Cattails Wildwood Story – Ultimate Relationship Guide and Tips

This guide has everything you should learn about friendships, dating, and marriage in Cattails: Wildwood Story.

Basic Information

What is friendship?

Friendship means how much a cat likes you. There are three types of values: friendship, dating, and marriage. They are used depending on your connection with the cat. When you’re dating a cat, the dating value matters, and for marriage, it’s the marriage value. Other cats use the regular friendship value.

Each type of value is a number from 0 to 1000. These numbers match with a particular level, as shown in the table below.

Tier	Value Range
0	0 – 199
1	200 – 399
2	400 – 599
3	600 – 799
4	800 – 1000

Each type of friendship has its own symbol. A star represents normal friendship, a heart signifies dating, and a ring indicates marriage. The number of symbols displayed corresponds to the tier for that specific type of value. For instance, having a tier 2 relationship with a cat you’re dating will show 2 hearts.

Please note that spirit cats don’t have a visible friendship bar until you start dating or marry them. Reaching new tiers allows cats to unlock new dialogue and enables you to participate in new events.

Who can you date or marry?

You can marry almost every cat, including spirits. The only exceptions are kittens and cats engaged in a rival marriage.

Kindly note that spirit cats have a x0.85 friendship difficulty modifier, making them 15% harder to befriend.

Friendship Value

Normal friendship is the standard type of friendship. It applies when you are simply friends with a cat, not dating or married to them. The table below illustrates benchmarks for this kind of friendship.

Event	Value	Notes
Lower Limit	0	Friendship cannot go below this number.
Daily Decay Limit	201	Friendship cannot naturally go below this number from Daily Decay (see “Losing Friendship”).
Starting Value	250	All types of Friendship values start at this number.
Birthdays	400+	This cat can now wish you a Happy Birthday! You’re guaranteed to receive a gift on your birthday.
Gifts	400+	This cat can now give you gifts!
Buddies	600+	You can now take this cat out with you as a buddy!
Dating	800+	At this point you can start dating this cat.
Gifts	800+	This cat now has a +1 chance of giving you a gift! (x2 more likely)
Rival Marriages	900+	If you have 900+ friendship with both cats in a Rival Marriage, they may now approach you for confirmation.
Upper Limit	1000	Friendship cannot go above this number.

Dating Value

Once you reach four stars with a cat, you can start dating them. You can do this by giving them a Red Rose, which you can find at the Old Farm at any time or purchase from Ember after Day 15. The table below displays the benchmarks for this type of friendship.

Event	Value	Notes
Lower Limit	0	Friendship cannot go below this number.
Breakup	50-	Once this value is reached, talking to the cat will cause them to break up with you. Because of the Daily Decay Limit, this cannot happen naturally, rather only from gifting them hated or disliked gifts repeatedly.
Daily Decay Limit	201	Friendship cannot naturally go below this number from Daily Decay (see “Losing Friendship”).
Starting Value	250	All types of Friendship values start at this number.
Gifts	400+	This cat now has a +1 chance of giving you a gift! (x3 more likely)
Marriage	800+	This cat can now be married.
Upper Limit	1000	Friendship cannot go above this number.

Marriage Value

When you achieve four hearts with a cat, you can marry them. To do this, you can give them a Shiny Trinket, which can be crafted at an Anvil using 3 Diamonds and 9 Gold Ore, or you can buy it from Ember after Day 25. Marrying a cat will result in them moving in with you. The table below displays the benchmarks for this type of friendship.

Event	Value	Notes
Lower Limit	0	Friendship cannot go below this number.
Breakup	50-	Once this value is reached, talking to the cat will cause them to break up with you. Because of the Daily Decay Limit, this cannot happen naturally, rather only from gifting them hated or disliked gifts repeatedly.
Gifts	200+	This cat now has a +1 chance of giving you a gift! (x4 more likely)
Daily Decay Limit	201	Friendship cannot naturally go below this number from Daily Decay (see “Losing Friendship”).
Starting Value	250	All types of Friendship values start at this number.
Gifts	600+	This cat now has a +1 chance of giving you a gift! (x5 more likely)
Kittens	900+	The next time you sleep, this cat will ask you if you want kittens. This will be approximately 2 days after reaching 4 rings (See “Gaining Friendship”). Kittens will always be born exactly 8 days after confirming you want kittens. Selecting “Maybe Later” will result in a delay of 10 Days before you get re-asked.
Upper Limit	1000	Friendship cannot go above this number.

Gaining Friendship

You can build friendship with a cat in several ways, like giving them a gift, finishing a task, having a conversation, and more. These friendship gains can be influenced by three factors:

1. The number of “Social Hearts (purple)” you possess.
2. Whether your colony has the “Prey Stockpile” perk activated.
3. The difficulty level you’re playing on (Kitten, Easy, or other).

The table below shows the basic gain each action has on a cat’s friendship value, along with the effects of the three bonuses, if they apply.

Action	Base Gain	Heart Bonus	Stockpile Bonus	Difficulty Bonus	Maximum	Notes
Talking	+30	+1 / heart		Kitten +5 Easy +3	+38	You can check if you’ve talked to a cat through the Social menu.
Giving a Loved Gift	+40	+2 / heart	+3	Kitten +10 Easy +5	+59	You can find a list of each cats’ loved gifts HERE.
Giving a Liked Gift	+30	+1 / heart	+3	Kitten +10 Easy +5	+46	You can find a list of each cats’ liked gifts HERE.
Completing a Task	+30		+3		+33	Completing a task for a cat boosts your friendship with them.
Using “Kindly Purr” Skill	+(5-9)		+3		+(8-12)	Provides all cats around you with a friendship bonus. Friendship gain changes slightly based on the skills level. Best used in large clumps like festivals or weddings.
Using “Nine Lives” Skill	+5		+3		+9	Can provide each cat near you with a friendship bonus. This can affect each cat ONE time per use.

Losing Friendship

Losing friendship is more challenging than gaining it, and there are only a couple of ways to do so. Stockpile and difficulty don’t influence how much friendship is lost.

The table below illustrates the base loss each action has on a cat’s friendship value, along with the effects from the heart bonus, if applicable.

Action	Base Loss	Heart Bonus	Maximum	Notes
Daily Decay	-10	+1 / heart	-7	Daily Decay automatically happens at the start of each day. Friendship cannot go below the Daily Decay Limit from this.
Giving a Hated Gift	-50	+5 / heart	-35	You can find a list of each cats’ hated gifts HERE.
Giving a Disliked Gift	-25	+5 / heart	-10	You can find a list of each cats’ disliked gifts HERE.