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Plant the grass. Have Saibara upgrade the sickle. Summer 24 Fireworks Display. Attend, talk to everybody before and after the show. Summer 27 Second batch of Pineapples. Once you can, buy 10 cows, 10 bags of grass. Upgrade the house ASAP, too. Summer 29 Spend today and tomorrow mining and fishing, so as to boost your end-of- season profits and fill up your fish pond a bit. Summer 30 End of season. Clear up the fields of the plants, store any spares in the fridge.

Buy 2 bags of Green Pepper seeds from Won. Plant all of your Fall seeds. Fall 3 Music Festival. Attend, talk to everybody. Fall 7 Buy the Milker. Fall 9 Harvest Festival. Attend, talk to everybody, add an Egg or Green Pepper to the soup. Fall 12 Start Gotz on building the Hothouse. Fall 13 Moon-Viewing Day. Don't bother with attending, there's no affection changes. Upgrade the hoe or hammer depends on which you're comfortable with, tilling the hothouse first thing or after getting the hoe back.

Buy 8 bags of Pineapple seeds by the 16th. Fall 14 Buy 6 bags of Carrot seeds and plant them in the flower area of your field. Duke will come by today and ask you to help out at the orchards. Agree to it, and if you want Cliff to stay in the village, tell him about the part-time job today.

Fall 15 For the next 6 days, you'll need to visit the Aja Winery to pick grapes. Halt work on the farm at PM the harvest should keep you on the farm this late today , and head for the winery. You have between PM and PM to enter the winery, so you need to pay attention and get there quickly. Harvest all 16 grapes there's one you'll have to go for ASAP, on the vine in the upper right, before Cliff gets there , then resume your farm work. Fall 16 Pick up the hoe or hammer , upgrade the hammer or hoe.

Plant the hothouse with Pineapples, using the hothouse formation listed in the Strategies section. Fall 21 Sheep Festival. The fish pond should be getting close to 50 fish.

Try to get it at least that full by Fall 29, so you can have the Fishing Pole for Winter. Fall 30 End of season. You should have a lot of profits handy for winter. Fish for the ocean Power Berry, too. Try and catch the Catfish from the Winter Mine some time this season, and fish late at night in the ocean for the Angler. Winter 10 Dog Race. Attend, talk to everybody, win if you can.

If you haven't already, cook up all 4 fish-related recipes, and then start fishing for the Char in the stream. Winter 14 Spring Thanksgiving. You should get at least 4 pieces of Chocolate due to relationship levels with the girls. Propose to the girl you like best tomorrow or today if you can reach her around PM.

Start shipping out fish from your fridge but don't use the Basket! Try to send out over by mid-spring. This shouldn't be too tough; even on a bad day, it's possible to fish up 7 fish per day from the ocean and stream near the house. Winter 24 Star Night Festival. Attend it with your wife. Winter 26 Set this day aside for buying seeds for next year. Get however many you think you'll need, and maybe even extras for just in case. Winter 30 New Years' Eve.

Attend, talk to everybody, ending with Saibara. See if you can get even more done in this span of time. It is possible to do better than even this walkthrough allows for. Here's a hint on how: upgrade the Watering Can to Mystrile on Spring 10th.

Good luck! If you thought I was a harsh taskmaster who was unrelenting in the Master Walkthrough, then turn back now. You won't like what is to come at all if that's the case. This walkthrough is written practically minute-by-minute, with very little to no elbow room in the first and second season.

You will be pushed to your absolute limits if you follow this walkthrough, and to the absolute limits of what your farmer is capable of doing in 3 seasons. This is NOT for newbies to the game. If you don't have a solid grasp of how to play, and don't know shop open times, the times when key people can be interacted with, or even how to do basic gameplay actions, then do NOT follow this walkthrough!

Unlike all of the other walkthroughs, this section has a VERY detailed breakdown of earnings and expenses for the seasons. Be sure you pay close attention to the guide, and read the rules of engagement and mining manifesto below. If you ever hit 50 fatigue your farmer shakes his head , jump into the hot springs for an hour. Fatigue is your unholy master. Time waits for no man. Do not ever allow it to flow when you do not know where you're going, and maximize your time spent by staying indoors whenever humanly possible.

This means that you must always ship goods via the henhouse or barn, unless it would be faster to ship via the bin near the house. The menu and buildings are your saviors. Sleep is for the weak.

