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Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Strategy Guide
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- Type - Harvest Moon: BTN FAQ/Walkthrough
- Game Version - North American
- Revision History - Version 1.0
- Platform - Sony PlayStation
- Author - Scott Ong
- E-mail Address - kangning@mbox5.singnet.com.sg
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Revision History
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Version 1.0 [Date: February 16th 2001 ]
This marks the initial release of the FAQ. I have added a detailed list
of items and recipes to this strategy guide. I have added a 'complete'
list of Gameshark Modifier codes. The walkthrough and dating guide are
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Introduction to Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
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First of all, I will give you a brief introduction of Harvest Moon:
Back To Nature. You play a role of a character [I would called him
'Hero' or 'you' by default].
Hero is a little boy who is supposed to go on a vacation with his
father. Before they go for a vacation, his father has been asked to go
on a business trip and left Hero at their grand father's farm at
Mineral Village.
Hero thinks that it's going to be boring there as there isn't any for
him to do. His grandfather even tells him that there won't be much to
do since he is going to be to busy working on the farm.
(That explains why you got those cut-scenes of Hero being chased by the
farm animals)
While his stay at there, Hero has met a girl and become fast friends
with her. He spends hours with her and both of them enjoyed each
other's company. When it comes time for Hero to return back home, he
has promised the girl that he will come back some day to pay her a
visit again...
(10 years have passed...)
Now Hero is back his grandfather's farm, he find out that his
grandfather has passed away. The mayor comes in and tells you he will
give you three years to fix up his grandfather's farm. He decided to
try to fix up the farm and perhaps he may get the chance to meet the
girl once again...
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Author's Note
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Well, it has been a while since I have been typing new FAQ(s). This is
my eleventh and it is maybe my last FAQ. I will still be making updates
to my other FAQ(s) and try to correct all the errors.
[Version 1.0] - 16-Feb-2001
Seeing this game is under the top requests, I was more determined to
make this FAQ a better one. Hopefully, I don't really get e-mails like
the one that I have gotten for FF8.
Besides playing Brigandine - Legend of Forsena [which I played three
years ago], this is the third game, which makes me feel so obsessed
with the game-play. It is really fun to play where you can do some
farming. (Err... I never thought that farming was so fun.)
IMO, it is a great game. BTW, I have heard that there is a version of
this game for N64 and Game-boy but I don't own it. There are a lot of
cut-scenes, which I have missed throughout my game-play and hopefully
by introducing this FAQ, I get the chance to learn more about the game.
It takes you a while to master the basics of Harvest Moon: BTN. Please
read the 'Contact the Author - E-mail Policy' section, otherwise don't
blame me if I did not reply your e-mail. BTW, even if you follow my
e-mail policy, there are chances that I would not reply, as I am still
schooling. I will try my best to reply during weekends. BTW, if you
don't get my response, I would recommend you to visit GameFAQs message
board.
BTW, don't expect an update from me every week. It may take at least
3 weeks for a second update as I am started to having my examinations
soon. Oh yes, I forget to tell you that I did not use a spell-checker,
hence you may find some funny sentence structures...
[Scott]
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Table of Contents
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I Revision History
II Introduction to Harvest Moon: Back to Nature*
III Author's Note
IV Table of Contents
V Game Basics
V.1 (The Beginning of a New Journey)*
V.2 (Basic Configuration)*
V.3 (Farming Basics)*
V.4 (The Five Basic Farming Tools)*
V.5 (Special Tools from the Blacksmith)*
V.6 (The 00 Makers)*
V.7 (The Crops Guide)*
V.8 (The Town)*
V.9 (Menu Explanations)*
V.10 (The Calendar)
VI Game Play Tips
VII Walkthrough
VIII Item Bestiary and Recipes
8.1 (Item Bestiary)*
8.2 (Recipe List)
IX Game Shark Codes
X Cheats and Secrets*
XI Contact the Author - E-mail Policy* <- please read this!
XII Credits
* These are the sections that are completed but may be ammended if
there are any errors.
' Corrected from the previous update.
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Game Basics
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For those who are first time playing Harvest Moon: BTN, before you
jumped onto the walkthrough please read the game basics. You need to
know a lot of basics before you can really get started on the game.
(Throughout the entire FAQ, I would called the main lead as 'Hero' or
'you')
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[V.1] The Beginning of a New Journey
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At the beginning, you will need to start to enter your name, your
birthday, your farm's name and dog's name. Just simply enter any names
that you preferred. I supposed it would be better if I warned you about
the "clashing" of the birthdays of the girls who you wished to go
dating with. If you got the same birthday as the girl, the birthdays
of the girl will be changed. Anyway, I will talk more about at the
start of the walkthrough; therefore don't worry about it.
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[V.2] Basic Configuration
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Before I jumped towards the basics about farming in Harvest Moon: BTN,
I would give you a debrief on the basic controls:
=-~ Basic Configuration ~-=
Button What it does?
D-Pad 0 it allows you to move Hero around the terrain.
0 it allows you to make selections on the menus and prompts
0 it allows you to push a livestock by holding down.
X 0 it allows Hero do basic "actions"
0 it works like the action button on the menus.
Circle 0 it allows you to run and cancel selections.
0 Holding it while using D-Pad allows Hero to run.
Square 0 it allows you to use the selected tool
0 Hold down it allows you to execute the 'special action'
0 While holding down an item, it allows Hero to eat the
'Item' if it is possible.
Triangle 0 it allows you to view the rucksack.
0 in between buying menus, it brings up the 'tips'
R1 0 it allow you to switch between 'tools'
R2 0 it allow you to switch between 'items'
0 While hold an item, it allows Hero to keep the item.
L1 0 it allows you to whistle at your dog.
L2 0 it allows you to whistle at your horse.
Start 0 it will bring up the status screen and pause the game.
0 (During a mini-game)
Select 0 it will activate the town map.
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[V.3] Farming Basics
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Before I begin this section, I assumed that you have briefly understood
the basic configuration/controls of Harvest Moon: BTN and read a bit
from your manual. Make sure that you have fully understood the game's
basic controls:
-[Rucksack]-
In the game, you will find Hero carrying a rucksack on his back. If you
hit the Triangle button, you will be able to view the rucksack screen.
The rucksack allows Hero to carry tools and items. Hero can only carry
an item on hand regardless whether it is a tool or item. While holding
an item, you cannot use a tool.
(In the game, there are three types of rucksack)
Rucksack - You will start the game with this. You can hold a maximum of
2 tools and 2 items. Please note that I have excluded the items on hand.
Medium Rucksack - You can buy this from the Supermarket for 3000 G. It
expands the carrying capacity of the rucksack to 4 tools and 4 items.
Large Rucksack - You can buy this from the Supermarket for 5000 G. It
will be applicable after you have bought the Medium Rucksack. It
expands the carrying capacity of the rucksack to 8 tools and 8 items.
To switch tools without using the shortcut key (Triangle button), you
just need to tap R1 to switch between tools and R2 to switch between
items. If you operate the rucksack from the menu, you can switch the
items by using D-Pad, X and Circle button. You can also view the status
of the item that is currently inside the rucksack.
-[Pick Up items]-
Picking up items is the most basic methods of getting items. You do not
need tools and just bare hands will do the trick. Just proceed to the
item that is on the ground and hit the X button to pick it up. Next,
you should have the following possibilities:
[1] Throw the item
You can throw the item away by hit the X button once the item is on
Hero's hand. IMO, knowing about this is very important. It allows you
to deposit items into the bin and throw garbage away. If you throw
'sellable items' onto the ground, they will be destroyed and you can't
recover them. Hence, make sure you aimed it properly! It works while
taking out fodder or chicken feed from the feed sheds inside the barn
or the henhouse.
[2] 'Spring Cleaning' (Dumping of garbage from the farm)
This is a farm-related technique. The items that are involved are 'log',
'stone', 'lumber' and 'weed'. You can find all of them inside the farm.
Log (It is represented by an orange branch)
Stone (It is represented by a small stone)
Lumber (It is represented by a vertical wood log)
Weed (It is represented by a patch of grass)
Log - This item will be damaged if you throw it outside the tilled soil
(sandy area) of the farm. However, it will still remain intact when
being thrown on the tilled soil. You can't count that as additional to
lumber unless you have chopped it down with an Ax.
Stone - This item will be damaged if you throw it outside the tilled
soil of the farm. However, it will remain intact on the tilled soil.
You can only eliminate it using the above method or using the hammer.
Lumber - This item can be gotten from the wood shed found in between
the barn and the stable. It will remain intact if you throw it on the
tilled soil, hence allow you to form a 'fence' when multiple lumbers
are being placed adjacent to each other.
Weed - It is just useless grass. It will be removed automatically
when you throw it away from the rucksack. You can also remove it
using the sickle.
[3] To give the item as a gift
With the item on the hands, you just need to hold down D-Pad against
the person and hit X to give to the other person. Some of items, such
as Pink Cat Flower, cannot be sold. But it can be offered as 'gifts'/
'presents' to fellow villagers. BTW, don't bother to offer precious ore
to ladies, as most of them may not like it.
[4] Consumption
If you hit Square button, Hero will consume the item if it is possible.
For example if Hero has an egg on hand, you hit the Square button. You
should see Hero consuming the egg. If the item on hand is a stone, you
will get no options. BTW, don't consume to all items, as some of them
are not edible and poisonous. Examples include the Red Grass.
[5] Keep it inside the Rucksack
I supposed the heading is quite clear. If you hit the R2 button, Hero
will keep the item inside his rucksack if possible. Please note that
the kept item will be brought to last position upon retrieving items.
To retrieve an item, you just need to hit R2 button again or make use
of the rucksack menu.
For more details, PLEASE refer to the V.9 'Menu Explanations' section.
-[Mining Basics]-
In the game (or Mineral Village), you will find two mines to mine. The
mines are pretty hard to locate for a begineer (I only discover the
first one on 7th of spring on my first game-play). Below is a
description of the location.
Mine #1 - behind the 'Goddess Pond' Waterfall.
At the hot spring area, you will find a hot spring along with a stream
and waterfall. You can go behind the hot spring and there is a small
pebble path, which leads to the mine.
Ores found in this mine: Junk Ore; Copper Ore; Silver Ore; Gold Ore and
Mystrile Ore. You can also find a Power berry here upon mining.
Mine #2 - the Winter Mine
This mine CAN ONLY be accessed in the winter. You need to go to the
Mother's Hill where you can find a lake. The lake will be frozen into
ice that you will be able to cross it to reach the mine. The mine
located in the middle of the lake. If you go down 10 levels, you will
be able to find a fishing pond in the underground where you can catch
a legendary fish...
Ores found in this mine: Junk Ore; Mystrile Ore; Orichalcum Ore and
Adamantite Ore. You can also find a Power Berry here upon mining.
Purpose of Mining:
Before I begin, you may need to know something about mining... Mining
is very important as it provides important ores to upgrade your tools.
The ores can be sold for money. The rare ores are intend to make the
OO Makers or the accessory (girl's present). Throughout mining, you
will be able to find useless ore (junk ore - which looks like a pile
of stone to me...) in all mines. They are useless and sold for a cheap
price of 1 gold. BTW, there is also money to be mined in the game! You
will find 'bags of gold' (Hero will pick and keep in his rucksack)
that causes 10G each. You may find manholes, which lead to the next
level of the mine. The general tip is to get as deep as possible, as it
increase the rate of you getting more ores for sale. Mining does not
really earn much but if you have a basket (bought from Supermarket for
5000G) where you can collect a maximum of 38 ores per trip to the mine.
General Tips - (applicable to both mines!)
NOTE: The tool used for mining is the Hoe. The special actions of hoe
have no effect while mining.
As you enter the mine, your objective is to find a manhole that leads
to the next level of the mine. For the first mine, the level is endless!
Dig five times at different spots: the northeast spot, northwest spot,
southeast spot, the middle spot and southwest spot. If you get junk ore,
throw it away and start to dig in a row until you find the manhole. If
you find a 'bag of gold', there is a high possibility that the manhole
is somewhere nearby. Once you have located the manhole, use D-Pad to
move towards it. You will get a message prompted whether to go down the
manhole pick 'Yes'.
To exit the mine from this point onwards, all you need to do is proceed
to the ladder and answer 'yes' on the prompt. Anyway, I got another
mining tip...
Let's say if the ladder is located on the left, you can find the next
manhole somewhere on right hand side of the mine. The manhole is
*normally* located on the opposite side of the ladder. Your objective
to locate a manhole ASAP for the first 5 levels and start to dig
intensively from the 6th level onwards. BTW, the location of the
manholes are at random. Use 'money bags' as a source to get rare ores
or manholes. The extreme ends of the mines contains no ore at all! BTW,
you just need to dig once per patch of land.
Stamina Indicator...
Please note: If your stamina starts to fade off to the extreme that
Hero pants and sat on the ground (his eyes will turn 'dark'), exit the
mine and proceed to the hot spring for a hour. It is crucially important
as to prevent sickness. It will be good to adopt a habit of visiting the
hot spring after every mining session when you have less than 6 power
berries. Best still, get a medicine from the Doctor and bring it along
with you to the mine. But I would prefer the first alternative as it is
free!
