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Tool/Wonderful Guide

by Alceriniel

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness Tool and Wonderful FAQ
Created By: Alceriniel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: http://eclipsedmoon.freehostia.com/
Version: 1.0

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Introduction
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I've seen a LOT of questions about the Wonderfuls on the Message boards and
Also that there is no FAQ that explains how to obtain them, or any other
type of information on the site, so I've created this FAQ to help anyone that 
has a question about the Wonderful System.


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Version History
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1.0 - October 6, 2008  Launch Version
All Current information added with the exception of the Maxed effects of
each type of wonderful on every individual tool.  Will be updated as soon as
the information has been properly gathered.

If you have any more questions that should be added to the Other Information
section of this FAQ then please E-mail me with it and I will add it in future
updates of the FAQ.

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Table of Contents
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Wonderfuls....................................[BM01]
  Obtaining Wonderfuls........................[BM02]
    Festivals.................................[BM03]
    Mining....................................[BM04]
    Chen's Shop...............................[BM05]
Tools.........................................[BM06]
  Axe.........................................[BM07]
  Hammer......................................[BM08]
  Hoe.........................................[BM09]
  Sickle......................................[BM10]
  Watering Can................................[BM11]
  Brush.......................................[BM12]
  Milker......................................[BM13]
  Clippers....................................[BM14]
Other Information.............................[BM15]
  Fishing Rod.................................[BM16]
  Why Aren't My Wonderfuls Working?...........[BM17]
  What�s this about the Farm Degree?...........[BM18]
  Why am I not getting wonderfuls in the Mine?[BM19]
Credits.......................................[BM20]

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Wonderfuls..............................................................[BM01]
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Each Tool that you acquire throughout the game has something called Wonderful
Stone Slots associated with it.  Equipping Wonderfuls on a Tool can have many
different effects on that tool depending on both the Wonderful, and the tool
that wonderful is being equipped to.  

How do I Equip Wonderfuls to My Tool?
   Good question! On the second day of your game, the general store owner Chen
will arrive on your island with his son Charlie.  After they set up shop,
Charlie will be available in the early mornings and evenings (normally around
3 p.m.) to Equip and Remove wonderfuls.  YOU CANNOT REMOVE OR CHANGE WONDERFUL
STONES YOURSELF.  You can change/remove wonderfuls as many times as you want
in one visit or one day.

What do the Wonderfuls Do?
    There are seven (7) different colored wonderfuls that you can find
throughout the game. Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Purple, and Indigo.
Sometimes what each wonderful does depends completely on the tool that they
are attached to.  Certain wonderfuls always have the same effect no matter
what tool they are associated with. For example, the Indigo wonderful will
always give 5 extra stone slots on each tool and the purple wonderful will
always give 2 gold per wonderful attached to the equipped tool per charged
swing.  For more information on each wonderful's effects on each tool, see
the specific tool section(s).

How do I charge my Tool?
    Good question.  Simply either hold the button associated with the tool
that you want to charge or keep the stylus pressed down on that tool until
light surrounds the tool before you swing.  Once the light appears, your
tool is charged and you can reap the benefits of your wonderfuls.

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Obtaining Wonderfuls.......................[BM02]
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There are three (3) Ways to obtain wonderfuls throughout the game.  Each one
requires time, patience, and in some cases, cold hard cash.  I have listed
each way to obtain wonderfuls and the necessary information on how to attain
them below for your reading pleasure.

NOTE: You have control over which wonderful you receive from the Goddess and
the one you win at festivals by using the following method.

MINE:
If you reach the 254th floor and save, then drop down to the 255th floor,
immediately after the Goddess stops talking check your rucksack.  If the color
wonderful that you desire is not in your rucksack, then reload, and use a tool
10 times, and then drop again.  The color will change!

The color rotation of the Wonderful given by the goddess (and at festivals)
is on a set cycle.  (See below)

FESTIVALS:
Enter the festival and if you win, you will get a dialog box telling you which
wonderful you received.  If that is not the color you desire, simply reload 
and use a tool about ten (10) times, then enter again.

COLOR ROTATION:
The color rotation of the Wonderful given is set on a specific cycle.

Blue -> Green -> Red -> Yellow -> Orange -> Purple -> Indigo -> (Loop)

Say you reach the 255th floor, and receive a red wonderful, using a tool 10 
times will nudge your farm degree up by 10 points and move you onto the Yellow
wonderful, and so on.

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Festivals.........[BM03]
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Each season certain festivals are held that you can win and receive wonderfuls
You must come in 1st place in order to receive a wonderful for all your hard
work.  Below is a list of every festival that grants wonderfuls as a price as
well as how to win it.

Spring Festivals
SPRING 19	 Sheep Festival
To win You need to have a sheep with at least 8 hearts.  Your sheep must have
all of its wool and not be pregnant to enter, it also must be in good health.

SPRING 24  Cooking Festival
Prepare a dish from one of the menus with as many extra ingredients as you can
find to claim first place.

