Why Does Everyone Hate Poppies In Stardew Valley?

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Giving gifts to characters in is a quick way of building a friendship with them. Most villagers will have individual opinions towards certain items — either loving, liking, disliking, hating or being neutral towards different gifts. Some gifts prompt universal reactions — though some of these opinions may confuse players.

When presenting a villager with a bug steak or explosive ammo, it’ll likely be no surprise that they won’t take it well. However,there is one item which many would assume to be liked universally — but is very much the opposite. Why is the poppy universally hated by almost everyone in ?

In presenting a poppy to the vast majority of villagers will result in a negative reaction. This remains true for even the villagers who usually love flowers, and most flowers are universally liked as gifts. However, the poppy is the exception to this. Many players have experienced the shock of growing lots of poppies in their first year to give out as gifts, only to realize that everyone who they’re giving them to takes the gesture as an insult.

This is especially odd when compared to the reactions villagers have towards other poppy-related items. Poppy honey is a universal like, only being disliked by Maru and Sebastian. Also,Poppyseed Muffins are liked by the majority of villagers — only being disliked by Krobus, Leo and Willy, whilst being loved by Penny and Leah. This leaves the assumption that the issue with poppies is to do with them being specifically in the form of flowers.

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Since the majority of villagers love flowers, and lots of them like poppies when baked into muffins, many assume the issue with poppies to be a glitch — similarly to how sap has been mistakenly tagged as a universal love in the Nintendo Switch release. However, the game has been released for over nine years, and people have been questioning