Short answer: Harvey loves Coffee, Pickles, Super Meal, Truffle Oil and Wine, plus universal loves such as a Prismatic Shard. Harvey's birthday is Winter 14 (a Sunday), when a loved gift is worth 640 friendship points instead of 80. The cheapest liked gift you can grow for Harvey is Corn, grown in Fall and kept until then.
Quick facts
- Birthday: Winter 14, a Sunday.
- Marriage: yes. Friendship stops at 8 hearts (2,000 points) until you give Harvey a Bouquet, so extra gifts before that are wasted.
- Own gift lists: 5 loved, 15 liked and 5 hated by name, and 6 exceptions to the universal lists.
- Crops to grow for Harvey: 37 liked.
What Harvey loves
| Gift | Also loved by |
|---|---|
| Coffee | Nobody else |
| Pickles | Nobody else |
| Super Meal | Nobody else |
| Truffle Oil | Nobody else |
| Wine | Leah |
Only Harvey loves Coffee, Pickles, Super Meal and Truffle Oil.
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 Harvey likes
Harvey likes Daffodil, Dandelion, Duck Egg, Duck Feather, Ginger, Goat Milk, Hazelnut, Holly, Large Goat Milk, Leek, Quartz, Snow Yam, Spring Onion, Wild Horseradish and Winter Root, and All Fruit (except Salmonberry & Spice Berry); All Mushrooms (except Red). A liked gift (+45) is the easy fallback when you have nothing loved: 37 crops count as liked for Harvey.
Birthday gift plan for Winter 14
Nothing from shop seeds is ready in Winter by day 14, 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 Cranberries (liked, sells for 75g).
Other Winter birthdays, so one trip can cover several: Krobus (Winter 1), Linus (Winter 3), Caroline (Winter 7), Sebastian (Winter 10), Wizard (Winter 17), Evelyn (Winter 20), Leah (Winter 23), Clint (Winter 26).
Gifts to avoid
Harvey hates Coral, Nautilus Shell, Rainbow Shell, Salmonberry and Spice Berry (-40 each), and dislikes Blueberry Tart, Bread, Cheese, Chocolate Cake, Cookie, Cranberry Sauce, Fried Mushroom, Glazed Yams, Goat Cheese, Hashbrowns, Ice Cream, Pancakes, Pink Cake, Pizza, Rhubarb Pie and Rice Pudding (-20). On top of that come the universal hates, such as trash and bait.
Neutral (+20) for Harvey: Large Milk and Milk, and All Eggs (except Duck Egg & Void Egg).
Where Harvey breaks the universal rules
These items are universal for most villagers, but not for Harvey:
- Rainbow Shell: Harvey hates it, though most villagers like it.
- Bread: Harvey dislikes it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Coral: Harvey hates it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Duck Feather: Harvey likes it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Nautilus Shell: Harvey hates it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Spring Onion: Harvey likes it, though most villagers dislike it.
To check any single item, with the points for each quality and day, open the Gift Finder for Harvey.