Guide to Marriage Candidates and Gifts in Fields of Mistria

I couldn’t help but get attached to every one of the marriage candidates in Fields of Mistria, making it tough to pick just one to date. So, I’m taking a strategic approach and nurturing my relationships with all of them just in case.

Similar to Stardew Valley, you can find in-depth information on the Fields of Mistria wiki, which I highly recommend. Here, I’ll provide a focused guide on Mistria’s marriage candidates, detailing the best gifts to give throughout the year and what to prioritize for their birthdays.

The 1.0 version of Fields of Mistria is set to launch on August 5, bringing marriage into the game at last! I’ll update this guide with any necessary requirements once I have the details.

Below, I’ll outline all the marriage candidates along with gift suggestions. This is a streamlined version to help you build relationships easily, but you can find a comprehensive list of loved and liked gifts on the player-maintained Fields of Mistria wiki. Here’s what I recommend:

**Loved gifts:** Full list of each character’s loved gifts for reference
**Easiest gifts:** Gifts that are simple or inexpensive to acquire, typically “liked” tier gifts
**Birthday gifts:** A loved gift (if possible) that’s easiest or cheapest to obtain in time for a character’s birthday, especially if you’re still in year 1.

**Birthday: Winter 18**
Adeline, one of the noble siblings and sister to Eiland, oversees Mistria’s administration. She’s organized, straightforward, and friendly, with a storyline focused on her need to unwind.

**Loved gifts:** Coffee, gazpacho, lemon pie, middlemist, peaches and cream, plum blossom, pumpkin pie, tea with lemon
**Easiest gifts:** Tulip (plant in spring), heather (forage in fall), Snapdragon (forage in winter)
**Best birthday gift:** Coffee

The simplest birthday gift for Adeline is coffee, available from Darcy at the Saturday market for just 100 tesserae. It’s best to grab a hot cup of coffee the Saturday before her birthday and hold onto it. If coffee isn’t available, opt for tea with lemon or pumpkin pie. Peaches and cream is an easy recipe (peaches, sugar, milk) that you can learn after selling a peach in summer.

**Birthday: Summer 10**
Balor is a merchant who brings goods to Mistria, exuding confidence and charm. His storyline revolves around his self-serving instincts versus his growing loyalty to the town.

**Loved gifts:** Alda gem bracelet, chili coconut curry, deluxe curry, family crest pendant, perfect emerald, perfect ruby, perfect sapphire
**Easiest gifts:** Snowdrop anemone (forage in spring), ruby
**Best birthday gift:** Perfect ruby

The easiest birthday gift for Balor is a ruby, which you can find in the upper levels (1-20) of the mines. Perfect rubies are rare, but you should have at least one by summer. If you’re in a bind, a regular ruby will still do for his birthday.

**Birthday: Summer 14**
Celine, the daughter of the general store owners, works as a gardener. She’s friendly yet a bit shy, with a storyline about finding someone to share her interests while uncovering the secrets of an ancient flower.

**Loved gifts:** Crystal rose, frost lily, hydrangea, middlemist, plum blossom, rose, snowdrop anemone, spring galette
**Easiest gifts:** Snowdrop anemone (forage in spring), hydrangea (forage in summer)
**Best birthday gift:** Hydrangea (forage in summer)

The easiest birthday gift for Celine is a hydrangea flower, which can be foraged in the same season as her birthday. If you remember her birthday, you can easily grab one from the forest east of town.

**Birthday: Summer 20**
Eiland, Adeline’s brother and a noble of Mistria, is friendly, outgoing, and passionate about archaeology. His story involves searching for lost pieces of an ancient armor set.

**Loved gifts:** Chocolate cake, coconut cream pie, glowberry cookies, golden cheesecake, golden cookies, ice cream sundae, mont blanc, pumpkin pie, strawberry shortcake
**Easiest gifts:** Chocolate, caramel candy, berries and cream
**Best birthday gift:** Chocolate cake

The easiest birthday gift for Eiland is chocolate cake. He loves food, especially sweets, so you should aim to have a tier two kitchen and buy the chocolate cake recipe from Darcy at the Saturday Market before his birthday. If you can’t manage that, caramel candy is a quick alternative.

