[Top 10] My Time at Portia Best Wife - Who To Marry

Updated:

10 Oct 2022

My Time at Portia is set in a post-apocalyptic era in the world of Portia. You take on the role of a workshop builder, using items and relics to advance society. The game's primary goal is to grow the workshop by crafting items, upgrading tools, expanding the workshop, and taking on commissions given by the citizens of Portia while competing with other workshop builders.

The repetitive work does take a toll on you as you accomplish multiple tasks for your neighbors and battle the ever-growing threat around you. How do you handle all this work and earn enough money to live? By marrying one of the many potential sweethearts! Free labor is the best labor, after all.

Each potential wife has benefits that can help your adventures and workshop. These are the top 10 wives of My Time at Portia, starting from worst to best.

10. Emily

Emily is a farm girl who works on her grandmother’s, Sophie, farm. She loves animals and doesn’t mind getting her hands dirty. When you arrive in Portia, she greets you with a free planter box to start growing your crops.

When you propose to her, Sophie will challenge you to a cage fight for her granddaughter’s heart... kidding, of course. Emily’s grandmother will put up a fight and test your commitment. You will be tasked with cleaning the farm and feeding the animals daily.

The advantages of having Emily as your wife are as follows:

Domestic work. Taking care of your animals can be tiring. The less time spent here, the less time spent on quests.
Resource gathering. Collecting the items you need to build is tedious work. Scavenging is beneath you, and Portia needs saving.
50% discount. Emily’s discount applies at her food stall during the winter solstice. Season-specific items tend to get pricey, and that money can be used to renovate your home.

9. Ginger

Ginger is a sweet, red-headed young woman with a tragic origin story. The daughter of Mayor Gale and Gust’s sister, her mother, passed away during her birth. She is cursed with a condition that makes her sensitive to sunlight. Blade has been seen questioning locals about her supposed garlic allergy.

Ginger dreams of becoming an architect like her brother, who is always by her side. If you want to marry her, you will marry Gus too. Before you propose, you are tasked with a heartbreaking quest to save her life.

The advantages of having Ginger as your wife include:

Receive mysterious gifts. Mysterious gifts can hold any item possible and are usually only available from the Mysterious Man. Any donation is beneficial for you and your workshop.
Free wallpaper. Every so often, Ginger will update your home by re-wallpapering. A new bright look will boost your morale.
2000 gols. Mayor Gale will regularly come around and gift you with 2000 gols. Money can be troublesome to make, and free money is the best.

8. Alice

Alice is an eccentric young woman who owns the local flower shop. She has a kind and gentle personality but is secretly a hopeless romantic who dreams of fairy tales where a white knight rescues her from a tower. She reminds you of the girl next door.

Alice will ask you for help upgrading her shop and placing posters around town to advertise. You will become the main character in her fantasy novel and be tasked with choreographing battles.

Advantages of having Alice as a wife:

Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
25% discount. You’d be surprised how many townspeopleand quests require flowers. Save some of your hard-earned gols to satisfy others by saving 25% at Alice’s Flower Shop.
Domestic work. Taking care of your animals can be tiring. The less time you spendat your workshop,the more time you have on quests.
Resource gathering. Collecting the items you need to build is tedious work. Scavenging is beneath you, and Portia needs saving.

7. Sonia

Sonia is a waitress at Django’s restaurant, The Round Table, and owns the Food Store directly outside. She is an outgoing woman who loves to gossip with her friends but tends to be snobby and self-centered. One of Sonia’s dreams is to marry a wealthy gentleman who will take her to travel the world. Isn’t that all of our dreams?

You will be competing with Albert, co-owner of A&G Construction, for Sonia’s affection. You can feed off his insecurities, but it will damage your friendship. Either way, you can elope with this gorgeous young lady once you gift her a crystal necklace.

The advantages of having Sonia as your wife include:

Domestic work. Taking care of your animals can be tiring. The less time you spend at your workshop,the more time you have on quests.
Resource gathering. Collecting the items you need to build is tedious work. Scavenging is beneath you, and Portia needs saving.
Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
25% discount. The items Sonia sells are very beneficial for your journey around Portia. Stocking your inventory will become pricey, and a discount will help immensely.

6. Lucy

Lucy had always dreamed of becoming a teacher and moved to Portia to achieve that dream. Originally from Vega 5, she teaches the children the history of Portia and the events before the New Age. She is a sweet young lady who only asks for help when the children or the school arein danger.

