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Maru — Inventor & Nurse in Stardew Valley
Birthday Summer 10
Lives in Pelican Town
Home Mountain (Robin's house)
Marriage Yes — romance available
Family Robin (mother), Demetrius (father), Sebastian (stepbrother)
Marriage candidate

Maru

Inventor & Nurse

Splits time between Harvey's clinic and gadgets in the mountain lab. Batteries, gold bars, and rare minerals impress her most.

Demetrius and Robin's daughter, Harvey's nurse, and tinkerer extraordinaire. Brilliant, busy, and a little competitive with Sebastian.

Explore this villager

Gift ideas, a typical day in town, and heart events — curated for cozy friendship, not wiki overload.

Gift ideas Typical day Heart events

Gift ideas

Two gifts per week (plus one on their birthday) move friendship up or down. Birthday gifts count extra — these are the standouts, not every item in the game.

Loves

  • Battery Pack · +80 friendship

    Material

  • Cactus Fruit · +80 friendship

    Crop or fruit

  • Diamond · +80 friendship

    Gem or mineral

  • Gold Bar · +80 friendship

    Gift item

  • Iridium Bar · +80 friendship

    Gift item

  • Miner's Treat · +80 friendship

    Gift item

  • Radioactive Bar · +80 friendship

    Gift item

  • Rhubarb Pie · +80 friendship

    Cooked dish

  • Strawberry · +80 friendship

    Gift item

  • Stardrop Tea · +80 friendship

    Special item

Likes

  • Quartz · +45 friendship

    Gem or mineral

  • Copper Bar · +45 friendship

    Gift item

  • Iron Bar · +45 friendship

    Gift item

Dislikes

  • Clay · −20 friendship

    Material

  • Holly · −20 friendship

    Foraged

Hates

  • Holly · −40 friendship

    Foraged

  • Salmonberry · −40 friendship

    Fish

Typical day

A simplified rhythm for finding them in town — weather and festivals can shuffle things around.

WhenWhere
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Regular dayClinic → home lab (evenings)
Morning · TuesdayAerobics at clinic
Afternoon · Rainy dayHome (inventing)

Relationships

  • Harvey

    Works as his nurse — professional and fond of her boss.

  • Sebastian

    Step-siblings who share a roof but not much overlap in daily life.

Trivia

  • Battery packs from lightning rods are a top-tier loved gift once your farm scales up.

Heart events

Friendship cutscenes at key heart levels — summaries only, so you can discover the scenes in-game.

  1. 2 hearts

    Telescope night

    Visit the mountain at night while she stargazes with her telescope.

  2. 4 hearts

    Hospital visit

    She treats a patient at the clinic and shows her competent, caring side.

  3. 6 hearts

    Gadget test

    She asks you to test a homemade device — do not flinch when it sparks.

  4. 8 hearts

    Confession on the hill

    On the mountain she admits she has been thinking about you a lot.

  5. 10 hearts

    Planetarium kiss

    Under the stars at her telescope, she kisses you.

Reference notes from Stardew Valley Wiki .