Shipping Basket Woes...
NOTE 2: If you bring the shipping basket to the mine, it is very
important that you bring it along with you when you go down to the next
manhole. If you left it at the mine there, you need to restart from the
entrance and dig until the level of the mine where you have left the
basket. Unfortunately in the game, it does not allow you to select the
desired level to mine. Even if you fainted, you will still be able to
find the shipping basket at the level where you have left it previously.
Be caution. If it happens that the basket was just being placed over the
manhole. Don't not move to close to the manhole and hit X to pick it.
If Hero is close enough, there isn't a need to use D-Pad to move
forward. When you see a prompt, pick 'No' if you haven't pick the
basket.
[Cost per item in mine]
Junk Ore 1G
Copper Ore 15G
Silver Ore 20G
Gold Ore 25G
Mystrile Ore 30G
Orichalcum Ore 50G
Adamantite Ore 50G
-[Fishing Basics]-
You can't start fishing at the start of the game... You need to get a
fishing rod (make sure you have an empty slot under equip section).
To get this equipment, you must go to the docks during 7am to 10am or
7pm to 10pm on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You will be able to
meet Greg the fisherman. Talk to him and pick that you like fishing.
To fish, just simply equip the fishing rod on hand and hit Square on a
water filled area. After the cast has reached the water, do not release
the Square button. Hold down the button and wait for it to vibrate.
Once it starts to vibrate, release the square button. You will catch
a fish/ hooked up a garbage item or nothing! There are several places
where you can fish. I will elaborate more about them later.
You can breed fishes. [i.e. make a small fish to grow to large fish and
giving a new small fish when the existing small fish reaches the adult
stage]. To do this, you need to catch some fish (refer to the steps
that are mentioned in the paragraph above) and deposit them into the
fish pond. Next you need to get fish food through purchase only from
the Supermarket for 50G. You just need to deposit one fish food inside
the fish pond everyday. (The quantity of fishes in the pond does not
have any impact) You can only have 99 fishes in the fish pond. If you
have more than 50 fishes, you will see Greg visiting your pond and give
you a better fishing equipment. (You need to have an empty slot in the
equip portion before exiting the house in order to get the equipment)
The fishing pole is a better equipment compared to fishing rod. It is
not necessary that you need to use the fishing pole in order to catch
legendary fish. But some of legendary fishes requires a fishing pole.
There are several places where you can catch fish. They are the sea,
the lake, the waterfall, winter mine's pond and river streams. Weird
fishing spots include the hot-pot during Harvest Festival in Fall and
the fishing pond ^_^;) You can only catch large fish from the ocean.
The lake is fairly clean as being compared to other spots. The sea is
very dirty and you will get garbage most of time. But there is a tip,
which I myself also got from the library besides a fellow FAQ writer:
The books says something like the sentence below:
"The fish population in the sea has decreased greatly due to the
dumping of trash into the rivers and sea" (a.k.a water population)
You can 'increase' the fish population (easier to catch fish from the
ocean) by depositing the garbage into the trash bin found in the Rose
Square OR...
Get the basket (bought from Supermarket for 5000G) to the harbor. Place
the basket behind Hero. As you get a garbage item (e.g. fish bone,
trash can and boot), just aim and throw in the basket. You will find
the basket shakes a bit but there is no crops for sale! For my case, it
did helps to improve my chances of catching fish during winter.
[Cost per fish] [Unsellable Items]
Small Fish 100G Unused Can
Medium Fish 200G Boots
Large Fish* 300G Fish Bone
* You can only catches large fish in the sea/ocean. You can't sell
legendary fishes for money. After they are caught, you will find Hero
releasing them. But you will find 'a mark/icon' placed in the menu as
proof that you have caught the legendary fish.
-[Advanced Shipping Equipment: The Basket and Horse's Saddle Bag]-
There are two sets of equipment. They are the basket (bought from
Supermarket for 5000G) and the saddle (obtain when you are allowed to
keep the horse).
[The Basket]
This is perhaps the best tool that you need to ship your produce. The
basket can contain a maximum of 30 crops. [The term 'crop' here refers
to produce like herbs; mountain forage items such as mushrooms, ore
and diary products (wool, milk and eggs)] The basket is pretty useful
item and it is indispensable. The basket cannot be damaged by weather
hazards even if you left the item outside of the house. The basket
cannot be stolen by fellow villager. Even if you leave in a part of the
mine, you will still be able to retrieve by returning back to the mine.
To deposit an item (which cannot be taken out afterwards), just simply
position Hero in front of the basket (i.e. facing it) and hit X to
deposit the item on hand. If you drop a 31st item, it will be as good
as lost. To know how much the basket contain, make use of the Equip
menu to read. Hit Triangle button and move the cursor to the basket.
BTW, I would like to remind you that you can't take out items that you
have deposit. But depositing in the basket doesn't mean that it has
'been shipped'. (In the game, the produce is considered only shipped
when you have deposit it in the bin). Hence take the basket facing the
bin and hit Square. You will see an animation of Hero tilting the
basket. There will be no lost of items if you hit Square without making
contact with the bin. Normally, I would use the basket to collect eggs
from my chickens, barn animals, etc.
[Saddle]
What is the point of taking care of the pony that you have gotten
Saibara. There are typically three reasons and they are:
1) Every hearts the horse has gained, it accounts for 1% for your farm.
2) The horse allows you to participate in the Local Horse Race.
3) The horse is a good shipping help in the farm.
You need to take good care of your horse for 1 year with a minimum of
eight hearts. You can build up the horse's hearts by talking and
brushing (with the brush bought from Saibara for 800G). Having it being
placed outside, helps to increase the hearts faster. After the year, you
can get the horse if it has 8 eight hearts or more. If it doesn't, you
need to plant another 30 patches of grass, so that Barley will give you
a second pony. While the horse is at its pony stage, it is very hard to
handle it. Bare with it for the 4 hearts. Upon the 5th heart, you can
make use of whistle [hit R2] to call for your pony.
With the horse, it helps you to move around your farm a lot more
quicker. You can ride on it around the farm faster than you are running.
You can deposit unwanted items such branches, stones, weeds, flowers and
even crops into the saddle. If you deposit a produce, it will be
accounted as being deposit in the bin. The horse is a good transport
tool but it is very hard to make the horse stay put at one place...
-[Giving Gifts and Making Friends]-
Gifts are typically any item that you can find the game. You can give
weed, branches, lumber and even ores to villagers, although the basic
reason is that they will not like it. If you give an average item to
Manna of Aja Winery, she will give you some tips on making friends. As
for the invidual's likes list, please refer to the town guide for more
details.
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[V.4] The Five Basic Farming Tools
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At the start of the game, you will find a Hammer, a Watering Can, an
Ax, a Hoe and a Sickle inside the toolbox. If you hit the start button
to activate the status menu, you will find the status of these tools.
The status screen is very important as it means whether you can perform
an upgrade on the tool.
The status screen should something similar to the one that is found
below:
=-~ Figure V.1.2a: Status Screen of Tools ~-=
(Legend)
(Icon of Tool) ||||||||||||||||||||||| [C] (Copper Ore)
[C][S][G][M] [%] [S] (Silver Ore)
[G] (Gold Ore)
[M] (Mystrile Ore)
The "|||" sign represents the experience bar. You will find the bars'
color changes as you upgrade your tool. To see whether the tool is
applicable for an upgrade, check out the type of 'ores' available.
The percentage of the meter is another way of reading the meter. Below
are some interesting statistics for you to know:
001% to 099% (Default Tool) [N/A]
100% to 199% (Copper version of tool) [1000G]
200% to 299% (Silver version of tool) [2000G]
300% to 399% (Gold version of tool) [3000G]
400% (Mystrile version of tool) [5000G]
It is not necessary to upgrade from a copper model to a silver model,
along the metallic range. Instead, a model's meter ratings and the
number of available 'ore' icons that the tool has gained are the
criteria for the upgrade. For example, it is possible to upgrade a
default Hoe to Mystrile Hoe directly provided you have gained 400% on
the meter. The fees will not be accumulated by the way.
How to upgrade?
You need to go to a mine to obtain a certain ore that is required for
the upgrade. There are two mines in the game. You can get more details
regarding the location of the mines in the next section or the
walkthrough. Next you need to bring that ore; equipped the tool on hand
(that's the separated box of rucksack screen) and proceed to the
Blacksmith to perform an upgrade. Of course, you must have sufficient
cash on hand. I have placed an asterisk mark next the minimum
requirements for you to survive in the game. The more asterisks that
the model has, the more important that you need to get them. To build
up the meter, you need to use the items frequently.
Below is the 'Effects Chart' of each tool:
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Tool Model Effect Cost
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Hammer -------- [You can only break small stones] [N/A]
(Copper) [3 hits - large stone; not rocks] [1000G]
(Silver) [2 hits - large stone; 5 hits - rocks] [2000G]
(Gold) [1 hit - large stone; 3 hits - rocks] [3000G]
** (Mystrile) [1 hit - large stone; 2 hits - rocks] [5000G]
Watering Can ------- [Water 1 tilled soil] [N/A]
(Copper) [Water 1 x 3 tilled soil] [1000G]
(Silver) [Water 2 x 3 tilled soil] [2000G]
* (Gold) [Water 3 x 3 tilled soil] [3000G]
(Mystrile) [Water 3 x 5 tilled soil] [5000G]
Hoe ------ [Tills 1 tilled soil] [N/A]
(Copper) [Tills 2 x 1 tilled soil] [1000G]
(Silver) [Tills 3 x 1 tilled soil] [2000G]
* (Gold) [Tills 4 x 1 tilled soil] [3000G]
(Mystrile) [Tills 6 x 1 tilled soil] [5000G]
Sickle ------ [Cuts 1 tilled soil] [N/A]
(Copper) [Cuts 1 x 3 tilled soil] [1000G]
(Silver) [Cuts 2 x 3 tilled soil] [2000G]
* (Gold) [Cuts 3 x 3 tilled soil] [3000G]
(Mystrile) [Cuts 3 x 5 tilled soil] [5000G]
Ax ------ [Chop only branches/logs] [N/A]
(Copper) [Chop logs; 6 hits to a tree stump] [1000G]
(Silver) [Chop logs; 3 hits to a tree stump] [2000G]
(Gold) [Chop logs; 2 hits to a tree stump] [3000G]
** (Mystrile) [Chop logs; 1 hits to a tree stump] [5000G]
To perform the effect, you need to hold down the Square button while
the tool is being equipped. The longer you hold, the more powerful the
effect will be. BTW, tools with higher upgrades can do those in the
lower levels.
(Facial expressions on using tools)
How do you know when you are executing the effect? As mentioned earlier
to execute an effect, you need to hold down the Square button. The
longer you hold, the higher level of effect you will execute. BTW, a
higher level tool can perform effects of it with a lower level tool.
For example with a Silver Ax, you can perform the normal cut, copper
level cut and the silver level cut. With the Mystrile Ax, you can
perform the normal cut, copper level cut, silver level cut, gold level
cut and the Mystrile level cut!
Copper Level - Held onto the tool for a while
Silver Level - held onto the tool for a longer period
Gold Level - the face turns red
Mystrile level - the face turns red and stressing mark on the head...
For example, it will take many hits to break a large stone with a
Bronze Hammer. However if you use the 'special' hit [hold down Square
button], you can eliminate the large stone in 3 hits. It does not only
save time but also Hero's stamina.
HAMMER
IMO, the hammer is the least important but not a useless tool. You can
make use of it to remove stones and rocks from the farm, which
indirectly helps to facilitate movement in the farm. You can also use
it to destroyed broken 'lumber-type fences'. Lumber will be greatly
weakened when it is being exposed to rain for a long time. To remove
them, you need to use the hammer. The hammer also allows removing of
tilled soils. BTW, do not use this on cows, horse and sheep.
WATERING CAN
This is the most important tool after the hoe. Without the Watering
Can, you can't water your plants and harvest fruits/produce from it.
The Watering Can has a capacity of 100 shots. You need to go near a
river/water source and hit Square to refill the Watering Can. IMO, you
need only a Gold Watering Can. Upgrading the Watering Can during winter
is pretty a good choice as you do not need to water any plants until
you have gotten a hothouse. When you are quite close to your house,
make use of the pond to refill your watering can.
HOE
This is the most important tool for it allows you to till the soil for
planting but it can be used in the mines. The special feature can't be
used in the mine unfortunately. BTW, I will recommend that you should
avoid upgrading your Hoe during a Winter season as you need it for
mining. Just hit the Square button to till a patch of soil.
SICKLE
This is used to remove weeds or garbage from your farm. The Sickle is
also used to get fodder from grass. You will see that grass fields get
a bit darker and you can swipe off the grass for fodder. Fodder is
essential for cows and sheep. The Sickle removes plants too! Hence,
avoid using it while you are between weeds and fields.
AX
The Ax is extremely important as it allows you to get lumber from tree
stumps. You need to have lumber in order to upgrade your building. You
need to make use of the "special action" by holding down the Square
button. If you do not, you will take ages to hack down a tree...
