To level up companion bonds efficiently in Postknight 2, give each NPC their specific loved items to earn the highest affection gains per interaction. When loved items require rare crafting components or valuable gear upgrade materials, substitute them with liked items to maintain steady daily heart growth without exhausting your stockpiles.

Gift Reaction Tiers

Every companion responds to items across four distinct tiers:

  • Loved Items (Favorites): Deliver the largest affection increase to the heart bar. These are typically character-specific specialty dishes, refined materials, or regional luxuries.
  • Liked Items: Grant moderate affection gains. They are cheaper to purchase from merchants or forage on patrol routes, making them sustainable daily alternatives.
  • Neutral Items: Provide negligible heart progression and consume your daily gift opportunity.
  • Disliked Items: Yield zero to negligible affection, and certain NPCs will reject the offering entirely.

Maille Companions

Maille features the earliest companions and romance options. Foraging low-tier routes and checking local shop stocks provide an easy surplus of their preferences.

CharacterLoved Items (Favorites)Liked ItemsDisliked Items
PearlEverblooming Rose, Honey Chow, Tethspring FlowerCashew Milk, Golden Basil, Puffbloom, RedbellyInsect Remains, Sharp Claw, Tough Leather
JasperDire Truffle, Golden Ring, Silver BarFragrant Grass, Herb Tea, Iron Ring, WalnutGarbage, Potion Bottles, Rotting Meat
AerinForest Charm, Glowood Log, WoodcarvingAcorn, Amber, Forest Log, Soft FeatherMetal Scraps, Rusty Nails, Stinky Herb
MorganBronze Bar, Gold Bar, Silver BarCoal, Copper Ore, Iron Ore, Sturdy StoneDelicate Sweets, Flowers, Herbs

Pompon and Caldemount Companions

Companions in Pompon and Caldemount focus primarily on regional cooking ingredients, hot beverages, and savory rations.

CharacterLoved Items (Favorites)Liked ItemsDisliked Items
FlintBoar Pork, Grilled Sausage, Smoked MeatMeat Chunk, Robust Stew, Wild MushroomFragrant Flowers, Raw Vegetables, Sweet Fruit
SennaBerry Jam, Sunblaze Berry, Sunblaze TeaHoney, Sweet Melon, Tea Leaves, WildberryBitter Roots, Metal Ores, Slime Jelly
ChrisApple Juice, Golden Apple, HoneycombFresh Pastry, Red Apple, Sweet BerryBone Remains, Spoiled Food, Tough Leather
RazFireberry, Seasoned Ribs, Spicy SkewerHerb Crust, Hot Pepper, TenderloinBland Vegetables, Mild Sweets, Milk

Specialized and Later-Chapter Townsfolk

Later-game companions require specific scholarly artifacts, cosmetics, or nocturnal reagents.

CharacterLoved Items (Favorites)Liked ItemsDisliked Items
RhoadonAncient Relic, History Scroll, Old ManuscriptBound Notebook, Fossil, Parchment, Quill PenCommon Tools, Cooked Meat, Heavy Armor Scraps
KatrinaJeweled Brooch, Silk Scarf, Sunblaze PerfumeBright Blossom, Fine Fabric, Ribbon, Sweet ScentDirty Soil, Monster Claws, Oily Gears
LarienneAstral Shard, Moon Tea, Night LilyHerbal Infusion, Polished Gem, StarflowerBroken Stones, Greasy Meat, Slime Core

Efficient Daily Gifting Strategy

To progress relationships without slowing down weapon and armor upgrades:

  1. Protect equipment upgrade materials: Morgan and Jasper accept refined metal bars, but high-tier gear upgrades compete directly for the same ingots. Use raw ores or forage drops like Walnut and Herb Tea when your armory needs metal.
  2. Buy merchant-sold liked items: Town merchants routinely restock low-cost liked goods such as Red Apples, Cashew Milk, and Tea Leaves for small amounts of gold. Stockpile these to cover daily resets.
  3. Farm gifts during routine patrol runs: Route clears yield steady drops of cooking meats, mushrooms, and botanicals. Run patrols to collect liked food items naturally instead of spending delivery tokens to trade for loved luxuries.
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