Even past these times, work until you have nothing left you can or need to do. Prolong your work days to AM or thereabouts every day, being sure you get into the hot springs by AM so you can get to "bed" by AM every day. If it gets to AM, jump out even if you're not fully healed up and head home. This way, you can save your game.

Sleep is your enemy. A clear mind solves many troubles. Always make sure you keep a running checklist, in this playthrough more than ever, because missing even one thing in a day's requirements can be fatal.

Being prepared is your ally. Know your priorities. Postpone things like watering, chopping wood, breaking rocks, tilling soil, and buying goods from the supermarket until after PM. Priorities are your lifeline. The Patchworks shall be your field layout. Rely on no other format, for no other can provide you with enough space for what you're after. Try to get the plots closest to the chicken coop planted with the current most important crop.

You'll have to adapt the fields several times as you work your way through the seasons, so an overview of the Patchworks format to use for a given season is always shown. The Patchworks is your battleplan. Good fortune serves this plan well. If things turn sour, do not hesitate to reset the game. Rain on a designated work day before getting the Mystic Berry is inexcusable, even crippling to the plan. Though it may take some extra time, it will make the plan possible if you reboot any time the weather turns against you, and always make use of staggered saves.

Luck is the chain that binds the challenge together. The charts below present a fairly decent representation of how much you can make on an uneventful mining day, given the appropriate conditions. More often than not, you'll have to sacrifice 1 or 2 trips to do other things, sometimes as many as 6 of them.

If you can't dig up enough coin bags or high-value metals, your profit margin will drop. Of course, it works the other direction, too. Make a half-trip, then re-enter and dig down to the Power Berry. Make 3 trips after this you don't need to use the hot springs after getting the berry. This should put you at close to AM.

Enter when AM hits, buy your chicken and 3 feed, see Popuri's introduction scene, tend to the bird, then heal in the spring and return to the mine. Do 3 more trips, then head to the store before you use the spring again and buy the seeds. You should also get Karen's introduction this way. Use the spring, then clear up, plant, and water. Chop sticks on the farm until you run out of time, heal up, attack the tree on the hill but relent to get the Power Berry from it, then go to bed.

Don't heal after the last one; forage instead, and sell the items you pick up. This should bring you up to about AM. Visit Yodel Ranch and take the pony, then return to the spring, heal, and do 3 more trips. Grab a piece of Copper on one of these trips if you haven't already. This should give you well over 1,G. Visit the blacksmith and buy your brush, then pull out the Copper with the axe in hand and upgrade it be sure you get the brush first. If you plan to clear the field of small stones, do NOT break all of them; save at least 1, preferrably 2 or 3.

Work 'til AM, bathe in the spring, then go to bed. Spring 4 - Basket 5,G spent The spare funds from the Spring 3 mining trips will make or break you at this point.

You should dedicate all of your time to mining trips, to get in a total of 8 of them, visiting the store in town to buy the basket before healing from the last trip. Be sure that you have a few Moondrop Flowers handy to give to Karen if it's before PM when you go to get the Basket. Heal up afterwards, do more mining and hammer powering up, and go to bed.

Spring 5 - Medium Rucksack 3,G spent Again, do the 8 mine trip jig, and get the Medium Rucksack after the last trip or before it if you didn't give Karen her flowers yesterday. Be sure to save a Silver ore in your rucksack.

On the return trip with the foraged goods, bring the Goddess 5 more Turnips to see a scene with Karen it should be her, at least; it's important that she shows up.

After each mining trip, dedicate 5 more Turnips to the Goddess until you've given her a total of This will get you a free 1,G. By then, it should be late enough to visit Saibara, so go ahead and do so, Silver ore in hand. Get your axe back and upgrade your hammer.

The rest of the day should be spent mining, then chopping the stumps in the area, then the stumps on the farm. Be sure you leave at least 1 Turnip in the field; unripened is fine, just be sure to water it ASAP, and until it does grow to maturity. NOTE: From now on, your daily schedule includes chopping wood. Always put priority on the non-farm lumber first, as it regrows, while farm lumber does not.

Spring 7 - Fishing Pole The only deviation today is to immediately go to the beach and talk to Greg to get the Fishing Pole. This is critical. You'll need to be making about 25,G between now and Spring Spring 8 Goddess Festival. Be sure you talk to Karen. Follow festival rules of mining ie. If you've been keeping up on giving her flowers at opportune times few though they are , she should stop you near the waterfall soonish and ask you what you're worried over.

