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Caldarus

Dragon guardian

The player forms a pact with Caldarus after repairing his broken statue. He exchanges Essence for skill upgrades, and later story progress reveals more about his identity and route.

Birthday Spring 25 Main location Farm dragon statue
Quick answer

Caldarus begins as the repaired dragon statue on your farm and becomes a story-sensitive marriage candidate. His relationship milestones depend on the elemental tablet and seal questline.

Story-sensitive route

The sections below list trigger conditions and locations without reproducing key story dialogue.

Schedule & map

Where to find Caldarus

01

Farm dragon statue

The main interaction point early in the story and the place used for skill upgrades.

02

Deep Woods temple

A later-story location used by his eight-heart route.

Schedules can change with weather, festivals, quests and story progress. If the character is absent, check their home or the Inn at another time of day.

Relationship planning

Caldarus gift preferences

These preferences reuse the site's existing all-character gift dataset. Open the full guide to reverse-search an item across every villager.

Loved gifts

10 items
Apple Honey CurryCooking, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Fried RiceCooking, The Deep Earth (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Deep Earth, The Lava Caves (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Lava Caves, Balor's Wagon for 1, 200 Tesserae, Wishing Well 500 Tesserae Wish, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Harvest PlateCooking, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Mont BlancCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 900 Tesserae, Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Seafood BoilCooking, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), The Inn (After Upgrade) for 1, 000 Tesserae
Seafood Snow Pea NoodlesCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 1, 500 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Spring GaletteCooking, The Deep Earth (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Deep Earth, The Inn (After Upgrade), Balor's Wagon for 1, 000 Tesserae, Possible Inn Date Reward
Statuette of CaldarusArchaeology
Sushi PlatterCooking, Golden Treasure Box, Balor's Wagon for 1, 000 Tesserae
Veggie Sub SandwichCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 1, 500 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill)

Liked gifts

20 items
Beet SoupCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 1, 500 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill)
Breath of FlameForaging in The Lava Caves
Chili Coconut CurryCooking, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), The Lava Caves (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Lava Caves, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 1, 600 Tesserae, Possible Inn Date Reward
Chocolate CakeCooking, Darcy's Stall for 650 Tesserae, Silver Treasure Box, Birthday gift from Eiland, Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Crab CakesCooking, The Inn for 800 Tesserae, Possible Inn Date Reward
Fish TacosCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade), Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill)
Golden CheesecakeCooking, Chicken Statue 100 Offering (2), Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Golden CookiesCooking, Chicken Statue 100 Offering, Friday Night at the Inn, Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Ice Cream SundaeCooking, Darcy's Stall for 1, 200 Tesserae, Reina's Request for Milk, Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Incredibly Hot PotCooking, The Lava Caves (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Lava Caves, Possible Inn Date Reward
Lobster RollCooking, Balor's Wagon for 1, 000 Tesserae, Golden Treasure Box
MarigoldFarming, Foraging, Pet Job "Collect Forageables" (Summer only), Balor's Wagon (conditional) for 160 Tesserae
Mushroom Steak DinnerCooking, The Inn (After Upgrade) for 900 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Perch RisottoCooking, Possible Inn Date Reward
Pumpkin PieCooking, Darcy's Stall for 1, 000 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Sea Bream RiceCooking, Possible Inn Date Reward
Spell Fruit ParfaitCooking, The Ancient Ruins (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Ancient Ruins, Possible Deep Woods Date Reward
Spirit Mushroom TeaCooking
Vegetable Pot PieCooking, The Deep Earth (requires Dungeon Delicacies Skill), Feeding Mimics in The Deep Earth, Balor's Wagon for 1, 400 Tesserae, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
Vegetable QuicheCooking, Balor's Wagon for 800 Tesserae, Chicken Statue 10 Offering, Harvesting Ingredients (with Living Off The Land Skill), Possible Inn Date Reward
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Triggers & story

Caldarus heart events

2 ♥
The Water TabletStory quest

Completing the Water Tablet milestone advances him to two hearts automatically.

4 ♥
The Earth TabletStory quest

Completing the Earth Tablet milestone advances him to four hearts automatically.

6 ♥
Breaking the Fire SealStory quest

Breaking the Fire Seal advances him to six hearts automatically.

8 ♥
Life in This FormDeep Woods temple

Reach eight hearts, read his letter, then meet him at the temple.

Romance candidate events can extend to ten hearts; later game updates may adjust event details.

Connections

Romance status and related characters

Romanceable
Yes (hidden candidate)
Spoiler level
High