TL;DR Alex loves Complete Breakfast and Salmon Dinner. He also shares universal loves like Rabbit's Foot and Prismatic Shard.
Alex's Loved Gifts
Alex is known for having only two specific loved gifts: Complete Breakfast and Salmon Dinner [2]. These are both cooked dishes, which can make them a bit harder to acquire compared to other characters who have a wider range of loved items
[2:1]. However, he also appreciates universally loved gifts such as Rabbit's Foot and Prismatic Shard, making it easier to maintain a good relationship with him without cooking
[2:7].
Universal Loves
In addition to his specific favorite dishes, Alex shares the universal loves that most characters appreciate. These include Rabbit's Foot, Prismatic Shard, Golden Pumpkin, Pearl, and others [2:1]. This means you can use these items as a fallback if you're unable to provide his preferred meals regularly.
Gift Strategy
For players looking to maximize their friendship with Alex, focusing on acquiring Rabbit's Feet can be a strategic choice. Since Rabbit's Foot is a loved gift by almost every NPC except Penny, it's a versatile option for building relationships across the board [2:7]. Additionally, visiting Gus or the Traveling Cart might occasionally yield one of Alex's favorite dishes
[2:1].
Character Development
Alex's character development is highlighted through his interactions and heart events, where he reveals more about his personal struggles and growth [3:1]. His storyline includes themes of overcoming past hardships and forming meaningful connections, which can make gifting him feel more rewarding as players witness his transformation throughout the game.
Community Perception
Despite being less popular among some players, Alex is appreciated for his caring nature towards his grandparents and his personal journey [4:1]
[4:11]. Some players find him endearing and enjoy the unique relationship dynamics he offers
[4:2]
[5:2].
I loved this game, Alex was my reason for playing, I designed the whole house thinking about him, I love him so much <3 He is very underrated, give him more love. (sorry for my english, I use translator)
Congrats! I just hit perfection for the first time yesterday. Funny enough the last thing I needed was the stupid recipe for the Jack o lantern. When I realized it I was winter year 5!
Had to wait till fall year six just to craft that recipe because I refused to use the slips from fizz.
yay congrats! i'm so close to hitting perfection on my main save file - i got screwed out of a banana sapling until nearly year four and it was the only thing i needed left to unlock the walnut room c': i could have been done by now for sure
Yeah, currently Alex has the least heart for me
He still shares the universal loves (rabbits foot, prismatic shard, etc) so unless your trying to rush him for marriage early id just make a rabbits coop and give him those later on, and since rabbits feet are loved gifts by almost every npc except penny its a great method to brute force friendship later anyways
Tldr: he still loves rabbits feet
Pierre is the same. Only one loved gift and it is also a cooked dish (Fried Calamari). They both still love the universally loved gifts (prismatic shards, rabbits feet, golden pumpkin, pearl, and I am sure I am missing). I visit Gus daily in spring/summer year one hoping for either of Alex's favorite foods to show up before his birthday. Travelling cart too but she likes to bump up the prices on me so I prefer Gus if I can.
I got him first year for Christmas gift exchange and had to give him a golden pumpkin :/
I did that with George because I hadn't saved any leeks. Honestly, it was cute seeing him light up.
Fun fact, if you can ever afford the cat of endless fortune, on everyone’s birthday it produces that persons favourite gift. Super helpful.
Very true but unlocking it before wanting to romance Alex would be pretty difficult. I have never personally bought the statue since I normally have near maxed friendships naturally by the time I get the 1 million to spare.
I'm terrible, I just plant heaps of blueberries and that's what everyone gets on Friday when I go to the saloon to hand them out lmao. Except Gus gets an orange and Robin gets a goat cheese bc I love them haha.
If you have all fruit trees, Robin loves peaches (in case you wanna save some goat cheese)
Linus and Wizard are easiest. Linus you just pick up some random shit lying two feet away from him and hand it to him.
