Stardew Valley Penny is a sweet, shy villager who adores a good book. She lives in a little trailer by the river with her mum, Pam, and can often be found doing chores there, or out tutoring children in the museum. Her main ambition in life is to settle down and raise a family, and she is one of the twelve characters available to marry. Our Stardew Valley Penny guide will tip you off about all of her heart events and the best gifts to give her, so you can earn her friendship or even her hand in marriage. You can give Penny up to two gifts per week, plus an additional one on her birthday, so try and stick to her loved items if you want to win her over. We’ve also included Penny’s schedule, so you can find her at all times.
If you enjoy this article and want to find out more about the other villagers, we also have handy Stardew Valley Leah, Stardew Valley Haley, and Stardew Valley Emily guides, along with many more. Or if you want a more general guide to help you on your journey, we have Stardew Valley fish and Stardew Valley co-op guides too.
Stardew Valley Penny Heart Events
Here’s everything you need to know about all of Penny’s heart events.
Two hearts
Go to Pelican town between 09:00-14:00 on a sunny day.
Four hearts
Go to her trailer when she’s home.
Six hearts
Go to her trailer when she’s home.
Eight hearts
Venture into Cindersap Forest between 09:00-16:00.
Ten hearts
You will receive a letter from Penny around this point. After you get this, go to the pool area of the spa between 19:00-00:00.
Group ten heart event
Under the correct conditions, reaching ten hearts with Penny will also contribute to the ten-heart group event. In order to achieve this, you must:
- Be unmarried
- Give a bouquet to all available bachelorettes
- Raise your friendship level with each bachelorette to ten hearts
- Have viewed each of the other bachelorette’s ten heart event cutscene
You can find out more about finishing Penny’s ten-heart event in our Stardew Valley Haley guide. This event will only happen once per save file, and will not occur if you are married, or have given any of the bachelorettes a wilted bouquet or mermaid’s pendant.
Fourteen hearts
Go to the farm house between 15:00-17:00 when Penny is home
Stardew Valley Penny gifts
What does Penny love?
These are Penny’s favourite things, and the best items to give her as a gift.
- Diamond
- Emerald
- Melon
- Poppy
- Poppyseed muffin
- Red plate
- Roots platter
- Sandfish
- Tom Kha soup
What are Penny’s likes?
If you haven’t got any of Penny’s loves, these are the next best things to give her.
- All universal likes (except algae soup, mead, pale ale, pale broth, pina colada, and wine)
- All milk
- All artifacts
- Dandelion
- Leek
What is Penny neutral about?
Penny doesn’t feel strongly either way about these.
- All universal neutrals (except duck feather, hops, and wool)
- All eggs (except void egg)
- All fruit (except fruit tree fruit, grape, melon, and salmonberry)
- Chanterelle
- Common mushroom
- Daffodil
- Ginger
- Hazelnut
- Magma cap
- Morel
- Snow yam
- Wild horseradish
- Winter root
What are Penny’s dislikes?
We advise against giving Penny any of these as gifts.
- All universal dislikes (except sandfish)
- Algae soup
- Duck feather
- Pale broth
- Purple mushroom
- Quartz
- Red mushroom
- Salmonberry
- Wool
What does Penny hate?
Penny really hates these items, so it’s not a good idea to give them to her – unless you are planning on making an enemy.
- All universal hates (except artifacts, poppy, and red mushroom)
- Beer
- Grape
- Holly
- Hops
- Mead
- Pale ale
- Pina colada
- Rabbit’s foot
- Wine
Stardew Valley Penny Schedule
Spring
Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- 8:10am: Leaves her trailer to read near the graveyard
- 12:30pm: Returns to the trailer to wash dishes
- 4:00pm: Goes to sit on a bench near the Stardrop Saloon with Maru
- 6:40pm: Returns to her trailer
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 11:00am: Leaves her trailer and goes to the museum library
- 2:00pm: Heads to the ice cream stand with Jas and Vincent
- 4:20pm: Walks Vincent home to 2 Willow Lane
- 5:50pm: Drops Jas off at the ranch
- 6:30pm: Returns to her trailer
Saturday
- 9:00am: In her room
- 10:00am: Leaves her trailer to meet up with Jas and Vincent near the graveyard
- 12:00pm: Walks Jas and Vincent to the playground north of the plaza and watches them play
- 5:00pm: Walks Jas and Vincent back to town and drops them off in front of Emily and Haley’s house
- 6:30pm: Returns to her trailer
Summer
Sunday
- 8:00am: Leaves her trailer and walks to the river above JojaMart
- 1:00pm: Goes to sit in the garden beside the Community Center
- 6:00pm: Leaves Community Center garden and returns to the trailer to do dishes
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Monday, Thursday
- 8:00am: Wakes up and walks through town to stand by the river behind JojaMart
- 1:00pm: Walks to the community center.
