Best way to get the friendship achievements?

[Panzer]

I'm trying to get the achievements that require you to get to certain friendship levels with a certain amount of npc's. I need to get level 5 with 20 people. Also 10 with 8 people.

[Stealth-Boy 3000]

Just pay attention to their birthdays and try to give them gifts they would love. Like gems to Clint, Amethys to Abigail, Sunflower to Haley, Coffee to harvey, frozen tear to Sebastian, Salad to Leah, Foragebles to Linus etc. Just some examples...

[Bobywan]

Look the wiki for the loved gifts and give Loved/Liked gifts whenever you can.
And Don't miss a birthday, the points are more important for Bday.

[Jigain]

Iridium quality loved gifts on their birthday. That's 960 points, or almost four full hearts.

Past that, the usual. Talk to them and give gifts and do bulletin board quests. Also finish the bulletin board in the Community Center for 500 points (two hearts) with just about everyone. It's really not too difficult, I usually have most if not all NPCs maxed by the end of the first year.

[Poop Johnson]

give two best gifts a week. Give a third gift on birthdays. Everybody loves diamonds. put some of those bad boys in a cyrstalarium.

[Bobywan]

Originally posted by Poop Johnson:

give two best gifts a week. Give a third gift on birthdays. Everybody loves diamonds. put some of those bad boys in a cyrstalarium.

Everybody love OR like diamonds:
https://stardewcommunitywiki.com/Diamond
It's an easy solution for a lot of villagers but some loved gifts are cheaper than the diamond.

[agentbandit007]

Here are some easy ways to appease NPCs. Beware of spoilers.
- Haley likes Daffodils, which are literally everywhere in the spring, and loves Sunflowers, which can be grown in Summer
- Shane loves Beer that is easily accessible in the Saloon, which is also his favorite hangout
- Apply same method as Shane to Pam
- Harvey loves coffee, found at the Saloon
- Sam loves Pizza which is also found at the Saloon
- Once you have goats and a cheese maker, you can easily appease Leah and Robin, who love Goat Cheese
- Get Willy to a high enough friendship level and trigger his crab-catching scene with Gus . Gus will then put crab cakes on sale with infinite stock, so stock up on those to give to Elliot.
- Plant Parsnips in Spring, and combine them with Eggs from your coop to cook Farmer's Lunches, which Marnie loves.
- Plant Poppies in Fall, and give them to Penny
- After obtaining a lightning rod, use them to obtain Batteries to give to Maru or plant Strawberries in Spring to give to her
- After Ginger Island is unlocked, use Ginger to make Ginger Ale, which Vincent loves
- George loves Leeks, which can be foraged in Spring
- Plant Pumpkins in Fall to give to Abigail
- Don't bother spinning cloth to give to Emily. She loves the raw material just as much.
- Grow Summer Spangles in Summer to give to Caroline or brew her tea.
MISC. TIPS:
- Pay attention during heart events, and avoid offending people during them.
- Talk to NPCs whenever you can. Chattiness prevents heart level decay.
- Birthdays are your best friend.
- No one doesn't love the Golden Pumpkin at the end of the maze on Spirit's Eve, Pearls, and Magic Rock Candy .
- The only one who doesn't like Rabbit's Foot is Penny. Everyone else loves them.

Hope these help!

[no1schmo]

Tree fruit. Apples, oranges, cherries, pomagranates, peaches, and apricots, are all liked gifts by every single character. Plant some in the greenhouse and you'll have an endless source of popular gifts. If you have the fruit bat cave (instead of the mushroom cave), that will also give you good fruit to use. This tip is not useful if you want to max friendship early, but later on, it's an easy one to use, without having to worry about who likes what and what day it is, you can just dispense fruit on the side as you do other things.

[Uncoelacanth]

If you are choosing between gifts that are Loved by the target, gifts that are Silver, Gold, or Iridium are going to do more for friendship than gifts that are normal quality.

For Liked and Loved Gifts, Quality Level provides a Friendship Bonus:
Silver: +10%
Gold: +25%
Iridium: +50%

As a result, you should definitely be giving Iridium Quality Loved gifts on Birthdays or at the Feast of the Winter Star, where those bonuses can push the relationship through the roof, but even on normal gift-giving days, strive to give High-Quality Loved gifts as often as you can, since you only get to give two gifts each non-birthday week,

Emily loves Cloth and Wool. Two gifts of Iridium-Quality Wool are worth as much as three gifts of Cloth, which doesn't have quality rating.

[agentbandit007]

I might make the list I made a guide, actually.

[Lunacy]

First you need to know what they love and like. Usually a generic item that they all like/love is good enough, something plentiful and easy to obtain for multiple people.

Next, only do a few at a time while you work on other things, once they are high enough they will never decay so you can ignore them after that. Trying to focus on all of them will feel overwhelming and you'll end up getting little done.
Also talk to them every day when you can since that gives some friendship to offset any decay.

[no1schmo]

Originally posted by Lunacy:

First you need to know what they love and like. Usually a generic item that they all like/love is good enough, something plentiful and easy to obtain for multiple people.

Next, only do a few at a time while you work on other things, once they are high enough they will never decay so you can ignore them after that. Trying to focus on all of them will feel overwhelming and you'll end up getting little done.
Also talk to them every day when you can since that gives some friendship to offset any decay.

True. I usually take a season or so to boost almost everyone to the max with daily conversation and constant gift-giving--when all is said and done, Saturday ends up being the only day I'm usually free to do much else. So it makes sense to break up who you're working on.

[buttcheekles]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2426375773 I created a guide that focuses on birthdays and the items they love, might be of some use to you.