For Wizard, once I get to the point I'm cutting stumps in the lost woods all the time, I usually have a ton of those void things that I throw in a chest next to his house. He is literally always home, so it only takes a second to pop by, take him one out of the chest, and give him one.
For Pierre, it's super easy to keep him at 0 hearts if you give him all the trash you find. Though personally I prefer to get him up to 6 hearts so I can find his stash and tell his wife about it, which will drop his friendship by a whopping 500 points! From then it's easy to just blast him with the slingshot each time you see him (-30 per hit) until it's back down to zero.
It would be cute if cookies and leeks were also his favorite/liked foods.
I agree! I haven’t seen all his heart events yet, so maybe this happens later, but I wish there was more to suggest a loving relationship between him and his grandparents for this. I was so sad when he was like “you’re the only one who gets me in this town” to his dog 😭
alex is my gay husband in stardew valley and I’m all for our romance
Is this in vanilla?
This looks like the Spouses React to Player 'Death' Mod. Oddly enough, in spite of not having been updated since 2021, it's still compatible with 1.6 and even works with some modded spouses, and I don't just mean SVE or whatnot. I went down to a Serpent in the Skull Caverns one time and woke up to see Caroline meet me in Harvey's clinic. I very much recommend this one.
Then again, I could be wrong and this is just something Alex does in Vanilla and I've just never seen it. (I have only ever married Leah and Penny on a Vanilla file)
I've had this line with Abigail in vanilla (plus Victor in the Stardew Valley Expanded mod)
Yeah I’ve never seen this happen before and I’ve put in a ton of hours, and my spouse hearts are always maxed out, but a mod would make sense because I don’t use any
Well, i can't talk about this exact dialogue, but in my ps4 save file my spouse appear when my health came to 0 in the mines
the first time i collapsed, Linus is the one who appeared. i've been married to Elliot for a while, any idea why it wasn't him?
I don’t know, I’ve had others see me before like Linus, Harvey, I think Demetrius saw me once, but this is the first time with Alex
ohhhh is it someone different every time? that was the first time i "died", so i haven't seen anyone else yet
Doesn't every spouse say this though? Not saying that it wouldn't still be sweet
Not sure, but something like this dialogue is more nuanced for Alex, it shows much more character development for him than some of the other spouses. I can see Sam, Sebastian, Harvey, Shane, and Elliot admitting to crying like that, but Alex is the one that you would only see him admit to it AFTER all of his character development is done ( I’ve maxed him out)
Oh my gosh!!! That is so sweet!!
So... it's been a while since I stopped drawing, but playing Stardew Valley made me want to do this humble sketch with my character and Alex (the least popular straight candidate among women from what I've noticed, HAHA). What did you think? Would you like me to share more drawings like this? ^^
Note: my dream was to be carried home like this when I passed out in the middle of the farm before getting to bed 😅
CUTE I love alex so much, I keep swearing I'll marry him next 😭😭 himbo rights
I've married the other bachelors and on this current save I've finally married Alex. I can't believe I kept him for last! He's so sweet. And he gives me hash browns
Me too. I think he's really cute and I was surprised to see that he wasn't that popular... at least not among girls haha
The drawing is beautiful! But I really don't like Alex very much... If I'm not mistaken, he asks you for money to put a TV in Gus's bar... But without wanting to belittle him, obviously... But I'm friends with him because he cares a lot about their grandparents, who are really cool.
I understand. I have a similar opinion about Sebastian because of a quote of his that tells the farmer to go earn a little more money for themselves. Hahahaha I thought it was pretty brazen. 😂
I feel like it's not that rude to ask the richest person in town by a wide degree for a little money to add something cool to the most popular social spot in town
You’re really talented! Don’t stop drawing!
Aaaah. I thank. ♥️ I'm trying to get back to drawing... But I always end up pushing myself too hard because I think it's never good enough so I don't move 😢
It's excellent and I wish I had a fraction of this talent. Don't ever sell yourself short!
