Fields of Mistria — Balor Gifts

What the research confirms

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• Balor’s Loved gifts center on rare “Perfect” gems (Perfect Ruby, Perfect Sapphire, Perfect Diamond/Pink Diamond/Emerald), artifacts (Alda Gem Bracelet, Family Crest Pendant) and premium curries (Apple Honey Curry, Chili Coconut Curry, Deluxe Curry).
• Liked gifts include base gems (Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Pink Diamond, Gold Ore), flowers (Rose, Jasmine, Frost Lily, Fog Orchid, Crystal Rose, Snowdrop Anemone) and gold-themed items (Gold Ore, Gold Ingot, Golden Cookies, Golden Cheesecake, Perfect Gold Ore).
• An Ant is an explicitly negative gift (disliked/hated), and he has a snarky reaction to being given an insect.
• Balor is dateable (marriage candidate) and single — so gifting friendship/heart items matters for romance.
• His birthday is Summer 10 (in-game birthday-gift bonus day).
• He is a traveling merchant who sells at “Balor’s Wagon,” consistent with his interest in valuable gems/curries and his merchant flavor.
• IGN confirms Balor is dateable (Yes).
• Its Loved and Liked gift lists (10 Loved / 20 Liked) match the wiki gift page’s Loved/Liked blocks almost exactly, corroborating the perfect-gem Loved list and the base-gem/flower/gold Liked list.
• IGN separates Disliked (Junk, Bugs, Weird Gift) from Hated (Ant) — Ant is the single worst gift for Balor.
• IGN adds a distinct Drink Preferences column (Black Tea, Beer, Whiskey, Wine) not present in the wiki gift-page cache.
• TRANSCRIPT CLAIM: The narrator says Balor (rendered as “Baylor”) likes rubies and sapphires, and that the easiest daily sapphire is mined from a boulder once the player has a copper pickaxe. This is consistent with the wiki/IGN data that Ruby and Sapphire rank among Balor’s liked (and Perfect Ruby/Perfect Sapphire among his loved) gifts.
• TRANSCRIPT CLAIM: The video frames these as “cheap and easy” gifts (criteria: free or under 100 gold).
• NOT CONFIRMED — no official (developer) statement on Balor’s gift preferences was directly read in this evidence set.
• Balor is a dateable marriage candidate (Wiki character page + IGN gift guide both list him as dateable/marriage candidate).

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Limits and version scope

The material was accessed on August 30, 2026. Older patch references remain labeled, and the absence of a detail in the supplied material is not proof that the feature does not exist.

Sources used

The page uses only the supplied research sources for its factual scope.

• Balor’s Gift Preferences - Fields of Mistria Wiki — accessed 2026-08-30.
• Balor - Fields of Mistria Wiki — accessed 2026-08-30.
• Fields of Mistria Gift Guide - Best Gifts for Each Character - IGN — accessed 2026-08-30.