Rune Factory 5 is a game that's very proud of its cast. Every one ofRune Factory 5's trailersmakes it a point to show off some of its heroes and heroines.

It's understandable why. Dating fellow townsfolk has always been a staple of cozy life-sim games, and Rune Factory 5 has plenty of bachelors and bachelorettes to choose from. In a series first, players can choose to romance any character regardless of gender.

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As for how players go about finding their special someone, Rune Factory 5 works like most games in its genre. Aside from speaking frequently with them and inviting them to special town events, the player builds rapport primarily by giving gifts.

The actual giving process is simple. The player just needs to talk to a character while holding an item in their hands. But, just like in real life, choosing the right gift is tricky.

Each one of Rune Factory's characters has their own likes and dislikes. While the player can learn them through frequent dialogue or trial and error, this guide is here to speed up the process.

Bachelorettes

Beatrice

• Loves: Gold Juice, Meteor Strawberry Jam, Mixed Smoothie, Strawberry Milk, and Strawberry Jam.
• Likes: Apple, Apple Jam, Apple Pie, Baked Apple, Bread, Cake, Flan, Fruit Sandwich, Jam Roll, Meteor Strawberry, Mixed Juice, Pumpkin Flan, Strawberry, and Sultan Strawberry.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Doria, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Gratin, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Seafood Doria, Seafood Gratin, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Hot Chocolate, Hot Milk, and Union Stew.

Fuuka

• Loves: Emerald, Golden Octopus, Golden Salmon, and Marlin.
• Likes: All Crystal Flowers, All Fish, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Crystal Skull, Diamond, Gold, Love Crystal, Platinum, Ruby, and Silver.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Carrots, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Green Peppers, Green Pepper Rex, Object X, Pickled Turnips, Pickles, Rare Can, Rock, Royal Carrots, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Onion, Pickle Mix, and Ultra Onion.

Lucy

• Loves: Famous Pole, Glitter Snapper, Salmon Onigiri, Sacred Pole, and Tuna.
• Likes: All fish, All fruits, All poles, Milk, and Monkey Plush.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Ghost Hood, Object X, Pretty Thread, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Spider's Thread, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Crystal Skull, Devil Blood, and Devil Horn.

Ludmilla

• Loves: Big White Crystal, Emery Flower, Great Emery Flower, Salted R. Trout, and White Crystal.
• Likes: All flower seeds, All flowers Without 'Grass' Names, All Rings, Fluffy Scarf, Hand-Knit Scarf, Love Scale, Prelude to Love, Rainbow Sashimi, and Rainbow Trout.
• Dislikes: Branch, Boot, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Fur, Object X, Penguin Down, Quality Fur, Quality Puffy Fur, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, Withered Grass, and Yellow Fur.
• Hates: Crimson Fur, Wolf Fur.

Priscilla

• Loves: Cake, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cookies, Chocolate Sponge, and Yam of the Ages.
• Likes: All feathers, Apple Pie, Big Fireflower, Charm Blue, Chocolate, Cheesecake, Fireflower, Flan, French Toast, Great Charm Blue, Hot Chocolate, Hot Milk, King Pink Cat, Pancakes, and Pink Cat.
• Dislike: All Fish Except Squids, All Liquids, Branch, Boot, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Monarch Mushroom, Mushroom, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Lamp Squid, Sunsquid, and Squid.

Scarlett

• Loves: Boiled Rockfish, Golden Octopus Rice, Tempura, Tempura Bowl, and Tempura Udon.
• Likes: Baked Onigiri, Bamboo Rice, Boiled Spinach, Egg Bowl, Fried Veggies, Milk Porridge, Octopus Rice, Onigiri, Rice Porridge, and Salmon Onigiri.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Cabbage Cakes, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Union Stew, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Onion and Ultra Onion.

Bachelors

Cecil

• Loves: Ammonite, Fruit Sandwich, Pink Melon, and Relax Tea.
• Likes: All Fruit, All Brooches, Ancient Fish Feather Fins, Conquerer Melon, Crystal Skull, Dragon Bones, Fish Fossil, and Unbroken Ivory Tusk.
• Dislikes: Branch, Boot, Can, Cheese, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Milk, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, Withered Grass, and Yogurt.
• Hates: Hot Milk and Milk Porridge.

Lucas

• Loves: Curry Udon, Fried Udon, Tempura, and Tempura Udon.
• Likes: All crystals, All liquids, Can, Curry Rice, Mysterious Powder, Rare Can, and Udon.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Object X, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Lucas has no hates.

Martin

• Loves: Fruit Sandwich, Dragonic Stone, and Orichalcum.
• Likes: All fruits, All ores, Ammonite, Conqueror Melon, Pink Melon, Scrap Metal, and Scrap Metal+.
• Dislikes: Abalone, All mushrooms, Blowfish, Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Blowfish Sashimi, Butter Grilled Abalone, and Grilled Blowfish.