Say Farm or Love life when she does. Spring 9 The only thing of note about today is that you can get your hammer back today. Do so before PM, and spend some quality time this evening with it, after the usual woodcutting duties. NOTE: From now on, your daily schedule includes breaking large rocks.

It should not take more than 3 evenings to clear the fields of them, however. Water your crops early today, and then bring the can to Saibara grabbing your hammer as well, naturally.

Resume the mining bit, and of course tend to the usual wood-cutting duties. By now, your chopping wood should have gotten you over the mark. Go to Gotz after your 4th mine trip and order up a chicken coop upgrade, then take those 3 Cucumbers up to the sweet spot on Mother Hill and get your Mystic Berry. Resume daily chores as usual.

Put particular late-night focus on tilling the field. Spring 13 - 20 Cabbage p10 , 14 Turnip p7 , 5 Cucumber, 6 Potato G The p notation indicates that you should plant that many 3x3 plots of that crop out of the number bought Note that, if you are somehow strapped for cash you shouldn't be; it's a bad sign if you are , you can delay buying 10 of the Cabbages until tomorrow. Try to get these seeds bought some time around noon grabbing your new Mystrile watering can on the way , and as always, wait on planting and watering them in until after PM.

You'll need to dedicate all of your waking hours to tending to the crops instead, with the remaining time dedicated to wood-chopping. Don't slack on either of these, you can't afford to if you want to follow this challenge. Spring 14 - plant 10 Cabbage, plant 7 Turnip As with the previous day, plant and water them in late at night.

If your late-night schedule is starting to get strained, you can drop the mining after noon just be sure you have around 12,G handy by the end of the day, for tomorrow. Spring 15 - 20 Cabbage p10 , Harvest Sprites 1 week G Again like the 13th, buy the seeds around noon, and hire out the Sprites for harvesting on that trip as well you'll have to ask a few times. This is why you wanted to leave that one ripe Turnip in the ground, if you're wondering. You can pluck and sell it after this if you like.

This marks when you need to focus less on mining, and more on crop maintenance. Spring 17 - Replant Turnips Self-explanitory. Help the Sprites out at harvesting. Spring 18 - Replant Turnips Same as the previous day, though you'll want to visit the Square around PM for the horse races.

Talk to at least Karen three times, once before each race. She should be getting really close to 15, affection by now, what with your near-constant showering her with flowers. If you feel particularly daring and want to see if you can top your current profits as well as potentially get another Power Berry , you can go ahead and participate in betting in the race.

It's not counted on that you do this, but if you do, take the Basket with you so you can sell any jewelery you buy; they're worth 2,G each, which can give you a huge leap in profits that you wouldn't get otherwise. Spring 19 - Large Rucksack, buy 6 Potato and 14 Turnip G You don't need to plant those Potatoes and Turnips; you're being told to grab them now so you don't forget.

Feel free to delay until as long as the 21st to get them, since you'll be at the market anyway to get your fine new Large Rucksack. Very normal day otherwise. Spring 20 - Moondrop Flowers This is more or less the earliest that Karen might drop by with her Moondrop Seeds for you. If she doesn't, don't fret; just keep giving her those flowers whenever you get a spare moment.

As soon as you do have them on hand, plant them oh no, not MORE stuff to water! Be sure you remember to visit Gotz! Also, leave at least one crop on the field today; this should be no trouble, even with the Sprites harvesting. Be sure to see Karen today at the festival if you can manage it, and haven't gotten the flower seeds yet.

Not to worry, it'll pay off. You should probably have huge chunks of cash by now from the Turnips, but you'll be needing those profits soon enough. Don't forget to hire out the Sprites when you're out buying the seeds! Bring them 7 boxes of Flour, one per worker, just to keep on good terms with them. Spring 24 - Mystrile Axe G Other than dropping by Saibara to drop off your axe yeah, another mine trip, unless you thought to grab a Mystrile a long-arse time ago when you gave up the mining schtick , this is a pretty typical day.

Spring 25 - Replant Turnips Self-explanatory. Spring 26 - Replant Turnips Self-explanatory. Spring 27 - Mystrile Hoe G Just like on the 24th though a mine trip is pretty much inevitable this time, I'm afraid. Normal day otherwise though your first Cabbage harvest is in now; 22,G!

