How to Increase NPC Favorability in The Scroll of Taiwu: The Definitive Guide

The most effective way to increase NPC favorability in The Scroll of Taiwu is to consistently gift high-quality items that match an NPC's specific personality and preferences. This core method, when combined with strategic sparring, targeted social interactions, and leveraging your village buildings, is the critical path to befriending the Jianghu's most powerful masters and acquiring their secret techniques.

This is not a simple charisma check. The game's social system is a complex web of personalities, hidden preferences, and interpersonal histories. Simply showering everyone with random junk will drain your resources and leave you with a long list of acquaintances but no true allies. Mastering this system is fundamental to your progression.

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Understanding the Relationship Spectrumtag

Favorability in The Scroll of Taiwu isn't just a single bar; it's a tiered system where each level unlocks new, crucial interactions. Think of it as a ladder you must climb with each important character. Pushing a relationship from Neutral to Kindred is how you gain access to everything from advanced training to rare martial arts manuals.

The tiers are generally understood as follows, with approximate numerical values:

• Cold (-100 to -50): The NPC dislikes you. Interactions are limited and may fail.
• Estranged (-49 to -10): A negative but salvageable relationship.
• Neutral (-9 to 9): The default state for most NPCs you meet.
• Friendly (10 to 49): Unlocks basic social interactions like Sparring.
• Close (50 to 199): The NPC considers you a friend. More advanced interactions become available.
• Adore (200 to 499): A deep friendship. This is the minimum level required to Request Skill (learn their arts) or propose marriage.
• Kindred (500+): The highest level of platonic or romantic affection. The NPC will go to great lengths to help you.

Your primary goal for any NPC whose skills you want is to push their Favorability score above 200 to reach the "Adore" status. This is the gateway to learning their most powerful techniques and asking them to repair damaged manuals you find.

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The Art of Gifting: Precision Over Volumetag

Gifting is the primary engine of favor gain, but it's a system that rewards thoughtfulness, not brute force. An NPC's personality is the master key that dictates which gifts they love and which they'll find insulting. Before giving anyone anything, always check their character sheet.

Decoding NPC Personalitiestag

Every character has one of five core personalities, which radically changes their worldview and material desires. Giving a gift that aligns with their personality provides a significant bonus to favor gain, while a contradictory gift can actively lower it.

• Righteous: These characters value justice, order, and virtuous texts. They appreciate Confucian classics, fine teas, and high-quality crafting tools. They dislike items associated with poison, stealth, and dishonorable conduct.
• Rebellious: Rebels value freedom, pleasure, and strength. They love strong wine, exotic treasures, and powerful weapons. They are unimpressed by scholarly books and items that represent authority.
• Kind: Kind souls appreciate simple pleasures, nature, and crafts. They respond well to homemade food, musical instruments, flowers, and textiles. They dislike weapons and items related to violence.
• Selfish: These NPCs are materialistic and pragmatic. They are primarily interested in high-value treasures, rare artifacts, and money. They see little value in common items or sentimental gifts unless they are exceptionally rare.
• Neutral: Neutrals are balanced and have broader tastes. They don't have strong preferences or dislikes, making them easier to gift to, but they also provide less of a bonus for a perfect match. High-quality items of any type generally work well.

Quality is Everythingtag

The grade of an item, from 9th (lowest) to 1st (highest), has an exponential impact on the favor gained. A single 4th-grade preferred gift is worth more than dozens of 9th-grade trinkets. Hoard your high-quality items—especially teas, wines, and treasures—and deploy them with surgical precision on high-value targets. Farming resources to craft a 5th-grade Zither for a Kind musician is a far better use of your time than giving them 50 common flowers.

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Beyond Gifts: Active Relationship Buildingtag

While gifting is your main tool, you can accelerate the process and build more resilient relationships through direct interaction. These methods often provide benefits beyond mere favor.

Sparring for Respecttag

Once you reach "Friendly," you can challenge an NPC to a spar. This is a non-lethal combat encounter where winning, losing, or drawing can all increase favor. The key is to participate; it shows you respect their martial skill. Be careful not to use overwhelming force or inflict serious injuries on a much weaker opponent, as this can backfire and lower their opinion of you. It's also an excellent way to gain skill experience in your chosen martial arts.

