For bachelors and bachelorettes, is 8 hearts or 10 hearts considered "maxed-out friendship levels"?

Version 1.07 introduced a change where friendship levels that have been "maxed-out" no longer decay. For the marriage-eligible villagers, the last two hearts are disabled until you give them a bouquet. Do you need to give each of them a bouquet and then get them to 10 hearts or is 8 hearts and no bouquet sufficient to prevent friendship from decaying?

I'm guessing that since your spouse doesn't like you giving gifts to the marriage-eligible candidates after you're married, you'd have to get those villagers to 10 hearts before you're married, if the decay didn't stop at 10 hearts.

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Best Answer

You are correct, getting to 8 hearts with any marriage candidate will stop the friendship decaying. If you then gave them a bouquet, unlocking the next two hearts, it would start decaying again. Getting them to ten hearts would then stop it decaying once more, all of which can be done with every candidate prior to marrying one of them without any jeolousy penalties.

What is worth pointing out is that the decay is tiny. Talking to them each day gets you 20 friendship points, the decay is 2 points, so just talking to everyone at festivals would be enough to prevent the decay mattering, and actually increase freindship very slightly.

Ref http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Friendship

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Is 8 hearts Max Stardew?

Bachelors/bachelorettes have a maximum of 8 hearts, and they won't drop from that while they remain single. But. If you give them a bouquet, their max now raises to 10. Before bouquet, max is 8.

Does friendship decay after 10 hearts?

Each day, not talking to a villager will slightly decrease their friendship unless their heart meter is full....Decay.RelationshipDecay rateWhen decay stopsNot romanceable-2/day10 hearts3 more rows

What is the max Hearts in Stardew?

Friendship in Stardew Valley is represented by the heart meter. Normal villagers have 10 maximum hearts, with your spouse increasing to 12. You can find the full list in the menu, as seen above. Talk to the villager every day.

How many friendship points is a loved gift?

If you gift someone an item on their birthday, you'll receive a whopping eight times the friendship points. For a loved gift, that's more than two full hearts. Additionally, you can gift a villager on their birthday regardless of how many gifts you've already given them that week.

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