You will spend most of your time fixing issues with the school or helping the children around town. She cares deeply about teaching and keeping her students happy. Before you can propose, she will ask for help decorating the school and designing more exciting courses.

Advantages of having Lucy as your wife:

Increased health. Health is always important with the many dangers surrounding Portia. Lucy helps increase your hp by 50 points for those long and grueling adventures.
Domestic work. Taking care of your animals can be tiring. The less time you spend at your workshop,the more time you have on quests.
Resource gathering. Collecting the items you need to build is tedious work. Scavenging is beneath you, and Portia needs saving.
Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.

5. Petra

Petra is a researcher at Portia’s Research Center. Typically at war with the church, she wants to use technology to better the world. She does agree with destroying dangerous technology after seeing the damage it caused at Vega 5.

You can bring Petra mysterious Data Discs, and she’ll gather information from them. Before you can pop the big question, she will send you on a fun journey. Four townspeople will give you hints about a mysterious message she left for you. Solve the message, and you are one step closer to eloping with Petra.

The advantages of having Petra as your wife are as follows:

Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
25% discount. The Research Center Exchange will be one of your most frequently visited shops. Your primary resource is fuel; as you develop more machines, you will require more advanced fuel. The trip to the Research Center Exchange is an expensive one, but the discount will help tremendously.

4. Nora

Nora is a sister and missionary of the Church of Light. She is a kind, honest, and genuine person who wants the best for the people of Portia and the remaining world. She is willing to consider the gray areas in life without judging them right away.

As with other members of the Church of Light, she is a pacifist who hates weapons. You can cross llama hunting off the list. Luckily, Nora will propose to you several days after reaching Lovers status.

Advantages of having Nora as your wife:

Domestic work. Taking care of your animals can be tiring. The less time you spend at your workshop,the more time you have on quests.
Resource gathering. Collecting the items you need to build is tedious work. Scavenging is beneath you, and Portia needs saving.
Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
25% discount. Nora’s discount only applies to the Church of Light store and not the traveling store. The store is home to many farming items you will need, and things can become pretty expensive. Enjoy your new wife’s discount to upgrade your workshop.

3. Mei

Mei is a local reporter for the Portia Times newspaper. She dreams of becoming a reporter at the popular Atara Post, which circulates all over the land. She wants to prove herself by making the Portia Times the second-greatest newspaper.

Your time with Mei is spent helping her upgrade the newspaper. She will task you with taking pictures for the newspaper that will take you across all of Portia. After convincing her to stay in Portia, you can propose to the star reporter.

Advantages of having Mei as your wife:

Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
Stamina increase. Stamina is an essential part of scavenging around Portia. The majority of your actions will require stamina. If you don’t have an item to restore your depleted stamina, you will have to end your day early. Mei increases your base stamina by 25, so you can keep your rough and rugged hands moving longer.

2. Sam

Sam is an easygoing tomboy and is a challenge in a fight. She is a member of the Portia branch of the Civil Corps. She loves to fight and is seen training frequently with her teammates, Arlo and Remington.

Her favorite horse is named Teddy, and she is rarely seen without boxing gloves. To propose to Sam, you must participate in a quest to help find her missing item. A trek through WOW Industries will have you come across her lost teddy named Sasha.

Advantages of having Sam as your wife:

Resilience increase. Resilience reduces the chance of receiving damage from a critical attack. Sam gives you an extra 10% increase in strength to survive longer in a fight.
Time decrease. Scavenging can get tiresome and take up a lot of your time. You can commission the Civil Corps to go scavenging for you, and the more you pay, the less time it takes for a member to return. Sam helps by giving a 50% time decrease to get your items quicker.

1. Phyllis

Phyllis is a nurse at Dr. Xu’s Clinic. Intelligent and refined, she is currently pursuing a career in medicine. Her lifelong dream is to become a doctor and open up her own clinic.

Shadowing Dr. Xu has helped Phyllis learn to administer acupuncture. Acupuncture is used to reset your skill tree but can become quite pricey depending on the build you want. Despite her charming looks and the constant judgment she gets for them, you can’t help but stare at her big luscious…eyes.

The advantages of having Phyllis as your wife include:

Receive gifts. When you first wake up, your lovely wife will give you a gift for being the best husband in all of Portia.
Stamina increase. Stamina is an essential part of scavenging around Portia. The majority of your actions will require stamina. Phyllis increases your base stamina by 25 points.
40% discount. Acupuncture is expensive, and if you constantly reset your skills, you’ll spend a lot of gols. The 40% discount greatly benefits marrying Phyllis, besides her looks.