There are many characters to romance in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, each with individual likes, dislikes, loves, and hates when it comes to gifts. Although gifts aren't the only way you can romance bachelors and bachelorettes in the game, it's another way you can raise your bond level with them. However, giving gifts in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is also a bit of a guessing game, with only the odd hint available about what each character might like or dislike.

Knowing what gift to give can also be helpful on special days like birthdays, or if you just want to get to know a specific character's preferences more. If you're struggling with what gifts each character and need a helping hand, our Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma gift guide details the best to give to every romanceable bachelor and bachelorette, including the majority of their most liked and loved gifts. It also details all character birthdays and gifts for certain non-romanceable characters in the game.

This guide contains character spoilers for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, so proceed with caution.

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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Complete Gift Guide

How to Give Gifts in Rune factory: Guardians of Azuma

Giving Mauro a gift in Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma

To give a villager a gift in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, you must first progress through the main story quests to unlock the ability to give gifts, which happens early on in the game. Afterward, you can talk to any villager and select the 'Let's hang out' dialogue option followed by 'Gift a gift.' This brings up your inventory, where you can choose an item to give as a gift. You can then view each character's liked, loved, liked, and hated gifts in the Profiles menu. If you want to raise your Bond Level with each character, it's best to only choose liked and loved gifts.

To get most of the loved gifts that are recipes, you will need to level up your friendship level to at least level 6 so you can unlock the ability to cook together. At Iroha's Teahouse or one of the game's various Izakaya stations within each village, you can then select the recipe and character with the chef hat icon to unlock special, unique cooking recipes in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azum a to give as gifts, such as Feast of the Heavens, Biggest Fan Sandwich, and Chocolate House, to name a few. Therefore, it helps to have all villagers unlocked and a bond level of 6 with most of them if you want to unlock all possible gifts.

The tables below detail many of the best gifts in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma for each character, detailing their liked and loved gifts.

Best Bachelor Gifts in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

There are eight Bachelors you can romance in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, with the best bachelor gifts as follows:

Character

Loved Gifts

Liked Gifts

Mauro
  • Amber
  • Amethyst
  • Aquamarine
  • Diamond
  • Emerald
  • Ruby
  • Sapphire

  • Cherry Blossoms
  • Most sushi recipes (e.g. Inari Sushi).
  • Most Tempura dishes (e.g. Shrimp Tempura).

Murasame
  • Sticky Chestnut Rice
  • Deployment Set

  • Bonito Flake Onigiri
  • Chestnut
  • Chestnut Jelly
  • Chestnut Mochi
  • Red Bean Chestnut Soup
  • Grilled Onigiri
  • Onigiri
  • Grilled Miso Onigiri
  • Salmon Onigiri
  • Tempura Onigiri
  • Tuna Onigiri

Cuilang
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Iron
  • Silver

  • Arrowhead
  • Blade Shard
  • Oil
  • Olive Oil
  • Scrap Metal
  • Rare Can/Can.
  • Rusty Metal
  • Energy Charger (obtained by cooking Mixed Juice with Cuilang).

Kai
  • Hellfire Dango
  • Grilled Pike
  • Meat Skewers

  • Azuma Sake
  • Meat 'n' Potatoes
  • Orochi Killer
  • Ginger Stir Fry
  • Garlic Cutlet
  • Spring Kuchikamizake
  • Silvervine Wine

Irakuga
  • Protein Bowl
  • Workaholic's Udon
  • Energy Charger

  • Bowl recipes (e.g. Tempura Bowl).
  • Udon recipes (e.g. Curry Udon, Kitsune Udon, Full Moon Udon).
  • Worker's Udon

Subaru
  • Plum Blossom Sushi Roll
  • Fisherman's Rice Bowl

  • Seafood Bowl
  • Tuna Roll
  • Salmon Onigiri
  • Tuna Onigiri
  • Tempura Onigiri
  • Most sushi recipes (e.g. Pressed Sushi).

Fubuki
  • Most salmon recipes (e.g. Salmon Onigiri).

  • Most meat (e.g. Loin, Bacon, Thigh).
  • Mysterious Thread
  • Exquisite Thread

Kurama
  • Unique mochi recipes like Mystic Mochi (made from Stuffed Mochi with Irakuga)

  • Most sandwich recipes except for Cutlet Sandwich (e.g. BLT Sandwich).
  • Most mochi recipes (e.g. Salted Stuffed Mochi, Chestnut Mochi, Chocolate Mochi, Pineapple Mochi).

