Serena Starsand Island: Gifts, Schedule & Romance

Serena runs Bloom Atelier, the salon in Maple Reed, and is inseparable from Stella — she is in the square every evening cheering her friend’s concerts. Her Loved list is decorative: ornaments, sculptures, sachets and Diamond.

Quick facts


Role	Hair stylist; owner of the Bloom Atelier salon; Stella’s best friend
Where to find	Bloom Atelier, Maple Reed
Romance (1.0)	Yes — one of 14 romanceable NPCs
Birthday	Summer 11
Voice cast	Melissa White (EN) · Mamiko Noto as Shizuku (JP) · 叶知秋 (CN)
Height / weight (profile)	167 cm / 48 kg

Daily routine

On warm days she wanders the woods near the ranch for inspiration; afternoons she visits Stella’s shop; when it is cold the two of them plan hot-spring trips. Every evening she is in the town square for Stella’s open-air show. Use the Social app on the in-game phone (Locate / Follow) to pin her on the map; routes change with season and weather.

Gifts Serena 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: Diamond (confirmed by two sources) and, per the data export, crafted ornaments — sculptures, umbrellas, sachets, the Piggy Bank and the Alpaca Plushie.

Loved (+15 affection)

Confirmed: Diamond. Data export only: Greeny Rabbit, Starsand Seascape Frame, Alpaca Plushie, Moonview Sleep Pillow, Bronze Mask, Chicken Weathervane, Lighthouse Woodcarving, Warming Sachet, Jade Cabbage, Runebird Sculpture, Luminfrog Sculpture, Whispering Wheat, Wisteria Dream Umbrella, Piggy Bank, Ruin Guard Sculpture, Glowing Shell Ornament, Stone Frog, Capybara Commemorative Coin, Soothing Sachet, Glintortle Sculpture, Starsand Guide Flag, Inky Bamboo Umbrella, Firefly Handheld Lamp, Floral Sachet, Crystalith Sculpture, Twilight Succulent Pot, Red Plum Umbrella.

Liked (+10)

Confirmed: Light Blue Hydrangea, Blue Hydrangea, Moonflower, Garlic, Pasture Grass, Potato, Mirthshroom, Cabbage, Pumpkin, Moondew Shroom, Dragon Fruit, Celeste Berry. The data export lists 283 Liked items in total (most common crops, cooked dishes and flowers).

Disliked (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Glazed Cicada, Margarita, Chinese Perch. Also in the data export (362 items total): Luminwing Butterfly, Red Firefly, Amber Hornscarab, Glazed Firefly, Banner Dragonfly, Yellow Dragonfly, Emerald Hornscarab, Swallowtail Butterfly, Cicada, Velbee…

Hated (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Curio Bowl. Also in the data export (116 items total): Gmax Fertilizer V, Ripening Fertilizer III, Yield Fertilizer II, Ripening Fertilizer VI, Ripening Fertilizer I, Yield Fertilizer IV, Gmax Fertilizer III, Yield Fertilizer I, Yield Fertilizer III, Nutrient Soil IV…

Sugar painting

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

Serena 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 her 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. 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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