Affection is an important element in Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. This feature is based on a point system used to measure your friendship level with villagers and marriage candidates.
Raising affection is essential to build relationships with the characters in the game. As a bonus, they might give you cooking recipes, trigger special cutscenes, or even become your future wife if you’re courting one of the five bachelorettes.
Aside from villagers, the Harvest Sprites also have their own affection system. For livestock, all you need to do is take good care of them—such as feeding and interacting with them—and their affection will increase naturally.
Villagers
All characters (including your child) start with 50 Affection Points (AP), and you can raise this up to a maximum of 225 AP. Talking to them or giving gifts will increase their AP by the next day.
Once a villager’s affection reaches 200 AP or more, they may say different dialogue, showing that they now consider you a close friend.
Ways to Raise Affection
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Talk | +1 AP |
| Give a gift | See tables below |
First Gift of the Day
The table below shows how much AP changes when you give a character their first gift of the day.
| Gift Type | No Wrap | Wrapped | Birthday (No Wrap) | Birthday (Wrapped) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorite | +9 AP | +11 AP | +45 AP | +47 AP |
| Likes | +3 AP | +5 AP | +15 AP | +17 AP |
| Neutral | +1 AP | +3 AP | +5 AP | +7 AP |
| Dislikes | -3 AP | -1 AP | -15 AP | -13 AP |
| Hates | -9 AP | -7 AP | -45 AP | -43 AP |
Additional Gifts (Same Day)
If you give more than one gift on the same day, the AP gained is reduced for the second and subsequent gifts.
| Gift Type | No Wrap | Wrapped | Birthday (No Wrap) | Birthday (Wrapped) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorite | +3 AP | +2 AP | +2 AP | +15 AP |
| Likes | +1 AP | 0 AP | 0 AP | +5 AP |
| Neutral | 0 AP | -1 AP | -1 AP | 0 AP |
| Dislikes | -3 AP | -4 AP | -4 AP | -15 AP |
| Hates | -9 AP | -10 AP | -10 AP | -45 AP |
Bachelorettes
There are five bachelorettes in the game, each with affection levels ranging from 0 AP to 65,535 AP. Their affection is shown as a colored heart icon at the bottom-right corner when you talk to them.
| Heart Color | Affection Point |
|---|---|
 Black | 0 AP ~ 4.999 AP |
 Purple | 5.000 AP ~ 19.999 AP |
 Blue | 20.000 AP ~ 29.999 AP |
 Green | 30.000 AP ~ 39.999 AP |
 Yellow | 40.000 AP ~ 49.999 AP |
 Orange | 50.000 AP ~ 59.999 AP |
 Red | 60.000 AP ~ 65.535 AP |
Ways to Raise Affection
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Talk | +200 AP |
| Give a gift | See tables below |
Giving perfume as a gift increases affection by +1000 AP.
First Gift of the Day
| Gift Type | No Wrap | Wrapped | Birthday (No Wrap) | Birthday (Wrapped) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorite | +500 AP | +500 AP | +500 AP | +2500 AP |
| Likes | +300 AP | +300 AP | +300 AP | +1500 AP |
| Neutral | +100 AP | +100 AP | +100 AP | +500 AP |
| Dislikes | -500 AP | -500 AP | -500 AP | -2500 AP |
| Hates | -800 AP | -800 AP | -800 AP | -4000 AP |
Additional Gifts (Same Day)
| Gift Type | No Wrap | Wrapped | Birthday (No Wrap) | Birthday (Wrapped) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorite | +300 AP | +300 AP | +300 AP | +1500 AP |
| Likes | +100 AP | +100 AP | +100 AP | +500 AP |
| Neutral | 0 AP | 0 AP | 0 AP | 0 AP |
| Dislikes | -500 AP | -500 AP | -500 AP | -2500 AP |
| Hates | -800 AP | -800 AP | -800 AP | -4000 AP |
Livestock
As mentioned before, increasing affection with livestock is easy. Just feed and care for them every day.
Cow
It takes around 60 days of proper care to max out a cow’s affection.
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Talk to the cow | +3 AP |
| Graze outside | +2 AP |
| Eat inside the barn | +1 AP |
| Hit with a tool | -9 AP |
| Barked at by wild dog | -10 AP |
| Left outside without grass | -9 AP |
| Not fed inside the barn | -9 AP |
| Left outside in bad weather | -120 AP |
Sheep
Sheep reach max affection in about 40 days with proper care.
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Talk to the sheep | +3 AP |
| Graze outside | +2 AP |
| Eat inside the barn | +1 AP |
| Hit with a tool | -1 AP |
| Barked at by wild dog | -1 AP |
| Left outside without grass | -9 AP |
| Not fed inside the barn | -10 AP |
| Left outside in bad weather | -120 AP |
Chicken
Chickens are the easiest animals to raise. Just feed them daily and their affection will rise. Max affection takes about 24 days.
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Feed the chicken | +10 AP |
| Hit with a tool | -10 AP |
| Barked at by wild dog | -10 AP |
| Not fed | -20 AP |
| Left outside in bad weather | -120 AP |
Dog
If you consistently show affection, a dog’s affection can be maxed out in around 60 days.
| Action | Affection Points |
|---|---|
| Pick up the dog | +2 AP |
| Responds to whistle | +2 AP |
| Ignored all day | -1 AP |
| Left outside in bad weather | -5 AP |
| Hit with a tool | -10 AP |
Harvest Sprites
Harvest Sprites have a unique affection system. Their affection points are hidden and increase in increments of 25 AP.
Asking them to help on the farm reduces their affection by 2 AP. The same gift-based affection system used for villagers also applies to the Sprites.
Each Sprite has hidden skill levels for farm tasks, and they all start with no skill. For example, Chef starts with zero watering skill. If you assign him to water crops, his skill will gradually increase over time.
Each time you make a Sprite work, their skill level increases by one. A Sprite’s maximum skill level is 225.
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