If you’re looking for a guide on how to romance Nia in My Time at Sandrock, including her favorite gifts, here’s everything you should know.
To romance Nia in MTaS, wait until she visits Sandrock and progress her side story until you go on a date. While doing that, also make sure to interact with her daily and give her her favorite gifts.
Based on that, let’s go through everything you need to know regarding Nia, including how to romance and date her, and a list of her favorite gifts.
Nia Romance Guide
At the start of the game, Nia will interact with you only via letters as she is living in Highwind, a city east of Sandrock that you can’t visit. She will come to Sandrock for three days after the “Where’s Mi-an” main story quest.
After progressing the story further, Nia will visit Sandrock again and stay there, which means you can start increasing your relationship level. Nia is one of the 9 romanceable bachelorettes in MTaS.
However, Nia won’t agree to date you before completing her story. Specifically, to romance Nia in My Time at Sandrock, wait after the Mama Tree revives where she will indirectly ask you on a date. This is where your relationship begins.
However, before that, you can still increase your relationship level. From the time she arrives in Sandrock, you’ll be able to interact with her daily, play critters, and complete side-quests for her. These will increase your relationship. For more details on these activities, check out our MTaS romance guide.
Keep in mind that Nia’s birthday is on Spring 3. As you’re increasing your relationship, you can expect the following perks:
- Buddy (2-stars): Will send you gifts via mail
- Good Friend (4-stars): Grants 20 luck points
- Best Friend (5-stars): Deal 5 more damage when using Spear weapons
However, the best method to increase your relationship with Nia is by giving her her favorite items.
Best Nia Gifts in MTaS
Overall, Nia has a smaller list of favorite gifts compared to other candidates. However, most of them are fairly easy to get.
Just keep in mind that you shouldn’t gift her the same item two or more days in a row as it will grant fewer relationship points for each consecutive day.
Here are all of Nia’s favorite gifts.
Nia Loved Gifts
- Concentrated Algae Apparatus (+19)
- Sand Juujube Care (+13)
Nia Liked Gifts
The list of liked gifts is a bit larger and there are some easy-to-get options here.
- Biocrust
- Cantaloupe
- Chestnut Seed
- Coffee Beans
- Coffee Tea Tree Seeds
- Jute Cantaloupe Seeds
- Mountain Rose
- Mountain Rose Seeds
- Rhino Horn Cactus
- Rhino Horn Seeds
Overall, the best option here is the Rhino Horn Cactus since you can easily grow a lot of them on your farm and it gives 8 relationship points.
Nevertheless, the list doesn’t end here. As long as you avoid items that she dislikes (all types of scrap and ruined-quality items), you will gain some relationship points from any gift.
Wrapping up
This concludes our My Time at Sandrock Nia romance guide. You can romance Nia after she comes and stays at Sandrock and you can only date her after progressing her side story.
Then, it’s all about daily interactions and gift-giving. Focus on any gifts you have and make sure to give a different gift each day for maximum rewards.
Even though she’s the hardest candidate to romance as she’s away from Sandrock for the first part of the game, you can still date her with enough effort. What’s your current relationship level with Nia? Let us know in the comments below.
Before leaving, consider also focusing on combat by checking out our list of the best weapons in My Time at Sandrock.
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