Maru

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“Growing up with a carpenter and a scientist for parents, Maru acquired a passion for creating gadgets at a young age. When she isn’t in her room, fiddling with tools and machinery, she sometimes does odd jobs at the local clinic. Friendly, outgoing, and ambitious, Maru would be quite a lucky match for a lowly newcomer such as yourself… Can you win her heart, or will she slip through your fingers and disappear from your life forever?”

— Dev Update #12

Maru is a villager who lives in Pelican Town. She's one of the ten characters available to marry.

She lives north of town with her family in a house attached to Robin's carpenter shop.

Schedule

Monday

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM works in her bedroom (carpenter's house)

10:00 AM - ??:?? works the laboratory in her house

Tuesday

09:30 AM - 04:00PM Works the front counter at Harvey's clinic as a nurse

Wednesday

Thursday

09:30 AM - 04:00PM Works the front counter at Harvey's clinic as a nurse

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Relationships

Maru lives with her parents Demetrius and Robin, as well as her half-brother Sebastian who is also Robin's son.

At three hearts, if you go to her house you will enter a cutscene of Maru and Demetrius testing soil samples. When Maru for more samples, Demetrius subtly warns you not to get in the way of her future.

Gifts

Best

"Is that...? Oh wow, (Name)! This is spectacular!"

Universal Loves

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
File:Cheese Cauli.png	Cheese Cauliflower	It smells great!	Cooking	Cauliflower (1) Cheese (1)
	Pepper Poppers	Spicy breaded peppers filled with cheese.	Cooking	Hot Pepper (1)
	Rhubarb Pie	Mmm, tangy and sweet!	Cooking	Rhubarb (1) Wheat Flour (1) Sugar (1)
File:Miners Treat.png	Miner's Treat	This should keep your energy up.	Cooking	Cave Carrot (2) Sugar (1) Milk (1)
	Strawberry	A sweet, juicy favorite with an appealing red color.	Farming
	Diamond	A rare and valuable gem.	Mining
	Gold Bar	A bar of pure gold.	Resource - Furnace
	Iridium Bar	A bar of pure iridium.	Resource - Furnace
	Battery Pack	It's fully charged with precious energy.	Resource - Lightning Rod

Good

"This is a super gift! Thank you!"

Universal Likes

All Artisan Goods

Image	Name	Description	Source	Ingredients
	Copper Bar	A bar of pure copper.	Resource - Furnace
	Iron Bar	A bar of pure iron.	Resource - Furnace
	Sweet Pea	A fragrant summer flower.	Flower - Foraging (Summer)
	Pizza	It's popular for all the right reasons.	Cooking	Wheat Flour (1) Tomato (1) Cheese (1)

Bad

"Oh... That's for me? I'll just put it over here..."

Universal Dislikes

All Fish

Image	Name	Description	Source
	Clay	Put in a furnace to make a clay pot.	Foraging - Hoe
	Salmonberry	A spring-time berry with the flavor of the forest.	Foraging
	Soapstone	Because of its relatively soft consistency, this stone is very popular for carving.	Mining

Worst

"Yuck! You thought I would like this?"

Universal Hates

Image	Name	Description	Source
	Stone	A useful material when broken with the Pickaxe.	Mining
	Wild Honey	???	Bee House

Heart Events

Two Hearts

Four Hearts

Six Hearts

Eight Hearts

Ten Hearts

Timeline

Maru's look evolved over the years the game was in development. Here's a timeline showing how ConcernedApe's art and Maru's style changed over the years before the game was launched.