Stellar Affinity Gifts & Dating
Who gets the box: spiritual bonds, physical dates, and leftover festival presents.
Stellar Affinity’s official pitch is blunt: affection toward the girls becomes ship energy, energy becomes divine artifacts, artifacts win planetary docks. Gifts and dating scenes are how that sentence becomes a daily click path. This page is the mid-August 2026 routing table — after Light Festival closed on 12 August maintenance — so leftover shop presents do not land on the loudest portrait.
Two tracks exist in official materials:
- Hime Bonds — spiritual connection. Talk, story beats, quieter gifts. Deep guide: Hime Bonds.
- Cumpanions — physical partnership. Dates, contact-heavy scenes, stage-ups. Deep guide: Cumpanions.
You need both on a Core. One track is not “the real game.” Skipping either is how energy conversion on artifacts & energy looks “broken” when it is only starved.
Who the official dossier is talking about
On 22 July 2026, partner press (LDPlayer / PChome) published dating hooks for four Hime Bond girls. Use these as tone, then seat them on roster cards:
| Girl | Dossier hook | Gift risk |
|---|---|---|
| Isuna | Perfect administrator; late-night shell cracks | Players over-invest because she was the festival limited |
| Delia | Craftsman curiosity; “mechanical logic” dates | Players buy her modules as if wrenches were artifacts |
| Aubi | Hugs, pranks, unarmored closeness | Players spray every contact gift |
| Serea | Saint caretaker; “are you hurt?” | Players build a cathedral for a girl who may not start docks |
If a new name appears on current events, add a fifth row. Do not invent a fifth personality from a datamine.
Mid-August gift routing (16 Aug 2026)
- Unique shop SKUs that raise the written carry — buy first.
- Bonus windows (residual carnival, login, event) — spend on Core, then Flex.
- “Any girl” missions — cheapest Talk on a Core, not a tour of the binder.
- Bond-only favorites — leftover commons only.
- Bench — zero.
Log ticks on the bond checklist. If a girl is not on that list, she does not get the expensive box.
Dating scenes without derailing docks
Scenes are content. Docks are power. A healthy session is one scene on a Core/Flex plus one manual node (controls, combat & idle). Two hours of dates and zero conversion is how midgame accounts feel “busy” and still bounce on hard stages.
When a date unlocks, claim it, then immediately ask: did this raise energy I will convert tonight? If no, you watched a film. That can be the point — just do not call it progression.
Items that look like gifts but are not
| Thing | Where it actually belongs |
|---|---|
| Redeem strings | Active codes + how to redeem |
| Launch fragment mail (~5000 碎星) | Launch rewards — not a dating currency |
| CBT 200% 星鑽 | Banner floor on the F2P plan |
| Event sticks (Star Dream leftover) | Archive rules on Light Festival |
| Skill books / modules | Divine artifacts and progression |
Mixing those piles with “I should take her out” is the fastest way to empty a quiet week.
Energy is the point of the date
Official copy: strong feeling → ship energy → artifacts that reverse a fight. After you close a scene:
- Check energy.
- Convert into the module the dock squad wears.
- Re-test a node you already understand.
If you skip step 2, offline farming cannot save you. Idle crates do not replace affection conversion.
Related reading
- Hime Bonds · Cumpanions
- Daily routine · Midgame priorities
- Currencies · Glossary
- Characters hub
- Guides hub
Twenty-minute affection block
- Open the checklist. Three names maximum.
- Talk / Gift / Mission on those names only.
- Play or skip one unlocked date — skip is allowed.
- Convert energy.
- One dock or one idle park. Then stop.
The ship does not need every girl to feel loved tonight. It needs a core that can undock tomorrow.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to the most common questions.
Do I have to finish every date?
No. Scenes are optional power. Conversion and docks are not. See [Hime Bonds](/guides/hime-bonds/).
Which girl gets leftover festival gifts?
The written Core, then Flex. Festival limited [Isuna](/characters/isuna/) only if she still holds that seat.
Are Hime Bonds and Cumpanions the same menu?
They are two tracks. Run both on mains — [Cumpanions](/guides/cumpanions/).
Can I gift during a hard-stage grind?
Finish the node or the tick, not both at once. [Controls](/guides/controls/) first if you are dying to AOE.
Where do I track daily ticks?
The [bond checklist](/tools/bond-checklist/) — Core and Flex only.