Direct answer: Fried Rice is the practical loved gift to plan for Caldarus. Use Beet Soup as the easier repeat option, donate new collection items before gifting them, and save the strongest gift for the birthday bonus when possible.
Caldarus at a glance
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Birthday | Spring 25 |
| Occupation | Guardian dragon |
| Where to look | Caldarus’s shrine; later details are story spoilers |
| Romanceable | Yes — one of the 12 listed candidates |
| Best practical loved gift | Fried Rice |
| Easy repeat gift | Beet Soup |
Gift preferences
| Reaction tier | Practical examples | Editorial note |
|---|---|---|
| Loved | Apple Honey Curry; Fried Rice; Harvest Plate; Mont Blanc; Seafood Boil; Seafood Snow Pea Noodles; Spring Galette; Statuette of Caldarus; Sushi Platter; Veggie Sub Sandwich | Save scarce gifts for the birthday bonus or a planned relationship push. |
| Liked | Beet Soup; Breath of Flame; Chili Coconut Curry; Chocolate Cake; Crab Cakes; Fish Tacos; Golden Cheesecake; Golden Cookies; Ice Cream Sundae; Incredibly Hot Pot; Lobster Roll; Marigold; Mushroom Steak Dinner; Perch Risotto; Spirit Mushroom Tea; Pumpkin Pie; Sea Bream Rice; Spell Fruit Parfait; Vegetable Pot Pie; Vegetable Quiche | Use a replaceable liked gift for the regular weekly route. |
| Disliked | Dragon parts and general universal mismatches | Do not assume dragon-themed materials suit a dragon character. |
| Hated | Unknown Dragon Statuette | Statuette of Caldarus is loved; Unknown Dragon Statuette is hated. |
Where to get the easy gift
Treat Beet Soup as a planned kitchen gift rather than something to cook one bowl at a time. Batch it when the ingredients already fit your crop and cooking plan, then keep the birthday portion separate so Spring 25 does not compete with stamina food. The gift hub lists alternatives for tighter inventories.
Schedule summary
Early interaction centers on the shrine; later movement is story-dependent. 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
Caldarus is a special late-story candidate. His early relationship progression follows the mine tablet and seal storyline rather than the standard letter-at-every-threshold pattern used by town candidates.
Dating and marriage requirements
Finish the mine questline, view the eight-heart route choice, and then use the same ten-heart Engagement Ring route as other candidates.
Warning: open Caldarus’s late-story relationship milestones
The Water Tablet, Earth Tablet, and breaking of the Fire Seal advance Caldarus’s relationship during the mine story; he does not use separate two-, four-, and six-heart quests in the same way as town candidates. His eight-heart event, Life in This Form, begins at the Deep Woods temple after the required story progress. Choose the Romantic route there, reach ten hearts, and use an Engagement Ring for the proposal path.
Because his unlock, human-form schedule, and courtship are major story reveals, this page keeps them closed by default. If an event is missing, finish the active mine tablet or seal quest before testing weather and time windows.
Related character guides
- Compare every romance candidate
- Choose repeatable gifts
- Understand dating routes
- Prepare for marriage
- Read the March guide
A practical weekly gift route
Caldarus is progression-gated, so do not plan this relationship like an early-town route. Prepared dishes are easier to replace than unique dragon artifacts or the Caldarus statuette; donate or preserve unique items first, then use confirmed food gifts after access is secure.
Caldarus's availability follows story progression, so build the relationship around the visits the game actually opens rather than copying a standard villager calendar. Prepare Beet Soup in batches, hold the Spring 25 serving apart, and treat every late-route schedule or preference change as something to confirm after the relevant unlock.
How this list was checked
Caldarus is treated as a late-story candidate rather than forced into the standard villager template. His public identity and route structure are checked on wiki.gg, gift reactions are compared with mistria.info, and any unlock or relationship change must agree with official release notes before it is stated outside the spoiler box.