Stardew Valley’s focus on relationships is undeniable; with over 30 characters in the game, you have plenty of people to socialize with and live the cottagecore life of your dreams. It doesn’t matter if the townfolk you’re talking to is only a friend or more than just a friend. Each one has a heart meter that you can fill up, triggering special events when you achieve a certain relationship level.

And while all characters get heart events, spouses take the lead when it comes to sweet moments. Not only do you get more hearts with them, meaning more events, but they keep adding content to further your relationship. While some of these heart events are sweeter than others, they all are true to each spouse’s nature.

10 Shane’s New Addiction

While Stardew Valley is generally a silly and relaxing experience, the game surprises you from time to time with dark storylines. Like Shane’s, who players see struggling with alcoholism and depression.

After you marry him, things don’t seem to improve, which is why when Shane’s 14-heart event starts with him coming out of the town’s tavern, players can only imagine the worst. However, you’ll discover that he’s been playing an arcade game, and, in a bittersweet moment, Shane reminds players that you should trust your significant other.

9 Abigail’s Sacrifice

Stardew Valley’s players can all agree that Abigail is one of the best romanceable options out there. However, her energetic and feisty personality takes a severe turn during her 14 heart events.

While exploring, you get attacked by a monster; after it hits you, Abigail appears at the right moment to kill it before it can harm you. It was a matter of life or death; still, Abigail is shocked by her deadly action, as she has never killed before. Looking after each other and making tough decisions is part of a normal relationship. However, sacrificing your principles to save your partner’s life is a challenging pill to swallow.

8 Sebastian’s New Pet

Sebastian is a dateable character that will resonate with gamers. He is geeky and loves to spend time on his computer. This sedentary lifestyle makes his heart event even more unique, seeing as it involves taking care of something that’s not digital.

During the event, Sebastian will ask you for help rescuing a frog; after that, he will bring it home and build a new area for the little guy. While it is cute that the person you’re with takes care of defenseless creatures, getting a new pet means your partner is ready to expand your family. Who knew frogs could be so sweet?

7 Haley’s Charity Cake-Walk

Haley isn’t exactly the first choice for most players because she is spoiled and a bit rude. However, she eventually gets better once she warms up to you. Despite being a snob, Haley has a kind soul, as shown in her heart event where she organizes a charity cake-walk.

Before the event, she’ll ask you to bring a chocolate cake that will serve as one of the prizes. After you get it, head into town where you’ll the villagers participating in the cake-walk. Haley manages to raise 5,000G with her event and donates all the profit to Penny so she can buy new school books for the children.

6 Sam’s New Job

When it comes to love interests, Sam is a solid choice. He’s sweet, friendly, and is in a band! So you know he’ll play all of your favorite songs. Sam’s musical talents are the star of his final heart event. During this one, he’ll tell the player that he wants a new job. Eventually, he’ll land one as a Junior Composer at the Zuzu Broadcasting Group.

While it isn’t what he expected, seeing as he will be composing for a kids show, at the end of the event, Sam throws a little concert where he plays for his little brother, Jas, and you —making it a lovely moment where the kids start dancing to the rhythm of Sam’s song.

5 Emily Crafting A New Outfit

Someone making a gift for you makes it extra special; not only did they wanted to give you something, but they put on the extra work of making it themselves. As Emily is a crafty and fashionable person, it makes perfect sense for her to gift the player a complete outfit in one of her heart event.

During this event, Emily will sew and eventually give players a Magic Hat, Magic Shirt, Genie Pants, and Magic Boots, which are nice considering these have +4 Defense and +4 Immunity. The sweetest part comes when Emily tells you that she made this outfit so you’ll think of her while wearing it and so you’ll know she’s waiting for you to come home safe.

4 Harvey’s Special Dinner

With his glasses and sweet smile, Harvey is not only cute but a total dork, in a good way. He’s friendly and supportive and even takes you on a hot balloon date in his ten-hearts event. You could think there’s no way to top that, but Harvey finds a way.

As part of his final event, Harvey cooks the player his special pasta recipe, ask about their day, offers help with whatever they need, and washes the dishes after dinner. And, if you’re not entirely melting with sweetness by then, he says that marrying you was the best thing that ever happened to him.

3 Leah’s Painting Lessons

Sharing special moments with your significant other is one way to solidify the relationship, which is why one of Leah’s heart events consists of painting a portrait with her.

Leah is a talented sculptor and artist, so players can’t expect to compete with her abilities. Still, she acts nice when she sees the funny-looking painting the player manages to make. It doesn’t matter if you like painting or not; having a spouse who pushes their significant other out of their comfort zone to try new things is sweet and thoughtful.

2 Elliot’s Letters

Elliot has a way with words; after all, he is a writer trying to finish his novel. Once players marry him, Elliot will make sure to put his talent to use and shower the player with poetic compliments.

Just like iconic romantic movies, Elliot’s final heart event involves him writing you lots of letters when he is out of town doing a book tour. It’s not only the fact that he took time out of his busy trip to write to you but in each one, he finds new ways of telling you how much he misses you and the home you share.

1 Maru’s Stargazing

Stargazing has to be in the top 10 romantic activities you can do with your significant other. Picture this, you and your significant other and all the stars in the cosmos.

This romantic atmosphere makes this heart event even sweeter. She’ll take the player out to look at an impressive comet passing by during the event. Not only that but the two of you share a philosophical moment where Maru contemplates the loneliness of the beautiful comet and remarks how glad she is to get to live in the world with you.

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