Short answer: Leah loves Goat Cheese, Poppyseed Muffin, Salad, Stir Fry, Truffle, Vegetable Medley and Wine, plus universal loves such as a Prismatic Shard. Leah's birthday is Winter 23 (a Tuesday), when a loved gift is worth 640 friendship points instead of 80. The cheapest liked gift you can grow for Leah is Corn, grown in Fall and kept until then.
Quick facts
- Birthday: Winter 23, a Tuesday.
- Marriage: yes. Friendship stops at 8 hearts (2,000 points) until you give Leah a Bouquet, so extra gifts before that are wasted.
- Own gift lists: 7 loved, 11 liked and 5 hated by name, and 7 exceptions to the universal lists.
- Crops to grow for Leah: 37 liked.
What Leah loves
| Gift | Also loved by |
|---|---|
| Goat Cheese | Robin |
| Poppyseed Muffin | Penny |
| Salad | Nobody else |
| Stir Fry | Nobody else |
| Truffle | Nobody else |
| Vegetable Medley | Jodi, Lewis |
| Wine | Harvey |
Only Leah loves Salad, Stir Fry and Truffle.
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 Leah likes
Leah likes Daffodil, Dandelion, Driftwood, Ginger, Hazelnut, Holly, Leek, Snow Yam, Spring Onion, Wild Horseradish and Winter Root, and All Eggs (except Void Egg); All Fruit; All Milk; All Mushrooms (except Red). A liked gift (+45) is the easy fallback when you have nothing loved: 37 crops count as liked for Leah.
Birthday gift plan for Winter 23
Nothing from shop seeds is ready in Winter by day 23, 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), Harvey (Winter 14), Wizard (Winter 17), Evelyn (Winter 20), Clint (Winter 26).
Gifts to avoid
Leah hates Bread, Hashbrowns, Pancakes, Pizza and Void Egg (-40 each), and dislikes Carp Surprise, Cookie, Fried Egg, Ice Cream, Pink Cake, Rice Pudding, Seaweed, Survival Burger and Tortilla, and All Foraged Minerals (except Earth Crystal); All Gems (except Diamond & Prismatic Shard) (-20). On top of that come the universal hates, such as trash and bait.
Where Leah breaks the universal rules
These items are universal for most villagers, but not for Leah:
- Bread: Leah hates it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Fried Egg: Leah dislikes it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Truffle: Leah loves it, though most villagers are neutral about it.
- Driftwood: Leah likes it, though most villagers dislike it.
- Spring Onion: Leah likes it, though most villagers dislike it.
- Void Egg: Leah hates it, though most villagers dislike it.
- Seaweed: Leah dislikes it, though most villagers hate it.
To check any single item, with the points for each quality and day, open the Gift Finder for Leah.