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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the game or my guide. I try to answer all serious requests for help but I will not open any email with an attachment. AOL sometimes considers a 'signature' or a simple icon as an attachment. Please send your emails as plain text or I shall not be able to respond. Thank you. Updated on 27 October with more information on raising Kai's heart level to red and experiencing all four of his heart events in the first Summer Updated on 25 October with new section on raising heart levels through conversation and responses that bachelors make at each heart level Updated on 20 October with link to MFoMT Walkthrough, Fifth Year Events Calendar and more information on experiencing Won's events quickly Updated on 13 October 2005 with new information on Rick's Marriage Event and link to Fourth Year Events Calendar Updated on 10 October 2005 with new section on Marriage and Timing Updated on 7 October 2005 with more information on Cliff's Marriage Event with Ann Updated on 5 October 2005 with new section on 'How to Win a Bachelor's Heart' Updated on 2 October 2005 with Table of Contents and new section on Family Life that includes Marriage, Childbirth and celebrations of Family Festivals Updated on 18 September with information on the relationship between Winter and Cliff's heart events Updated on 11 September with more information on the requirements for marrying the Gourmet Judge Updated on 2 September by adding a new section at the end consisting of the actual transcripts of all heart events, rival heart events and marriage events Updated on 23 August by adding a section under the heading of each bachelor that gives all four heart events and rival heart events, as well as the 'Rival Marriage event' for each bachelor Updated on 18 August with alternate times for Cliff's purple heart event and added all Won's 'heart' events to Calendar Updated on 15 August with an enhanced Calendar section that gives all 'romantic' Festivals and events where there is an opportunity to raise the bachelors' heart levels; added links to other MFoMT FAQS as well Updated on 11 August with more information about the Gourmet Judge, his schedule and likes and dislikes Updated on 6 August with more items that bachelors like and dislike and with addition of information about the Thanksgiving Festivals.

Table of Contents

Introduction I. How to Win a Bachelor's Heart: Gift-Giving II. The Fine Art of Conversation: Raising Heart Levels III. Romantic Events in the First Year IV. Family Life V. The Gold Rings VI. Thanksgiving Festivals VII. Strategies for Matchmaking VIII. Bachelor Schedules, their Likes, Dislikes, Heart and Rival Heart Events This section is divided into separate sections for each bachelor: Cliff Doctor Grey Kai Rick Kappa Gourmet Won IX. Calendar of Heart and Rival Heart Events X. The Legend of the Blue Feather XI. Rival Heart Events after the First Year XII. Why Wait? Marriage and Timing XIII. Transcripts of all Heart and Rival Heart Events XIV. Links to all MFoMT Guides This file provides all bachelors' schedules, a calendar of heart events and rival heart events, birthdays, a list of likes and dislikes and responses of each bachelor to items as well as information with respect to marriage. There is a section that describes all Festivals allowing romantic encounters, the Harvest Moon equivalent of 'dates'. A brief section on the two Thanksgiving Festivals has been added after the Heart Events Calendar section. The legend of the Blue Feather is included at the very end of this file, for any one interested in the background culture of Mineral Town. I have provided some information with respect to the less ordinary bachelors that you can marry. The requirements for marriage to the Kappa and Won and the Gourmet Judge are given, with any other information that I have. This file gives the schedule of each bachelor so that you will be able to meet him on any day or time when he is accessible. I have tried to make it as specific as possible. Individuals may vary their schedule according to the weather. Wherever this occurs, I have tried to add the information needed to find the individual on rainy days. The individual's schedule usually is different on his 'day off', so I have given his movements on those days as well. I have provided a section that deals with every bachelor's preferences and dislikes in terms of gifts. If you give a gift to an individual on his/her birthday, it counts more than a gift given on any other day in terms of increasing affection. Moreover, you need not give a 'favourite' gift on that

day. Any acceptable gift will have the same effect as the absolutely favourite of all gifts on that special day. So do not squander an expensive pineapple on Kai on his birthday! Give him a flower or egg and save the pineapple for the next day, when it will count more. Birthdays are included in the 'likes and dislikes' section of the guide. I have added a Calendar at the end that gives ALL heart events and rival heart events that can be experienced in the first year. In the cases of Cliff, Doctor, Grey and Rick, you will be able to marry at the end of Winter provided all other conditions of marriage are met. In the case of Kai, even if you experience all four of his heart events and have his heart at deepest red level, because he leaves at the end of Summer you could not marry him in your first year in any case. By giving him gifts that he likes EVERY day during the Summer season and experiencing his heart events as quickly as possible, you can have him ready to accept your proposal at the very beginning of Summer in your second year. That is the earliest that any one can marry Kai. Please note that unless stated otherwise, if a heart or rival heart event is experienced on Monday, 2 Spring, it should be possible to experience it on ANY Monday in any season. I made my Calendar very specific because I wanted to be able to experience the heart and rival heart events for every bachelor as quickly as possible. My Calendar allows you to do this, but if you are not in a rush to marry, take your time. Where it is impossible to experience a heart or rival heart event in a certain season, I have tried to add that information to the Calendar. For example, it is impossible to experience Rick's 2nd rival heart event in Spring and impossible to experience Cliff's 4th heart event in Winter. I made a note to that effect in the Calendar. Remember: Most events can be experienced in ANY season but there are exceptions. If you find that you have been going to the right location on the right day and at the right time for a specific heart event but in a different season and cannot experience it, do not despair! Wait until the next season and try again. Do not forget, however, that most events are 'weather specific'. In other words, an event usually requires either a sunny day or a rainy/snowy day. As you can experience only two of the 'rival heart events' for each bachelor in the first year, only the first two rival heart events are included in the actual Calendar. It is not necessary to experience ANY of the rival heart events in order to marry a bachelor. It is necessary to experience them if you want to see the bachelor marry another girl. Moreover, every event that

you experience gives you 1 Event point. If you wish to experience ALL events possible, you must try to experience as many rival heart events as possible. The fourth rival heart event, never experienced before your fourth year, will lead to marriage of the couple within a week, so if you wish to marry the bachelor yourself, you must propose to him before his 4th rival heart event occurs. Most people like to marry as quickly as possible, however, and this guide will give you the first possible date that you can experience all events in your first year, allowing you then to marry by 26 Winter. Please see my Complete First Year Events Calendar FAQS for information on ALL prerequisites to marriage and the dates on which you can obtain any item needed in order to marry a bachelor. It will be found here: First Year Events FAQ Briefly, the pre-requisites to marriage are as follows: You must upgrade your house twice, so that you can buy the Big Bed. The Big Bed is a prerequisite to marriage, but it will not be offered on the Shopping Network until you have purchased all other items offered on the Network first AND until you have upgraded your house the second time. It will not be offered until the upgrade is complete. It is not sufficient to have ordered the upgrade from Gotz! Another pre-requisite to marriage is the famous 'Blue Feather'. The 'Blue Feather' will appear at the Supermarket when any bachelor reaches the pink heart stage. It is used as a tool, not an item, by the way. You must experience ALL four of the bachelor's heart events if you wish to marry him. They must be experienced in proper order. To experience a heart event, the bachelor's heart must be at a particular level. It can exceed that level, however, so do not fret if the bachelor reaches red heart level and you have not experienced any or some of his heart events. In a situation like that, usually the heart events will occur in very quick succession. If you follow this guide, however, you will experience all heart events as soon as possible and you then will have the option to propose or not to propose marriage. I often will raise all bachelors' heart levels to red before I decide which one I wish to marry. I had to do this in order to create this guide in any case. As stated above, you can marry Cliff, the Doctor, Grey, or Rick in the first Winter. You can marry Kai in your second Summer. You cannot marry the Kappa until your fifth year. You cannot marry the Gourmet Judge until you have won 5 Cooking Contests, which means that this cannot occur before your sixth year,

as you will not even have a kitchen or cooking utensils when you attend the Cooking Contest in your first year. If you wish to marry in your first year, you must marry Cliff, the Doctor, Grey or Rick. Please note that even if you could raise Kai's heart to deepest red in the first Summer (which is doubtful as there simply is not enough time), you will not be able to marry him until the second summer as the first date on which you can have the Big Bed delivered to your house is 17 Winter, and that is one of the pre-requisite to marriage. I have been able to raise his heart level to orange in order to experience all four of his heart events in the first Summer. With respect to Cliff, although you can be at red heart level sooner, you cannot experience the 3rd or 4th heart events until he has accepted the Winery job on 15 Fall. Actually, the game has a glitch which allows you to experience the blue heart event on 14 Fall, AFTER you tell him about the parttime job at the Winery. If you go past the grapevines that afternoon, you will see him working there, although he has not been offered the job yet! If you then go home and walk up the western road to the winery, if Cliff is at blue heart level or above, the event will trigger! It is very weird, however, because the event is based on the supposition that he has the job! As stated previously, unlike the rival heart events, you can experience any or all of the heart events when the bachelor is at red heart level but you must experience all four events before your proposal will be accepted. Even if you give offerings to the Harvest Goddess after she gives you the Power Berry, so that she grants you a wish, you still will have to experience all heart events for the bachelor of your choice before you can marry him. With respect to the rival heart events, you cannot experience those events with the bachelor that you intend to marry UNLESS you experience them when his heart is at the required level. Once his heart EXCEEDS the level required to experience the rival heart event, you will not be able to experience it. If you raise all five bachelors' heart levels to red without experiencing the rival heart events, you will be able to experience all the rival heart events for the bachelors you do NOT marry. You will be required to decrease the bachelors' heart level before the events will occur. You can do this by giving him items that he detests and by throwing fish into the sea. Do not confuse rival heart events with heart events. Rival heart events occur between a bachelor and your rival for his affections. You witness them but do not participate actively in them. Heart events occur between you and a bachelor. The rival may be present in some cases, but you are the primary focus of the event. (Elli is present during your heart events with the Doctor, for example.)

N.B. In the 'Freya' game, I had a problem with Kai and his rival heart events in that he is in Mineral Town only during the Summer season and I wanted to complete my First Year Calendar and this Guide. By experiencing the first heart event and two other Kai events within the first two days of Summer, his heart level jumped almost immediately to purple. This prevented me from experiencing the two first rival heart events between Popuri and Kai, as the first one can be experienced only on Sunday. By the first Sunday of Summer, Kai was at purple heart level with me. (The first rival heart event requires that the bachelor be at black heart level only and the second one requires him to be at purple heart only.) If I married Kai, I would not experience his rival heart events at all because of this. If I married some one else, I would be able to experience the first three rival heart events for Kai in the second summer. With respect to the other four bachelors, I made certain to experience the rival heart events before raising the bachelor's heart to the next level. In the 'Freyashawk' game which is included in the First Year Calendar as well, I made certain to keep Kai at black heart level until I experienced his first rival heart event. I then began to raise his heart level as quickly as possible by giving him flour every day. I had him at red heart level and had experienced all four of his heart events and his first two rival heart events before he left Mineral Town at the end of Summer in the first year. More Friends of Mineral Town is very interesting in that your character will experience not only the same rival heart events as would be experienced in Friends of Mineral Town, but will experience the first 'heart' event from FoMT as well with each girl (although they will not have the same significance as they have in FoMT!) In addition to these, you will have 4 new 'heart events' of your own. The 'heart music' therefore will be played for both the old FoMT heart events between you and each girl and the new heart events between you and each bachelor. 'Rival heart music' is played for every 'rival heart event'. Moreover, as the girls' affection for you increases, her responses to you will change in the same way as they did in FoMT, so you will be able to know the level of her friendship for you by her responses. (In most cases, her responses are identical to those in FoMT. For example, you can tell if Elli is at 'orange heart level' of friendship (not love!) if she makes a specific response in a conversation with her at the Clinic.) Please note, however, that the girls' heart events are NOT the bachelor's heart events. Try not to confuse them. You must experience the proper black heart event for the bachelor of your choice before you can experience his purple heart event and so on. Experiencing Elli's old FoMT black heart event is NOT

the Doctor's black heart event, even though the same music will play in the background and Elli will be present in the event. My First Year Calendar FAQS deals with these events as well. As previously stated, the third 'rival heart event' for a bachelor cannot take place until the 2nd year. The fourth 'rival heart event' cannot take place until the 4th year. If the bachelor's heart level is too low, give him gifts as before. If his heart level is too high, you will have to reduce it. You can reduce a bachelor's heart from red to black and experience all four 'rival heart events' in your fourth year if you have not experienced any of them sooner if and only if you have married or intend to marry some one else. The reason for this is that after the fourth rival heart event is experienced, the bachelor WILL marry your rival within a week. An effective and quick way to reduce a bachelor's heart by one level is to throw fish and rubbish into the sea. That always works for me and I have been able to reduce a boy's heart from red to blue instantly in this fashion. It may require quite a lot of fish and rubbish and it will reduce not only the bachelors' heart levels but the heart levels of your husband, child, Harvest Sprites and villagers. You therefore have to be careful not to do this during a period when you need to have any one's heart at maximum level. (For example, in order to become pregnant, your husband must be at maximum 10 heart level for one season of marriage and two seasons total.) Once you have triggered all four events, the two will marry and if you are friends with the bride, you will be invited to the wedding. If you are not friends with the bride, you still can attend the wedding. Simply enter the Church after 6.00 a.m. on the day of the wedding. You will be able to come and go at will if you go to the wedding without an invitation, but if the groom invites you, the wedding will occur automatically and you will have no choice but to attend, losing an entire day. You will gain 10 Event Points for every rival Wedding that you attend. This guide focuses primarily on the romantic aspects of MFoMT. For information on ALL aspects of life in Mineral Town, please refer to my MFoMT Beginner Tips and Tactics Guide at: MFoMT Beginner Tips and Tactics I. HOW TO WIN A BACHELOR'S HEART

There are two ways in which you can advance your courtship with any bachelor. The first is by experiencing his 'heart events' and other events that involve him. The second is by giving him gifts that he likes and by speaking to him

each day after he thanks you for the gift. This guide contains information on heart and rival heart events for each bachelor and his likes and dislikes under the heading of each bachelor's name. Giving gifts is an essential part of MFoMT, as you will gain rewards from the townspeople by winning their friendship as well as a husband and ultimately a family of your own. You do have to make certain that the gift is one that the individual likes, though. As Manna will advise you if you give her an item to which she is indifferent: 'Oh yes, are you giving people what they like? They all like different things, you know? You can't just give whatever in your rucksack at the moment. No one tells you exactly what they like so you try giving them different things, okay? So, do I like this? Hmmm, soso.' Fortunately, you will not be obliged to leave the choice of gift to chance, as I have made lists of the items that each individual prefers as well as the items that each person detests. At the beginning of the game, however, your options in terms of gifts will be relatively limited, as you will be short on funds and not have a kitchen yet. You therefore will be unable to purchase many items from the Supermarket to give as gifts and you will not be able to prepare any cooked items. A quick reference guide to items that are easily available and not very valuable or expensive may be useful. In terms of your first Spring in Mineral Town, you will have access to the following preferred gifts: Honey, Wild Grasses, Copper, Gold If you purchase a chicken and gain the fishing rod from Zack immediately, you will have access to: Eggs and Fish. If you plant Spring crops, you will have access to Cucumbers after the 11th day of Spring. By the end of Summer, you should have Milk and Pineapples. Here is a list of items and the bachelors who love them: Eggs: Doctor, Grey, Rick, Kai Honey: Doctor, Grey, Rick Fish: Doctor, Grey, Rick Milk: Cliff, Doctor, Grey Wild grasses: Doctor Spa Egg: Doctor, Rick Flowers: Kai Bread: Cliff, Grey Rice Ball: Grey, Cliff, Rick Chocolate: Cliff, Grey, Rick Moon Drop: Grey, Kai Toy Flower: Grey, Kai Pink Cat: Grey, Kai Blue Magic Grass: Doctor, Grey, Rick

Cucumbers: Cliff, Grey, Kai Pineapples: Cliff, Kai, Grey, Rick Copper: Grey Gold: Grey, Won Here is a list of the same items with the bachelors who will accept them, even if the item in question is not a favourite. Eggs: Cliff Honey: Cliff, Kai Fish: Cliff, Kai Milk: Rick Spa Egg: Cliff Bread: Rick, Doctor Rice Ball: Doctor Cucumber: Doctor Chocolate: Doctor Moon Drop: Cliff, Doctor, Rick Toy Flower: Cliff, Doctor, Rick Pink Cat: Cliff, Doctor, Rick Blue Magic Grass: Cliff Although every other bachelor either loves or will accept a Spa Egg as a gift, both Kai and Grey actively dislike them, so do not give either of them a Spa Egg! If the item is not one that the bachelor or townsperson actively dislikes, it will raise the individual's heart level when given as a gift. After all, as the old axiom declares: 'It is the thought that counts!' You can see, therefore, that in the absence of any other item, you always can give flowers as a gift. A regular egg is another item that always can be given to any of the ordinary bachelors and to Won and the Gourmet Judge as well. Honey and fish are acceptable gifts to all Bachelors. When giving an item that is available in different sizes, giving a larger size has absolutely no effect and therefore, it is best to give a small fish, a regular egg and Small Milk and to ship or sell the larger sizes. As previously stated, a gift given on the occasion of the individual's birthday counts double, but an item that is acceptable will raise the individual's heart level as much as a favourite item in these circumstances. For each bachelor, there is one special item that he loves above all others. In the case of two of the bachelors, the item is one that must be prepared in the kitchen and therefore will not be available at the start of the game. Here is the absolute favourite gift of each ordinary bachelor: Cliff: Curry Rice Doctor: Milk

Grey: Baked Corn Kai: Pineapple Rick: Spa Egg In conclusion, it is better to give flowers to every one every day than to give no gift at all. There is another significant aspect to gift-giving. Always speak to the individual twice after he/she thanks you for the gift. It is conversation as well as the gift itself that raises the heart level of the individual. This is true not only with respect to the bachelors but to other townspeople as well. If you give an acceptable gift to a bachelor each day and make certain that you experience all four of his heart events, your proposal of marriage WILL be accepted once you have the Blue Feather and the Big Bed. You should be able to marry before the end of your first year if you choose to do so. THE FINE ART OF CONVERSATION There is more to courtship than giving a bachelor a gift that he likes. Conversation is an important part of friendship anywhere in the world and life in Mineral Town is no exception to this. If you give a bachelor a gift and then walk away from him after he thanks you for it, you will be able to raise his heart level gradually, but the process will be slow and arduous. If you simply remember to speak to him twice after he thanks you for the gift, you will find that his heart level will increase quickly. Speaking to him twice means hearing two distinct statements from him. Sometimes one statement will be in two parts and you will have to press the 'A' button twice in order to hear the end of the statement. If, however, the bachelor will say something completely different when you press the 'A' button yet again, you will know that you had not heard both statements the first time you spoke to him. It may be tedious to listen to the same responses again and again, but it is worthwhile in the end. Moreover, a bachelor's statements will change completely when his heart level changes. For the bachelors such as Won who do not display a large coloured heart on their chest, the change in dialogue is the only indication you will have that their heart level has changed. It is not only bachelors whose heart level can be judged by their conversation. Every townsperson will change his/her statements when his/her heart level changes. Where your rivals are concerned, their statements follow their old 'FoMT' heart levels. Even with respect to other townspeople such as Barley or Basil, however, you will find that a change in conversation will

indicate a change in heart level. Not every statement that an individual makes will vary according to heart level. It depends upon the location in which you find the person when you speak to him or her. For example, no matter what Rick's heart level may be, he always will say the same thing if you speak to him at the bar at the Inn after 8.10 p.m. He will ask: Done with all your work, Freyashawk?' Then he will say: 'At the end of the day, I am grateful to be able to work hard.' This never changes, whether he is at black or at red heart level. In the same way, when you meet him on his way to the Market on Tuesdays or Sundays, he will make the same statement, no matter how close a friend you may be. On the other hand, if you meet him either inside the Poultry Farm or outside in the yard, his statements will reflect his heart level. At black heart level, he will say: At black heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hey. The chickens are doing very well. How is the farm?' Then, 'It takes a lot of energy to create something from scratch.' At each heart level, his conversation at the Poultry Farm will differ. At purple heart he will say: 'Hi, how are you? How's farming?' Then, 'Let me know if you need any help.' When he finally reaches red heart level, he will tell you: 'Hi, Freyashawk. How are you?' Then, 'I really think you're inspiring. You're the first person I felt this way.' For each bachelor I have tried to include examples of conversation that does change with the heart level and conversation that always remains the same. It should help the player in deciding where to speak to the bachelor each day. Actually, though, conversation is more illuminating when the individual is not displaying a big coloured heart on his chest! If you marry, the hearts of all remaining bachelors will become invisible. If you then need to raise or lower their heart levels in order to experience their rival heart events, it is through their conversation that you will be able to gauge those levels. Sometimes their conversation with you, after you marry, will be quite different from the statements that they made while you were courting them. I will add some examples of the statements that the bachelors make at different heart levels after you marry. III. ROMANTIC EVENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR

There are a couple of opportunities during the course of the year to show your preference towards one of the bachelors by inviting him to join you at an event. The first of these is the Fireworks Festival on 24 Summer. All the bachelors will be at the Beach and if their heart level is high enough, you will have a chance to invite them to join you in watching the fireworks. The bachelor's heart level has to be at least at green in order to have the option of inviting him to watch the show with you. You will have only one opportunity to ask: if you refuse each one, thinking that you will decide later, you will end up watching the fireworks alone from the pier! Once you invite a bachelor to join you, the fireworks will start immediately. It is a good idea, therefore, to speak to every one else and do whatever fishing you wish to do before you invite the lucky lad to watch the show with you. The Full Moon Festival on 13 Fall is another romantic event, but unlike the Fireworks Festival, you will have no choice as to whom will be on the Peak waiting to moongaze with you. It will be the bachelor with the highest heart level for you. If more than one bachelor has the same heart level, it will be the one who reached that level first. Your only choice is to accept or reject his invitation when you find him there. If you reject his invitation, however, you will go home early and go to bed without every seeing the beautiful Full Moon. It is best, therefore, to accept the invitation of the bachelor you happen to find on the Peak. After all, it is not a commitment to marriage! The Starry Night Festival is the most important romantic event of the year, but it is a family event as well. You will receive invitations from all the bachelors who fancy you via Thomas, who will come to your farm at 6.00 in the morning with them and ask you to read them and choose which one to accept. There will be no invitation from Kai, alas, as he is elsewhere during this Season but if he is the only bachelor you have courted and his heart level is high enough, he will send you a ring. Unlike the Fireworks Festival, you can reject each one after you have read it and still have a chance to reconsider. If you accept Cliff's invitation, you will meet him at the Cellar at 6.00 p.m. and bring the feast to your home, where you will celebrate. At the end of the evening, he will give you a Gold Ring. If you accept the Doctor's invitation, you will meet him at the Clinic at 6.00 p.m. to bring the feast to your home, where you will celebrate with both the Doctor and Carter. The Doctor will give you a Gold Ring before you leave the

Clinic. If you accept Grey's invitation, you will meet him at the Forge at 6.00 p.m. to bring the feast to your home, where you will celebrate with both Grey and Saibara. Rick's invitation is unique in that he invites you to celebrate the Starry Night Festival at the Poultry Farm with Lillia and Popuri. If you accept, you will go to the Poultry Farm at 6.00 p.m. and celebrate the Festival there. The Winter Thanksgiving Day is another romantic festival. Unlike the others, however, it is not celebrated with any special event or occasion. It is rather like St. Valentine's Day, a day on which to give a special 'sweet' to any bachelor you fancy. The traditional gift for a girl to give to a guy is Chocolate Cake. You can give a bar of chocolate instead, however, if you do not have a fully equipped kitchen. As a matter of fact, the Winter Thanksgiving Day is a day on which you can give chocolate cake or chocolate to ANY man or boy. Every one appreciates a special gift and married men will accept as graciously as bachelors, although the gift will not carry the same significance when given to a married man or child as when given to an eligible bachelor! Do not worry: wives will not be upset with you if you give their husbands chocolate on the Winter Thanksgiving Day! There is one other Thanksgiving Day festival in Spring, but it is an opportunity for bachelors to show their affection for you. Look at the section dealing with the Thanksgiving Day Festivals for more information about this. Back to Top IV. FAMILY LIFE

When you show the Blue Feather to the bachelor of your choice and your proposal of marriage is accepted, your wedding will follow in about a week's time. The actual date of your wedding will be marked with a hand-drawn red heart on the Calendar next to your bed. If no festival days are scheduled within the week, your wedding will occur precisely seven days after your proposal. Provided that your spouse is at maximum 10 heart level when you marry him and provided that you maintain that heart level with him constantly, you will become pregnant precisely 30 days after your wedding. You will awaken that morning complaining that you feel unwell and your husband will take you to the Clinic. There you will discover that rather than being ill, you are expecting

a blessed event!

You will not return home until 5.00 p.m.

It is not difficult to keep your husband at maximum heart level. Give him a gift that he likes in the morning and speak to him twice after he thanks you. Then, either visit him at work during the day to give him another gift and speak to him twice or wait until evening to give him another gift at home, again speaking to him twice after he thanks you. Remember, however, that any act that lowers the affection of the townspeople will lower your husband's heart level as well. Do not throw litter or fish into the sea or into the street in the crucial period after your wedding if you wish to have a child immediately. Putting Golden Lumber outside in your field is another act that will lower every one's affection. Precisely two seasons or 60 days after the announcement of your pregnancy, you will give birth to a baby daughter in your own home. Once your pregnancy is announced, the birth of your daughter will occur even if your husband's heart level is lowered. It is only between the wedding and the announcement of your pregnancy that a maximum heart level for your husband is required. In the best circumstances, therefore, you can have a child three seasons after you get married. In other words, if you marry on 26 Winter in your first year, your pregnancy will be announced on 26 Spring of the second year and your daughter will be born on 26 Fall of the second year. The birth of your child is an event that will take an entire day. You will awake in the morning in labour and after you have given birth, will go to sleep immediately without any opportunity to take care of any outstanding chores. Make certain, therefore, that you have hired Sprites in advance to care for your animals and crops on the day of your child's birth. If you have not counted the days and do not know when your daughter will be born, not to worry! If you speak to your husband each morning after giving him a gift, he will inform you the day before that the birth of your daughter will take place the next day. Rather bizarrely, you will not be able to interact with your baby at all after she is born. You will find her in the middle of the Big Bed, day or night, firmly ensconced in a place that is completely inaccessible to you. You neither can speak to her, feed her, nor give her any gifts. Her heart level will be at two when she is born and it will remain at two during the period of her infancy unless it actually drops to one. Your daughter's heart level can drop to one either if you do something that lowers every one's affection or as a random occurrence. It is possible that, without any conscious act on your

part, you will go to bed one night with your daughter at two hearts and awaken the next morning to find her at one! This is most unfair and can be avoided if you save your game each night before you go to bed and make certain that all conditions are acceptable in the morning before you save again. It is a good idea in any event to look at the weather forecast on the television to make certain that no typhoons or snowstorms are expected and to make certain that all animals are healthy and happy before you save your game each morning. Fortunately, this peculiar state of affairs will not last long. Precisely two seasons or 60 days after the birth of your daughter, you will be rudely awakened in the morning with the news that your daughter somehow has fallen out of bed. How she managed to accomplish this is a great mystery as she sleeps between you and your husband in the very middle of the bed. You will have a choice then of ignoring the event or taking her to the Clinic. If you choose to ignore the event, declaring that the child is fine, your husband will take her to the Clinic by himself and you will lose affection both with him and with your daughter. If, however, you agree with him that she must be taken at once to the Clinic, you will experience an Event. You will be told that your daughter is fine, but that she has reached an active age where she must be watched carefully. This event does not end before bedtime, so you will not be able to perform any chores or tasks that day. Again, it is a good idea to make certain that you have hired Sprites in advance to care for your animals and crops. Now you will be able to speak to your daughter and give her food or other gifts as she crawls about the farmhouse. She will perform the same aimless pattern of wandering from one corner of the house to another, and you will find her on one side of the house in the morning and on the other in the afternoon. If you give her gifts both in the morning and in the afternoon, speaking to her twice each time afterwards, her heart level will rise rapidly and you will find that she will reach the maximum 10 heart level very quickly. Family festivals now will include your daughter as well as your husband. On birthdays as well as the Pumpkin and Starry Night Festivals, your husband will prepare a 'feast' and you will return home to find him waiting at a table set with special treats with your daughter. On the occasion of the Pumpkin Festival and the Starry Night Festival, the celebration at home will occur between 12.00 noon and 6.00 p.m., and if you enter the house during those hours, your day effectively will end. If you enter the house after 6.00 p.m., you will miss the celebration entirely.

Birthdays are a different matter, as they are celebrated after 6.00 p.m. and your husband will give you the option to leave the house again to finish your work if you return home too soon. The next stage in your daughter's life will occur when she attains her first birthday. At 6.00 a.m., your husband will awaken you, declaring that he has something to show you. Your daughter then will take her first steps and you will be suitably thrilled. The day will proceed after that as any other normal day, but there will be a bithday 'party' for your daughter from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. After you are married, your husband will celebrate your Anniversary by giving you a special gift, provided you have not forgotten what day it is! He will awaken you on the morning of your Anniversary to ask you what day it is and give you three choices: His birthday Anniversary Your birthday If you answer incorrectly, he will be very upset and will tell you that he had planned to give you a gift, but since you cannot even remember what day it is, there is no point at all in celebrating! If you answer correctly, however, he will give you a wrapped gift. It will be a gem. The choice of gem is completely random, by the way, unlike the gift you find in your Yule Stocking, which changes each year. Unlike birthdays and other family festivals, however, there is no celebration in the evening. You will receive a letter of Congratulation from the Harvest Goddess and she will continue to send you letters of Congratulation on the occasion of every Anniversary for the first five years after your marriage. After that, she will send a letter only on special Anniversaries, such as the 10th Anniversary. The last congratulatory letter will be sent on the occasion of your 75th Anniversary! V. GOLD RINGS Gold rings are presented to you on various occasions and for different accomplishments in MFoMT. Some are of a romantic nature and others are not. In the course of your life in Mineral Town, you can receive a total of 7 Gold Rings. They are not items, but appear as icons on your Earnings page. Every

Ring has a stone of a different colour. gold. You obtain a ring:

One actually appears to be white

1. At your First Starry Night Festival; the bachelor who spends the evening with you will give you a Ring either when you meet him at the specified meeting place or when he celebrates the event with you at your house; this is the first ring that you will receive 2. When you marry; on your wedding day, you will receive the second Ring; there is no fanfare for this one, but it will appear as an icon in your Earnings the next day 3. On your second Spring Thanksgiving Day; the first bachelor who comes to your house on this day will give you a Ring (you can be married at this point to some one else!) 4. The first time you celebrate your birthday with your husband; your husband will give you a Ring during the Celebration at your house 5. Tenth wedding anniversary; a Ring will be an anniversary gift from your husband on this occasion 6. When you reach 100,000,000 steps on your pedometre; the Harvest Goddess will give you this Ring 7. At some point in the game, you will find a Gold Ring in your postbox.

Each Ring will give you 30 Heroine Points.

