Aurelis Starsand Island: Gifts, Schedule & Romance

Aurelis came to the island a year before you and opened Aureleaf Kitchen, the restaurant that feeds half the cast at lunch. He is the grandson of a famous restaurant dynasty and lives for cooking — which is why the “can’t date Aurelis” question is so common: he has a single Loved gift and a very specific 5-heart trigger.

Quick facts


Role	Chef and owner of Aureleaf Kitchen
Where to find	Aureleaf Kitchen, central Starsand Town
Romance (1.0)	Yes — one of 14 romanceable NPCs
Birthday	Summer 13
Voice cast	Jesse Inocalla (EN) · Chiaki Kobayashi as Shou (JP) · 魏超 (CN)
Height / weight (profile)	184 cm / 72 kg

Daily routine

Dawn is for foraging fresh ingredients; at lunch the restaurant serves islanders; afternoons and evenings he is at the kitchen bar cooking or trading recipe tips with Graminova and Zephyria. On rainy or snowy days he stays inside prepping or researching recipes. Use the Social app on the in-game phone (Locate / Follow) to pin him on the map; routes change with season and weather.

Gifts Aurelis loves, likes and hates

You can give each NPC one gift per day. The lists below come from the game’s data export cross-checked against two independent player-tested guides: items marked confirmed appear at the same tier in at least two sources; the rest are listed only in the data export. All of this was verified during Early Access (patches 0.3–0.7) and is being re-checked for 1.0 — if something has changed, use the contact page.

Gift theme: Only Aurorite Ore is Loved in the data. His Liked list is long and kitchen-themed (Apple, Cabbage, Garlic, Egg, Coconut, Echo Bean, congee and broth dishes), and he Hates pantry staples like Cooking Oil, Soy Sauce and Pickled Cabbage.

Loved (+15 affection)

Confirmed: Aurorite Ore.

Liked (+10)

Confirmed: Leek, Apple, Garlic, Watermelon, Echo Bean, Pasture Grass, Wheat, Plainberry, Tomato, Cabbage, Water Spinach, Green Sunfish, Boxfish, Redfish, Feather, Rabbit Poop, Truffle, Sheep Milk, Egg, Giant Egg, Sheep Cheese Block, Mutton, Red Sleep Lily, Moonflower, Mirthshroom, Eldergrain, Spirit Fruit, Moondew Shroom, Century Egg & Pork Congee, Lamb Skewers, Grilled Chicken Wings, Yangzhou Fried Rice, Fortune Clam Broth, Grilled Fish, Fish Head Tofu Soup, Mushroom Soup … (+8 more in the data export). The data export lists 356 Liked items in total (most common crops, cooked dishes and flowers).

Disliked (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Flamecore Ore, Bamboo Leaf, Softwood, Copper Ingot. Also in the data export (221 items total): Black Fabric, Purple Fabric, Blue Fabric, Rainbow Fabric, White Fabric, Cyan Fabric, Linen, Green Fabric, Yellow Fabric, Flannel…

Hated (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Cooking Oil, Watermelon Jam, Caco Laco, Soy Sauce, Strawberry Milk, Pickled Cabbage, Glazed Cicada. Also in the data export (140 items total): Sunflower Seeds, Vinegar, Red Grape Jam, Star Ramen, Vita Lemon Tea, French Fries, Fenta, Jelly, Dragon Fruit Jam, BC Milk…

Sugar painting

After a 2-heart photo together you can take the picture to the sugar-painting stall in town (100 gold) and hand Aurelis a “Sugar Painting – Aurelis”. Every NPC has a unique reaction to their own painting; reported affection gains range from 0 to +30 depending on the character. See the gifts guide for the full rundown.

Romance with Aurelis

Aurelis can be romanced by a player character of either gender. Affection runs on a five-heart scale (roughly 90 / 220 / 370 points for hearts 1–3, with 500 / 750 reported by players for hearts 4–5). Conversation (about 5 points a day), gifts, bulletin-board requests (15–30) and returning lost items (20) raise it. At three hearts you can enter his room (with a weekly blueprint chest) and, in 1.0, receive a Relationship Story; at five hearts a voiced invitation scene plays and the Move In option appears — the game has no wedding or children system, so cohabitation is the final step. His 5-heart invitation is the one players most often miss: it fires on a rainy day around 19:00 in his study for a female player, or between 09:00 and 11:00 for a male player, after the letter arrives. Dating activities (picnic, arcade, kite-flying) were extended to all 14 romanceable NPCs in 1.0. Full mechanics: romance & marriage guide.

Last reviewed: August 23, 2026 — sources: in-game data export (Early Access), two independent player-tested gift guides, official Steam announcements (voice cast Feb 7, 2026; 1.0 countdown Aug 16, 2026).

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