
This broke the Rainbows that kept the seas calm, which explains your rough voyage on the high seas. There's also a story to the island! Before your move to the island, the Harvest Goddess Tree fell, causing great distress. However, there's more to the game besides making money and buying presents. Insider's tip: Silkworms are well worth their high price, as silk thread has an absurdly high shipping value. Players can also turn Milk into either Cheese or Butter Wool, Flax, and Silk into Yarn and Thread and Eggs into Mayonnaise, Duckonnaise, and Ostonnaise. However, Milk is an excellent product, which brings in the Gold as well as raises the level of Brownie Ranch, making more animals available for purchase. For instance, saving up to buy a Calf takes quite a bit of time, as does allowing it to grow for a season (28 days) until it is an adult and can produce Milk. Harvest Moon is all about smart investing, and investments take money as well as time. It's also necessary to raise heart levels of Rival Couples, who will also marry. Heart levels make certain events possible, such as going on a date with an eligible bachelor or bachelorette, and even later marrying them. As with other Harvest Moon games, the player gives gifts to other characters, and in return the character begins to like them, measured by hearts.

Money is also hard to come by in the beginning, and I would often spend an entire day in Ganache Mine just to be able to afford a Buckwheat Cocktail to woo my beloved Owen.

The game is difficult in the beginning, as the character isn't used to the hard work of ranch life and runs out of energy really fast from mundane tasks like pulling weeds and digging holes, let alone sowing seeds and watering plants. This was ideal since I had chosen Owen, who spends his days in Ganache Mine, to be my one true love. I selected the Mountain Plot, which worked great for me once Luke, the carpenter's son, chopped the Harvest Tree that was blocking the path from my house to the Ganache Mine District. The Seaside Plot has a medium-sized land parcel, but is on the beach, making it ideal for those who like to fish. The Mountain Plot is the furthest away, but has the most land. The Town Plot, which is close to Waffle Town's shops and inhabitants, has the smallest amount of land, which limits the amount of crops one can farm. Each plot has its benefits and drawbacks.

However, the turbulent seas cause me to fall and bump my head, rendering me unconscious until I awake, safely on Waffle Island and in the care of the proprietors of Sundae Inn.Īfter fully recovering from my accident, Hamilton, the Mayor of Waffle Island, asks me if I would prefer a Town Plot, Mountain Plot, or Seaside Plot, and upon my decision, takes me to my new ranch. The ship's captain, Pascal, asks me questions about myself such as my name and birthday in a manner similar to Nintendo's Animal Crossing series. The game begins with my character, which I named after myself, on a ship en route to Waffle Island.