Advanced Social Maneuverstag

As your relationship deepens, you unlock more complex social plays. Two of the most powerful are Matchmaking and Settle Grudges. If you notice two of your friends are compatible, you can attempt to set them up. If it succeeds, you'll gain a massive favor boost from both. Similarly, if a friend has a rival, you can intervene to mediate the dispute. Resolving a conflict for an NPC is one of the largest single injections of favor you can achieve, cementing you as a trusted confidant.

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Your Taiwu Village: A Favorability Enginetag

Your home base is more than just a place to rest; it's a powerful tool for cultivating relationships and generating the very resources you need for gifting. By constructing specific buildings and assigning NPCs to work in them, you can create a self-sustaining social ecosystem.

Resource-Generating Buildingstag

Don't just build randomly. Prioritize structures that produce high-quality preferred goods.

• Tea House & Winery: These are essential. Assigning NPCs with high Tea or Wine-making skills will passively generate a steady supply of high-grade consumables perfect for gifting to Righteous and Rebellious characters, respectively.
• Silk Garden & Flower Garden: These produce textiles and curiosities that appeal to Kind personalities and can be crafted into valuable treasures for the Selfish.
• Study: This building doesn't produce items, but you can invite NPCs to study with you. This provides a slow, steady tick of favor over time and can improve their skills, making it a great low-effort way to maintain a relationship.

The Power of Healingtag

One of the most overlooked but potent methods for gaining favor is through medicine. When NPCs return from their adventures in the world, they are often afflicted with injuries, poisons, or internal imbalances. If you have built an Infirmary and have sufficient medical skill, you can offer to treat them. Curing a serious affliction for a high-status martial artist can instantly make them your friend for life, skyrocketing their favor from Neutral to Close or even Adore in a single act.

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The Ultimate Prize: Acquiring and Repairing Secret Manualstag

All this social effort has a primary goal: power. The best martial arts in the game are not found in loot drops; they are held by masters of the various sects, and they will only share their knowledge with their most trusted allies.

Requesting Their Skillstag

To learn an NPC's arts, you must first reach the "Adore" favorability level (a score of 200+). Once this threshold is met, the "Request Skill" interaction becomes available. This initiates a check based on your relationship and other factors. If successful, they will agree to teach you, allowing you to learn one of their equipped skills. You can do this repeatedly to learn their entire arsenal, provided you maintain the relationship and have the time and resources.

Repairing Damaged Textstag

Often, you'll find ancient, powerful manuals that are incomplete or damaged, with many pages missing. These are unusable until repaired. To fix them, you need to find an NPC who has mastered that specific manual (or a related one) and also has a high favorability with you. At "Adore" or "Kindred," you can ask them to help you repair the text. They will use their knowledge to fill in the missing pages, making the ultimate techniques within accessible to you. This service is invaluable and impossible to access without first mastering the social game.

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Frequently Asked Questionstag

Why is my favorability with an NPC suddenly decreasing?

Favor isn't static. It can decay over time if you don't interact with the person. More dramatically, it can plummet if you perform an action that conflicts with their personality (e.g., stealing from someone in front of a Righteous character) or if you become friends with their sworn enemy. Always be aware of your allies' rivalries.

Can I romance and marry any NPC?

Yes, provided they are not already married or sworn siblings with someone else. Reaching the "Kindred" relationship tier is the first step. After that, you must pass a series of checks and have a high enough reputation. Marriage provides a permanent, powerful ally who will live in your village.

What's the fastest way to make an enemy?

Assaulting an NPC or their family members is the quickest route to a blood feud. Stealing from them is a close second. Repeatedly gifting items that clash with their personality (like giving wine to a teetotaling Righteous monk) is a slower but equally effective method for ruining a relationship.

Do different sects have different social rules?

Absolutely. The ascetic monks of Shaolin are impressed by different gifts and actions than the poison masters of the Five Venoms Cult. Members of righteous sects value honor and propriety, while those from unorthodox schools may respect raw power and cunning. Tailor your approach to the culture of their home sect.

Mastering favorability in The Scroll of Taiwu transforms the game from a simple RPG into a deep social simulation. It's a system that rewards patience, observation, and strategic planning. By treating NPCs not as vending machines for skills but as complex individuals with their own values and desires, you will unlock the deepest reservoirs of power the Jianghu has to offer. Focus on quality over quantity, align your actions with their values, and turn your village into a hub of friendship and influence.