Spring 28 - Knife G Today's detour into town is short, sweet, and to the point. Not to mention totally affordable. Second Cabbage harvest today. Madness, is it not? Also prepare the field for and plant your Pink Cat flowers see the summer plan for how to do this.

Your last harvest is today, so keep sharp! Also, be sure you upgrade your sickle after you've cut down the cucumber plants; you'll be needing that sucker in Mystrile form soon. Be sure you have at least 3,G handy for summer crops. If you're slightly below this, you can do a bit of non-Basket mining on Summer 1 to up your profits, but this is highly inadvisable, due to the festival on that day. Summer 2 mining is also an option, but leaves you bereft of some valuable time.

Summer 1 - 1 Power Berry, plant 10 Pineapple After you have the animals tended to and any basic foraging and the like you want to get done, head to the beach and win the contest. Yes, it's mandatory. No, I don't frown on using a GameShark to beat it. If, for some strange and inexplicable reason, you find yourself with spare time, spend it gaining more money in the mines. Summer 3 - Plant 10 Pineapple Nothing complicated here.

Again, any spare time you find yourself with, go mining. You'll want 2,G on hand by the 5th. Summer 5 - Frying Pan G Other than the purchase, normal day. Summer 6 - Win chicken festival Yes, this is mandatory. Yes, I know it's Hellish. And yes, you may use a GameShark to win automatically.

Let her have them and grab your berry. Summer 9 - Harvest Sprites 1 week Hire out the Sprites ASAP, before you finish your harvest though that's pretty much inevitable; you have Onions to harvest, after all! Summer 10 - Barn, Milker G Yesterday's profits make for today's purchases. You'll likely have to pay Gotz extra in lumber for the barn, but that's alright. Note that you can delay buying the Milker for up to 2 more days, but that should not prove to be necessary.

Summer 18 - House G In that long gap of time, you should have made around 6,G from crops, as well as netting some cash from your newly mature cows and from your long-mature chickens. In short, the upgrade to the house and the excess lumber you'll have to buy to get it is affordable. Summer 19 - Mixer G Just buy the utensil.

Normal day otherwise. Summer 20 - Harvest Sprites 1 week You'll be glad you did this come tomorrow Summer 23 - 10 Cows, 25 Grass G Spend your first Pineapple harvest graciously by filling your barn and preparing things for the filling of your field. This is set on the 23rd because odds are that you didn't finish the harvest yesterday. Summer 25 - Hothouse G The profits are definitely hefty enough to have this built now. Summer 26 - Whisk G Just a short diversion from Harvester's Hell, get the cheap-arse Whisk ordered and the field tended.

Summer 27 - Mystrile Hammer G Might as well upgrade your last tool at this point. Summer 29 - Harvest Sprites 1 week Sounds insane, right? Put all your effort in harvesting the Pineapples no need to water! Though hardly surprising, given the previous season. Use the ex-flowerbeds to plant the Carrots in.

Oh yes, and spend any and all spare evening time fishing on Mother Hill; you want a pond with 50 fish by the 30th. Fall 8 - Harvest Sprites 1 week A mostly uneventful season, since you have virtually no goals left to fulfill. You'll be thankful you hired the Sprites on the Sweet Potato off-days, though. Fall 10 - Oven G Just buy the Oven. Note how the Sprite hiring times are strategically staggered to coincide with each harvest.

Fall 20 - 11 Spinach, 11 Carrot G Since you've unlocked the Spinach by now, go ahead and plant a buttload of it for recipe use. Might as well restock the carrots too. I suggest you save 99 of each of the crop types in the fridge, just for the heck of it. Fall 26 - Harvest Sprites 1 week Last hiring of the Sprites for the season.

Can you imagine doing a Sweet Potato harvest without them? Not an easy task, I know. You should have somewhere around ,G, though, by the end of the season. Congrats, you have gone through the absolute most challenging path for BTN, and come out of it with a VERY strong farm that outmatches what a lot of players have by the end of their third year!

Take a crack at them if you're getting tired of the usual path to victory. The last few make for a very interesting experience indeed. Basically, you can only work the field and get a girl to like you well enough that you don't lose at the end of year 3. Not that much of a challenge, but it does limit your output in winter. You can plant crops, and you don't necessarily have to get married to win. You have to marry by the end of year 3 to win this way, too.