Murakumo

• Loves: Champion Belt, Grilled Skipjack, Hero's Proof, Power Gloves, and Union Stew.
• Likes: All golem stones, Big Giant's Nail, Blue Giant's Glove, Boiled Gyoza, Chinese Manju, Dragon Fang, Dumplings, Gyoza, Meat Dumpling, Pizza, Seafood Pizza, and Steamed Gyoza.
• Dislikes: Branch, Boot, Cake, Can, Cheesecake, Chocolate, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, French Toast, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Pancakes, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cookies, and Chocolate Sponge.

Reinhard

• Loves: Farm Tools Over Level 45, Jam Roll, Sandwich, and Toast.
• Likes: Cold Medicine, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Formuade, Invinciroid, Iron Shield, Mail, Object X, Pink Turnip Seeds, Potato Seeds, Silver Boots, Strawberry Seeds, Turnip Seeds, and Yam Seeds.
• Dislikes: All crystals, All gems, Boot, Branch, Can, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Cores.

Ryker

• Loves: Croquettes, Devil Blood, Devil Horn, Ice Cream, and Mermaid Scales.
• Likes: Ancient Fish Feather Fins, Baked Apple, Baked Onigiri, Fairy Elixir, French Fries, Glazed Yam, Great Hammer Shard, Jam Roll, Poison King, Popcorn, Roasted Yam, Toast, and Wind Crystal.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Curry Bread, Curry Manju, Curry Rice, Curry Udon, Disgusting Food, Dry Curry, Failed Dish, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Ultimate Curry and Royal Curry

Non-Romancable NPCs

Rune Factory 5's marriage candidates are far from the only characters in Rigbarth. While the player cannot romance or marry most of them, they still have a friendship meter that the player can boost for rewards.

Furthermore, if the game recognizes a Rune Factory 4 Special save on the same console, the player unlocks two new neighbors: Doug and Margaret. While they aren't essential to the game, it's still in the player's interest to befriend them.

Darroch

• Loves: Dragonic Stone, Emerald, Gravity Hammer, Orichalcum, and Splash Star.
• Likes: All crystals, All ore, Double Steel, Glitter Stone, Light Ore, Rune Stone Fragment, Salted C. Salmon, Salted Char, Salted Pond Smelt, Salted Taimen, Scrap Metal, and White Stone.
• Dislikes: All pendants, Annette's Necklace, Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Focus Earring, Magic Earring, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Weeds, Witch Earring, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Hand-Knit Scarf and Fluffy Scarf.

Doug

• Loves: Tempura Bowl
• Likes: Baked Onigiri, Bamboo Rice, Egg Bowl, Doria, French Toast, Fried Rice, Milk Porridge, Omelet Rice, Onigiri, Rice, Rice Porridge, Risotto, Salmon Onigiri, Seafood Doria, and Steamed Bread.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Bread, Butter Roll, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Jam Roll, Object X, Raisin Bread, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Toast, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Curry Bread and Cheese Bread

Elsje

• Loves: Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Sponge, and Pancakes.
• Likes: Apple Pie, Bread, Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies, Flan, French Toast, Fruit Sandwich, Grape Liqueur, Hot Chocolate, Onigiri, Salad, Salmon Onigiri, Sandwich, Toast, and Yam of the Ages.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Emery Flower Seeds, Failed Dish, Green Crystal Seeds, Object X, Rare Can, Red Crystal Seeds, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, Withered Grass, and White Crystal Seeds.
• Hates: Gold Cabbage Seeds and Gold Turnip Seeds.

Heinz

• Loves: Crystal Skull
• Likes: All gems, Copper, Dragonic Stone, Gold, Grilled Blowfish, Grilled Mackerel, Grilled Needlefish, Orichalcum, Platinum, Salted Pike, Salted R. Trout, Silver, and Tuna Teriyaki.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Healing Potion, Object X, Para-Gone, Rare Can, Rock, Roundoff, Scrap Metal, Weeds, Withered Grass, and Recovery Potion.
• Hates: Antidote Potion and Cold Medicine.

Hina

• Loves: Fruit Smoothie, Mixed Juice, Mixed Smoothie, and Stew.
• Likes: Apple Juice, Doria, Fruit Juice, Grape Juice, Gratin, Hot Chocolate, Hot Milk, Ice Cream, Omelet Rice, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice, Seafood Doria, Seafood Gratin, and Strawberry Milk.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Green Pepper, Green Pepper Rex, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Titan Tomato, Tomato, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Monarch Mushroom and Mushroom.

Julian

• Loves: Curry Rice, Omelet, Supreme Curry, and Ultimate Curry.
• Likes: Apple Juice, Curry Bread, Curry Manju, Curry Udon, Dry Curry, French Fries, Fruit Juice, Fruit Smoothie, Grape Juice, Ice Cream, Orange Juice, Pancakes, Pineapple Juice, and Strawberry Milk.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Green Pepper, Green Pepper Rex, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Vegetable Juice, Veggie Smoothie, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Stew

Laedia

• Loves: Basilisk Scale, Dragon Fang, Dragon Scale, Grimoire Scale, and Stone Dragon Scale.
• Likes: All scales, Apple, Apple Jam, Flan, Grape Jam, Grapes, Mealy Apple, Meteor Pumpkin Flan, Pumpkin Flan, Strawberry, and Strawberry Jam.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Devil Blood, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Object X, Paralysis Poison, Poison King, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Dragon Bones and Viscous Liquid.