VI. THANKSGIVING FESTIVALS IN MINERAL TOWN There are two Thanksgiving Festivals, one in Spring and one in Winter. The name may be slightly misleading to some, as these festivals resemble our St. Valentine's Day festivals more than the American Thanksgiving holiday. The Spring Thanksgiving Festival, on 14 Spring, is the day on which boys and men give gifts consisting of Chocolate Cookies (wrapped often as presents) to the girls they like. Any bachelor at purple heart level or higher with you will come to your door and present you with 'Cookies wrapped as a present' on 14 Spring. If you happen to be married to the Kappa, you still will receive visits and Cookies from all unwed bachelors with purple heart level or higher on the Spring Thanksgiving Day. If you have any bachelor at purple heart level or almost at purple heart level on 13 Spring in your first year, he will bring 'Cookies wrapped as a present'

to your farm the next day. Each bachelor will arrive at a specific hour. The Doctor arrives at 6.00 a.m.;Cliff arrives at 8.00 a.m. and Grey arrives at 2.00 p.m. If you are not at the farm at these times, you will miss them! They will come at the stated time, remain in front of your door for almost an hour and then leave. The Winter Thanksgiving Day is the day on which girls and women favour the boys that they like best by giving them Chocolate Cake. If you like, you can have the Chocolate Cake gift-wrapped at the Supermarket, but the boys are as happy to receive it unwrapped. If you are courting all the eligible bachelors, you may present each of them with a piece of Chocolate Cake. After doing so, if you remain unwed when the Spring Thanksgiving Day arrives, the recipients will reciprocate by visiting you and bringing you Chocolate Cookies. Actually, even when you are married, the bachelor who brings you a Gold Ring on the Spring Thanksgiving of your second year will bring you giftwrapped Chocolate Cookies on the next Spring Thanksgiving. If you do not have a fully equipped kitchen or simply cannot be bothered to bake, you may give a bar of chocolate to a guy instead of Chocolate Cake for the Winter Thanksgiving. If you are not yet at red heart level with the bachelor of your choice when the Winter Thanksgiving Day arrives, a gift of Chocolate Cake will raise his affection for you considerably. By the way, any bachelor will be happy to receive Chocolate Cake or a bar of chocolate on the Winter Thanksgiving Day, as any girl will be happy to receive Chocolate Cookies on the Spring Thanksgiving Day. Even if the individual ordinarily detests sweets, he/she will accept your special Thanksgiving gift with delight. For example, Karen ordinarily will be very unhappy with you if you give her sweets, but on the Spring Thanksgiving Day, she will be thrilled to receive Chocolate Cookies from you. Although you cannot give a piece of Chocolate Cake to the Kappa, and indeed cannot make any offerings whatsoever to him in the Winter season when the Lake is frozen, you can give a Winter Thanksgiving gift to Won.

VII. STRATEGIES FOR MATCHMAKING

Once you decide which bachelor you wish to marry, propose and are accepted, you may wish to see the other couples marry. There are a few important considerations that must be taken into account before you embark upon any

matchmaking ventures. Your strategy in dealing with each bachelor will depend upon whether or not his heart level is above black or not. If you raised all bachelor heart levels in order to experience all their heart events before proposing to one, you will have to lower the other four bachelors' heart levels significantly before they will be able to marry. If you did not raise any other bachelor's heart level, then you will have to do so before you can experience the last two rival heart events. In any event, no other couple can marry before you reach your fourth year, as the fourth and last rival heart event cannot be experienced before the fourth year. If you marry at the end of the first year, you will have three more years in which to put your strategy into practice. There are two different choices if you have to lower a bachelor's heart level: 1. 2. Do it gradually over the course of the next three years; Do it all at once in your fourth year.

I would advise doing it in a single event, at the Beach Tournament on 1 Summer in your fourth year. Remember, moreover, that if you wish to have a child, you will not become pregnant if your husband's heart level is lower than 10 for an entire season after your marriage. If you begin to lower other bachelor heart levels immediately after your marriage, this will prevent you from becoming pregnant. The most effective way in which to lower heart levels significantly is by throwing fish and rubbish into the sea during the Beach Tournament and/or Fireworks Festival. If, like me, you raised all bachelor heart levels to red before deciding upon a spouse, you will have to throw significant amounts of fish and rubbish into the sea in order to force the heart level to plummet back to black. It can be done in a single festival, however. What is most convenient about these two Summer Festivals with respect to lowering heart levels is the fact that, while you fish, no time elapses and you use no energy. You therefore can throw an unlimited quantity of rubbish and/or fish into the sea while at the Festival. You no longer will be able to see the other bachelors' heart levels, but you will be able to see the heart level of your husband, your daughter and the Harvest Sprites. If you go to the Festival with the maximum heart level of 10 for each of these individuals, with the aim of reducing other bachelors' heart levels to black, you need to reduce heart level as follows: Your husband: Reduce his heart level from ten to five; The Harvest Sprites: Reduce their heart levels from ten to three. not You do

wish to go below three, as they no longer will work for you if you do. Periodically look at your Earnings pages to see how far the heart levels have dropped; when you see that your husband's heart level is five and the Sprites are three, stop throwing rubbish and/or fish into the sea. You will have succeeeded in reducing ALL bachelor heart levels to black. Doing this will reduce the heart levels of all townspeople as well, but it will not take long to increase the levels again. Having reduced my husband's heart level from 10 to 5 at the Beach Tournament, I was able to raise it back to 10 before the end of the Summer Season. Meanwhile, I was able to experience ALL four rival heart events for Kai and any rival heart events for other bachelors that I had not been able to experience prior to this. Before the end of Summer, Kai and Popuri had married, enabling me to experience the 4th and final rival heart event for Rick, followed a week later by his marriage to Karen. As you experience the rival heart events for a bachelor and either raise or lower his heart level to fulfil the requirements for each event, you may notice that the bachelor's conversation will change. Every heart level is connected to two different statements. When the bachelor says something different to you when you speak to him twice, you will know that his heart level has changed.

VIII. BACHELOR SCHEDULES, LIKES AND DISLIKES, RESPONSES, HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS: Every bachelor's schedule, likes and dislikes, heart and rival heart events are listed here in alphabetical order under the bachelor's name. The 'Likes and Dislikes' section is a work in progress in that I need to add more of the actual responses that the bachelor makes in this game. As far as his likes and dislikes are concerned, however, they are the same as they are in FoMT. Even though the actual verbal response may differ slightly, the degree to which he likes an item or dislikes it is the same in both FoMT and MFoMT. *************************************************************************** **** ******************************************************* CLIFF: Birthday: 6 Summer He has a tragedy in his past and

Cliff is a stranger in Mineral Town. spends

quite a lot of time at the local Church. He stays at the Inn, and your rival for Cliff is Ann, the daughter of the owner of the Inn, Doug. Cliff can be found upstairs at the Inn every morning and every night as well. When you begin the game, Cliff will have no job and by the end of Summer, he will confide that he has very little money left, and that he might be forced to leave Mineral Town. If you offer to let him help with the Winery Job on 15 Fall, he will be given a full-time job at the Winery. The least valuable gift that will win Cliff's heart is a cucumber. Cliff's schedule: Before 14 Fall: Every day: Cliff will be in his room upstairs at the Inn until 9.00 a.m. when goes to the Church, taking the farthest eastern road. Arrives at the Church at 9.40. He will leave the Church at 4.00 p.m. and return to the Inn, taking the farthest eastern road. He will be in his room upstairs at the Inn for the rest of the day and night. After Cliff gets the winery job on 15 Fall, his schedule will change: Saturday: In upstairs room at Inn until 1.00 p.m. At 1.00 p.m. he goes downstairs to a table, where he will dine with Duke and Manna. Duke and Manna are there at 1.40 p.m. All three leave the Inn in single file at 4.10. They leave at 7.10 and by 7.40, Cliff has reached the Inn, where he immediately goes upstairs to his room. Every other day: Cliff will be in his room upstairs at the Inn until 10.50; rain or shine, he then goes to Winery cellar at 10.50 a.m. from Inn; goes to the Vines at 1.00 p.m.; he stays outside at the grapevine until 4.00. (He is joined by Duke at 3.00 p.m., rain or shine) He goes from there to the Church where he arrives at 4.40 p.m. He will leave the Church at 7.00 p.m., then return to the Inn at 7.50 p.m. Cliff's Likes and Dislikes: Cliff's very favourite foods all require a kitchen and are made by using 'recipies'. There are foods, however, that he loves almost as much and these are as follows: Loves: all fabricated jewelry Happy to accept: cosmetics, dress, perfume

Loves: Items from Supermarket: bread, chocolate Items from Winery: wild grape wine, wine Items produced on your farm: milk Items gathered: wild grapes, apples, Crops: cucumbers, strawberries, tomatoes, pineapples Most favourite gift: Curry Rice

Loves best: curry rice, vegetable latte, tempura, tempura rice, mountain stew, fried rice, mixed latte, stew, mushroom rice, sandwich, miso soup, Tempura Buckwheat Noodles, Curry Noodles, savoury pancakes, chirashi sushi Loves: pickles, salad, wine, pancakes, strawberry milk, fried noodles, moon dumplings, strawberry jam, candied sweet potato, roasted rice cake, fried buckwheat noodles, wild grape wine, wild grapes, cucumber, chocolate, bread, milk, wine, cake, pickled turnips, cheese, popcorn, pudding, salad, tomato, pineapple, relaxation tea, strawberries, toasted rice ball, Dinner Roll, Jam Bun, Raisin Bread, grape juice Will accept as gift: moon drop, regular egg, spa egg, noodles, toy flower, small fish, honey, turnip, truffle, corn flakes, onion, spinach, chocolate cookies, relaxation tea leaves, bamboo shoots, grape jam, apple jam, eggs over rice Dislikes: blue grass, red grass, peridot, white grass, rubies, fluorite, black grass, yarn, butter, pink diamond, dumpling mix, Elli leaves Actively detests: flour, poisonous mushroom, oil, fish bones, stone, boot, weed, Pirate's Treasure Actual responses to gifts: 'Wow, that's pretty. You are giving it to me? thanks!'' for jewelry I won't use it... But

'Ah... Is it for me? Thank you so much. I basically like anything homemade. Ah... but I don't really like Buckwheat Chips... To be honest...' for curry rice 'Wow, for me? Thanks so much. I appreciate it,' for stew, sandwich, grilled fish, chirashi sushi, sushi, pizza 'I like this. Thank you, Freya.' for cucumber, milk, pineapples, bread, chocolate, rice ball, strawberries, pineapple, grape juice, , pickles, salad, wine, pancakes, strawberry milk, fried noodles, moon dumplings, strawberry jam, candied sweet potato, roasted rice cake, fried buckwheat noodles, wild grape wine, wild grapes, wine, cake, pickled turnips, cheese, popcorn,

pudding, salad, tomato, relaxation tea, strawberries, toasted rice ball, Dinner Roll, Jam Bun, Raisin Bread, grape juice, toast, boiled egg, sashimi, jam bun, pudding, fried noodles 'Thank you, Freya' for spa egg, honey, fish, toy flower, moon drop, regular egg, noodles, turnip, truffle, corn flakes, onion, spinach, chocolate cookies, relaxation tea leaves, bamboo shoots, grape jam, apple jam, eggs over rice, french toast 'What do you want me to do with it?' for ores, blue grass, red grass, peridot, white grass, rubies, fluorite, black grass, yarn, butter, pink diamond, dumpling mix, Elli leaves 'What is it, Freya? You hate me or something?' for flour, curry powder, poisonous mushroom, oil, fish bones, stone, boot, weed, Pirate's Treasure CLIFF'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION At black heart at the Inn at night: 'Hi Freyashawk. I'm looking for a direction in my life. difficult.'

It's very

At purple on the road to the Inn or at the Inn at night: 'Hey, Freyashawk. How is the farm?' Then, 'I'm doing the same. This town is so peaceful that I forget about time.' At green heart at the Inn at night: 'You're very inspiring. I'm happy you came to this town.' Then: 'This is my most favourite town of all.' At yellow heart at the Inn at night: 'Freyashawk, you're very tough. You're inspiring.' At pink heart at the Inn: Hey, Freyashawk. How are you doiing? doing at your farm lately.' At red heart at the Inn: 'Freyashawk! How is your farm? work as hard as you do.' I was wondering how you have been

Is everything going well?

I'm trying to

At red heart in the cellar at the Winery after 15 Fall: 'I'm happy with my work. It's all thanks to you, (palyername).' show my appreciation, is there anything I can do for you?' Cliff's conversation that never changes: At the Church before the winery job: CLIFF'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS: Then, 'To

Your rival for Cliff's heart is Ann, daughter of the Innkeeper, Doug. She is a warm-hearted girl who is a bit of a tomboy. Cliff's first two 'rival heart events' deal with his loneliness and his need to make friends in Mineral Town. Cliff's 1st heart event and rival heart event, aka 'black heart' event: Cliff's 1st heart event: Location: Church on Tuesday at 11.10 a.m.; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 3 Spring of my 1st year The first rival heart event between Cliff and Location: 2nd floor of the Inn, between 7.20 night; I try to trigger this event on Friday, (N.B. You have to go up to the 2nd floor. When you the first floor, but that does not matter. Go up trigger the scene.) Ann: p.m. and 9.00 pm. on Friday 6 Spring, in my 1st year enter the Inn, Ann may be on the stairs and you will

Cliff's 2nd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'purple heart' event: Cliff's 2nd heart event: Location: Church on Friday at 4.00 p.m. on a rainy day: I try to trigger this on Friday, 20 Spring in the first year (N.B. if you do not experience this event before 15 Fall, when Cliff accepts the Winery job, you will no longer be able to experience it at this time, but must go to the Church between 5.00 7.00 p.m. on any days EXCEPT Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to experience it) The second rival heart event between Cliff and Ann: Location: Church on Sunday at 11.00 a.m.; I try to trigger this on Sunday, 8 Spring in my first year Cliff's 3rd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'blue heart' event: Cliff's 3rd heart event: Location: on the road between the farm and winery on a Wednesday afternoon; there is a glitch in the game that will allow you to experience this on Wednesday, 14 Fall after you tell him about the winery job, although the event presupposes that Cliff has the job; I try to trigger this at about 2.40 p.m.

on Wednesday, 14 Fall of my 1st year; you must have the largest rucksack and an empty item slot; you will obtain 'Mountain Necklace' If Cliff's heart level is orange, however, you can experience his 'blue heart event' on 14 Fall, and experience his 'orange heart event' on 15 Fall, one hour after you leave the job at the Winery!) The third rival heart event between Cliff and Ann: Location: Inn on Saturday morning: I trigger this at 11.00 a.m. on first sunny Saturday of 2nd year Cliff's 4th heart event and rival heart event, aka 'orange heart' event: Cliff's 4th heart event: Location: Winery at 6.10 p.m. on Thursday evening; I try to trigger this on 15 Fall in my 1st year, one hour after Cliff accepts the winery job after working there with you all day; the event will end at your farm at 9.00 p.m. N.B. It is becoming eveident that this event cannot be experienced during the Winter season. If you have not experienced it and it is Winter, wait until Spring! The fourth rival heart event between Cliff and Ann: Location: Cellar at Winery on Sunday, any time between 10.00 a.m. and 12.50 p.m. in your fourth year (this is the little building next to the main Aja Winery building) Ann's Marriage Event with Cliff: Location: Inn on rainy Saturday morning after marriage after 6.00 a.m. and before 8.00 a.m. (It is possible, but not certain, that this event cannot be experienced in the Winter Season.) Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** **************************** DOCTOR: Birthday: 19 Fall The Doctor is a very serious, hard-working individual who comes from a medical background himself. He works at the Mineral Clinic and your rival for his affection is Elli, who is his nurse there. He is a very courteous person and even if he dislikes an item, his reaction to it will be polite. He is to be found primarily in his office at the Clinic but not on Wednesday, which is the

day when the Clinic is shut. He can be found on sunny Wednesday mornings at the Lake on the mountain and at the Library in the afternoon. On rainy Wednesdays, he will be found in the morning at the Church, where he shares a bottle of wine with Carter. The least expensive gift that will win the Doctor's heart is black grass. He loves all grasses in fact. The Doctor's Schedule: Behind locked door of Clinic on every day but Wednesday at 8.00 a.m. He will be in the Clinic all day on every day but Wednesday, when the Clinic is shut. You can find him there earlier and later than the official Clinic hours if you have become good friends both with the Doctor and with Elli. Extra affection is earned for both by taking the medical exam for 10G. On Wednesday, he leaves the Clinic at 7.00 a.m. and by 7.40 a.m. is at the screen of Mother's Hill and at 8.00 a.m. is by the Lake. He leaves there at 10.00 and is off the screen at 10.30 appearing on the screen on the road next to the Church at 11.00 a.m. Enters the Clinic at 11.20 a.m. precisely At 1.00 p.m. he leaves the Clinic, arriving at the Library at 1.20 where he immediately goes upstairs. Leaves precisely at 4.00 and back in Clinic at 4.30 p.m. CLinic hours: 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Closed Wednesdays (but if you are good friends with the Doctor, you can go inside until 11.00 p.m. on Wednesdays); On a rainy Wednesday, the Doctor leaves the clinic at 7.00 a.m. and is in the Church by 7.20 a.m. (Carter still is pacing in the graveyard at this time.) the Doctor is inside the Clinic at 11.00 and he goes to the Library at 1.00 p.m. (rain or shine) until 4.00; arrives back at Clinic at 4.20 p.m. There is a scene that can be experienced with the Doctor at the Lake on Wednesday morning after 8.00 a.m. In it, he speaks of his childhood. Time stops while you are experiencing this scene, so if you take an empty basket and rucksack to the Lake, and equip your fishing rod, you ought to be able to fill both basket and rucksack with fish, without experiencing any loss of time or energy. The Doctor's Likes and Dislikes: Likes: all fabricated jewelry

Absolute favourite:

Milk

Loves best: honey, fish, blue grass, bamboo shoots, Vegetable Latte, Wine, fish stick, blue grass, mixed latte, stew, red grass, wild grape wine, black grass, poisonous mushroom, white grass, black grass, Blue Magic Grass Loves: spa egg, regular egg, Pineapple, egg over rice, potato pancake, mountain stew, chirashi sushi, turnip, apple, corn, cheese, tomato, small fish, spa egg, relaxation tea, strawberries, tomato, potato, Strawberry Milk Will accept as gift: Toy Flower, french toast, rice gruel, noodles, fried noodles, tempura, tempura rice, moon dumplings, fried rice, sashimi, curry noodles, strawberry jam, fried buckwheat noodles, roasted rice cake, candied potato, curry rice, cookie, truffle, savoury pancakes, omelet, omelet rice, pink cat grass, cheese fondue, greens (boiled spinach), curry powder, sushi, boiled egg, fruit latte, yarn, grilled fish, sushi, curry noodles, pudding, corn flakes, salad, mayonnaise, fruit juice, relaxation tea leaves, butter, dinner roll, raisin bread, jam bun, french toast Dislikes: Pancakes, orichalc, rubies, fluorite, peridot, agate, emerald, amethyst, sand rose, chocolate cookies Actively detests: popcorn, pizza (all 'junk food')

Doctor's actual responses to gifts: 'How pretty. For me? Thanks.' for jewelry Drinking this helps

'Thank you. People's bones are getting weaker. tremendously.' (really thrilled) for milk

'Wow, thanks! You're so helpful to me. I appreciate it!' (very happy) for honey, fish, blue grass, bamboo shoots, Vegetable Latte, Wine, fish stick, blue grass, mixed latte, stew, red grass, wild grape wine, black grass, poisonous mushroom, white grass, green grass, yellow grass, orange grass, Blue Magic Grass 'Is it for me? You're always very considerate.' (happy) for spa egg, regular egg, Pineapple, egg over rice, potato pancake, mountain stew, chirashi sushi, turnip, apple, corn, cheese, tomato, Strawberry Milk, relaxation tea, strawberries, tomato, potato, cheese 'Hey, thanks! I appreciate it,' (not very excited) for mushroom, truffle, chocolate, rice ball, bread, sandwich, boiled egg, grilled fish, sashimi, sushi, raisin bread, jam bun, pudding, fried noodles, french toast, cucumber 'Mmm... Thanks... But it's not really my favourite...' for ores, Pancakes, orichalc, rubies, fluorite, peridot, agate, emerald, amethyst, sand rose, chocolate cookies, weed, junk ore

'You have to wash your hands before touching that. for french fries, popcorn, pizza, boot, fish bone DOCTOR'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION

What?

It's for me ...?

At black heart at the Mineral Clinic: 'Oh, what's the matter?' Then: 'Come to see me anytime when you don't feel good.' At purple heart at the Mineral Clinic: Hi, Freyashawk. How is your farm?' Don't sell all of your crops. them.' Eat

At blue heart at the Mineral Clinic: 'Hi, Freyashawk. How are you? You live all by yourself, so make sure you eat well and sleep well.' At green heart at the Mineral Clinic: Hi Freyashawk. How are you today?' Then, 'I'm wondering if you are eating well at home. When you live by yourself, you tend not to...' At orange heart at the Mineral Clinic: 'How can you stay so energetic?' Then: 'You work so hard. I'm very surprised. You raise a bar for all the hard workers out there.' At pink heart at the Mineral Clinic: 'I'm worried if you're eating well lately. When you live by yourself, you tend to skip meals or eat junk food. I'm worried...' At red heart at the Mineral Clinic: 'I wonder what I am to you.' Then, 'You energise me. energise people. You're inspiring.' Doctor's conversation that never changes: On the mountain on Wednesdays or on the road: 'On my days off, I go to the Mother's Hill. I buy herbs from Zack, too, but that's not enough. Let me know if you find any herbs.' DOCTOR'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS: Your rival for the Doctor's heart is the local nurse, Elli. Elli is passionate about her vocation as a nurse at the Mineral Clinic and she admires the Doctor tremendously. She is Ellen's granddaughter and Stu's sister. Doctor's 1st heart event and rival heart event, aka 'black heart' event: Doctor's 1st heart event: Location: Clinic at 11.40 a.m. on Monday; I try to trigger this on Monday, 2 Spring in my 1st year, the first day you actually spend in Mineral Town You have a power to

The first rival heart event between Doctor and Elli: Location: Clinic, on Thursday at 11.00 a.m.: I try to trigger this event on Thursday, 5 Spring in my first year Doctor's 2nd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'purple heart' event: Doctor's 2nd heart event: Location: Clinic at 11.10 a.m. on Friday; I try to trigger this on Friday, 13 Spring in my 1st year The second rival heart event with Elli: Location: Ellen's house at 11.40 a.m. on Monday; I try to trigger this on Monday, 9 Spring of my first year Doctor's 3rd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'blue heart' event: Doctor's 3rd heart event: Location: Clinic at 11.40 a.m. on Tuesday; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 24 Spring in my 1st year; you must have the largest rucksack and an empty item slot; you will obtain 'Negative Ion', gift from Doctor (can be experienced on Saturday, 21 Spring as well) The third rival heart event between Doctor and Elli: Location: Clinic at 11.40 a.m. on Thursday in your second year or later Doctor's 4th heart event and rival heart event, aka 'orange heart event': Doctor's 4th heart event: Location: Clinic at 11.10 a.m. on Friday; I try to trigger this on Friday, 18 Summer of my 1st year The fourth rival heart event between Doctor and Elli: Location: Beach on Wednesday, from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. in your fourth year or later; must be a clear night, without rain Marriage event between Elli and Doctor Location: Clinic on Thursday at 12.10 p.m. after they are married (it was a rainy day, but do not know if it must be); will occur any time between noon and 4.00 p.m. Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ***********************************

GREY:

Birthday: 6 Winter Grey is the grandson of Saibara, the local Blacksmith, and he works as his Apprentice at the forge. He suffers from a lack of self-confidence and selfesteem due to his grandfather's very high, exacting standards. Your rival for Grey's affection is Mary, a very shy girl who runs the local Library and who is an aspiring novelist. Grey can be found usually at the forge in the morning and on some afternoons, he will be found at the library. He lives actually at the Inn and you can find him upstairs there at night, sharing a room with Cliff and Kai. As an aspiring blacksmith, he has ambitions to make beautiful jewelry and is very fond of all ores and gems. The least valuable gift that will win Grey's heart is Copper. Grey's Schedule: Every day but Monday and Thursday: Arrives at the forge each morning rain or shine at 7.40 a.m. and is there until 1.00 p.m., when he walks to the Library, no matter what the weather. He reaches the Library at 1.40 p.m. and stays there until 4.00. After that, he goes to his room upstairs at the Inn if he is not married, but if he is married, he goes to Basil's house. On Mondays, he will go to the forge at 7.00 a.m., arriving at 7.40 a.m. He will leave the forge at 1.00 p.m. and arrive at the Inn at 1.40 p.m. He will remain at the Inn for the rest of the day. On Thursdays, if Grey is not married to Mary, he will be found on the Peak with Saibara from 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. Grey's Likes and Dislikes: Most favourite gifts: Copper, Silver, Gold (all ores in fact), Baked Rice, Candied Potato, Savoury Pancakes, Omelet Diamonds, Peridot, Rubies, Emeralds, Amethyst, Cake, Chocolate Cake, Pancakes, Pudding, Curry Corn, Cheese Cake, Ice Cream

Corn, Fried Noodles, Fried Rice, Orichalc, Chocolate, Agate, Sand Rose, Fluorite, Rice, Pink Diamond, Baked

Gifts that he loves: moon dumplings, fried buckwheat noodles, roasted rice cake, regular egg, bread, wine, cheese fondue, corn, popcorn, corn flakes, tomato, mayonnaise,

stew, Eggs over Rice; potato pancakes, Tempura Buckwheat Noodles, Dinner Roll, Toast, Curry Noodles Gifts he will accept: noodles, blue grass, tempura, tempura rice, strawberry jam, mixed latte, black grass, cucumber, honey, small fish, wild grapes, omelet, white grass, flour, dumpling mix, oil, milk, mushroom rice, sandwich, boiled egg, sushi, black grass, pink cat grass, fruit latte, honey, apple, fish, yarn, salad, butter, spinach, onion, pineapple, fruit juice, miso soup, relaxation tea leaves, relaxation tea, strawberries, grape jam, apple jam, rice gruel, toasted rice ball, Buckwheat Noodles with Tempura, Elli leaves, Raisin Bread, Jam Bun, Butter, Truffle Rice, grape juice, chirashi sushi Gifts he dislikes: Mountain Stew, spa egg, dumpling powder, turnip, bamboo shoots Gifts he detests: pickles, poisonous mushrooms, pickled turnips, boiled spinach (greens), fish bones, stone, weed, boot, Pirate's Treasure Grey's actual reactions to items: 'Smells good. I love it. Thanks.' for Baked Corn

'Thanks. I like having classy friends like you,' for Copper, Silver, Gold (all ores in fact), Fried Noodles, Fried Rice, Candied Potato, Savoury Pancakes, Omelet Rice, Orichalc, Chocolate, Diamonds, Peridot, Rubies, Emeralds, Amethyst, Agate, Sand Rose, Fluorite, Cake, Chocolate Cake, Pancakes, Pudding, Curry Rice, Pink Diamond, Baked Corn, Cheese Cake, Ice Cream, Pudding, 'Thanks a lot! Any time you want to give me something, I'm ready to receive!' for fish, honey, milk, egg, strawberry, pineapples, cucumber, moon dumplings, fried buckwheat noodles, roasted rice cake, regular egg, bread, wine, cheese fondue, corn, popcorn, corn flakes, tomato, mayonnaise, stew, Eggs over Rice; potato pancakes, Tempura Buckwheat Noodles, Dinner Roll, Toast, Curry Noodles, cheese, pizza The following are items to which he is indifferent: 'Thanks.' for noodles, blue grass, tempura, tempura rice, strawberry jam, mixed latte, black grass, cucumber, honey, small fish, wild grapes, omelet, white grass, flour, dumpling mix, oil, milk, mushroom rice, sandwich, boiled egg, sushi, black grass, pink cat grass, fruit latte, honey, apple, fish, yarn, salad, butter, spinach, onion, pineapple, fruit juice, miso soup, relaxation tea leaves, relaxation tea, strawberries, grape jam, apple jam, rice gruel, toasted rice ball, Buckwheat Noodles with Tempura, Elli leaves, Raisin Bread, Jam Bun, Butter, Truffle Rice, grape juice, chirashi sushi, rice ball, truffle, sandwich, grilled fish, sashimi, chirashi sushi, white grass, sushi, french toast

The following are items he dislikes: 'I'll take this off your hands, but you don't need to give it to me again, OK?' for Mountain Stew, spa egg, dumpling powder, turnip, bamboo shoots The following are items he detests: 'What a jerk! Don't give that to me!' for pickles, poisonous mushrooms, pickled turnips, boiled spinach (greens), fish bones, stone, weed, boot, Pirate's Treasure, red grass Reaction if you show him your dog: 'You're kind of funny, if you think that's a big deal.' After marriage: 'Perfume. perfume If you don't want it, I'll send it to my mom. Thanks. Thank you.' for

'Hi, MyTreasure. Isn't that for you? mom or something.' for cosmetics 'That's my grandpa's... Hmm.. reference.' for brooch

I guess I'll send it to my

Thanks, MyTreasure.

I'll keep it as my for

'Hey thanks! You know exactly what I like. chocolate, corn, orichalc, candied potato

You're such a good wife!'

'Thanks, MyTreasure. I appreciate it.' for fish, honey, milk, egg, strawberries, Moon Drop, Toy Flower, Pink Cat, Blue Magic Grass, bread, rice ball, croquettes (potato pancake), eggs over rice (egg bowl), tempura, fish sticks, fried buckwheat noodles 'I don't like that. egg You didn't know? Remember that.' for junk ores, spa You're so

'MyTreasure. What are you doing? annoying.' for weed GREY'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION

What do you want from me?

At black heart at the forge: 'Ah... can I help you?' Then: Freyashawk, you work so hard all by yourself. At purple heart at the forge: 'Hello, Freyashawk. How is your farm?' Then: You inspire me to work harder.' At purple heart on the road: 'How's the farm?' then, 'I'm doing okay. At blue heart level at the Forge: 'Hello. Not too bad, no too good.' What's up?'

Then: 'I want to become much better and make lots of things.' At green heart at the Forge: 'Hey Freyashawk. Farming must be hard. by you.' Grandpa and I are very impressed

At pink heart at the Forge: 'Hello, Freyashawk. How are you?' Then: 'Farmng must be very demanding. Are you okay all by yourself?' At red heart at the Forge: Hello, Freyashawk. How are you? buy an item I make someday.' The responses that never change: At the library: 'Books have some really interesting stories, you know.' Then, 'Mary always suggests such great books for me to read.' On the Peak on Thursday mornings: 'Grandpa makes me go hiking on my days off. Learn from the nature...' Then, '... Concentrate..............' At the Inn at night: 'Hi there. Do you need something?' Then: 'Shouldn't you be getting back to the farm around now?' (I always thought this very rude and he will say it at every heart level!) GREY'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS Your rival for Grey is Mary, who is the local librarian. She is the daughter of Basil and Anna. Basil is the local botanist, whose books are collected in the library and Anna is a celebrated maker of desserts who will invite you to join her private cooking class in her home with Manna. Grey's 1st heart event and rival heart event, aka 'black heart event': Grey's 1st heart event: Location: Saibara's forge at 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday, entering the forge after Grey does; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 3 Spring in my first year; if you leave the forge after this event and return directly to the forge, you will trigger Grey's 1st rival heart event The first rival heart event between Grey and Mary: Location: Saibara's forge at 10.10 a.m.; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 3 Spring in my first year I'm working hard.' Then, 'I want you to

Grey's 2nd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'purple heart event':

Grey's 2nd heart event: Location: Inn on 2nd floor at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday night; I try to trigger this on Thursday, 19 Spring in my 1st year The second rival heart event between Grey and Mary: Location: Library at 2.00 p.m.; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 3 Spring in my first year (note that Mary still will be at black heart level at this point in time) Grey's 3rd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'blue heart event': Grey's 3rd heart event: Location: your farm at 6.00 a.m. on Monday morning; Grey will be at your door when you exit your house; I try to trigger this on Monday, 30 Spring, although you have little control over this event; must have largest rucksack and empty item slot; obtain silver brooch, a hand-forged gift from Grey The third rival heart event between Grey and Mary: Location: Peak at 7.20 a.m. This can be triggered on any Friday in Spring or another season in your second year or later Grey's 4th heart event and rival heart event, aka 'orange heart event': Grey's 4th heart event: Location: Forge at 12.10 p.m. on Monday; I try to trigger this on Monday, 28 Summer in my 1st year; event ends upstairs at the Inn at 2.00 p.m. The fourth rival heart event between Grey and Mary: Location: Library at 1.50 p.m. This can be triggered on Saturday in Spring any time between 1.40 p.m and 3.50 p.m.; wedding takes place 7-8 days later Marriage Event between Grey and Mary Location: Peak; triggered it on Thursday at 3.40 p.m., four days after wedding; can be triggered any time between 1.40 p.m. and 3.50 p.m. at the Peak Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** KAI:

Birthday:

22 Summer

Kai owns the Beach Cafe but he stays in a guest room upstairs at the Inn when he is in Mineral Town. He is to be found in Mineral Town only during the Summer season. He stays upstairs at the Inn during the entire season and is not to be found anywhere but the Inn, the Beach Cafe and Mineral Beach. The Beach Cafe is open every day but Sunday from 11.00 a.m. to 1. p.m. and 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Kai's very favourite gifts is a Pineapple, but they are worth 500G. least expensive gift that Kai loves is flour or an egg. Kai's Schedule: On every day but Sunday: Kai leaves the Inn at 8.00 a.m. and walks to the Beach. He will sit on the bench outside the Cafe until 11.00 when he opens the Cafe for lunch. When the Cafe closes at 1.00 p.m., Kai returns to the bench outside and will remain there until 5.00 p.m., when he opens the Cafe for dinner service. When the Cafe shuts at 7.00 p.m., Kai returns to the Inn, arriving there at 7.40 p.m. Sundays: On Sundays, Kai is to be found in his room upstairs at the Inn until 1.00 p.m. when he walks to the Beach. He will be at the Beach until 3.50 p.m. when he returns to his room at the Inn, arriving at the Inn at 4.50 p.mx. He will remain in his room upstairs for the rest of the day and night. Kai's Likes and Dislikes: Loves: all fabricated jewelry, Loves above all else: Pineapples Loves next best: fried rice, regular egg, tomato, flour, oil Loves: fried noodles, moon dumplings, mixed latte, toy flower, cucumber Will accept as gift: tempura, tempura rice, fried buckwheat noodles, Dislikes: fish, honey, wild grapes cosmetics, dress, perfume (very happy) The

noodles, mountain stew, strawberry jam, roasted rice cake, candied potato, spa egg Actively detests: blue grass Actual reactions to gifts: 'Wow, a pineapple! Thank you. This is my most favourite summer fruit.'

