Giving gifts to villagers in Harvest Moon: Back to Nature generally increases their affection toward you. Interestingly, if you give them a favorite gift on their birthday, their affection will increase significantly.

You can use this to build stronger friendships with the townspeople. Wrapping gifts with Wrapping Paper from the Supermarket also grants bonus affection points.

This guide lists the villagers’ favorite and liked gifts based on their birthdays. Note that marriage candidates have alternate birthdays, ensuring their birthdays don’t clash with the player’s.

Only favorite and liked items are included in this list. For more detailed gift preferences, please check our Villager Guide and look for the “Gifts” table.

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Spring Birthdays

Date	Character	Favorite Gifts	Liked Gifts
2 Spring	Louis	Honey, Bread, Tomato Juice, Grape Juice	Cucumber, Eggplant, Apple, Spa-Boiled Egg, Tomato
4 Spring	Bold	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread, Omelet	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
11 Spring	Saibara	Bamboo Shoots, Large Fish, Truffle	Copper, Silver, Gold, Mystrile Ore, Cucumber, Turnip, Branch, Lumber
15 Spring	Staid	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
16 Spring	Elli (Alt: 20 Spring)	Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Blue Magic Red Flower, Toy Flower, Red Magic Red Flower	Blue Grass, Fish, Milk, Hot Milk, Sashimi
17 Spring	Barley	Spa-Boiled Egg, Rice Ball	Bamboo Shoots, Egg, Milk, Vegetables, Copper/Silver/Gold/Mystrile Ore
19 Spring	Lillia	Blue Grass, Blue/Red Magic Red Flower, Turbojolt, Turbojolt XL, Truffles	Apple, Milk, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
26 Spring	Aqua	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
29 Spring	Greg	Large Fish	Apple, Medium Fish, Rice Ball, Corn
30 Spring	Sasha	Chocolate, Chocolate Cookie, Chocolate Cake, Cookie	Apple, Red Magic Red Flower, Moondrop Flower, Toy Flower, Pink Cat Flower

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Summer Birthdays

Date	Character	Favorite Gifts	Liked Gifts
3 Summer	Popuri (Alt: 10 Summer)	Spa-Boiled Egg, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower, Honey	Corn, Apple, Blue/Red Magic Red Flower, Egg
4 Summer	Harris	Spa-Boiled Egg, Wine, Bodigizer XL, Turbojolt, Turbojolt XL	Apple, Bamboo Shoots, Carrot, Green Pepper, Honey
6 Summer	Cliff	Spa-Boiled Egg, Hot Milk, Mushroom Rice, Sushi, Omelet	Cucumber, Tomato, Wild Grape, Carrot, Bread
11 Summer	Basil	Blue Grass, Green Grass, Mushroom, Poisonous Mushroom, Truffle, Wild Grape	Apple, Bamboo Shoots, Potato, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
16 Summer	Timid	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
17 Summer	Ann (Alt: 22 Summer)	Spa-Boiled Egg, Bamboo Rice, Mushroom Rice, Omelet, Sushi	Apple, Milk, Egg, Large Fish, Rice Ball, Wild Grape
22 Summer	Kai	Flour, Oil, Bread, Large Fish, Bodigizer, Bodigizer XL, Turbojolt, Turbojolt XL	Apple, Honey, Medium Fish, Onion, Tomato, Wild Grape
26 Summer	Mayor Thomas	Bamboo Shoots, Truffle, Wine	Egg, Honey, Milk, Potato, Spa-Boiled Egg, Sweet Potato, Turnip
29 Summer	Zack	Large Fish	Medium Fish, Rice Ball, Spinach, SUGDW Apple, Wine

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Fall Birthdays

Date	Character	Favorite Gifts	Liked Gifts
2 Fall	Gotz	Copper/Silver/Gold/Mystrile Ore, Bread, Lumber, Medium Fish, Milk, Egg	Apple, Carrot, Corn, Cucumber, Potato, Green Pepper, Honey
5 Fall	Stu	Honey, Wild Grape	Apple, Copper/Silver/Gold/Mystrile Ore, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
10 Fall	Hoggy	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
11 Fall	Manna	Large Fish, Medium Fish, Pink Cat Flower, Honey, Orange Cup Fruit	Bamboo Shoots, Cabbage, Carrot, Onion, Potato, Toy Flower, Moondrop Flower
14 Fall	Chef	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
15 Fall	Karen (Alt: 22 Fall)	Wine, Truffle	Corn, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Moondrop Flower, Toy Flower, Blue Magic Red Flower, Pink Cat Flower
17 Fall	Doctor	Bamboo Shoots, Blue Grass, Large Fish, Poisonous Mushroom, Spa-Boiled Egg, Red Grass	Carrot, Corn, Cucumber, Egg, Tomato, Turnip, Medium Fish, Green Pepper
20 Fall	Pastor Carter	Fish (any), Flour, Oil, Lumber, Wine	Turnip, Potato, Onion, Pineapple, Green Pepper, Cabbage, Carrot, Milk
23 Fall	Anna	Blue Magic Red Flower, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Red Magic Red Flower, Toy Flower	Blue Grass, Egg, Fish (any), Green Grass, Honey, Red Grass
27 Fall	Rick	Spa-Boiled Egg, Honey, Wine, Turbojolt, Turbojolt XL, Large Fish	Blue Magic Red Flower, Chicken Feed, Corn, Egg, Red Magic Red Flower

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Winter Birthdays

Date	Character	Favorite Gifts	Liked Gifts
2 Winter	Kano	Bamboo Shoots, Blue Grass, Green Grass, Honey, Mushroom, Wild Grape	Apple, Corn, Pineapple, Sweet Potato, Copper/Silver/Gold/Mystrile Ore
6 Winter	Gray	Copper/Silver/Gold/Mystrile Ore, Orichalcum, Adamantite, Bodigizer XL, Turbojolt XL	Branch, Lumber, Potato, Egg, Bodigizer, Turbojolt
11 Winter	Doug	Bamboo Shoots, Mushroom, Green Grass, Oil, Flour	Onion, Cabbage, Carrot, Pineapple, Wild Grape, Blue Grass
13 Winter	Ellen	Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower, Honey, Spa-Boiled Egg	Apple, Carrot, Cucumber, Egg, Sweet Potato, Tomato
15 Winter	Duke	Spa-Boiled Egg, Large Fish, Bread, Wine	Cucumber, Eggplant, Spinach, Wild Grape
19 Winter	Won	None	Fish (any size)
20 Winter	Mary (Alt: 25 Winter)	Bamboo Shoots, Blue Grass, Green Grass, Mushroom, Red Grass	Apple, Honey, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower, Wild Grape
22 Winter	Nappy	Flour, Wild Grape, Honey, Bread	Turnip, Carrot, Apple, Blue Grass, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower
26 Winter	May	Large Fish, Honey, Moondrop Flower, Pink Cat Flower, Toy Flower	Apple, Egg, Milk, Tomato
29 Winter	Jeff	Bamboo Shoots, Fruit Juice, Bodigizer, Bodigizer XL, Turbojolt, Turbojolt XL	Apple, Blue Grass, Honey, Pink Cat Flower, Red Grass, Spa-Boiled Egg