A hallmark of many life-sim and cozy games is the ability to form relationships with the game’s characters, as well as being able to romance and even marry them.Paliafollows suit in this genre staple, allowing you to romance several of the game’s characters and adding a different layer to the bonds you’ll be forming with them.

Romancing characters provides you with a deeper insight into their backstory, their day-to-day activities, their personality, and unlocks a second series of quests with them. In this guide, we’ll go over the characters available to romance, how to unlock a character’s romance, how to increase your romance with them, and how to obtain a character’s pin.

Player character speaking to Reth behind the counter in Kilima Inn with their inventory open and selecting a Box of Chocolates to gift him in Palia.

How To Begin A Romance With A Character

Of the 24 Villagers in the game, a total ofnine of them are availableas a potential Romance interest for you:

To begin a romance with any of them, you first need toreach friendship level threewith them. This can be done by speaking to themat least once each day,giving them liked items, and asking them about andfulfilling their weekly wants.

Player character speaking to Einar at his fishing hut by Fisherman’s Kagoon during the day and selecting the flirt option with him in Palia.

Completing quests given by themor associated with them, such as Discovery quests, also increases their relationship.

Once you reach level three, you’ll be able togift themeither aBox of Chocolates, purchased from Zeki’s General Storeor aHeartdrop Lily, anextremely rare gatherable item you’re able to find in Bahari Bay.

Player character in their inventory, hovering over Einar’s Romance pin in their Accessories section in Palia.

They’ll accept your gift, and you’ll officiallyenter into a Romance with them.

You can be inmultiple Romances with multiple characterssimultaneouslyas long as you’ve reached level three with any of them.

How To Increase Romance With A Character

There arethree waysto increase your romance with any character:flirting with them,completing their Romance quests, andgifting them a Box of Chocolates or Heartdrop Lily.

If you’re romancing a character, you’ll gaina new dialogue optionwith them calledFlirting, and this can be performedonce a daylike with chatting. Each daily Flirting interaction increases their Romance levelby a small amount.

Starting atRomance level two,you’ll be able to begin gettingromance questsfrom characters and completing these willprovide a boost in your romance levellike how friendship quests increase friendship levels.

Using your daily giftto give your romanced charactera Box of Chocolates or a Heartdrop Lilywill alsoincrease their romance level.

Einar’s level two romance questmust be started by gifting him another Box of Chocolates, as it will not appear otherwise. Hemay occasionally mention chocolateafter reaching romance level two via dialogue as a hint.

How To Obtain A Character’s Romance Pin

Each romanceable character has aRomance Pinyou can unlock and equip, much like a fishing tool or bobber for your rod.

Upon reachingromance level threewith a character andcompleting the accompanying quest, you’ll receive their Pin. You canhold multiple Pins, butonly two can be equippedat one time.

The Pin more officially signifies you as being in a romance with them. Having it equipped allows you to getspecial dialogue from the other Villagers about your romantic relationshipwith said character.

Getting a Romance pinfor the first timealso unlocks theWhat Brings Us Together accomplishment.