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[V.5] Special Tools from the Blacksmith
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These additional tools can only be bought from the Blacksmith's house
for a pretty huge sum of money... You can get the following tools from
the blacksmith if you have met the following requirements. Below you
can also find a short breakdown of each every tool.
BRUSH 800G
[Requirements]- You must get the horse (pony) from Barley.
The brush allows you to brush any livestock that includes cow, sheep
& the horse. Brushing them regularly makes the livestock happy as they
loves it. Making your livestock happy is important, as it prevents them
from falling ill easily. It also improves the quality of products that
you can get from the animals.
MILKER 2000G
[Requirements]- You must get the horse (pony) from Barley
You need to use this tool to milk cows and get milk from them. Just
simply move your character near the cow and hit Square button to milk
the cow. If you do it successfully, you will get a bottle of Milk. BTW,
you cannot get milk from a young cow but only from an adult cow.
CLIPPERS 1800G
[Requirements]- You must get the horse (pony) from Barley)
The clippers are actually a pair of scissors. You need to use this get
wool from your sheep. Just move your character against the sheep and
hit Square button. If it is done successfully, you will find a ball of
wool appearing on top of the character's hands. BTW, wool takes a long
time to re-grow compared to cows. You need to feed the sheep with
fodder.
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[V.6] The 00 Makers
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In Harvest Moon: Back To Nature, you will get these makers from Saibara
the Blacksmith after you have upgrade your henhouse and barn. These
machines may cost a lot but they are considered a worthy investment. To
get the Adamantite Ore, you need to get it from the Winter mine during
winter (that mine is located in the middle of the frozen lake). Talk to
Saibara without holding the ore, otherwise you will be given it to him!
If you don't have sufficient cash during winter, store at least 5 of
them inside your cupboard that comes with the kitchen upgrade.
MAYONNAISE MAKER 20000G + Adamantine Ore
[Requirements]- You need to get the kitchen upgrade for your house
before you can 'create' this from the blacksmith. Just talk to the
blacksmith and you will be given the option to make it. It takes five
days to be manufactured
It allows you to make mayonnaise. The mayonnaise maker is found inside
the hen house. To make mayonnaise, you need to take an egg and dump it
inside the maker as you do for the bin. You will get a mayonnaise,
which sells for a higher price. The mayonnaise maker requires an ore,
which can only be obtained from the mine found in the huge lake in
Mother's Hill during winter. Hence, make sure that you have stored some
of this ore inside the cabinet.
CHEESE MAKER 20000G + Adamantine Ore
[Requirements]- You need get the kitchen upgrade; the barn upgrade and
you must have at least 1 cow to make this. You need to make the
Mayonnaise Maker before you can make this. It takes five days to be
manufactured.
It allows you to make cheese. The cheese maker is found inside the
barn. To make cheese, you need to have milk. Just simply take a bottle
of milk and dump it inside the maker. You will get cheese as the
product. Please refer to the Mayonnaise Maker on how to get Adamantine
Ore.
YARD BALL MAKER 20000G + Adamantine Ore
[Requirements]- You need get the kitchen upgrade; the barn upgrade and
you must have at least 1 sheep to make this. You need to make the
Cheese Maker before you can make this. It takes five days to be
manufactured
It allows you to make yard balls. The yard ball maker is found inside
the barn. To make a yard ball, you need to dump a ball of wool inside
the maker. Please refer to the Mayonnaise Maker for the acquisition of
the Adamantine Ore.
I supposed that I am finally done with the tools... It is time to
proceed onto the crops.
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[V.7] The Crops Guide
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Crops are most important stuffs that you need to know about farming.
To plant crops, make sure that you have seeds, which can be bought from
seller, Won or the Supermarket. Seeds packets contained nine seeds and
you need to make use of the hoe and watering can to grow crops.
[Utilize the usage of growing land]
(Make sure you read about the tool, Hoe under "The Five Basic Farming
Tools" option)
Before you get a gold watering can, you need to soil the land in this
format:
[X] [X] [X]
[X] [_] [X] (where [X] is the tilled soil)
[X] [X] [X] (where [_] is the un-tilled soil)
At first I thought that this method is perhaps the best before you
managed to upgrade your Watering Can to silver, but I found out a
better method:
[X] [_] [X] [X][X][X] [X][X][X] [X][X][X]
[X] [X] [X] or [X][X][ ] or [X][X][X] or [_][X][X]
[X] [X] [X] [X][X][X] [X][_][X] [X][X][X]
By doing this, you can also water all crops even without a silver
watering can and avoid the problems faced when a weed popped out in
the middle of the crops ^_^;)
It is because the packet had nine seeds and this format is the best
format for planting crops if you want to have the maximum harvest.
However after you have gotten a Silver or Gold Watering Can, you can
make use of the format below:
It applies to plants that grows only once if not, you need to seek the
aid of the Harvest Sprites to collect the crop that is found in the
middle. (It also applies to watering too!)
[X] [X] [X] [::][::][::]
[X] [X] [X] --> [::][::][::]
[X] [X] [X] (seeds scattered) [::][::][::]
Where you scatter your seeds, place the seed packet in the Equip area.
Now, you need to move towards the center of the 3x3 area and scatter
the seeds over the area. The patch will look the one on the right.
If you scattered a summer type seed (e.g. pineapple) during spring time,
you will the above layout but on the next day, the seeds will disappear.
But if you plant summer seeds on the last of spring, the seeds will
remain on the next day (which will be summer!). BTW, it will work if you
have a hothouse, which will entitle you to buy seeds from any season at
any point of time!
(((Additional Notes)))
The next few paragraphs will feature on the detailed crops bestiary. I
spent several days to compile the list and hopefully that you will find
it useful. Before I begin, there are some points that I want you to
take note of:
Once you have gotten the hothouse, you can buy any of seeds (from the
Supermarket) at any point of time. If you don't have a hothouse, you
are only entitled to buy seeds available for that season.
=-~ Profit Calculation Formula ~-=
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The crops profit margin is being calculated by this formula:
(Number of crops x Selling Price of Each Crop x Number of Sows -
Cost of the Seeds)
'Number of Sows' is calculated with the formula below:
30 days - Number of days for plant to grow
__________________________________________ + 1
Number of days to harvest
(It only applies to multiple-growing crops like Cucumbers and
Pineapples)
'Maximum Harvest' is calculated by:
(30 days - Growth period ) / Growth Period
Assumptions made by me:
The seeds are being planted on the tilled land on the 1st day of each
season. The maximum harvest indicates that you re-use that same patch
of field for its existing crops. (i.e. if you grown and harvested the
patch of carrots, you re-plant them on the same time)
All the numeric digits will be rounded down. For example if the
calculated 'number of sows' is equal to 6.5, I would record it as 6.
I will replace 'Number of Sows' with 1 if the crop's type is single.
(I.e. you can only harvest once) I have also included the color of the
seeds packaging for your information. Certain seeds like strawberries
are only available for sale if you have met a requirement.
Type [A] formula will be applicable if you have grown 8 crops on the
9x9 field and Type [B] formula will be applicable if you have grown 9
crops on the 9x9 field.
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The 'Color' indicates the color of the seed package. Each seed package
contains 9 seeds. The [cost] is the cost of each packet not the seeds.
If you find 'requirements' under that plant data, you must meet that
requirement in order to purchase the seeds.
(Please refer to the crops bestiary for more details.)
Below is a detailed list of seeds that you can buy from the village:
TURNIPS
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Color: White
=- Quest Feature -=
You need to get three turnips for the Mayor Thomas for the 'Spring
Cooking Festival' during your first year.
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 120G [9 seeds]
[Sell] 60G each
[Growth Period] 5 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Maximum Harvest] 5 times
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profits] [A] 8 x 60G - 120G = 360G per packet of seeds
[B] 9 x 60G - 120G = 420G per packet of seeds
CUCUMBER
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Color: Dark Green
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
You can get a special power berry from Kappa if you deposit three
Cucumbers at the lake of Mother's Hill. On the 3rd year of game-play,
the Mayor will request you to bring three of these for the cooking
festival.
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 200G [9 seeds]
[Sell] 100G each
[Growth Period] 10 days
[Harvest Period] 5 days
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 100G x 5) - 200G = 3800G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 100G x 5) - 200G = 4300G per packet of seeds
CABBAGE
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Color: Yellow-Green
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 500G [9 seeds]
[Sell] 250G each
[Growth Period] 15 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Maximum Harvest] 2 times
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (1pm to 3pm, Doug's Place)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 250G) - 500G = 1500G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 250G) - 500G = 1750G per packet of seeds
POTATO
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Color: Yellowish-Brown
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 150G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 80G each
[Growth Period] 8 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Maximum Harvest] 3 times
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] 8 x 80G - 150G = 490G per packet of seeds
[B] 9 x 80G - 150G = 570G per packet of seeds
STRAWBERRY
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Color: Pink
=-~ Requirements ~-=
You need to sell 100 or more Cabbages, Cucumbers, Potatoes and Turnips.
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 150G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 50G each
[Growth Period] 8 days
[Harvest Period] 6 days
[Place] Supermarket (9am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 50G x 4) - 150G = 1450G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 50G x 4) - 150G = 1650G per packet of seeds
CORN
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Color: Yellowish White
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
You need to sell one corn to Kai (from 50G to 200G) during summer for
every year of game-play. In the second year, you need to bring 3 corns
to the Mayor for the Cooking Festival. You can also turn the corns into
chicken feed by throwing them into the windmill found in your farm.
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 300G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 100G each
[Growth Period] 15 days
[Harvest Period] 3 days
[Place] Supermarket (9am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 100G x 6) - 300G = 4500G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 100G x 6) - 300G = 5400G per packet of seeds
ONION
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Color: Brown
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 150G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 80G each
[Growth Period] 8 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Maximum Harvest] 3 times
[Place] Supermarket (9am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] 8 x 80G - 150G = 490G per packet of seeds
[B] 9 x 80G - 150G = 570G per packet of seeds
TOMATO
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Color: Red
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
Well, you don't really need to grow them for the Tomato Festival...
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 200G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 60G each
[Growth Period] 10 days
[Harvest Period] 3 days
[Place] Supermarket (9am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 60G x 7) - 200G = 3160G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 60G x 7) - 200G = 3580G per packet of seeds
PINEAPPLE
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Color: Yellow
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 1000G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 500G each
[Growth Period] 21 days
[Harvest Period] 5 days
[Place] Won at Doug's Place (1pm to 3pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 500G x 2) - 1000G = 7000G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 500G x 2) - 1000G = 8000G per packet of seeds
PUMPKIN
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Color: Orange Brown
=-~ Requirements ~-=
You need to sell 100x Pineapples; 100x Corn; 100x Tomatoes; 100x Onions
and read the mail from the Supermarket to buy these seeds.
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 500G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 250G each
[Growth Period] 15 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Maximum Harvest] 2 times
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (9 x 250G) - 500G = 1750G per packet of seeds
[B] (8 x 250G) - 500G = 1500G per packet of seeds
CARROT
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Color: Orange
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 300G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 120G each
[Growth Period] 8 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 3 times
[Profit] [A] (9 x 120G) - 300G = 780G per packet of seeds
[B] (8 x 120G) - 300G = 660G per packet of seeds
EGGPLANT
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Color: Purple
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 120G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 80G each
[Growth Period] 10 days
[Harvest Period] 3 days
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 80G x 7) - 120G = 4360G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 80G x 7) - 120G = 4920G per packet of seeds
SWEET POTATOES
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Color: Violet Red
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 300G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 120G each
[Growth Period] 6 days
[Harvest Period] 3 days
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 120G x 9) - 300G = 8340G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 120G x 9) - 300G = 9420G per packet of seeds
GREEN PEPPER
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Color: Dull Green
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
I would recommend you to get this for the Harvest Festival, otherwise
the hot pot will turn bad normally if you drop anything else.
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 150G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 40G each
[Growth Period] 8 days
[Harvest Period] 2 days
[Place] Won, the Chinese merchant (Doug's Place 1pm to 3pm)
[Profit] [A] (8 x 40G x 12) - 150G = 3690G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 40G x 12) - 150G = 4170G per packet of seeds
SPINACH
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Color: Green
=-~ Requirements ~-=
You need to sell 100x Green Peppers; 100x Carrots; 100x Eggplants and
100x Sweet Potatoes. You need to read the mail from your mailbox first
before you can buy it.
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 500G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 80G each
[Growth Period] 6 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 4 times
[Profit] [A] (9 x 80G) - 500G = 220G per packet of seeds
[B] (8 x 80G) - 500G = 140G per packet of seeds
=-~ Flowers Guide ~-=
You can ONLY buy flower seeds from Won, the Chinese merchant at Doug's
Place from 1pm to 3pm. Flowers seems to be a bit important for those
who are having Elli as your wife... Besides you managed to plant over
90 flowers in a season, you will get a Power Berry from Anna in the
afternoon.
Tips on Flowers:
Flowers can help you to restore fatigue! But first of all you need to
get a vase from Won [for 5000G]. Next put a flower for that appropriate
season in the vase. You will recover your health, as you are drinking
Bodigizer every night! But if you put a flower for any season, the
flower will wither and gone on the next day.
