Welcome to Elderfield Gifts and Preferences Guide

Gifts in Welcome to Elderfield change character affinity, and the current Social menu records likes and dislikes that the player discovers. It does not backfill gifts handed over before the Social update. The first Neutral, Liked, or Loved gift can receive an additional affinity gain, but the collected official notes do not publish the numeric bonus.

Official updates were checked on September 29, 2026. The latest documented full-game announcement is v1.0.2a, dated September 23; the separate Demo has a v1.0.0 changelog dated September 8. Older Demo and alpha research below retains its original evidence boundaries. These announcement versions do not guarantee which build is installed on your device. Full-game, Demo, and Patreon changes are kept separate throughout the guide.

Demo v0.11.17 expanded gift preferences and added the tracking interface. Patreon alpha v0.10.5 previously increased gift affinity slightly, showing that balance values can change between builds. A developer response also says the game warns the player when an NPC has already received a gift, though the exact reset rule is not established.

The September 18 full-game update fixes Chocolate Cake being impossible to gift, and September 22 fixes the same issue for Die items. Being accepted by the gifting interface does not make an item Liked or Loved by every NPC. Separately, the September 8 Demo v1.0.0 note fixes the gift menu's married relationship-status display; it does not supply new affinity values.

Confirmed here means either an official source states the point directly or two independent sources agree on the same observable behavior. It does not mean every related number, location, or unlock condition is known. Exact values stay out of the confirmed section unless the collected material supports them at the same version level.

Give one test item, read the reaction, and use the Social menu to build a preference record in the current save. Do not copy a full old gift table into a new playthrough without checking responses. Because earlier gifts are not reconstructed, repeat an observation only when you can do so without wasting an item or hitting an unknown limit.

Use the confirmed sequence first and check the in-game wording before committing rare materials or long sessions. Interface labels and broad mechanics are more stable than balance values, rewards, and exact routes during development. A step marked Pending verification (待确认) is a research lead, not a guaranteed instruction for the current build.

Historical single-source matches include Tanner with Harvest Stew, Sam disliking that stew, Ellie with Pickled Eyeballs, Edwin with Lesser Holy Water, Josh with Bloodwing Moth, Molly with Platinum Ore, Alice with Lesser Holy Water, Blorph with Stealth Musk, and Celeste with Cup of Tea. These are leads, not current confirmed recommendations. Love Potion as a universal favorite is also Pending verification (待确认).

Welcome to Elderfield launched on Steam on September 10, 2026. Its public Demo and older itch or Patreon builds remain separate evidence. A detail can be authentic and still be obsolete or unavailable in another channel. Historical footage is not automatically proof of the released game's balance or unlock requirements.

Exact affinity values, daily or weekly gifting limits, reset time, birthdays, a complete current preference table, and the effect of gift quality remain unknown. The research cannot guarantee that historical Loved, Liked, or Hated assignments survived later balancing. Publish per-character gift pages only after the launch build provides repeatable reactions.

Pending verification (待确认) means the collected sources did not reach the required confidence threshold. It may be supported by one guide, one developer comment, or footage whose build cannot be identified, but it lacks a matching current source. These points are retained because players search for them, while their uncertainty remains visible.