Graminova Starsand Island: Gifts, Schedule & Romance

Graminova took over the seed shop from his parents Sagewood and Matilda and teaches the Farming profession. He is quiet, methodical and obsessed with crop research, which shows in his gift table: he is the easiest romanceable NPC to please with anything that grows.

Quick facts

Daily routine

Mornings he runs experiments in the fields, afternoons he is back in the seed shop over his notes, and before bed he listens to classical music at home. On rainy days he stays inside the shop all day. Use the Social app on the in-game phone (Locate / Follow) to pin him on the map; routes change with season and weather.

Gifts Graminova 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: Almost everything from a farm: every flower, every seed, spore and sapling, and most crops (cabbage, cucumber, garlic, potato, pumpkin, wheat, green grapes…). Pasture Grass is Loved for him while only Liked for others.

Loved (+15 affection)

The data export lists 336 Loved items for Graminova — far too many to print; the theme above summarises them. Confirmed by two sources: Pineapple Seeds, Yellow Sleep Lily Seeds, Wheat Seeds, Moonflower Seed, Immortal Pasture Grass Seeds, Garlic Seeds, Soybean Seeds, Leek, Moonflower, Garlic, Pasture Grass, Wheat, Plainberry, Twilight Succulent, Green Grape, Potato, Mirthshroom, Cabbage, Water Spinach, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Moondew Shroom, Winter Melon, Sunveil Shroom.

Liked (+10)

Confirmed: Large Potted Cactus Ball, Ripening Fertilizer I, Soup Dumplings, Lamb Skewers, Grilled Chicken Wings, Wishful Heart Cookies, Mountain & Sea Skewers, Chilled Twilight Salad, Grilled Mushrooms, Grilled Mushroom Skewers, Blue Hydrangea, Dragon Fruit, Celeste Berry, Coconut. The data export lists 278 Liked items in total (most common crops, cooked dishes and flowers).

Disliked (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Fenta, Coconut, Soy Milk, Moonflower Tea, Wafer Biscuits, Crispy Rice, Bamboo Leaf, Softwood. Also in the data export (418 items total): Love Pig Feed, Mega Rabbit Feed, Love Ostrich Feed, Mega Horse Feed, Mirth Alpaca Feed, Mirth Chicken Feed, Mirth Horse Feed, Sheep Feed, Ostrich Feed, Horse Feed…

Hated (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Feather, Veggie Bait, Glazed Cicada. Also in the data export (54 items total): Bug Bait, Meat Bait, Skyrocket - White, Fountain Fireworks - Orange, Fountain Fireworks - Cyan, Skyrocket - Orange, Skyrocket - Blue, Fountain Fireworks - Blue, Fountain Fireworks - Red, Firecracker - Blue…

Sugar painting

After a 2-heart photo together you can take the picture to the sugar-painting stall in town (100 gold) and hand Graminova a “Sugar Painting – Graminova”. 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 Graminova

Graminova 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; because Graminova is a profession mentor, his profession quests add up to 50 points each, which is why mentors are the fastest romances. 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. He has a voiced 5-heart invitation scene; the letter tells you when and where. Dating activities (picnic, arcade, kite-flying) were extended to all 14 romanceable NPCs in 1.0. Full mechanics: romance & marriage guide.

Related guides

• All characters & NPCs
• Gifts guide (universal gifts, every NPC)
• Romance & marriage guide
• Beginner guide
• Codes status

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).