Most of villagers love flowers! The acceptations are Saibara, Gray, Zack,
Greg, Doug and Duke. Hence, use them as your gifts to please the
villagers as they are free! (you can pick them from Mother's Hill)
In Fall, when you plant Magic-Red Flowers, you will find occasionally
within the patch you can find one or two Red Magic-Red Flowers. The
red version of Magic-Red Flowers (normally, you can only find blue
colored ones at Mother's Hill or the area at Gotz's place during fall)
can be sold for 200G each! But they are pretty hard to get as the ratio
of getting 1 red Magic-red flower in a patch is around 1 : 27. (You
will get only 1 red Magic-Red flower for every 3 patches)
ORANGE CUP FLOWERS
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Color: Yellow (flower packet)
=-~ Requirements ~-=
You can only plant such seeds inside the hothouse.
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] None (Only AT Hothouse)
[Type] Single
[Cost] 500G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 60G each
[Growth Period] 9 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (Doug's Place; 1pm to 3pm)
[Maximum Harvest] N/A
[Profit] [A] (8 x 60) - 500G = -20G per packet of seeds
[B] (9 x 60) - 500G = 40G per packet of seeds
MOON DROP FLOWERS
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Color: Light Yellow (flower packet)
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 500G (9 seeds)
[Sell] N/A
[Growth Period] 6 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (Doug's Place; 1pm to 3pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 5
[Profit] [A] N/A
[B] N/A
TOY FLOWERS
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Color: White (flower packet)
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Spring /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 300G (9 seeds)
[Sell] N/A
[Growth Period] 12 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (Doug's Place; 1pm to 3pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 2
[Profit] [A] N/A
[B] N/A
PINK CAT FLOWERS
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Color: Pink (flower packet)
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
It will allow you to attract bees to get honey indirectly. You must
plant a 3x3 patch of pink cat flowers for bees to come...
[Season] Summer /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 300G (9 seeds)
[Sell] N/A
[Growth Period] 6 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (Doug's Place; 1pm to 3pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 5
[Profit] [A] N/A
[B] N/A
MAGIC RED FLOWERS
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Color: Blue (flower packet)
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
N/A
[Season] Fall /Hothouse
[Type] Single
[Cost] 600G (9 seeds)
[Sell] 200G (Only Red Magic Red Flowers)
[Growth Period] 10 days
[Harvest Period] N/A
[Place] Won, the Chinese Merchant (Doug's Place; 1pm to 3pm)
[Maximum Harvest] 3
[Profit] [A] N/A
[B] N/A
GRASS
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Color: Default Green
=-~ Quest Feature ~-=
If you haven't taking care of your horse by the end of year 1 (i.e. It
has less than 8 hearts), you need to plant 30 patches of these to get
a second pony.
[Season] Spring /Summer /Fall
[Type] Multiple
[Cost] 500G (9 seeds)
[Sell] N/A
[Growth Period] 30 days
[Harvest Period] 10 days
[Place] Supermarket (8am to 6pm, Mon, Wed-Sat)
[Profit] [A] N/A
[B] N/A
* To get fodder from thick grass (the color of the grass will be a bit
darker and 'solid'), you need to use your sickle.
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[V.8] The Town
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The setting of game takes place at the Mineral Village. First of all,
you will be meeting with the mayor of the village, Thomas. He will say
that the village will give you 3 years and decided where you can stay
in the village depends on your management of the farm. At the start of
the game, he will tell you whether you want to go for a short trip
around the village. If you do so, it seems that you get along with the
people there much better.
(To save some misery space...)
Figure V.1.1 - The Village's Layout:
[3] --- [2] --- [1]---[7]----[8]__
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[4] | [9]
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[6]-- [14]__[12]
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[13]
There are thirteen spots of attractions in Mineral Village. Now I got
into the individual breakdown of each attraction...
(G stands for Gold and L stands for Lumber)
[1]=-~ The Farm ~-=
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Spot on the Map: [1]
Before I take you a short 'tour' around Mineral Village, I would say
some stuff about the farm. The farm is currently in a huge mess but I
can assure that under your diligence and tender care, the farm will be
back in the shape. The farm comprises of the following main buildings:
-[House]-
You can save your game here. You will get four options if you examine
the diary near the bed. You will get the following options: (In the
game, diary entries are known as "saving")
. Sleep without diary entry - typically allows your characters to sleep
. Sleep with diary entry - sleeps and allows you to save
. Read Diary - allows you to load another saved file
. Exchange Animals - allows you to exchange animals before saved files.
- The TV Programs -
Below is the schedule of programs being telecasted on the television:
[Up] Weather Forecast*
[Right] News*
[Left] The Fairy and Me (Mondays)
The Delicious Hour (Tuesdays)*
The Song Hour (Wednesdays)
Star One Sports (Thursdays)
Mechabot Ultror (Fridays)
TV Shopping (Saturdays)*
Shogi Hour (Sundays)
Notes: For the first week of the game, you will be able to view the
"New Year Day Special TV" instead of the shows above.
[Down] Life on the Farm*
Whenever you switch on the TV (just go in front of it and hit the X
button) and you will be to view the shows. If you hit X after the
message box is gone, you will view the Weather Forecast directly.
Those programs that are marked in asterisks are very important and
make sure you watch them everyday. Please refer to the TV Guide for
more details. The Life on the Farm typically gives you a briefing of
certain tips like upgrading and some of the game's secrets too.
After you have bought all the items from TV Shopping Network, you will
get to see a new show called "What's your Passion?". During weather
hazards such as blizzards and snowstorms, the TV will NOT work. BTW,
you will find TV not working after 12am.
---- Basic Form ----
(Default layout)
Cost to Upgrade:
N/A
Condition:
You start the game with the house in this setting.
Features:
This is located in the top left hand-corner of the farm. You can find a
TV set (view it regularly to check for the weather forecast and the TV
Shopping Network for buying utensils for your kitchen), a Toolbox (You
can store your farming tools, seeds and key items.), a bed (You can
save your game by examining the diary).
The Toolbox is represented with a huge treasure chest found in the
corner of the room. Just hit X button when you are near the chest and
you will be able to retrieve the items to your rucksack. For more
details on rucksack, please read the "Rucksack" for more details.
---- First Extension ---- [Kitchen Upgrade]
(With the kitchen)
Cost to Upgrade:
You need 4,700 G and 370 L
Conditions:
You must have upgraded your hen house before you choose to upgrade your
house with a kitchen. To upgrade a building, go to Gotz's (the
woodcutter) house and talk to Gotz.
Features:
This setting is typically an enlarged version of house. You will get
2 additional pieces of storing equipments: Icebox and Cabinet. The
Icebox allows you to store food and sellable items (it also includes
poisonous items!). The Icebox is represented with a refrigerator. The
Cabinet is an additional piece of immobile equipment, which is
represented by a cupboard near the fridge. You can store your ores
there when you want to perform upgrades for your tools. For more
details regarding tools, please read the 'Tools' section.
---- Second Extension ---- [Bedroom Upgrade]
(With an additional bedroom)
Cost Upgrade:
You will need 10,000 G and 750 L
Conditions:
You must have upgraded the hen house, the kitchen and the barn in order
for you perform this upgrade. The method to upgrade is the same for
performing the first upgrade.
Features:
It typically features an additional room, which required for you to get
in order to marry with your loved one. After you have bought the second
upgrade, you will have a cut-scene with Won, offering you to buy a vase
for 5000G. The vase allows you to put flower to regenerate fatigue
faster than normal!
-[Dog House]-
This doghouse belongs to the dog. Unfortunately, the dog can't stay
inside the doghouse. You can find a Bin and an Apple tree near the main
house. If you want to get shelter for your dog, make sure you bring it
inside the house. If you allow the dog to run over the fields, you can
increase the dog's affection. To win the Winter Dog Race, make sure you
practice regularly with the Ball, which can bought from Won for 100G
during Autumn or early Winter. During fall, you can forage for 3
Apples from the Apple Tree. If you plant Pink Cat Flower in summer and
take a sample of the honey to Louis, you can forage for honey every
season!
-[Pond]-
The pond supports your fishes and fish food. You need to get a fishing
rod in order to catch fishes. You can buy the fish food from the
supermarket in the town. For more details on fishing, please refer to
"Fishing" for more details. To get your fishing rod, you need to visit
the Mineral Beach from 7 am and 10 am and you will meet an old man.
Make sure that you have additional slot in your rucksack so that you
can get the rod. He will only be there during Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays. If you caught 50 fishes (or by breeding them), you will have
a cut-scene with Greg giving you a fishing pole. The fish food is need
to be used once and it is meant for breeding. Even if you don't feed
the fish, the fish won't die.
-[Hen House]-
You can find your chickens and chicken feed in this shed. You can also
find another bin inside the henhouse. You can collect your chicken feed
from the orange Spout inside the building. Just simply position Hero in
front of the box and hit (X). Next you can deposit the feed onto the
feed shed. You need to do this regularly if you want your hens to lay
eggs. There is an incubator inside the hen house. Just place an egg
there and wait for around 5 days for the egg to hatch. You can perform
an upgrade of the hen house by seeking the woodcutter's aid after you
have gotten sufficient lumber. You can also deposit other produce
inside the Bin. Once you have gotten the upgrade, you will be entitled
to ask Saibara to make the Mayonnaise Maker, which costs 20000G and a
Adamantite Ore. To make a mayonnaise, you just need to deposit an egg
into the mayonnaise maker.
(Extension) - [Henhouse Upgrade]
You will get 5 additional feed sheds and an incubator for the
extension. The extension of the henhouse costs 5,000 G and 420 L. You
can buy the chicken feed from the Poultry Farm for 10 G per feed. If
you grow corn in the summer, you can throw the corn at the windmill to
get 10x chicken feeds.
-[Stable]-
It is a mini-stable where you can find your horse. In this game, you do
not need to feed the horse but you need to talk to it, whistle to it
and brush it with a brush. The brush can be brought from the
Blacksmith's house for 800G. You will want to improve the affection
with the horse, I would recommend to let it stay outdoors when the
weather is fine. You can get the horse free of charge on a fine day
from Yodel Farm in the first year of spring. But you need to take care
of it, or the owner, Barley will take the horse back. Please refer to
the game-play tips for more details. Once the horse has fully grown,
you can use it to participate in the Local Horse Race during Spring.
-[Barn]-
Under this barn, you will find your herds of cows and sheep. The barn
can support a maximum of 10 livestock. You can find a similar orange
box, which will give you "fodder", which is food for the livestock.
Like the chickens, make sure you give them fodder regularly. Otherwise,
you will experience no production from the cows and sheep. There is
also a bin for deposit. You can buy your cows and sheep from Yodel
Farm in the village. BTW, they are pretty expensive. If you want to
get the produce from them, make sure you purchase the milker [2000 G]
and Clipper [1800 G] from the Blacksmith in the village. BTW, the
sheep and cows loved to be brushed. Make sure that you have talked to
them everyday to build up the affection. You can also get fodder from
Barley in Yodel Farm for 20 G each or you can choose to grow grass for
fodder. For details regarding fodder, please refer to "Farming Basics"
for more details. Once you got the barn upgrade, you will be entitled
to make the Cheese Maker after you have gotten the Mayonnaise Maker.
It costs 20000G and requires an Adamantite Ore. BTW after you have
upgraded the Cheese Maker, you will get to make a Yard Ball Maker for
the same cost and ore.
(Extension) [Barn Upgrade]
You will get extra 10 spaces for additional livestock. You will also
get an additional feed box. You need to pay 6800 G and 500 L. You can
only do this after you have performed the first upgrade for the house.
-[Hot House]-
This is the last upgrade that you need to get for your farm. You can
build the hothouse once you have gotten the second upgrade for your
house. The hothouse is like the greenhouse. You can find a bin and a
water tank inside the house. The house has only a maximum area of
7 x 7 and that could only limit you to plant only 4 types of crops
within the hot house. Another disadvantage of the hot house is that you
still need to water the crops there even if it is a rainy day. You need
to pay 30,000G and 580 L! The hothouse is breakable and easily damaged
by weather hazards, hence take note! Weeds will not grow inside the hot
house!
[2]=-~ Hot Spring Area ~-=
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In this area, you will find a hot spring area where you can rest Hero
to restore his fatigue. You need to stay there for just around a hour.
You just need to enter the hot spring and do not hit X button until a
hour has passed.
Behind the spring is a small waterfall. The mine is located behind the
waterfall. You can mine there with your hoe and basket for ore to
upgrade your tools. For more details regarding mining, please refer to
"Game-play Tips".
If you observed carefully the rocks that surround the hot spring, you
will notice that one of the areas is flat. You can step on it and
throw an egg to get spa-boiled eggs... Spa-boiled eggs sells for a
higher price compared to normal eggs. [80G each]
BTW, the items that you can find within this area are:
- Spring - (3x Bamboo Shoots; 1x Blue Herb)
- Summer - (1x Red Herb)
- Autumn - (1x Green Herb; 1x Mushroom)
- Winter - (Nothing!)
Occasionally, you can find a monkey or a squirrel there.
[3]=-~ Mother's Hill ~-=
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The Mother's Hill is a huge area where you can find numerous trees-
stumps and items. Autumn is a good time to visit here. The Mother's
Hill comprises of three main areas.