You gotta pay 1500g if you want him to read you a bedtime story and smooch you goodnight.
It's just how things work in Pelican Town
You have a very appealing art style
Sorry, I’m not very knowledgeable. I’m about Stardew Valley. Why is he crying in the first image
He's talking about his mom, she died/left when he was little and that music box is one of the only things he has of her
Oh ok thanks
A little late but I’ve been meaning to post in here what my husband gave me for Mother’s Day this year! We just started playing stardew valley together earlier this year 🩷 for “my greatest crop” he put our daughters name and birthday 😭 The loves are being home, cats, and tea The hates are birds, mushrooms, and broccoli
So so sweet!
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Linus because he enjoys all of the foraged items. Half of the time something is already near his tent so it’s easy to give to him. Plus he gives you the wild bait recipe which is extremely helpful early game
+1 on Linus! He's so easy to find gifts for, and it's nice when he starts trusting you.
Yeah, I love that cut scene, for the bait. It’s kinda funny in a way. Great choice thank you for your opinion
The Wizard. Always at his tower and makes good use of my excess void essence.
He’s a fun character, too which adds to why I like him. Thank you for your favorite.
Leah. She cherishes every piece of drift wood I give her, which just makes me giddy inside.
Everyone else is like "Oh, this? My favorite. Well, time to complain about money, being trailer trash, or dating girls half my age again."
I love Leah too she is the most relatable of all the characters for me. We are very similar. Thank you for your favorite. Have a wonderful day
sam, i just toss a trash joja cola at him and he loves me
Thank you for your favorite
Literally
Harvey - give him coffee and he's happy ☕
So true
The boyfriend gifted me these rad stardew valley gifts over the last month. Tell me they aren’t the coolest! All the keychains came in the Special Gifts box
I want to know his thoughts on the Stardew bachelors/bachelorettes (specifically, any you romanced lol). This is a top tier boyfriend!!
When we share a world of course i get the wedding ring but when he solo plays it’s abigail
He eat lives and breathes Abigail
Oh my god where is the coffee mug from???
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1522888556/stardew-valley-slut-double-sided-11oz-15
this is the closest i could find! This one looks a tad larger and the handle is slightly different but it’s a close match!
You rule thank you so much. My boyfriends bday is coming up and stardew is our wind down cozy time and he will laugh SO HARD opening this.
I asked him and he told me “wouldn’t you like to know weather boy”. If i ever find out i’ll definitely drop a link!
That’s fair 😂 he did a great job, what a keeper!!!
These keychains are perfection! 😍
Please I need the link for the keychains!!
Relationship goals
Thank you!
Nice list, could have used this a week ago, I'm in Y1 Winter raising the values.
Wouldn't Elliot's best gift be Pomegranate/Duck Feather? (As they can increase in quality)
And I found eggs to me easiest for Alex, salad would be easier than truffles for Leah, etc. Just personal preference?
You're right. I need to change that tomorrow
Emily takes all the forage flowers as gifts so far in my playthrough (first playthrough). I'd personally call that the easiest gift
You get more friendship points for basic gems though
Why would void eggs be the easiest gift you can give sebastian? It's random if you get it.... sashimi is so much easier, and you can use crab pots for the ingredients.
I honestly think void chickens are easier and are also better quality. As soon as I get Krobus I drop $5000 to buy one egg, then start breeding them
I have four void chickens so that makes it pretty easy
Yeah but if you get a good chicken you get them everyday I’m pretty sure.
I feel like Leah's easiest is Salad because the saloon sells it, fairly cheap, and its a loved gift
I usually have a couple pigs, plus the Iridium quality gives a plus 50% bonus
Ah. I never made it to pigs so I've always gone this way
The highest quality gifts column shows the best possible gift including items which can be gold or iridium. The easiest column shows what I thought was the easiest gift to get maximum friendship points (Some people like Alex and Kent have only 2 loved gifts that can be annoying to make). Anything in red is a liked gift rather than a loved gift.