'Thanks. I kind of like this.' ( with huge smile, hand behind neck) for egg, flour, toy flower, cucumber 'Hey, thanks. pink cat I appreciate it. (with smile)' for chocolate, rice ball,

'Oh, is it for me?

Thanks.' (with smile) for milk, You're a strange one.' for green

'What is it? What can I do with it? grass, red grass, empty tin Sorry... I don't like it.'

for silver, copper

KAI'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION At black heart at the Beach Cafe: 'Yo, what's up? Don't pass out from the heat.' At purple heart at the Beach Cafe: Yo, Freyashawk. This town is boring, but people are very nice.' At yellow heart at the Beach Cafe: No customers... Maybe I should start a farm too...' I can't work like you do, Freyashawk.' At green heart at the Beach Cafe: 'Freyashawk, are you going to live here forever?' more cool places. Very different than here.' Then, 'Just kidding.

Then:

'There are many

At purple heart at the Inn at night: 'Yo, how is it going?' Then: 'If you have time, let's go somewhere together. here together?'

How about a dinner

At blue heart at the Inn at night: Yo, Freyashawk. Did you try the food here?' Then, 'This place is my competition. Why do more people come to this place?' At green heart at the Inn at night:

'Yo, Freyashawk. Are you done working?' but I know a lot about wine. Surprised?' Kai's Conversation that never changes:

Then:

'I may not look like it,

At the bench at Mineral Beach: 'The time goes so slowly in this town. Don't you agree?' KAI'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS Your rival for Kai is Popuri, daughter of Lillia, who owns the Poultry Farm. As Kai, owner of the Beach Cafe, does not live in Mineral Beach, but only visits during the Summer, his heart and rival heart events can be experienced only during the Summer season. If you give him a gift that he loves every day from the beginning of Summer, you can experience all four of his heart events and have his heart at red level by the time he leaves Mineral Town at the end of your first Summer. You cannot marry him in the first year, however, as you will not have the Big Bed yet. Kai's 1st heart event and rival heart event, aka 'black heart event':

Kai's 1st heart event: Location: Mineral Beach at 12.50 p.m. on Wednesday; I try to trigger this on Wednesday, 2 Summer in my 1st year; it can be experienced any time between 11.10 a.m. to 12.50 p.m. while Kai is at work; it can be experienced between 5.00 p.m.to 7.00 p.m. when he is at work as well. You cannot experience this event while Kai is on his 'break' between 1.00 - 4.50 p.m. The first rival heart event between Kai and Popuri: Location: Mineral Beach; must be Summer on Sunday at 2.00 p.m. (actually between 1.50 p.m. and 3.40 p.m.); usually I trigger this scene on the same day as I trigger a nasty scene between Rick and Kai; can be experienced on Sunday, 6 Summer of the first year or later Kai's 2nd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'purple heart event': Kai's 2nd heart event: Location: Beach Cafe at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday; I try to trigger this on Wednesday, 9 Summer; it can be experienced at any time between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. The second rival heart event between Kai and Popuri: Location: Mineral Beach between 11.40 p.m. and 3.50 p.m. on Tuesday or Thursday; can be experienced on Tuesday, 8 Summer or Thursday, 10 Summer in the first year or later

Kai's 3rd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'blue heart event': Kai's 3rd heart event: Location: Mineral Beach on Tuesday at 3.00 p.m.; it can be experienced on Tuesday, 29 Summer in your 1st year if Kai's heart level has not risen quickly and reaches blue only at the end of the season; it can be experienced as early as Tuesday, 15 Summer in the 1st year ; must have largest rucksack and empty item slot; obtain Kai's lucky charm as gift from Kai; event will end at 3.30 p.m. outside Clinic (This event can be triggered on Tuesdays during Kai's break from work, from 1.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m. It can be experienced on Fridays as well. There is one pre-requisite, however: as the event requires that you pass out from fatigue in front of Kai, you really have to be low on energy in order to trigger it! If you are 'sleeping' through days in MFoMT, you will NOT be able to experience this event!) The third rival heart event between Kai and Popuri: Location: Pier at Mineral Beach on Sunday, between 1.50 p.m. and 3.50 p.m. in second year or later; can be experienced on Sunday, 5 Summer in the second year or later Kai's 4th heart event and rival heart event, aka 'orange heart' event: Kai's 4th heart event: Location: Pier on Monday or Wednesday at Mineral Beach between 8.40 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.; triggered it on Wednesday, 30 Summer at 8.40 a.m. The fourth rival heart event between Kai and Popuri: Location: Poultry Farm, between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. in fourth year or later in Summer only; I triggered it on Saturday, 2 Summer at 12.10 p.m. in the fourth year; it can be triggered on Tuesday between 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. as well Marriage Event between Popuri and Kai: Location: Beach Cafe, between 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. I try to trigger this the day after the wedding if possible, but it cannot be experienced on Sunday, so if the Wedding is on Saturday, 9 Summer, can experience this event first on Monday, 11 Summer between 5.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. Back to Top

*************************************************************************** **** ********************************* RICK:

Birthday: 27 Fall Rick is Popuri's brother and Lillia's son. He lives at the Poultry Farm with them and can be found there during the day, either inside or outside in the yard. Your rival for Rick's affection is Karen and he sits with her on the bench outside the Supermarket every sunny morning between 9.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. When the Supermarket is shut on Tuesdays and Sundays, he will sit there as well, but on Sundays, Karen does not join him. Rick goes to the Inn at night and sits at the Bar, where he is often joined by Karen. You can win Rick's heart easily if you give him 'spa eggs'. Any size of egg can be made into a spa egg by throwing it into the Hot Spring. Rick's Schedule: Lives at Poultry Farm, which is open 11. a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except Sundays. Every day: He leaves his house every sunny morning at 7.00 and reaches the Supermarket bench by 8.30 a.m. He leaves the bench at 10.00 and reaches the yard at his Poultry Farm at 11.10. He will remain in the yard until 4.00 p.m. when he enters the Poultry Farm. On a rainy day, Rick will be found upstairs at the farmhouse from 6.00 a.m. onwards. You can find him there definitely at 7.00 if you are good friends with the family. On Sundays, he is on the bench until 10.00 when he returns home at 11.20 and goes inside. The house/farm is locked until he returns home, at which time, provided you are friends with him, you can find him downstairs. Both Rick and Lillia exit the farmhouse at 1.00 p.m. and Rick stays in the yard, while Lillia visits the Clinic (Popuri is at Church on Sunday morning, except in Summer, when she is at the Beach); he goes into the farmhouse at 5.00 where you can find him downstairs until Lillia returns to the farmhouse at 5.20 on Sunday afternoons, but she goes upstairs where she takes a rest. Rick goes to the Inn at night, leaving the farmhouse at 7.00 p.m. It is a

long walk and you can see him outside the Inn from 8.10 to 8.20 p.m. when he enters. He. and stays until 10.00 p.m. You can find him on the road to Rose Square until 10.40 and on the road to the Poultry Farm at 11.10 p.m. At 11.30 p.m. he goes into the farmhouse, where the door will be locked. On a rainy day, Rick will be found upstairs at the farmhouse from 6.00 a.m. onwards. You can find him there definitely at 7.00 if you are good friends with the family. On Tuesdays, Rick visits Saibara at the Forge between 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m.

Rick's Likes and Dislikes: Likes: fabricated jewelry, cosmetics, dress Loves more than anything: spa egg Loves next best: regular egg, french toast, eggs over rice, wild grape wine, honey, corn, cheese, popcorn, pudding, corn flakes, mayonnaise, Loves: rice gruel, fish sticks, blue grass, strawberry jam, fried buckwheat noodles, white grass, spinach (boiled greens) fish, pineapple, fruit juice, relaxation tea leaves, fish Will accept as gift: toy flower, potato pancake, noodles, fried noodles, tempura, tempura rice, mountain stew, fried rice, mixed latte, candied potato, oil, savoury pancakes, bread, sushi, apple, fruit latte, tomato, truffle, salad, butter, spinach, onion, tomato, miso soup, bamboo shoots, strawberries, apple jam, grape jam, milk, apple, turnip, apple souffle Indifferent: boiled egg, roasted rice cake, omelet, omelet rice, chocolate Dislikes: perfume

Absolutely detests: stew (of all things!) and to red grass, curry rice, diamonds, peridot, rubies, fluorite, cheese fondue, yarn, agate, emeralds, amethyst, sand rose Actual responses to gifts: 'Thank you. I love eggs. I guess it's not hard figure out, huh? especially love this.' for spa egg I

'Hey, thanks! You're so nice to give me this, Freya ,' (very happy) for honey, regular egg, chocolate, mayonnaise, french toast, eggs over rice, wild grape wine, honey, corn, cheese, popcorn, pudding, corn flakes, wine, pudding

'Hey, for me? That's nice. Thank you.' (very happy) for fish, pineapple, rice ball, Blue Magic Grass, green grass, raisin bread, white grass, 'Oh, is it for me? Thank you!' (not that excited) for milk, strawberries, toy flower, Moon Drop, pink cat cucumber, bread, potato pancake, noodles, fried noodles, tempura, tempura rice, mountain stew, fried rice, mixed latte, candied potato, oil, savoury pancakes, sushi, apple, fruit latte, tomato, truffle, salad, butter, spinach, onion, tomato, miso soup, bamboo shoots, apple jam, grape jam, milk, apple, turnip, apple souffle, sandwich, grilled fish, sashimi, chirashi sushi, jam bun, pizza, 'Mmm... Thanks...' 'Waaahhhh! horrible face) for boiled egg What are you trying to do?' for stew (with

Is it for me?

RICK'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION At black heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hey. The chickens are doing very well. How is the farm?' takes a lot of energy to create something from scratch.

Then, 'It

At purple heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hi, how are you? How's farming?' Then, 'Let me know if you need any help.' At blue heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hello, Freyashawk.' Then: We make the chicken feed at the waterwheel. farm too.' At green heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Every chicken looks different, you know.' the same? You don't understand...' Then:

You have one on your

'What?

That all look

At yellow heart at the Poultry Farm: 'It's a lot of work to care for animals, you know what I mean?' Then, 'But each one is different, and I don't get tired of watching them everyday.' At pink heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hi, Freyashawk... How is your farm? on your own. That's a lot of work.' 'I can't believe you work on the farm

At red heart at the Poultry Farm: 'Hi, Freyashawk. How are you?' Then, 'I really think you're inspiring. You're the first person I felt this way.' Rick's conversation that never changes: At the bar at the Inn at night: Done with all your work, Freyashawk?' the Then he will say: 'At the end of

day, I am grateful to be able to work hard.' On the road at night: 'It's getting dark, isn't it?' RICK'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS: Your rival for Rick's affection is Karen, whose parents, Jeff and Sasha own the local Supermarket. Karen and Rick have been close friends since early childhood.

Rick's 1st heart event and rival heart event, aka 'black heart' event: Rick's 1st heart event: Location: Poultry Farm at 12.30 p.m. on Monday; I try to trigger this on Monday, 2 Spring of my 1st year (the first day actually spent in Mineral Town); you will obtain a spa egg from Rick during this event The first rival heart event between Rick and Karen: Location: Goddess Spring (must come out of the Spring Mine to trigger it), on Friday, 3.40 p.m.; I try to trigger this event on Friday, 6 Spring in my first year Rick's 2nd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'purple heart event': Rick's 2nd heart event: Location: Poultry Farm at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday; event with Rick, Popuri and Lillia; I try to trigger this on Tuesday, 17 Spring in my first year (can be experienced on Thursday after 11.10 a.m. as well) The second rival heart event between Rick and Karen: Location: forest behind Gotz' house (must exit Gotz' house to trigger it): I triggered it at 3.10 p.m. on Monday; (this event cannot be triggered in Spring, so if you are experiencing Rick's heart events as quickly as possible, you may not experience this in your first year. If you wish to see Rick's 2nd rival heart event in the first year, make certain that his heart level does not exceed blue at the end of Spring. You can experience his blue heart event at the end of Spring and still trigger this event at the beginning of Summer, but do not raise his heart level higher than blue if you wish to experience this rival heart event.) Rick's 3rd heart event and rival heart event, aka 'blue heart event': Rick's 3rd heart event:

Location: Poultry Farm at 11.50 a.m. on Friday; I try to trigger this on Friday, 27 Spring; must have largest rucksack and empty item slot; obtain Rick's father's watch as his gift to you The third rival heart event between Rick and Karen: Location: Spring (but must exit Spring Mine in order to trigger it): I triggered this event at 12.10 p.m. on Wednesday; in your second year or later Rick's 4th heart event and rival heart event, aka 'orange heart' event: Rick's 4th heart event: Location: Inn at 8.20 p.m. on Wednesday night; I try to trigger this event on Wednesday, 23 Summer; it can be triggered at any time between 8.20 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. when the door of the Inn locks (unless it is far later in the game, and you are close friends with Doug and Ann, so that the door does not lock until 10.00 p.m.); the event will end at 11.00 p.m. at your farm door The fourth rival heart event between Rick and Karen: Location: Yard of Poultry Farm: in your fourth year or later; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m (exit from Poultry Farm to trigger scene in yard outside) Marriage Event between Karen and Rick: Location: Poultry Farm between 4.10 and 6.50 p.m. on Monday or Tuesday after wedding, but never in Summer season *************************************************************************** **** ************************************ Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ************************************

KAPPA:

Birthday: Unknown The Kappa is a water spirit who lives in the Lake on the mountainside. Although, in Japanese mythology, he is a vampire who feeds on horses, cows and women, in Harvest Moon, he is not a vampire, and is not evil or nasty. He is not the friendliest of chaps either, however. His favourite food in the game, as in Japanese lore, is cucumbers. If you wish to marry the Kappa, you will find no rival for his heart.

To give a cucumber offering to the Kappa, you must go to the shore of the Lake and throw it into the water. The Kappa will appear and will tell you that you are annoying and command you not to bother him again. Ignore his instructions and keep returning. If you give him cucumbers for 11 days, he will give you a Blue Power Berry on the 11th. You should do this even if you do not wish to marry him as the Blue Power Berry will allow you to use your tools longer without Fatigue. Marrying the Kappa in MFoMT is very similar to marrying the Harvest Goddess in FoMT. You cannot marry him prior to the 5th year and the pre-requisites to marriage to the Kappa are almost identical to those for marriage to the Harvest Goddess: you must go to Confession and gain Carter's permission to marry the Kappa, you must ship every possible item, and acquire the Kappa Gem, as well as catching all of the River Kings. Like the Harvest Goddess, the Kappa will not deign to share your home with you. You will have to rely on the services of any unwed bachelors who have affection for you if you wish to view the Full Moon from the Peak. By the way, when the Lake is frozen during the Winter season, you will be unable to make offerings to the Kappa, so if you wish to receive the Blue Power Berry, make certain that you do it before Winter. KAPPA'S RESPONSES: The Kappa will not respond to anything but the offering of a cucumber unless you have met all requirements for marriage to him, at which time he will respond to your Blue Feather. His response to his favourite item, the cucumber, after the very first offering, to which he makes no response other than (..............) is always the same: 'You're annoying. Don't come back.' Do not be deterred by this. gives you a Blue Power Berry. Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ************************************* GOURMET: Keep offering cucumbers each day until he

Birthday:

21 Summer

The Gourmet is precisely what his name implies: an expert in culinary matters. It is he who judges the Cooking Festival each year in Mineral Town.

If you are interested in marrying the Gourmet, you will discover that there is no rival for his affections. (Wonder why?) Doug will tell you that: 'You know that Gourmet who judges the cooking Festival? He's a real big shot in the cooking world. He's eaten cuisine the world over, you know!' The Gourmet loves all cooked 'recipes'. will not be happy with any inedible gift. He detests all burnt foods. He

His affection for you will increase if you win the Cooking Festival by submitting a 'special recipe'. This can be a recipe that one of the townspeople has given to you in conversation or a recipe of your own. Please see Complete Recipes FAQS guide for all recipes in the game and the differences between the 'basic' and the 'best' recipes for every dish. Completing your Recipe Book is another goal in gaining the Gourmet's affection. Recipe/Cookbook FAQ To marry the Gourmet Judge, you must have a completed Cookbook with all recipes and must win the Cooking Festival five times.

Gourmet's Schedule:

You can find the Gourmet Judge in Rose Square after the Cooking Festival on 22 Spring! He will be there from 6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Give him a cooked dish made from a special recipe to increase his affection. Likes and Dislikes: He best loves all cooked recipes. He likes all raw food ingredients that can be made into recipes. He dislikes all gifts that are inedible, such as ores, jewelry, or yarn. Actual responses: 'Looks delicious. Thank you very much,' for Tempura with Buckwheat Noodles, chocolate cookies, pudding, pizza 'I can cook many dishes with this. milk Thank you very much,' for tomato, egg,

'I would like some food,' for yarn, gold, brooch, all inedible items! Back to Top

*************************************************************************** **** *********************************** WON: Birthday: 19 Winter Won is a wandering salesman from China who has a stall in Zack's house at Mineral Beach. He will be found there most days, and you can visit him whenever Zack is there. When Zack is out making deliveries early in the morning or accepting deliveries for shipment from 4.20 p.m. onwards, the house will be locked. If you decide that you wish to marry Won, you will find no rival in Mineral Town for his affections. The least expensive gift that will win Won's heart is an apple. If you befriend Won and give him gifts from the start of the game, you will experience two different special 'reward' scenes with him. It is to your advantage to do this whether or not you wish to marry him. After the first scene, you will be able to sell items to Won as well as purchase the items he offers. After the second scene, you will be able to engage Won in a minigame. The first part of the game is an Apple Switching game, where you must guess the position of one of Won's special apples after he moves them about. By guessing correctly, you can win tickets or a Mystery Flower. If you show one of these tickets to Won, he will give you the opportunity to play a slot machine game. There are three numbers. If two of the numbers are the same, you will win a random number of seeds. The type of seed is random as well. If all three numbers are identical or they are in proper succession (Ex. 666, 777, 888), you will win a record that can be played on a record player or sold back to Won. If you decide that you wish to marry Won, you must see all the events that involve him, as well as buying the 'Ming Vase' that he offer to sell for 5000G. The disadvantage to marrying Won is that he will not participate in the romantic festivals of Mineral Town, even if he will live with you. There is a way to experience all of Won's events before the end of the second week in Mineral Town. There is a distinct advantage to doing this, as you will be able then not only to sell items to him but to play both the Apple Challenge and his slot machine game. If you win a record from Won, you can sell it for up to 170,000G. If you are able to do this before you have spent a fortnight in Mineral Town, it will change your life radically. You will be able to purchase livestock, tools and your first house upgrade before your third week in Mineral Town.

The MFoMT Walkthrough gives detailed instructions on experiencing all of Won's events in the first fortnight of gameplay. A link to it is included at the end of this guide. Won's Schedule: Won is only to be found in Zack's house where he has a stall. house is open every day from 11.00 a.m. to 4.20 p.m. Won's Likes and Dislikes Loves best: gold, golden egg, Pirate's Treasure, Fossil of Fish, ruby, alexandrite, emerald, diamond, pink diamond, mythic stone, adamantite, orichalc, mystrille Loves: all fabricated jewelry Loves; apple, his special apples Will accept as gift: spa egg, bamboo shoots, toy flower, moon drop flower, egg, chocolate, almost all ordinary items Actively dislikes: silver, copper Actual responses: 'Whoa! You're such a nice customer! I love it! Many thanks!' for Mystrille, Gold, Adamantite, Orichalc, Mythic Stone, Emeralds, Rubies, Peridot 'Oh! Thank you! I like this.' for apple Zack's

'Many thanks.' for spa egg, red magic flower, yarn, sashimi, boiled egg, chirashi sushi, sandwich, grilled fish, agate, fluorite 'Oh...? No good, lady. What to do?' if you give him silver or copper

WON'S RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION At blue heart at Zack's house: 'Hello, Freyashawk. Don't just stand there. don't

Buy

something.'

Then: I

like stingy customers.

I like generous customers.' Then: 'No customer.

At orange heart at Zack's house: 'Hello, Freyashawk. Welcome. Take your time.' You're the only one I get, Freyashawk' WON'S HEART EVENTS:

As you have no rival for Won's affections, there are no 'rival heart events' for Won. There are two ways to court Won. One is quicker than the other. If you give Won gold ore every day from your first day in Mineral Town onwards and buy the Ming Vase on Wednesday, 11 Spring when he offers it for sale, you can experience all three of his 'heart' events as follows: Saturday, 7 Spring at 3.40 p.m. at Zack's house: Won's event where he announces that you now have the option to sell items to him Wednesday, 11 Spring at 6.00 a.m. at farm: Won offers Ming Vase for 5000G: it may be necessary to purchase this now in order to experience the next two events this quickly Thursday, 12 Spring at 1.00 p.m. at Zack's house: on the floor; he will give you a SUGDW apple Won's event with apples

Friday, 13 Spring at 12.50 p.m. at Zack's house: Won's Apple Challenge event The only reason that this schedule may be difficult to follow is that you will have to go to the third floor of the Spring Mine or lower each day in order to find gold ore to give to Won. Otherwise, if you give him gifts on a fairly regular basis from the start of the game, you can experience his heart events are as follows: Won's 1st heart event: Location: Zack's house at 1.40 p.m. on Tuesday; I trigger this on Tuesday, 24 Spring in my 1st year; obtain SUGDW apple from Won (can be experienced any day between 11.00 a.m. and 4.20 p.m.) Won's 2nd heart event: Location: Zack's house at 2.00 p.m. on Sunday; I trigger this on Sunday, 6 Summer in my first year; (can be experienced on any day at any time between 11.00 a.m. and 4.20 p.m.) ; Won now offers to buy as well as sell items Won's 3rd heart event: Location: Zack's house at 3.40 p.m. on Tuesday; I trigger this on Tuesday, 6 Fall in my 1st year; Won introduces his 'Challenge', and gives tickets for

correct guesses of the position of one of his 'special apples'; from this point, you can play both mini-games with Won, the 'Challenge' by paying 100G and the slot machine game, by showing him a ticket won during the Challenge Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ********************************** IX. CALENDAR OF HEART EVENTS

This section contains nothing but the heart events and rival heart events for the bachelors in MFoMT as well as all the 'romantic' festivals that offer opportunities to raise a bachelor's heart level in the first year. I have published a complete First Year Events Calendar, but for those individuals who are interested only in the heart and rival heart events, this little calendar may be useful for quick reference. I have tried to give the first day I could trigger any particular event. If an event can be triggered on Monday, 2 Spring, it probably can be triggered on any Monday in any season, as long as the pre-requisites are met. If an event cannot be triggered in a particular season, I have tried to make that clear. For example, Rick's second rival heart event with Karen cannot be triggered in Spring. Kai's heart events can occur only in Summer, as he is not in Mineral Town during any other season! Some of Cliff's events require rainy/snowy weather and others cannot be experienced in the Winter season. If weather conditions are not given for a particular event, it will take place in fair weather. N.B. Please note that you will receive a 'treasure' at the end of every blue heart event. If you do not have the 'Shelf' yet, you will have to carry the item in your rucksack until the Shelf is delivered to your house. The very first day that the Shelf can be delivered in the game is Monday, 8 Summer. Although it is the date of the Chicken Festival, if you ordered the Shelf on Saturday, Zack will make the delivery at 6.00 a.m. on Monday morning. In this guide, three of the Blue Heart events are experienced BEFORE the delivery of the Shelf. The three 'treasures' from these events had to be kept in the rucksack for at least a week! As you must have the largest rucksack in order to experience any blue heart event, it is not an impossible situation, but it can be a bit of a nuisance to have your item slots reduced from 9 to 6 until the Shelf arrives.

I have included all three 'heart' events for Won as well. Please note the importance of experiencing all three events even if you have no interest in marrying Won. By doing so, you will be able to sell items to Won and play his two mini-games. Your ability to make money will be increased a hundredfold by experiencing Won's three 'heart' events. Won's role in MFoMT probably is the most significant difference between FoMT and MFoMT. If any one is interested in the full MFoMT First Year Events Calendar, it will be found at: First Year Events FAQ Links to all my MFoMT FAQS will be found in the very last section of this FAQS. # denotes 'heart music' theme and @ denotes 'rival heart music' theme Monday, 2 Spring: 11.40 a.m. at Clinic: event # Doctor's 1st heart event, aka Doctor's black

heart

12.30 p.m. at Poultry Farm: Rick's 1st heart event, aka Rick's black heart event # (obtain spa egg from him) 2.30 p.m. at Clinic: Doctor's 1st rival heart event with Elli, aka Doctor's black rival heart event (would occur on Thursday as well) @ Tuesday, 3 Spring: 10.00 a.m. at Saibara's forge: entering after Grey, Grey's 1st heart event, aka Grey's black heart event # 10.10 a.m. at Saibara's forge: scene with Mary and Grey , Grey's 1st 'rival heart event', aka Grey's black rival heart event @ (can occur on Wednesday as well) 10.20 a.m. at Library: scene with Mary, lost in thought (Mary's 1st 'heart' event in FoMT) # (would have occurred as late as 2.00 p.m. as well) 10.50 a.m. at Clinic: Freya: Stu shows insect to Elli # (Elli's 1st heart event in FoMT') (would have occurred as late as 2.00 p.m. as well) 11.10 a.m. at Church: scene with Cliff, Carter and Jeff; Cliff's

1st heart event, aka Cliff's black heart event # 11.20 a.m. at Inn: free meal at Inn (Ann's 1st heart event in FoMT) (can occur on Thursday as well) 2.00 p.m. at Library: scene between Mary and Grey, offer to read her novel : Grey's 2nd 'rival heart event', aka Grey's purple rival heart event (will occur between 1.40 p.m. and 3.50 p.m.) @ Wednesday, 4 Spring: 11.10 a.m. on road outside Forge (N.B. must have come from Saibara's forge): Freya : scene with Popuri and escaping chicken # (Popuri's 'black heart event' in FoMT) (could occur as late as 5.40 p.m.) 12.00 noon at Market: Freya: scene with Karen and bag of seeds (must have empty tool slot) # (Karen's 'black heart event' in FoMT) (would occur from 10.00 a.m., and on Friday as well) Thursday, 5 Spring: 2.50 p.m. coming out of Spring Mine: scene between Rick and Karen at Spring, Rick's 1st 'rival heart event', aka Rick's black rival heart event @ (would occur until 3.50 p.m. and would occur on Friday as well) Friday, 6 Spring: 7.40 p.m. at Inn, 2nd floor: scene between Ann and Cliff; Cliff's 1st 'rival heart event', aka Cliff's black rival heart event @ Sunday, 8 Spring: 11.00 noon at Church: scene between Carter, Cliff and Ann; Cliff's 2nd rival heart event, aka Cliff's purple rival heart event (can occur at any time after this until 12.50 p.m.) @ Monday, 9 Spring: 12.00 noon at Ellen's house: Doctor makes house call, Ellen has cold; Doctor's 2nd 'rival heart event', aka Doctor's purple rival heart event@

Friday, 13 Spring: 11.10 at Clinic: purple heart event # Saturday, 14 Spring: Spring Thanksgiving Festival(any boy at purple heart level or above will come to your house with a gift of chocolate cookies wrapped as a present) 6.00 a.m. Freya: The Doctor was outside with chocolate cookies; if other bachelors were at purple heart level or above, they would have come at 8.00 a.m., 10.00 a.m., 12.00 noon and 2.00 p.m. one after another (Cliff would come at 8.00 a.m., and Grey would come at 2.00 p.m.) Tuesday, 17 Spring: 11.00 at Poultry Farm: event with Rick, Popuri and Lillia: Rick's 2nd heart event, aka Rick's purple heart event # Thursday, 19 Spring: 6.30 p.m. at Inn, 2nd floor: Grey's 2nd heart event, aka Grey's purple heart event # (could occur on Saturday night as well) Friday, 20 Spring: A rainy day scene with Doctor, Doctor's 2nd heart event,

4.00 p.m. at Church: Cliff's 2nd heart event, aka Cliff's purple heart event # (N.B. if you do not experience this event before 15 Fall, when Cliff accepts the Winery job, you will no longer be able to experience it at this time, but must go to the Church between 5.00 - 7.00 p.m. on any days EXCEPT Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to experience it) Tuesday, 24 Spring: 11.40 a.m. at Clinic: Doctor's 3rd heart event, aka Doctor's blue heart event, obtained Negative Ion (must have largest rucksack and empty item slot) # 1.40 p.m. at Zack's house: Freya:1st 'heart' event with Won, obtains SUGDW apple

Friday, 27 Spring: 11.50 a.m. at Poultry Farm: Rick's 3rd heart event, aka Rick's blue heart event; obtained his father's watch (must have largest rucksack and empty item slot) # Monday, 30 Spring: 6.00 a.m. at your farm: Grey's 3rd heart event, aka Grey's blue heart event, obtained silver brooch (must have largest rucksack and empty item slot) # Wednesday, 2 Summer: 12.50 p.m. at Mineral Beach: black heart event ( 11.10 a.m. to 12.50 p.m.) # Sunday, 6 Summer: 12.30 p.m. in Forest behind Gotz' house (coming out of Gotz' house): Rick's 2nd rival heart event with Karen, aka Rick's purple rival heart event (cannot occur in the Spring season!) @ 1.50 - 3.40 p.m. at Mineral Beach: Kai's 1st rival heart event with Popuri, aka Kai's black rival heart event; offers to make food for Lillia @ 2.00 p.m. at Zack's house: Freya: 2nd 'heart' scene with Won, who now offers to buy as well as sell items Kai's 1st heart event, aka Kai's

Wednesday, 9 Summer: 11.00 a.m. heart event # at Beach Cafe: Kai's 2nd heart event, aka Kai's purple

Thursday, 10 Summer: 1.50 p.m. - 3.40 p.m. at Mineral Beach; Kai's event with Popuri, aka Kai's purple rival heart event @ 2nd rival heart

Friday, 18 Summer: 11.10 a.m. at Clinic: orange heart event # Wednesday, 23 Summer: 8.20 p.m. at Inn: Rick's 4th heart event, aka Rick's orange heart event (any time between 8.20 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. when the door of the Inn locks); scene ends at 11.00 p.m. at your door # Thursday, 24 Summer: Fireworks Festival, 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m., can invite any bachelor, if his heart level is high enough, to watch them with you at the Pier; go straight to bed (alone) afterwards; N.B. take your empty basket and empty rucksack and equip your fishing rod to fill basket and rucksack BEFORE you ask any bachelor to watch the show with you; you can only ask any bachelor with a green heart or higher. Freya could not ask Kai, as he only had a blue heart for her at this point; she could ask any of the other four ordinary bachelors Doctor's 4th heart event, aka Doctor's

Monday, 28 Summer: 12.10 p.m. at Forge: Grey's 4th heart event, aka Grey's orange heart event, ends at Inn, upstairs at 2.00 p.m. # Blue Feather appears in Market today when any bachelor's heart turns pink and you can buy it (the date for this may differ slightly depending upon how quickly you raise any bachelor's heart) Tuesday, 29 Summer: 3.00 p.m. at Mineral Beach: Kai's 3rd heart event, aka Kai's blue heart event, ends at 3.30 outside Clinic with Kai's lucky charm (must have empty item slot in largest rucksack) # (N.B. This event can be experienced only when your energy level is very low. If your energy level is too high,

you will not be able to trigger the event. Work hard in the morning to experience this event after 1.00 p.m. when Kai is on his 'break'). Tuesday, 6 Fall: 3.40 p.m. at Zack's house: Freya: 3rd 'heart' scene with Won; he introduces Apple Switching game; Freya won 6 tickets for guessing correctly but could not use any tickets as did not have an empty tool slot for prizes (must have empty tool slot for prizes won with tickets and must have empty item slots to win tickets!) N.B. Actually, this is a glitch: Won will tell you that you have no room in your rucksack even if you do. Ignore him and take the prize.

