The more you talk to an NPC and complete daily errands and other quests for them, the more affection you will gain. You can also lose affection points with them depending on your solutions to daily quests or the dialogue spoken during quests (this is colloquially known as "negging").
If you complete all of an NPC's three (or seven) daily errands with the correct options, the total affection gained will most often be +21 . There are exceptions: some NPCs such as Buli will yield higher affection while completing one of her tasks in a certain way (for instance, spinning Bearnard's Chance Machine three times instead of one). Her daily affection total is therefore higher than someone like Bearnard.
Chit-chatting with an NPC will yield an additional +1 per day.
Affection can be viewed through the NPC Diary. NPCs will send the player letters and gifts at certain affection milestones. These gifts include currency, totems, food, side quests, chance machines, apparel, and even items which can be alchemized into a hatching item for exclusive pets (one for positive affection and one for negative affection).
Rewards[]
After a certain level of affection has been reached with an NPC, they will send out a special letter enclosed with gifts, some of which are unique to the NPC. You will also be rewarded with a heart gem.
The Red/Black Armour sets and the Warm/Cold Apparel sets received with the letters contain only the base variant of each item, not the evolved variants.
Pinot deviates from these milestones.
Milestone | Currency | Shop & Quests | Items |
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300 Affection | 1,500 to 2,000 | May unlock Chance Machine (Fantasia and Lilia only). | Unique Pet Food |
500 Affection | N/A | May unlock Chance Machine; unique side quest unlocked. | N/A |
800 Affection | 3,000 and 50 | N/A | Red Heart Armour Set and unique Pet Food. |
1,100 Affection | 4,000 and 100 | N/A | Warm Heart Apparel Set and unique Pet Food. |
1,500 Affection | 5,000 and 200 | N/A | Lovely Hearts and Red Heart Gem. |
Negative Affection works much the same way but has a fewer amount of reward milestones - although it is richer in the premium Turnip currency.
Milestone | Currency | Items |
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-400 Affection | 50 | Black Heart Armour Set |
-900 Affection | 200 | Cold Heart Apparel Set |
-1,500 Affection | 350 | Broken Hearts and Black Heart Gem. |
NPC-Specific Rewards[]
Certain NPCs deviate in what milestone their Chance Machine is unlocked and the amount of potatoes they give out. With the exception of Pinot, negative affection rewards are universal, as are positive affection rewards after 800 . At 500 affection, most NPCs will send the player an unique side quest. Completing this quest will yield various rewards, among which are a wardrobe item and totem unique to the NPC. The tables below list the unique pet foods, totems, and apparel item affection rewards for each NPC by town.
Pinot at The Red Tower is different. He has separate positive affection milestones from other NPCs (including more unique pet foods and totems), and his rewards will be awarded upon both side quest completion and upon opening his affection letters. Additionally, the Red Heart Armour Set and Warm Heart Apparel Set are awarded at 600 and 900 affection, respectively, instead of at 800 and 1,100 affection.
Milestone | Currency | Quest | Items |
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200 Affection with Pinot | 1,500 | N/A | |
400 Affection with Pinot | 2,000 and 50 | N/A | |
600 Affection with Pinot | 3,000 and 50 | "Pinot's Forest Pastimes" (Awards Pinot's Academy Spell Circle) |
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900 Affection with Pinot | 5,000 and 100 | N/A | |
1,300 Affection with Pinot | 5,000 and 100 | "Pinot's Studious Perils" (Awards Pinot's Academy Spell Circle variants) |
N/A |
1,500 Affection with Pinot | 5,000 and 200 | N/A | |
-400 Affection with Pinot | 50 | N/A | N/A |
-900 Affection with Pinot | 200 | N/A | |
−1,500 Affection with Pinot | 350 | N/A |
NPC | Side Quest | Food | Clothing | Totem |
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Cairn | "Cairn's Secret" | |||
Nigel | "A Day in the Life of Nigel" |
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