Ernest

## Social Interactions

 Chat
 Gift
 Play

 **Mission Index**

 — In-game bio

**Ernest** is a new resident of Sandrock. He is a writer from Atara and moved to Sandrock to learn more about Logan's story. He is one of the potential Bachelors that the player can romance.

## Profile

### Personal summary

Ernest is a reporter from Atara sent to Sandrock to write an article on 'Ernie's World', only for his train to be accosted by Logan and Haru. Eager for a more interesting headline, Ernest does his best to interview the residents of Sandrock to learn more about these local criminals.

Ernest is also an aspiring writer, and is known for writing books for preteens. However his books were criticized harshly for a lack of character depth, which was also noted by Jasmine. Despite this, he still maintains a love for books.

Ernest has a sister, Luna, a famous singer. Despite loving her, he's annoyed to be less famous than her.

### Physical appearance

Ernest has blonde hair, light skin and green eyes. His default outfit is a purple hoodie with orange and white accents over a yellow shirt and white undershirt, along with a brown cross belt over dark blue skinny jeans with white, blue, and yellow running shoes.

### Social network

Ernest does not have any other characters in his social network.

## Relationship

Ernest is one of the potential bachelors that can be befriended and romanced. The player can confess their love to him with a Heart Knot.

### Perks

Buddy ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Sends gifts through the mail sometimes
Friend ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Add an extra 5 defense points
Best Friend ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Gain 5 points of extra damage while using a sword and shield
### Gifts to the player

Ernest has a chance to give the player a gift on their birthday when the player reaches Buddy level with him. If more than one possible gift is listed, only one randomly chosen gift will be given.

Ernest will also send an engagement gift the next day after the player successfully proposes to him. For the engagement gift, all items listed are given.

## Social interaction

###  Chat

See **Dialogue subpage** for all Ernest's dialogue.
Chat is a basic social interaction available at any relationship level. Chatting with Ernest once a day can increase his relationship by 1 point; subsequent chatting, on the same day, only results in the same conversation without any relationship gain.

Ernest's dialogue may change every day and every season. Ernest may also comment about certain events or missions. Higher relationship levels, including romantic involvement, also change Ernest's dialogue.

###  Gift

* You can give Ernest one gift each day. Repeating the same gift on consecutive days will reduce its impact (**Loved** gifts become **Liked**; **Liked** become **Neutral**; no change for others).
* All giftable items have a base point value. The 'Special neutrals' section in the table shows neutral items with higher rewards than their base value.
* High quality gifts may give extra relationship points, based on their sell price.
* Gifts on Ernest's birthday are worth three times more, and twice as much during festival activities, boosting the value of Desires too.
* It is possible to present 2 birthday gifts: one after midnight and another one after waking up in the morning.

###  Play

Once the player has become buddies with Ernest, they can schedule a play date together. Ernest can participate in all playdate activities except playing Whac-A-Mole.

## Missions

### Main missions

⁠⁠*Cover My Glass*
⁠⁠*Prisoners Dilemma*
⁠⁠*The Kidnapping*
### Side missions

⁠⁠*A Moving Story*
⁠⁠*Person of Interest*
### Friendship missions

⁠⁠*Bandits on the Storm*
⁠⁠*Ernest in the Sky With Diamonds*
⁠⁠*Writer's Block!*
### Romance missions

⁠⁠*Date With a Rose*
⁠⁠*Spread Your Wings*
⁠⁠*Diego's Mask, Epilogue*

## References

1. ↑  400k wishlist goal: 2 new romanceable characters UNLOCKED! Steam announcement, November 26, 2021.