1st Area:
You will find a huge waterfall and a tree stump. There is a path
leading towards right, which is blocked off from the lake by the trees.
You will find a bridge, which leads to the next area. During winter,
the lake will freeze up and you will be able to gain access to the
island that is located in the middle of the lake. Inside that mine,
you can find a lot of Mystriles, Orichalcum and Adamantite, which are
rare and they fetch quite a good price when you have the basket! BTW,
you can easily catch fish there as compared to rivers, the waterfall
and even the ocean.
BTW, the items that you can find within this area are:
- Spring - (Nothing!)
- Summer - (Nothing!)
- Autumn - (2x Wild Grapes; 1x Truffle; 1x Mushroom)
- Winter - (Nothing!)
The Truffle looks like a mushroom except that it has a darker cap and a
longer stem. It is located behind the two trees that are standing close
to each other. You need walk up the path, which leads to the stone
ledge in order to retrieve it. The Mushroom is located on the stone
ledge after you have crossed the wooden bridge. Occasionally, you can
find a fox within this area. You can catch small and medium fish from
the lake.
2nd Area:
You will find a winding path that curves upwards and that leads to the
peak of Mother's Hill. Observe carefully and you will find a 'split' on
the path which leads the area where you can find numerous flowers!
(It is really GOOD for those who intend to woo Elli or Popuri!)
Occasionally, you can find bugs like grasshoppers, beetles, cicadas,
crickets, ladybirds, Atlas beetle and Stag beetle.
(PS: They are pretty small and it is very hard to spot them.)
- Spring - (13x Moon Drop Flower; 2x Toy Flower)
- Summer - (15x Pink Cat Flower)
- Autumn - (15x Magic Red Flower)
- Winter - (Nothing!
3rd Area:
It is the peak of the Mother's Hill. If you go here during certain
Season festivals, you will have several cut-scenes. It is just a plain
area...
[4]=-~ Gotz The Woodcutter Area ~-=
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In this area, you will find Gotz's house. Staying inside the house, you
will find Gotz (of course!) and Louis. Near the house, you can find 4
tree stumps and some flowers within the area. Behind the house, you
will find many fallen tree trunk.
- Spring - 2x Moon Drop Flower; 1x Blue Herb
- Summer - 2x Pink Cat Flower; 1x Red Herb
- Autumn - 2x Magic Red Flower; 2x Mushroom; 1x Green Herb;
1x Poisonous Mushroom
- Winter - Nothing!
If you have plant the Pink Cat Flower (the flower seeds can be bought
from Won), you will lure bees to make a beehive near your apple tree.
Take the honey from the tree. It works like foraging except you just
need to stand near the tree and hit X button. Go and collect a
bottle of honey. Bring the honey to Louis. The next day, you will get
a cut-scene with Louis and your honey's price will raise from 50G to
60G
Gotz:
He has a thick beard, wears a white t-shirt along with blue pants. He
is hard working fellow in my opinion. He loves his job and would go up
to the Mother's Hills even during Winter.
Talk to him and you will get the following options:
[Operating Hours: 11 am to 5 pm; Closed on Sundays]
Buy lumber (50 gold each)
1) Upgrade hen house* (5000 gold and 420 lumber)
2) Upgrade house `#1`* (4700 gold and 370 lumber)
3) Upgrade barn* (6800 gold and 500 lumber)
4) Upgrade house `#2`* (10,000 gold and 750 lumber)
5) Hot house* (30,000 gold and 580 lumber)
* You will be only able to get the later upgrades provided that you
have gotten the initial upgrade. The list is stated in chronological
order.
[Places] Mother's Hill, His House, Supermarket
[Recipe] Veggie Pancake
[Gift] Pink Cat Flower; Lumber; Boiled Egg; Bodigizer; Apple
[B-Date] Fall 2nd
Louis:
He is the guy who wears glasses and a green hiking outfit. Louis is
looking for a rare bee. He is also the housekeeper for the house, I
supposed. As for his relationship with Gotz, I don't really know...
If you give him a honey from your farm during summer 1st year, you can
upgrade the price of the honey from 50G to 60G.
[Places] Mother's Hill, Gotz's House
[Recipe] Apple Jam
[Gift] Pink Cat Flower; Honey
[B-Date] Spring 2nd
[5]=-~ Chicken Lil's ~-=
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This is the place where you can buy chickens. The farm is owned by
Lillia, Rick and (Popuri). Lillia is the mother of the two children.
Her husband has left the farm to look for a rare flower to cure Lillia.
Operating hours: 12pm - 4 pm (every days except for Sundays)
Lillia:
She is a kind-hearted lady with a pink hairstyle like Popuri, except
her face is a bit more mature IMO. Lillia is easy to get along with as
she loves the same flower that her daughter does. Talk to her during
the operating hours:
Chicken Feed 10G (max. 99x per talk)
Buy Chicken 1500G
Sell Chicken -----`
Animal Medicine 1000G*
` If you pick this option, you will be brought to the list of chickens,
just select the chicken that you wish to sell.
* You are only entitled to buy this once. Once it is being used, you
will find it available for purchase.
[Places] Poultry Farm; Mineral Clinic; Basil's House
[Gift] {Toy Flower}; {Pink Cat Flower}; {Moon Drop Flower}; {Magic
Red Flower}; {Truffle}; Wild Grapes; Bodigizer; {Red Magic
Red Flower}
[B-Date] Spring 19th
[Recipe] Scrambled Eggs
Popuri:
She is one of the girls that you can opt to marry in the game. Popuri
is a crybaby and loves eggs-related stuffs along with flowers. She
hates animals. Like her mother, she has pink hair. (I presumed it is
dyed or perhaps natural...) She admires you a lot when you get to know
her well.
[Places] Hot Spring Area; Poultry Farm; Church; Mineral Beach
[Gift] {Toy Flower}; {Pink Cat Flower}; {Spa-boiled Egg}; Omelet;
Rice Omelet; Boil Egg; Fry Egg; Fry Egg Rice; Sandwich;
Honey; Chocolate; Cookie; Chocolate Cookie; Cake; Apple
Pie; Apple Jam; Hot Milk; Fruit Juice; Relaxation Tea;
Ice-Cream.
[B-Date] Summer 3rd or Summer 10th (if your B-day falls on 3rd)
[Rival] Kai
Rick:
Rick wears glasses and look like a young farmer. His blond hair has
touched his shoulder. He HATES Kai due to the latter's popularity with
girls. He likes to get along with Karen. Rick hosts the annual Chicken
Festival and leads the Chicken Team for the Tomato Festival during
Summer.
[Places] Huge Mailbox Area; Poultry Farm; Outside Poultry Farm;
Blacksmith Shop
[Gift] Bodigizer; Wine; Spa-boiled Eggs; Mushrooms; Wild Grapes
[B-Date] Fall 27th
[Recipe] I can get it from him...
[6]=-~ Yodel Ranch ~-=
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This is the place where you can buy cows and sheep for your barn. It is
owned by the old man, Barley who loves to visit the hot spring during
Mondays (BTW, he gets really fed up when it rains on Mondays) and his
granddaughter, May. May's mother has left her there under the care of
Barley. You can get your horse here upon your first visit. Inside the
horse, you will find a female dog; Hana-chan. After the mating, you
will find Yone of the puppies here...
(Operating hours: 9am to 3pm; Closed on Mondays)
Barley:
He is the old man who wears a green outfit, glasses and a long bear.
BTW, he is bald. He loves flowers, vegetables and food manufactured
from livestock. If you get on good terms with him, you can go upstairs
of his house. BTW, he would even mate your dog with his female dog,
Hana-chan in the spring of your 2nd year.
Talk him during working hours and you will get the following options:
Fodder [20G] (max. 999)
C.M Potion* [3000G]
S.M Potion* [3000G]
Buy Cow [6000G]
Buy Sheep [4000G]
Sell Cow` -----
Sell Sheep` -----
Bell' [500G]
Animal Medicine* [1000G]
*After you used the item, you will be able to buy this item again.
`You will be brought to the list of cows or sheep.
'You can only buy it once.
[Places] Yodel Ranch; Hot Spring Area; Thomas' House
[Gift] Green Pepper; Pink Cat Flower; Moon drop Flower; Spa-boiled
Eggs; Bamboo Shoot; Mushroom
[B-Day] Spring 17th
[Recipe] Ice-cream
May:
May is a cheerful little girl, who wears a red dress. She would show
the gift that you have given to her grandfather, Barley. She loves
company if you get into good terms with them, you will get to know
more about her past...
[Places] Same as Barley
(After you have known her past and take her to the church...)
Outside Church; Inside Church; Yodel Ranch
[Gift] Garbage (except Fish Bone); Ice-cream
[B-Day] Winter 26th
[Recipe] I doubt she can give you any...
[7]=-~ Saibara's Blacksmith ~-=
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This is one of the most important shops that you must know in Harvest
Moon: BTN. The Blacksmith Shop owned by the old blacksmith, Saibara and
his grandson (apprentice), Gray. Both of them love mining-related
stuffs and mountainous vegetables.
(Operating Hours: 9am to 4pm, closed on Thursdays)
Saibara:
He is an old fellow who is an expert in remodeling your tools with
the ore that you have mine in the game. Saibara often visits festivals
and takes a long time in upgrade your tools, making accessories and
certain makers such as Mayonnaise Maker, Cheese Maker and Yard Ball
Maker. Talk him during working hours and you will get the following
options:
Leveling ups a tool - You must equip the tool and ore on the hand.
Girl's present (01000G); Orichalcum Ore 3 Days
Mayonnaise Maker* (20000G); Adamantite Ore 5 Days
Cheese Maker* (20000G); Adamantite Ore 5 Days
Yard Ball Maker* (20000G); Adamantite Ore 5 Days
Buy Tool
Brush` [800G]
Clippers` [1800G]
Milker` [2000G]
It is rather complex in the beginning but you will get used to it.
To upgrade a tool, you must earn the required experience points before
you can perform an upgrade. The experience points chart is the one that
is shown below:
Class Ore Color Experience Amount of Days Cost
Copper (Copper) [100%] [3] (1000G)
Silver (Silver) [200%] [3] (2000G)
Gold (Gold) [300%] [3] (3000G)
Mystrile (Dark Blue) [400%] [3] (5000G)
NOTE: It is not necessary to go from the levels. Once you have reached
the required experience points, you can upgrade it automatically.
Just simply equip your ore and tool to be upgraded on the hand. Talk
to Saibara and you will given the following three prompts:
Level up tool
Give the ore as gift
Nothing
While making Mayonnaise Maker, Cheese Maker, Yard Ball Maker and any
accessory, there isn't any need to equipped the ore on the hand. Make
sure that you put the ore in rucksack or it WILL be considered that you
are giving the ore to Saibara as a gift.
During the days where he is performing the upgrade, you WILL NOT be
entitled to enter the shop. You can STILL enter the shop on certain
festivals when the tool/accessory ready for collection. When
collecting a tool, make sure you have an additional slot in Equip
column. When collecting an accessory, make sure that you are not
holding anything on your hand.
[Places] Blacksmith's Shop; Supermarket
[Gift] Mushroom, Any Ore; Bamboo Shoot; Turnips; Cabbage
[B-Day] Spring 11th
[Recipe] Pickle Turnips
Gray:
He feels extremely boring by staying the village. Until... he has met a
girl called Mary at the Rose Square. Gray wears a blue cap and a light
brown coat. He often visits the library and stays in the Blacksmith's
Shop in the mornings.
[Places] Blacksmith Shop; Library; Inn; Mary's House
[Gift] Any Ore; Wine
[B-Day] Spring 6th
[Recipe] I can't get one from him...
[8] =-~ Aja Winery ~-=
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You can find Manna and her husband, Duke. The Winery has a field of
wild grapes to be harvested in Fall. Manna is an ultra talkative
person but she is very friendly and gives you hints on how to make
friends with the villagers.
(Operating Hours: 9am to 12pm, closed on Saturdays)
Just talk to Manna and you will be given the following options:
Wine 300G
Grape Juice 200G
If you have some cash to spare, you can get Wine for the Harvest
Sprites when the Supermarket is closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.
Manna:
Manna wears an apron, black top and blue skirt.
Manna is very friendly and talkative when you meet her outside working
hours. She is the one who tells you about how to make friends with the
people in village. She is a gossiper IMO but she could tell you more
about the people's past besides hers...
[Places] Aja Winery; Basil's House; Supermarket; Rose Square; Doug's
Place
[Gift] Moon drop Flower; Toy Flower; Pink Cat Flower; Flour; Oil;
Jewelry
[B-Day] Fall 11th (every funny sequence)
[Recipe] Greens
Duke:
Duke dressed like a bartender and has a black hair.
Duke, on the hand, is a loner-looking person perhaps due to the
departure of her daughter, Aja... He loves WINE but Manna always keep
track of the wine bottles in the store near the grapes field. He will
be offering you a job at the Winery (you can bring Cliff) on the first
year of game-play.
[Places] Aja Winery; Doug's Place
[Gift] Wine; Cheese; Spa-boiled Eggs; Boiled Eggs
[B-Day] Winter 15th
[Recipe] I got trouble in getting his recipe...
