Zephyria Starsand Island: Gifts, Schedule & Romance

Zephyria leads the Exploration Club and teaches the Exploration profession — combat, foraging and the Moonlit Forest ruins all run through him. He is disciplined to a fault: Tai Chi at sunrise, target practice, martial-arts drills and stargazing at night.

Quick facts

Daily routine

Mornings: Tai Chi and target practice outdoors, then foraging until noon. Afternoons: gear upkeep and training, with more time in the woods toward evening. Nights: stargazing or training. Rainy days are spent working out, reading or fixing equipment indoors. Use the Social app on the in-game phone (Locate / Follow) to pin him on the map; routes change with season and weather.

Gifts Zephyria 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: Moonlit Forest forage — Midnight Herb, Mirage Sunflower, Mirthshroom, Moondew Shroom, Moonflower, Spirit Fruit and Twilight Succulent. Fragments from forest creatures (Luminfrog, Runebird) are Liked.

Loved (+15 affection)

Confirmed: Moonflower, Mirage Sunflower, Twilight Succulent, Mirthshroom, Spirit Fruit, Midnight Herb, Moondew Shroom. Data export only: Red Sleep Lily, Blue Sleep Lily, Yellow Sleep Lily, Echo Bean, Orange Sleep Lily, Cotton, Plainberry, Black Sleep Lily, Pink Sleep Lily, Moonshade Tendril, Eldergrain, Green Sleep Lily, Fluffweave, Purple Sleep Lily, Sunveil Shroom, Brown Sleep Lily.

Liked (+10)

Confirmed: Runebird Fragment, Aurorite Ore, Luminfrog Fragment, Glazed Cicada, Celeb Moth, Sunflower Seeds, Fenta, Garlic, Pasture Grass, Lamb Skewers, Grilled Chicken Wings, Chilled Twilight Salad, Mirthshroom Soup, Grilled Mushrooms, Pink Hydrangea, Light Blue Hydrangea, Dragon Fruit, Celeste Berry. The data export lists 247 Liked items in total (most common crops, cooked dishes and flowers).

Disliked (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Softwood Plank, Tiger Puffer. Also in the data export (285 items total): Pickled Water Caltrop, Pickled Winter Canola, Pickled Tomato, Pickled Cucumber, Pickled Water Spinach, Laba Garlic, Pickled Carrot, Pickled Potato, Pickled Pepper, Pickled Cabbage…

Hated (no gain; some sources report a loss)

Confirmed: Meat Bait. Also in the data export (49 items total): Bug Bait, Veggie Bait, Gmax Fertilizer V, Ripening Fertilizer III, Yield Fertilizer II, Skyrocket - White, Fountain Fireworks - Orange, Fountain Fireworks - Cyan, Skyrocket - Orange, Skyrocket - 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 Zephyria a “Sugar Painting – Zephyria”. 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 Zephyria

Zephyria 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 Zephyria 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).