Hello Kitty Island Adventure Gift Guide: Best gift for each character

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is a cozy life simulation game that revolves around building relationships with adorable characters. One of the key aspects of the game is gifting, as it lets you increase your Friendship levels. Here's the best gift for each character in Hello Kitty Island Adventure.

How does gifting work in Hello Kitty Island Adventure?

Before we delve into the specific gifts for each character, it's important to understand how gifts work in Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Gifts are categorized based on the amount of Friendship Level Up Experience (FLUX) they provide. There are three categories of gifts:

• Ultimate Gifts: These gifts provide 3 Hearts worth of FLUX and are generally harder to obtain, and each character only has one of these. They often require multiple ingredients or unique items.

• Best Gifts: These gifts provide 2 Hearts worth of FLUX and are relatively easier to obtain. They can be crafted using common ingredients or obtained through various in-game activities.

• Normal Gifts: These gifts provide 1 Heart worth of FLUX and are readily available from the early stages of the game. They include crafting materials, cooking ingredients, and forageable items.

How often can you give gifts in Hello Kitty Island Adventure?

Hello Kitty Island Adventures has a maximum limit of three gifts per day. However, you can go beyond this limit by giving the character one of two items:

• Friendship Blossom
  • Resets the daily gift-giving limit for a single character, can be given in the usual way you give a gift

• Friendship Bouquet
  • Resets the daily gift-giving limit for all characters, must be used from within your inventory

You can earn these Friendship flowers by completing Collections, including Clothing, Potions, and Food. It's also possible to receive them as a reward, from daily quests to story missions. Unfortunately, the flowers don't show up too often, as it will require a lot of playtime to unlock. Otherwise, you can check back daily and provide gifts to the characters bit by bit.

Now that we have a clear understanding of the gift categories and how often you can give gifts to each character let's explore the best gifts for each character in Hello Kitty Island Adventure and what you get for leveling up with each character.

The best gifts for each character in Hello Kitty Island Adventure

Hello Kitty

Best early gift: Strawberry Shortcake

• Strawberries are obtained by gifting items to Pochacco, and you can then use them in the Oven to create Strawberry Shortcake, which is one of Hello Kitty's two-heart gifts.

Hello Kitty friendship rewards

My Melody

Best early gift: Pink Latte

• Once you've leveled up your friendship with Kuromi to level 6 and obtained the Snorkel, you'll gain access to the Espresso Machine down in the Comedy Club. Use a Strawberry here to create a Pink Latte, which is one of My Melody's two-heart gifts.

My Melody friendship rewards

Keroppi

Best early gift: Lily Frog or Pumpkin Spiceler

• Both of these Critters can be found as soon as you step foot into the Spooky Swamp, and there are relatively large numbers of them to collect and give to Keroppi as two heart gifts.

Keroppi friendship rewards

Chococat

Best early gift: Chocolate Coins and Ancient Inventions

• Chococat poses something of a problem when it comes to early gifts because to make his two-heart gift Ancient Inventions, you need Gizmos, which can only be obtained by giving him gifts in the first place. The best way to go about this is by getting some Chocolate Coins from around the Shipwreck and then using the resulting Gizmos to make Ancient Inventions.

Chococat friendship rewards

Pochacco

Best early gift: Tofu

• Like Chococat, Pochacco poses an issue when it comes to early gift-giving. He only has two gift options that will reward two FLUX. Sadly, both of them require you to upgrade their respective cooking stations, which takes a while for even the speediest of players, so the easiest gift to give him early on is basic Tofu.

Pochacco friendship rewards

Cinnamoroll

Best early gift: Chai or Mocha

• Cinnamoroll has one hell of a sweet tooth, and she'll be ecstatic to accept any chocolate-based gift, so prior to reaching the Comedy Club and the Espresso Machine therein, Chocolate Coins are an easy gift for her. Once you've unlocked the ability to make hot drinks, though, Chai and Mocha are easy one-ingredient recipes.

Cinnamoroll friendship rewards

Retsuko

Best early gift: Toasted Almonds or Magma Bloom

• Retsuko is not an easy person to give gifts to. Like that person who has everything, she only wants the most infuriatingly specific items. Sadly, this means that in order to level her up, you're in it for the long haul. The most commonly found items that can be given to Retsuko until you unlock the ability to craft her two-heart gifts are Toasted Almonds and Magma Blooms.

Retsuko friendship rewards

Pompompurin

Best early gift: Pudding

• Once you've found Pompompurin on Gemstone Mountain and made your way to his boat, you'll instantly have access to the Dessert Machine. Using Coral Milk in the Dessert Machine will provide you with Pudding, which is a two-heart gift for Pompompurin.

Pompompurin friendship rewards

Hangyodon

Best early gift: Briny Clamfish

• This fish can be caught in any water around Rainbow Reef and makes the perfect early gift for Hangyodon. They do tend to avoid the rod pretty well, but keep persevering and you'll soon have a stock of gifts for our underwater buddy.

Hangyodon friendship rewards

Kuromi

Best early gift: Jack-O-Lantern

• There is a patch of Pumpkins within the Spooky Swamp where you can pick eight or so Pumpkins each day. You can use five Pumpkins to create a Jack-O-Lantern, which can then be given to Kuromi as a two-heart gift.

Kuromi friendship rewards

Tuxedosam

Best early gift: Coconuts or Tropical Material

• The best thing to give Tuxedosam very early into a new game is Coconuts because they can be found in huge numbers. However, once you've found Pekkle and he has started to give you Feathers, you can use them to create Tropical Material, which is a two-heart gift for Tuxedosam.

Tuxedosam friendship rewards

Badtz-maru

Best early gift: Pineapple Pizza

• Thankfully, Badtz-maru's only two-heart gift is actually remarkably easy to make. Pineapples are readily available around Resort Plaza, and once you've made your way to Mount Hothead, you can use them at the Pizza Oven to make Pineapple Pizza for Badtz-maru.

Badtz-maru friendship rewards

Pekkle

Best early gift: Stacked Stones

• Once you've located Pekkle on Gemstone Mountain, there's a good chance that you've also found the mines in the north of that area. Inside here, you can get Calming Crystals, which can then be turned into Stacked Stones at either of the Crafting Stations in Island Adventure, providing you with a really easy two-heart gift for Pekkle.

Pekkle friendship rewards

Wish me mell

Best early gift: Cinna Bloom or Magma Bloom

• Even though they couldn't be more different from each other if they tried, Retsuko and Wish me mell share remarkably similar tastes in gifts. As you'll need to put some time in growing flowers before you can gift Wish me mell any of her more desired gifts, these easy-to-grab items are best to get her level up.

Wish me mell friendship rewards

Kiki

Best early gift: Pink Clouds Ice Cream or Strawberry Almond Galette

• By the time you unlock Cloud Island and gain more permanent access to the LittleTwinStars, you should have managed to upgrade your Cooking Stations, allowing you to create both Pink Clouds Ice Cream and Strawberry Almond Galette. They're both still one-heart gifts for Kiki, but his two-star gifts require added effort after meeting him.

Kiki friendship rewards

Lala

Best early gift: Candles

• Lala is much easier to please than her brother, and you will have stocked up a large amount of Beeswax from Wish me mell by the time you meet her. You can use this Beeswax to create candles, which can then be given to Lala.

Lala friendship rewards

Secret characters

As you progress through the Hello Kitty Island Adventure storyline, you'll encounter a few characters that aren't on the initial Friends list. They may appear from time to time, but you can't actually provide them with presents until later on. Read on to see what items they like, but be warned: spoilers are ahead for certain character appearances.

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