[9] =-~ Western Area of Mineral Village ~-=
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In this area, you will find three houses along with the Library. The
house next to the library is actually connected by the door on top of
the library. The two houses that you can find are Ellen's along
with the Mayor's House.
Library (Operating Hours: 10am to 4pm, closed on Mondays)
The library contains good information about Harvest Moon: BTN,
which includes a detail list about fishing, harvest sprites, forage,
etc. You will find Mary there during her working hours. The library
consists of two floors. On the second floor, you will be able to find
a door leading to the second floor of the house of Basil, Anna and
Mary.
Basil:
He dressed a bit like Louis except he is a bit younger.
Basil is a person, who believes that people and plants have telepathy,
he enjoys writing books about plants and other things about Mother's
Hill. Although there are very people going to read the books, he seems
never give any hopes and yearns to see the White Flower of Winter...
[Places] Mother's Hill; His House; His House 2nd-Floor
[Gift] Green Herb; Blue Herb; Red Herb; Poisonous Mushroom;
Mushroom; Truffle; (any vegetable crops); Bamboo Shoot
[B-Day] Summer 11th
[Recipe] Fruit Latte
Anna:
She wears a white skirt with green lining.
She is very upset if you attempt to go upstairs without her permission.
You need to give her a lot of flowers for about 2 straight seasons in
order to make friends with her. She is a housewife and often accompany
her family to the Mother's Hill on Mondays.
[Places] Her House; Mother's Hill; Rose Square; Supermarket
[Gift] Any Flowers; Honey; Flour; Oil; Turnips; Cabbage
[B-Day] Fall 23rd
[Recipe] I still can't get one from her...
* Tips: Don't attempt to enter the 2nd floor from the house. Instead
try to enter from Library as this will prevent the fall in ratings
between you and her!
Mary:
She wears spectacles and dressed like a student IMO.
She is not pretty as other girls that you can woo but she is very
friendly and easy to approach. IMO, she looks like a workaholic and
tends to stay in the library or her house. She is easy to approach and
very easy to woo as she loves most things that other girls don't like!
[Places] Her house; Library; Mother's Hill; Supermarket
[Gift] Ores [except Adamantite]; Herbs; Mushrooms; Truffle;
Bamboo Shoot; Poisonous Mushroom
[B-Day] Winter 20th
[Lover] Gray
Ellen's House
Inside this house, you will find Elli (occasionally), Stu and Ellen.
Ellen is the old lady who you have met earlier on the tour around
Mineral Village. She is pretty friendly and loves all seasons besides
Winter. Stu is the boy who loves to play pranks and enjoy company. He
seems to be on VERY good terms with May of Yodel Ranch. You can give
him the puppy if you like. As for Elli, I will talk more about her
under the Clinic.
Ellen:
Ellen is an old lady and a very good friend of the Mayor. Ellen has
two grandchildren, Stu and Elli. Ellen yearns to see the flower of
happiness during winter. [a tale which she will tell you if you make
friends with her in 1st year]
[Places] Her house
[Gift] Egg; Apple; Apple Pie
[B-Day] Winter 13th
[Recipe] Sandwich
Stu:
Surprisingly, he is the ONLY 5 year old+ kid in the game! Stu is a bit
naughty and loves company. He feel lonely because her sister, Elli has
been working throughout at the Clinic.
[Places] Ellen's House; Church
[Gift] Bread; Rice Ball; Yard Ball; Wool; Apple; Ice-cream
[B-Day] Fall 5th
[Recipe] I doubt so...
Mayor's House
Inside this house, you will find the Mayor along with his son, Kano,
the chief photographer of Mineral Village. The Mayor seems to like
Ellen (correct me if I am wrong) from his behavior and would deliver
apple pie to Ellen during Sundays...
Mayor:
He wears a red suit (pretty weird huh?)
The mayor looks a bit funny in my opinion. He is the man-in-charge and
seems to be good friends with Ellen. He is a friendly person but is
terrified of animals!!!
[Places] His House; Rose Square; Doug's Place; Ellen's House
[Gift] Wine; Egg; Turnips; Cucumbers; Corn
[B-Day] Summer 25th
[Recipe] Still can't get a recipe from his mouth...
Kano:
He dressed according to the western culture and has a black apron.
Kano plays a minor role in the game. He is the photographer of the
village and loves mountain [non-poisonous] produce. He adores his
father [the Mayor] and takes photograph for your victory at the horse
race.
[Places] Mayor's House
[Gift] Wine; Mushroom; Wild Grapes; Any farm produce; Truffle
[B-Day] 2nd Winter
[Recipe] I still can't get it...
Harris:
He dressed like a police officer in dark blue uniform.
Harris is the police officer in the game. You will find him solving
funny cases and normally mistook an animal for being a theft. He is a
pretty easy going lad.
[Places] Blacksmith's House; Mayor's House; Doug's Place; Yodel Ranch
[Gift] Wine; Flowers
[B-Day] 4th Summer
[Recipe] Fried Rice
[10] =-~ Central Area of Mineral Village ~-=
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This is an area that you MUST not miss! You will find a Supermarket
and a Clinic here. Jeff and Sasha own the Supermarket. The Clinic is
owned by the Doctor and Elli is working there as a nurse.
Supermarket (Operating Hours: 9am to 6pm, closed on Tues and Sundays)
The Supermarket is a shopper's paradise in Harvest Moon: BTN. You can
find several items that be bought here along with Jeff, Sasha and
Karen.
You need to examine the seeds package in the middle in order to buy
the seeds. Each packet contained nine seeds.
[Spring Planting] [Summer Planting] [Fall Planting]
Grass [500G] |Grass [500G] |Grass [500G]
Turnip [120G] |Onion [150G] |Carrot [300G]
Potato [150G] |Tomato [200G] |Egg Plant [120G]
Cucumber [200G] |Corn [300G] |Sweet Potato [300G]
Strawberry* [150G] |Pumpkin* [500G] |Spinach* [200G]
You will find the packet of seeds appearing on the time that you can
plant the seeds. When you have a hothouse inside your farm, you will
be able to buy all seeds at any point of time.
The seeds marked in '*' is only available when you have met a
requirement. The requirements are listed below. If you have gotten
the requirement [check the 'Amount of Produce Shipped' Menu], check
your mailbox the next day, you will find a message that seeds are
available for sale. Crops that are marked with {} are seeds that can
be bought from Won, the Chinese merchant who you can meet inside Doug's
Place after 3rd of spring in your first year.
Strawberry - Sell 100 kinds of Turnips, Potatoes, Cucumbers and
{Cabbages}
Pumpkin - Sell 100 kinds of Onions, Tomatoes, Corn and {Pineapples}.
Spinach - Sell 100 kinds of Carrots, Eggplants; Sweet Potatoes and
{Green Peppers}
You can also buy the following items by picking them up (they are found
on the left and right corners of the shops):
[Cooking Corner] [Wrapper Corner]
Bread 100G Fish Food [20G per packet]
Rice Balls 100G Basket [5000G]
Curry Powder 50G Rucksack (M) [3000G, Rucksack (L)` 5000G]
Flour 50G Wrapping Paper# [100G]
Oil 50G Blue Feather' [1000G]
` This is only available after you bought Rucksack (M)
# You can wrap any kind of item besides animals (dog, chick or
chicken), just equip the item and held it on hand, next examine the
wrapper to wrap as a gift. When the gift is kept inside a wrapper,
you can't store it inside the Cupboard or Icebox.
' The Blue Feather is available ASAP once you have made a girl's love
rating to orange (i.e. you are ready to propose). If you failed, you
will find a new one at the Supermarket, of course you need to pay
for it again.
I supposed that is enough for the shopping list otherwise I would
forget about the people living there...
Jeff:
He dressed in western culture except he has a small goatee and
child-like looking face.
Jeff looks a bit cute IMO. He always give his fellow villages on credit
and seldom chases after them. His wife, Sasha is very displeased with
that behavior... He is the owner of the Supermarket.
[Places] Supermarket; Clinic; Doug's Place
[Gifts] Honey; Cheese; Milk; Egg; Any medicine (tonic) from Clinic
[B-Day] 29th Winter
[Recipe] I still can't get one from him...
Sasha:
She has blond hair and resembles a typical housewife...
She is the mother of Karen and wife of Jeff. She will normally go to
the Rose Square and chat with Manna or Anna. She is pretty friendly and
easy get along with everyone in the village.
[Places] Anna's House; Yodel Ranch; Chicken Lil's; Supermarket
[Gifts] Honey; Flour; Oil; Bread; Rice Ball
[B-Day] 30th Spring
[Recipe] Chocolate Cookies
Karen:
She dressed a bit westernized and has blond hair.
She is rather mature as compared to other 'woo' girls. But she seems to
dislike what her parents like. She loves mature guys and is the songbird
of the village.
[Places] Supermarket, Doug's Place; Gotz's Place; Hot Spring Area;
Mineral Beach
[Gifts] Wine; Honey; Jewelry
[B-Day] 15th Fall [it will be on 23rd fall, if your b-day falls on
15th]
[Rival] Rick
Mineral Clinic (Operating Hours: 9am to 6pm, closed on Wednesdays)
If you step in the clinic automatically without going there yourself,
I supposed that it is really bad. The Clinic cures sick and you can
find the lone Doctor along with Elli. You can find Elli there most of
time compared when she stays inside her house.
Talk to Doctor and you will be able to get the following options:
Examination - 10G [you will get recommendations too!]
Get Medicine Requirements
- Bodigizer 500G N/A
- Turbojolt 1000G N/A
- Bodigizer XL 1000G after you have gotten kitchen upgrade
- Turbojolt XL 2000G after you have gotten bedroom upgrade
Doctor:
(You should know the basic dressing of a doctor...)
The doctor looks a bit ... gloomy! He seldom smile and tends to hide
his feelings. He works in the village to continue with his research.
[Places] Mother's Hill; Clinic
[Gifts] Red Herbs; Blue Herbs
[B-Day] 17th Fall
[Recipe] Mixed Juice
Elli:
She wears a blue and white uniform of a nurse but looks more like a
flower girl to me...
Elli works at the clinic as a nurse. She is elder sister of Stu and
granddaughter of Ellen. She visits her home on Wednesdays. She loves
flowers and babies...
[Places] Clinic; Her House; Supermarket
[Gifts] Any flower
[B-Day] 16th Spring [it will be on 20th if your b-day falls on 16th]
[Rival] Doctor
[11] =-~ Doug's Place ~-=
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Doug's Place is an inn in the morning and a bar at night. You can find
a lot of townsfolk staying here. Ann and Doug lives here. You can order
food at the counter where you find Doug. Ann spends most of her time in
the Inn and occasionally takes a walk to Mother's Hill. You can find
Gray and cliff Staying here too!
(Operating Hours: 8am to 9pm)
Set Meal 500G
Salad 300G
Apple Pie 300G
Cheesecake 250G
Cookie 200G
Water 0G
Doug:
Doug has brownish orange hair and dress like a bartender.
Doug is an expert in cooking and win the Cooking Festival most of time.
He loves cooking related stuffs and yearn to "help" her daughter to get
married. His wife passed away early...
[Places] Doug's Place
[Gifts] Flour; Oil; Bread; Rice Ball; Cheese; Milk; Egg
[B-Day] 11th Winter
[Recipe] Cheese Fondue
Ann:
Ann dressed like a tom-boy and has orange brownish hair (tied up).
Ann is really cute and tom-boyish at the same time. She loves clean
rooms and cooked food. Besides her father winning the Cooking Festival,
occasionally you may see her winning the competition. She is pretty
modest and loves animals.
[Places] Doug's Place; Hot Spring Area
[Gifts] Spa-boiled Eggs; Chocolate; Grilled Fish
[B-Day] Summer 17th [If your b-day falls on 17th, it will be 22nd]
[Rival] Cliff
Cliff:
He wears a brown outfit (which is indeed very rare in the game...)
Cliff comes to the village alone and feel lonely. He got no jobs
offered to him before Fall where you can ask him to help out in the
vineyard. Cliff loves cooked food. If you don't offer him the job, he
will leave the village in Winter.
[Places] Doug's Place; Church; Aja Winery
[Gifts] Bread; Rice Ball; Spa-boiled Eggs
[B-Day] 6th Summer
[Recipe] I still can't get one from him...
- Won's seeds store -
Be careful of long speeches if you don't have an empty slot...
Cabbage Seeds 500G
Pineapple Seeds 1000G
Green Pepper Seeds 150G
Moon Drop Flower Seeds 500G
Toy Flower Seeds 300G
Pink Cat Flower Seeds 200G
Magic Red Seeds 600G
Orange Cup Seeds 500G
(Operating Hours: 1pm to 3pm)
Won:
He wears an ancient Chinese hat and spectacles. He wears a bright
yellow outfit.
Won dressed a bit exotic and was a merchant. He was found suspiciously
and was being chased after by Harris. He sells exotic seeds and
vegetable seeds that you can't buy from the Supermarket. He is a cheater
too... for a few times only.
SUGDW Apple - he will sell one to you for 500G in Spring 1st year.
Dog Ball - he will sell one to you for 100G in Fall 1st year. If you
lost the dog ball, you can buy it again unless he pays
a visit to your farm.
