Direct answer
Gifts raise affection by +15 for a loved item and +10 for a liked item, with disliked or hated gifts worth nothing; guides disagree on neutral and universal-gift values, and some characters' favorites differ between sources.
Direct answer
Gifting is one of the main ways to raise affection in Starsand Island, alongside talking, bulletin board requests, lost items, and quests. Eurogamer and DualShockers list +15 for a loved gift and +10 for a liked gift, with disliked or hated gifts worth 0. thegamer adds that a neutral gift still gives +5, and screenhype separately reports 5, 10, and 25 for universal, liked, and favorite items. Because the exact values differ by guide, this page presents the common pattern, loved gifts are worth the most and disliked gifts nothing, while precise figures remain Pending confirmation.
One gift per NPC per day is the reported rule, and tools cannot be given as gifts. Gift preferences are recorded in the Social app under a character's Preferences, and gifts that only produce a neutral reaction (+5) are not shown there.
Safe and universal gifts
Rabbit Poop is called a universally liked gift worth +5 with every character, useful when you do not have a character's loved or liked item on hand. The RaiderKing gift guide also suggests Moonlit Forest gatherables such as Moonflower, Mirthshroom, and Moondew Shroom as broadly safe choices, since most characters love or like them. Characters like Pastelle, Stella, and Delphin are repeatedly noted as not wanting fish or bugs despite working with them.
Favorite gifts by character
Across the collected gift guides, representative favorites include Alex: Diamond; Lunelle: Flannel and Linen; Neona: Tin and Copper Ingot; Pastelle: animal feed such as Rabbit Feed; Serena: Velvet, Diamond, and Starflare Core; Solara: Strawberry Mousse and Sugar Painting; Stella: Black Tea Macaron; Zerine: Quartz, Runebird Fragment, and Moonflower Pollen; Aurelis: Aurorite Ore; Graminova: crops and mushrooms such as Cabbage, Garlic, and Twilight Succulent; Loren: Tin Ingot and Radiant Core; Sylvain: hydrangeas and Moonflower; Youfang: Bamboo and Bamboo Leaf; and Zephyria: Twilight Succulent and various mushrooms.
Guides disagree on a few favorites, notably Delphin, whose favorite is listed as Twilight Succulent and Moonflower by Eurogamer, hydrangeas by RaiderKing, and Red Beaded Starfish and Light Blue Hydrangea by thegamer. This page does not average those lists; it reports that the guides conflict and leaves the exact answer Pending confirmation.
Other ways to raise affection
Talking to an NPC once a day gives about +5 affection, completing bulletin board requests gives roughly +15 to +25 (up to 30 in some guides), returning lost items gives +20, and completing side or main quests, especially profession certification quests, can give up to +50. Because these figures differ slightly between guides, the ranges are presented as reported rather than as a fixed official table.
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