**Birthday: Winter 8**
Hayden, the owner of Sweetwater Farm, has a pet chicken named Henrietta and is both earnest and friendly. His storyline reflects a “single dad” dynamic as he raises Henrietta.

**Loved gifts:** Golden butter, golden cheese, golden milk, golden duck egg, golden duck mayonnaise, golden egg, golden mayonnaise, pumpkin pie, stone horse, vegetable quiche
**Easiest gifts:** Egg, milk, butter, cheese
**Best birthday gift:** Golden egg, golden milk

The easiest birthday gift for Hayden is a golden egg. He has a taste for premium items, but you can give him regular dairy products year-round. If you’ve been caring for your animals, you should have golden eggs or milk by winter.

**Birthday: Fall 26**
Juniper, the owner of the bathhouse, has a pet dog named Dozy and tends to look down on small-town life. Her story involves discovering the magic that drew her to Mistria.

**Loved gifts:** Ancient royal scepter, black tablet, crystal rose, golden cookies, moon fruit cake, mushroom brew, pizza
**Easiest gifts:** Middlemist (forage in spring), fog orchid (forage in fall), poinsettia (forage in winter)
**Best birthday gift:** Mushroom brew, crystal rose

The easiest birthday gift for Juniper is wine, which you can easily find at the inn. The rest of her liked and loved gifts require foraging luck, so keep an eye out for mushroom brew tea at Darcy’s stall or Balor’s cart.

**Birthday: Spring 16**
March is a blacksmith who works with his brother Olric and initially comes off as standoffish. His story is about learning to trust others when he needs help.

**Loved gifts:** Meteorite, perfect copper ore, perfect iron ore, perfect silver ore, sushi platter
**Easiest gifts:** Copper ore, iron ore, silver ore
**Best birthday gift:** Perfect copper ore

The easiest birthday gift for March is perfect copper ore. While it might be challenging to find one by his birthday in the second week of spring, you can locate them in the upper mine levels. If you can’t find a perfect one, a regular copper ore will suffice.

**Birthday: Fall 12**
Reina, the cook at the inn owned by her parents, is friendly and generous. Her story revolves around her journey to find her identity as a chef representing Mistria.

**Loved gifts:** Breaded catfish, cabbage slaw, ice cream sundae, rosemary garlic noodles, seafood boil, seafood snow pea noodles, sushi platter
**Easiest gifts:** Daffodil, garlic, cheese
**Best birthday gift:** Cabbage slaw

The easiest birthday gift for Reina is cabbage slaw. The recipe is simple to earn and cheap to make if you’ve saved some spring ingredients. You’ll get the recipe after shipping just one cabbage in spring. If you miss that, you can forage garlic in fall.

**Birthday: Spring 4**
Ryis is a carpenter in Mistria, working alongside his uncle Landen. He’s confident and friendly, with a storyline about finding a sense of home after moving from the city.

**Loved gifts:** Golden bristle, golden bull horn, golden cheesecake, golden cookies, golden duck feather, golden horse hair, golden feather, hard wood, lobster roll
**Easiest gifts:** Stone, wood, lilac
**Best birthday gift:** Hard wood

The easiest birthday gift for Ryis is hard wood—no jokes, please! His birthday is early, making it tricky to get him the best gift since most of his loved items are unattainable until later. In year 1, you might have to settle for a regular piece of wood or stone, or forage a lilac if you want to be romantic.

**Birthday: Fall 1**
Valen, the town doctor, is friendly yet calm and reserved. Her story involves searching for an ingredient to recreate a healing panacea.

**Loved gifts:** Beet salad, beet soup, beet, deep sea soup, rosemary garlic noodles, summer salad, sushi platter, vegetable soup
**Easiest gifts:** Dandelion, garlic
**Best birthday gift:** Vegetable soup or beet

The easiest birthday gift for Valen is a beet. However, since beets grow in winter and her birthday is on Fall 1, you’ll need to plan ahead. A good alternative is vegetable soup, which you can learn to make by attending Josephine’s cooking class in spring. If you’re not prepared, foraging garlic on the first day of fall is a solid backup.