Step into the charming world of Fields of Mistria, where farming meets heartfelt romance and thoughtful gift-giving unlocks the secrets of the town’s most intriguing souls. Whether you’re courting the diligent town leader Adeline or the mysterious traveling merchant Balor, knowing exactly what to gift can fast-track your journey from acquaintance to beloved. Discover the ultimate guide to romance and the best gifts that will win hearts and deepen bonds in this enchanting farming simulator now in Early Access on PC. Your perfect match-and the perfect present-awaits in the fields of Mistria.
It should be noted that while there are romance candidates who will speak a bit flirtily to you, there is currently no dating or marriage in this early access stage of the game. Romance candidates have special cutscenes that unlock once you reach a certain number of hearts with them, but that’s it for now. More cutscenes, dating, marriage, and even having children are all features planned for future updates.
As of the patch 0.12.0 update, you can invite romance candidates to the Shooting Star Festival on Summer 28 if you have four or more hearts with them, but you cannot progress past having six hearts with them. (Note that in order to do this, you’ll need to complete the “Beautification Project” quest first.)
Below we list out all of the available romance options in Fields of Mistria, as well as some of the easiest-to-get early-game items to give them to win them over. Note that our list is not a complete list of their liked and loved items, but rather a list of the items that you can obtain earlier than other items.
Update (March 11): We’ve added the new romance candidate that was added in patch 0.13.0.
Fields of Mistria marriage candidates and easy gifts
In Fields of Mistria, there are currently 10 confirmed marriage candidates, each with distinct personalities and backgrounds, including Adeline, Balor, Celine, Eiland, Hayden, Juniper, March, Reina, Ryis, and Valen, with two more candidates yet to be revealed in future updates. While full marriage and dating mechanics are not yet implemented due to the game being in Early Access, players can build relationships by giving gifts to these candidates to earn hearts and unlock unique cutscenes. Each candidate has specific liked and loved gifts, with some easy-to-obtain items recommended for year-round gifting to steadily increase affection; for example, Adeline appreciates coffee as a birthday gift, which is easy to acquire from the market. The gifting system encourages players to explore and engage with the characters, setting the stage for future romance and marriage features planned by the developers.
As of this writing, there are 11 romance candidates in Fields of Mistria, though more have been teased to be added later.
Adeline
Adeline is effectively the one in charge of Mistria, being the daughter of the barons of the town. She’s the one who sends you tasks to help restore the town.
Early in the game, you can give her tulips (spring) and peaches (summer), to boost your relationship with her. You can forage tulips around the map and peaches grow on a tree in The Narrows.
She loves peaches and cream, which is made from peaches (foraged during summer), milk, and sugar. (Her brother, Eiland, also likes peaches and cream, so stocking up on them would help for both of them!) She also loves coffee, which you can buy from Balor’s cart or the Sleeping Dragon’s Inn for 100 Tesserae, depending on their stock for the day. You can also buy it from Darcy during the Saturday Market.
Balor
Balor is a cunning traveling merchant who helps you ship out your items.
Early on, you can give Balor rubies, which are found in the early floors of the mines (floors 1-19). He also likes sapphires, and emeralds, the other gems found in later floors.
For a slightly more advanced gift, he also loves perfect versions of the above gemstones, like perfect rubies, perfect sapphires, and the like.
Caldarus
Caldarus is the magical dragon being that helps you around the farm. He is only unlockable as a romance candidate after completing a specific quest.
Caldarus is not an early-game candidate at all (given that you have to do quite a bit to unlock him to begin with), but he likes a few foods you can buy at The Inn, like crab cakes and beet soup. You can also buy him treats from Darcy’s Stall (during the weekend market) like chocolate cake and ice cream sundaes.
He loves the statuette of Caldarus, which you can dig up from artifact spots in The Eastern Road. If your inn is upgraded, you can buy him seafood boils and seafood snow pea noodles as well, which he loves.
Celine
Celine is a gentle girl who studies plants and loves nature. She’s also the daughter of the general store owners.
Celine likes flowers, making her one of the easiest characters to build a relationship with. She likes every flower you can forage, including lilacs, tulips, dandelions, and daisies – which you should find tons of in spring and summer.
She loves hydrangeas, which grow commonly during the summer on the Eastern Road map, east of Mistria.
Eiland
Eiland is the son of the town’s barons, and he’s more focused on archaeology than his sister. He’s often helping out at the museum.
Unfortunately, Eiland is one of the harder marriage candidates to sway as he really only likes and loves cooked foods. He likes candied strawberries, which you can cook using strawberries (grown in the spring) and sugar. You can also buy them from Balor’s cart randomly for 250 Tesserae.
Eiland loves strawberry shortcake, which doesn’t unlock as a recipe until quite a bit later, but you can buy it from Balor’s cart and the Sleeping Dragon Inn randomly for 600 Tesserae each.
Hayden
Hayden is your neighbor to the west of your farm who also owns a farm. He specializes in animal care and you’ll buy animals through him.
All that said, Hayden likes most animal byproducts, including eggs, cow milk, butter, and cheese – all items you can get pretty early on if you start ranching animals.
Hayden loves the perfect versions of the above products, meaning that giving him gifts that he loves is a little bit harder, but once your animals start producing things like golden eggs and golden cow milk, you should be able to win over his heart easily. Once you start collecting shiny beads from caring from animals (requiring you to unlock the Currency of Care ranching skill), you can trade these beads to the chicken statue by Hayden’s house for a chance to get these golden items, which will help you get them much earlier than you would normally.