Tuesday, 13 Fall: Full Moon Festival at Peak, 6.00 p.m. to Midnight; simply go to the Peak and the bachelor who achieved the highest heart level first will be waiting for you there; your only choice is to moon-gaze with him or refuse; you cannot choose to watch with some one else; moon-gazing with some one does not mean that you will have to marry him, and it will not lower the other bachelors' heart levels

Wednesday, 14 Fall: 2.40 p.m. on road between farm and winery; Cliff's 3rd heart event, aka Cliff's blue heart event; obtain Mountain Flower necklace; (must have largest rucksack and empty item slot); # (N.B. This is the glitch event that logically should not be able to occur until AFTER 15 Fall. If his heart level is orange, however, you can experience his 'blue heart event' today, and experience his 'orange heart event' tomorrow, one hour after you leave the job at the Winery!) Thursday, 15 Fall: 6.10 p.m. in Winery: Cliff's 4th heart event, aka Cliff's orange heart event, ends at your farm at 9.00 p.m. # Friday, 14 Winter: Winter Thanksgiving Day (girls give boys a piece of chocolate cake); can give all men chocolate cake,

actually; if you do not have a fully equipped kitchen or cannot be bothered to bake, you can give a bar of chocolate instead Freya: gave each bachelor a piece of chocolate cake

Saturday, 15 Winter: TV Shopping Channels: offers BIG BED for sale; (cost of Big Bed is 10000G plus 10G for use of telephone) this is the first possible day that the Big Bed will be offered, and without it, your marriage proposal will not be accepted. Monday, 17 Winter: 6.00 a.m. all marriage proposals is the first possible MFoMT as it is the first Big Bed is delivered if ordered on Saturday, 15 Winter: given with Blue Feather now will be accepted; N.B. day on which a marriage proposal will be accepted in possible day for delivery of the Big Bed This

Sunday, 23 Winter : 6.00 a.m. at your farm: Freya: Mayor came with four letters: Invitations from the 4 bachelors in town to spend Starry Night Festival with you tomorrow at 6.00 p.m.: your choice to accept or decline Monday, 24 Winter: Starry Night Festival6.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Starry Night Festival: If you accept Rick's invitation, you meet him at the Poultry Farm to celebrate there with Lillia and Popuri. If you accept Cliff's invitation, you meet him at the cellar, to bring food to your house where you celebrate alone with him If you accept Doctor's invitation, you meet him at the Clinic, to bring food to your home where you will celebrate with the Doctor and Carter If you accept Grey's invitation, you will meet him at the Forge, to bring food to your home where you will celebrate with Grey and Saibara; Freya:

celebrated Starry Night Festival with Grey and received first Gold Ring N.B. The bachelor with whom you celebrate this Festival will give you a Gold Ring. It is not an item, simply an icon of a Ring on your Earnings page. This is the first ring of 7 that you will receive in the course of your life in Mineral Town. Each Ring gives you 20 Heroine Points. Wednesday, 26 Winter: Winter 6.00 a.m. in Church: wedding will occur if proposal made on 17-19

Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ******************************** X. THE LEGEND OF THE BLUE FEATHER

In the first days of mankind, when people were learning about life, there was a very shy boy named Kuko. He was very much in love with the daughter of the chief of his tribe, but was too shy to say anything to her. Instead, he would leave a flower at her door each morning and then walk past her house later to see if his gift had been accepted. Every day, his heart rose when he saw that the flower no longer lay on the doorstep. Then, one day, a delegation of strangers came to the village. It was an offering of marriage from the son of a neighbouring chieftain. He sent donkeys laden with gold and precious gems, and baskets filled with grains, vegetables and fruit. Poor Kuko! All he had to offer was the simple flower. In fact, as the delegation entered the home of the chief, their heavy boots trampled his offering into the dust... Kuko could not imagine that the girl would prefer him to the son of a chief. He was a poor shepherd boy, who owned only a couple of sheep. In despair that night, he went to the Lake of the Goddess to think. It was a favourite spot of his, a place he often went when life appeared darkest. That night, though, a beautiful blue bird appeared, circling over his head three times, and then dropped a long blue feather into his lap. Kuko was startled, but even more surprised when the bird spoke to him. 'I am the Naminoto bird, who makes her nest in the very lap of the Goddess,'

sang the bird. 'She bids me tell you to take heart. Give this feather to the girl you love and if her heart beats true for you, she will be yours.' Kuko went home with the feather in hand, and laid it on the doorstep. could not sleep, however, and was there at dawn to see if the feather remained where he had left it. The feather was gone! He

As he stood there, the Chief, his daughter and the entire delegation of strangers came out, and the village cryer began to ring the bell that signified a village meeting. All of the villagers came out of their houses, and pressed forward to hear what the chief had to say. Poor Kuko was afraid that it would be an announcement that the Chief's daughter was to accept the offer from the neighbouring Chief's son. Instead, he beheld his lady love stepping forward, the Blue Feather braided into her golden hair. She said, 'I will marry only the man who can tell me where the bird to which this feather belongs lives.' Her father then spoke: 'Three days from now we will have another meeting and at that time, we will hear the answer to my daughter's question.' Kuko realised that the Chief intended to give the neighbouring Chief's son a chance to find out the answer to the question... And so, the next three days passed very slowly for Kuko, who knew the answer but did not know if the Chief's son would be able to stand forth and give the answer as well... In three days, the delegation returned, and this time the Chief's son was with them. He was a handsome lad, but arrogance was stamped in his visage and his bearing denoted one accustomed to getting his own way in everything. He stepped forward and said, 'Here is my answer to your question: I have sent men to every corner of our land, and no one has seen a bird with feathers like this. I therefore declare that the bird is a foreign one, from a land very faraway.' 'Yes,' said the Chief, 'That must be so.' 'And yet,' said the girl, 'That is no answer at all. where to find the bird!' It does not tell me

Kuko stepped forward then. Much to his surprise, when he spoke he did not stutter as usual. His voice was firm and melodious. 'I have seen the bird you seek,' he said. 'This bird will not be found

anywhere in our land or any other, for she makes her nest in the very lap of the Goddess.' The villagers were amazed, as was the Chief. 'How do you know this?' the Chief asked. 'The bird gave me the feather,' said Kuko. 'It is a symbol of true love, for the man who offers this feather to a girl is saying, 'My heart flies to you, even as a bird flies to its nest. I wish to dwell in your heart forever.' Every one was captivated with the boy's explanation and the Chief's daughter immediately declared her intention of giving her hand in marriage to Kuko. 'I always loved you,' she confessed. 'I would watch from my window each morning as you brought a beautiful flower to my door. I always hoped you would speak to me one day of your love.' Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ******************************* X. RIVAL HEART EVENTS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR

If you wish to experience all the rival heart events for the bachelors you did not choose to marry, you must be at the required heart level. If the bachelor's heart level is too low or too high, you will not experience the rival heart event for that level. Throwing fish into the sea reduces a bachelor's heart level. Throwing rubbish into the sea reduces EVERY ONE'S heart level, but if you need to reduce the heart level from red to black, it may be the only way to do this in a single day. The Strategies for Matchmaking section discusses this in detail. Once the bachelor is at the required heart level, you can experience his rival heart events. All heart and rival heart events are given in a section listed under the heading of each bachelor. Only the first and second rival heart events can be experienced in the first year. The third rival heart event cannot be experienced until the second year. The fourth and final rival heart event cannot be experienced until the fourth year. After you have witnessed the fourth rival heart event for a couple, they will marry a week later. If you are friends with the bride, she will come to your home at 6.00 a.m. and invite you to the wedding. You will have no choice but to attend and you will not be able to do anything on your farm until the next day. Make certain that you have hired Sprites for all chores in advance. Neither your husband nor your daughter will do any farm work for you!

*************************************************************************** **** ******************************* XII. WHY WAIT? MARRIAGE AND TIMING

Marriage and childbearing are both important goals in MFoMT and some players like myself prefer to accomplish them as early in the game as possible. course, if you choose to marry Kai, the Kappa or the Gourmet Judge, you will not be able to marry them as quickly as you would any of the other bachelors.

Of

There are advantages and disadvantages to an early marriage. If you marry at the end of your first year, you will be able to have a child in your second year. You then will be able to focus on the task of matchmaking, to make certain that all other couples marry before the end of the fourth year. The disadvantages of an early marriage are not that critical but they do exist. By marrying at the end of your first year, for example, you will not be able to experience the third rival heart event of the bachelor you have chosen to marry. Every rival heart event is worth 5 event points. You never will be able to experience his fourth heart event in any case as if you do, he will marry your rival a week later, but you could experience his third rival heart event if you wait until later in the second year to marry. If you do marry at the end of your first year, you still may receive Spring Thanksgiving gifts from at least one other bachelor, so marriage does not necessarily put an end to this tradition. You will receive Chocolate Cookies from your own husband as well on the occasion of the Spring Thanksgiving. There is one other small disadvantage to an early marriage if your husband is at maximum heart level and you become pregnant as quickly as possible. You will not be able to receive letters of congratulation from other couples, because there will be no other young married couples in Mineral Town until the fourth year. By waiting until your third or fourth year to marry and have a child, you may be able to receive letters of congratulations from all the other young couples. As I said, this is a trivial matter, but each new letter is worth 11 Letter Points. The existence of these letters may point to the end of the third year or beginning of the fourth year as the best time to plan your own marriage, if you like a challenge. After all, the closer you get to the fourth year without marrying the bachelor of your choice, the better chance your rival has of stealing his heart!

The MFoMT Point system towards a Farming Degree makes the game a little more challenging than FoMT. For example, you will gain 10 Event points for every rival's marriage that you witness. This actually makes matchmaking a goal that will bring you closer to the attainment of your Farming Degree. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* XIII. TRANSCRIPTS OF ALL HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS The following section contains actual transcripts of all heart and rival heart events not only for the 5 ordinary bachelors, but the heart events for Won as well. The Rival Marriage Event for each of the 5 ordinary bachelors is included. The events are given in order under the heading of each bachelor. If you experience an event that involves one of the bachelors, you can refer to the transcript if you are confused as to whether it is a heart event, a rival heart event or simply a village event. Remember that although ALL four heart events (with the exception of Kai's 4th heart event) can occur in your first year, the 3rd rival heart event cannot occur until you have reached your second year and the 4th rival heart event cannot occur before you reach your fourth year. If you experience the 4th rival heart event for a bachelor, the couple will marry in a week or so, depending upon any festivals that occur within that period of time. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* CLIFF'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS:

Cliff's 1st Heart Event: On Tuesday, 3 Spring, at 11.10 at the Church, I got a scene with Cliff and Carter: Carter: Hi, how are you? Are you new here? You took over that farm? My name is Carter. nice to meet you. Actually, i have a favour to ask you, Freya. Me: ? Carter: There is a young man named Cliff right there. Do you see him? (I turn and look at Cliff.) Carter: I was wondering if you could talk to him and make friends with him. Me: ? Carter: He came to this town by himself, just like you. However...

He doesn't try to make friends with people here. He's shy, and it's difficult for him to open up to people... (I nod.) Carter: Really?! Thank you very much. I'm counting on you! (I walk over to Cliff.) Cliff: Ah... Hello... ........... Ah... Do I have something on my face...? (I shake my head 'no'.) Cliff: Ah... I ... Cliff (tear): Ah... I'm nervous... I can't talk... My choices of response: Be a man! Relax. I told the poor guy to relax. Cliff: Okay... Phew... I feel better now... Thank you, Freya. You came to this town by yourself to run the farm, right? Wow... Good luck with everything. I'm looking forward to talking to you again.' I was abruptly thrown out the door, which slammed behind me!!! Still 11.10 a.m. *************************************************************************** **** ************************************* Cliff's 1st rival heart event:

At about 7.30 p.m. on Friday, 6 Spring, I went into the Inn in front of Saibara and Basil, and went upstairs to find a scene with Ann and Cliff. heard a door slam, then: Cliff: (!) Ha...? Ann: Hello, Cliff. Cliff: Hi, Ann... Ann: We haven't had much chance to talk, you know. Cliff: ... I guess. Ann: So what brings you to this village? Cliff (....): ... I don't really want to say... ...Sorry... Ann: No... I'm sorry for asking! It's none of my business. Just let me know if you need anything, alright? I have to get back to work. Cliff: Oh, um... Ann: (?) ... What? Cliff: Thanks, Ann. Ann: Sure! Ann left and I entered the room. The music still was playing. Cliff: .......................... Grey: Hi there. Do you need something? (with a totally stupid expression) Cliff said, 'Ann is a good girl, and she's very nice to me... Her smile

reminds me of something... *************************************************************************** **** ******************************* Cliff's 2nd heart event: On Friday, 21 Spring, at 4.00 precisely at the Church, I got a heart scene with Cliff and Carter: Carter: Hi, Freya. How are you? Why don't you join us? Me: ? Carter: Cliff and I are having dinner here this evening. Cliff: Please join us if you have time. Cliff (with music): It's our first time to have dinner together. Cool. Carter: Ann will deliver the food for us, so can you two clean up this place? I'll be in the confessional, if you need me. Carter goes into confessional. Cliff (with tear): What? Carter...? Oh, fine. I'll do it, so don't worry about it. My choices: Thanks. I'll help! I'll help, of course. Cliff (with music): Are you sure? Thanks! Let's get to it. Fades to black, then we three are sitting surrounding the altar. Cliff (with tear): Phew... All done. (I use my handkerchief) Carter: Thank you very much. You two did a great job. The food is here too, so let's get started. My thoughts: It's wonderful to have dinner with you guys.

I found myself outside the Church door at 7.00 p.m. The door was unlocked so I went back inside. Carter: Do you want to know why I don't preach? The people here live as the Harvest Goddess wants them to anyway. There is nothing for me to teach! *************************************************************************** **** **************************** Cliff's 2nd rival heart event: I went first to the Church where I found a scene with Cliff, Carter and Ann at 11.30. (will happen at noon as well): Carter: Cliff, why don't you try opening up to the people here in town more? They're all very nice, you know. Cliff: I don't know why, but it's hard to talk to new people.

Carter: But you don't mind talking to me! Cliff: For some reason, you're so easy for me to talk to. You're not like the others. Carter: (disturbed) (....) Not like the others...? (At this point, Ann walked into the Church.) Ann: Hello, Carter! Oh, hi Cliff! Carter: Hi, Ann. Cliff: ...Hello. Carter: It's unusual for you to come to Church, Ann. Is anything wrong? Ann: DIdn't you order lunch? I brought it. Carter: I totally forgot! I'm sorry. Ann: Here you are. She gives Carter his lunch, then steps back. Ann: What are you doing here, Cliff? Cliff: Um... nothing much... Carter: Hmm... Carter: (!) Ann... I'd like to ask something of you. Ann: What? Carter: It's about Cliff. He's very shy, so it's hard for him to make friends. Cliff: (!) Hey...! Wait a second... Carter: So, will you help him meet new people around town? Ann: No problem! That's a favour I would be glad to do! I have to get back now, but I'll see you later. Bye Carter. Bye, Cliff. Carter: Bye now! Cliff: ...See you, I guess... (Ann left.) After: Carter: Ann can take care of him, I know it. Cliff: What is Carter talking about? *************************************************************************** **** ****************************** Cliff's 3rd heart event: On Wednesday, 14 Fall, on the road between my farm and winery, I had a heart scene with Cliff: Duke: Hey, Cliff. Thanks for your hard work as always. Take a break if you want. Cliff: No, I'm fine. Duke: Manna is worried about you too. We appreciate your hard work, but you have to take care of yourself. Cliff: I'm really fine... (I walk towards them, as they work at the vines) Duke: Hey, Freya. How's it going? Do you have a second? (I go up to him.) Duke: This is great. Why don't you and Freya go to Mother's Hill? It's a beautiful day to enjoy the view. Cliff (!): (with the first horrible face I have seen him make): But my job

is not... Duke: Don't worry! I'll take it from here. Cliff: No, I can't let you. It's my job... Duke: Cliff, you haven't thanked her for finding you this job, have you? It's a perfect time to do that. Cliff (...): Yes, you're right... (Next, we were on the Peak, enjoying the view.) Cliff: Duke can be very pushy... Sorry, Freya. (There is a butterfly behind him, it seems.) But I really appreciate what you did for me. Thank you very much. Thanks to you, I'm starting to visualise my future in this town. The part-time job is getting more exciting too. Cliff: (with music): By the way, do you like your job on the farm? Yes. Not really... Yes. Cliff: I see. I'm starting to love my job. The grapes I pick become wine, and many people will enjoy it. It's such a great feeling. Cliff: Well, shall we head back? I'm worried about Duke. Ah... I made this earlier. I want you to have it. (He threw a lovely little gem flower at my head.) Cliff: See you later. (I looked at his gift. It was a Mountain Flower necklace.)

I was alone on the Peak at 3.30 p.m. *************************************************************************** **** ***************************** Cliff's 3rd rival heart event: At 11.00 a.m. on Saturday, 14 Winter, between Doug, Ann and Cliff. I went to the Inn and got a scene

Doug: I wonder how long Cliff will be able to stay...? Ann: Hmm? ... What's wrong all of the sudden? Doug: Sometimes he looks like he's remembering something unpleasant. I think he must have had something really bad happen to him before he came here. I hope he stays, so we can make him forget! Ann: You're right... Cliff comes through the door and says: Cliff: What are you talking about? Doug: (!) Ann: (!) Doug: Nothng in particular... Ann: We were wondering how long you were planning on staying here... Cliff: (!)What? Ann: Well, Dad and I were thinking that... if you wanted to...

You could stay forever... Doug: What do you think, Cliff? Cliff: (....) Doug... Ann... Thank you so much. Ann: (with music) Doug: (with music) Doug: Of course! Ann: Make yourself at home, Cliff! After:

Are you sure?

Cliff: I'll be living here for from now on. Of course my room is one of the guest rooms. Ann: Cliff is going to live here starting today. Doug: Hey, Freya. Cliff just moved in at our place. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Cliff's 4th heart event: On Friday, 15 Spring, after Cliff and I helped Duke with the grapes, I returned to the Winery after 6.00 p.m., where I got a heart scene with Cliff: Duke: I wonder what's going on between... Manna: They are not kids. leave them alone. Duke (hurt): Don't you care about Cliff? Manna: I didn't say I don't care about him. I said don't worry about him. I care about Cliff very much, but it's not a good idea to stick your nose into their affair. I came into the Winery then at 6.10 p.m.. Manna: (!) Duke: (!) Yo! What's up, Freya? Manna: Hello, Freya. Duke: Freya, can I ask you somehting? Manna: Stop it, Duke! Duke: Why should I? I care about my family! Manna: Huh... Duke: What do you think is Cliff's bad point? My choices: He thinks too much. Nothing. I said, 'He thinks too much.' Duke (pleased): That's right! YOu do understand Cliff very well, Freya! Manna: Yes, he has a tendency to worry too much. DUke: Well, it's important to know both your partner's good and bad points. It's very important in your relationshiip. Manna and Duke (!) (Cliff walks into the room.)

Cliff: Today's work is done. Hi, Freya. How are you doing? Duke: Oh, hey Cliff. Good work today. Freya says she wants to have dinner with you at the Inn tonight. Me: (!) Cliff: What... Really? Manna: That's right! Duke: You're done working, so just go! Cliff (with music): Okay, Freya, let's go. Fade to black, then we were in front of my door. Cliff: Thanks for having dinner with me. It was fun. too. See you later then. Let's do it again soon. The food was great

It was 9.00 p.m. when Cliff left the farm. His heart turned from pink to deepest red when he walked into the winery during the scene. If I had said, Nothing. Then: Duke: Do you really think so? Manna: See, I told you. You're mistaken. Doug says you must have special feelings for Cliff. Duke: Really... I thought you guys were a good couple. Manna: Sorry, Freya. Never mind him. *************************************************************************** **** **************************** Cliff's 4th rival heart event: At 11.20 a.m., between Ann and Cliff: I went into the cellar of the Winery and got a scene

Ann: You forgot to bring lunch along today, didn't you? Here it is. Cliff: Thanks! Sorry to trouble you. Ann: It's no trouble at all. (Duke enters.) Duke: Hi, Ann. Welcome. Ann: Sorry to bug you, Duke. Duke: What's your errand? Cliff: I forgot my lunch, so Ann brought it for me. Duke: That's nice of you, Ann. You two are almost like an old married couple! Ann: (!) Cliff: (!) Ann: ................ Cliff (with horrible face, like Ann often makes): Duke! Duke (calmly with his smirk): What?... Ann: I'll be getting back, now. Bye. Cliff (still with horrible face): Ann! Wait!... (Ann rushes out, obviously completely undone.) Duke: She likes you... I can tell. You like her, too, right? Why bother waiting? You could go propose to her right now, if you wanted... Cliff (!) (still with horrible cross-eyed face): Wh-what are you talking about!?...

Duke: You're like my own son, you know. I think Ann and you would make a good couple. Cliff (still with that face!) ............ After: Duke: I wonder what Cliff will do...? Cliff (returned to his normal, rather depressed self): Ann... If I try to go down lower in the celler, Duke says: Right now I'm organising the wine shelves, so don't go down there, OK? *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Ann's Marriage Event with Cliff: On a rainy Saturday, I went to the Inn at 6.10 a.m. and came upon a scene between Ann and Cliff: Cliff and Ann were facing one another as I entered, standing between two of the tables in the dining area: Cliff: Why can't you act more like a girl? Ann: (with horrible face): I am who I am! Cliff: My sister was more girl-like than you are... Ann (hurt): I'm not your sister! Don't you like me?... Cliff: Of course I like you! Ann: If you really liked me, you'd like me just how I am! Cliff: (....) Ann: (with horrible face again): And you wouldn't compare me with your sister, either! You wouldn't want me to change! Cliff (with his old, bowed head, depressed look): I'm sorry... You're right, Ann. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I really do like you just the way you are! Ann: (happily, with hand behind her neck): ... I'm sorry too. I didn't mean to get so mad. And ... I'll even try to act a little more girl-like for you. Once in a while... Cliff: That's alright... They walked off together towards the back of the Inn, never seeing me and without giving me any opportunity to speak to either of them. Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ********************************** DOCTOR'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS

Doctor's 1st

heart event:

On Monday, 2 Spring, my first day in Mineral Town, I went to the Clinic at

11.10 a.m. and experienced a scene with the Doctor: 'Huh? I haven't seen you yet, have I?' I nodded no. Doctor: Well, are you new to this town? I nod. Doctor: Oh, you're the one who took over that farm. I heard about you from my patients. I'm Doctor, and as you can tell, I'm a doctor. Come to see me right away when you don't feel well. Every one in this town is pretty healthy. There are many unhealthy people in big cities, you know. It must be the nature. i'm studying everyday. There is no end to the world of medicine. So many challenges. How about you? Farming must be hard. You're a female too. Take care of yourself. Elli and I are here for you if you have any problems, okay? Doctor (!): By the way, Freya. There is a special tonic I got from another town. You can energise and recover form fatigue at the same time. It's not as effective as the medicine I got here, so I don't sell it, but... I made some improvements, so it should work. It's bitter, though. No thanks. O...Okay. Right! I knew you'd try it. Go ahead, bottoms up.

Me: (tear and I think B a d ) Doctor: It wasn't good...? But it works, right? Doctor (with music): I knew you'd understand the quality of this tonic. One more? Me: (....) Doctor: I'm kidding. Don't rely on medicine, okay? It was fun to talk to you today, Freya. You helped me out too. After: You are a courageous! Elli: Doctor is diligent. I need to learn from him. *************************************************************************** **** ************************************ Doctor's 1st rival heart event: I went into the Clinic at 11.10 and got a scene between Elli and the Doctor. Elli: Whew... Doctor: Tired? Elli: No, I'm fine. Doctor: Don't push yourself too much, now. Elli: Doctor, I'm touched you're worried about me! Doctor: Well, I couldn't run the Clinic without you.

Elli: Is that all...? Doctor: What's wrong now? Elli: No-nothing. Doctor: OK, if you say so... I went up to them: Elli: Hmmm... Doctor: I wonder if Elli is OK. She seems even worse now...

*************************************************************************** **** *********************************** Doctor's 2nd heart event:

On Friday, 13 Spring, I went to the Clinic at 11.20 a.m. and I experienced a heart scene with the Doctor: Doctor: Me; ? Doctor: Freya, what good timing. Today, I got some more new medicine.

My choices: Run! What is it? I asked what it was. Doctor: I knew you'd be interested. I just knew it! Wait right here. I'll go get it. He goes to Elli's office and Elli shows a tear. He brings it back and gives it to me. Doctor: This one energises and heals you just like the other one you had before. However, it's twice as effective! Go ahead, Eugenia. Try it now! Me: (....) Doctor: By the way, it has an indescribable flavour just like the other one too. I believe you of all people will appreciate this tonic. (I took it.) Doctor: Thank you! Now, don't hesitate! Go ahead and drink it! (I drank it.) Doctor: So? What do you think...? Me: (showing the skull of death or sickness). (Then I crumpled and fell.) Doctor: Freya! Talk to me! Elli! Come over here! Elli: Right away! Doctor: I'm so sorry about what happened.. it was completely unexpected... I shook my head. Doctor: It was too strong for you... I was fine when I had it... My apologies, I shouldn't have pushed you. Do you feel better now? Elli: I'm glad you're okay. Doctor, don't make her try your new medicine any more. Doctor: You're right. I'm really sorry. Freya, I'm truly sorry. I won't ask you to do it again.

Come to see us anytime. Elli: Take care. After: Doctor: Don't work too hard. Elli: Come see the Doctor when you don't feel good. It was still 11.20 when I left the Clinic, despite everything. *************************************************************************** **** *************************** Doctor's 2nd rival heart event: At 12.00 noon on Monday, 9 Spring, I got a scene at Ellen's house with the Doctor and Elli: Doctor and Elli: (....) Elli: How do you feel? Ellen: I feel much better. Stu: That's good. Doctor: I think you have a cold. Drink lots of fluids and get plenty of rest. Ellen: Thank you, Doctor. Doctor: I'm just doing my duty. How do your legs feel? Ellen: They hurt, as always. Elli: ........... Elli and Doctor (tear) Doctor: (....): I should be able to do more for you... Ellen and Elli: (tear) Ellen: Don't apologise, Doctor. Elli: You do more than enough for all of us! Doctor: (...) ...... Thank you. Elli: (!) Doctor, you should be getting back to the Clinic. Doctor: You're right. Take care now. Ellen: Thanks again, Doctor. (Elli and the Doctor left.) Afterwards: Ellen: I'm so grateful to Elli and the Doctor. Stu: I DISSECT the doctor. Oh, RESPECT... *************************************************************************** **** ******************************* Doctor's 3rd heart event: On Tuesday, 24 Spring at 11.40, I went into the Clinic and got the blue heart event with the Doctor: I walked first to Elli's desk. Elli: Hello. How are you, Freya? How's your farm? I nodded. Elli: That's good. Oh, the doctor said he wants to give you something. My choices:

What is it? Mmm... I asked what it was. Me: ? Elli: Don't worry. This time it's a good thing. Me: ? Elli: Just go to see the Doctor.

I want one too.

I walked to the Doctor's desk. Doctor (with music): Hello, Freya. I was waiting for you. I have something good I want to give you. I'd been preoccupied with experiemental medicine, but now, my focus has changed. It's a bit different from conventional medicine, but it seems to work well. It's popular in the city, and I want to introduce it to the people here. So, I thought about who I should start with... And Freya, you are all I can think of. Me: ? (The Doctor threw something at me, looks like metal spoons.) Doctor: It's called Negative Ion items, and if you use them or keep them with you, They relax you. The reason why you feel good in the mountains is because of this Negative Ion. Me: (with music) Doctor: I'm glad to see you like it because your mental health is just as important as your physical health. I'm starting to believe that the best way to heal people is to make them feel happy. There are some exceptions like Lillia who has a congenital disease. They need conventional medicine to be cured, so I'll keep studying too. Well, we'll see if that works for you. After: Doctor: The study of medicine is fascinating. new everyday. Elli: That's nice. Maybe I'll buy one too. I learn something

*************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Doctor's 3rd rival heart event: When I went to the Mineral Clinic at 6.10 p.m. on Monday, 2 Winter of the second year, I got the third rival heart scene: (Can occur on Monday at noon as well): Doctor: Cough... cough... Elli: Doctor, are you alright? Doctor: I'm fine... Elli (.....): Why don't you take the day off? Doctor: I could never let down the people who need me! Elli: But... Doctor: Don't worry about me. I know how to take care of myself. Besides, I have you with me. Elli (....): If you say so, Doctor. Just don't overdo it! If you do, I'll get mad at you!

Doctor: Ha ha! You sound like my mother, you know. to some one, Elli. Elli (!): Are you teasing me...? After: Elli: I wonder what he meant by that...? Doctor: Hmm... I guess I got a touch of the flu.

You'll be a good wife

*************************************************************************** **** ******************************** Doctor's 4th heart event: On Friday, 18 Summer, when I went into the Clinic at 11.10 a.m., I got a heart event with the Doctor: Elli: Hi, Freya. Do you have a second? (I walked over to Elli's desk.) Something is wrong with the doctor. He seems to be troubled with something... But he doesn't tell me what's wrong... If it's okay with you, can you please go talk to him for a while? (I nod.) Elli (with music): Thank you very much. (I walk to the Doctor's office.) Doctor (!): Oh, it's you. What? Elli is worried? I didn't mean to make her worry...! I was just thinking about something. What about? About the way I communicate with my patients. I have a tendency to make people feel uneasy, I believe... I was wondering how to change that... What do you think? Open your heart. You're fine! I said, Open your heart. Doctor (!): You're right! Sitting here and wondering about it won't change a thing! Thank you! Oh my, I'd never told any one about my worries. I wonder why it's so easy to talk to you. Maybe I'll be able to open my heart to others. Thank you. You made me feel much better. I'll keep trying.

After: Doctor: Thank you, Freya. I feel encouraged. Elli: The doctor is never like that... *************************************************************************** **** *********************************

Doctor's 4th rival heart event: At 8. I went to the beach and there were Elli and the Doctor, walking by the shore. Elli said, 'Doctor, is there some reason you asked for me? Doctor said, 'Ahem... Um.. Let's see... Elli: Doctor? Doctor: 'I've never done this before, you see... (I bet he is going to propose... I should not be witnessing this, but it is so very sweet. I'm entranced...) Elli: Done what? Doctor: How is your grandmother? Elli: I'm trying to massage her legs every day. That makes it a little better... I still hope to heal her completely, though. Doctor: Elli, you are so sttrong... I think that's why I fell in love with you... Elli: Wh-what did you just say? Doctor: Elli, I want you to stay with me always. I couldn't do anything without you. Elli: YOu really mean it? Doctor: Yes. I want you by my side... always. Obviously they do not see me. I think I ought to leave, even though I would love to be the first to congratulate them both... I went to see if the Doctor were still at the clinic. He said, 'I think I could do anything if Elli were by my side...' Then, 'If Elli were with me, we could support each other very well.' *************************************************************************** **** ************************************ Doctor's Marriage Event with Elli:

At 12.10 p.m. (and it would have occurred at 3.30 as well) in the clinic, on a rainy day, after they were married, I came upon a scene between Elli and the Doctor: Elli: I don't understand this part here... Doctor: This? It's just like this, see...? Elli (with music): I see now! Thanks, Doctor! Doctor: Just ask me anything you don't understand. Elli: You're so kind. (I walk into the room.) Doctor: Hi, there. Elli: How are you, Freya. What am I studying? I'm studying medicine to try to figure out how to heal my grandmother's legs.

