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Here's a quick guide to getting the most out of your game.

  1. A hoe, scythe, and an axe are all that you really need. Save your rocks as you may need them for artificial fences. Clear out the area right next to your shipping bin because you want to harvest your crops as fast as possible. Since you do not have a shipping basket at this time, planting crops in a C plot will allow you the most time (A C is one horizontal row of three, one row of two, and one row of three). Create 4 plots with one square of space in between them and make sure to place them as close to the shipping bin as possible.
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  2. During the cut scenes, your choices will affect your relationship with the girls. Now would be a good chance to familiarize yourself with the town but remember, time is money. Head to the supermarket and buy some turnip seeds. Turnips will grow the fastest and yields a good amount of profit. Four packets of turnip seeds should be the maximum amount of seeds you can buy at this point with five hundred G.
  3. Switch your scythe for a watering can and switch your axe for the seeds. Leave your house and go to your pond, which is located to the left of your tree. Refill your watering can and run back to where you planted your seeds. Water each square.
  4. There is a fork in the road when you initially reach the mountains. The stairs lead to a hot spring and a mine behind the waterfall. Straight down will lead you to a lake, a field of flowers, and the top of the mountains. Taking the path opposite of the stairs will lead you to Gotz the Woodcutter's house.
  5. One is up the stairs and the other is near Gotz's house. Place them in your rucksack. Take a bamboo shoot while you're at it. Now your rucksack and hands should be full. Run back to your farm and put your "harvest" into the shipping bin.
  6. You should still be carrying your hoe with you. "Mine" the land and occasionally, some ores will pop up or you will find a ladder down. The lower the level, the greater the chance of finding more expensive ores like the Blue Mysterile. You will probably have a hard time going to lower levels since your stamina is not that high yet. But if you are lucky, you will dig up a power berry here which will increase your stamina. If you find any ores, make sure to put it into your rucksack and ship it if you can make it to your bin in time. Otherwise, wait until tomorrow.
  7. Go home, pick up and put down your dog, check the weather, write in your diary, and sleep.
  8. When you wake up, water your crops, woo some girls, harvest the mountain crops, mine, and sleep. Eventually, you may want to plant a few fields of grass so clear some land in preparation of grass. With your extra stamina, chop the logs with your axe to gather some lumber. Note that you cannot chop the tree stumps yet.
  9. Barley brings the horse to your farm. Your objective is to plant many fields of grass (plan this well so your grass does not conflict with your other crops. A suggestion would be to start your grass stash in the bottom right corner of your farm and work outwards from there). Get 800 g to have enough money for a brush because you need to talk to the horse and brush the horse every day.
  10. In the spring, the only way you are going to get feed for chickens is by buying it from Popuri's mother. In the summer, you can use corn and put it in the water mill right next to the coop. Eventually, you can receive a free chicken if you woo Popuri enough so you can use your money solely for feed. Another opportunity comes up when Rick asks you to take care of a chicken for him and though you have to return the chicken, you can still keep the eggs and put them in the incubator. And the third option is you can buy your own chicken, but remember to have enough feed for it.
  11. Note: Have a store of fodder for your cow by cutting your grass when it is the darkest shade of green. This will ensure that you will not run out of fodder for your precious cows. Talk to and brush your cows every day.
  12. When you get animals, you can put them in there and they will not travel out! Then you can save your lumber for more important things like extensions or as presents to Gotz. Too many rocks? Store them in your cabinet once you extend your house.
  13. However, if it is one or the other, get a basket. It will play a key role in harvesting during summer.
  14. He hangs out at the Inn on Wednesdays and the weekends as long as it is not a holiday, so check it out. Pineapples are renewable so you do not have to constantly buy them. They do carry a hefty price tag though (1000g a pop)but you can sell it for 500g each.
  15. Have pineapple seeds before summer starts because you lose a day from the swimming festival. A word of warning: these pineapples take a long time to grow so your mountain harvests, chickens, and the livestock you have will come in very handy. Plant a field of corn right next to your chicken coop to be devoted for chicken feed and plant a few fields of tomatoes and corn or all corn, since corn should yield a larger profit than tomatoes. The reason you may want to plant both though is to get 100 of each crop shipped so you can get the special seeds for summer.
  16. When fall rolls around, be prepared to make a ton of fields and have the best watering can ready (with all those pineapples, money should not be a problem).
  17. It looks like a thin stemmed mushroom and it is called a "Truffle." These yield approximately 1000G for each one so come to the mountain daily.
  18. This may be your busiest harvesting season and your most profitable, so get ready. Buy as many sweet potato seeds as you have fields.
  19. You also should have over 10 patches of grass. Harvest your grass when the time comes because nothing grows during the winter season.
  20. While putting your concentration on your animals, upgrade your axe up to the blue level (in one sitting. Look at tips below). Chop the wood and make sure you have enough lumber and extend your farm up to the level of hothouse if possible.
  21. Hopefully, you have wooed two girls at least up to a purple or blue heart (while focusing on your girl).
  22. The lake has frozen so bring your basket and hoe and mine to your heart's content. Adamantite is used for the mayo maker, the cheese maker, and the yarn maker. The Orichalcum is for getting a girl's accessory.
  23. You can get married only if your house is extended to the max.
  24. Hopefully by now, you know what to do. Repeat the above steps as necessary and experiment a little yourself. Happy Farming!
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      Tips

