Where to get a Heart Pendant in Rune Factory 5

The Heart Pendant is one of the few staple items in every Rune Factory game. When equipped it increases the amount of skill EXP you gain, proving useful to those that can net you better and more items, like cooking, mining, and crafting. It’s usually offered as a late-game request reward, but are there other ways to get it? The answer is a very big yes!

Craft the Heart Pendant

The Heart Pendant is a level 40 item, so it’ll consume a lot of RP. However, if you can get your crafting skill to at least 20 to 23 (and your level at around 60), you won’t be knocked unconscious from crafting one. It needs a Silver Pendant and a Love Crystal to make. Buy a crafting table from Studio Palmer if you haven’t yet.

The Silver Pendant is a level 20 item that can be crafted with Silver. Love Crystals are dropped by Pixies in the Everlasting Darkness and Rigbarth Maze dungeons. If you offer Heinz items that he likes five times, there’s also a small chance that he will give a Love Crystal in return.

Related: Rune Factory 5 Gift Guide

Bet your odds on Terry

Terry is an amazing character, not just because he’s cute, but because his return items are accessories. If you didn’t know, return items are things the people at Rigbarth throw at you if you offer them an item that they like five times. Heinz’s return item are crystals, for example!

Terry loves hand-crafted items like shields, armor, and headgear. If you give him five, he’ll give you an accessory in return. If you’re lucky, that item is a Heart Pendant. You can give him as many hand-crafted items as you want in a day, and he’ll reciprocate with a return item every fifth.

By the way, you can craft a Small Shield with just Iron—a mineral that can be mined as early as Phoros Woodlands. However, you’ll find a lot of Iron Ore (and Bronze Ores, which drop Iron) in the Kelve Volcanic Region and Kelve Lava Cave. Offer Terry five Small Shields, let RNG take the rein, and hope for a Heart Pendant. You can even craft a bunch, save before offering them, and soft reset if you need to!

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