift | Anything with chocolate, sweets |
Cecil
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | spring 12 |
Best Gift | pink melon, fruit sandwich, relaxation tea |
Fallen Gift | Any kind of fruit, any kind of brooch accessories, mysterious things, crystal skulls |
Unpopular gift | Yogurt, Cheese, Milk |
Hated gift | Hot milk, milk porridge |
Ryker
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | Winter 27 |
Best gift | croquettes, ice cream |
Fallen gift | Popcorn, fries, cool stuff of any kind |
Unpopular Gift | Any kind of curry dish |
Hated Gift | Ultimate Curry, Royal Curry |
Reinhardt
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | 30th autumn |
Best gift | Toast, Sandwich Jam Buns, Level 4 & 5 Upgrade Farming Tools |
Fallen gift | Strawberry Seeds, Beet Seeds, Falied Dish, Cold Medicine |
Unpopular Gift | Any kind of jewelry, gems, and crystals |
Hated Gift | Any type of core |
Luke
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | spring 1 |
Best gift | Tempura, Tempura Udon, Fried Udon, Curry Udon |
Fallen gift | Any kind of Crystal, Udon, Curry Rice, Can |
Unpopular Gift | Boat |
Hated Gift | None |
Bachelorette’s favorite gifts and birthday
Priscilla
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | spring 27 |
Best gift | Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Sponge Cake, Yam of the Ages, Chocolate Chip Cookie |
Fallen gift | Any kind of feather, hot chocolate, sweet food |
Unpopular Gift | Mushroom, Any kind of fish, branch, |
Hated Gift | Any dish with squid |
Lucy
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | autumn 16 |
Best gift | Tuna, Salmon Rice Balls, Level 4 and 5 Enhanced Fishing Rods |
Fallen gift | Any kind of fish and fish dishes, any kind of fruit, milk |
Unpopular Gift | Spider Thread, Ghost Hood |
Hated Gift | Fel Horn, Fel Blood, Crystal Skull |
Fuka
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | summer 29 |
Best gift | Emerald, Golden Salmon, Golden Octopus, Marlin Tuna |
Fallen gift | Any kind of glittery items, any kind of fish |
Unpopular Gift | carrot, green pepper, all cucumber dishes |
Hated Gift | Cucumber mix, onion |
Beatrice
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | winter 14 |
Best gift | strawberry milk, strawberry jam |
Fallen gift | Apple, Pudding, Fruit Sandwich |
Unpopular Gift | Doria, au gratin |
Hated Gift | Hot Milk, Hot Chocolate, Union Stew |
Scarlet fever
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | summer 18 |
Best gift | dragon head stew, tempura, tempura udon |
Fallen gift | Any kind of rice dish, rice ball, most Japanese dishes |
Unpopular Gift | Union Stew, Okonomiyaki |
Hated Gift | Leek |
Ludmila
Name | Task/Item |
Birthday | Winter 5th |
Best gift | White Crystal, Emery Flower, Salted Rainbow Trout |
Fallen gift | Any kind of feather, love scales, prelude to love |
Unpopular Gift | Any type of fur |
Hated Gift | Crimson Fur, Wolf Fur |