I remember the first time I left Bancho Grill with an extra heart for a villager — the map suddenly felt smaller and the choices heavier. You stand under Utara’s canopy, the NPC’s smile balancing between favor and a locked gift. I’ll show you which relationships are worth chasing and how each prize actually changes your runs.
I’ve spent hours trading gifts, reading the Resident Node, and testing rewards on Steam and Nintendo Switch to see what truly shifts the game. You’ll get a clear list, quick uses, and the best ways to push hearts faster so you waste fewer dives chasing surprises.
On my last run I counted every trinket on the walls of Bancho Grill. Now the full list of friendship rewards — what they are and how they behave — is here so you can pick who to prioritize.
The table below contains every 3-heart and 4-heart reward from Utara’s villagers and a short note on how each item functions in-game.
| Name | 3-heart reward | 4-heart reward | How to Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bima | Bima’s Robot Samurai Drawing | Material Collection | Robot Samurai Drawing: Use as wall decorMaterial Collection: Bima will begin collecting materials for Dave. |
| Basu | Redtail Catfish Taxidermy | Utara Fishing Rod | Redtail Catfish Taxidermy: Use as a wall decorUtara Fishing Rod: You can use it to fish larger species. |
| Bonita | Yoga Mat | Air Resonance Necklace | Yoga Mat: Use for decorating the houseAir Resonance Necklace: Grants +30% oxygen recovery |
| Cinta | N/A | Belt of Memories | Restores 5% HP and AP on a Just Guard. |
| Eka | Basilosaurus Clay model | Creature Collection | Basilosaurus Clay Model: Use for house decorationCreature Collection: Eka will start collecting creatures daily for Dave. |
| Chandra | Traditional Patterned Carpet | Eye of the Falcon | Traditional Patterned Carpet: Use for decorationEye of the Falcon: Reveals enemy immunities |
| Lipah | Lipah’s Lizard Terrarium | Big-Eyed Lizard Charm | Lipah’s Lizard Terrarium: Displays lizards Lipah received as gifts. Big-Eyed Lizard Charm: Gives +10% Defense and +20% Luck |
| Kinah | Bookshelf | Butterfly Necklace | Bookshelf: Use as a house decoration itemButterfly Necklace: Restores 2 AP every turn. |
| Marone | Material Collection | Improved Material Collection | Allows Marone to collect items, and it improves when you unlock the 4-heart option. |
| Meilan | Flower Menu Board decoration | Eye of the Spirit | Flower Menu Board: It’s a decoration itemEye of the Spirit: Unlocks an additional dialog option that reveals your playthrough stats. |
| Muna | One Tin Ingot and one Black Irom Ingot | Anti-Gravity Device | The first set of items is used as raw materials in different recipes. Anti-Gravity Device: Allows Dave to retain two items if he dies on a dive. |
| Panutah | Festival Hair Ornament | Charm of Abundance | Festival Hair Ornament: Use as a wall decoration itemCharm of Abundance: Grants two items at random from pots/jars. |
| Peneb | Utara Woodcraft Cooking Station | Axe Oil | Woodcraft Cooking Station: Place the item at the restaurant. |
| Jepun | Coconut Keychain | N/A | Use the keychain as a charm for your phone. |
| Perak | 20% Blacksmith Discount | 50% Blacksmith Discount | Reduce the cost of using the Blacksmith. |
| Omila | Traditional Pattern Table | Omila’s Handkerchief | Table: Place it at the restaurantOmila’s Handkerchief: Restores 10% HP each turn. |
| Gesang | Human Fall Flat Bob Block | Box Arcade Machine | Bob Block: Usable item in the animal stacking minigame. Box Arcade Machine: Decoration item that also works like a minigame. |
| Jaka | Old Painting | To the Moon Ending song CD | Old Painting: Decoration itemCD: You can play the CD in a CD player. |
| Harta | Amber Bead | Gold Necklace of Sloth | Amber Bead: Forest accessory that grants +20% XP. Gold Necklace of Sloth: Slows small fish by 60%, medium fish by 50%, and large fish by 40% within a range. |
| Lathi | Mortar | Mortar Decoration | Mortar: Brew recovery items at Lathi’s house and unlock more stock. Mortar Decoration: Dave can place the same item at home. |
| Uzme | Shell Menu Board Decoration | Bracelet of Strength | Shell Menu Board Decoration: Restaurant decoration itemBracelet of Strength: Raises underwater combat combo gauge by 50%. |
| Saniah | Saniah’s Rabbit Doll | Four-Leaf Clover | Rabbit Doll: House decoration itemFour-Leaf Clover: Reduces ally status ailment chance by 50%. |
| Rimbo | Pony Pickup Model | Electric Scooter | Pony Pickup Model: Use as house decorElectric Scooter: Upgraded version of the base scooter. |
Quick highlights: the Anti-Gravity Device from Muna is a game-saver if you want to keep two items after a death; Air Resonance Necklace from Bonita gives +30% oxygen recovery and changes how long you can stay in peril; Perak’s 50% blacksmith discount at four hearts is the kind of economy that reshapes your upgrade path.
How many hearts does each villager have?
Each NPC has four hearts. You get the first by meeting them. The second heart opens new NPC visits at Bancho Grill, and the third and fourth give the rewards listed above.
How do you increase villager hearts in Dave the Diver?
You increase hearts by giving gifts the villagers like, feeding them favorite recipes, and completing quests when a heart is locked. Check Resident Node for who likes what — it’s the fastest route from “friendly nod” to “gifted charm.”
I watched a player hand a rare fish to Lipah and watch her face change — that moment tells you everything about the system. Below are practical ways I use to push hearts without wasting resources.
- Prioritize second hearts to get villagers into Bancho Grill — seeing NPCs there gives more opportunities to gift and trigger quests.
- Use Resident Node as your checklist: it lists liked items and recipes so you won’t guess wrong.
- Save rare materials for Muna and Marone if you want the collection assistants; those rewards act like passive income for crafting.
- If a heart is locked behind a quest, treat the quest like a short puzzle — completing it usually nets you the fastest path to the 4-heart prize.
Small experiments matter. I tested the Gold Necklace of Sloth from Harta on a few runs and found it slows many species enough to change capture windows — that single item can turn a risky hunt into a guaranteed haul, almost like switching from a sprint to a leveraged step.
The Anti-Gravity Device behaves like a safety net: die and you keep two items. That feels as reliable as a good map when you’re chasing endgame blueprints.
If you play on Steam or Switch, use the Resident Node and test one friendship path per run. That conserves materials and gives clean A/B results. For trading tips and build discussions, the Steam community hub and Reddit threads are useful places to compare notes.
Now tell me: which villager reward changed how you play the most?