My choices: You can do it! Put her in a big hospital. Of course I told her she could do it. Elli: Thanks for saying so! I'll never give up!

Doctor: I have confidence in you, Elli. Elli: Thanks! After, when I spoke to them: Elli: I'm determined to cure my grandma's legs! Doctor: I'm sure she can do it. Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** **************************** GREY'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS

Grey's 1st heart event: At 10.00 a.m., on Tuesday, 3 Spring, got a heart event with Grey: going inside the forge after Grey, I

Grey (hurt): What!? Explain to me what's wrong with it! Come on! Saibara: What's wrong with it!? The answer is inside of you! You have much to learn! Me: ? Grey: (!) What are you looking at!? If you have nothing... Saibara: Grey! How dare you talk to a customer like that! Grey: So... sorry. Saibara: Welcome. Grey: Oh, Freya. ... How are you doing? Sorry for earlier. Grey: (tear): I didn't mean to be rude... My grandfather was giving me a hard time. He never approves of any of my work. I'm ready to quit. I feel stupid, you know? It's called TRAINING. Just quit! I chose the first one. Grey (!): ... You're right. I'm such a wimp. Sorry for complaining so much... I shook my head, shrugged my shoulders, showing him it did not signify. Grey: Thanks, Freya. I don't get what my grandfather is saying now, but I think the time will come. Just keep trying. Gotta go back. After: I'm working now. Sorry. Saibara: Ahem, there is nothing for you to do here.

*************************************************************************** **** ******************************* Grey's 1st rival heart event: At 10.10 a.m. on Tuesday, 3 Spring, directly after experiencing his first heart event, I went back inside the Forge and came upon an event with Mary and Grey: Saibara; Is there something you need? Mary: You upgraded a tool for me. It's so much easier to use now. I wanted to thank you. Saibara (with music): I didn't know it mattered so much... I'm glad we were able to help! Just come again if you need anything else. OK? Mary: OK. Thanks very much. Grey: Ouch! Both Saibara and Mary: (!) Saibara: What's wrong? Grey: Oh... just a scratch. Mary:(!) But you're bleeding! Saibara: It's my own fault for not paying more attention. Grey: I said I'm fine! Mary: Stop that! Just wait one second... Just hold your hand still... please! Mary: How's this? Grey: ...Th-Thanks. Mary: Don't mention it! Alright... I'm going back to the Libary now. Come around any time! Saibara: I'll do that! Grey: I'll see you there! Mary: Bye, now! She left, and I went up to Saibara and Grey. Grey: Mary's nice... Saibara: What's wrong with Grey? He's been smiling non-stop! *************************************************************************** **** ********************************** Grey's 2nd heart event: On Thursday, 19 Spring at 6.30p.m. I went upstairs at the Inn and got a scene with Grey: Grey: Ah... Hello. Freya, can I ... Can I talk to you? Me: ? Grey: Sorry about the other day. I really am. I was just so frustrated at that time.,, (I shook my head not to worry.) Grey; (with music): Ah... Thanks. I'm not really good with new people... But, I feel comfortable talking to you.

Grey: (!) Oh, hey Freya. You ship mine items, don't you? Because of my work, I'm into ores and gemstones. I want to practice making something besides what my grandpa tells me to... You know, I have much to learn... My choices: Of course. You're great! I chose: You're great! Grey (with music): I'm not. I have a long way to go before I surpass my grandfather. When I get better, I'll make you something. That's a promise. (I nod) Grey: ...But don't get too excited, okay? Grey: (.....) After: Grey: I'll try harder. *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** Grey's 2nd rival heart event: At 2.00, going back into town, I got a scene at the Library between Grey and Mary: Mary: (!) Hello there. Grey: (!) Hello. Mary: Thanks for coming! The other people in this town never read books, you know. Grey: Really? But there are so many great books here! Mary: It's nice of you to say so. (with music): I'm writing a novel... Do you want to read it? I'd love to hear your opinion. Grey: You're writing a book? That's incredible! Mary: It's not such a big deal. Do you want to read it? Grey: If you really want me to read it, I'd love to! Mary: (with music): Great! I'll bring it to you later. Grey: OK. After: Mary: This is the first time I've shown my work to any one, so I'm a little nervous... Grey: Mary's novel... I can't wait to read it! *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** Grey's 3rd heart event:

On Monday, 30 Spring, when I went outside at 6.00 a.m. in the moring, Grey was there, and the heart music was playing; Grey: Hey... Freya... My grandpa yelled at me again, but I don't feel as bad as last time. Somehow I'm starting to feel more confident and proud of what I do now. Eugenia, I actually wanted to ask you something today. Me:? Grey (with music): Ah... I've never seen you wearing jewelry, but are you interested in it? My choices: A little... Absolutely not! I said, 'A little...' Grey (with music): I see. I guess a lot of girls do like jewelry including you. Don't take it negatively, okay? Grey (with tear): Ah... Did I make you upset? I shake my head no.) Grey: Phew, good. Actually, there is something I want you to have. Me: ? (Grey threw a blue brooch at me.) Grey: I hope you like it... Grey (with tear): I made this on my own secretly from Grandpa. I'm not nearly as good as him, but still it's a good achievement for me. I made this for you. I want you to have it. I just wanted to make sure you like stuff like that, you know? I hope you like it. (Grey left. The silver brooch he made is gorgeous!) *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** Grey's 3rd rival heart event: I walked up to the Peak and I got the 3rd rival heart scene between Mary and Grey at 7.10 a.m.: Grey: Mary, your novel was really great! Mary: You mean it? That makes me glad I wrote it. Mary (with music afterwards) Grey: I think you'll get even better with practice! And I can't do anything... Mary: What's wrong, Grey? Mary: (?) Grey: (...) Grey: I just don't get any beter at being a blacksmith! I don't have any talent, unlike you... Mary (...): That's wrong, Grey! Grey: Why? Mary: Hmm... Do you like being a blacksmith, Grey? Grey: ... I guess so. Mary: Do you like it or not?

Grey: (...) Mary: I think whatever you are trying to do... A blacksmith or an author. If you really love what you do, you'll be good at it. Of course, I can't write real novels, yet. But I want to, more than anything. So I work hard at it. Grey: Mary... Mary: So, if you really love being a blacksmith, then eventually you'll improve. Grey: (...) Mary: Shall we get back now? Grey: Sure. They left without noticing me. *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** Grey's 4th heart event: On Monday, 28 Summer in my first year, I got a heart scene with Grey when I entered the forge at 11.50 a.m.: Saibara: If it isn't Freya. Will you come over here for a second? Me:? Saibara: Freya, you seem to enjoy Grey's company. Just like me, he's not very amiable, so I was worried about him, but... I'm glad that you've become a good friend of his. I've been quite impressed by his attitude towards his work lately, but... I can tell something is troubling him from his work. Me: ? Saibara: Grey! Grey: What is it? Hey, Freya, what's up? Saibara: Grey, let's call it a day. Grey: (!) What? This is unusual... Saibara: I know Freya is the reason why your heart is elsewhere. Eugenia, can you spend some time with him today? Fade to black... We go to his room upstairs at the Inn. Grey: (with tear) : Sorry... Grandpa is unbelievable sometimes. (I nod, it does not signify.) Grey; Do you think you will live in Mineral Town forever? Of course! I don't know. Of course! Grey (with music): Really? Good! You know, there are people like Kai who likes to move around, and some others just move away and never come back like my father. Ah... And I was wondering what your future plans are... Grey (with tear): Ah... But... I just wanted to say I'd miss you if you moved away... I don't have too many friends and ... I like you.

... I mean, as a friend. (I nod.) Grey: Well, see you later... After: Let's do that again.

It was 2.00 p.m. when I left the Inn's upstairs room. *************************************************************************** **** ******************************* Grey's 4th rival heart event:

At 1.40 p.m., Mary:

I entered the library and found a scene between Grey and

Grey (with music): Lately Gramps is finally letting me do some real worik. Mary: That's great! Grey: Well, just small things... Mary: That's still good, right? Grey: I guess... Mary: ...? What's wrong? Mary: (?) Grey: I was just thinking that I owe everything to you. Mary: Me? But I haven't done anything! Grey: Talking to you on the peak of the mountain made me realise what's wrong with me. Mary: Oh yeah... I'm glad anything I said was useful... Grey: If you hadn't said that, then I might have given up! Saibara said he would give me a test on my skills. If I pass it, there's something I want to ask you. Mary: What is it!? Mary: (?) Grey: (with tear): I have to pass the test first! Forget I said it... Mary: If you say so... After: Grey: I just have to pass that test! Mary: I wonder what Grey wants? And as usual with a scene, if I try to go upstairs, Mary says: still arrranging the books upstairs, so please don't go up there.' 'We're

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When I went up to the Peak at 3.40 p.m., witnessed a scene:

Grey and Mary were there and I

Grey: I hear that your latest book is selling like hotcakes, Mary. Mary: Yeah, the publisher even wants me to write a sequel. Grey: Hmm.... Mary: (....) Why don't you seem very happy about it, Grey? Aren't you glad for me? Grey: It's not like that... It's just that, well... Mary: It's not like you to not say what you think, Grey. Grey: (....) OK... I'm worried about your health! Mary? Grey: When you wrote the last book, you stayed up late every night working on it. You were so tired all the time I couldn't help but worry! I didn't want to stop you from doing what you wanted, though. Mary: Thanks for caring about me so much, Grey. Grey: Of course I do! Mary: (shows big red heart): In that case, I promise not to work so hard writing the next one. Grey: I'll try to do what I can to help, too. Mary: I'm glad I married you, Grey! Grey: Now you're making me embarrassed...! After: Mary: I'm touched he cares about me like that. I promise not to make him worry any more. I'm so glad I married him! Grey: My face is red...? It's nothing, nothing... Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** KAI'S HEART EVENTS

Kai's 1st heart event:

On Wednesday, 2 Summer, at 12.50 p.m., I went to the Beach and got the first heart scene with Kai: Kai: Hey, Freya. What's up? There must be a reason why you're here by yourself. What do you think of a guy who doesn't like to live with his family? My choices: Despise him. Who cares? I said, Who cares? Kai: (!) I see. I guess some people think that way. Actually, I don't really get along with my family, so I spend Summer here. Come see me again when you have time.'

He went into the Cafe, but I could not follow as it was locked. *************************************************************************** **** ************************************ Kai's 1st rival heart event: On Sunday, at 1.50 p.m., I got the first rival heart scene between Kai and Popuri. They were standing close to one another in front of the bench, facing one another. Popuri (with music): That was great. You sure have a lot of food that I've never seen before. Why do you know so much about other towns? Popuri: (?) Kai: I really hate the cold, so I always spend winters in the south. I've eaten foods from all over the world! Popuri: Really... I wonder if my mom would get better if she ate your cooking...? Kai: (....) Should I go make some for her? Popuri: (!) Would you really? Kai: Just leave it to me! Popuri: Thanks, Kai! After: Popuri: Well, come join us if you have the time. Kai: What should I make...?

*************************************************************************** **** ******************************** Kai's 2nd heart event: On Wednesday, 9 Summer, when I went into the Beach Cafe at 11.10 a.m., I got the second heart scene with Kai: Kai: Welcome! What's up, Freya. How's farming? (I nod that it is going well.) Kai: (with music): Right on. When I see you working hard, it inspires me... Ha ha, just kidding. By the way, what are you growing on your farm now? My choices: Some Pink Cat Flowers Lots of Pineapples Nothing yet... I told him truthfully that I was growing lots of pineapples.

Really!? I LOVE pineapples more than anything! Can you bring me some if it's okay with you? Thanks! It's kind of embarrassing for a guy to say, 'I LOVE pineapples.' Ha ha ha. In return, if you need any help, just let me know, okay? After: They're welcome anytime!

*************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Kai's 2nd rival heart event: On Tuesday at 1.30 p.m. I witnessed a scene between Kai and Popuri (could have occurred on a Thursday as well). They walked to the shore side by side, then turned to face one another. Kai: 'I'm glad your mom enjoyed my cooking. Popuri: Thanks for keeping your promise. Kai: I just hope it did her some good. Popuri; Me, too. I'm glad Rick wasn't home, though. He sure would have got mad if he saw you at my house! Kai (....) Yeah. Rick (showing up suddenly): Popuri! Rick (hurt): Just where do you think you're going with my sister, Kai?! Popuri: Don't be so rude! We were just talking, and it's none of your business! Rick: Well, you should get back to helping at the store, anyway! Popuri: Why don't you do it yourself! Rick: This is your fault, Kai! You shouldn't go near my sister, ever! Popuri (hurt): You can't talk to Kai like that! Rick (with tear) Popuri... Kai: You should get back anyway. Think about your mother. Popuri: ... But... Well, I guess so. Rick: You leave Popuri alone from now on, Kai! Popuri: I'm sorry, Kai. See you later... Kai: O.K. Popuri and Rick leave. After: Kai : Did you hear that? Rick is such a pain! He's always like that when I talk to Popuri! *************************************************************************** **** ********************************** Kai's 3rd heart event: On Tuesday, 29 Summer, when I returned to Mineral Beach at 3.00 p.m. to try to catch a fish, I got the blue heart scene with Kai: Kai: Hey, Freya. What's up?

Me: (....) (And then I fell on my face on the ground! Kai: Hey, what's the matter? To the clinic! Right away! (shaking his fist!) At the clinic: Doctor: Heat exhaustion. it's been very hot lately. Kai: I see. Thanks, Doc. Doctor: You've gotta eat healthy meals and rest well. today.

HAve a good rest

The Doctor returns to his desk. Kai: Feeling better already? Why don't you take it easy and rest more? My choices: I guess so. I'm fine. I chose 'I guess so.' Kai: You always work hard, so you are entitled to rest today! Hey, I bought this lucky charm in another town, and I want you to have it. (He threw the charm at me) Kai: Don't work too hard! I found myself outside the Clinic at 3.30 p.m. If I had answered 'I'm fine', Kai would have been hurt and would not have given me the charm. He would have said: 'Don't work too hard now! It's good to take a break sometimes. Me: (....) Kai: If you really need to work hard, I won't stop you. Kai: (...) Take care of yourself. And his heart would have stayed blue. Instead, it turned green. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Kai's 3rd rival heart event: At 1.40 p.m, I got a scene at the Pier with Popuri and Kai: Popuri (winking): I wonder why my brother hates it when I see you so much? Kai: He probably thinks I'm a bad influence. Popuri (winking): That's so silly! Why would he think that...? Kai: That just means your family cares about you and tries to protect you, that's all. Popuri (...) (still winking): Hmm... (wide-eyed) What does your family do, Kai? Kai (!): Well, I haven't seen my parents for years... Popuri (?): Why? Kai: My parents don't understand me at all. They don't like me not wanting to live like they do. I hate following all those rules all the time! That's just not me! Besides... they work all the time... They have no time for me anyways. So, I couldn't stand it any more and left home. Popuri (winking): Really...? Kai (hand behind neck, happily): I'm glad I did, though. I've met folks, seen all kinds of towns and lived my own way. I enjoy

myself. Popuri: I wish I could be so free... Kai (!): Are you serious? Popuri: ...Yes. Kai: I don't know. What about your mom and Rick? They are too nice to leave. I think ... Popuri: ... After: Kai: I wonder if Popuri's serious? Popuri: Are you curious about other places, Freya? I could fish to my heart's content after this scene, as time had stopped and remained at a standstill until I left the Beach. *************************************************************************** **** *********************************************** Kai's 4th heart event: On the beach at 9.00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, I look for Kai but do not see him at his usual spot on the Bench. Me:? (I walk to the Pier and find Kai there.) Kai: Yo, Freyashawk. How's your farm? (I nod) Kai: My store? Very few customers, ha ha ha. By the way, can I ask you something? (I nod.) Kai: I guess the guys in this town think I'm a jerk because of the way I am. I'm just being myself and living my life, you know? I don't like being fake. I don't care what other people think of me. But I do want to know what you think of me... Should I try to change the way I am? Forget about it. Maybe a little... I told him to forget about it. Kai (with music): Cool, I feel much better now. You're right! Forget about it! Thanks! I should always be honest to myself. After: Kai: Thanks for earlier. *************************************************************************** **** ******************************** Kai's 4th rival heart event:

When I went into the Poultry Farm at 10.50 a.m., right after Rick went inside, I experienced an event involving Kai and Popuri's family: Lillia and Rick are standing in front of the kitchen appliances, and Kai and Popuri face them. If it is Tuesday, Sasha will be over by the fireplace staring into the fire! (This event can be experienced on Saturday as well at the same time) Kai: Popuri and I are thinking of moving to another town. Lillia and Rick both: (!) Rick: Is this true?! Popuri! Popuri: ... It is. Lillia: Really...? What'll I do... Kai: I tried to convince her to stay. Rick: Liar! I bet you were the one who wanted to leave! Popuri (hurt): It's not Kai's fault. It really is my idea. Rick: I won't allow it! Popuri: We're going no matter what! Lillia (....): It's OK. I don't mind. Rick, Popuri and Kai: (!) Rick: ...M-mom! What are you saying? Popuri: Really! Fantastic! Lillia: (turning towards Rick): If that's what they really want to do, then I don't want to stop them. (turning back towards Popuri and Kai): But I have one condition: Kai, you must make sure Popuri is happy forever! Popuri (shows red heart) Kai: (tear) Rick: (!) Popuri: Mom!... Kai: Wha... What is this all of a sudden? Rick: Mom!... Lillia: YOu don't have to answer now. Just think about it. Kai (....): ..... I'll go home and think about it. (Kai leaves.) After: Popuri: ................ Lillia: Things will be busy for me around here. I only wish my husband would come back... Rick: (shaking his finger) I can't believe my mom!

I'm so against this!

(If it is Tuesday and you speak to Sasha, she is oblivious to the entire scene and simply says the same thing as usual about Lillia's husband being a good man, but obsessive, and Lillia being lonely with him gone! If I try to go upstairs now, Rick will shake his finger and say: are you going?!' 'Where

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Kai's Marriage Event with Popuri: N.B. This event cannot occur on Sunday, when the Beach Cafe is shut.

I went to the Beach Cafe at 6.00 and got a scene with Popuri and Kai. (This would have happened any time between 5.00 and 7.00 p.m.) Popuri rushed into the shop, really zipped past me into the cafe and went up to Kai at the counter: Popuri: Hi, Kai... Kai (annoyed) (!): What? Don't you know I don't like being bothered when I cook? Popuri: Sorry... But there's something I want... Kai (?): ... What is it? Popuri: Well... There's a pretty necklace over at Saibara's, and I think it will make me look so mature... Will you buy it for me...? Kai: How much is it? Popuri: It's only XXXX G! Kai: (!) : That expensive?! Popuri: Is it too much...? Kai: There's no way I'd spend that much on a necklace! Popuri (really angry and upset): But... Kai: (shaking his fist): I said NO!!... Popuri: I just wanted it to look nicer for you!! You don't have to be so mean to me... Sniff, sniff... Kai (with tear): Oh, don't cry on me! OK, OK, I'll buy it for you later. Popuri (with big red heart): Thanks, Kai! I'll go home, now... She leaves. Kai: ... Women! After: Kai: It's so hard getting along with Popuri! Say the slightest thing wrong and she breaks down!' Then, (hand on back of neck, happily): 'Still, Popuri does understand me better than any one else.' Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** ************************************ RICK'S HEART AND RIVAL HEART EVENTS:

Rick's 1st heart event: On Monday, 2 Spring, my first day in Mineral Town, I went into the Poultry Farm at 12.30 and got a scene with Popuri, Rick and Lillia, standing in front of their table, on which are three golden eggs. Popuri: Wow, cool.

Rick: They laid many eggs today. Every one's healthy! I made some Spa-Boiled Eggs, so let's eat them together. Lillia: Okay. I walk in. Popuri, Rick: (!) Rick: Hey, Freya. Are you shopping with us today? Take your time. Popuri: I'm Popuri. Nice to meet you. Lillia: Hi, I'm Lillia. Nice to meet you. Rick (!): I was wondering, do you like eggs? LOVE them! Not really. Rick: I knew it! Wait right there. He runs to the table and picks up an egg. Rick: Here, it's a Spa-Boiled Egg. Good luck with your farm! After: Rick: You can make it by throwing an egg into the hot springs. Popuri: It's SO good! Lillia: Eggs are good for you. It was still 12.30 when I left. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Rick's 1st rival heart event: I came out of the Spring Mine at 2.50 p.m. on Thursday, 5 Spring, and got a scene between Karen and Rick. Karen: Have you heard from your dad? Rick: Not recently. How could he leave my mom like that! Rick: (hurt) Karen: (looking towards the waterfall): You know the only reason he's away is to find a way to heal your mom! He's just trying to protect his family, you know. Rick: ... I guess you're right. (Karen turns to face Rick.) Karen: We have to take care of things until he comes back, right?! Rick: Yeah, I know... Karen: Then stop getting so depressed! Let's head home. Rick: OK... *************************************************************************** **** ****************************** Rick's 2nd heart event: On Tuesday, 17 Spring, at 11.00 a.m., I got a heart scene at the Poultry Farm with Rick:

Lillia: Hello, Freya. How are you? Popuri: Hello. Rick: Hello, Freya. Hi, Freya. We were talking about how tough you are to work on the farm by yourself. Lillia: I'm impressed. Popuri: You know how to take care of animals, right? Rick: Okay, let me ask you a question! How many days does it take for an egg to hatch? My choices: About 3 days. About a week. About 3 days, of course! Rick (with music): Correct! I knew you were going to get it right. Popuri: Awesome! Lillia: How wonderful. Rick (with music): You're really great. I'm impressed. After: Rick: I knew you'd get it right! I just knew it! Lillia: Hee hee. Excellent. Popuri: Yep, I knew you'd get it right! Lillia was standing by the counter the entire time. has been ill since she was young. She only says: Lillia

*************************************************************************** **** **************************** Rick's 2nd rival heart event: On Sunday, 6 Summer, as soon as I came out of Gotz' house at 12.30 p.m., I got a rival heart scene between Karen and Rick: Rick: We used to play here all the time. Karen: We played games like tag, kick the can, hide and seek... everything. Rick: We also wrestled... Although ... I never could beat you. Karen (hurt): What do you mean?! I don't remember any of it! Rick: Don't you remember how I used to cry when you threw me to the ground? Karen: I told you I don't remember, so I don't remember!. I'm going home now! Karen (hurt) leaves... Rick: What are you mad for? Wait up! And Rick left, and I was standing in front of Gotz' house alone. *************************************************************************** **** ***************************** Rick's 3rd heart event:

On Friday, 27 Spring, I went into the Poultry Farm at 10.50 a.m. and got a heart scene with Rick, Popuri and Lillia: Lillia: Welcome. Popuri: Hello, Freya. Rick: Hi, Freya. He walked over from the far wall to stand next to me. Rick: Do you have a treasured possession? Me: ? Rick: Actually, I was just cleaning up my room, and I found something. I got this from my dad. I treasured it when I was a kid. I wonder when my dad is coming home...? He went to look for a flower to cure my mom, but she's missing him... Oh, sorry about that. This watch reminds me of my dad, and ... Did I bore you with my story? My choices: Little bit. Absolutely not. I chose 'Absolutely not,' being a courteous person. Rick: Th... Thank you. this is for you. (I shook my head no.) Rick: I want you to keep it... For me... I felt comfortable talking to you about it. Hey,

(He threw an enormous watch at me.) Rick: Please treasure it. After: Rick: Thanks for listening. You cheered me up. Lillia: Wow, that watch. Rick still had it? Popuri: Oh, did Rick give you that watch? Cool. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************* Rick's 3rd rival heart event: On Wednesday, 11 Winter in my second year, coming out of the Spring Mine at 1.30 p.m., I experienced the third rival heart event between Rick and Karen: Karen: (....) 'You're such an idiot!... Rick: You don't have to rub it in, you know. Karen: Getting hurt while protecting me from that wild dog... Idiotic! Rick: I'm just glad that the wound isn't worse than it is! Karen (hurt): Idiot! A bite is a bite! You shouldn't let yourself get hurt for me, period!

Rick: Karen... Karen: (....) Rick: (....) Karen: ...Rick? Rick: ...What? Karen: ...Thanks. Rick: ... Don't mention it. Let's get back, shall we? quiet about this. I don't want any one to worry. Karen: OK. They never even saw me there. Rick's 4th Heart Event:

And let's keep

On Wednesday, 23 Summer at 8.30 p.m., I went to the Inn and got a heart scene with Rick: Ann: Hi, Freya. Welcome. Doug: Welcome! Rick (at a table, turns round and sees me at the counter) (!): Hey, Freya! Are you done working? Would you like to join me? I nod and join him at the table. Rick (with music): Ha ha ha! And? Aha... Aha... Really? Time flies when I'm with you. Rick: (!) Hey, it's late. Why don't I walk you home? Yes, please. No, thanks. Yes, please. Rick: Alright. Tell me more stories on the way. You're so funny.

Fade to black, then we are outside my door, the heart music still playing: Rick It was a lot of fun. then. Good luck with your farm. You are so funny, Freya. Okay, I'll be off

If I had gone to the Inn at 9. the door would have been locked. I must make better friends with Doug. So much still to do! I got home at 11.00 p.m. *************************************************************************** **** ****************************** Rick's 4th rival heart event: I came OUT of the Poultry Farm at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday (four days after Kai's wedding to Popuri) and got a scene in the yard of the Poultry Farm between Rick and Karen: Karen: Your mom's health seems better these days.

Rick: Yes, lately she has been feeling better... Karen: I'm glad to hear it! (Lillia came over to them.) Lillia: Hi, Karen. Welcome. Karen: Hi. I just heard from Rick that you're* health is improving. Lillia: That's true. Karen: I'm glad. I hope you stay healthy forever! Lillia: It's not my health, but I am worried about something these days... Karen: You mean Dad? Lillia: Well, that too... But this is about you and Karen. Rick: Me and Karen!?! (Rick and Karen turn towards one another) Rick and Karen: ? Lillia: I was wondering when you would get married... Rick and Karen: (!) Rick: Mom...!! Lillia: I've always known you two have liked each other. No sense hiding it now! Karen: ....... Rick: Mom! Lillia: OK, OK... I don't want to interfere with anything... I'll go home, now. Take your time, Karen. Rick and Karen: (....) (Lillia leaves) Rick: Sorry... I have no idea what my mom was talking about... Karen: ...I think I'll go home now. Rick: I'll go, too. (They both leave, and I am left standing alone still in front of the Poultry Farm door.) * spelling is original error in text in game (The strange part of this scene is Karen referring to Rod as 'Dad') Incidentally, the door to the Poultry Farm will be locked if you attempt to enter directly after the end of this event. You have to exit the screen and return in order to find the Poultry Farm open again. *************************************************************************** **** ********************************** Rick's Marriage Event with Karen At 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, I experienced Karen and Rick's marriage scene inside the Poultry Farm: Entering the Poultry Farm right after Rick at 4.00 p.m., I experienced his Marriage Event with Karen: Rick: Hmmm..... Karen: What's wrong, Rick? You seem so down... Rick: I was just wondering when my father would come back... Karen: He travels all the time, doesn't he? I've only seen him a few times ever. Rick: Popuri's married and doesn't live here any more... I'm worried about the store.

Karen: Don't worry! You're forgetting about me! I'll work more than Popuri ever did! Rick: Gee Karen... Thanks! Karen: You don't need to thank me! We're married, aren't we? That's what spouses do. After: Rick: Ahh... This is the life! Karen: Stop it...! Then: Rick: I'm so glad I married you, Karen. Karen: Will you stop embarrassing me in front of Freya? If you try to go upstairs, Rick will say: I haven't picked up upstairs yet. Please don't go up yet. *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** WON'S HEART EVENTS Won has no rival heart events. Won's 1st Heart Event: On Tuesday, 24 Spring at 1.40 p.m., I got the first 'heart scene' with Won when I went into Zack's house: He was sitting on the floor with apples in a circle round him. Won: (....) I'm in trouble... I mixed up all the different kinds of apples. Now I don't know which is which. (.....) Oh, well. Who cares. No one will know anyway. Let's clean up before anyone sees it... (He sees me) Won: ... Won: (!) Ho-ho-ho-how long have you been standing there, Freya? Were you listening to me? I nodded. Won: (...) I was joking. Of course I can tell which apple is which. Won(...) Me (...) Won: I'll give you this, so don't tell anyone. Me(...) Won threw an apple at me. Won: Well... I have to clean up, so please go home. I found myself outside the beach house with a SUGDW apple. *************************************************************************** **** ***************************** Won's 2nd Heart Event:

On Sunday, 6 Summer, I went to Zack's house at 2.00 p.m. and got a scene with Won: Oh, Freya. Welcome. Now you can sell some of your items to me. Just bring what you want to sell to me. It's easy, huh? *************************************************************************** **** **************************** Won's 3rd Heart Event: On Tuesday, 6 Fall, I went to the Beach at 3.00 and got a scene with Won in Zack's house. Won was sitting on the floor with three apples in front of him. Won: Oh, Freya. Welcome, welcome. You can play my game, like it or not. Get ready. The one on the left is: The Super Ultra Great Delicous Wonderful Apple. The one in the middle is: The Hyper Miracle Sweet Gorgoues Beautiful Apple The one on the right is: The Angel Eternal Pure Fresh Elegant Apple. I will shuffle these apples, so tell me which one is which. Are you ready? (I guessed correctly the first time.) Won: I will shuffle faster this time. The one on the left is: HMSGBA. The one in the middle is SUGDW and the one on the right is AEPFE. I will shuffle these apples, so tell me which one is which. When I finally lost, he said: 'You're not very good, you'll have to train harder. But you tried very hard, so I'll give you this. (I got five tickets in all, for guessing correctly again and again.) Won: I'll put away the apples, so wait for a second. I went up to him afterwards and he said: Won: Welcome. My choices: Use it. Forget it. I chose: Use it. Won: Okay. Good luck. If you get three numbers alike, you get something. here we go. Do you want to use the ticket?

Wish you luck.

Okay,

I would have won a bag of seeds with two numbers the same, but since my tool

slots were full, I won nothing! So I cannot even use the ticket today... Now whenever I go to the counter, I have three options: Buy Sell Challenge If I Challenge, we play the Apple game. It costs 100G. Is that okay? I have to answer in Japanese!!! I said OK (in Japanese) Okay... Are you ready?

