How To Get Every Maru Heart Event In Stardew Valley (2024)

In Stardew Valley, raising the player's friendship level with the town villagers can be a rewarding experience and give the player further insight into the residents and their backgrounds. It's also a requirement for dating or marriage. Moreover, special events play at certain heart levels with the characters.

Increasing the player's friendship with Maru can be achieved by helping to complete quests anytime she posts on the "Help Wanted" board. However, improving the player's friendship with her is faster by gifting some of her favorite objects in the game. Achieving certain levels of friendship with her will trigger some interesting cutscenes that players don't want to miss.

Updated on June 4, 2024, by Antonio Samson: After the 1.6 update, players are flocking back to their favorite farming simulator, which means they'll need tips on how to romance their favorite villagers. Maru is one of the most interesting bachelorettes in Stardew Valley. She works at the clinic with Harvey, and she spends most of her free time working on inventions because she's extremely smart and creative. Getting the cutscenes with Maru is one of the most rewarding experiences in the game. We updated this article to include more information about Maru's heart events and how to trigger them.

Every Maru Heart Event

Ideal Gifts For Maru In Stardew Valley

Maru Loves Science-Related Gifts

In terms of the best gifts to advance the player's friendship with Maru, they can be somewhat harder to obtain than other characters. Following in the footsteps of her dad, Demetrius, her loved gifts heavily revolve around science-based objects. The easiest to obtain is Gold Bars, made from ore found at 80+ mine levels, or by growing cabbages or strawberries. If cooking is the player's preferred gift of choice, she enjoys Cheese Cauliflower or some Pepper Poppers.

If the player doesn't fancy spending time in the mines or growing cabbages. In that case, there's always the option to gift her a Battery Pack obtained from Lightning Rods, but this is heavily reliant on thunderstorms, so it could be time-consuming.

Receiving "The Talk" From Demetrius

Maru's Two Heart Event, Demetrius Says Maru is a Good Kid

In the two-heart event, the player finds Maru and Demetrius testing soil samples in their house. Maru exits for a moment to collect more samples, and Demetrius states that Maru is a good kid and doesn't want anything getting in the way of her future.

The dialogue that follows does not affect the player's relationship with Maru but does affect the player's friendship with Demetrius. Selecting the dialogue "(Say Nothing)" will earn the player +10 friendship points with Demetrius, and then he and Maru will return to work. However, selecting ''Actually, your dad was being weird'' will force him to apologize and lose the player 100 friendship points with him.

Maru Has A Little Accident In The Clinic

Maru's Four Heart Event, Take the Blame for Maru

Upon reaching four hearts with Maru, enter the Clinic when she's working. The player sees her complain about her job and then drops a glass when startled by the player's entry. Worried about Harvey's reaction, the player is presented with the following dialogue options. Selecting "Just scoop it off the floor" will lose the player 50 friendship points, and Maru is annoyed by the player trying to get her to lie.

However, choosing "Tell Harvey it was my fault" will cost the player 20 points, as Harvey knows it was Maru and is disappointed she lied to him. The best option to select is "Tell Harvey it was an accident," which earns the player 50 points. Maru nervously admits the truth, but Harvey reassures her it was an accident and thanks her for her dedication and hard work.

Maru Shows The Player The Stars

Maru's Six Heart Event, A Beautiful Planet

Reaching six hearts with Maru will trigger an event when entering the mountain on a sunny day between 9 pm and 11:40 pm. Maru is looking through her telescope and wants the player to look through it and see the stars. Selecting the dialogue "A beautiful planet" will increase her friendship by 30 points.

However, selecting "A cold, dark abyss.' will decrease it by 30 points, as Maru is disappointed the player doesn't see the universe the same way she does. Maru looks like she's about to tell the player something, but she changes her mind and continues talking about the stars. The cutscene ends with the player character happy about the beautiful night shared.

Maru Shows Off One Of Her Inventions

Maru's Eight Heart Event, A Shocking Event

In the eight heart event, enter the Carpenter's shop anytime Maru is there. She is excited about showing off a new machine and asks the player to put the player's hand on it for a demonstration. She flips a switch, and the player gets an electric shock. Maru quickly applies some burn cream and asks if the player is okay.

Selecting the dialogue ''It’s okay, it doesn’t even hurt'' will increase the player's friendship by 30 points, as Maru is relieved she hasn't hurt the player further. But if they select ''You'd better be, this hurts like crazy!'' it obviously makes her feel bad, and the player will lose 50 points. Either way, Maru is disappointed she ruined the moment.

Maru Creates A Robot

Maru's Ten Heart Event, Maru's Impressive Creation

Entering the Carpenter's Shop between 9 am and 4 pm with a 10-heart relationship, the player will find Maru wanting to show the player her big project that she finished. She activates a self-aware robot. Demetrius walks in, is frightened by the robot, and encourages Maru to give it its freedom when the robot requests to explore space.

Saying the player is impressed with the robot will earn them 50 points, as Maru appreciates the player's understanding. If the player selects ''you should have made that robot your slave'' the player will lose 50 points unless the player selects the options ''just a piece of machinery'' or ''MariLDA deserves her freedom'' to cancel out the loss. If you select ''I would put her to work on the farm,'' the player will lose 50 points, as Maru is extremely disappointed in the player.

The Last Romantic Moment With Maru

Maru's Fourteen Heart Event, Wish Upon the Stars With Maru

When Maru is the player's wife and the player has a 14-heart relationship, two cutscenes will occur. Entering the Farmhouse between 6:10 am and 5 pm on any day, Sunday, in any season but winter, Maru will greet the player by telling the player of a rare astronomical event happening tomorrow night that she wants the player to watch together.

The next day, on entering the Mountains between 10 pm and 1 am, the player and Maru stand near a telescope, reminiscing about the player's relationship. After seeing a comet, Maru encourages the player to make a wish and then asks the player what the wish is. Selecting any of the dialogue options will not affect the relationship, and it is the player's last major cutscene with Maru and one of the most romantic moments in a video game.

Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley isan open-ended country-life RPG.You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

Platform(s)

PC , Xbox One , Android , iOS , PS4 , Switch

Released

February 26, 2016

Developer(s)

ConcernedApe

Publisher(s)

ConcernedApe

Genre(s)

RPG , Simulation

Multiplayer

Local Multiplayer , Online Multiplayer

ESRB

E for Everyone (Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Simulated Gambling, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco)

How Long To Beat

53 Hours