Pierre’s Loved Gifts and Birthday in Stardew Valley

Short answer: Pierre loves Fried Calamari and Price Catalogue, plus universal loves such as a Prismatic Shard. Pierre's birthday is Spring 26 (a Friday), when a loved gift is worth 640 friendship points instead of 80. The cheapest liked gift you can grow for Pierre is Tulip: plant it by Spring 20.

Quick facts

  • Birthday: Spring 26, a Friday.
  • Marriage: no, but friendship still goes up to 10 hearts.
  • Own gift lists: 2 loved, 2 liked and 4 hated by name, and 1 exception to the universal lists.
  • Crops to grow for Pierre: 24 liked.

What Pierre loves

Pierre's own loved gifts (+80, or +640 on Spring 26)
GiftAlso loved by
Fried CalamariNobody else
Price CatalogueNobody else

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 Pierre likes

Pierre likes Daffodil and Dandelion, and All Eggs (except Void Egg); All Milk. A liked gift (+45) is the easy fallback when you have nothing loved: 24 crops count as liked for Pierre.

Birthday gift plan for Spring 26

These liked crops grow from shop seeds in Spring and are ready on Spring 26 if you plant them by the day shown, at normal growth speed. Cheapest to give first: the sell price is the gold you give up.

Crops for Pierre's birthday, loved first
CropTastePlant bySeedsSells for
TulipLikedSpring 2020g30g
ParsnipLikedSpring 2220g35g
Green BeanLikedSpring 1660g40g
Blue JazzLikedSpring 1930g50g
PotatoLikedSpring 2050g80g

Other Spring birthdays, so one trip can cover several: Kent (Spring 4), Lewis (Spring 7), Vincent (Spring 10), Haley (Spring 14), Pam (Spring 18), Shane (Spring 20), Emily (Spring 27).

Gifts to avoid

Pierre hates Corn, Garlic, Parsnip Soup and Tortilla, and All Fish (-40 each), and dislikes Ginger, Hazelnut, Holly, Leek, Salmonberry, Snow Yam, Wild Horseradish and Winter Root, and All Foraged Minerals; All Gems (other than Diamond & Prismatic Shard); All Mushrooms (except Red) (-20). On top of that come the universal hates, such as trash and bait.

Neutral (+20) for Pierre: All Fruit (except Fruit Tree Fruit & Salmonberry).

Where Pierre breaks the universal rules

These items are universal for most villagers, but not for Pierre:

  • Price Catalogue: Pierre loves it, though most villagers dislike it.

To check any single item, with the points for each quality and day, open the Gift Finder for Pierre.

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Where these numbers come from

Source: the Stardew Valley Wiki pages Pierre, List of All Gifts, Villagers, Friendship; each value is cross-checked on two wiki sources. Checked 2026-10-09. Methodology · Report a wrong number · All Villagers