Harvest Moon 64/Spring (Year 2): Difference between revisions

The New Years Festival is kind of fun in that the goal is to out-drink everyone. If you've been sneaking drinks from the vineyard wine cellar, this isn't much of a problem. Just go around talking to everyone and drinking until either everyone goes home or you must be carted away yourself. Happy New Year!

Now that you've gotten into the groove of things, we're going to throw a new chore in: planting a grass field. Head into the flower shop and purchase 5 flower seeds and 20 grass seeds (or as many as you can afford, and head back to your farm. When you've finished the morning chores and grab-and-gift run through Moon Mountain and the village, head back to your farm. The first thing we need to do is till 45 plots for the 5 flower seeds. I know you probably have a souped up hoe by now, but until you have found the spot in your farm where the power berry is hiding, only use single strokes or risk burying the power berry under flowers. When this is done, we'll start working on a grass field. Starting with the two plots of grass we planted last year, start planting grass down toward the watering hole a few plots at a time, but make sure not to cover the music box if you're still working on Popuri. Plant two or three grass plots per day or as often as you can. By the end of fall, we want the ENTIRE field covered with grass.

Today is the Sowing Festival- the first festival that you will have attended twice! Most of the shops are closed today, so run through Moon Mountain and/or work on your grass field, just make sure to get to the town square before 5:00pm. If you were obscenely lucky enough to find a coin in your cake last year, congratulation! Pick a partner. Either way, you will probably end up going for a ride. If you are good enough friends with all the bachelors in town, the king will likely pick you. Woo! Balloon ride!

Depending on when you planted the flowers and how often you were able to water them, they should be blooming in the next few days. Stu will come by and tell you how pretty they are, but don't pick any or mess with them in any way. Keep giving music boxes and flowers to Popuri- she should be well into yellow by now. If you can afford the Log Terrace, purchase it, otherwise get the baby bed (I'm not sure why it takes three carpenters three days to build one, but at least they don't charge by the hour). Now that you have a greenhouse and can grow whatever you want, start getting all the recipes that you haven't gotten yet, including the one you get from giving a turnip to the old lady in the restaurant near the summit of Moon Mountain.  

Popuri should be getting close to a pink heart if she isn't already. Focus on getting gifts to the people of town, making use of all the free flowers on Green Ranch. Basil returns on the 15th, hopefully with a Power Berry for you. If he doesn't, make sure to give him flowers as often as you can this year, and maybe you'll get it next year. Make sure to enter your horse in the horse race festival, especially if you didn't win the fall race.

The Horse Race Festival is today, so all the shops are closed. After you finish your morning chores, head up to the town square, getting there before 10:00am. If you haven't purchased the sustaining carrot, get it before your race. Otherwise, enjoy the festival. At least we don't get put to sleep early.

Get into a gift giving run groove. Grab 1 corn, 1 tomato, and three eggs. First run right into Moon Mountain and grab the veryberry, edible herb, and flower. Run to the vineyard and give the tomato to Karen's mother, berry to Karen's dad, and an egg to Kai. Run over to Green Ranch and give a corn to Ann's father and an egg to Gray. If Cliff is hanging out here, give him an egg as well. Fill up on flowers here, then go to the crossroads and take the left fork. Give flowers or an egg to the Potion Master, the Midwife, and the Mayor and his wife. If it's raining, the kids will be here too. If Popuri is not at a pink heart, stop by Rick's with a music box, then give something to Saibara. Stop by the church, where most likely you will find the kids and the pastor. If it's the weekend, give gifts to Lillia instead. From here, head to Moon Mountain, and give out gifts about as fast as you can collect them to the carpenters, the fisherman, and whoever else you happen to run into. It will be near 6:00 at this point, so run by the ranch and fill up on flowers before heading up to the bar, and give out flowers to whoever shows up. If you miss a few people every once in a while, that's fine, but try to give gifts to as many people as possible. Save chores like grass cutting for after dark.

The Flower Festival takes place today, so all the shops are closed. If you're behind on grass cutting, go ahead and take care of that today. If you have time, chop stumps in the mountain and collect items, as long as you're in the square before 5:00pm. It's no different from last year, except this year, make sure to buy 6 pink cat mint seeds. Basil and Lillia will be selling them in the top right corner near where we bought the Power Berry last year. This is the only time you can buy them, so don't forget! Dance with Popuri if she's still at a yellow heart, otherwise, dance with whomever you plan to marry, which will be happening quite soon.