Abigail likes to eat rocks?

[Rem]

It seems Abigail likes to eat Quartz whenever i give her one

[floagard]

Ye, I think that it's because most of the gifts in her "like" section is food.. They didn't change it for the quartz tho.. So that's just an error on the developers part :P

[Somedae]

She also ate my diamond, which is the hardest gem of all

[Batootcat]

She likes to take vitamins and minerals.....

[Tumalu]

I'm not sure whether it was initially a dev oversight or not, but he's definitely embraced it and gone with it considering some added dialogue in recent patches, so it's pretty much canon at this point >.>

...she eats gems like nothing. XD

[Skovde]

Originally, must have been an oversight/bug where ConcernedApe didn't categorize her responses based on gift type. Just about everything she gets is considered food type gift. It is cute/funny, but I don't think it should be set in stone as canon. Even her comment about going into the mine when married is non-specific, it could be she wants a mushroom or a Ghost fish.

Personally, I think it would be better to add a more mineral/gem specific response to the gift to show her interest in the category. She could comment that she loves amethyst as it suits her hair color, or something.

[Spell_Blade]

Given her personality, I bet she does it for the "shock factor." Her help wanted signs are always about pulling a prank on her father (so far as I can tell), so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if her behavior is just to mess with people.

I've seen people like that in real life. I knew a guy who, anytime he was handed a piece of paper, would wad it up and shove it in his mouth. He would also eat certain flowers in front of people, one petal at a time, just to see their reactions.

[Skovde]

Originally posted by Spell_Blade:

Given her personality, I bet she does it for the "shock factor." Her help wanted signs are always about pulling a prank on her father (so far as I can tell), so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if her behavior is just to mess with people.

I've seen people like that in real life. I knew a guy who, anytime he was handed a piece of paper, would wad it up and shove it in his mouth. He would also eat certain flowers in front of people, one petal at a time, just to see their reactions.

But when it comes to quartz or gems, she can either eat them or not. Occam's Razor = ConcernedApe had an error in his coding where the check for item type was not coded properly. That means there was no intention to make Abigail eat flowers and rocks. It is amusing, but to make an error in coding into a character trait that doesn't make sense, unless she is non-human, is up for debate.

[Proteus]

No, she doesn´t like to eat rocks ... she prefers gems

[Wordsmith]

Abigail just told me I'm worth to her more than a crate of quartz.
A crate of amethyst tho... she'd have to think about that.

Oh Abby... please be more adorkable, I don't love you enough yet <3

[floagard]

Originally posted by floagard:

Ye, I think that it's because most of the gifts in her "like" section is food.. They didn't change it for the quartz tho.. So that's just an error on the developers part :P

However the dev's made their mistake into a thing. Guess the fanbase liked the idea of someone who eats anything you give to her, Even rocks.

[Queju]

I truly hope this is never patched out.

[floagard]

Originally posted by Judge Tanumga'el:

I truly hope this is never patched out.

It won't be patched out. The dev's made their "mistake" into a real thing because of that the fanbase loved it :P
quote from their official wiki: "-Abigail enjoys eating quartz, an item that ranks at a seven on the Mohs hardness scale - this is tougher than iron, but not as tough as hardened steel.".
It's in the trivia section: http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Abigail

[Spell_Blade]

Originally posted by Constantly changing my name:

That sounds like an amazingly fun person to hang out with. lol

Between him and the circus blockhead who would snort chains up one nostril and pull it out the other, I was always kept entertained. The blockhead was an absolute blast at the bars. People learned not to make any bets against him very quick... it's probably a good thing he hadn't yet progressed to eating glass. It was on his to-do list, though.

[Cakemix123]

Originally posted by floagard:

Originally posted by Judge Tanumga'el:

I truly hope this is never patched out.

It won't be patched out. The dev's made their "mistake" into a real thing because of that the fanbase loved it :P
quote from their official wiki: "-Abigail enjoys eating quartz, an item that ranks at a seven on the Mohs hardness scale - this is tougher than iron, but not as tough as hardened steel.".
It's in the trivia section: http://stardewvalleywiki.com/Abigail

i just spoke to abigail as my wife and she said "going into the mines? remember to bring me back something tasty!" lmao

[katg]

There's a chance her dad is the wizard. If he is that might explain things.