| Karen | |
|---|---|
| Birthday | Autumn 15 |
| Home | General Store |
| Family | Jeff (Father), Sasha (Mother) |
Karen is Jeff and Sasha’s daughter and helps out at the General Store. Her birthday is on Autumn 15th. If you set your farmer’s birthday on the same day, her birthday will be on Autumn 23rd instead.
Schedule
The easiest way to find Karen is in the mornings while she’s talking to Rick outside the General Store. She has the tendency to wander around town when it’s sunny, but her routine is pretty consistent.
Below we’ve added tables for her unmarried schedule, along with what her schedule changes to after marriage.
| Unmarried | |
|---|---|
| Time | Location |
| Monday, Wednesday – Saturday (Sunny) | |
| 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | In front of the General Store |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | General Store |
| 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Beach |
| 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| Monday, Wednesday – Saturday (Rain or Snow) | |
| 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | General Store |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | General Store |
| 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| Tuesday (Sunny) | |
| 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | In front of the General Store |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Hot Spring |
| 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Inn (1F) |
| 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| Tuesday (Rain or Snow) | |
| 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM | General Store |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Gotts’s House |
| 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Inn (1F) |
| 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| Sunday | |
| 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM | General Store |
| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Inn (1F) |
| 10:00 PM – 12:00 AM | General Store (Backroom) |
| After Marriage | |
|---|---|
| Time | Location |
| Monday, Wednesday – Saturday | |
| 6:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Your House |
| 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | General Store |
| 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM | Your House |
| Tuesday, Sunday | |
| 6:00 AM – 12:00 AM | Your House |
Gift Preferences
Karen’s favorite gifts are Popcorn, French Fries, and Margherita Pizza. Some other easy loved gifts for her are Bamboo Shoots and cheese.
| Type of Gift | Items |
|---|---|
| Loves | Special: French Fries, Margherita Pizza, Popcorn Forage: Bamboo Shoots, Matsutake Animal Products: Cheese Dishes: Chestnut Rice, Mont Blanc, Premium Grape Juice, Sashimi, Tempura, Wild Grape Water Miscellaneous: Diamond, Perfume, Pink Diamond |
| Likes | Forage: All flowers Crops: Bell Pepper, Chili Pepper, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Potato, Pumpkin, Spinach, Yam Animal Products: Butter, Eggs, Hot Spring Egg, Mayonnaise Dishes: Ajillo, Bagna Cauda, Cheese Fondue, Cheese Risotto, Eggs Benedict, Grilled Fish, Mashed Potato, Miso Soup, Orange Juice, Palbochae, Pepper Steak, Pumpkin Potage, Quiche, Roasted Corn, Salad, Spicy Dishes, Tamagoyaki, Vegetable Stir Fry Miscellaneous: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Bracelet, Broach, Dress, Earrings, Emerald, Face Mask, Garnet, Necklace, Ruby, Sapphire, Skin Lotion, Sunblock, Topaz |
| Dislikes | Forage: Apple, Honey, Orange, All Wild Grass Dishes: Apple Pie, Baked Apple, Baked Yam, Baumkuchen, Cake, Carbonara, Cheese Souffle, Cheesecake, Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies, Cookies, Elli Leaves, Grape Juice, Ice Cream, Madeleines, Mixed Smoothie, Pancakes, Raisin Bread, Strawberry Milk (dish), Yam Dessert Miscellaneous: AEPFE Apple, Agate, Buckwheat Flour, Caffeine, Fluorite, HMSGB Apple, Pet Treat, Stamina Booster, Stamina Booster XL, SUGDW Apple, Super Caffeine |
| Hates | Forage: Poison Mushroom Animal Products: Wool (all types), Yarn Dishes: Candied Peels, Orange Pastries, Orangette Miscellaneous: Ancient Fossil, Branch, Fodder, Gold Lumber, Lumber, Ore (all types), Pirate Treasure, Rock, Stone, Tomatosetta Stone Trash: Empty Can, Fish Bones, Rubber Boot, Weed |
Best Loved Gifts for Each Season
| Season | Item | Where to Find It |
|---|---|---|
| Year-round | Cheese | Process milk using the Cheese Maker |
| Spring | Bamboo Shoots | Forage around Mother’s Hill |
| Summer | Wild Grape Water | Learn the recipe from Lou |
| Autumn | Matsutake | Forage in a hidden area of Mother’s Hill |
| Winter | Sashimi | Obtain the recipe by cooking with fish |
Heart Events
As you raise your friendship with Karen, you can trigger heart events. Choosing the correct dialogue option during these events will increase your friendship, while an incorrect choice will lower it.
Below is a summary of each event. We also have a separate page with complete details on all of Karen’s heart events.
| Heart Event | Location | Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Gray | General Store | 10:05 AM to 1:00 PM, Wednesday or Friday |
| Purple | General Store | 10:05 AM to 1:00 PM, Wednesday or Friday |
| Blue | General Store | 10:05 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday, Thursday, or Saturday |
| Green (Confession) | Anywhere | Give Karen a Preserved Flower |
| Yellow | General Store | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM, not Saturday |
| Orange | Mother’s Hill | 10:05 AM to 1:00 PM, sunny weather |
| Red (Proposal) | Anywhere | Give Karen a Blue Feather after seeing all prior events |
Friendship Perks
Befriending Karen can trigger cutscenes that also result in extra friendship points for Jeff, Sasha, and Duke. You can also earn extra friendship with Karen by buying items from the General Store.