To get more cooking recipes, it also helps to find and activate most of the frog statues in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, as many of these reward cooking recipes in addition to crafting ones.

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Best Bachelorette Gifts in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

There are also eight romanceable Bachelorettes in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, with their loved and liked gifts detailed in the table below. One of these includes Kaguya, who is not included in the table below as this is the character I played as:

Character

Loved Gifts

Liked Gifts

Iroha
  • Tri-Color Dango
  • Biggest Fan Sandwich (obtained by cooking Cutlet Sandwich with Suzu).
  • Wartime Dango (obtained by cooking with Sakaki)
  • Matcha Glow Ice (obtained by cooking Matcha Ice Cream with Suzu).

  • Dango
  • Green Dango
  • Sugar
  • Rice Flour
  • Red Beans
  • Most Matcha recipes (e.g. Matcha Ice Cream, Matcha Smoothie, Matcha Flan).

Ulalaka
  • Azuma Sake
  • Chestnut
  • Orochi Killer
  • Spring Kuchikamizake

  • Seared Bonito
  • Most Turnip crops (e.g.) Pink Turnip.

Pilika
  • Golden Salmon Meunière
  • Most honey recipes (e.g. Honey Toast).

  • Most salmon recipes (e.g. Grilled Salmon, Salmon Onigiri).
  • Honey
  • Meat Skewers
  • Garlic Cutlet

Hina
  • Fried Tofu
  • Fox Gratin
  • Mixed Juice

  • Fruit juice recipe (e.g. Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Grape Juice, Pineapple Juice, Peach Nectar).
  • Most milkshake or milk recipes (e.g. Strawberry Milk, Hot Milk).
  • Most Gratin recipes (e.g. Gratin).

Clarice
  • Fur (L)
  • Wooly Pancakes
  • Pom Curry (obtained by cooking Curry Rice with Kotaru).
  • Spring Herald

  • Potato Salad
  • Fur (M)
  • Zwiebelkuchen (also known as Happiness Cake)
  • Meat 'n' Potatoes
  • Most marinated dishes (e.g. Marinated Turnips).
  • Marinated Turnips

Kanata
  • Orochi Killer
  • Feast of the Heavens (made by cooking Omelet Rice with Kanata).

  • Omelet Rice
  • Azuma Sake
  • Gratin
  • Seafood Gratin
  • Mochi Cheese Gratin
  • Cheesy Hamburg Steak
  • Hamburg Steak
  • Fox Gratin

Matsuri
  • Hibiscus
  • Any Amnitsu Jelly (e.g. Anmitsu Fruit Jelly)

  • Grilled Onigiri
  • Greatest Grilled Onigiri
  • Grilled Miso Onigiri
  • Grilled Corn
  • Roasted Sweet Potato
  • Baked Apple
  • Stir-Fried Udon

When giving gifts in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, it also helps to have a healthy supply of crops growing in each village, so you always have plenty of ingredients on hand. It also helps to ensure you have villagers assigned to all possible merchant buildings, along with specific, suitable jobs like fishing to net more ingredients for you. Lastly, it's also best to check if you've crafted all the food production buildings to save time searching for ingredients, including ones like the Vinegar Distillery.

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Best Gifts for Non-Romanceable Characters

Suzu in Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma

There are also several non-romanceable main characters that you can still give gifts to in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma as detailed in the table below:

Character

Loved Gifts

Liked Gifts

Suzu
  • Milk (s)
  • Tri-Color Dango
  • Most flavored milks (e.g. Strawberry Milk).
  • Matcha Smoothie
  • Dango

  • Most Dango recipes (e.g. Sweet Soy Dango)
  • Made-in-Heaven.

Takumi
  • Dango
  • Green Dango
  • Sweet Soy Dango
  • Tri-Color Dango
  • Chocolate House (obtained by cooking Chocolate Cookies with Takumi)

  • Bamboo
  • Material Stone
  • Lumbar
  • Rock
  • Cucumber Roll
  • Tuna Roll
  • Most sushi recipes (e.g. Jumbo Sushi Roll, Inari Sushi).