      • Win your animal Festivals for your cow, sheep, and chickens! If you do, they will produce gold products which are the most expensive. To win for sure, make sure you have ten hearts for whichever animal. You may get by with nine or eight.
      • Having a few of each edible item is good to have because you will be able to experiment more. And sometimes, you need to cook up an ingredient to be used in another recipe (for example, you can make butter in your kitchen which can be used for cookies).
      • Time does not pass inside buildings so take your time. This includes your chicken coop, barn, and the mines!
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      Things You'll Need

      • This is a quick list of things you need and where to get them
      • The Power Berries
        • PB#1: Pick up your axe and try to cut down the tree on Mother's hill (where there are many flowers). The tree begins to talk! You have the option to keep chopping or stopping. stop chopping. you will get a power berry
        • PB #2: In the mine next to the waterfall, keep mining (with your hoe)and you should encounter a Power berry
        • PB #3: The winter mine (when the lake freezes) also holds a power berry
        • PB #4: Win the Summer Swimming Festival (Tap Triangle and X Alternately as fast as you can. SAVE before attempting!)
        • PB #5: Throw five eggs (One per day) into the waterfall. Stand in the entrance to the mine, aim carefully, and throw. The Harvest Goddess should appear and thank you for your offering. Do this for five days and she will reward you with a Power Berry
        • PB #6: Over the frozen lake, go behind and to the left of the mine. Press X and walk around (against the wall you cannot see) and you will eventually find one
        • PB #7: Purchase every kitchen utensil over the shopping network. The last item should be a power berry for 5000 G.
        • PB #8: In the horse race, you have to win 1001 Medals. You can do this in the beginning by betting on the winning horse, or more simply, care for and train your own horse. Brush your horse everyday and ride him everyday too. When the time comes for the horse race, race with your horse and bet on yourself.
        • PB #9: In the beach (to the left of the Town Square) there is a dock where Greg the Fisherman fishes (you also get the rod from there). Keep fishing in the ocean and you will eventually turn up a power berry.(easiest in winter)
        • PB #10: When you mine in the winter mine, go as deep as you can and eventually there is a cave in the north! In this place, you can start fishing and you will come up with a power berry.
      • Plant 90 flowers, or 10 full fields (any kind, but try not to use the magic red flowers because there is a rare type of flower that appears when you plant many of these). Then, Anna comes to your farm and you can tell her to pick as many as she wants. She gives you a power berry in return, of course.
      • Special PB: In the spring, grow cucumbers. Put three in your fridge or if you do not have one, put it into your rucksack. When it rains during spring, go up to the lake and stand near the two trees next to each other. Throw one in and this mysterious green creature comes up. Keep throwing them in and he will eventually give you a power berry.
      • The Beehive: The beehive will produce honey everyday (Including the bottle, somehow.) To get the beehive, plant one field of flowers. When they bloom, bees should gather in your farm. In order to maximize profits, take one bottle to Luis, the bee expert. He will sample your honey and tell you that it is a special type of honey and you can get more money for it.
      • Livestock
      • Wine (to get with Karen): Buy from the winery, but make sure you use the morning part of your day because it is open from 9-12.
      • Truffle: In the mountain, next to the lake. There is a long stemmed mushroom which yields an amazing profit.
      • Gold Items: Win their respective festivals (Example: Gold eggs: Chicken festival.)

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