Gifting gold-star items

[Kalil]

Does anyone know wether gifting gold- or silver-star items gives a larger friendship boost than the normal versions?

[Zourin]

I'm pretty sure it does. What doesn't seem to affect how much friendship you get is the actual value of the item. A cheap 'like' is the same as a very pricey 'like' of the same quality, from what I've gathered. Otherwise, you could marry Leah by the end of summer with just cabbage.

[gummyonion]

I'm curious about this too. I've been gifting gold star items but it doesn't seem to really be doing much.

[Zourin]

Originally posted by notonion:

I'm curious about this too. I've been gifting gold star items but it doesn't seem to really be doing much.

One of the biggest impacts is when you give a gold-star "love" on a birthday. Lots of multipliers in play. Almost always an instant +2 full hearts.

[gummyonion]

I've always tried to give gold star items on people's birthdays because I didn't want to waste the birthday, but for Emily's birthday, I didn't have any high quality rubies so I gave her a regular ruby and she went from 3 hearts to 6.