Children
| Children | |
|---|---|
| Type | Villager |
Children are the sons and daughters a married farmer can raise in the Farmhouse. They arrive after a spouse asks about starting a family one night, and they grow from a sleeping baby into a lively toddler who runs around the house. Couples of the same gender adopt, while other couples have a baby of their own. A farm can raise up to two children, and the second child is always the opposite gender of the first. Children are a family-life reward for a long, happy marriage, and they bring new warmth and new spouse dialogue to the home.
Lore
A child needs a few things in place first. The farmer must be married and have upgraded the Farmhouse far enough to add the nursery with its crib. The spouse must be at ten hearts, and the marriage must be at least a week old. After that, the spouse may ask at bedtime whether the farmer wants a child. The chance is small on any given night, so the question can take a while to come up. After a "not now", the spouse can simply ask again on a later night.
After a yes, the baby arrives about two weeks later. A biological baby appears in the crib in the nursery. For an adoption, the spouse mentions that the paperwork has been filed, and the adoption agency delivers the baby to the house in the night.
Each child then moves through four stages. At first the baby sleeps in the crib, and trying to interact only shows that the little one is asleep. In the second stage the baby stands in the crib, and interacting tosses the child playfully into the air. In the third stage the child crawls around the house, plays with toys and sometimes gets stuck between pieces of furniture. Each night the crawling child goes back to the crib. Finally the child becomes a toddler and stays one for good, dashing and sitting around the house and sleeping in a Child Bed. The toddler bed frees the crib, so a second child can only come along once the first has reached this last stage.
Relationships
Friendship with a child grows through play. From the second stage on, a daily interaction raises the bond, shown by a heart above the child's head. Skipping those daily moments lets the friendship slowly slip, just as it does with any villager. The spouse also talks about the children in daily conversation, which gives a married household a different feel from the early game.
Notes
Once children are up and moving, they can wear hats, which makes a toddler easy to tell apart and adds a little personal touch to the house.
A farmer who regrets parenthood can dismiss the children at the Dark Shrine of Selfishness inside the Witch's Hut. Offering a Prismatic Shard at the shrine turns the children into doves, and they leave the farm forever. This cannot be undone, so it deserves careful thought. A hat worn by a dismissed child turns up in the Lost and Found the next morning. Afterwards the spouse may ask about having children again.
All Villagers
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Birthday | Lives In |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | 
|
13 Fall | Pelican Town |
| Alex | 
|
Summer 13 | Pelican Town |
| Birdie | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| Bouncer | 
|
- | The Desert |
| Caroline | 
|
Winter 7 | Pelican Town |
| Children | - | - | - |
| Clara Mullner | - | - | - |
| Clint | 
|
Winter 26 | Pelican Town |
| Demetrius | 
|
Summer 19 | The Mountain |
| Dwarf | 
|
Summer 22 | The Mines |
| Elliott | 
|
Fall 5 | The Beach |
| Emily | 
|
Spring 27 | Pelican Town |
| Evelyn | 
|
Winter 20 | Pelican Town |
| Fizz | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| George | 
|
Fall 24 | Pelican Town |
| Gil | 
|
- | The Mountain |
| Governor | 
|
- | - |
| Grandpa | 
|
- | - |
| Gunther | 
|
- | Pelican Town |
| Gus | 
|
Summer 8 | Pelican Town |
| Haley | 
|
Spring 14 | Pelican Town |
| Harvey | 
|
Winter 14 | Pelican Town |
| Henchman | 
|
- | Witch's Swamp |
| Jas | 
|
Summer 4 | Cindersap Forest |
| Jodi | 
|
Fall 11 | Pelican Town |
| Junimos | 
|
- | Community Center |
| Kent | 
|
Spring 4 | Pelican Town |
| Krobus | 
|
Winter 1 | The Sewers |
| Leah | 
|
Winter 23 | Cindersap Forest |
| Leo | 
|
Summer 26 | Ginger Island |
| Lewis | 
|
Spring 7 | Pelican Town |
| Linus | 
|
Winter 3 | The Mountain |
| Marlon | 
|
- | The Mountain |
| Marnie | 
|
Fall 18 | Cindersap Forest |
| Maru | 
|
Summer 10 | The Mountain |
| Morris | 
|
- | Pelican Town |
| Mr. Qi | 
|
- | The Calico Desert |
| Old Mariner | 
|
- | The Beach |
| Pam | 
|
Spring 18 | Pelican Town |
| Penny | 
|
Fall 2 | Pelican Town |
| Pierre | 
|
Spring 26 | Pelican Town |
| Professor Snail | 
|
- | Ginger Island |
| Robin | 
|
Fall 21 | The Mountain |
| Sam | 
|
Summer 17 | Pelican Town |
| Sandy | 
|
Fall 15 | The Desert |
| Sebastian | 
|
Winter 10 | The Mountain |
| Shane | 
|
Spring 20 | Cindersap Forest |
| The Merpeople | - | - | - |
| Vincent | 
|
Spring 10 | Pelican Town |
| Willy | 
|
Summer 24 | The Beach |
| Wizard | 
|
Winter 17 | Cindersap Forest |
| Yoba | - | - | - |