Burgess

## Social Interactions

 Chat
 Gift
 Play
 Photo
 Critters

 **Mission Index**

 — In-game bio

**Burgess** is a character in Sandrock, and one of the few natives to the town. He is a devotee of the Church of the Light and runs the Water World.

## Profile

### Personal summary

Burgess appears to be an honest, conscientious, loyal, but uptight individual and a member of the Church of the Light. However, he is shown to be very anxious to always do the right thing. While good hearted and peaceful by nature, Burgess is strongly encouraged by both his job and Pen to face the threats of Sandrock. He is also an amateur cook, and displays a love for fish.

Burgess patrols the lands throughout the day. He will rebuke the player if he sees them cutting a tree or a cactus, as it is against local law.

### Physical appearance

Burgess has blonde hair, light skin and blue eyes. His default outfit is a tan vest over a yellow button up long-sleeve shirt, along with black pants, blacks socks and brown sandals.

### Social network

Burgess is friends with Pen and Dan-bi. Matilda and Miguel are also in his social network.

* ⁠⁠Dan-bi: ⁠⁠ Buddy
* ⁠⁠Matilda: ⁠⁠ Buddy
* ⁠⁠Miguel: ⁠⁠ Buddy
* ⁠⁠Pen: ⁠⁠ Buddy

## Relationship

Burgess can be befriended and romanced. The player can confess their love to him with a Heart Knot.

If Burgess witnesses the player chopping down a cactus or tree, the player loses 25 relationship points with Burgess and 100 gols.[ verify ]

### Perks

Buddy ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Send gifts through the mail sometimes
Good Friend ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Add an extra 5 defense points
Best Friend ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Gain 5 points of stamina
### Gifts to the player

Burgess 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.

Burgess 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 Burgess's dialogue.
Chat is a basic social interaction available at any relationship level. Chatting with Burgess 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.

Burgess's dialogue may change every day and every season. Burgess may also comment about certain events or missions. Higher relationship levels also change Burgess's dialogue.

###  Gift

* You can give Burgess 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 Burgess'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 Burgess, they can schedule a play date together. Burgess can participate in all playdate activities excluding Whac-A-Mole.

###  Critters

Burgess can play Critters with the player up to three times per day.

## Missions

### Main missions

⁠⁠*Pitching In*
⁠⁠*Practice What You Preach*
⁠⁠*Out of the Past*
⁠⁠*Sandapalooza*
⁠⁠*Prisoners Dilemma*
### Side missions

⁠⁠*Bring a Smile*
⁠⁠*Crime and Punishment*
⁠⁠*Instant Karma*
⁠⁠*Mister Minister*
⁠⁠*Operation: Flowergate*
⁠⁠*Peachy Keen*
⁠⁠*Pedagogy Postponed*
⁠⁠*The Cable Guy*
⁠⁠*The Gift of Water*
⁠⁠*The Protector's Weakness*
⁠⁠*Tread Upon Me*
⁠⁠*Trouble at the Old Dorm*

## Gallery

Demo June 2021Don't cut down the trees !!!Watering the treesAdmiring the cactiOpposite Amirah's house
## References

1. ↑ "My Time at Sandrock Livestream." YouTube, May 7, 2021.