If you've played other games similar to Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma, you might already know that affinity is one of the major mechanics in these games. Not only do you get to romance some characters by raising your bond with them, but you can also unlock various new interactions and even recipes in some cases.

However, increasing your bond with a character is a long journey, especially with the sheer amount of choices you get in this game. It's important to set your goals and decide who you want to prioritize while doing the right things to get the most bond each day.

How To Increase Bond Quickly

To start bonding with different villagers in Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma, you first have to unlock them by progressing the story (more details below). Once you have a character unlocked, you can head over to the Profiles section of the main menu to check your current bond level with each one.

In this menu, you'll notice that some characters have a red bar while others have green. The red bar indicates that you can romance with the characters while the green villagers are non-romanceable, and you can only increase your normal bond with them. The main purpose of increasing the bond correlates with combat as you can take these characters in combat with you after they reach bond level one.

There are minimal story spoilers down below as we tell you how to unlock each character.

All Romanceable Characters And How To Unlock Them

If you look at the profiles screen of Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma, you'll realize that there are a total of 25 bondable characters in the game. Out of these, 15 are romanceable as follows:

Name	How To Unlock
Clarice	Clarice is the final character you unlock after you finish the main story of the game.
Cuilang	Cuilang is a resident of the Autumn Village, and automatically gets unlocked after you finish the village's story.
Fubuki	Fubuki is the god of Winter Village and he can be unlocked after you beat his wolf form by going through the Winter Wilds.
Hina	Unlocks at the same time as Mauro.
Ikaruga	You'll meet him for the first time as you're trying to take care of the Winter Astral Shrine during the main story. However, he only unlocks after you complete the Frostfang Cavern.
Iroha	Unlocks early in the game as you reach the Spring Village and talk to its residents.
Kai	You'll first meet Kai during the Autumn Village main story, but he only reveals his true form much later as you're trying to find the last two gods.
Kanata	Kanata is the last god you'll meet in Rune Factory: Guardians Of Azuma, and she'll unlock after you throw a party for her with all the other gods.
Kurama	Kurama is the third god in the game, and he belongs to the Autumn Village. To unlock him, you'll not only have to enter the village, but also go through its story, which takes quite a while.
Matsuri	She's the second god that you unlock after going through the Summer Village story and getting her sword remade.
Mauro	As the crisis arrives in Spring Village, you guide his ship to defeat the evil dragon by pointing out its weakness. This character unlocks right after that.
Murasame	As you progress the main story in Spring Village, you'll eventually head to the Abandoned Shrine where you'll fight your first boss. This character unlocks after this battle.
Pilika	Pilika is the resident of Winter Village that you meet as soon as you enter, but she'll only unlock for bonding after the entire Winter Village arc.
Subaru	Subaru is the only optional character in the game as you have a chance of missing him. After you defeat the evil dragon, you'll get the option to revive Subaru by making another sacrifice.
Ulalaka	She's the first god you unlock in the game by purifying some of the Blight in Spring Village after you get her Sacred Drum through a dream.

All Non-Romanceable Characters And How To Unlock Them

There are a total of ten non-romanceable but bondable characters in Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma as follows:

Name	How To Unlock
Hisui	Unlocks at the same time as Tsubame.
Kotaro	Kotaro and Yachiyo are the two non-romanceable characters you'll meet in Autumn Village, and they unlock at the end of the village's arc.
Kusatsu	Unlocks at the same time as Tsubame.
Sakaki	Sakaki is one of the first characters that gets unlocked in the game after progressing the Spring Village story for a bit.
Suzu	She unlocks at the same time as Sakaki
Takumi	For Takumi, you'll have to progress the story of the Spring Village outskirts and beat the boss in the Abandoned Shrine.
Tsubame	Tsubame is one of the three residents of the Summer Village, and she unlocks right after you unlock Matsuri.
Yachiyo	Unlocks at the same time as Kotaro.
Watarase	Watarase and Zaza are the two non-romanceable characters from the Winter Village, and they unlock after you finish the village's story.
Zaza	Unlocks at the same time as Watarase.

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