He will do the apple switch again and again. The more times you guess correctly, the more tickets you get. If you keep winning, Won finally will surrender and tell you that you are more than an ordinary farmer. He then will give you a Mystery Flower. *************************************************************************** **** ****************************************** MARRIAGE ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES If I showed my blue feather to Grey today, he would say: Wow, wow, wow! Wa...wait a minute. No... not here... We went back to my house. Grey: 'Okay... This is better. I flourished my feather at him again. Grey: I never dreamed that this would happen... Yes, I will marry you. (I show my big red heart) Grey: Okay, let me go tell Grandpa about this. If to Cliff: (With the most horrible Ann-like face, he would say): Cliff: ... Well, let's go to your place... Come on... (We would be at my house then.) Cliff: Phew, this is better. (I would show the feather again.) (Cliff with horrible face again would say) Cliff: Ah... I'm kind of in shock... I mean, it's a good shock. Yes, I'd be honoured to marry you. (But he still would have that Awful face!) I woud show my big red heart Cliff: Great! I have to tell Duke and Manna. If to Rick: (He would have that awful face as well that he gets!) Rick: Ah... Can we go to your place? I'll be embarrassed if someone sees

us. Let's go. We would go to my farm. Rick (with normal face now, thank God): No one will interrupt us here... I show the feather again. Rick: ... Really? I didn't think I'd be the one to receive it. My answer is YES. (I show my big red heart) Rick: Now, I have to let my mom and Popuri know about this. If to the Doctor: Doctor: Hold on... Ah... Let's go to your place and talk about it. We would be at my house then. Doctor: No one will bother us here. I would show the feather again. Doctor: I can't believe it... You and a guy like me... Yes, I will marry you. (I show my big red heart) Doctor: I haver to go back now, but I'll see you later. Back to Top *************************************************************************** **** *********************************** The first heart event for every eligible experienced in MFoMT. Although they are MFoMT, the same 'heart music' theme will transcripts of these events, please refer to my FoMT Heart and Rival Events FAQ Remember, you will experience only the first heart event for Ann, Elli, Karen, Mary and Popuri in MFoMT. Back to Top Ultimate Guide to Mining for MFoMT Updated on 28 September 2005 with section on 'Mine Research Group' programme and links to other MFoMT Guides Written in Spring 2005, first published in May 2005 for FoMT Updated on 28 July 2005 for MFoMT Written by Freyashawk/Enchanted Castle email: castleenchanted aol girl in FoMT (now your rival!) is not considered 'heart events' in play. To see the actual Heart and Rival Heart Event guide:

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email with an attachment. AOL sometimes considers a 'signature' or a simple icon as an attachment. Please send your emails as plain text or I shall not be able to respond. Thank you. This is a guide to mining in all its aspects, with detailed instructions on maximising your energy, time and profit and it includes all the items to be found in each mine with their shipping values and uses. All facts have been tested to the best of my ability. This FAQS file can be used both for FoMT and MFoMT as mining and the items that are found in the mines are the same in both games. I have added a section on the Cursed Tools and Mythic Tools that gives detailed instructions on how to transform Cursed Tools into Blessed tools and then transform them into the Mythic Tools. Your goals in mining will change as your life in Mineral Town progresses, but at the very start, you will have access only to one mine, the Spring Mine. This is the mine that is located above (north of) the Hot Spring, and it contains ores of various sorts, with various uses. The basic principles of mining do not change, however, and in order to maximise your energy and accomplishments, prepare for a day in the mine as follows: 1. Empty your pockets, rucksack and basket before you leave your farm of all unnecessary items 2. 'Pack a lunch or snack' by taking at least two items that will increase your Stamina and decrease your Fatigue; at the start of the game, you will not have a kitchen, so the best item to take with you probably is blue grass. In both the Spring and the Winter Mine, using your hoe, you will be able to find Black Grass, which restores Stamina and decreases Fatigue. By exploring an entire floor of the mine digging with your Hoe, but NOT SAVING, you can locate any black grass there. After you have located stairs and any grass, reload the game and go instantly to the location of these items. I try to fill my rucksack with Black Grasses in the process of mining, consuming them as I turn blue. If I had turned blue at a certain point, by consuming one black grass, I found that I could use my Hoe or Hammer eight times before turning blue again. Once you have a kitchen and all kitchen accessories, the best items to prepare and take with you are Lattes, either Fruit or Vegetable. You can make the most powerful Lattes by following these recipes: Fruit Latte (Basic): Mixer, Apple, Milk (S) Fruit Latte (Best): Mixer, Sugar, Salt; Honey, Apple, Strawberries, Pineapple,

Wild Grape, Milk (S) Vegetable Latte (Basic): Mixer; one of the following: Cucumber, Cabbage, Milk (S) Vegetable Latte (Best): Mixer, Salt; Carrot, Cucumber, Spinach, Cabbage, Tomato, Milk (S) I measured the strength of restorative foods by counting the number of times I could use a tool afterwards. With the best fruit or vegetable latte, I was able to use a hammer or hoe 31 times before turning blue. No other ordinary food item gave me more energy and strength. 3. If you plan to search for the Cursed Tools or the Teleport Stone, you need to have an empty tool slot for each of them. If you do not have an empty tool slot, you will be out of luck completely. It is said that, if you find the Teleport Stone but do not have an empty tool slot, IT WILL NOT APPEAR EVERY AGAIN! So remember to empty your rucksack of all unnecessary tools. The only tools that you need in the mines are: Hoe and Hammer. If you are going to the Winter Mine and want to try to catch the King Fish in the Lake on the 9th Floor, take your Blessed or Mythic Fishing Rod as well. Early in the game, though, you will not need any tools apart from the Hoe and Hammer. The Mechanics of Efficient Mining No matter which method you employ, there is one fact that is worth knowing: stairs never will be situated next to the wall of the mine nor will they be situated adjacent to the other (ascending) set of stairs. You therefore need not waste any energy or time searching in those locations. If you have not found any stairs and you have searched every other space, you can be certain that there are NO descending stairs on that floor. You will not find them next to the other set of stairs nor directly next to any of the walls. On the other hand, black grass and Cursed Tools sometimes will be found at those locations, so if you are searching for black grass or a Cursed Tool, dig in EVERY space with your hoe. There are three different ways to mine: 1. Mining by placing your fate in the hands of the Harvest Goddess

For the purist, this probably is the only way to mine. You save your game only at the start of the expedition and at the end of it. As the location of stairs and items is random, you may or may not be able to descend to a specific level and you may or may not find the item or items that you seek. Mining in this fashion can be extremely frustrating, however, and your energy and patience will be exhausted quite rapidly, unless you happen to have the proverbial patience of a saint. 2. Mining with one journal or diary slot

If you are using your two 'save' slots for two different games, you will have limited success in finding the items you seek, but you have a far better chance than the purist, if you follow these instructions: Step 1. Save your game as soon as you enter the Mine, but only if there is no stone obstructing the entrance. If a stone obstructs the entrance, exit and return to find a new configuration; Step 2. Use your hoe to search for the stairs and any black grass but when you find them, DO NOT SAVE! Instead: Step 3. Reload your game and immediately go to the places where you found the stairs and black grass to use your hoe only to uncover these items. Save your game now. Step 4. Go down the stairs but do not save your game unless you see a clear path before you. In other words, if you have to smash stones in order to be able to move or the only clear spaces are those next to the stairs that led you here, reload without saving and descend to a new configuration. Keep doing this until you get a configuration that offers a reasonable chance of finding the stairs without having to smash any or more than one or two stones. The more energy you save, the lower you will be able to descend. As soon as you find a configuration you like, SAVE your game! Step 5. Use your hoe do not find the stairs on any of to the Hammer and smash whatever find the stairs, do not save, space where the stairs are to to find the stairs but do not save. If you

the spaces that are free from stones, change stones you must to find the stairs. When you but rather reload, then go immediately to the be found, uncover them, and SAVE.

Step 6. Descend the stairs but again, do not save your game until you find a configuration that you like. Then save immediately, and repeat the process... Step 7. When you reach a floor with ores, gems or items that you want, do not save until you have found the item, gem, ore or black grass. I save after finding EACH gem, ore or item. That way, no energy is wasted. It is a memory game, really. Find the items that you seek but do not save, then reload and go immediately to the locations where you found the items you want. N.B. Remember always that the location of items and stairs is entirely random. If you only use one slot for your journal or diary, you may not find the item and you may not be able to descend to the level that is your goal.

It is far better, if you have the option of doing so, to use BOTH slots for one game at least until you have found the Teleport Stone, which cannot be done until you reach your third year. 3. Mining with two Slots You

This is by far the most efficient way to perform mining operations. are guaranteed success when you mine in the following manner:

Step 1. Enter the mine and if there is no stone obstructing your passage, save immediately in BOTH slots; Step 2. Ground Floor: Playing in Slot 1, use your hoe to find the stairs and any Black Grass, but do not save; Reload Slot 1 and find the stairs and Black Grass immediately, then save the game in BOTH slots; if you find that you have to use your hammer to smash more than one or two stones in order to reach the location of the stairway, DO NOT SAVE at all but instead, exit the mine and return to a new configuration which you then will save in BOTH slots. Now you have two identical games in Slot 1 and Slot 2; you will save this way, in both slots, only when you have uncovered the stairs on a particular floor, but then you will always go on to explore using Slot 1. This prevents confusion and prevents you from saving at the wrong time. Step 3. Playing in Slot 1, descend the stairs to the next floor and save immediately if you like the configuration; find the location of the stairs, but do not save the game. Instead, reload the game in Slot 1 and immediately uncover the stairs, then SAVE the game in BOTH slots. If you find that there are no stairs, or if the stairs are difficult to reach, requiring much use of your Hammer, do not save this game, but load the game that is in Slot 2 and descend the stairs again... If the configuration looks good, save the game in SLOT 1, not 2. Never play the game using Slot 2 when you are mining. Use that slot only as a 'pure' backup at a place that allows you to find an entirely new level. Step 4. Keep playing the game in Slot 1, but save in both slots every time you finally uncover the stairs using the fewest steps (in other words, the second time you uncover the stairs). The main reason for using two slots in this fashion is that there are floors without any stairs. If you use only one slot, you will be unable to descend to a lower level and will have to start again at the ground floor. Moreover, if you are looking for special items such as Cursed Tools, Goddess or Kappa Jewels, Mythic Stones or the Teleport Stone, they will not necessarily be present, even if you are on the designated floor of the mine. By using two slots for your game, you will be able to load an entirely new floor and sooner

or later, you WILL find the item you seek. Example: The Cursed Fishing Rod is found on the 29th floor of the Winter Mine only after all your tools have been upgraded to Mystrille. If you are mining using two slots, you will go down to B29 and save immediately in Slot 1. Then you will look for two things: the stairs to B30 and the Cursed Fishing Rod. Both are found by digging with your Hoe. If, however, you dig in every space and find only one of these things or neither, you can load the game in Slot 2, and find yourself back on the 28th floor. Descend to a new 29th floor and save this game in Slot 1, overwriting the game where the stairs and/or Cursed Fishing Rod do not exist. By saving the new game only in Slot 1, you maintain your access back to the 28th floor in case the new 29th floor does not have stairs and/or the Cursed Fishing Rod. Once you have found BOTH the Cursed Fishing Rod and the stairs, you can save the game in both slots, but remember only to do this after reloading and going immediately to the locations where they are to be found. N.B. The location of the stairs and the Cursed Tools can change, although this is rare: when you reload, most of the time, you will find them in the same locations as before, but once in a very great while, the stairs and/or tool have moved to a new location. Do not panic if you reload your game and do not find the stairs or Cursed tool where you found them previously. Go ahead and search for them again and then, playing as usual, reload and return to that position to find them. Really, though, this does not occur often. I have only encountered it with respect to floors that contain Cursed Tools, never on other floors. When you first begin the game, you will be able to reach only the Spring Mine. Moreover, you will be able to carry only three items and three tools until you obtain enough money to purchase a larger rucksack. The first rucksack you can purchase from the supermarket will cost 3000G. After you have purchased that, you will be able to purchase a larger rucksack for 5000G and a basket for 5000G. The first rucksack will allow you to carry a total of 5 items and 5 tools. The second one will allow you to carry a total of 9 items and 9 tools. The basket holds 30 items, but you will not be able to see these items once you have placed them in the basket nor will you be able to retrieve them. By placing the basket on your head and choosing the Menu option of looking at your rucksack, you will be able to discover how many items currently are in the basket. If an item is in your rucksack, you will be able to use it or discard it. You can do neither with items in the basket. SPRING MINE

The ores that the Spring Mine contains are as follows: Junk Ore 1G found on every floor by using your hammer Copper 10G found on every floor by using your hammer Silver 20G found on every floor by using your hammer Gold 25G found on B3 and lower floors by using your hammer Mystrille 40G found on B5 and lower floors by using your hammer Orichalc 50G found on B10 and lower floors by using your hammer Adamantite 50G found on B10 and lower floors by using your hammer Other items that the Spring Mine contains and which can be found at any time are: Power Berry on B100 (increases Stamina) Black Grass 10G found on every floor by digging with your hoe Goddess Jewels (cannot be shipped, and thus have no monetary value) found on B60, B102, B123, B152, B155, B171, B190, B202 and B222 (until all of them are found, they have no use) Fried Potato Recipee found on B255 (no monetary value) Ores and items hidden in the Spring Mine which you will be unable to find until certain prerequisites are met are: Mythic Stone 20,000G found on B60, B102, B123, B152, B155, B171, B190, B202, B222 and B255 only after ALL Cursed Tools have been transformed into Blessed Tools Teleport Stone found on B255 after you have entered your third year A note about the special items: Goddess Jewels: When you have found all the Goddess Jewels, the Harvest Goddess will appear and transform them into a single Goddess Gem, a tool that will recover your Stamina when used; if you do not have an empty tool slot, you will not be able to find the 9th jewel; you will have to return to the mine with an empty tool slot in order to find the jewel and gain the Goddess Gem Teleport Stone: Do not go to the 255th floor to look for the Teleport Stone if you do not have an empty Tool Slot. I have been told that if you find it, but do not have an empty slot in your rucksack, it will vanish and you will not see it again ever. Mythic Stones: I have found Mythic B171, B190, B202, B222 and B255. floor is 3. It is possible that they can doubt it. The floors where I have Jewels are found. Stones on B60, B102, B123, B152, B155, The most I have found on any single be found on other floors as well but I found them all are floors where Goddess

WINTER OR LAKE MINE The Lake or Winter Mine contains gems instead of ores. The gems that can be found in the Winter Mine are as follows: Agate 62G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Amethyst 60G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Fluorite 65G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Peridot 68G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Topaz 75G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Ruby 78G found on all floors except B50, B100, B150 and B200 Emeralds 80G found on all floors with 5 as last digit: B5, B15, etc. and on some floors with 0 as the last digit, such as B40, B60, B80, B120, B140, B160, B180, B255 * Moon Stone 55G found on all floors with 8 as the last digit: B8, B18, B28, etc. Sand Rose 60G found on all floors with 9 as the last digit: B9, B19, B29, etc. Diamonds 100G found on B10, B20, B30* , B70, B90, B110, B130, B170, B190, B200, B210, B220 Pink Diamonds 10,000G found on B30, B70, B90, B110, B130, B170, B190 Alexandrite 10,000G found on B50, B100, B150, B200, B251 *N.B. On floors with either Emeralds or Diamonds, Emeralds are found on Diamonds are found on 0 as the last digit not listed above, one finds never both. I believe from my own experience that the floors where Kappa gems are to be found, and that the other floors ending in 0

Other gems and items found in the Winter Mine: Power Berry found on B19 monetary value, cannot be shipped) found on B0, B40, B60, B160, B180, B255 (until all of them are found, they have when you have all of them, they will be transformed into will combat Fatigue

Kappa Jewels (no B80, B120, B140, no use whatsoever); the Kappa Gem, which

Cursed Tools (cannot be shipped and thus have no monetary value, but they can be transformed into the Blessed Tools and doing this is the prerequisite for finding any of the Mythic Stones; the Cursed Tools are found by digging with your hoe) on B29 (Cursed Fishing Rod), B39 (Cursed Hoe), B49 (Cursed Axe), B59 (Cursed Hammer), B69 (Cursed Watering Can) and B79 (Cursed Sickle) ECONOMICS OF MINING I firmly believe that it is to your advantage to find the Cursed Tools and transform them into the Blessed Tools as quickly as possible. If you look at my First Year Calendar, you will see that it is possible to find ALL Cursed Tools in your first year (Winter) and it is possible to transform all of them

into Blessed Tools by the second week of your second year. You must have all your tools upgraded to Mystrille before you will be able to find any of the Cursed Tools. It therefore makes sense to upgrade all tools to Mystrille before Winter has ended, as the Cursed Tools are found in the Winter Mine and you will not be able to access that when Winter ends. The reason to find all Cursed Tools in your first Winter is twofold: to be able to transform the Blessed Tools into the Mythic Tools and to be able to mine for Mythic Stones. For all practical purposes, you can play the game and access all areas of Mineral Town and its environs if you have the Blessed Tools. Although the Mythic Tools are more powerful, they only make it easier to smash the largest stones, chop ALL wood on the screen and catch the rarest fish and items. More important perhaps than the Mythic Tools themselves are the Mythic Stones. They will not appear in the Spring Mine at all if you do not have all the Blessed Tools. Mythic Stones are needed in order to have Saibara transform your Blessed Tools into Mythic Tools. When shipped, they are worth 20,000G each. The Mythic Stone, therefore, is the most valuable item in the game. As you will see from the list of items to be found in each mine, Mythic Stones can be found on nine different floors of the Spring Mine. If you have the patience to go to the 222nd level, searching all floors where the Mythic Stones can be found on the way, you can go home with at least nine and possibly as many as 16 Mythic Stones IN A SINGLE DAY. It is worth the effort, but unless you play the game in both slots, your chances of reaching the lower floors and of finding Mythic Stones on these floors are rather remote. Never forget that the configuration of floors in the Mine and the items found there are random. I have been forced to reload my game eight times on occasion in order to find even one Mythic Stone on a particular floor. As far as the Winter Mine is concerned, the most valuable items to be found are the Pink Diamonds and the Alexandrite, both worth 10,000G each. Pink Diamonds are a little more common than Alexandrite. I never found more than one Alexandrite on a single floor, but I have found more than one pink diamond. It is worth your while to descend to the 30th floor to search for pink diamonds. As far as other gems are concerned, however, I believe it is probably not worth the effort to distinguish between diamonds, emeralds and rubies, or even the lowly agate and fluorite, unless you are trying to ship one of every sort of gem or unless you intend to give them as gifts to your favourite girl. In terms of profit, however, the amount of time and energy spent on hunting for particular gems may not be worth it. It would be better to fill the basket twice with every gem that you uncover, making two trips to the mine, than to expend any extra energy looking for emeralds or diamonds, even if they are worth 10G or 20G more than ordinary gems. Finally, MFoMT is very different from FoMT in that it is much easier to make a fortune quickly in MFoMT and therefore the actual value of an item is not always as significant as it would be in FoMT. In MFoMT, you will gain a point

towards your Farming Degree each time you ship 100 of any item. Thus, shipping 100 Junk Ores can be as important as shipping 100 Pink Diamonds from the standpoint of attaining your Farming Degree. MINING AND TELEPORTATION When you have gained the Teleport Stone, you will be able to visit the Winter Mine in every season. There are only two minor drawbacks to this: you will not be able to take a Basket and you will not be able to teleport to any floor of the mine that you choose. When you teleport to the Mine, you will find yourself at the entrance to the Mine. You still will be obliged to find your way to lower floors using your Hoe and Hammer. You either can make brief forays to the Winter Mine in order to fill your rucksack on the ground floor or you can make carefully planned expeditions to find pink diamonds. The Teleport Stone will allow you to gain the Kappa Gem in any season if you did not find all the Kappa jewels in Winter, but for the most part, you will profit more if you go to the Winter Mine during the Winter season in the normal fashion, carrying your basket, and go to the Spring Mine to find Mythic Stones during the other seasons. MINING AND FISHING If you explore the Winter Mine, you will find an underground lake on the 9th floor. Only one fish (and items of rubbish such as boots, empty cans and branches) can be found here: the King Fish, Coelacanth. If you are not familiar with the King Fish, they are rare creatures who, when caught, vanish after being recorded in your Memo. They therefore have no financial value and cannot be shipped, unlike Pirate Treasure and Fossils of Fish. Use the Mythic Fishing Rod to gain the best chance of catching any rare items, including King Fish. In my opinion, the quest to catch the King Fish Coelacanth is something to be done after you have achieved all your other goals in Mineral Town. In any event, it cannot be caught until you have caught the other 5 River Kings. Some of the other King Fish are found in locations where you can catch regular Small, Medium and Large varieties of fish which means that you will have something to show for your efforts, even if you do not catch the elusive King Fish. As I said before, the Coelacanth is the ONLY fish to be found in the Winter Mine Lake and although Mineral Town time passes very slowly when one is in the Mines, you can spend hours (in real time) fishing in vain for the Coelacanth only to return to your farm empty-handed unless you have the Mythic Fishing Rod.

N.B. When you have the Mythic Fishing Rod and have met all other conditions, including that of having caught all the other King Fish, you should be able to catch the Coelacanth the very first day you fish in the underground lake in the Winter Mine. A NOTE ABOUT ENERGY AND MINING Use of the Mythic Tools will require more energy than any ordinary tools. If you are using your Mythic Hoe and Mythic Hammer to mine, you may find that it is best to take a couple of fruit or vegetable lattes in your rucksack, even if you found it unnecessary to use anything but black grass found in the mines to restore your energy in the past using ordinary tools. MFoMT POINT SYSTEM AND MINING: MFoMT is different from FoMT in terms of mining only in its Point System. In MFoMT, there is a 'Farming Degree' with Points for different categories of achievement. Points can be gained from mining in the following categories: Shipment, Letters, Events, Heroine and of course, your Total. Each time you reach a significant level in the Mine and are visited by the Harvest Goddess, you will gain one event point and one Heroine Point. Your Total Points therefore will increase by 2. Significant levels are B100, B200 and B255. The Harvest Goddess will visit you when you reach each of these floors for the first time and say: 'Ta-daaa.' She will congratulate you for having reached that particular level in the mine and tell you that 'you get nothing' for it. Although that is true in FoMT, it is not true in MFoMT, because you do gain two points! You will receive a visit from the Goddess when you collect the 9th Goddess jewel as well. She will transform it into the Goddess Gem and you will receive one event point and one Heroine point. When you obtain the Teleport Stone and the Fried Potato Recipe, the Goddess will appear once more to congratulate you for having found every type of item in the mine, provided that you have found all ores, including the Mythic Stone. You will gain 1 more event point and 12 Heroine Points for this. The next day, you will find two new letters in your postbox. The first will state: Found ALL mine items! The next will state: Reached LV 255! Congratulations. Congratulations.

You will receive Letter Points for each new Letter. THE MYTHIC TOOLS: HOW TO ACQUIRE THEM AND USE THEM The Benefits of the Mythic Tools The Mythic Tools use more energy than others, but there are some cases where they actually are preferable. With the Mythic Hammer, you will be able to smash all boulders on Mother's Hill near the Lake with a single blow. That clears a path to a secret fishing spot, which may or may not be of value. Gaining access to the path, however, has one definite advantage: In the Autumn, you will find another truffle there. With the Mythic Fishing Rod, you have a much better chance of catching Pirate's Treasure in Summer and Fossil of Fish in the Autumn. These are very valuable items that are caught when fishing at the Beach. With the Mythic Axe, you will be able to chop all wood in your field with a single blow. This is of limited value, as you probably will have cleared your field completely of wood long before you acquire the Mythic Axe. It will chop ALL branches and stumps throughout the forest and mountain areas in a single blow, but this is to be avoided as it will anger Gotz immensely. With the Mythic Sickle, you will be able to clear your field of all dead crops and weeds at the end of each season much faster than you could with any other sickle. N.B. When you give a Blessed Tool to Saibara to upgrade to a Mythic Tool, do not forget that you still retain a comparable Mystrille Tool! I once foolishly forgot that I could have gone to the mine with my Mystrille Hammer during the two days that my Blessed Hammer was in the shop being upgraded to Mythic level. Transforming Cursed Tools to Blessed with the Greatest of Ease I have dealt with this issue somewhat in my Events Calendar, but here are my solutions to the Cursed Tool problem: To lift the Curse from the Cursed Fishing Pole and the Cursed Axe, each must be used 255 times. That will sap your energy if you try to do it in an ordinary situation. TAKE THEM BOTH TO THE NEXT FESTIVAL! Take both Cursed Fishing Rod and Cursed Axe to the next Festival and then equip and use each 255 times in succession. You can transform both tools from

Cursed to Blessed in a single Festival! I cannot imagine being able to gain the Cursed Tools before the Winter of your first year. That is the soonest I ever have been able to do it, so the first festival was the Noodle Festival on 30 Winter. I went home with a Blessed Fishing Rod, a Blessed Axe and 9 buckwheat flours that night. Carter is in the Confessional on Mondays after 1.00 in the afternoon and is in the Confessional on all rainy afternoons. Take your Cursed Hoe and your Cursed Watering Can to the Confessional on the first possible afternoon and make certain that you have 20,000G. By equipping one of those Cursed Tools and entering the Confessional 10 times for that tool, it will be transformed into a Blessed tool. Perform the same process with the other Cursed tool and you will leave the Church with a Blessed Hoe and a Blessed Watering Can. The most difficult transformations are with respect to the Cursed Hammer and the Cursed Sickle. These must be equipped for 10 days each before the curse will be lifted on the morning of the 11th day. The horrible part of it is that once you have equipped one of these tools, you cannot unequip it for any reason, or you will have to start the process over again. That means that you cannot milk your cows, shear your sheep or plant any seeds or fish for 10 days. Make certain that you have hired a Sprite to milk your cows and shear your sheep during this period or you will lose quite a bit of income. I equipped the Cursed Sickle near the end of a season, so that it actually was of some use in scything dead crops and cutting grass. I equipped the Cursed Hammer at the end of winter, though, because I was eager to obtain the Blessed Hammer. I was able to mine each day in the Winter Mine, but I could not go underground at all obviously. Instead, I would simply re-enter the mine when I had exhausted all gems on that floor. More information about all aspects of MFoMT can be found at: MFoMT Beginner Tips and Hints MINE RESEARCH GROUP The 'Mine Research Group' is a television programme that airs each Sunday on the television in the Vacation Cottage. It is a curious anomaly of Mineral Town that two houses that are located in the same town air quite different programmes on all but the Weather Channel of the television. If you do not purchase the Town Cottage, you never will be able to see the 'Mine Research Group' programme. The host of the show, Karin, deals mainly with reports about items found in both the Spring and Lake Mines. I have included

transcripts of all the segments of this show for the benefit of those players who do not have sufficient funds to purchase the Vacation Cottage. All information given in the programme actually is included in my Mining Guide, but the show can be rather amusing, even if it provides no new discoveries. Each segment of the show begins as follows: 'Good day. My name is Karin and I am a geologist. Today I will tell you some of the facts and rumours that I know regarding mines.' 'Lately the big rumour circulating is that by charging your hoe or your hammer in the mine, you'll find more items. This is not true, so do not squander your energy in this futile undertaking. Next we have a report of Alexandrite found on the 210th level of the Mine of the Lake. If any one else out there has news in this regard, please let us know. And that is all for this week.' 'Lately a rumour persists about the mines extending as far as 255 levels. While we are doing our best to find an answer to this claim, we have only been down as far as the 254th level a few times and while we cannot say for certain, we have not found a stairway down to the 255th level. It would not surprise us to learn that it is the lowest level after all. We have additional news about the discovery of the Kappa Jewel in the Lake Mine: It was unearthed on Level 60. If you dig up any other information, please let us know. That's all for this week.' 'Lately I have heard rumours that it is possible to go to the Lake mine in other seasons besides Winter. The short answer is that it is indeed possible and easy to do. All you have to do is ready a Teleport and set the Lake Mine as your destination. While this may sound simple, acquiring a Teleport is considered quite difficult. I have used it myself to go to the Mine at the Lake in seasons other than Winter and did not see any particular difference. I will report again on this subject as further informaton becomes available.' 'Word comes to us today of the discovery of the Goddess Jewel on the 152th level of the Mine of the Spring. Whe have another report of the Goddess Jewel found in that mine, this time on the 190th level. Next we have word of a Cursed Sickle being found in the Mine of the Lake on the 79th level. This concludes today's report. Please let us know if you dig up important information for us. That's all for this week.' 'Lately we heard about sowing seeds in tilled mine soil after it is freshly turned will cause seasonal plants to grow. This is completely untrue so do not waste your seeds in this fruitless endeavour. Next we have news of a Pink Diamond found on the 90th level of the Mine of the Lake. That gem concludes

today's report. If you dig up important information, please let us know. That's all for this week.' 'The other day I unearthed something amazing. On the 222nd level of the mine by the Spring, I found a Mythic Stone, an ore that I've never seen anywhere except in textbooks. I found it by breaking rocks, but I'm still conducting additional research. If any of you dig up any information about the Mythic Stone or anything else, please let us know. That's all for this week.' Up to now we assumed that digging up ground in the Mine by the Spring would only unearth Gold or Black Grass. Recently however, the idea that other things may be found there has found favour with many. One such item is the 'Power Berry', about which the presence of I may claim with 100% certainty, based on my own research. It can be found down as far as 100 levels deep underground. Another is the Mystery Slab. While it is true that it can be found in places, we do not know exactly where it is located, perhaps due to it being buried deep underground. We will inform you as soon as we have more information regarding this subject. That's all for this week.' 'It is known that the following things are compartively common finds when one breaks rocks at the Mine of the Spring: Junk Ore, Copper, Silver, Mystrille, Orichalc and Adamantite. Two more unusual objects known to be found there are the 'Teleport Stone' and the 'Goddess Jewel'. As to where in the mine they can be found, well... it appears that our time is up for today, so I will talk more on this subject next time. That's all for this now.' 'We learned that among the things to be found by breaking rocks at the Mine of the Spring are the Teleport Stone and the Goddess Jewel. We believe that the former is probably found on the lowest level of the Mine while the latter is found scattered here and there and thus we do not know all the places where it may be found. We only know of two such locations at this time: the 102nd and 202nd levels in the mine. I'll provide more information on this subject later. That's all for this week.' 'Like the Mine of the Spring, we found that 'Power Berries' can also be found by digging in the Mine of the Lake. My research shows that they can be found by digging on the 19th level of the Mine. Also there have been rumours in some quarters about 'Cursed Tools'. We now know that such Tools were found at the Mine of the Lake, including the Curse Hoe which we are told was found on the 39th level of the Mine. More on this story as we dig up information. That's all for this week.' 'The following ores may be found by breaking rocks at the Mine of the Lake: Amethyst, Agate, Fluorite, Peridot, Topaz, Ruby, Sand Rose, Moonstone, Emerald

and Diamond. Of these the last two are comparitively unusual, while the others can be found more easily. There are other unusual things being found in this mine... but it seems that we have run out of time, so we will continue this discussion on our next show. Until then, that's all for this week.' 'Unusual ores found by breaking rocks at the Mine of the Lake include Alexandrite and Pink Diamond. We have reports of Alexandrite found on the 50th, 100th, 150th levels of the mine, though it may be unearthed on other levels as well. As for Pink Diamonds, we know that they have been found on the 30th, 110th and 190th levels of the mine, although they also may be found on other levels as well. We will report further on this subject as information becomes available. That's all for this week.' 'There have been rumours in some quarters of Cursed Tools. We received word that another such item was found at the Mine by the Lake. The item in question was a Cursed Watering Can and it was found on the 69th level of the mine. We also have information on unusual things that can be found by breaking rocks at the Mine by the Lake, including the Kappa Jewel. It was located on the 120th level of the Mine by the Lake. We do not have any more details at this time, but we will let you know just as soon as we do. That's all for this week.'