SPRING 29  Spring Crop Festival
Submit an exceptional crop.  This is easy if you have a greenhouse, just make
sure it has had the minimum sun and water requirements.  If you do not have
a greenhouse then leave your crop in the soil as long as possible before the
competition to raise its size meter as high as you can.  The higher the rank
the better your chance of winning.

SUMMER 07  Chicken Festival
Have a chicken with at least 8 hearts to win the festival. You cannot enter
a sick chicken.

SUMMER 15  Mining Festival
Bring a Ore or Gemstone with at least 8.5 Quality points (the blue bar) to
win.

SUMMER 23  Horse Festival
Have a horse with at least eight (8) hearts.

SUMMER 29  Summer Crop Festival
Submit an exceptional crop.  This is easy if you have a greenhouse, just make
sure it has had the minimum sun and water requirements.  If you do not have
a greenhouse then leave your crop in the soil as long as possible before the
competition to raise its size meter as high as you can.  The higher the rank
the better your chance of winning.

FALL 16  Cow Festival
Have a cow with at least eight (8) hearts.  Your cow cannot be entered if it
is sick or pregnant.

FALL 28  Fall Crop Festival
Submit an exceptional crop.  This is easy if you have a greenhouse, just make
sure it has had the minimum sun and water requirements.  If you do not have
a greenhouse then leave your crop in the soil as long as possible before the
competition to raise its size meter as high as you can.  The higher the rank
the better your chance of winning.

WINTER 10  Dog Festival
Have your dog at eight (8) hearts to win.

WINTER 20  Fishing Festival
Bring a either a Large fish with 8.5 size marks or a medium fish with a full
red size bar (10 Red dots) to win the festival.

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Mining............[BM04]
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Mining is one of the harder ways to attain wonderfuls when you start off.
But once you can get down to the 255th floor, you may receive a wonderful
from the Goddess for your efforts.

If you have unlocked the Goddess by throwing 1 thing into the goddess pond
then every odd numbered time you reach the 255th floor you will receive a
wonderful from her based on your invisible farming degree.


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Chen's Shop.......[BM05]
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In the Winter Chen will sell wonderfuls in his shop if your farming degree
that morning end with the number 5.  To make sure he has a wonderful in stock,
simply save before going to bed and the next morning, run to his shop and
see if he has one listed (it will always be the last item on his inventory
list).

If he is not selling a Wonderful that morning, reload and use a tool 1 time,
you can either save after using your tool once, or keep track of how many times
you have used your tool. The next morning go check his shop again and see if he
has one for sale.  Keep using your tool 1 extra time until one appears in his
shop.

The color of the Wonderful he is selling that day depends on the date.
Date               Color             Price
Winter 01 - 06     Red Wonderful      2,000 Gold
Winter 07          Indigo Wonderful  50,000 Gold
Winter 08 - 13     Yellow Wonderful   3,000 Gold
Winter 14 - 19     Blue Wonderful     2,000 Gold
Winter 20 - 22     Green Wonderful    3,000 Gold
Winter 23 - 25     Orange Wonderful   5,000 Gold
Winter 26 - 30     Purple Wonderful   2,000 Gold

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Tools...................................................................[BM06]
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There are two (2) types of tools, animal oriented tools and work tools.  You 
start out with a set of work tools which consist of the Axe, Hammer, Hoe, 
Sickle, and Watering can.  The Animal Tools (Brush, Milker, and Clippers), 
have to be bought from Meribelle once she opens her livestock shop on the
island and Gannon sells the Work in his shop once he opens business on the
island.

At the start of the game, your beginning tools only have one (1) stone slot
each.  You can buy duplicates of the items at their respective shops as soon
as they are open.  

Each year, the shops will sell a version of the tool with an extra stone slot.
The price rises with each extra stone slot that is available.  The first year
of the game you can buy tools with three (3) stone slots for 3,000 gold.
At the start of your second year, you can buy four (4) stone slotted tools for
4,000 Gold.  This continues until your 7th year, when you are able to buy the
highest quality tool available with ten (10) stone slots.


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Axe........................................[BM07]
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The axe (as you might have guessed) is used for chopping branches and, later
stumps.  Whenever you chop a stump or branch you receive Material Lumber, 
which can be used to upgrade your house, build a barn, make fences, and many
other things as well.

*Bought from Gannon
*You start off with a one (1) Wonderful Slot version of this Tool.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases the Chopping Range of the Axe by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Material Lumber when Chopping Wood
YELLOW    Ability to Chop Stumps
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens chopping range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 Material Lumber per Branch cut
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Hammer.....................................[BM08]
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The hammer is going to be your best friend very quickly once you unlock the
mine.  Other than searching for precious Alexandrite and Pink Diamonds, you
will be dancing to Hammer Time with the stones around town. Every time you
whack a stone you will receive a piece of Material Stone, which you can store
in your Material Shed once it has been upgraded.