You have to get married by the end of year 3. A pretty tough path to take. Basically, you can only forage and fish, and you have to be married by the end of year 3. Only forage, nothing else. You have to be married by the end of year 3, as well. It's tough, but quite possible. This is a list of everything important about the village.

Don't throw items on the ground in the village or other people's homes , by the way. No matter how innocent your intentions may be, you'll be littering if you do. This is a list of shop working hours. Welcome back, Kai. Meet Kai. Affection - Horse Have max hearts with your horse.

Friendship - Zack Have max friendship with Zack. Chef Cook any recipe for the first time. Friendship - Cliff Have max friendship with Cliff. Plot Twist [m] Finish the "Suspicious Man" quest. Affection - Baby Have max affection with your baby. Friendship - Louis Have max friendship with Louis. Walking in the night is scary, budum [m] Discover what is the strange light around Church at night. The new puppy Meet the puppies of Hannah and your dog and find a new home for one of them.

Friendship - Timid Have max friendship with Timid. It is my pleasure to now pronounce them husband and wife. Marry with any of the bachelorettes. Mary's Introduction Talk to Mary for the first time in Library. Friendship - Aqua Have max friendship with Aqua.

Exotic recipe Do the Spa-boiled egg recipe. Stag Beetle Catch a Stag Beetle. Rare bees Get Louis to visit your farm and make your honey more valuable for sale.

Perfume [m] Receive a perfume from Kai. Rucksack max level Buy the max rucksack. First day of the job Make your grandfather proud! Power Berry Get your first Power Berry. Cricket Catch a Cricket. Fishing Pole Get the fishing pole from Greg. Friendship - May Have max friendship with May. Red Heart - Ann Have high affection with Ann. We have a phone Make a call in the Inn phone and buy an utensil of the TV Shopping. Friendship - Lillia Have max friendship with Lillia.

Crime solver [m] Discover who attack the villagers of Mineral Town at night. Friendship - Basil Have max friendship with Basil. Dropping a hint [m] Witness Elli and Doctor talking about babies in the clinic. Friendship - Staid Have max friendship with Staid. Hothouse Have the hothouse. Ann's question [m] Answer the question what Ann made to you about marry. Don't cry, little boy [m] Give the bandage to Stu. Affection - All chickens Have max hearts with all chickens.

Hammer max level Have your hammer max upgraded. White Rabbit Catch a White Rabbit. If you are getting chocolate, the winter thanksgiving would be the time to do so. Hopefully, you have wooed two girls at least up to a purple or blue heart while focusing on your girl. For extra cash, there is a second mine opened up deeper into the mountain where you found the truffle. 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. Once a girl has reached the red heart level, you will have the option of buying a blue feather in the store. You can get married only if your house is extended to the max. Year one complete! Hopefully by now, you know what to do. Repeat the above steps as necessary and experiment a little yourself. Happy Farming!

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. 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. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. 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! A power berry can be won from the swimming festival. However this festival is probably one of the harder festivals. Tapping the triangle and x buttons alternately usually works. SAVE beforehand so you have more than one chance. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. Figuring out recipes takes a while so be patient or ask around for some help.

Certain people will give you recipes if you give them something. Getting friendly with the townspeople will give you access to their private rooms. Helpful 2 Not Helpful 0. Get hitching! Do not upgrade your watering can during the middle of spring, summer, or fall because it takes three days to upgrade a tool and that is three days less of possible profit. You do not need to maintain the C shape for the rest of your farming career because later on, your watering can will be able to water one field at a time.

Experiment which style is best for you. To get all the tools necessary in your kitchen, watch the television shopping channel. Go to the bar and use the telephone to order your tools it will take a few days to deliver. Once you buy all the tools, you can buy a power berry.

Helpful 1 Not Helpful 1. Planting one hundred of every crop during a certain season will unlock another special crop that you can plant. The point of hitting on more than one girl is because in winter, there will be a time when girls give chocolate to people they like.

As long as you are not married at this time, you can collect chocolate from girls with at least a purple or blue heart. Chocolate is crucial for some recipes.

Try to buy the seeds for the upcoming season during your current season. This can only be done if you have built a hothouse! You cannot talk to your baby or hold him until a season passes. In previous posts I have discussed a little about this game. That is the legendary game of the 90s. Games that teach us about independent living. To be honest, after I got to know this game, I became more aware of the importance of working for fortune, hehehe.

Straight to the topic of discussion.