Harvest Moon

Friends Of Mineral Town Cooking Guide Version 1.0 Written By VALT Jasper Table Of Contents: i: Version History ii: Where this guide should be Submitted 1: A Kitchen? 2: Cooking Utensils 3: Items On The Counter 4: Recipes e: Contact Information ==========i Version History The Current Version is 1.0. Version 1.0 CURRENT VERSION First Version ==========ii Where this guide should be Submitted This guide is authorized at the locations listed below. If you would like to put this guide on your page please email me at valt_jasper@earthlink.net. This section of the guide is not to be tampered with in any way. Neither is any other part of the guide. This guide is allowed at: www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com ==========1 A Kitchen? HM: FoMT is one of the best portable games that I've come across...and I'm happy to say that I am a devoted fan to the series. One of the greatest things about FoMT is that there are soooo many possibilities in the game. Some related to girls, others related to crops, and then one of the most interesting...COOKING! FoMT is packed with recipes and other neat stuff that helps make it a great game. This guide is disighned to teach the user how to work in the kitchen, so...lets begin with the basics. To get the kitchen you first must upgrade your farm house at least once. After doing so watch the television everyday. There are four channels on your TV, which you can switch between by using the four directions on the D-Pad. On the

left channel you can sometimes catch the home shopping network. If you do so you can buy things from them. To get the kitchen you must wait untill they offer it. Once they do run to Doug's Inn and press the A Button while facing the phone on the counter. It should ask you if you want to use the phone for 10 G. Say yes and it should dial up to the home shopping network. If you have the 4,000 G required to buy the kitchen then its yours! If not, you can try again later. Remember: You also need 10 G for the call. After getting the kitchen you need to get Utensils so that you can cook your food...which brings us to our next chapter... ==========2 Cooking Utensils When cooking you need utensils. To get them you must wait untill the Home Shopping Network sells them (see the previous chapter on how to order things from the home shopping network). The utensils cost differently depending on which utensil it is. See the list below for the prices of each utensil (remember, you also must pay 10 G for the phonecall). Frying Pan : 1200 G Knife : 1500 G Mixer : 1200 G Oven : 2500 G Pot : 1000 G Rolling Pin : 750 G Seasoning Set : 2500 G Whisk : 500 G As you can see, getting all of the untensils costs do get them, though, you can prepare dishes. To do so utensils and certain items. The items that you can apples, milk and eggs. You can also use your crops to make comes out is determined by the utensils you used and the used. We will see more about dishes in the next chapter. a lot of money. Once you you must select certain use are things like dishes. The dish that ingrediants that you

To begin cooking make sure that you are not carrying items in your rucksack except the ingrediants that you are going to use (if you are making a dish that you have made before then you don't need to have the ingrediants in your rucksack). Next, go to the kitchen counter and press the A Button. If you would like to try creating a new dish you may do so, or you may make a dish that you have in your recipe book. Next, we must move on to the recipe list. Enjoy! ==========3 Recipes

Page 1: Mayonnasie (s) = Reglar Egg + Oil + Vinegar + Whisk Mayonnasie (m) = Good Egg + Oil + Vinergar + Whisk Mayonnasie (l) = High Quality Egg + Oil + Vinegar + Whisk Mayonnasie (g) = Gold Egg + Oil + Vinegar + Whisk Mayonnasie (p) = P Egg + Oil + Vinegar + Whisk Mayonnasie (x) = X Egg + Oil + Vinegar + Whisk ///// Mayonnaise (s) + Mayonnaise (m) + Mayonnaise (l) + Mayonnaise (g) + Mayonnaise (p) X Egg = Regular Egg + Good Egg + High Quality Egg + Gold Egg + P Egg Milk (x) = Milk (s) + Milk (m) + Milk (l) + Milk (g) + Milk (p) Page 2: Cheese (x) = Cheese (s) + Cheese (m) + Cheese (l) + Cheese (g) + Cheese (p) Wild Grape Juice = Wild Grape + Wine + Purple Grass + Pot Pickles = Cucumber + Salt Salad = Cucumber + Knife ///// Tomato + Knife ///// Carrot + Knife ///// Cabbage + Knife Curry Rice = Curry Powder + Rice Balls + Pot Stew = Flour + Milk (s) + Salt + Pot Miso Soup = Miso + Salt + (ANY VEGATABLE) + Pot Stir Fry = Cabbage + Oil + Soy Sauce + Knife + Frying Pan Page 3: Fried Rice = Rice Balls + Oil + Egg (s) + Frying Pan Savory Pancake = Cabbage + Oil + Flour + Egg (s) + Frying Pan + Knife Sandwitch = Tomato + Bread + Knife ///// Cucumber + Bread + Knife ///// Cooked Egg + Bread + Knife Fruit Juice = Apple + Mixer ///// Apple + Grape Juice + Honey + Pinapple + Milk (l) + Sugar + Mixer ///// Strawberry + Mixer Fruit Latte = Fruit Juice + Milk (s) + Mixer Veggie Juice = Cucumber + Mixer ///// Cabbage + Mixer Mixed Juice = (ANY FRUIT) + (ANY VEGATABLE) + Mixer ///// Fruit Juice + Veggie Juice + Mixer Page 4: Mixed Latte = Milk (s) + (ANY FRUIT) + (ANY VEGATABLE) + Mixer ///// Milk (s) + Mixed Juice + Mixer ///// Milk (s) + Fruit Juice + Veggie Juice + Mixer Pickled Turnips = Turnip + Vinegar + Knife French Fries = Potato + Oil + Frying Pan + Knife Strawberry Jam = Strawberry + Sugar + Pot Strawberry Milk = Strawberry + Milk (s) + Mixer Tomato Juice = Tomato + Salt + Mixer Ketchup = Tomato + Onion + Sugar + Salt + Vinegar + Mixer Popcorn = Corn + Frying Pan Page 5: Corn Flakes = Corn + Rolling Pin + Oven ///// Corn + Rolling Pin + Frying Pan Baked Corn = Corn + Oven Pineapple Juice = Pineapple + Mixer Pumpkin Pudding = Egg (s) + Milk (s) + Pumpkin + Sugar + Pot + Oven Pumpkin Stew = Pumpkin + Sugar + Soy Sauce + Pot Happy Eggplant = Eggplant + Sugar + Soy Sauce + Miso + Frying Pan Sweet Potatoes = Butter + Egg (s) + Sweet Potato + Sugar + Pot + Oven

Baked Sweet Potatoes = Sweet Potato + Oven ///// Sweet Potato + Butter + Stone + Sugar + Salt + Oven Page 6: Greens = Spinich + Soy Sauce + Pot Scrambled Eggs = Egg (s) + Oil + Frying Pan Omelet = Egg (s) + Oil + Milk (s) + Frying Pan Omelet Rice = Egg (s) + Oil + Milk (s) + Rice Balls + Frying Pan Boiled Egg = Egg (s) + Pot Pudding = Egg (s) + Milk (s) + Sugar + Pot + Oven Hot Milk = Milk (s) + Sugar + Pot Butter = Milk (s) + Mixer Page 7: Cheese Cake = Cheese (s) + Egg (s) + Milk (s) + Sugar + Whisk + Pot + Oven Cheese Fondue = Cheese (s) + Bread + Pot Apple Pie = Apple + Egg (s) + Butter + Flour + Sugar + Knife + Pot + Rolling Pin + Oven Apple Jam = Apple + Sugar + Pot Apple Souffle = Apple + Frying Pan ///// SUGDW Apple + Frying Pan ///// HMSGB Apple + Frying Pan ///// AEPFE Apple + Frying Pan Bamboo Rice = Bamboo Shoot + Rice Balls Grape Jam = Wild Grape + Sugar + Pot Grape Juice = Wild Grapes + Honey + Salt + Mixer ///// Wild Grapes + Salt + Mixer ///// Wild Grapes + Honey + Sugar + Mixer ///// Wild Grapes + Sugar + Mixer Page 8: Mushroom Rice = Mushroom + Rice Balls Truffle Rice = Truffle + Rice Balls Sushi = Sashimi + Vinegar + Rice Balls Jam Bun = Apple Jam + Bread ///// Strawberry Jam + Bread Dinner Roll = Bread + Butter Raisin Bread = Bread + Wild Grapes Curry Bread = Bread + Curry Powder + Oil + Frying Pan Toast = Bread + Oven Page 9: French Toast = Bread + Egg (s) + Sugar + Oil + Frying Pan Sashimi = Fish (m) + Knife ///// Fish (l) + Knife Grilled Fish = Fish (m) + Oil + Salt + Soy Sauce + Frying Pan Chirashi Sushi = Scrambled Eggs + Sashimi + Vinegar + Rice Balls + Knife Pizza = Cheese (s) + Flour + Ketchup + Rolling Pin + Oven Noodles = Flour + Pot + Knife + Rolling Pin Curry Noodles = Noodles + Curry Powder + Pot Tempura Noodles = Tempura + Noodles + Pot ///// Flour + Tempura + Pot + Rolling Pin + Knife Page 10: Fried Noodles = Noodles + Oil + Egg (s) + Frying Pan Buckwheat Noodles = Buckwheat Flour + Egg (s) + Knife + Rolling Pin + Pot Noodles w/Tempura = Tempura + Buckwheat Noodles + Pot ///// Buckwheat Flour + Tempura + Pot + Knife + Rolling Pin Fried Noodles = Buckwheat Noodles + Egg (s) + Oil + Salt + Vinegar + Soy Sauce + Frying Pan

Buckwheat chips Tempura = Flour Mountain Stew = Knife + Pot Moon Dumpling =

= Buckwheat flour + Pot + Rolling Pin + Egg (s) + Oil + (ANY VEGATABLE) + Frying Pan Carrot + Mushroom + Bamboo Shoots + Sugar + Soy Sauce + Dumpling Powder + Sugar

Page 11: Roasted Rice Cake = Rice Cake + Soy Sauce + Oven Toasted Rice Balls = Rice Balls + Soy Sauce + Oven Rice Gruel = Rice Balls + Salt + Pot Tempura Rice = Rice Balls + Salt + Tempura Egg Over Rice = Egg (s) + Rice Balls + Salt + Soy Sauce + Pot Candied Potato = Sweet Potato + Honey + Sugar + Pot Potato Pancakes = Potato + Onion + Egg (s) + Oil + Flour + Salt + Knife + Frying Pan Fish Sticks = Fish (m) + Salt + Mixer Page 12: Cookies = Flour + Egg (s) + Butter + Oven + Sugar + Rolling Pin Chocolate Cookies = Flour + Egg (s) + Chocolates + Butter + Sugar + Oven + Rolling Pin Ice Cream = Milk (s) + Egg (s) + Sugar + Whisk + Pot Cake = Butter + Flour + Egg (s) + Sugar + Whisk + Oven Chocolate Cake = Choclates + Butter + Flour + Egg (s) + Sugar + Whisk + Oven Pancakes = Flour + Oil + Butter + Egg (s) + Milk (s) + Honey + Sugar + Whisk + Frying Pan Relaxation Tea = Relax Tea Leaves + Pot SUGDW Apple = Apple + HMSGB Apple + AEPFE Apple Page 13: HMSGB Apple = Apple + SUGDW Apple + AEPFE Apple AEPFE Apple = Apple + HMSGB Apple + SUGDW Apple Bodigizer = Honey + Orange Grass + Black Grass + Red Magic Grass + Pot Bodigizer XL = Bidigizer + Blue Grass + Mixer Turbojolt = Honey + Orange Grass + White Grass + Red Magic Flower + Pot Turbojolt XL = Turbojolt + Green Grass + Mixer Relax Tea Leaves = Red Grass + Orange Grass + Yellow Grass + Green Grass + Purple Grass + Blue Grass + Indigo Grass + Weed + Frying Pan + Knife Elli Leaves = 6 Different Types Of Burnt Food + Bodigizer XL + Turbojolt XL + Knife + Frying Pan + Oven + Sugar + Pot + Salt + Vinegar + Miso + Soy Sauce Page 14: Spring Sun = Flower + Toy Summer Sun = Pirate Treasure Autumn Sun = Yarn(x) Winter Sun = Mythic Stone Blue Magic Grass + Red Magic Gass + Moondrop Flower + Pinkcat Flower Fish (s) + Fish (m) + Fish (l) + Fossil Of Ancient Fish + Cheese (x) + Mayonaise (x) + Egg (x) + Milk (x) + Wool (x) + Alexandrite + Diamond + Emerald + Moonstone + Pink Diamond + + Sand Rose

Burnt Juice:

Mixer, Weed

Burnt Burnt Burnt Burnt Burnt

Appetisers: Knife and/or Whisk, Weed Casserole: Rolling Pin, Whisk, Oven, Weed Soup: Knife, Pot, Weed Loaf: Knife, Frying Pan, Weed Bits on a Plate: Knife, Oven, Weed

RIVAL HEART EVENTS FOR: HARVEST MOON: FRIENDS OF MINERAL TOWN (GBA) INTRODUCTION -----------I did this FAQ mainly because I know a lot of people who complained that many of this rival heart events cannot trigger, and this stops the girls in the town getting married with the respective rivals. Regarding the way the Heart Events between each girl and the respective rival (Ann-Cliff; Karen-Rick; Mary-Gray; Elli-Doctor; Popuri- Kay): None of these events can be triggered, if the heart color the girl has for the Hero (you), is above the color of the heart event between the girl and the rival. That means, that you cannot trigger a green heart event (for example) between, let's say, Ann and Cliff if Ann has a yellow, orange or red heart color for YOU. Or, you cannot trigger a blue heart event between a Girl and the Rival, if that girl has a green, yellow, etc., heart for YOU. This is true for ANY heart event between the girls and the rivals, and for ANY heart color event, despite all the claming that exist to date that the two things are not related. This information was checked in at least four different games, and for ALL Heart Events between the girls and the rivals. In one of the games, Popuri and Ann were at red heart for the hero, and Elli, Karen, and Mary at Orange heart at the end of the first year, and all four heart events between the girls and the hero were previously triggered. In the second year, NONE of the Green RIVAL heart events did not trigger! The rival events were attempted every week/day to the specific locations mentioned in most of the available FAQs, but at any point they could be triggered. Then, all the girls' heart colors for the hero were systematically lowered, so that their hearts went back to green for the hero. The VERY NEXT DATE when the RIVAL Green Heart events could have happened, they DID happen!!! 2) Also, the events will not trigger even if the hero marries one of the girls and the other four lose their hearts completely, IF previously their heart color for the hero were above the respective heart color for the rival. It is however possible to trigger these events if you lower the affection that the girls have for YOU. Unfortunately, you will have no indication about their heart levels, since the hearts disappear after the hero's marriage. The logic implication is that a girl will not marry a rival if she loves the hero more than she could have loved the rival at one specific point in the game time. Further, three or four different people who had problems triggering

these events confirmed this information. Each time, the girl's heart color for the hero was above the color of the rival event that was not triggering. And each time, after these players lowered the hearts to the color of the required rival event, the event happened ON THE VERY NEXT OCCASION. (Note: The best way to lower a girl's heart color is during the summer at one of the beach festivals. Just fish garbage and litter. You can check the heart colors in one of the girls participating to the festival. Throwing ~ 40 pieces of garbage, the hearts go down one color. If the next days you confess the "I litter on the street", and "the town people don't like me" and the HG forgives you, you get back the villager's love, but NOT the girls' heart color.) Overall, I will try to describe each heart event, and what are the requirements for these events to trigger. In all these events I will call the Hero (main character) JACK, as he is known from other previous HM games GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------Black and Blue heart events can happen at any point in the game. Most will happen during the first year, unless you are trying to avoid them on purpose. Green Heart Events will not trigger before you enter year 2 in the game. Orange heart Events will not trigger before year 4 in the game. The order these events happen, are always Black-> Blue-> Green -> Orange. You cannot trigger a Green Heart Event (for example) if you did not see both Black and Blue ones previously. Any event can happen AFTER the mentioned time (later in the game), and AFTER you marry, yourself, IF (and only IF), the requirements for each of these events are met, including the affection level the girl has for Jack. However, after you get married, the heart color of the girls for Jack disappears, so it is difficult to verify their affection level. In a few circumstances, you can see the girls' heart color even after you get married, but this is only possible (due to a glitch) for Ann and Elli Ann: you need to speak to her before 7 am in her back room at the Inn. Talk to her several times, and her heart for Jack will become visible. Elli: On Wednesdays, when she leaves the clinic to go to her grandmother's house, stop her on the road and talk to her several times. Another point to check whether a rival heart event happened, and not one of the other events the respective characters are involved in, is the fact that after each heart event, the rival will change his lines (what he says about the respective girl), when you speak to him. Also, it is important when you enter the location where the heart event happens, to be empty handed. CARRYING THE BASKET, YOUR DOG, OR ANY OTHER ITEM ABOVE YOUR HEAD, WILL STOP AN EVENT FROM TAKING PLACE 99% OF THE TIME. (This is also true for any other event in the game) ---------------------------------------------------------

GENERAL STRATEGY ---------------I would suggest, to chose the girl you want to marry, and increase her heart as much and as quickly as you can or want. If you rise her heart color to purple before the Rival Black event happens, then NONE of the Rival heart events for this girl will not happen, and she will NEVER get married with the respective rival For the others, don't rise their heart colors above the color of the next available rival heart event. Do this ONLY AFTER you managed to trigger the event. Be aware, that for all of them, the heart colors go to purple very easy in certain circumstances: Karen: will go to purple if you buy every day stuff from the shop, even if you do not talk to her, or give her presents. Elli: same, if you buy medicine from the Clinic, or ask the Doctor for consultations Popuri: same if you buy chickens from the Poultry farm Ann: same, if you buy food from the Inn Mary: same if you go read the books from the first floor of the library. The fact is that you can find that a girl already has a purple heart for JACK, before the Black Rival heart Event happened, and therefore this event will become impossible to trigger, as well as all the following rival heart events. Unless you start spending time and energy to lower the girl heart level to black. So don't play around increasing all the girls' hearts to high levels very quickly, if you want them to have a chance to get married. After all, you yourself cannot marry more than one in the game, and there's NO DIVORCE in HM FoMT game. Once you marry one girl, you'll be married with her forever, even if you make her hate you! Besides, if you doom all the other girls to celibate, you will miss a significant number of other events that can happen in the game only after the other girls are married to the respective rivals. Also, be aware that the level of affection a girl has for you will remain almost the same after you marry another girl, even if you cannot see her heart anymore. So the rival heart events will still not trigger, unless you lower their affection as I described previously. RIVAL HEART EVENTS -----------------1)CLIFF ------Rival for Ann: a) Black Heart Event: Ann has to have a black heart for JACK (anything above black will NOT trigger the event) In the Inn go to the second floor Spring (first year) is better, Summer ONLY FIRST WEEK, Autumn, Winter Time: 6pm to 9 pm Cliff is upstairs, alone in his room. Ann walks in, and says she's just there to talk. She asks him the reason why he moved to the

village but Cliff will refuse to talk about it.. Ann apologizes for her question., but Cliff thanks her for trying to be nice with him. b) Blue Heart Event Ann has to be at black or maximum blue heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Ann has a green, yellow, orange or red heart for you. Spring, or summer only. NOT in Autumn Rainy day At the Church Time: 11:00am to 4:00pm Any day except Saturday. Carter is suggesting that Cliff go out and talk to the villagers, but Cliff says it's hard to talk to new people. Ann comes in to deliver Carter his lunch from the Inn. Then Carter asks Ann if she would be nice enough to introduce Cliff to some of the other residents of Mineral Town, and. Ann gladly agrees to this. c) Green Heart Event Ann has to be at black, blue or maximum green heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Ann has an yellow, orange or red heart for you. Only in year 2 of the game and after Saturdays only, between 10am and 1pm Any season, and I think that weather does not matter, though I always triggered it when it was Sunny At the Inn, as you enter This event happens ONLY IF CLIFF REMAINED IN THE VILLAGE AFTER THE FIRST YESR (only if you invited him to the 1st year autumn event at the winery!) Ann, and Cliff are there as well as Doug (Ann's father). Doug will ask Cliff if he considered staying at the Inn forever, i.e. that he agree not to leave the Mineral Town, ever. Ann will support her father with this offer. Cliff will be surprised and embarrassed, but will sort of agree to stay. d) Orange Heart Event Ann has to be at black, blue, green, yellow, or maximum orange heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Ann has a red heart for you. You have to be in year 4 of the game or later In the cellar of the winery shop, where Cliff spends some of his time Any season, and I think that weather does not matter, though I always triggered it when it was Sunny Time: between 10am and 1pm Any day of the week, except for Saturdays. This event happens ONLY IF CLIFF REMAINED IN THE VILLAGE AFTER THE FIRST YESR (only if you invited him to the 1st year autumn event at the winery!) Ann comes to deliver Cliff's lunch. Duke walks in and makes some comments on how the two of them look well together, then ask Cliff when he's going to propose to Ann. Ann is very embarrassed and walks away. --------------------------------------------------------------------2) DOCTOR --------Rival for Elli:

a) Black Heart Event: Elli has to have a black heart for JACK (anything above black will NOT trigger the event) At the clinic Any day, except for Tuesdays and Wednesdays In the first year and after The weather is not important Time: Between 9 am and 7 pm. The Doctor and Elli talk, and Elli complains that she feels a bit tiered. The Doctor seems concerned, but more about being left without a nurse, rather than for Elli herself, and Elli becomes upset about his insensitivity. b) Blue Heart Event Elli has to be at black or maximum blue heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Elli has a green, yellow, orange or red heart for you. First year and after Ellen's house Weather does not seem to be important Time: Mondays only, between 9am and 7pm. Elli and the Doctor have come to see Ellen who is not feeling very well. The Doctor thinks that she just has a cold, but Ellen complains about pains in her legs, so the Doctor starts feeling guilty about not being able to help her more. c) Green Heart Event Elli has to be at black, blue or maximum green heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Elli has an yellow, orange or red heart for you. Only in year 2 of the game and after At the Clinic Thursday between 9am and 7pm Any season, and I think that weather does not matter, though I always triggered it when it was Sunny Elli, and The Doctor are there. He is coughing, and Elli seems quite worried about him. The Doctor says that he's fine, and that he just caught a cold. Elli asks that he doesn't overdo his work, or else she'll get mad at him, but the Doctor laughs and says that she would make a good wife someday. d) Orange Heart Event Elli has to be at black, blue, green, yellow, or maximum orange heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Elli has a red heart for you. You have to be in year 4 of the game or later At the beach, on a sunny day Time: Wednesdays from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, only Any season, though I never managed to trigger it in Winter Er things become really romantic between Elli and the Doctor --------------------------------------------------------3) RICK -------Rival for Karen:

a) Black Heart Event: Karen has to have a black heart for JACK (anything above black will NOT trigger the event) At the hot spring (harvest Goddess pond) In the first year and after The weather MUST be sunny Time: Wednesday to Saturday, 11:00am to 6:00pm. To trigger this event you have to enter the Hot Spring (HG pond) screen FROM THE SPRING MINE. Entering the screen from the road will not trigger this event. You have to be empty handed. Carrying the basket (or any other item) above your hand, will NOT trigger this event. Rick and Karen are talking about how close they use to be b) Blue Heart Event Karen has to be at black or maximum blue heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Karen has a green, yellow, orange or red heart for you. First year and after Outside Gotz's house (in the field behind the house) Weather needs to be sunny Time: Mondays and Sundays from 11:00am to 6:00pm. The event will NOT trigger in Spring To trigger this event you need to either enter the screen from the path on the right (from the Poultry Farm, and Cow's Farm), OR to exit Gotz's House. The event will not trigger if you enter the screen from the left path (from your farm or Hot Spring Karen and Rick are talking about how they use to fight each other as children, and Rick remembers that Karen always used to beat him, as she was stronger. Karen says she really does not remember anything like this, and leaves quite upset. c) Green Heart Event Karen has to be at black, blue or maximum green heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Karen has an yellow, orange or red heart for you. Only in year 2 of the game and after At the hot spring (harvest Goddess pond) To trigger this event you have to enter the Hot Spring (HG pond) screen FROM THE SPRING MINE. Entering the screen from the road will not trigger this event. Sunny days only Time: Wednesdays and Fridays only from 11:00am to 6:00pm Possibly NOT in Winter Karen, and Rick are arguing about an event that just happened. Karen was attacked by an wild dog, and Rick got hurt fighting to protect her. Karen is upset that Rick took the risk, and that she is quite able to defend herself. d) Orange Heart Event Karen has to be at black, blue, green, yellow, or maximum orange heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Karen has a red heart for you. You have to be in year 4 of the game or later At the Poultry Farm, on a sunny day, only Popuri HAS TO BE MARRIED (either with Kai, or with you) Time: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

I only managed to trigger it in Summer and Autumn, though someone said he triggered it in Spring (5th year) Again, things become really romantic between Karen and Rick (Will they keep on arguing, these two?) --------------------------------------------------------4) GRAY ------Rival for Mary: a) Black Heart Event: Mary has to have a black heart for JACK (anything above black will NOT trigger the event) At Saibara's blacksmith shop In the first year and after The weather MUST be sunny Time: Mondays only, 10 am. to 1 pm. The season does not seem to be important Mary comes to upgrade one of her tool, but while there, Gray hurts himself and starts bleeding. Of course, Mary will take very good care of him, and offer him a bandage. b) Blue Heart Event Mary has to be at black or maximum blue heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Mary has a green, yellow, orange or red heart for you. First year and after At the Library Weather or season do not seem important Time: Any day except Mondays, from 1.00 pm. to 4.00 pm. Mary and Gray are talking in the library, and Mary says that not many people like to read like Gray does. Then Mary asks Gray if he would like to read the novel that she's been writing and (of course) he says he would love to. c) Green Heart Event Mary has to be at black, blue or maximum green heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Mary has an yellow, orange or red heart for you. Only in year 2 of the game and after At the summit of Mother's Hill Sunny days only Time: Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, only between 7am and 10am Possibly NOT in Winter Gray is telling Mary that the novel that wrote is really great. He says that she'll get better with practice, but he himself will never be able to be like her. Mary is puzzled, and Gray explains that he is trying to write too, but that he is not good at it. Mary seems vary happy and encourages him to keep trying. d) Orange Heart Event Mary has to be at black, blue, green, yellow, or maximum orange heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Mary has a red heart for you. You have to be in year 4 of the game or later At the Library Weather or season do not seem important

Time: Fridays and Saturdays, from 1.00 pm. to 4.00 pm. Gray says that his grandfather is going to give him a test on his blacksmith skills. If he passes the test there's something he wants to ask Mary. However, he will not tell Mary what is until after he passes his test. Now, GUESS WHAT --------------------------------------------------------5) KAI ------Rival for Popuri: All Rival Heart events for Kai and Popuri happen in Summer (obviously, it's the only time that he's around) and except for the Orange Heart event, they are at the Beach THE WEATHER ALWAYS MUST BE SUNNY. But again, it very, very rarely rains in Summer, anyway. a) Black Heart Event: Popuri has to have a black heart for JACK (anything above black will NOT trigger the event) In the first year and after The weather MUST be sunny Time: Sundays only, from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm. Popuri talks about how wonderful Kai cooking is, and asks him to cook something for Lilla, in the hope that this will help her get better. Kai happily accepts. b) Blue Heart Event Popuri has to be at black or maximum blue heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Popuri has a green, yellow, orange or red heart for you. First year and after Weather must be sunny Time: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, from 9:00am to 7:00pm It's basically same as the black one, but this time Popuri thanks Kai for the delicious meal he cooked for her mom. However, the romantic meeting is interrupted by Rick, and the two guys start fighting because of Popuri. c) Green Heart Event Popuri has to be at black, blue or maximum green heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Popuri has an yellow, orange or red heart for you. Only in year 2 of the game and after The weather MUST be sunny Time: Sundays only, from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm. Another romantic meeting between Popuri and Kai, but this time Popuri tells Kai that she thought about leaving Mineral Town, and making a new life in a big town, like Kai's. And Kai, what is he thinking? Well, of course he's happy, the bast er. d) Orange Heart Event Popuri has to be at black, blue, green, yellow, or maximum orange heart color for JACK. The event will not trigger if Popuri has a red heart for you. You have to be in year 4 of the game or later At the Poultry Farm (inside the farm

The weather MUST be sunny Time: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, from 9:00am to 7:00pm Basically, Popuri announces her family that she decided to leave Mineral Town. Rick is mad about it, but Lilla agrees, only if Kai is the one who will "take Popuri away". Which of course meansMARRIAGE! It's unclear who is mostly surprised and annoyed with this option: Rick or Kai. Once Popuri marries Kai, SHE WILL LEAVE MINERAL TOWN WITH KAI, at the end of the Summer. She will just be around during Summers, when she comes to visit her family with her beloved husband. ----------------------------------------------------------------After you trigger the last event (Orange heart event) for each of the Rivals, the Girl will marry him after 7 days. You will NOT be invited to the wedding, unless you are very good friend with the respective rival, so don't necessarily expect an invitation letter. However, you will still be able to attend the marriage, if you go to the Church between 9.00 am and 10.00 pm. You can speak to the people there, including the bride and the Groom. The Rival will just give you a crappy reason why he didn't invite you, but overall it's fun (including huge spelling mistakes!) Carter will even invite you to celebrate with them all night, but be aware!!!!: IF you accept at this point you will just weak up next morning at your farm, so make sure you finish all your tasks before that. However, you can decline the invitation, finish your stuff, then go back to "celebrate". ------------------------------------------------------------------CREDITS I would like to thank people from the HM: FoMT forum (http://www.fogu.com), especially Samurai Goroh, Red Moon, Cherubae, and Eab1990, who checked the information in this guide in their games. I would also like to thank Pat and John who helped me in verifying in over 10 games the dynamic and requirements of the Rival heart Events. Thank you also to GameFAQs, with whom I stayed for more than four year, for all the opportunities and help thy give to video game players like myself.

