Direct answer: Apple Honey Curry is the practical loved gift to plan for Balor. Use Gold Ore as the easier repeat option, donate new collection items before gifting them, and save the strongest gift for the birthday bonus when possible.
Balor at a glance
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Birthday | Summer 10 |
| Occupation | Traveling merchant |
| Where to look | Balor’s Wagon and the Sleeping Dragon Inn |
| Romanceable | Yes — one of the 12 listed candidates |
| Best practical loved gift | Apple Honey Curry |
| Easy repeat gift | Gold Ore |
Gift preferences
| Reaction tier | Practical examples | Editorial note |
|---|---|---|
| Loved | Alda Gem Bracelet; Apple Honey Curry; Chili Coconut Curry; Deluxe Curry; Family Crest Pendant; Perfect Diamond; Perfect Emerald; Perfect Pink Diamond; Perfect Ruby; Perfect Sapphire | Save scarce gifts for the birthday bonus or a planned relationship push. |
| Liked | Cauliflower Curry; Chickpea Curry; Crystal Rose; Diamond; Emerald; Fog Orchid; Frost Lily; Gold Ingot; Gold Ore; Golden Cookies; Golden Cheesecake; Jasmine; Perfect Gold Ore; Pink Diamond; Rose; Ruby; Rusted Treasure Chest; Sapphire; Sapphire Betta; Snowdrop Anemone | Use a replaceable liked gift for the regular weekly route. |
| Disliked | General junk, animal treats, bugs, raw monster drops, and gifts outside his gem, curry, and luxury preferences | Use Gold Ore, Ruby, or Snowdrop Anemone instead of testing inventory clutter. |
| Hated | Ant | Ant is the character-specific hard avoid. |
Where to get the easy gift
Gold Ore is convenient for Balor only after the week's tool and crafting needs are covered. Reserve a small labeled stack for Summer 10 and relationship pushes; on ordinary days, choose a cheaper liked item if the ore would delay an upgrade. The gift hub compares the same tradeoff across every candidate.
Schedule summary
Check his wagon during business hours and the Inn outside them. Weather, festivals, heart events, and story days can override a normal route, so use this as a first check rather than an hour-by-hour promise.
Heart events and dating
Balor’s first event has a town-story prerequisite, and his six-heart event checks lifetime earnings. If a letter or Request Board quest does not appear, verify those gates before waiting for different weather.
Dating and marriage requirements
Choose the Romantic route at eight hearts, then reach ten hearts while his Social-menu status is Dating. The marriage guide covers commitment consequences.
Warning: open Balor’s heart-event names, prerequisites, and locations
| Hearts | Event | Trigger or location | Extra requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tall, Dark and Mysterious | Request Board; talk to Balor | Repair the Bridge completed |
| 4 | An Open Book | Read Balor’s letter; visit the Inn | None listed |
| 6 | Lemonade From Lemons | Visit the Inn | Earn 10,000t total |
| 8 | For Good | Balor’s room at the Inn | Romantic or Best Friend choice |
| 10 | Proposal | Dating status, ten hearts, Engagement Ring | Candidate proposal event |
Related character guides
- Compare every romance candidate
- Choose repeatable gifts
- Understand dating routes
- Prepare for marriage
- Read the Ryis guide
A practical weekly gift route
Gold Ore is the practical repeat gift once the relevant mine biome is routine. Save Perfect gems and rare artifacts for the museum before using them as loved gifts. Check Balor's wagon while passing through town so gifting and stock checks happen on the same route.
Use Balor's merchant stops as the anchor: talk when checking the cart or passing through town, then gift only if the chosen ore or item is truly spare. Summer 10 justifies a stronger present, but an expensive loved reaction is not worth delaying the next tool tier or mine objective.
How this list was checked
Balor's merchant role, birthday, route changes, quests, and heart-event order are checked against his wiki.gg profile. His ore-heavy gift table is compared item by item with mistria.info, then reviewed against the live Social menu so a database delay does not turn a crafting material into bad advice.