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This FAQ is meant for personal usage only. This FAQ can only be reproduced electronically. It must not be altered without the author's consent. This FAQ is not meant for profitable purposes. This FAQ is owned and made by me, Scott Ong . This FAQ is copyright of Scott Ong 1999-2000. This FAQ is not meant for profitable purposes. Harvest Moon: BTN is copyright of Natsume 2000 and Sony Playstation is copyright of Sony. Please read the frequently asked questions section before you start to post a question the author. You can print out the FAQ for personal usage but you must retain the printed copy for your own use. ___ / I \__________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= Revision History ======================================================================= Version 1.0 [Date: February 16th 2001 ] This marks the initial release of the FAQ. 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If you have problem in printing the FAQ, change the font size to 9. ____ / II \_________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= Introduction to Harvest Moon: Back to Nature ======================================================================= 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... _____ / III \________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= Author's Note ======================================================================= 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] ____ / IV \_________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= Table of Contents ======================================================================= 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. ___ / V \__________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= Game Basics ======================================================================= 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') =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.1] The Beginning of a New Journey =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.2] Basic Configuration =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.3] Farming Basics =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.4] The Five Basic Farming Tools =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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: ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ Tool Model Effect Cost ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.5] Special Tools from the Blacksmith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.6] The 00 Makers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.7] The Crops Guide =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ 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. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.8] The Town =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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]__ | | | [4] | [9] | [5] | |____(X) [11]-[10] | | | [6]-- [14]__[12] | [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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 ~-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V.9] Menu Explanations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 -~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ~-= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ~-= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ~-= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ~-= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ~-= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, just hit Triange button) Before I begin, below is an ASCII art to illustrate the menu: You will should see a similar layout as being illustrated on the ASCII art below. You will find 6 available slots. I supposed separating the sections into two portions will make my explanations more clearer. -[Equip]- 1 illustrates the tool on hand. If you hit Square, you will be able to use this tool. 2 and 3 are tools that you can held on without using it. Our hero can only use one tool at one time ^_^;). To switch from Tool 1 to Tool 2, you just need to hit the R1 button. You will have an animation of Hero raising that tool. BTW, You can only switch in a clockwise motion. You can arrange the tools manually by using X button and D-Pad. -[Rucksack]- A, B and C are slots for the rucksack. With the default rucksack, Hero can only carries the maximum of 3 items [other tool items, please refer to the Item Bestiary for the list of tool items and non-tool items]. A will be addressed as 'item on hand', If there is an item is edible, hitting Square button will cause Hero to consume it. (Regardless where it is poisonous or not!) If the item is not edible, there will be no actions. Talking an item (using X button) while holding an item will cause you to give the item to the villager. If Hero is not talking, he will 'throw' the item. If there is a bin, he will deposit the item instead of throwing it on the ground. When holding an item on hand, you can't use your tool and rotate your tools. Hit R2 to keep the item (I called it 'Item 1') into the rucksack as it will be placed in Slot B. If you got another item (Item 2) in Slot A, hit R2 will result Item 2 placed in B and Item 1 placed in C. When you have three items for a rucksack (i.e. all slots are occupie