My Time at Portia: Ginger Gifts Guide (Friendship + Marriage)

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Ginger is a quiet girl who loves to dream. Throughout your time in Portia, Ginger will ask you to recall some of your adventures for her.

She’s also a bachelorette who you can marry.

Facts about Ginger:

She was born on Month 4/Winter, Day 1
Everyone says she looks and acts just like her late mother, Liza
She would have liked to have been an architect like her brother
She is positive that she’ll be able to walk under the sun again one day

Weekly Schedule

Ginger sitting by the river with Gust / My Time at Portia — Ginger sitting by the river with Gust

Due to her medical condition Ginger can only leave the house at night, normally accompanied by her brother. This makes looking for her during important quests very easy!

If you’re looking for her during the week, these are the places where you can find Ginger:

Monday
Time	Location
7:00	Asleep in her bedroom
9:00	Walks into the living room and relaxes in a chair
12:00	Has lunch with Gust, Gale and Russo
14:00	Goes back to sit in the chair
18:00	Leaves her house walking through Central Plaza and walks with Gust to Portia River, near the bus stop
20:40	Relaxes sitting by the river alone or accompanied by her brother Gust

Tuesday & Thursday
Time	Location
7:00	Asleep in her bedroom
9:00	Walks into the living room and relaxes in a chair
12:40	Relax alone or with Gust in the living room
18:00	Leaves her house walking through Central Plaza and walks with Gust to Portia River, near the bus stop
20:40	Relaxes sitting by the river alone or accompanied by her brother Gust

Wednesday
Time	Location
7:00	Sleeping in her bedroom
8:00	Leaves her house walking through Central Plaza and walks to Portia River near waterfall
11:40	Walks up north from the bridge the player built or goes home to have lunch
13:00	Walks to swings in Central Plaza next to Research Center
15:00	Walks to The Round Table in Peach Plaza
16:40	Slowly walks back to her home
18:00	Enters her house and immediately leaves and goes back to The Round Table
19:10	Relaxes at The Round Table, wandering around the restaurant
00:00	Walks toward her home

Friday
Time	Location
7:00	Asleep in her bedroom
9:00	Walks into the living room and relaxes in a chair
12:00	Has lunch with Gust, Gale and Russo
14:00	Goes back to sit in the chair
18:00	Walks to The Round Table in Peach Plaza
19:10	Relaxes at The Round Table, wandering around the restaurant
00:00	Leaves The Round Table passing through Peach Plaza and walks to Portia River

Saturday
Time	Location
7:00	Asleep in her bedroom
7:30	At her weekly check up with Dr. Xu and Gust in living room
11:00	Relax in a chair in Dr Xu’s office
18:00	Leaves house passing through Central Plaza and walks with Gust to Portia River
20:40	Relaxes sitting by the river alone or accompanied by her brother Gust

Sunday
Time	Location
7:00	Sleeping in her bedroom
9:00	Goes to the living room and relaxes in a chair
12:40	Relax alone or with Gust in the living room
18:00	Leaves her home and walks to Peach Plaza
18:50	Watches the Fireside meeting
21:00	Walks with Gust and QQ to Portia River, near the bus stop
1:20	Sitting by the river, accompanied by her brother Gust and QQ

Gift Guide

Ginger’s response to a Loved gift / My Time at Portia — Ginger’s response to a Loved gift

Ginger can be difficult to gift because she does not receive as many Friendship Points from gifting. This makes befriending her quite a challenge.

TIP: If you speak to Ginger during or after certain events it will provide relationship points.

After the first visit to Collapsed Wasteland (+20)
After Mission: The Cave on Amber Island (+20)
After Mission: The Poisoned Water (+20)

Preference	Item + Friendship Points earned
Love	Goddess Statue (+4) Owl Clock (+4) Butterfly Hairpin (+3) Fortune Cat (+3) Journey to the East (+3) Plum Blossom Lantern (+3) Sapphire Photo Frame (+3) Bubble Wand (+2) Carved Wooden Llama (+2) Coral Necklace (+2) Duck on a King (+2) Rainbow Lemonade (+2) Roses (+2) Sun Screen (+2) Umbrella (+2) Weird Glass Jar (+2)
Like	Asteria (bouquet) (+1) Power Stone (+1) Ruby (+1) Sapphire (+1) Shell (+1) Shell Necklace (+1) Topaz (+1)
Neutral	Everything Else
Dislike	Wasted Food (-1) Animal Fat (-2) Caterpillar (-2) Hardwood (-2) Milk (-2) Sand (-2) Soil (-2) Stone (-2) Wildflowers (-2) Wood (-2) Aluminum Ore (-5) Animal Faeces (-5) Copper Ore (-5) Iron Ore (-5) Lead Ore (-5) Magnesium Ore (-5) Manganese Ore (-5) Spider Web (-5) Tin Ore (-5) Titanium Ore (-5)

Friendship Perks

Ginger’s Relationship Perks / My Time at Portia — Ginger’s Relationship Perks

Like Albert, Ginger may only have two Perk levels, but she can easily be won over through working with her friendship network.

Ginger’s perks aren’t the most exciting, many players often ignore her because of this.

TIP: Play Dates are the best way for the player to earn Friendship Points with Ginger easily

Ginger’s Friendship Perks are:

Buddy: You will receive a mysterious gift in the mail

Wife: Gale will come and give you Gols

Missions

Ginger walking around The Round Table / My Time at Portia — Ginger walking around The Round Table

Ginger is selfless and always looking out for the other residents of Portia.

Most of her missions involve looking after or helping someone in Portia.

You can gain rewards from Ginger who will be involved in the following missions:

A Gift for Brother

Ginger wants to make a type of Seesaian jade jewelry for Gust, called a Yu-Pei.

In Sickness

Is Ginger ill? Visit her home and find out how she is doing.

*This mission triggers after A Gift for Brother.

And in Health

Is Ginger unable to see me because of someone else? I can try asking around.

*This mission trigger after In Sickness.

⁠⁠A Trip to Starlight Island

Ginger is interested in visiting Starlight Island.

*This mission triggers if the player is married to Ginger.

⁠⁠Ginger’s Little Wish

Locate Gust and convince him to allow Ginger to visit the beach.

Habits of Ginger

Help Ginger by gathering 3 Topaz and sending them to her house.

Legend of the Red Prince

Gale seems down; I should check to see if he needs any help.

⁠⁠Love Like A Blue Moon

Help Albert in chatting with Ginger.

Peace in Politics

Gust and Mint want to patch things up.

Russo’s New Recipe

Find out what Django is doing by checking in on him.

Stroll by the Sea

Take Ginger with you to the beach.

*This mission triggers if the player is married to Ginger.

Tests of Marriage

Go ask Gale, Gust, and Russo for their approval so you can ask Ginger for her hand in marriage.

*This mission is available if the player proposes to Ginger and she accepts.

Emily Godwin

Emily Godwin is your typical ADHD nerd. She is a freelance writer who has a deep passion for writing and reading (especially anything by Brandon Sanderson). In her free time, if she isn't busy playing a video game or binging anime, then you can find her deep into a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.