Vase - He will sell one to you for 5000G after the bedroom
extension upgrade
Blue Feather - He will sell one to you for 30,000G if you did not buy
the Blue Feather after reading a mail from the mailbox.
[Places] Doug's Place
[Gifts] Wine; Jewelry
[B-Day] 19th Winter
[Recipe] I still can't get one from him...
[12] =-~ Mineral Church and The Harvest Sprites ~-=
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In this area, you will find a church, a graveyard (where you can find
graves of the previous mayors) and a small hut at the backyard of the
church. I don't know a lot of people has gotten the problem in finding
the harvest sprites' hut. Anyway, below is a simple ASCII map to help
those who got problems in finding the house:
__________________ ___________ ____
| | | | HS | HS stands for the Harvest
| (Graveyard) | [Church] | |____| Sprites' house.
|__________________| |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |___________| ~
~ ~
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
~~
Pastor Carter:
He is a gentle looking guy who never got angry easily. He loves people
giving him things, making him the easiest person to make friends with.
[Places] Church
[Gifts] Flour; Oil; Bread; Curry; Rice Balls; any crops; Wine
[B-Day] 20th Fall
[Recipe] Strawberry Milk
Harvest Sprites:
The harvest sprites are actually elves or dwarfs. They are small and
tiny. You can find the icons of them under the Help Screen. There are a
total of 7 sprites and you can find facts about them in the library.
[Places] Harvest Sprites' House
[Gifts] {Flour}; {Bread}; {Rice Ball}; {Wine}; Flowers; Cucumber
[B-Day] Bold (purple sprite) - 4th Spring
Staid (blue sprite) - 15th Spring
Aqua (light blue sprite) - 26th Spring
Timid (green sprite) - 16th Summer
Hoggy (yellow sprite) - 10th Fall
Nappy (orange sprite) - 22nd Winter
[Recipes] Chef- Roasted Potatoes
[13] =-~ Mineral Beach ~-=
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I myself is pretty surprised that I could have so much to say about
this part of the village. The sea is being infested with garbage but
contains large fish. IMO, it would be better to get a basket [bought
for 5000G from the Supermarket] along with you while fishing. You can
deposit the trash and fish into the bin at the same time. Anyway, the
seaside is pretty quiet for most of times.
(Seaside Lodge: Summer Only Mondays - Sundays 12pm to 5pm)
Food sold from Seaside Lodge (no take-away ^_^;)
Snow Cone 300G
Roasted Corn 250G
Pasta 300G
Pizza 200G
Water 0G
Kai:
Kai wears a purple bandana and is a terrific swimmer. He will always
come and visit the village in Summer. [That also explain why Rick is so
unpleased with him] Kai is on very good terms with the girls!
[Places] Doug's Place; Seaside Lodge
[Gifts] Bread; Oil; Flour; Corn
[B-Day] 22nd Summer
[Recipe] Popcorn
Greg:
Greg is the fisherman in the village. He seems somewhat associated
with Zack the delivery man. He seldom appears on the streets and even
festivals. You can only find him at the docks from 7am to 10am and
7pm to 10pm during Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. He has dark skin
and white hair. He always carries a straw hat on his back.
[Place] Dock
[Gifts] Large Fish; Wine
[B-Day] 29th Spring
[Recipe] I still can't get one from him...
Zack:
Zack is a muscular deliveryman and has a punk-like hairstyle. Zack is
pretty friendly and loves dogs. Zack is the person who comes to your
farm and deliver your produce from the bin at 5pm. He will come at that
time everyday besides festivals. He also helps to deliver the utensils
that you can buy from the Supermarket.
[Place] Your Farm at 5pm; Supermarket; Saibara's Blacksmith; Dock
[Gifts] Large Fish; Bodigizer; Turbojolt; Bread; Honey; Rice Ball;
Wine
[B-Day] 29th Summer
[Recipe] Fried Noodles
[14] =-~ Rose Square ~-=
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This is the place for gatherings and festival. You can find the trio
of housewives (Manna, Sasha and Anna) gathering there and chat about
the village from 1pm to 3:30pm on a fine day. The rose square has a
notice board where you can read about the latest festival that is
coming. You can also find a trash bin where you can deposit unwanted
stuff there.
North path - Doug's Place
South path - Mineral Beach
East path - Mineral Church
West path - Yodel Ranch
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[V.9] Menu Explanations
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Currently, I am still working towards on getting 100% for my farm. I
have found out by doing the following it helps to increase the
percentage (it may be wrong, hence please correct me if you know it):
- Get 10 hearts for your dog, horse, wife and child. (40%)
- Get 10 cows (1% for each cow) (10%)
- Get 10 sheep (1% for each sheep) (10%)
- Get 10 hearts for every harvest sprites
- Catch all the six legendary fishes (10%)*
- Sell more than 100 for every produce under your Produce sheet
- Upgrade all your tools to the Mystrile Level. (5%)*
- Have all house upgrades (henhouse upgrade, house upgrade 1, barn
upgrade, house upgrade 2 and the hothouse) (5%)*
- Uncover more than 60 recipes (1% for every 10 recipe) (5%)*
- Make friends with everyone in the village. (15%)*
Those marked with '*' are assumptions made by me, i.e. they are not
confirmed yet.
To activate the main menu besides the equip menu (which I will discuss
in further details later), just hit the START button on your PSX
controller:
~- Main Menu -~
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IMO, the main menu is very easy to navigate and interactive as the
creators of the game has made use of icons of their characters to
illustrate the menu. (It would be boring to see only words right?)
_____________________________
_______| |______
| | [Name of Farm] (XXX%) | |
| |_____________________________| | (Legend)
| | [You] (Icon of 'you')
| [You] (Money) (XXXXXXXXXX) | *** (Power Berries)
| ********** | [H] (Extensions LVL)
| [H] 100% (Chick) [X] (C. Feed)[XXX]| [R] (Amt of recipes)
| [R] 56 | [Wife] (Icon of 'wife')
| (Cow) [X] (Fodder) [XXX]| OOO (# of hearts)
| [Wife] | [Kid] (Icon of 'kid')
| OOOOOOOOOO (Sheep) [X] | [Dog] (Icon of 'dog')
| [Kid] | [Horse](Icon of horse)
| OOOOOOOOOO (Fish) [X] (F. Feed)[XXX]| [Fs] (Legendary Fish)
| [Dog] |
| OOOOOOOOOO (Halo) [X] (Lumber) [XXX]| (C. Feed) stands for
| [Horse] | Chicken Feed
| OOOOOOOOOO [Fs][Fs][Fs][Fs][Fs][Fs] | (F. Feed) stands for
|____________________________________________| Fish Food
Now I will go into a step further on how to get the icon marks for the
Menu (it may take a while...):
=-~ *** (Power Berries) ~-=
In the game, your character (or I would call 'Hero') will have limited
strength and stamina. If he wears out due to exhaustion, he will faint
and be sent to the clinic. To avoid this, you can do the following:
(1) Eat! In spring, you can find Bamboo Shoots and Blue Herbs (great
restorative items!) near the hot spring
(2) If you have money, go to the Clinic and buy medicine from the
Doctor.
(3) Stay inside the hot spring for an hour...
To withstand longer, you need to get Power berries. They are berries
that can be found by mining, fishing and questing. Please refer to
the tips section for the list of quests in getting them. But it
doesn't mean with all the power berries, you can work 24hrs a day
without tiring out yourself out. You still need to rest or you
can get the special berry from the Kappa in the lake of Mother's Hill
by dropping 3 cucumbers (you need to grow this yourself during spring).
=-~ [H] Extensions Level and (Lumber) ~-=
At the start of the game, you will begin with 0%. You need to chop
Lumber using your ax on branches (those orange logs) and tree stumps
when your Ax has upgrade to a bronze Ax. For tips on upgrading, please
see 'Farming Tools' for more details. As you accumulate lumber, you
will find the quantity digits next to the lumber increase. You can have
the maximum of 999 lumber. After you have gotten lumber and a lot of
money, you can proceed to the woodcutter's house and look for Gotz.
You will be given options to build the following extensions:
Henhouse Upgrade [Cost: 420 lumber and 5,000G]
Your henhouse can house 10 chickens and has an extra incubator and Feed
Spout. This is the first upgrade and you MUST upgrade your henhouse
first before you can upgrade your house to get a kitchen!
House - Kitchen [Cost: 370 lumber and 4,700G]
With this upgrade, you have a kitchen to cook, a icebox (to store food
and ingredients for cooking) and cupboard for objects. (Such as
jewelry, ores, etc)
Barn Upgrade [Cost: 500 lumber and 6,800G]
The upgraded barn allows you to build the Cheese Makers and Yard Ball
Maker. You will find two feed spouts and 22 feed boxes. Those two
additional feed boxes are pregnancy livestock. You can only the maximum
of 20 livestock.
House - Bedroom [Cost: 750 lumber and 10,000G]
You will get an extra bedroom (for your future wife). You need to get
this upgrade IN ORDER for marriage.
Hothouse [Cost: 580 lumber and 30,000G]
Surprisingly, I wonder how Gotz got glass from those pieces of lumber
that you have given to him for this 'greenhouse'. The greenhouse has
a size of 7x7 field for you to grow crops all year around. Once you
have build the hothouse, every seasonal seeds will be available. [There
are exceptions for seeds bought from Won and those seeds that needs
requirements (e.g. strawberries, refer to Crops Guide for more
details)]
=-~ [R](Recipes) ~-=
Well, here comes the interesting part about Harvest Moon: BTN. You need
to make use of the crops, cooking utensils and seasonings to create a
homemade dish. The dish can also be used for cooking competition and
gifts. The ladies will normally preferred dishes than plain raw crops.
But there is a problem, as you need to stock up crops inside your
Icebox and get utensils (along with seasonings). You need to have the
Kitchen in order to cook along with the utensils. You can buy the
utensils and the seasonings from the Shopping Network every Saturday in
TV. Refer to the Tips or walkthrough for more details.
You can get recipes (in words) from villagers when you make friends
with them but they will not be added to the recipes list. I myself
believe that there are a total of 80 recipes (there are 80 slots for
them) but I have only gotten 60 recipes for my game-play currently.
Refer to the recipe guide for more details. It is found under the
Item bestiary section.
=-~ [Wife] & OOO ~-=
After you are married, you will find your wife's icon under this main
menu. There is a heart indicator on the number of hearts that your
wife has. Each heart accounts for 1% of the farm rating hence take
good care of your wife by giving her presents every day even after you
are married!
=-~ [Kid] ~-=
If you have been giving your wife presents for a season, she will get
pregnant. Make sure you make a trip to the Clinic when she is starting
to show symptoms of vomiting or nauseous. Wait for another two seasons
and the baby will be born. After the baby is born, continue to give
presents to your wife in order to maintain the heart. The baby will be
in its cradle form for 2 seasons. Once it is able to crawl, remember to
give him (it is always a male) presents too and do not neglect your
wife. He loves HOT MILK! As for the doubt whether the kid will grow up,
I myself REALLY DON'T know hence please do not bother me about this.
=-~ [Dog] ~-=
You will find your dog inside your farm along with his doghouse. You
can take your dog outside and showing it to the villagers. Some of them
may not like though. Your dog will be in the puppy stage for 2 seasons.
On the first fall of your game play; the dog will grow to an adult
stage. Next you can buy a dog ball from Won (he will come to your
farm) and use it to train your dog! Be careful, as the dog ball gets
lost easily! Otherwise, you have to wait for Won to sell another one
for you. Carrying it everyday will boost its affection for you but
not preparing it for the dog race. Hence the better method is to use
the dog ball to train your dog. My dog runs last despite having eight
hearts because I did not use the dog ball to train!
=-~ [Horse] ~-=
IMO, the horse is a very important livestock for your farm. You need to
collect it on your first visit to Yodel Farm (not on Mondays). Talk to
it every day and brush it with the brush (800G) bought from Saibara the
Blacksmith. Keep it in an enclosed area and bring it back to the stable
when it rains. The horse is very uncooperative at the beginning [I had
to spend several game hours in moving it back to the stable.] The tip
is to build an enclosed fence in front of the stable and push the horse
while holding down Circle button. After it has gotten 4 hearts, make
use of the whistle (R2) but it would still cause some problems though.
Just BARE it for a year and make sure your horse has obtained at LEAST
EIGHT hearts. At the end of the first year, Barley will visit your
farm and attempt to take the horse back. If the horse doesn't neighs,
you need to grow more than 30 patches of grass for a second horse...
If it does, you will have an adult horse at the end of the first year!
The adult horse allows you to ride on it but not beyond the farms. You
will have no problems in taking care of it. The saddle works movable
bin like the one you find near your house. It is a good asset for the
farm. Hence take care of the horse!
