Gifting
In order to level up your friendship level with the 
Island Residents, the player can give the Island Residents gifts! Gifts can be materials or craftable items. All items can have up to four tags that define their item type. Giftable items can also have one of four rarities, but the rarity has no influence on how well a gift performs with a character. Only tags matter for gifts.
For information on gifting items to other players, refer to the "
Multiplayer" page.
Important Note
See "Character Gift Guide" or individual character pages for lists of items that each Island Resident likes and which gifts are best for raising friendship!
How to Gift Island Friends
In order to gift an Friend, the player must walk up to them and select the gift icon. Once they do so, the gifting menu will pop up, and all items that can be gifted to that Friend will be shown.
Once a gift is selected, the player can choose to give the gift to the Friend. At low friendship levels, only one gift can be given at a time. However, players can unlock the ability to gift up to 3 of the same item at once, usually when they reach the level of being a "Good Friend" with the character.
After a gift is given, the Friend will give a number of their particular return gift in exchange. (Return gifts given are increased by 1 at "Good Friend" and again at "Close Friend" by 1.)
At "
Best Friends", the Friend gives their Character Box instead.
The player can also see which Island Residents they have not gifted yet by opening the 
"Friends" application via the 
Menu Tablet on the upper right corner of the screen.
Gift Values
Tags, 
hearts, and whether a tag is liked or not all factors into how much "Friendship XP" (friendship experience points) a character receives from a particular gift. While the player cannot see directly how much Friendship XP each item is worth, the player can see an equivalent value in how many return gifts a character gives when given the gift.
The Gift Value seen is the sum of the following:
- The values of the tags liked by the characters.
- Tags can either be +0, +1, or +2 depending on a hidden "tag rarity" value, which is not the same as item rarity.
- A bonus of +0 for 1 liked tag (), +1 for 2 liked tags (), or +2 for 3 liked tags ().
- An additional +1 for every tag (matching or not).
- A bonus for friendship with the player: +0 for (New) Friend, +1 for Good Friend, and +2 for Close Friend.
Friendship XP is calculated with the following formula:
Friendship XP = 5*(gift value) + 10
A gift's rarity does not affect its value. The bonuses for "Good Friend" and "Close Friend" do affect Friendship XP gained because they increase the gift value.
This system is meant to allow some flexibility in leveling up characters while still paying attention to the characters' preferences. In the gift menu, gifts are usually ordered by hearts and then by value. For example, if there are two 1-heart gifts in a row, the first gift will be worth more than or equal to the second gift. 3-heart gifts are always worth the most.
- Tip: Both individual character pages and the Character Gift Guide list recommendations for what to gift characters when raising friendship.
At Best Friends, the only factor that matters is the number of 
hearts. More hearts mean a larger character gift box.
Daily Gift Limits
There is a daily limit of 3 gifts that refreshes at reset. However, the player can gift a 
Friendship Blossom to reset a particular character's limits or a 
Friendship Bouquet to reset all characters' limits. These items are generally only distributed through the 
Daily Rewards from 
My Melody, and she will not give another if the player has 3 of the item.
Since gifts raise friendship and friendship is the strongest factor for unlocking quests, this does mean that sometimes a player must wait for reset to gift characters again to progress in the story.
Gallery
A player standing by My Melody with the Gift icon in the lower right side of the screen.
My Melody's gifting menu displaying all of the possible gifts for her.
The player can see which Island Residents they haven't gifted yet that day via the "Friends" application using the Menu Tablet.