Item Values in Harvest Moon MFoMT by Freyashawk email: castleenchanted aol

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Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the game or my guide. I try to answer all serious requests for help but I will not open any email with an attachment. AOL sometimes considers a 'signature' or a simple icon as an attachment. Please send your emails as plain text or I shall not be able to respond. Thank you. Updated on 17 October by adding link to MFoMT Walkthrough Guide Updated on 14 October by adding link to MFoMT Fourth Year Events Calendar Updated on 12 October by adding section with list of all items that can be gathered from the wilds in every season with locations and values Updated on 18 September 2005 by adding Won's prices for P and X products Updated on 6 September 2005 by adding values of 'special items' sold by Van at the Inn (with tip for making 100,000,000G in a single day) Updated on 31 August 2005 by adding values of Golden Lumber, The Spring Sun and The Summer Sun Updated on 28 August 2005 by adding section on Riddle Book Updated on 26 August 2005 by adding section with links to all MFoMT FAQS Updated 15 August 2005 to include value of Message in a Bottle and adding links to MFoMT Complete Recipe Cookbook FAQS Updated 11 August 2005 to include values of Perfume and cosmetics. Updated 10 August 2005 to include values of Buckwheat Flour , Rice Cakes and Fabricated Jewelry when sold to Won Updated 8 August 2005 to include values of Mystery Flower and Harvest Goddess' gift for 10 Mystery Flowers Updated 6 August 2005 to include prices Won will pay for 'Cooked' Items Created 2 August 2005

This is a fairly comprehensive list of the values of items found in Mineral Town, and gives all the shipping values. A partial list can be found in a book upstairs in Mary's Library, but many of the items I have listed here are not included in that book. Moreover, where many items are concerned, you can choose either to ship them with Zack or to sell them directly to Won. As I obtain more prices from Won, I will continue to update this list, but I have tried to include Won's best offer for items in brackets after the 'official' value of each item. Note that Won will buy items that cannot be shipped, including flowers, all 'cooked items' and 'Van's favourite', a bottle of special wine won in a lottery. He will buy Golden Lumber and the Four 'Suns' as well. Items won from Won in his mini-games, such as Records and the

Mystery Flower, can be sold back to him for a decent profit. The price that Won will offer will vary each time you sell him an item. He prefers some items over others. For example, if you try to sell him any item purchased from the supermarket, he will give you about half of its value. Flour that cost you 50G at the Supermarket can be sold to Won for about 25G. For other items, such as milk, wool and yarn, he usually will give you only a slightly better price than Zack. Where poisonous mushrooms are concerned, he may give you almost double what you would get by shipping the mushroom. Remember that profit is not the only consideration in MFoMT when deciding whether to ship an item with Zack or to sell it to Won. MFoMT has a 'Farming Degree' with a point system, and you will gain 5 points in the Shipment category for every new item that you ship and will gain 1 point when you have shipped 100 of any specific item. Obviously, this consideration cannot apply to items that Zack will not accept for shipment! The best profits with respect to cooked items obviously are those using raw ingredients worth very little but which, when 'cooked' into a dish, bring a high price. An example of this is sushi, using nothing more than raw fish, a rice ball and seasonings, for which Won will pay 470G. Sometimes, the addition of a single ingredient will double the value of a 'cooked item'. Won will pay up to 370G for Tempura, but if you add a Rice Ball to it and make Tempura Rice, he will pay up to 670G for that. This list gives the values of X Wool and X Yarn. A Sheep who gives P Wool has a 1 in 255 chance of giving X Wool when she is sheared. Some interesting facts relating to these items are given at the end of the list. I have added some 'secrets' that can help you make a great deal of money quickly. If you befriend Won and experience his three 'heart' events, not only will you be able to sell items to him, but you will be able to play two mini-games. The first is the 'Challenge', whereby he will place three of his special apples on the floor in front of him and mix them about, asking you for the location of a specific apple at the end. If you win the Challenge a certain number of times, he will praise you for being more than 'another farmer' and will give you a 'Mystery Flower.' If you take the Mystery Flower to the Harvest Goddess, she will ask you to bring her 9 more. When you give her the 10th flower, she will give you another flower that looks suspiciously like the 'pressed flower' that Elli gives you in FoMT. Unlike Elli's pressed flower, however, the Harvest Goddess' gift can be sold to Won for the rather astounding sum of 1,000,000G! The other mini-game is set in motion if you do

not win the Challenge enough times to win the Mystery Flower. Instead, you will win a ticket or tickets, depending on how many times you have guessed the location of the apple correctly. You then can show the ticket to Won for a chance to play a slot machine game. There are three numbers that come up in succession. If two of the numbers are identical, you will win a random number of seeds (type of seed is random as well). If all three numbers are identical or if they are in succession (666, 777, 888 for example), you will win a record. The records can be played on a record player, but they can be sold to Won as well for up to 170,000G. Won can play quite a vital role in your finances in MFoMT. Finally, when considering whether or not to sell an item to Won instead of shipping it, bear in mind the fact that you can sell only what you can carry in your rucksack. You must show an item to Won at the counter before he will offer a price for it. This means that you can sell a maximum of 9 items to Won in a single trip to the Beach. It is best, therefore, to sell only those items that will give you a very high profit. To take a bamboo shoot to Won for the sake of making an extra 5G would be a waste of your energy, time and rucksack space. On the other hand, selling relaxation tea leaves to him for 1700G instead of shipping them for 1000G would make sense. Once you have the teleport stone in your third year, you will be able to travel from your farm to Won's stall in the blink of an eye. It then will become more practical to take a rucksack filled with flowers to him without spending any time on the transaction. Until then, the best strategy would be to save the flowers and other items for Won in your refrigerator and shelf until Winter. In Winter, there are only two white grasses that you can collect in the wilds each day. You therefore will have more free time. It would be worthwhile to take a rucksack filled with blue magic grass/blue magic red to Won each day. After all, he will pay 177G for each flower. That makes a blue magic red flower more valuable than most crops! As a matter of fact, the blue magic red flowers are a valuable 'cash crop' in MFoMT, unlike FoMT, where only the red flowers can be sold. N.B. In MFoMT, by connecting to the GameCube game, Another Wonderful Life, you can make it possible for Van to visit Mineral Town. He will come to your farm on a Wednesday morning to introduce himself and announce that he will open a stall every Wednesday on the second floor of the Inn. If you go to the stall, you will be able to buy a record player, a record and common ores (for grossly inflated prices!). If you give Van a bottle of 'Van's Favourite', he will offer to sell you a 'special item'. One of the special items he sells is

a 'Riddle Book', which is a sort of Trivia Pursuit game for MFoMT. Many of the questions asked deal with Item Values and you may find this FAQS useful when playing the Riddle Book game at the Library. Back to Top

GRASS VALUES: Black Grass: 10G (Won: 16G) Blue Grass: 100G (Won: 170G) Green Grass: 100G (Won: 204G) * Indigo Grass: 100 G (Won: 130G) Orange Grass: 100G (Won: 170G) Purple Grass: 120G (Won: 150G) Red Grass: 110G (Won: 140G) White Grass: 150G (Won: 164G Yellow Grass: 120G (Won: 126G) *N.B. Note the very high price for the Green Grass. This is the highest price I was offered for this item, but in fact, most of the time Won will offer about 130G for it. If you want to haggle until he offers 204G, you may, but is it worth it? It is possible that the other grasses will bring higher prices than the prices I have given here, but it would be a very rare occurrence, as I did haggle quite a while with Won before writing the 'highest' price on this list. ITEMS MADE FROM GRASSES: Relaxation Tea Leaves: 1000G Back to Top (Won: 1700G)

OTHER ITEMS FOUND IN THE WILDS: Apple: 50G (Won: 55G) Honey: 50G (Won: 56G) Bamboo Shoot: 50G (Won: 57G) Mushroom: 70G (Won: 77G) Poisonous Mushroom: 100G (Won: 170G) Truffle: 500G (Won: 550G) Wild Grapes: 50G (Won: 57G) Back to Top

ITEMS FROM THE SEA Small Fish: 50G (Won: 57G) Medium Fish: 120G (Won: 127G) Large Fish: 200G (Won 270G)

SPECIAL ITEMS FROM THE SEA: Fossil of Fish 5000G (Won: 5700G) Pirate Treasure 10,000G (Won: 17,000G) 'Message in a Bottle'/ 'How to Make Ketchup' : (Won: 67,000G) Back to Top

PRODUCTS FROM ANIMALS:

Small Milk: 100G (Won: 160G) Medium Milk: 150G (Won: 158G) Large Milk: 200G (Won: 270G) Gold Milk: 300G (Won: 370G) P Milk: 500G (Won: 570G) X Milk: 800G (Won: 870G) Small Cheese: 300G (Won: 388G) Medium Cheese: 400G (Won: 493G) Large Cheese: 500G (Won: 598G) Gold Cheese: 600G (Won: 670G) P Cheese: 750G (Won: 756G) X Cheese: 1500G (Won: 1570G) Regular Egg: 50G (Won: 57G) Good Egg: 60G (Won: 67G) High Quality Egg: 80G (Won: 87G) Spa Egg: 80G (Won: 87G)

Gold Egg: 150G (Won: 157G) P Egg: 180G (Won: 187G) X Egg: 350G (Won: 357G) Small Mayonnaise:100G (Won: 170G) Medium Mayonnaise: 150G (Won: 157G) Large Mayonnaise: 200G (Won: 270G) Gold Mayonnaise: 300G P Mayonnaise: 450G (Won: 457G) X Mayonnaise: 800G (Won: 870G) Small Wool: 100G (Won: 170G) Medium Wool: 400G (Won: 470) Large Wool: 500G (Won: 570G) Gold Wool: 600G (Won: 670G) P Wool: 1000G (Won: 1700G) X Wool: 2000G (Won: 2700G) Small Yarn: 300G (Won: 388G) Medium Yarn: 700G (Won: 770G) Large Yarn: 800G (Won: 870G) Gold Yarn: 1000G (Won: 1700G) P Yarn: 1500G (Won: 1570G)

X Yarn: 4000G

(Won: 4700G)

Note about Wool and Yarn: If you do not yet have the Yarn Maker, but are not desperate for cash, it is best to store your Wool in your Shelf until you are able to afford the Yarn Maker. As you can see, a much higher profit is made when selling Yarn either to Zack or to Won than is made by selling Wool. Special Item: (given by Thomas or purchased from Gotz) Golden Lumber: Back to Top (Won: 57,000G)

ITEMS FROM THE MINES:

Spring Mine: Junk Ore 1G (Won: 1G) Copper 10G (Won: 16G) Silver 20G (Won: 27G) Gold 25G (Won: 30G) Mystrille 40G (Won: 47G) Orichalc 50G (Won: 57G) Adamantite 50G (Won: 57G) Mythic Stone 20,000G (Won: 27,000G) 'How to MakeFrench Fries' recipe (Won: 77,000G) Back to Top

Winter Mine: General Note about Gems: Won does not care for them as a seller, although he appreciates most of them if given as gifts, so you are not likely to get a much better price from him than from Zack. Agate 62G (Won: 69G) Amethyst 60G (Won: 65G) Fluorite 65G (Won: 72G) Peridot 68G (Won: 72G) Topaz 70G Won: 76G) Ruby 75G (Won: 82G) Emeralds 80G (Won: 87G) Moon Stone 55G (Won: 62G) Sand Rose 60G Diamonds 100G (Won: 170G) Pink Diamonds 10,000G (Won: 17,000G) Alexandrite 10,000G (Won: 16,000G)

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FLOWERS GROWN AS CROPS OR FOUND IN THE WILDS: N.B. These cannot be shipped, apart from the Red Magic Flower, sold to Won: but can be

Toy Flower: (Won: 108G) Moon Drop Flower: (Won: 127G) Pink Cat Grass: (88G) Blue Magic Red: (Won: 177G) (It is possible that Won pays the highest price for this during the Winter season.) Red Magic Flower: 200G (Won: 281G) N.B. The Red Magic Flower, produced at random from Red Magic Seeds, is the only flower that can be shipped with Zack. Back to Top CULTIVATED CROPS (BY SEASON): N.B. Bear in mind the fact that if you sell crops to Won instead of shipping them with Zack, they will not count towards the 100 total needed in order to be able to buy special seeds from the Supermarket. Moreover, Won does not pay much more than Zack for raw produce, so it really is not worthwhile to sell fruits and vegetables to him. You will do better if you use the vegetables and fruits in recipes and then sell them to Won, after you have achieved your total of 100 for each vegetable required in order to purchase Strawberry seeds, Pumpkin seeds and Spinach seeds. Note, however, the high price that Won is willing to pay for Corn. It is more than double the price that you would get if you shipped it!) Spring: Strawberries 30G * Turnip 60G (Won: 70G) Cucumber 60G (Won: 67G) Potato 80G (Won: 86G) Cabbage 250G Summer: Tomato 60G (Won: 70G) Onion 80G (Won: 104G) Corn 100G (Won: 204G) Pumpkin 250G *

Pineapple 500G Autumn:

(Won: 588G)

Green Pepper 40G (Won: 51G) Aubergine (Eggplant) 80G (Won: 97G) Spinach 80G * (Won: 87G) Carrot 120G (Won: 142G) Sweet Potatoes 120G Red Magic Flowers 200G N.B. In most cases, it is better to sell Juices to Won than a plain fruit or vegetable. Won's highest offer for a Tomato is 70G, but his highest offer for Tomato Juice is 170G. If you make even a Basic Fruit Juice or Vegetable Juice using only the least valuable fruit or vegetable, Won will pay up to 170G for it. Use only an Apple to make Fruit Juice, omitting the Honey. Use only a Cucumber or Tomato to make the Vegetable Juice, as they are the least valuable vegetables. Won pays up to 588G for a Pineapple, but will pay up to 770G for Pineapple Juice. Back to Top

SPECIAL ITEMS FROM FESTIVALS: Rice Cake: Won: 207G Buckwheat Flour: Won: 270G N.B. As you can see, once you have reached the point in the game where Won is willing to buy items from you, it is better to win Rice Cakes or Buckwheat Flour in the Counting Game than to win grasses. Relaxation Tea Leaves remains more valuable a prize, and Won will pay more for it than you would receive if you ship it with Zack. Moreover, it definitely is worth the time and energy to attend the two New Year festivals with an empty rucksack so that you can bring home 9 rice cakes and 9 buckwheat flours. A tip with respect to Rice Cakes: Won will pay up to 207G for a Rice Cake, but if you 'cook' it, making it into a Roasted Rice Cake, he will pay up to 257G for that. Lumber: Neither Zack nor Won will buy lumber. Won will tell you that: 'I wouldn't pay 1G for something like that. Forget it.' (Golden Lumber is a very different matter. Won will buy that.) Back to Top

FABRICATED JEWELRY: Fabricated Jewelry can be acquired in two ways in MFoMT (as well as FoMT): You can trade medals for Brooches or Necklaces at the Horse Races. A brooch costs 18 medals and a necklace costs 20 medals. As all jewelry is sold for the same price, it is better from the viewpoint of making profits to trade medals for brooches than necklaces. All jewelry is equal in terms of how much an individual will like or dislike it. There is no particular virtue attached to any specific item of jewelry. The other way in which jewelry can be acquired is by ordering it from Saibara. For 1000G and a piece of orichalc, Saibara will make any item of jewelry that you choose. The items that can be ordered are: Necklace, Bracelet, Brooch and Earrings. Jewelry, once acquired can be shipped with Zack, sold to Won or given as a gift. Fabricated jewelry: Back to Top 2000G (Won: 2700G)

PERFUME, DRESSES AND COSMETICS You can acquire Perfume and Cosmetics in two ways: one is through the New Year Counting game with the Harvest Goddess. Cosmetics and perfume are prizes that are won for guesses that exceed those required to win relaxation tea leaves (10-14 correct guesses). The other way to acquire dresses, perfume and cosmetics is by trading your medals for them at the Horse Races. These items cannot be shipped with Zack but they can be sold to Won. When given as gifts, dresses and all cosmetics have the same value: in other words, an individual who likes them will not prefer a more expensive variety over a less expensive one. As gifts, individuals only recognise the difference between perfume and cosmetics. Dresses and cosmetics are perceived as identical! Where Won is concerned, however, every item has its own value. As you can see, the most valuable item that can be acquired at the Races in terms of its value to Won is a Dress. You will not be able to acquire a Dress at the Races, however, until you have acquired the Jewel of Truth for 1000 medals. When you have the Jewel of Truth, the Dress will be offered in its place for Dress: (Won: 12700G) Perfume: (Won: 6600G) Facial Pack: (Won: 2700G) Lotion: (Won: 1770) Sunblock: (Won: 1570G) Back to Top

SPECIAL MFoMT ITEMS: Comes through the Post: Harvest Sprites' Invitation to a Tea Party: 7700G Won will buy this for up to

Van's Favourite (Wine): Won will buy this for up to 57000G Prizes from Won's Apple Challenge Game: Tickets (can be used for Slot machine game but have no monetary value) Mystery Flower: Won will buy these for up to 87,000G (Give total of 10 to the Harvest Goddess for very special prize) Harvest Goddess' prize flower: sell to Won for 1,000,000G Win these playing the Slot Machine Game with Won: New Records: Won will buy these for up to 170,000G You can sell your cooked items to Won as well. I have listed them in the order in which they appear in the Cookbook. All actual recipes are published in my MFoMT Complete Recipe Cookbook FAQS. If you are determined to make money as a Cook, there are many instances when you can add one ingredient to a recipe in order to double its value. For example, Won will pay up to 370G for Tempura, but if you add a Rice Ball and make it into Tempura Rice, he will pay up to 670G for that dish. Here is a link to the MFoMT Complete Recipe Cookbook FAQS: MFoMT Complete Cookbook FAQS

Back to Top RECIPE VALUES: Note about Won's prices: I believe that, with respect to the highest price Won will pay for any specific item, in the majority of cases, the price will end with a 7 or 70. I only listed the highest price I actually got from Won, but in a case where the listed price is 156G, for example, I suspect he will pay 157G. In the same manner, if the highest price I listed is 260G, I suspect that Won actually would pay up to 270G for the item.

Page 1: Mayonnaise (S): (Won: Mayonnaise (M): (Won: Mayonnaise (L): (Won: Mayonnaise (G): Mayonnaise (P): (Won: Mayonnaise (X): Egg (X) Milk (X): (Won: 870G) Page 2: Cheese X: (Won: 1570G) Wild Grape Juice: (Won: 256G) Pickles: (Won: 170G) Salad: (Won: 170G) Curry Rice: (Won: 156G) Stew: (Won: 156G) Miso Soup: (Won: 170G) Stir Fry: (Won: 127G) Page 3: Fried Rice: Savoury Pancake: (Won: 127G) Sandwich: (Won: 127G) Fruit Juice: (Won: 170G) Fruit Latte: (Won: 370G) Vegetable Juice: (Won: 170G) Vegetable Latte: (Won: 370G) Mixed Juice: (Won: 187G) Page 4: Mixed Latte (Won: 627G) Pickled Turnip: (Won: 170G) French Fries: (Won: 156G) Strawberry Jam: (Won: 260G) Strawberry Milk: (Won: 257G) Tomato Juice: (Won: 170G) Ketchup: (Won: 225G) Popcorn: (Won: 187G) N.B. The Mixed Latte is a profitable recipe to sell, if you make it using only the most basic ingredients. Page 5: Corn Flakes (Won: 197G) Baked Corn (Won: 182G) 170G) 157G) 270G) 457G)

Pineapple Juice (Won: 770G) Pumpkin Pudding (Won: 655G) Pumpkin Stew (Won: 470G) Happy Eggplant (Won: 260G) Sweet Potatoes (Won: 257G) Baked Sweet Potatoes: (Won: 187G) Page 6: Greens: (Won: 127G) JPN Omelet (Scrambled Eggs): (Won: 187G) Omelet: (Won 257G) Omelet Rice: (Won: 470G) Boiled Egg: (Won: 160G) Pudding: (Won: 270G) Hot Milk (Won: 157G) Butter (Won: 157G) Page 7: Cheese Cake (Won: 820G) Cheese Fondue (Won: 670G) Apple Pie (Won: 457G) Apple Jam (Won: 97G) Apple Souffle (Won: 86G) Bamboo Rice (Won: 237G) Grape Jam (Won: 97G) Grape Juice (Won: 170G) Page 8:

Mushroom Rice (Won: 257G) Truffle Rice: (Won: 770G) Sushi: (Won: 427G) Jam Bun: (Won: 257G) Dinner Roll: (Won: 360G) Raisin Bread: (Won: 270G) Curry Bread (Won: 357G) Toast (Won: 155G)

Page 9: French Toast (Won: 357G) Sashimi (Won: 237G) Grilled Fish (Won: 237G) Chirashi Sushi (Won: 770G) Pizza (Won: 770G) Noodles (Won: 126G) Curry Noodles (Won: 270G) Tempura Noodles (Won: 427G)

Page 10: Fried Noodles (Won: 270G) Buckwheat Noodles (Won: 370G) Buckwheat Noodles w/ Tempura (Won: 670G) Buckwheat Chips (Won: 370G) Tempura (Won: 370G) Mountain Stew (Won: 327G) Moon Dumpling (Won: 157G) Page 11: Roasted Rice Cake (Won: 257G) Toasted Rice Ball (Won: 157G) Rice Gruel (Won: 270G) Tempura Rice (Won: 670G) Egg over Rice or Egg Bowl (Won: 370G) Candied Potato (Won: 370G) Potato Pancakes or Croquette (Won: 570G) Fish Sticks (Won: 237G) Page 12 Cookies (Won: 370G) Chocolate Cookies (Won: 570G) Ice Cream (Won: 370G) Cake (Won: 570G) Chocolate Cake (Won: 657G) Pancakes (Won: 556G) Relaxation Tea (Won: 1570G) SUGDW Apple (Won: 54G) N.B. Relaxation Tea is NOT worth selling to Won. He pays far more for the Relaxation Tea Leaves, oddly enough. Sell the Relaxation Tea Leaves to him for 1700G rather than making the Tea for 1570G.) Page 13 HMSGB Apple (Won: 54G) AEPFE Apple (Won: 54G) Bodiziger Bodiziger XL (Won: 570G) Turbojolt Turbojolt XL (Won: 1700G) Relaxation Tea Leaves (Won: 1700G) Elli Leaves (Won: 5700G) Page 14 N.B. The description of all the 'Suns' is the same: 'Unused Item'.

Each 'Sun' is a different colour, however, and Won will pay different prices for each one. The Spring Sun is Green. The Summer Sun is Pink/Orange. The Autumn Sun is a metallic reddish hue. The Winter Sun is silvery grey. In form, they resemble the Sand Rose. The The The The Spring Summer Autumn Winter Sun (Green) (Won: 3700G for 'Unused Item') Sun (Pink/Orange) (Won: 27,000G for 'Unused Item') Sun (Metallic Red) (Won: 37,000G for 'Unused Item') Sun (Grey/Silver) (Won: 170,000G for 'Unused Item')

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MISCELLANEOUS FACTS ABOUT RECIPES AND ITEMS THAT CAN BE SOLD Possibly interesting facts: 1. To create an X egg, you must use one of each type of egg, which means 3 eggs worth 50G, 60G and 80G each (Regular, Good, High Quality), totaling 190G. plus a Gold Egg, worth 150G, plus a P Egg, worth 180G. That makes the cost of the created X egg 520G. Its worth in shipping is a mere 350G. It, therefore, is not worth making as an item to ship. X Mayonnaise is worth 800G. If those eggs were made into Mayonnaise separately, however, their total value would be 1200G. X Mayonnaise is NOT worth making in order to ship from a created X Egg. Both are worth making only once for the sole purpose of completing your recipe book! There is another way to obtain an X egg, however. After a Chicken has been laying P Eggs for a specified amount of time (I think it is a year), she will be able to lay X Eggs. Her chance of doing so is 1 in 255. Obviously, X Mayonnaise is worth making from an X Egg laid by a Chicken. 2. Relax Tea Leaves can be shipped and are worth 1000G. You will obtain a bag of Relax Tea Leaves from the Sprites when you attend their Tea Party. When you have a Kitchen with all appliances, you will be able to make your own Relax Tea Leaves. The recipe is: Relaxation Tea Leaves = Knife, Frying Pan; Red Grass, Orange Grass, Yellow Grass, Green Grass, Purple Grass, Blue Grass, Indigo Grass, Weed The grasses used in Relax Tea Leaves if shipped individually would be worth a total of only 750G. You therefore make a profit of 250G by taking a little trouble to combine them with a common weed to make Relax Tea Leaves. 3. The Mythic Stone is the most valuable item to be found in Mineral Town. It is worthwhile, therefore, to obtain the Blessed Tools as quickly as possible so that they will begin to appear in the Spring Mine. If you can upgrade all your tools to Mystrille before your first Winter ends, you can find all Cursed Tools in the Winter Mine and begin to transform them into the

Blessed Tools. A maximum of three Mythic Stones can be found on any floor of the Spring Mine where Mythic Stones are to be found. The most accessible floor is B60. The most valuable items that can be found in the Winter Mine are Pink Diamonds and Alexandrite. I never have found more than 2 Pink Diamonds on any single floor where they are to be found, and never have found more than 1 Alexandrite on a single floor where it can be found. The most accessible floors to find either of these is B30 of the Winter Mine, where Pink Diamonds can be found and B50 where Alexandrite can be found. If you are willing to go to B50, you can return home with 2 Pink Diamonds (from B30) and 1 Alexandrite (from B50) at best. That will give you a profit of 30,000G. If you are willing to go to B60 of the Spring Mine, you can return home with 3 Mythic Stones. That will give you a profit of 60,000. Mining for Mythic Stones in the Spring Mine therefore is more profitable than mining in the Winter Mine. For complete mining information FAQS, see my Guide to Efficient Mining. 4. Truffles are the most valuable uncultivated item in Mineral Town. find truffles, you must: To

a. make friends with Carter so that the back door of the Church, leading to the Secret Garden, will be unlocked; 2 truffles, 1 regular mushroom and 1 poisonous mushroom can be found there every day in Fall; in Winter, you will be able to find 1 White Grass in the Secret Garden each day; you can gain access to this garden in your first year by giving gifts to Carter and listening to his sermon every day; b. have the Blessed Hammer or the Mythic Hammer; either of these will allow you to smash the huge boulders on the Mountain obstructing a secret path where you can find 1 truffle every day in the Fall. With the Mythic Hammer, you can smash EVERY stone on the screen; with the Blessed Hammer, you will be obliged to keep smashing smaller boulders that obstruct the path along the way to the truffle 5. Pirate Treasure can be caught by fishing at the Beach in Summer, but you must have at least a Cursed Fishing Rod to do so. Fossil of Fish likewise can be caught by fishing at the Beach in the Fall and again, you must have at least a Cursed Fishing Rod. The Cursed Tools are NOT worth using, however, as they deplete energy at an incredible rate; it is far better to make the effort to have them transformed into Blessed Tools. The Cursed Fishing Rod can be transformed by casting it 255 times. If you do this at a Festival, you will

be able to do it without suffering any loss of energy. Otherwise, use of any Cursed Tool will deplete your energy very quickly. If you are able to find the Cursed Fishing Rod on the 29th floor of the Winter Mine in your first year, you can take it to the Noodle Festival on 30 Winter for transformation into the Blessed Fishing Rod. If Saibara transforms your Blessed Tools into Mythic Tools, you will have the best chance of catching King Fish, Pirate Treasure and Fossil of Fish. 6. Chocolate can be purchased for 100G from the Supermarket. It can be shipped but is worth only 100G when shipped unless it is 'double profit' day, a day that occurs once every five years on 11 Fall if a wish for that has been made on 10 Fall (of your fifth year) on a fine day on the Peak between 6 p.m. and midnight. If you arrive at a point in the game where you are not in need of ready cash, it will profit you to set aside your most valuable items for shipping on that one day in your fifth year. In other words, try to set aside 99 Relax Tea Leaves, 99 truffles, 99 Mythic Stones, and so on and so forth. 7. If a girl is as pleased with the gift of a flower as she would be by the gift of a pink diamond, obviously it is better for you to ship or store the pink diamond and give the flower to her as a gift. Flowers, apart from the Red Magic Grass Flower, cannot be shipped and therefore have no monetary value. By saving 99 Toy Flowers, 99 Moon Drop Flowers, 99 Pink Cat Grass Flowers and 99 Blue Magic Grass Flowers in your shelves, you ensure that you will have a limitless supply of gifts for the people who love them even in the Winter season. In terms of food items, strawberries, eggs and honey are very popular items but with less monetary value than most. A strawberry is worth only 30G. and a regular egg and honey are worth 50G each. By storing 99 strawberries or even two lots of 99 strawberries, 99 regular eggs and 99 honeycombs in your fridge, you ensure that you will have a good supply of gifts that are worth little in monetary terms but worth a lot in terms of gaining friendship and affection. Store the less valuable produce for gifts and store the most valuable produce and items for the 'double profit' day in the Autumn of your 5th year. When you first acquire your refrigerator and shelves, you feel that you have limitless space for storage, but in fact, that space is filled quickly! 8. Ores and other items can be found occasionally by your Dog while playing the Frisbee game at the Beach. He will stop chasing the Frisbee suddenly and dig in the sand. Most of the time, he will find nothing, but once in awhile, he will find a treasure, or at least something he perceives as a treasure.

Very rarely, he will find a real treasure! It is not worth playing the Frisbee game for this, but playing the Frisbee game is fun, and it teaches your dog skills that will make it possible for him to frighten off the wild dogs that threaten farm animals left outside after dark. 9. If you are really interested in obtaining maximum profit from your activities, you will have to compute not only the price of the item but the frequency with which it can be obtained. For example, if you have 8 cows that give Large Milk and you convert that milk into Large Cheese each day, you will have earnings of 4000G per day from the Cheese and earnings of 27000 per week. If you have 8 Sheep that give Large Wool and you convert that wool into Large Yarn, you will have earnings of 6400G per week, as a Sheep can be sheared only once each week. Cows and Sheep both have an average life expectancy of 5 years. The most valuable item that can be obtained from your livestock is X Yarn which is worth 4000G. If you have a Sheep that gives P Wool, you have a 1 in 255 chance of obtaining X Wool and therefore X Yarn each week. (If you reload without saving every time you shear that Sheep until you obtain X Wool, you can have X Yarn every week, but is it worth the trouble to do this every week?) In terms of crops, the most valuable crops are Cabbages and Pineapples, the seeds for which can be purchased from Won. They happen to be the Crops that take the longest to ripen as well. Cabbages take 15 days to ripen and Pineapples take 21 days. Although valuable, they occupy much of your field for a good portion of the season. In the case of Pineapples, you will obtain two harvests if you plant them on the first day of Summer. Cabbages can be harvested only once. Notes: *You will be able to purchase these seeds at the Supermarket after shipping 100 of each of the following: 100 Turnips, 100 Cucumbers, 100 Potatoes in order to purchase Strawberry Seeds 100 Corn, 100 Onions, 100 Tomatoes in order to purchase Pumpkin Seeds 100 Sweet Potatoes, 100 Aubergines (Eggplant), 100 Carrots in order to purchase Spinach Seeds

THE RIDDLE BOOK: By giving Van a bottle of 'Van's Favourite' when he is doing business at his stall on the second floor of the Inn, you will have the opportunity to purchase one of his 'special items'. One of those items is a 'Riddle Book' that, when taken to the Library, will offer a game of 'Trivia Pursuit'. I have published a separate FAQS on the Riddle Book with all questions and answers. Many of the questions deal with the shipping values of items, and if you do not wish to refer to the actual Riddle Book FAQS, you will find this Item Values guide very useful in answering questions.

Back to Top Regular items sold by Van: Album 1 (you pay 500G for this) (Won: 270G) Album 2 (you pay 600G for this): (Won: 370G) Album 3 (you pay 700G for this): (Won: 470G) In other words, it is not worth buying these from Van and selling them to Won! Like items purchased from the Supermarket, Won will pay only a little more than half the price you paid for them. Special Items sold by Van: If you give Van a bottle of 'Van's Favourite', he will offer you one of his 'special items'. Like the regular items he sells, with the exception of one item, Won will pay only about half of what you paid if you offer to sell the item to him. The exception, however, is highly significant, as it gives a player a means by which to make enough money to order the Vacation Cottage in a single day! 'Mystery Flower' (you pay 1,000,000G for this) (Won: 87,000G) 'Riddle Book' (you pay 1,000,000G for this) (Won: 570,000G) 'All about BCM' (you pay 1,000,000G for this) (Won: 570,000G) 'All About Books' (you pay 100,000,000G for this) (Won: 50,000,000G) 'All About Letters' (you pay 100,000,000G for this) (Won: 50,000,000G) 'TV Changer' (you pay 10,000,000G for this) (Won: 50,000,000G) 'Shopping Master' (you pay 1,000,000,000G for this) As you can see, the TV Changer is the only item you can sell to Won to make a profit. By buying the TV Changer twice in two transactions with Van, you can make 100,000,000G in one day! You will have to give him a bottle of 'Van's Favourite' each time. LOCATIONS AND VALUES OF ALL ITEMS GATHERED FROM WILDS This section gives lists of all Items that can be gathered from the wilds in every season with their locations and values. SPRING Items to collect daily from wilds in Spring: Honey from tree at farm (50G); two Blue Grasses in Forest above Gotz' house (100G each, total for 2: 200G), (optional: two Moon Drop flowers); 1 Blue Grass at Spring (100G); 3 bamboo shoots on Mountain, (50G each, 150G for 3), (optional: Moon Drop and Toy Flowers on mountain); 2 orange grasses (100G each), 2 yellow grasses (120G each) at Beach (total for 4: 440G): total of all items gathered from wild in Spring: 940G

SUMMER Items to collect daily from the wilds in Summer: Honey from tree at farm (50G); 1 Red Grass (110G), two Blue Grasses (100G each: total 200G), 1 Wild Grape (50G) in Forest above Gotz' house (total items in forest: 360G); 1 Blue Grass (100G), 2 Red Grasses (110G each: total 220G), 1 Green Grass (100G) at Spring, (optional: two Pink Cat Grasses) (total items at Spring: 420G); 1 Red Grass (110G), 2 Green Grasses (100G each: total 200G), 1 Wild Grape (50G) on Mountain, (optional: many Pink Cat flowers on mountain)(total items on Mountain: 360G); 4 purple grasses (120G each) at Beach (total items at Beach: 480G); 1 Red Grass (110G) in graveyard at Church (total items at Church: 110G); total of all items gathered from wild in Summer: 1780G FALL Items to collect daily from the wilds in Autumn: Honey (50G) and 3 Apples (50G each) from tree at farm (total: 200G); 1 Mushroom (70G), 1 Poisonous Mushroom (100G), 1 Red Grass (110G) in Forest above Gotz' house (total items in forest: 280G), (optional: two Blue Magic Grass flowers); 2 Red Grasses (110G each: total 220G), 1 Green Grass (100G) at Spring, (total items at Spring: 320G); 1 Red Grass (110G), 2 Green Grasses (100G each: total 200G), 1 Mushroom (70G) on Mountain, 1 Truffle on Secret Path (500G: must have Blessed or Mythic Hammer to smash boulders),(optional: many Blue Magic Grass flowers on mountain)(total items on Mountain, including truffle on Secret Path: 880G); 2 indigo grasses (100G each) at Beach (total items at Beach: 200G); 1 Red Grass (110G) in graveyard at Church; 2 Truffles (500G each), 1 Mushroom (70G), 1 Poisonous Mushroom (100G) in Secret Garden behind Church, (total of items in Secret Garden: 1170G); total of all items gathered daily from wild in Autumn: 3160G WINTER Items to collect daily from the wilds in Winter: Honey (50G) from tree on farm; 1 White Grass (150G) from little path in Forest above Gotz' house; 1 White Grass (150G) from Secret Garden behind Church; total of all items gathered daily from wilds in Winter: 350G

More MFoMT Guides dealing with all aspects of life in Mineral Town can be found at: Harvest Moon More Friends of Mineral Town