Elliot's favourite gift being pomegranates makes me absolutely feral. I planted a tree just so that I have a permanent supply. Like yes, my free sea-foam spirit, for you I will play Hades, black dirt beneath my fingernails, the work of my hands calling red jewels from the living earth. By your command will I bind you to this underworld of soil, wrapped around with sweetness and with shells, until no boat can stay our willing descent. And joy of joys, my Persephone, you embrace it all, you do not restrict yourself to six mere seeds - no, together we will gorge on fruit until the juice runs red between our teeth. And surely summer will never come again to the Valley, for we have trapped it here, between the curtain of your hair and my calloused reaper's hands and the husks that glitter like spilt blood and rubies and the sunset over the sea...anyway, does anyone else feel a completely normal way about favourite gifts?
Not a loved gift but giving Sam the Joja Cola I JUST got out of his garbage can is really good
My favorite loved gift is probably Rasmodius's Void Essence, since I always have a ton of it, or Maru and Demetrius' Strawberries since I have some planted on my greenhouse.
I like when I get one from fishing in the bridge while he’s sitting there with Penny.
He literally saw me fish this can out of the river, and hand it right to him. And he’s happy about it.
Yeah, because he's rock and roll.
It's not poetic, but I use all my void essences for meganombs so the wizard is sadly un friended for me. Didn't realise father and daughter love strawberries, thats precious!
Sadly I am a dumbass who forgot to give him a birthday gift on winter so it'll take a while to max out the Wizard for me.
>Didn't realise father and daughter love strawberries, thats precious!
Interestingly enough, it's not the only case of that happening, as both Marnie and Jas love Pink Cakes! Sebastian also has Pumpkin Soup as one of his favorites because of Robin, so that's nice imo
I mean, the Wizard also loves Super Cucumber. Much easier to build a stock of those if you're any good at fishing.
Truly you are God's match for Elliot. I wish you love and prosperity in your union.
I just feed my sewer goblin rancid mayonnaise, seems to like it.
Thank you we are very happy and terrible together. May you have joy in your unholy bonds too, friend
Wow, now I don't feel so weird.
"Spring 24.
Dear Diary,
I am both terrified and exhilarated. I had come back from the mines a bit early and dropped off some interesting stones for the barren collection at the museum. Gunther says they're a step in the right direction to restoring the displays and thanked me heartily. On my way home, I passed by the graveyard. There was Abigail.
I thought she must be remembering a loved one, but she just liked the ambience at night. I noticed he eyeing one of the pieces of quartz I found. I figured she liked them so I offered her one. She said, 'Hey, how'd you know I was hungry? This looks delicious!'
And then she ate it. I was reminded of hyenas who jaws could crack bones to devour the marrow inside. Here she was destroying the bones of the earth and savoring each bit that she ripped apart. I could do nothing but watch. It was like the beauty of a predator taking down its meal, both poetic and horrific.
I think I'm in love."
This really helps me make sense of something she says after you marry her, something like, “If you find something tasty in the mines, be sure to bring me a piece!” And I was like 🤷🏻♀️
I love this You! You should feel nothing but pride (and a healthy dose of fear towards the avatar of the deep spaces of the earth that you have become drawn towards, inexorable, as magma must flow to the sea.
Damn, I was gonna say something about how it's nice to have a coffee maker in the kitchen and give Harvey a fresh cup every morning but wow, now I'm just gonna slow clap and slink back outta here
Alex’s favorite gift in stardew valley
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Recommendation: If you want to maximize your friendship with Alex, focus on cooking and gifting him his favorite dishes, especially on his birthday. The Complete Breakfast is a great choice since it’s easy to make once you have the ingredients and can be given multiple times throughout the year.
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