Kusatsu
  • Feast of the Heavens
  • Matcha Glow Ice
  • Most unique curry recipes e.g. (Curry Lover's Bread)
  • Hellfire Dango

  • Gold Juice
  • Ice Cream
  • Golden Salmon Meuniere
  • Most fruit milks and smoothies (e.g. Strawberry Milk, Matcha Smoothie)
  • Matcha Ice Cream

Yachiyo
  • Azuma Sake
  • Silvervine Wine (obtained by cooking Azuma Sake with Yachoyo).
  • Bonito recipes (e.g. Preserved Bonito).
  • Seared Bonito
  • Orochi Killer
  • Spring Kuchikamizake

  • Marinated Sardines
  • Sashimi recipes (e.g. Salmon Sashimi, Flounder Sashimi)
  • Most Carpaccio recipes (e.g.Girella Carpaccio).

Sakaki
  • Tri-Color Dango
  • Made-in-Heaven (made by cooking Turnip Heaven with Iroha).
  • Matcha Glow Ice
  • Biggest Fan Sandwich

  • Pickled Turnips
  • Pickled Cucumbers
  • Pickled Eggplants
  • Pickle Mix
  • Most Sashimi dishes (e.g. Squid Sashimi).

Tsubame
  • Amber
  • Aquamarine
  • Amethyst
  • Diamond
  • Emerald
  • Ruby
  • Sapphire

  • Most seasonal rings or pendants.
  • Gold or Silver Bracelet

Hisui
  • Turnip Heaven
  • Rune Crystal
  • Made-in-Heaven
  • Mysterious Catalyst
  • Pickled Fortune Mix

  • Pickled Turnips
  • Pickle Mix
  • Catalyst items (e.g. Curse Catalyst)
  • Curse Cluster
  • Crystal Skull
  • Soul Cluster
  • Spirit Cluster

Kotaro
  • Tri-Color Dango
  • Exquisite Branch
  • Most branches (e.g. Mysterious Branch)
  • Blade Shard
  • Paw Print Fried Rice (obtained by cooking Fried Rice with Yachiyo).
  • Tanuki Udon (obtained by cooking together with Kotaro)
  • Pom Curry (obtained by cooking with Kotaro)

  • Rare Can/Can
  • Arrowhead
  • Most mochi dishes (e.g. Stuffed Mochi, Chocolate Mochi)

Zaza
  • Lustrous Gem
  • Fire Crystal
  • Earth Crystal
  • Dragonic Stone
  • Gold
  • Platinum

  • Most other elemental crystals (e.g. Wind Crystal).
  • Most other metals (e.g. Scrap Metal).
  • Arrowhead
  • Blade Shard

Watarase
  • Rare fish types (e.g. Ancient Fish).

  • Generally any fish (e.g. Char, Cherry Salmon.

It's important to note you can only give one gift to each character per in-game day. If you choose to give a villager a gift, it also locks you out of the other social options in the 'Let's hang out' dialogue option for that day. However, if you give a gift, you can still chat to a character at least once afterward on the same day by choosing the 'Let's chat' dialogue option.

All Character Birthdays in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

Murasame birthday in Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma

It can also be helpful to note in the game's calendar when each character's birthday is, so you don't miss out on the opportunity to give a special birthday gift. All character birthdays in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma are listed as follows:

Spring Birthdays:

  • Marasame – Spring Day 4
  • Waterase - Spring 7
  • Tsubame - Spring 12
  • Kaguya – Spring 17
  • Ulalaka – Spring 27
  • Iroha – Spring 30

Summer Birthdays:

  • Matsuri - Summer 1
  • Subaru - Summer 3
  • Woolby – Summer 6
  • Yachiyo - Summer 8
  • Kusatsu - Summer 10
  • Kanata - Summer 14
  • Mauro – Summer 18

Autumn Birthdays:

  • Suzu – Autumn 3
  • Zaza - Autumn 4
  • Kotaro - Autumn 8
  • Hisui - Autumn 9
  • Kurama - Autumn 12
  • Kai - Autumn 20
  • Takumi – Autumn 22
  • Cuilang - Autumn 28

Winter Birthdays:

  • Sakaki – Winter 2
  • Fubuki - Winter 8
  • Pilika - Winter 10
  • Clarice - Winter 13
  • Ikaruga - Winter 15
  • Hina – Winter 16

To give a villager a gift on their birthday, speak with them and choose the 'Let's hang out' dialogue option followed by 'Celebrate Birthday.'

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JRPG, Action, Adventure
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