=-~ (Chick) & (C. Feed) ~-=
At the start of the game, you don't have any chickens. You need to get
one from Chicken Lili's (the poultry farm of the village) by buying one
for 1000G. Next you need to feed them regularly with a chicken feed
per chicken. The chicken feed can be obtained in two methods: (1) buy
one at 10G per feed from the poultry farm and (2) throw a corn against
the windmill to get 10 feeds! To get extra chickens without buying one
from the poultry farm, use the incubator found next to the feed spout
(That is also the place where you collect the feeds). Just position
yourself holding an egg facing the incubator and hit X button. Wait for
three days and the egg will hatch. After the eggs are hatched, continue
feed the chickens/chick with chicken feeds. It takes around 6 ~ 7 days
for a chick to grow into an adult hen. If a chicken wins the Chicken
Festival, it will lay golden eggs, which fetch for a higher price! You
will get Golden Wool and Milk if your sheep and cows win their
festivals respectively.
=-~ (Fodder) ~-=
Fodder is actually food for your barn animals. Fodder can be obtained
via two methods: (1) Cut from thick layer of grass or (2) buy from
Saibara for 20G each. Fodder is essentially if you want your cows to
produce milk and maintain the hearts for the barn animals. To get
fodder from grass, you need to make use of your sickle.
=-~ (Cow) ~-=
Similar to the chicken, you need to buy one from Yodel Farm by talking
to Barley. Cows are expensive but their milk can fetch a handy price.
You need to get fodder through the following methods (1) buy from
Yodel Farm for 10G and (2) grew grass and use sickle to collect fodder.
That's not all! You need buy a milker from Saibara the Blacksmith. BTW
you can only get milk from ADULT cows ONLY. The cows that you bought
from Saibara are only in the calf stage. If you did not feed them
without fodder, they would not produce milk and their hearts will not
grow! Talk and brush them frequently helps to build up the heart meter.
If you don't want to bring fodder from the feed spout, build an enclosed
area where grass are grown and they will be feed automatically! You can
get cows by buying (recommended) or using a C.M Potion. Below is the
life cycle of a cow...
Baby Calf --> Calf --> Adult Cow
If you use a C.M potion, you will find a red heart next to the Cow's
thumbnail on Cows List screen. This indicates that the cow is pregnant.
BTW, only adult cows can get pregnant and they would not be able to
produce milk until they give birth. It takes 3 weeks for a cow to give
birth. You can't participate a pregnant cow into the Cow Festival.
After the cow has give birth, you will be able to name it. Remember to
take good care of it. Plant a new patch of grass to support the new
livestock. It takes 2 weeks for the baby calf to mature into a calf. It
takes around 2 weeks for the calf to mature into a cow. If you buy a
cow from Yodel Ranch, it will start off with the calf stage. Hence,
buying a new cow seems to be a more worthy investment.
NOTE: You can't get milk from the baby calf or calf. The Adult Cow looks
a lot more bigger than Hero in size.
=-~ (Sheep) ~-=
For those who intend to sell 100 wool or yard balls, make sure that you
get a sheep ASAP. Sheep are easier to take care off. The sheep takes
only 2 weeks to become an adult. [Although there aren't any size
difference between a young sheep and adult sheep.] To build up its
affection, talk and brush it everyday. The sheep's wool sells much
compared to other produce. But it takes a week for the sheep to produce
wool. You need to use a clipper to get the wool off from the sheep,
which can bought from the Blacksmith. You can buy new sheep from Yodel
Ranch or use a S.M Potion on the sheep. The pregnancy period is 3 weeks.
To make a sheep pregnant, it must be an adult sheep and must not have
its wool sheared. You can't sheared the wool from the sheep during the
pregnancy period. To get yard balls, you need to get Adamantite Ore (
from the winter mine) and pay 20,000G to Saibara to build a Yard Ball
Maker. Talk to Saibara when the yard ball maker is ready. Just simply
position Hero in front of the yard ball maker with the wool in hand.
Aim and hit X to convert the wool into yard ball. Yard Ball fetches a
higher price by the way...
=-~ (Fish) ~-=
You can't start fishing at the start of the game... You need to get a
fishing rod (make sure you have an empty slot under equip section).
To get this equipment, you must go to the docks during 7am to 10am or
7pm to 10pm on either Friday, Saturday or Sunday. You will be able to
meet Greg the fisherman. Talk to him and pick that you like fishing.
To fish, just simply equip the fishing rod on hand and hit Square on a
water filled area. After the cast has reached the water, do not release
the Square button. Wait for it to vibrate and release. You will catch
a fish/ hooked up a garbage item or nothing! There are several places
where you can fish. I will elaborate more about them later.
You can breed fishes. [i.e. make a small fish to grow to large fish and
giving a new small fish when the existing small fish reaches the adult
stage]. To do this, you need to catch some fish (refer to the steps
that are mentioned in the paragraph above) and deposit them into the
fish pond. Next you need to get fish food through purchase only from
the Supermarket for 50G. You just need to deposit one fish food inside
the fish pond everyday. (The quantity of fishes in the pond does not
have any impact) You can only have 99 fishes in the fish pond. If you
have more than 50 fishes, you will see Greg visiting your pond and give
you a better fishing equipment. (You need to have an empty slot in the
equip portion before exiting the house in order to get the equipment)
The fishing pole is a better equipment compared to fishing rod. It is
not necessary that you need to use the fishing pole in order to catch
legendary fish. But some of legendary fishes requires a fishing pole.
There are several places where you can catch fish. They are the sea,
the lake, the waterfall, winter mine's pond and river streams. Weird
fishing spots include the hot-pot during Harvest Festival in Fall and
the fishing pond ^_^;) You can only catch large fish from the ocean.
The lake is fairly clean as being compared to other spots. The sea is
very dirty and you will get garbage most of time. But there is a tip,
which I myself also got from the library besides a fellow FAQ writer:
The books says something like the sentence below:
"The fish population in the sea has decreased greatly due to the
dumping of trash into the rivers and sea" (a.k.a water population)
You can 'increase' the fish population (easier to catch fish from the
ocean) by depositing the garbage into the trash bin found in the Rose
Square OR...
Get the basket (bought from Supermarket for 5000G) to the harbor. Place
the basket behind Hero. As you get a garbage item (e.g. fish bone,
trash can and boot), just aim and throw in the basket. You will find
the basket shakes a bit but there is no crops for sale! For my case, it
did helps to improve my chances of catching fish during winter.
=-~ (Halo) ~-=
If you got a '1' under this section, you are really a bad job in taking
care of your animals. There are certain indications of chickens, cow
and sheep dying... I know that if you don't feed your chicken for a
month, it start to turns brown in color. If you left your chickens
outside the farm during a weather hazard, you need to do the following:
Raise your hand, waive and say 'bye'! (The chickens are blown off!)
=-~ [FS] ~-=
These will represent the legendary fishes that you have caught. There
are a total of six legendary fishes. They are the Carp, Angler, Sea
Bream, Catfish and Squid. For the requirements, please refer to the
walkthrough or the tips section.
=-~ Amount Shipped ~-=
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I supposed that the diagram below spells out everything that I need to
explain ^_^;) It is a pity that the makers does not use a help bar
below to aid users to understand what the crop is.
_____________________________
__________| Amount |_________
| | [Name of Farm] Shipped | |
| |_____________________________| |
| |
| [Turnip] [Potato] [Cucumber] |
| [Strawberry]* [Cabbage] [Tomato] |
| [Corn] [Onion] [Pumpkin]* |
| [Pineapple] [Eggplant] [Carrot] |
| [Sweet Potato] [Spinach]* [Green Pepper] |
| [Egg] [Milk] [Wool] |
| [Mayonnaise]` [Cheese]` [Yard Ball]` |
|__________________________________________________|
But there are a few things that I need to explain first before I
proceed onto the next section...
Crops that are marked with '*' can be obtained by selling 100 of the
seasonal crops to buy the seeds from the Supermarket.
[Spring Planting]
Turnip seeds, Potato seeds and Cucumber seeds can be bought from the
Supermarket. To get Cabbage seeds, you need to go and look for Won at
Doug's Place. Grow 100 kinds of the seeds mentioned above and you will
be able to buy Strawberry seeds.
[Summer Planting]
Tomato seeds, Onion seeds and Corn seeds can be bought from the
Supermarket. To get Pineapple seeds, you need to go and look for Won at
Doug's Place. Grow 100 kinds of the seeds mentioned above and you will
be able to buy Pumpkin seeds.
[Fall Planting]
Sweet Potato seeds, Eggplant seeds and Carrot seeds can be bought from
the Supermarket. To get Green Pepper seeds, you need to go and look for
Won at Doug's Place. Grow 100 kinds of the seeds mentioned above and you
will be able to buy Spinach seeds.
Crops that are marked with '`' are stuff that can be 'manufactured' by
the OO Makers. To get a maker, you must meet the prequisite such as the
essential ore and a handful sum of money. Once you got a maker, you just
need to deposit the 'prequisite crop' into the maker to get 'manfactured
crop'. Below are the transfer chart through OO Makers:
Starting Produce Manfactured Produce via OO Makers
Egg (Normal) Mayonnaise S
Egg (Good) Mayonnaise M
Egg (Excellent) Mayonnaise L
Egg (Golden) Mayonnaise G
Milk S Cheese S
Milk M Cheese M
Milk L Cheese L
Milk G Cheese G
Wool S Yard Ball (S)
Wool M Yard Ball (M)
Wool L Yard Ball (L)
Wool G Yard Ball (G)
There is an alternative way of getting mayonnaise. You need to have
eggs and a mixer (bought from the shopping network in Sat, refer to
Recipe Guide for more details). The size of mayonnaise differs as it
based on the quality of the egg.
=-~ Chicken List, Cow List and Sheep List ~-=
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For every chicken, cow and sheep you own, you will get 1% for your
farm. To build up the hearts, refer to the Main menu explanation for
more details. The list typically illustrate the icon of animal, the
amount of hearts it has and its birthday. When a cow/ a sheep is
pregnant (when you use a C.M /S.M potion on a cow / sheep
respectively), you will find a small heart next to the icon. Below is
an ASCII illustrate how the basic layout of a single animal:
[Icon] Name [S] Date / Age
OOOOOOOOOO
Legend:
OO Hearts
[Icon] Icon of the chick/chicken/sheep/cow
[S] Season
I supposed the animals have infinite lifespan as long you take good
care of them... (sounds a bit ridiculous huh?)
=-~ Help ~-=
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The help section features the Harvest Sprites's affection for you. If
you are 'good friends' (i.e. by making them happy by giving them flour)
with them, they will be more willing to help! There are seven harvest
sprites as shown in the help section. There is a heart indicator for
every sprite. The more hearts the sprites have, they will be more
willing to help your farm out. The names of the sprites are:
Chef (red); Nappy (orange); Hoggy (yellow); Timid (green); Bold
(purple); Aqua (light blue) and Staid (blue).
You can locate them in a small hut found beside/ behind the church.
Importance of heart indicator
If you talk to them several times, you will be able to 'employ' them
for a maximum of 7 days. They will be very unwilling to help during
spring because of their spring tea party. You may end up talking to
them 6 times if their heart ratings are 2+. The heart indicator does
not only focus on their willingness to work but also their efforts on
the farm. If their heart ratings are low, they will work with less
effort compared to high heart ratings.
To build up the heart rating, you can give them FLOUR! If the day
happened to fall on Sunday or Tuesday, give them WINE. Flour can be
bought from the Supermarket for 50G and Wine can be bought from Aja
Winery (opposite the Blacksmith shop) for 300G. You will find them
resting all over your farm when they have finished the work. The flour
is works like wages.
Some tips in hiring:
Do not hire them all at once. You will find out one day that you don't
have any help and you will be so busy that you will forget to hire
them. Plan your days wisely. Give them flour when they start to slow
down in their work. If you hire them when their heart ratings are
between 2 to 3, you may need to do some spot checking on your farm.
You will bound to find incomplete work. When their heart ratings are
8 to 10 (in terms of hearts btw), they will work and finish the job!
About Chef:
If you give Chef gifts like flowers, cucumbers or turnips, he will
tell something about Kappa in the lake found at Mother's Hill. That
leads to the gaining of a secret power berry. PLEASE refer to the
'Game-play Tips' section for more details.
=-~ Earnings and Expenses ~-=
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Personally, you will find two important numbers found at the top right
hand corner of the menu. The top figure states the earnings (or
revenue) and the lower figure states the expenses. Earnings will
increase when you drop a produce that can be sold. Expenses are the
cash that you spend on items such as seeds, jewelry, upgrading, etc.
BTW, could someone explain to me about those bar charts found below the
screen? I really don't understand it at all!
=-~ Level ~-=
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You will find the five tools that can be upgraded with an ore by the
Saibara. Upgraded Tools are important as they allow you to have a
special effect like watering an area of 3x3, chopping tree stumps, etc.
You will see the list of tools.
100% and above - Allows you to upgrade the tool to Copper.
200% and above - Allows you to upgrade the tool to Silver.
300% and above - Allows you to upgrade the tool to Gold
400% (or max) - Allows you to upgrade the tool to Mystrile.
If your tool are available for upgrade, you can find an icon of the ore
to upgrade the tool. PLEASE refer to V.4 'The Five Basic Farming Tools'
for more details.
~- Equip Menu -~
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At first, I was thinking whether to add this section to this FAQ. But
I have found that it is very important as I have often refer to this
during the FAQ. Hence to reduce the amount of questions, I have decide
to add this section in the FAQ.
(To activate the Equip Menu, jus