- 2:30pm: Sits on a bench to the right of the community center
- 6:00pm: Returns to her trailer
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 9:00am: Leaves the trailer and walks to the museum
- 2:00pm: Stands outside the museum, near the bridge
- 4:00pm: Walks Vincent home to 2 Willow Lane
- 6:30pm: Drops Jas off at the ranch
- 8:00pm: Arrives at her trailer
Saturday
- 10:00am: Leaves her trailer and goes outside near the town graveyard
- 11:00am: Watches kids play near the graveyard
- 12:00pm: Walks the kids to the playground, to the left of the community center
- 5:00pm: Walks Jas and Vincent to Emily’s house
- 6:00pm: Talks to Jas and Vincent next to Emily’s house
- 9:00pm: Arrives at her trailer
Fall
Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- 8:00am: Leaves her trailer and goes to read near the graveyard
- 12:30pm: Returns to the trailer to wash dishes
- 4:00pm: Goes to sit on a bench near the Stardrop Saloon, with Maru on Sundays and Mondays, and alone on Thursdays
- 6:40pm: Returns to her trailer
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 9:00am: Leaves the trailer and walks to the Museum
- 2:00pm: Leaves the Museum to stand near the river at the bridge
- 4:20pm: Walks Vincent home
- 5:50pm: Drops Jas off at the ranch
- 8:00pm: Arrives at her trailer
Saturday
- 10:00am: Gets out of bed
- 11:00am: Meets Jas and Vincent at the tree to the west of the graveyard
- 12:00pm: Heads to the playground with Jas and Vincent
- 5:00pm: Leaves the playground and walks to Emily’s house with Jas and Vincent
- 6:20pm: Arrives outside Emily’s house
- 8:00pm: Heads back to her trailer
- 8:40pm: Arrives at her trailer
Winter
Winter 4th
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 11:30am: Walks from her trailer to Harvey’s Clinic for her annual checkup
- 4:00pm: Leaves clinic and goes to sit by the bridge west from JojaMart
- 7:00pm: Returns to her trailer to do dishes
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Winter 15th
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 11:00am: Goes to her kitchen
- 1:00pm: Does the dishes
- 3:00pm: Sits on the couch
- 4:00pm: Heads to the Night Market
- 11:50pm: Goes to bed
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- 9:00am: Leaves the trailer and walks to the museum
- 2:00pm: Stands outside the museum, near the bridge
- 4:00pm: Walks Vincent home to 2 Willow Lane
- 6:30pm: Drops Jas off at the ranch
- 8:00pm: Arrives at her trailer
Saturday
- 2:30pm: At the playground with Jas and Vincent
- 5:00pm: Walks Jas and Vincent to Emily’s house
- 6:20pm: Stands by Emily’s house, talking with Jas and Vincent
- 8:00pm: Goes to the trailer with Jas
- 8:10pm: Arrives at the trailer
Sunday, Thursday, and Monday (if the Community Center is restored)
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 10:30am: Walks to the community center to read
- 6:00pm: Returns to the trailer to do dishes
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Sunday, Thursday, and Monday (Community Center not yet restored)
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 10:30am: Walks to the tree west of the graveyard to read
- 6:00pm: Returns to her trailer to do dishes
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Alternate schedule
Rainy days (option one)
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 11:00am: Goes to the kitchen
- 1:00pm: Does the dishes
- 3:00pm: Sits on the couch
- 6:00pm: Returns to her bedroom, reading by the bookshelf
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Rainy days (option two)
- 8:20am: Leaves the trailer and goes to sit outside the museum
- 12:00pm: Heads into the Museum to look at the bookshelves
- 4:00pm: Returns to the trailer to watch TV
- 7:00pm: Does the dishes
- 9:00pm: Goes to bed
Day 9 and Day 23 (if you have less than six hearts with Sam)
- 9:00am: Wakes up
- 11:00am: Goes to sit in town
- 4:00pm: Returns from town to the trailer and does the dishes
- 6:30pm: Goes to bed
Day 9 & Day 23 (if you have at least six hearts with Penny)
- 8:10am: Leaves her trailer and goes to read near the graveyard
- 12:30pm: Returns to the trailer to wash the dishes
- 4:00pm: Goes to sit on a bench near the Stardrop Saloon with Maru
- 6:40pm: Returns to her trailer
And that’s all you need to know to get in Penny’s good (or bad) books. If you’ve enjoyed your time in Stardew Valley, and want a fresh new experience, why not take a look at our list of the best Switch RPGs here.
