Direct answer: Complete the candidate’s earlier heart events, choose the Romantic answer at eight hearts, reach ten hearts while their status is Dating, craft an Engagement Ring, and give it to them. Accept during the candidate’s proposal event, then talk to your fiancé or fiancée on the days before the ceremony to choose wedding details.
Requirements
- A chosen romance candidate
- Every available two-, four-, six-, and eight-heart event completed
- Romantic route selected at the eight-heart event
- Ten hearts and Dating status
- Late-mine access and the materials required for the Engagement Ring
Step-by-step
- Finish the candidate’s two-, four-, six-, and eight-heart chain, including any mine or town-story prerequisite listed on their character page.
- At the eight-heart decision, choose the Romantic route so the Social menu shows Dating rather than Best Friend.
- Raise the candidate to ten hearts and sleep once to receive the ring recipe from Elsie.
- Read the scroll, craft the ring, and give it to the candidate to launch the ten-heart proposal event.
- Accept the proposal. During the engagement, speak to your partner on successive days to select ceremony details.
- Attend the wedding and check the farmhouse for the spouse’s new routine, furniture, and later family events.
Common reasons it does not work
- Still Best Friend at ten hearts: The platonic choice was selected at the eight-heart event; high friendship alone does not turn that route into Dating.
- No ring recipe: Sleep after reaching ten hearts with Dating status and make sure the earlier heart events are complete.
- Cannot craft the ring: The Dragon-Forged Core requires late-mine progression; follow the exact ring recipe.
- Proposal delayed: A festival or story cutscene can take priority. Try a normal day after reading all mail.
- Wedding choices not appearing: Talk to the engaged partner each day rather than sleeping straight to the ceremony.
Related items and places
Start with the character hub for gifts and event prerequisites. The dating guide explains the eight-heart branch, and the Engagement Ring guide lists every crafting material.
Current-update notes
Official release notes confirm proposal events, weddings, marriage, and children. Exact candidate scenes are kept inside the spoiler disclosure; general route requirements stay visible so a searcher can solve the progression problem without opening story details.
FAQ
Can I date everyone before choosing a spouse?
The game can track multiple Dating relationships. Engagement is the commitment point that can move other candidates to Best Friend status, depending on the relationship setting shown before confirmation.
Does the wedding happen immediately after the proposal?
No. There is an engagement period with partner conversations used to choose ceremony details. Do not skip every day if you want to make those selections.
Does a spouse keep their normal job and routine?
Yes. Marriage adds household behavior and spouse-specific furnishings; it does not erase the character’s identity or normal role in town.
Confirmed marriage route
Choose a romance candidate, view their earlier heart events, select the Romantic path at the eight-heart event, date them, and continue to ten hearts. The morning after reaching that threshold, Elsie sends the Engagement Ring recipe. Use the scroll, craft the ring at a Forge, and use it to trigger the candidate’s proposal event.
| Stage | Required state | What to do next |
|---|---|---|
| Friendship | Earlier heart events complete | Reach the route-choice event |
| Dating | Romantic path selected | Raise the candidate to ten hearts |
| Ring unlock | Ten hearts while Dating | Sleep, receive Elsie’s recipe, use the scroll |
| Proposal | Ring crafted | Trigger the proposal event and choose |
| Engagement | Proposal accepted | Complete wedding-planning dialogue |
| Marriage | Wedding finished | Begin post-marriage routines and events |
Warning: open proposal, wedding, and other-relationship details
The ten-heart event can be triggered for other eligible candidates with additional Engagement Rings before you commit, allowing you to see proposal scenes and receive candidate-specific keepsakes. During the engagement, wedding planning includes choices such as flower color, cake flavor, and the reception meal. Other Dating relationships normally change to Best Friend after engagement unless the displayed relationship setting is changed before confirmation.
Wedding troubleshooting
If the sequence stalls, check the Social menu first: Dating is the required state. Then confirm every earlier event has been viewed, the recipe scroll was used, and no festival or competing cutscene is taking priority. Keep the farmhouse and carpenter progression current because later home features build on the household state.
After the wedding, continue with the children guide.