Doloc town characters are part of a friendship system built around conversations, gifts, quests, festivals, and personal story events. The supplied material explicitly says the game has no romance or marriage system. Friendship can gate recipes and story scenes, while festivals are described as high-value social opportunities. A complete current character roster, every gift preference, and all heart thresholds are not fully established by the collected material, so they remain 待确认.
What friendship is for
The character material says hearts are a progression system rather than decoration. It links friendship to unique recipes, personal story scenes, and festival rewards. The source gives the Alchemy Station as an example of a recipe that can be gated by friends. This means conversations are not merely flavor if you are collecting recipes or trying to see character stories.
The materials recommend talking to residents daily, giving gifts according to known tastes, completing quests, and attending festivals. Exact heart values and every event trigger are stated to still be under verification for version 1.0. Use a current in-game profile or verified guide for a precise schedule, birthday, or threshold. Do not substitute a generic farming-sim romance system where the source says none exists.
Characters named in the collected material
One community-sourced table names Kasia, Guildmaster Bellad, Kumasang, a vanished leader tied to the central mystery, and Old City NPCs. It says Kasia's maximum friendship unlocks the Blooming Friendship achievement, Bellad's guild quests pay Tech Points, and Kumasang is a River Valley roamer associated with rare materials. The same source warns that the full 1.0 roster is still being compiled. That warning matters: this page is not a claim to contain every resident.
The broader walkthrough lists Alchemy, Claud, Cod, Dada, Hult, Kasia, Lank, Merlin, Mody, Orlando, Sacco, Villain, and Zenis in its character section. A Mody profile says she operates a drone shop and conducts research in the Engineering Hangar, and identifies her as Cod's partner and tenant. These are collected guide details, but complete biographies and every relationship event should still be checked against the current version.
Use quests and festivals as social progress
The community source calls quests the best “heart-per-minute” investment and says festivals give the biggest boosts. It specifically mentions Mushroom Fest as a 1.0 addition. The walkthrough also notes that positive gifts on a character's birthday are worth three times their normal relationship points and do not count against the normal two-gifts-per-week limit. Those statements support planning around known birthdays and events when you have verified schedule data.
Do not waste gifts by assuming every resident likes the same item. The source directly calls that a common mistake. It also warns that ignoring a distant villager can lock out recipes and that skipping Bellad's quests can slow early Tech Point income. The exact preferred items for every character are too detailed to recreate safely without the complete current list, so unspecified gift preferences are 待确认.
Follow story clues through residents
The character material frames River Valley, a fabled leader, pre-apocalypse technology, and Eden as town mysteries connected to villagers and the 1.0 story. It encourages talking to residents because different people reveal different pieces of the settlement's history. A review source similarly says friendship stories add context across characters rather than existing in isolation. That makes regular conversations a sensible part of story progress even when there is no active quest marker.
Some friendship scenes can require a location, season, time of day, weather, or a prior event according to the review material. That is why a missed scene is not always a broken quest. The exact sequence for each resident is 待确认. Keep notes on letters, active quests, and stated conditions rather than relying on a fabricated universal route.
Play the social system without unsupported assumptions
Speak with residents, use verified gift preferences, take quests that fit your current route, and check the calendar before passing a festival. Treat friendship as its own progression layer that can support recipes, story, and achievements. Do not publish dating advice, marriage candidates, or an invented full roster for Doloc Town. The collected sources explicitly reject the romance premise and leave portions of the roster and thresholds 待确认.