Livia

• Loves: Meteor Pumpkin Flan and Pumpkin Flan.
• Likes: Apple Jam, Chocolate Cookies, Cookies, Donuts, Flan, French Toast, Grape Jam, Honey, Ice Cream, Milk Porridge, Pancakes, Rice Porridge, and Strawberry Jam.
• Dislikes: All horns, Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Dragon Fang, Failed Dish, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Dragon Bones

Margaret

• Loves: Pineapple Juice and Prelude to Love.
• Likes: All flowers, All fruits, Apple Jam, Apple Juice, Apple Pie, Baked Apple, Cake, Cheese Bread, Cheesecake, Chocolate, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cookies, Chocolate Sponge, Cookies, Donuts, Dumplings, French Toast, Fruit Juice, Fruit Sandwich, Fruit Smoothie, Glazed Yam, Grape Jam, Grape Juice, Grape Liqueur, Honey, Hot Chocolate, Ice Cream, Jam Roll, Lobster, Marmalade, Orange Juice, Pancakes, Pound Cake, Pudding, Pumpkin Pudding, Rainbow Trout, Rainbow Waterpot, Raisin Bread, Relax Tea, Salad, Shrimp, Steamed Bread, Strawberry Jam, Strawberry Milk, and Yam.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Lamp Squid, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Skull, Squid, Sunsquid, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Grilled Lamp Squid, Grilled Squid, Grilled Sunsquid, Lamp Squid Sashimi, Squid Sashimi, and Sunsquid Sashimi.

Misasagi

• Loves: Tempura and Tempura Udon.
• Likes: Baked Onigiri, Boiled Rockfish, Boiled Spinach, Charm, Egg Bowl, Grape Liqueur, Grilled Miso, Grilled Skipjack, Magic Charm, Miso Eggplant, Rice Porridge, Salmon Onigiri, Stew, Udon, and Wine.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Cheese Fondue, Disgusting Food, Doria, Failed Dish, Gratin, Object X, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Seafood Doria, Seafood Gratin, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Pizza and Seafood Pizza.

Palmo

• Loves: Devil Horn, Fairy Elixir, and Thunderbird Feather.
• Likes: Ancient Fish Feather Fins, Big Bird's Comb, Grimoire Scale, Moving Branch, Quality Worn Cloth, Stone, Tablet of Truth, Thick Stick, Unbroken Ivory Tusk, Wine, and Wood.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Lamp Squid, Object X, Octopus, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Squid, Sunsquid, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Octopus and Squid Dishes.

Randolph

• Loves: Curry Bread, Curry Manju, and Jam Roll.
• Likes: Basilisk Scale, Bread, Butter Roll, Cake, Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Sponge, Dumplings, Pancakes, Raisin Bread, Steamed Bread, Stone Dragon Scale, and Toast.
• Dislikes: Baked Onigiri, Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Object X, Onigiri, Rare Can, Rice, Rice Porridge, Rock, Salmon Onigiri, Scrap Metal, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Egg Bowl, Milk Porridge, and Tempura Bowl.

Simone

• Loves: Invinciroid, Levelizer, Sandwich, and Syringe.
• Likes: All medicines, Amethyst Brooch, Aquamarine Brooch, Diamond Brooch, Dolphin Brooch, Emerald Brooch, Grape Liqueur, Monarch Mushroom, Mushroom, Relax Tea, Rice Porridge, Ruby Brooch, Sapphire Brooch, Vegetable Juice, and Wine.
• Dislikes: Apple, Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Mealy Apple, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Tomato, Tomato Seeds, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Titan Tomato.

Terry

• Loves: Dew Pendant, Earth Pendant, Field Pendant, Star Pendant, and Sun Pendant.
• Likes: Apple, Baked Apple, Donuts, Gloves, Jam Roll, Leather Belt, Mealy Apple, Milk, Popcorn, Proof of Wisdom, Raisin Bread, Toast, and Work Gloves.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Failed Dish, Fruit Smoothie, Mixed Juice, Mixed Smoothie, Object X, Orange Juice, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Strawberry Milk, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Relax Tea.

Yuki

• Loves: Butter Roll.
• Likes: Apple Pie, Flour, Heavy Spice, Jam Roll, Mixed Herbs, Raisin Bread, Risotto, Seafood Gratin, Sour Drop, Sweet Powder, and Vegetable Juice.
• Dislikes: Boot, Branch, Can, Disgusting Food, Dumplings, Failed Dish, Insect Carapace, Insect Horn, Object X, Pretty Thread, Rare Can, Rock, Scrap Metal, Spider's Thread, Weeds, and Withered Grass.
• Hates: Viscous Liquid.

Rune Factory 5 is available now for Nintendo Switch.

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