Making friends is fun! It’s also an important life skill. InStardew Valley, just as in real life, making friends is vital to success. The player can gain a ton by befriending the correct characters. If the player can locate and befriend the correct characters, they will find that those characters can give them or grant them access to some surprisingly helpful benefits.
Evelynis one of the first characters aStardew Valleyplayer will encounter when entering Pelican Town. She is a friendly old lady who has lived there her entire life.She can’t be romancedas she is already married to George. However, she is a great friend to have as the game progresses. Evelyn can usually be found in her home between the trailer and the Saloon. Players will soon discover that Evelyn is always hopeful and optimistic. She loves to garden, bake cookies, and reminisce abouther town’s past. Here is a guide to befriending this lovely lady.
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Gift Guide
Gift giving isthe most reliable way to earn Friendship PointsinStardew Valley. It takes approximately 30 loved gifts (closer to 27 if one is given on their birthday) to get a villager from 0 hearts all the way up to 10. Evelyn’s birthday is very late in the year, on Winter 20th.
The player cangive Evelyn up to two gifts per week(plus one on her birthday). Evelyn can usually be found in her home in the kitchen, in the clinic on the 2nd and 23rd of each season, or in the Community Center (once it has been repaired) from 12:10 PM-4:30 PM on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
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Loved Gifts
Of the gifts listed below,Tulips and Beets are by far the best and easiest options. Their seeds are incredibly cheap at 20g, and they only take 6 days to grow in Spring (for Tulips) or Autumn (for Beets). Tulips are slightly more recommended as they’re available right away in the first season and don’t requireaccess to Calico Desert. Just plant around 30+ of either crop, stockpile them, and give them to Evelyn two days a week until the stockpile runs out. That should earn the 10th Friendship heart with no problems. The other options aren’t as viable due to either high cost or rarity, but are still worth knowing:
Liked Gifts
Evelyn’s most common liked gift,the Daffodil, is a forgeable in Spring. This one really doesn’t stand out much, solely because they are so simple to acquire and effective. However, it makes for a good backup gift if the farm has a few lying around ina season that isn’t Spring.
Disliked & Hated Gifts
It is, of course, important to know whatgifts should be avoidedwhen trying to befriend a villager. This list includes all of Evelyn’s dislikes and hates, which players should never give her:
Quests
Quests are set objectives within the game thatprovide rewards once completed. AllStardew Valleyquests are kept in the quest journal. The player can find the journal by clicking the exclamation point icon, just below the date/time display in the upper right of the screen.
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Evelyn only has a single quest inStardew Valley, and it happens to be a non-randomized one:
Friendship Perks
There is a good reason why the player should pursue a friendship with Evelyn. IfEvelyn’s Friendship levelis anywhere higher than 0,she has a chance of sending the player the following items every day through the mail. The odds of her sending anything increase with a higher Friendship level.
At the beginning of the game, these items are actually extremely valuable. The player ismuch more limited by Energythan anything else in the game at that point, so obtaining anything that gives Energy for free is as good as it gets.
At 4+ Friendship hearts, if the player walks into Evelyn’s house at any time she’s in there, they will witness a Heart Event where she bakes cookies and gives the player her recipe. This is the only way to get the Cookie recipe.Choosing the “It’s delicious!” optionwhen she asks what the player thinks of her cookies will award 100 free Friendship points.
Finally, when the player earns 7+ hearts with Evelyn, she will send therecipe for Rice Puddingin the mail.This is the only way to get this recipe. Rice Pudding gives 115 Energy and 51 Health when eaten.
Stardew Valleyis available for Android, iOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Series X|S.
