Stella Starsand Island: Gifts, Schedule & Romance

Stella runs the pet shop and performs open-air concerts in the plaza most nights — she is a former idol. Her cousin Sylvain and her friend Serena are regulars at the shop. Her dog Pudding appears in the character data.

Quick facts

Daily routine

Mornings she rehearses on her balcony for the night’s show; the shop is busy through the day; on winter afternoons she tends to disappear to the hot springs with Serena. Use the Social app on the in-game phone (Locate / Follow) to pin her on the map; routes change with season and weather.

Gifts Stella 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: Black Tea Macaron (confirmed) plus Star Mango and Star Plum in the data export. Pet food and snacks (Beef Jerky, Honey, Giant Egg, Sunflower Seeds) are Liked.

Loved (+15 affection)

Confirmed: Black Tea Macaron. Data export only: Star Plum, Star Mango.

Liked (+10)

Confirmed: Honey, Giant Egg, Red Sleep Lily, Moonflower, Basic Carnivore Pet Food, Blue Hydrangea, Sunflower Seeds, Fenta, BC Milk, Crispy Noodles, Beef Jerky, Crispy Rice, Frost Fizz, Watermelon, Pasture Grass, Mirthshroom, Water Spinach, Moondew Shroom, Grilled Chicken Wings, Wishful Heart Cookies, Celeste Berry. The data export lists 297 Liked items in total (most common crops, cooked dishes and flowers).

Disliked (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Glazed Cicada, Swallowtail Butterfly, Celeb Moth, Mantis, Charcoal, Bamboo Leaf, Chinese Perch, Butterflyfish. Also in the data export (411 items total): Luminwing Butterfly, Red Firefly, Amber Hornscarab, Glazed Firefly, Banner Dragonfly, Yellow Dragonfly, Emerald Hornscarab, Cicada, Velbee, Rainbowing Butterfly…

Hated (no gain; some sources report a loss)

No two-source confirmations. Also in the data export (72 items total): Arrow, Tin Ore, Time Arrow, Stinky Arrow, Firework Shell, Copper Ore, Fire Arrow, Bomb Arrow, Runebird Fragment, Gold Ore…

Sugar painting

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

Stella 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.

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).