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While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

Is there any information from on this (from the developers perhaps)? Is there an in-game explanation for it that I'm unaware of (like a secret 13th friendship level)?

While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

How is this possible that the friendship level is above 12, which appears to be the maximum?

While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

Is there any information from on this (from the developers perhaps)? Is there an in-game explanation for it that I'm unaware of (like a secret 13th friendship level) or do we simply not know?

While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

Is there any information from on this (from the developers perhaps)? Is there an in-game explanation for it that I'm unaware of (like a secret 13th friendship level)?

While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

Is this "13/12" intended? Is there a secret 13th friendship level or something, or is this a bug?

While talking with my wife recently, the friendship level pop-up in the dialogue box shows we have level "13/12":

This seems peculiar, since only 12 hearts out of a maximum of 12 show in the social tab:

Furthermore, on the wiki (here and here), the maximum friendship level is stated to be 12 for a spouse. From the second link (emphasis mine):

Once a villager has been married, they will move into the farmhouse. They will have a maximum of 12 hearts instead of 10 [...]

Is there any information from on this (from the developers perhaps)? Is there an in-game explanation for it that I'm unaware of (like a secret 13th friendship level) or do we simply not know?