Juniper
Juniper is a sorceress who runs the bathhouse in mistria. She also helps you figure out some of the mysteries behind the town’s magic (or lack thereof).
She likes witchy things, like frogs and mushrooms. The easiest things to obtain to give to her are red toadstools, which can be obtained from killing the red mushroom enemies on the early floors of the mines (floors 1-19). She also likes monster powder, which also drop from mine enemies.
On the flip side, Juniper’s loved items are a bit harder. The earliest recipe that you can cook up for her that she loves is moon fruit cake, which unlocks after you complete a request for Juniper in which she asks for moon fruit. Moon fruit is only foraged during fall, so stock up while you can. She also loves crystal roses, which are a foragable found in the deep earth section of the mines (floors 41-59).
March
March is a bit of a grumpy pants and he’s the town’s blacksmith. You’ll see him and his older brother frequently around town.
He’s yet another marriage candidate that is pretty simple to appease to – he likes ores and ingots, which you should have plenty of if you’ve been in the mines. Any of the ores and ingots will work.
He loves perfect ores, like perfect copper ore, so if you have extra, you can use those, too.
Reina
Reina is the daughter of the inn-owner and she helps her family run said inn. She’s the head chef at the inn and she’s a bit of a foodie.
Most of her likes involve food, but she does appreciate some of the more simple ingredients, like cheese, flour, rice, and sugar. That being said, you’ll need the mill unlocked to process milk, wheat, rice stalks, and sugar cane, respectively – or you can buy sugar for 115 Tesserae from the general store.
Reina is yet another candidate that mainly takes interest in food, so her loved items can be hard to obtain. The earliest recipe that you can get is cabbage slaw, which requires cabbage (grown in spring) and fennel (foraged in spring). She also loves breaded catfish, which isn’t too bad to make once you unlock the recipe via the notice board quest.
Ryis
Ryis is a carpenter/woodworker who helps you build barns, expand your house, and any of that good stuff.
His liked items are pretty simple and easy to obtain: wood, clay, and stone. If you’ve cleared out the debris on your farm even a little bit, you probably have lots of this stuff, so you should consider giving some to Ryis if you want to win his heart over.
Most of Ryis’ loved items are golden versions of food and animal byproducts, but he also loves hard wood, which you can get from axing those huge stumps you see around Mistria (and on your farm). You will need at least a copper axe to cut these, though.
Valen
Valen is the town doctor, who you actually won’t see very often as long as you’re playing it safe and going to bed by 2 a.m.
She’s a bit harder to appease with her liked items. The easiest thing to give her is seaweed, which can be found by diving in the ocean on those dark bubbling spots that show up. She also likes dandelions, which can be foraged during the spring.
What secret gift hints will help me unlock all romance routes in Mistria
To unlock all romance routes in Fields of Mistria, secret gift hints are crucial as each romance candidate has specific liked and loved gifts that accelerate heart progress and unlock special events.
Key Gift Hints for Romance Candidates:
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Adeline (Town Leader): Loves comforting and relaxing items such as Tea with Lemon, Coffee, Lemon Pie, Pumpkin Pie, and Perfect Pink Diamond. She also likes gifts like Tulip, Lemonade, Red Wine, and Wild Berry Pie.
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Balor (Traveling Merchant): Prefers valuable gems and exotic dishes including Alda Gem Bracelet, Apple Honey Curry, Perfect Diamond, Perfect Emerald, and Perfect Ruby. Liked gifts include Fog Orchid, Rose, Sapphire, and Golden Cookies.
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Celine (Gardener): Loves flowers and light treats like Crystal Rose, Frost Lily, Hydrangea, Plum Blossom, and Spring Galette. Likes a broad range of flowers and herbal items such as Catmint, Daisy, Jasmine, and Tulip.
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Juniper (Bathhouse Sorceress): Favors mystical and rare items like Ancient Royal Scepter, Black Tablet, Golden Cookies, Moon Fruit Cake, and Spell Fruit Parfait. Likes include Crystal, Latte, Red Wine, and White Wine.
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March (Blacksmith): Appreciates crafted and mineral gifts such as Dragon-Forged Bracelet, Meteorite, Perfect Copper Ore, Gold Ingot, and Sushi Platter. Liked gifts include Beer, Coffee, Chocolate Cake, and various ores.
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Caldarus (Guardian of Mistria): A secret romance unlocked after progressing to floor 60 in the mines, breaking the Fire Seal with specific items (Emerald, Faceted Rock Gem, Rockroot, Sealing Scroll), then entering the Deep Woods using the Dragon’s Breath spell. Caldarus becomes available only after this questline.
Additional Tips:
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The universally loved gift known so far is the Scent of Spring item sold at the Spring Festival, which can be given to any candidate for a significant heart boost.
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Gift preferences are revealed gradually as you interact with characters and test gifts, with daily limits on gifting to each NPC.
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Observing dialogue hints and birthday events can provide clues to ideal gifts, which grant extra heart points.
Using these gift hints strategically will help you unlock all romance routes and deepen relationships with Mistria’s eligible bachelors and bachelorettes.
Are there hidden gift combinations that unlock secret romance routes in Mistria
There are no confirmed hidden gift combinations that specifically unlock secret romance routes in Fields of Mistria. The game features 10 known romance candidates with distinct liked and loved gifts, and two additional secret or unreleased romance characters whose identities and unlocking methods remain undisclosed for now.
One of these secret romances is likely Caldarus, the Guardian of Mistria, who becomes romanceable only after completing a complex quest involving breaking the Fire Seal deep in the mines