*Bought from Gannon
*You start off with a one (1) Wonderful Slot version of this Tool.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases the Hammering Range of the Axe by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Material Stone when crushing stones, or an additional gem
            or ore when in the mine crushing boulders.
YELLOW    Ability to destroy larger rocks on your farm, when you add your first
            yellow wonderful to your hammer it also unlocks the rice paddy.
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens smashing range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 gems and ores in the mine and 10 Material Stone
                       when crushing Rocks.
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Hoe........................................[BM09]
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The Hoe will be used for (surprise!) Hoe-ing and tilling the land on your farm
as well as the ground inside of the mine, and eventually, your rice paddy.

*Bought from Gannon
*You start off with a one (1) Wonderful Slot version of this Tool.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases the Tilling Range of the Hoe by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Item from the ground inside the mine.
            !!! - If charged may cause you to be unable to find Lithographs
YELLOW    Ability to Till the Rice Paddy
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens Tilling range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 items from the ground inside of the mine
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Sickle.....................................[BM10]
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You won't have much use for the Sickle at the beginning of the game, but once
you start growing grains such as rice later during the game, it will be a very
close friend of yours.

*Bought from Gannon
*You start off with a one (1) Wonderful Slot version of this Tool.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases Range of the sickle by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Item when reaped.
YELLOW    Ability to Reap Buckwheat, Rice, and Wheat.
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens sickle range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 items when you reap grains.
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Watering Can...............................[BM11]
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Guess what you use this Tool for?  That�s right! It squirts water onto your
pretty little vegetables and other things you grow! 

Note: If you want to achieve the normal 3X3 square when watering, simply add
2 Red wonderfuls and 1 Blue wonderful to your Watering can.

*Bought from Gannon
*You start off with a one (1) Wonderful Slot version of this Tool.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases Range of the Watering Can by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Watering can holds 50 units more water until maxed with 5 Orange
            Wonderfuls which makes it filled infinitely.
YELLOW    Square waters receives +1 unit of water per squirt.
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens watering range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       5      Infinite Water
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Brush......................................[BM12]
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You do not start off with a brush, but once you start getting livestock such
as Cows and Sheep, you are going to want one of these in your arsenal for sure

*Bought from Meribelle.

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases Range of the Brush by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Lowers the Stress of Animals
YELLOW    Earn more Affection when Brushing animals
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens brushing range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Lower 10 times the amount of stress with one brushing
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Milker.....................................[BM13]
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There is no real need to buy this tool from Meribelle until you own a cow,
unless you want her to hurry and upgrade her shop.

*Bought from Meribelle

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases Range of the Milker by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Unit of Milk per use
YELLOW    Earn more Love points when Milking
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens Milker range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 units of Milk per cow squeezy.
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Clippers...................................[BM14]
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The clippers are used to sheer wool from your sheep. (Ndurr!)

*Bought from Meribelle

Wonderful Effects
Wonderfuls have the following effects when paired with this Tool:
RED       Increases Range of the clippers by 1 Horizontal Square
ORANGE    Receive +1 Unit of Wool per sheering
YELLOW    Earn more love points per Sheering
GREEN     Reduces stamina usage by 1 Point
BLUE      Widens clipper range by 2 Vertical squares
INDIGO    Adds an Additional 5 Stone slots to tool
PURPLE    When charged gives you 2 Gold per Swing

Wonderful Maxes
Color     Max #     Max Effect
RED       ????      N/A
ORANGE       9      Receive 10 units of Wool per Sheering
YELLOW    ????      N/A
GREEN        3      No Stamina Loss when using Tool
BLUE      ????      N/A
INDIGO      10      Have 50 Extra Stone Slots on Tool
PURPLE    ????      N/A


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Other Information.......................................................[BM15]
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These are answers to some common questions I keep seeing on the message boards
hopefully by answering them in this FAQ it will help others out.


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Fishing Rod...................................[BM16]
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Can you attach wonderfuls to your fishing rod? No.  The Fishing Rod, while
technically a Tool, cannot have any Wonderfuls attached to it.

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Why aren't my Wonderfuls Working?.............[BM17]
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You probably aren't charging your tool.  Hold down the button associated with
said tool until it starts glowing, once it is glowing, use the tool. The
wonderfuls should start doing their job.

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What�s this about a Farm Degree?...............[BM18]
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Your farm degree is a number, based on everything you do during the game,
for example, every time you use a tool, it adds one point to your degree.
You cannot see the exact number of your farm degree, but you do receive
a nifty title depending on how many points you have.

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Why am I not getting Wonderfuls in the Mine?..[BM19]
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Eeek! Did you not read above? You didn't unlock the Harvest Goddess by
throwing something into her Pond!  Make sure you do that or all of your hard
work will be for naught!


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Credits.................................................................[BM20]
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Credit for the FAQ (so far) goes to me, I gathered the information myself in-
game.

Credit also goes to Natsume for creating an awesome game.