Short answer: Caroline loves Fish Taco, Green Tea, Summer Spangle and Tropical Curry, plus universal loves such as a Prismatic Shard. Caroline's birthday is Winter 7 (a Sunday), when a loved gift is worth 640 friendship points instead of 80. The cheapest liked gift you can grow for Caroline is Corn, grown in Fall and kept until then.
Quick facts
- Birthday: Winter 7, a Sunday.
- Marriage: no, but friendship still goes up to 10 hearts.
- Own gift lists: 4 loved, 3 liked and 2 hated by name, and 1 exception to the universal lists.
- Crops to grow for Caroline: 1 loved and 24 liked.
What Caroline loves
| Gift | Also loved by |
|---|---|
| Fish Taco | Gus |
| Green Tea | Lewis |
| Summer Spangle | Nobody else |
| Tropical Curry | Gus |
Only Caroline loves Summer Spangle.
The universal loves count too: Golden Pumpkin, Magic Rock Candy, Pearl, Prismatic Shard, Rabbit's Foot and Stardrop Tea. What "universal" means and the points for each kind of gift: gift rules for every villager.
What Caroline likes
Caroline likes Daffodil, Tea Leaves and Wild Horseradish. A liked gift (+45) is the easy fallback when you have nothing loved: 24 crops count as liked for Caroline.
Birthday gift plan for Winter 7
Nothing from shop seeds is ready in Winter by day 7, so grow the gift in Fall and keep it in a chest: crops never spoil. Cheapest choices: Corn (liked, sells for 50g), Eggplant (liked, sells for 60g) and Bok Choy (liked, sells for 80g).
The loved crop (Summer Spangle) can't be grown from seed by Winter 7; harvest one in Summer and keep it in a chest, since crops never spoil.
Other Winter birthdays, so one trip can cover several: Krobus (Winter 1), Linus (Winter 3), Sebastian (Winter 10), Harvey (Winter 14), Wizard (Winter 17), Evelyn (Winter 20), Leah (Winter 23), Clint (Winter 26).
Gifts to avoid
Caroline hates Quartz and Salmonberry (-40 each), and dislikes Amaranth, Dandelion, Duck Mayonnaise, Ginger, Hazelnut, Holly, Leek, Mayonnaise, Snow Yam and Winter Root, and All Mushrooms (except Red) (-20). On top of that come the universal hates, such as trash and bait.
Neutral (+20) for Caroline: All Eggs (except Void Egg); All Fruit (except pre-1.5 Fruit Tree Fruit & Salmonberry); All Milk.
Where Caroline breaks the universal rules
These items are universal for most villagers, but not for Caroline:
- Tea Leaves: Caroline likes it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
To check any single item, with the points for each quality and day, open the Gift Finder for Caroline.