Quick Answer: Farlands has 8 romance candidates — Elliot, Eddy, Spike, and Te'Righ; Alisha, Layla, Siona, and Zoe. Friendship runs through five levels, raised by daily interactions and by gifts a candidate actually likes (pizza is the universally loved gift, per community testing). Reaching a candidate's Level 5 event concludes their storyline, and from there you can marry: you need enough space in your house and the Ceremonial Ribbon — Mayor Oola walks you through it. After the wedding, your spouse moves in and joins you on some trips.
The relationship system was completed in the 0.9 "Wedding Update" (the last major update before 1.0), which shipped the final Level 5 events for all eight candidates — 25 new events in total, per the developers. This page covers 1.0 (July 2026); mechanics data below is community-documented and flagged as such.
On This Page
- The 8 candidates and where to find them
- How friendship actually works
- Gifts: what to give (and what not to bother with)
- Level 5, the Ceremonial Ribbon, and the wedding
- After the wedding
- How long this takes (achievement reality check)
- FAQ
The 8 Candidates and Where to Find Them
All eight wander their home planets rather than keeping fixed schedules — the same "NPCs move around" design that trips up players looking for merchants. Locations below are community-documented:
| Candidate | Found on | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elliot | Terbin | Noble-hearted; the town cold-shoulders him over his family name |
| Eddy | Galea | A bundle of nerves who dreams of leaving Galea; roams every zone except the farm area |
| Spike | Galea | Serious and perpetually worried, but kind; found only in Galea's farm zone |
| Te'Righ | Terbin | Laid-back bohemian; loves hanging around the park |
| Alisha | Terbin | Smart and studious |
| Layla | Terbin | Somber and reserved |
| Siona | Terbin | Friendly with everyone |
| Zoe | Terbin | High energy; passionate about forging swords and tools |
Practical note: six of the eight live on Terbin, the main populated planet — but Eddy and Spike both require trips to Galea, in different zones. If you're courting either of them, budget the travel fuel (Beginner Guide covers the fuel trap).
How Friendship Actually Works
The community has data-mined the friendship math (source: the Spanish-language Steam community romance guide, documented during Early Access — exact numbers may drift in 1.0 patches):
- You start at 0 points with everyone; each heart level spans 200 points (level 1 at 200, level 5 at 1,000).
- Daily interactions carry risk/reward: a plain chat is safe but small (+5 on success), jokes are mid-tier (+10), and flirting pays best (+15) but fails often at low levels — failure subtracts points.
- Success odds improve with friendship level: flirting succeeds only ~10% of the time with a stranger, but far more reliably at high hearts. Early on, stick to chat and gifts; save flirting for established relationships.
The takeaway routing: gift + safe chat every day early, escalate interactions as hearts fill.
Gifts: What to Give (and What Not to Bother With)
The single most useful community finding: you can hand anyone anything, but only gifts a candidate actually likes raise friendship. Highlights from the community's testing:
- Pizza is loved by all eight candidates — the universal fallback (+10 friendship). It's a cooked dish, so a working kitchen turns crops into courtship.
- Individual loved-gift lists lean on each character's personality: Eddy (the anxious collector) loves specific insects from across the star system; Alisha (the scholar) loves artifacts and fossils — stone tablets, ancient finds — plus baked sweets; Elliot responds to cooked comfort food like stew.
- Several loved gifts are artifacts from later planets' artifact nodes — meaning some candidates' best gifts are gated behind ship upgrades. Pizza bridges the gap until then.
We're deliberately not reproducing the full per-character tables here: they're the work of a Steam community guide author (the ES-language "Guia de Romance y Mejores Regalos" — credit where due), and parts are still marked unknown or unverified at 1.0. As English-language documentation firms up, we'll fold in a complete table.
Level 5, the Ceremonial Ribbon, and the Wedding
The official mechanics, from the developers' 0.9 update notes:
- Reach a candidate's Level 5 event. This is the conclusion of their character arc — all eight storylines got their endings in the Wedding Update.
- Have enough space in your house. The developers state the marriage option requires it — if you've been ignoring house upgrades, this is your nudge (the "Your own mansion" achievement chain is the same track).
- Use the Ceremonial Ribbon. Mayor Oola explains the whole process when the time comes — she also officiates.
The wedding ceremony from the developers' 0.9 announcement: Mayor Oola at the altar, the whole town in attendance. (Image: JanduSoft, official update notes)
After the Wedding
Also official: your husband or wife moves into your house and will accompany you on some of your trips. Marriage is the end of the friendship track but not of the character's presence — the spouse stays part of daily life.
Married life: your spouse shares the house from then on. House space is a hard requirement for the wedding, so upgrade early. (Image: JanduSoft, official update notes)
How Long This Takes (Achievement Reality Check)
The achievement funnel is blunt about the time investment. Global unlock rates as of July 17, 2026:
| Milestone | Global % |
|---|---|
| Friendship level 1 with anyone ("Acquaintances") | 1.0% |
| Level 2 ("Friends") | 0.7% |
| Level 3 ("Good Friends") | 0.5% |
| Level 4 ("Special friends") | 0.2% |
| Level 5 ("More than just friendship?") | 0.1% |
| Married ("Newlyweds") | 0.1% |
| Max friendship with all 8 ("Pickup Artist") | 0.1% |
Two honest readings: launch-week numbers skew low across the board, but the steep drop from level 1 to level 2 is real — friendship grinding is slow, and most players simply don't prioritize it. If you want the wedding, make gifting a daily habit from early on rather than a late-game push. The full achievement context is in the Achievements Guide.
FAQ
Can I romance multiple candidates at once? Friendship with all eight simultaneously is clearly supported — "Pickup Artist" (max friendship with all candidates) is an achievement. Whether the game restricts marriage to one spouse, or lets you re-marry, isn't reliably documented yet; we'll update when it is.
Does gifting pizza really work on everyone? Per community testing, yes — it's the one universally loved gift documented so far. It won't beat a candidate's personal loved gifts, but it never misses.
My candidate isn't where the table says. They wander. Candidates move around their planet's zones by design (Spike is the exception — farm zone of Galea only). Check adjacent zones and different times of day.
Is there romance content after marriage? The developers describe marriage as the conclusion of the relationship arcs, with the spouse moving in and joining trips. No post-marriage storyline content is documented at 1.0.
Written July 18, 2026, at game version 1.0.2. Wedding and Level 5 mechanics from the developers' official 0.9 "Wedding Update" notes; candidate roster, locations, friendship math, and gift data from community documentation (principally the ES Steam community romance guide, credited above) — flagged as community-sourced and subject to drift as 1.0 patches land. Achievement percentages from Steam global stats, captured July 17, 2026.