Moonlight Peaks: How to Romance Ridge
Win Ridge's heart in Moonlight Peaks with our complete romance guide covering gifts, locations, heart events, and marriage.
Moonlight Peaks has a lot of activities that will prevent you from feeling bored while playing the game. From farming, fishing, and mining resources to adventuring around Moonlight Peaks itself, there's so much to be done. However, meeting the residents, befriending them, and eventually falling in love with your chosen bachelor or bachelorette should also be a priority in the game.
One of Moonlight Peaks' most wholesome bachelors is Ridge, who is one of the first characters you meet as you arrive. At first, Ridge can seem like nothing more than your town's typical go-to carpenter, he is actually quite fun to romance. If you're curious about how to romance Ridge, well, you've come to the right place. Our guide below covers everything you'll need to know about his romance.
Who is Ridge in Moonlight Peaks?
First off, let's get to know more about Ridge in Moonlight Peaks. He's a gentle carpenter in Moonlight Peaks who manages the Howling Hammer, building you furniture, buildings, tools to use, and selling other crafted items you might need during your stay in Moonlight Peaks. Ridge is the father of Ludo, Brook's brother, and is Saga's uncle. He also belongs to the Werewolf species of the Town.
Ridge also isn't the type to get into much of the affairs of Moonlight Peaks. Being someone who likes to keep his peace, Ridge spends every night woodworking, looking for a good meal, and just hunting for more wood for his next project. He's a pretty chill guy if you're into someone who wants a rather quiet life while you adore their passion for their woodworking.
How to Romance Ridge: Gift Guide
Romancing Ridge in Moonlight Peaks is pretty easy, as he does have a variety of Loved and Liked Gifts. However, if you want to easily progress your relationship status with him, focus on the Loved Gifts. These are all compiled in the table below, alongside the Liked, Neutral, and Disliked Gifts.
Focus on stocking up on some Beer by planting Wheat, which grows all year round. You can turn this into Beer with some Kegs and give to Ridge daily. And if you don't have Beer, find Blue Flowers, which are usually found near the Kazhan Temple area. However, they grow more often during Winter, so if you come across them, start stocking them up. Then there's food like the meat-based Hamburgers and the Mystery Meat Stew.
| Loved | Liked | Neutral | Disliked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Any White Flower | Wood | Any Seed |
| Any Blue Flower | Any Black Flower | Planks | Any Seashell |
| Ushanka Hat | Any Red Flower | Eggplant | Any Critter |
| Hamburger | Any Pink Flower | Chili | Any Mushroom |
| Breakfast Hamburger | Any Purple Flower | Wild Potato | Mushroom Soup |
| Mystery Meat Stew | Any Yellow Flower | Hellfeta | Mushroom Stew |
| Roti Roll | Any Juice | Cheese Soup | |
| Golden Egg | Cheese | Coal | |
| Diamond | Blood Orange Cupcake | Cloth | |
| Vilate Sashimi | |||
| Gazpacho Soup | |||
| Googly Soup | |||
| Strawberry | |||
| Blueberry Jam | |||
| Mana Moon Jam |
Where to Find Ridge in Moonlight Peaks
Now that you know what gifts are the best to give Ridge, we can then start looking for him around the Town in Moonlight Peaks.
Ridge manages the Howling Hammer, which is open from Monday to Friday at 6:00PM to 12:00 midnight. However, the shop will also close during full moons, which happen every 15th of the Month. You'll find all the werewolf residents of Moonlight Peaks going to the Howling Marshes or local forests in wolf form.
Other than that, Ridge can be found at The Broken Lamp Inn, where he usually just chills out, and then he also walks around Town. Sometimes you can also find him looking for Wood in forested areas. Ridge is pretty easy to find, especially if you prioritize going to the Howling Hammer daily to catch him working behind the counter.
You can also use your in-game map to look for the various characters in Moonlight Peaks. You'll know Ridge's location immediately once you spot his icon of him having a beard and wearing an orange beanie.
How to Increase Your Relationship with Ridge
To increase your relationship with Ridge in Moonlight Peaks to date and marry him, the main thing you can do is to give him gifts daily and interact with him by chatting. It's also said that buying items from Ridge's shop (and similar residents with their own shops) can increase your relationship with them. This makes it easier and faster to increase your relationship with Ridge, date him, and eventually marry him.
Also keep note of Ridge's birthday, which is on Autumn 18. Giving a gift on this day multiplies your friendship points from giving gifts, making it easier to increase your relationship status with Ridge and other characters you give a gift to on their birthday.
By talking to Ridge daily, giving him his favorite items, and shopping at his store, you'll be able to deepen your bond of friendship and eventually your blooming relationship with the Town's carpenter.
Ridge's Heart Events and Storyline
As you start developing your friendship and eventual relationship with Ridge, you'll unlock a series of Heart Events that reveal more about his personality, quirks, daily life, struggles, and the people he's closest to. These cutscenes trigger when you enter various locations, which are indicated by sparkles on locations on the Moonlight Peaks map, such as within the Howling Hammer or the Town itself.
Here are some of Ridge's Heart Events and their storyline details:
| Heart Requirement | Event Name | Event and Storyline Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Heart Level | The Howling Hammer | Ridge will be finishing up a chair in the Howling Hammer and will ask for your feedback on it. |
| 2nd Heart Level | Breakfast with the Logans | At the Howling Hammer, you'll have breakfast with the Logan family. Ridge will invite you to stay and you'll have to wake-up Ludo. |
| 4th Heart Level | A Childhood Dream | Outside of the Howling Hammer in Town, you'll talk with Ridge about his dream to build a Treehouse. You can follow Ridge to a spot in Moonlit Pines where Ridge builds it. |
| 6th Heart Level | At the Drop of the Flower | Ridge is struggling with flower arranging to give to you a bouquet of flowers. You come just in time to comfort and reassure Ridge that it's his thought that counts. You then get a letter from Ridge the next day asking about the flowers. |
| 8th Heart Level | Finishing the Dock | We find Ridge and Ludo discussing about the Dock at Death's Shack. You arrive and help Ridge repair it. |
| Proposal and Wedding | After reaching 8 Hearts, you can then propose to Ridge and marry him. Llemi will officiate the wedding, and all of Ridge's family on the Logan side and the Vampires on your side will come to the event. You'll notice that the altar was made by Ridge too. |
With that, you've got everything you need to know on how to romance Ridge in Moonlight Peaks. By talking to him every day, giving him his Loved Gifts, doing Heart Events and consistently building your relationship, you'll easily have Ridge fall for you and marry you. Be sure to check back for more information about Ridge's romance route and additional Heart Events during his married arc to you.
