Stardew Valley – Leah Friendship Guide – Villager Guide

Introduction to Friendship and Gifting

In Stardew Valley you can make friends with the locals by talking to them and giving them gifts. Making friends with different villagers will unlock new and usefull benefits or rewards that will help you in your playthrough.

Each villager has a ‘friendship score’ represented by a ten-heart meter for normal villagers, or a fourteen-heart meter for your spouse. Fully completing these hearts for someone will lock in the friendship, this means it can no longer decay over time.

Every
in the friendship meter is equivalent to 250XP, that XP can be gained or lost through various actions you can do. These actions are as follows;

Ways to gain friendship XP

• Talking to villagers (+10)
• Completing an Item Delivery Quest (+150)
• Giving different gifts (Will be explained further in this guide)
• Making good choices during the character’s Heart Event

Ways to lose friendship XP

• Not talking to a villager (Friendship will decay overtime depending on what status they are)
• Giving a gift they dislike or hate
• Hitting them with a slingshot (-30)
• Rummaging through a trashcan within a radius of 7 tiles, with the exception of Linus (-25)

But there is a little bit more to gifting than might seem at first glance. There are two more things that influence the amount of friendship XP you’ll gain when giving a gift. First, the taste and when you give the gift will increase or decrease the amount of XP you will gain from gifting. Below I have a handy table which details how this works.

Gift Taste	Normal	Winter Star, 25th of Winter (x5)	Birthday (x8)
Love	+80	+400	+640
Like	+45	+255	+360
Neutral	+20	+100	+160
Dislike	-20	-100	-160
Hate	-40	-200	-320

If a gift is liked or loved, the points gained will be further affected by quality of the item;

These are the very basics of friendship in Stardew Valley. For a more detailed explaination with every possible way to increase and decrease your friendship XP, I’ll refer you to this Stardew Wiki page about friendship.

stardewvalleywiki.com – https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Friendship

Quality	Multiplier	Effect
Normal	x1	+0%
Silver	x1,1	+10%
Gold	x1,25	+25%
Iridium	x1,5	+50%

About Leah

Now you know how the friendship system works in Stardew Valley, let’s go over some of the information you’ll want to know about Leah before you start giving her gifts.

Leah is the villager who lives in a small cottage outside of Pelican Town. She loves to spend time outside, foraging for a wild meal or simply enjoying the gifts of the season. She’s a talented artist with a large portfolio of work… yet she is too nervous to display it to the public.

Leah is one of the 12 characters the player is able to marry. Her birthday is the 23rd of Winter, you can use this day to give her a gift for increased friendship XP.

Leah’s Schedule – Spring

During the different seasons Leah has a schedule she’ll keep to. Knowing this schedule will make it easier to find her to talk to her and give her gifts. She usually spends most of her mornings inside of her cottage working on her new wood sculpture. From 10AM you’re able to enter her cottage, unless you’ve not reached 2 hearts with Leah already.

Spring
Normal Schedule

Raining, Friday, Saturday

Monday

Spring 16th

Leah’s Schedule – Summmer

Summer
Normal Schedule

Raining, Friday, Saturday

Monday

Leah’s Schedule – Fall

Fall
Normal Schedule

Raining, Friday, Saturday

Monday

Leah’s Schedule – Winter

Winter
Normal Schedule

Monday

Winter 15th

Leah’s Loved Gifts

Now that you know a little bit more about Leah and what she is up to during the day it’s time to start looking at what she likes and what she does not like to receive in terms of gifts.

Since there are universal likes that apply to every villager, with some exceptions, I’ll only be mentioning the items Leah loves, likes, dislikes and hates to keep the guide simple and to the point. Giving loved gifts to a villager will give +80 friendship XP towards your total. Leah’s loved gifts are as follows;

Leah Loved Gifts

Image	Item	Obtained by
	Goat Cheese	Use Goat Milk on a Cheese Press
	Poppyseed Muffin	Use a Poppy, Wheat Flour and Sugar in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Winter in Year 2
	Salad	Use Leek, Dandelion and Vinegar in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by achieving 3+ hearts with Emily
	Stir Fry	Use a Cave Carrot, Common Mushroom, Kale and Oil in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Spring in Year 1
	Truffle	Obtained by letting your pigs graze outside of the barn
	Vegetable Medley	Use a Tomato and Beet in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by achieving 7+ hearts with Caroline
	Wine	Use any fruit on a keg

Leah’s Liked Gifts

Now onto the liked gifts. Giving liked gifts to a villager will give +45 friendship XP towards your total. Leah’s liked gifts are as follows;

Leah Liked Gifts

Image	Item	Obtained by
	Chantarelle	Found by foraging in the Secret Woods during Fall
	Common Mushroom	Found by foraging in Stardew Valley during Fall
	Daffodil	Found by foraging in Stardew Valley during Spring
	Dandelion	Found by foraging in Stardew Valley during Spring
	Driftwood	Obtained by fishing with either a rod or a crab pot
	Hazelnut	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Fall
	Holly	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Winterr
	Leek	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Spring
	Morel	Obtained by foraging in the Secret Woods during Spring
	Purple Mushroom	Obtained by foraging on level 81 or higher in The Mines
	Snow Yam	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Winter
	Spring Onion	Obtained by foraging in the southern part of Cindersap Forest during Spring
	Wild Horseradish	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Spring
	Winter Root	Obtained by foraging in Stardew Valley during Winter

Leah’s Disliked Gifts

Giving disliked gifts to a villager will take -20 friendship XP towards your total. Leah’s disliked gifts are as follows;

Leah disliked Gifts

Image	Item	Obtained by
	Carp Surprise	Use 4x Carp in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Summer in Year 2
	Cookie	Use an Egg, Wheat Flour and Sugar in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by achieving 4+ hearts with Evelyn
	Fried Egg	Use an Egg in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by upgrading your farmhouse
	Ice Cream	Use Milk and Sugar in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by achieving 7+ hearts with Jodi
	Pink Cake	Use an Egg, Wheat Flour, Sugar and a Melon in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 21st of Summer in Year 2
	Rice Pudding	Use Milk, Sugar and Rice in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by achieving 7+ hearts with Evelyn
	Seaweed	Obtained by fishing in the sea
	Survival Burger	Use Bread, Cave Carrot and an Eggplant in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by reaching foraging level 2
	Tortilla	Use Corn in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Fall in Year 1

Leah’s Hated Gifts

Giving hated gifts to a villager will take -40 friendship XP towards your total. Leah’s hated gifts are as follows;

Leah Hated Gifts

Image	Item	Obtained by
	Bread	Use Wheat Flour in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 28th of Summer in Year 1
	Hashbrowns	Use a Potato and Oil in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 14th of Spring in Year 2
	Pancakes	Use Wheat Flour and an Egg in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 14th of Summer in Year 1
	Pizza	Use a Tomato, Cheese, Kale and Wheat Flour in your kitchen, this recipe is obtained by watching The Queen of Sauce on the 7th of Spring in Year 2
	Void Egg	Obtained from a Void Chicken or bought from Krobus for 5.000

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