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Stardew Valley Universal Gift Guide

The ultimate gift guide.

You can give in-game items to anyone as gifts in Stardew Valley, but they will not always be well received. While each NPC has a set of likes and dislikes, many items in the game are categorized into universal likes and dislikes, meaning the NPCs regularly feel the same about them. Below we have the whole list of them.

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All universal gifts

Keep in mind that this does not always apply to every villager, and some will respond to gifts differently.

Universal Love

  • Golden Pumpkin
  • Prismatic Shard
  • Pearl
  • Magic Rock Candy
  • Rabbit's Foot

Universal Like

  • All Vegetables/Fruit
  • Fire Quartz
  • Maple Syrup.
  • Cheese
  • Wine
  • Pale Ale
  • Diamond
  • Amethyst
  • Emerald
  • Aquamarine
  • Ruby
  • Goat Cheese
  • Quartz
  • Earth Crystal
  • Jade
  • Topaz
  • All Flowers
  • Mayonnaise
  • Frozen Tear
  • All Food Recipes
  • Honey
  • Pickles
  • Beer
  • Coffee
  • Cloth
  • Juice
  • Truffle Oil
  • Duck Mayonnaise
  • Jelly

Universal Neutral

  • Fried Egg
  • Wheat
  • Bread
  • Hops

Related: How to get the Skull Key in Stardew Valley

Universal Dislike

  • All Fish
  • All Fishing bobbers and hooks
  • Pine Tar
  • All Crafting Items
  • Gold Bar
  • Iron Bar
  • Cave Carrot
  • All Monster Loot
  • Copper Bar
  • Driftwood
  • All Minerals
  • Oil
  • Vinegar
  • Void Egg
  • Hardwood
  • Coal
  • Stone
  • Iridium Bar
  • Rice
  • All Fertilizer/Retaining Soil/Speed-Gro
  • Wood
  • Fiber
  • Wheat Flour
  • All ore
  • All Geodes
  • Oak Resin
  • Clay
  • Refined Quartz
  • All Seeds
  • Battery Pack

Universal Hate

  • Bug Meat
  • Sap
  • Slime
  • Sea Urchin
  • Magnet
  • All Artifacts
  • Joja Cola
  • All Bait
  • Red Mushroom
  • Poppy
  • Oil of Garlic
  • Hay
  • All Trash
  • Rotten Plants
  • Void Mayonnaise
  • All Algae
  • Weeds
  • Fish
  • Snail
  • Seaweed
  • Strange Bun

For more on Stardew Valley, check out How to find the Mayor’s Shorts in Stardew Valley or Marnie gift guide in Stardew Valley here on Pro Game Guides!


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