Jada Henderson is one of the few humans living in Moonlight Peaks, and she arrives with a mission. She wants to reopen the town museum and fill it with critters and artifacts, which puts her at the center of the game’s collection systems. She is also a romance option, so gift preferences and her schedule both matter if you want to build hearts with her.
Quick answer: Give Jada diamonds, coffee drinks, golden eggs, or potions to earn the biggest friendship gains, avoid shells, seeds, and honey, and find her at her house on the pier, in the coffee shop, or in the marshes north of town. Her birthday is Winter 1, and you can marry her once you reach the required hearts.
Best gifts for Jada in Moonlight Peaks
Jada is easier to please than she lets on. She accepts most cooked dishes and flowers as liked gifts, and she happily takes bugs and critters since they feed her museum project. A small group of items count as loved and give the strongest boost, while a few categories will lower her mood if handed over.
| Reaction | What to give |
|---|---|
| Loves | Diamonds, coffee drinks (Cappuccino, Mocha, Iced Coffee, Irish Coffee, Pumpkin Spice Latte), Golden Egg, and potions such as Love Potion, Mana Potion, and Alter Ego Elixir |
| Likes | Flowers, homemade juices, most cooked dishes, and bugs and critters |
| Dislikes | Shells, seeds of all kinds, honey, raw ores, and crafting stations |
Tip: If you keep a stock of brewed drinks or potions, you can top up her hearts quickly. A Cappuccino, Bloody Mana Mary, or Diamond are all reliable loved gifts that are simple to keep on hand.
Where to find Jada
Jada moves to town during the summer alongside her brother Winston and their aunt Persephone. Their house sits in the middle of town, built out over the water on the pier. You will most often catch her at home, inside the coffee shop, or out in the marshes to the north, where she hunts for bugs and fish.
Romancing and marrying Jada
Jada is a confirmed romance option in the launch resident cast. You raise her hearts the same way as any other candidate, by talking to her daily and handing over gifts she loves or likes. Once your relationship is high enough, you can start dating her and eventually marry her.
She has fewer heart events than most residents, but each one carries weight. Her first event, The Relic Hunt, triggers any time after you reach one heart with her and sends you toward the Marshes to chase a legendary Moonstone Amulet. Later events include a kitchen fire dinner, repainting her scooter, night market shopping for her family, and a five-heart couple’s time capsule.
| Hearts | Heart event |
|---|---|
| One | The Relic Hunt |
| Two | Soup for All! |
| Three | A Fresh Coat of Paint |
| Four | Night Market Souvenirs |
| Five | Time Capsule Memories |
Jada’s birthday
Jada’s birthday falls on Winter 1. Giving her a loved item on that day multiplies the friendship gain, so save a diamond, a coffee drink, or a potion for the date to make the most of it.
Jada and the museum questline
Jada is the resident who reopens the museum, so her story unlocks a major collection system rather than a building you can visit on the first nights. Keep advancing town and family quests until Jada, Persephone, and Winston move into the pier house, then check her dialogue to start the museum route.
The first stage, Curating the Museum, asks you to collect four family artifacts. To do that you bring Red Wine to Orlock, Nightshade to Fiona, three Wolfsbane to Saga, and defeat Dragan at Nokturna, then return the artifacts to Jada and attend the scooter exhibition the following night. Afterward she finds the permanent museum building east of Town Hall, where you clear and decorate Museum Park and hand out five opening invites. Most residents declining an invite is intentional, so a rejection does not mean you failed.
Donations do not go to Jada or the front desk. Enter the correct collection room through the portal in the main hall and interact with the exclamation-mark sign beside that collection. Jada then hands out milestone rewards after you leave a room, including both Firefly blueprints at 10 percent completion and the Dracula Insignia Key for the Twilight Catacombs at 25 percent.
Between her wide-open gift tastes, a short list of loved items, and her role as the town’s collector, Jada is one of the more straightforward residents to befriend early. Keep a few coffee drinks and potions in your bag, drop off critters as you catch them, and her hearts will climb quickly on the way to the museum’s biggest rewards.