Harvest Moon Back to Nature Guide: Crops, Animals, and Recipes

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Crops, Animals, and Recipes

WARNING: This guide could contain spoilers! Please keep that in mind as you read.

Crops

What's a farm without crops? Well, I'll tell you right now, it's boring and you don't earn as much money. They are essential for completing all of the recipes in the game and unlocking all of the crops at the Supermarket. They also make great gifts for villagers. The only downside is that you can't grow any crops during Winter unless you have a Hothouse.

The most efficient way of growing crops is to plant just like how the seeds come out of the pouch: in a 3x3 square. Till the soil in that fashion:

Now, this may be the most efficient, however for that time when your watering can is not fully upgraded, the best layout may be to cut out a crop from one of the middle sides. This is the style suggested in the game manual. For instance:

The darkened soil shown in the pictures is tilled soil from your hoe. The soil will stay tilled as long as there are crops growing in that square. Till your soil, then stand in the middle of the 3x3 square in order to plant your newly brought crops (which you can get at the Supermarket). When you have the seeds planted, use your watering can (filled up with water) to water your crops. Water them every day as long as the plant remains there.

Most plants will go away when you pick the crop from them. However, there are some which will stay and keep producing more crops every few days. Also, unless you have a Hothouse, you can only grow certain crops during certain seasons.

Let's go through each crop and flower you can grow, how much they cost to buy, which shop to buy them, how long they take to grow, if they regrow, and how much they sell for.

Spring Crops

Turnips    120G     Supermarket     5 days     Doesn't regrow     60G

Potatoes     150G      Supermarket     8 days     Doesn't regrow     80G

Cucumbers     200G     Supermarket     10 days     5 regrow days     75G

Cabbages     500G     Won's Shop     15 days     Doesn't regrow     117G

Strawberries     150G     Supermarket     9 days     2 regrow days     84G*

Toy Flower     300G     Won's Shop     12 days     Doesn't regrow     Doesn't sell

Moondrop Flower     300G     Won's Shop     6 days     Doesn't regrow     Doesn't sell**

The most profitable are cabbages.

*Strawberries will only be available after you have shipped 100 turnips, 100 potatoes, 100 cucumbers, and 100 cabbages.

**Moondrop will only be available after Karen has given you Moondrop seeds to plant.

Summer Crops

Tomatoes     200G     Supermarket     8 days     3 regrow days      60G

Corn     300G     Supermarket     15 days     3 regrow days     100G

Onions     150G     Supermarket     8 days     Doesn't regrow     80G

Pineapples     1,000G     Won's Shop     21 days     5 regrow days     500G

Pumpkin     500G     Supermarket      15 days      Doesn't regrow     250G*

Pink Cat Flower     200G     Won's Shop      6 days     Doesn't regrow     Doesn't sell

The most profitable are pineapples.

*Pumpkins will only be available after you have shipped 100 tomatoes, 100 corn, 100 onions, and 100 pineapples.

Fall Crops

Eggplants     120G     Supermarket     10 days      3 regrow days     80G

Carrots     300G     Supermarket     8 days     Doesn't regrow     120G

Sweet Potatoes     300G     Supermarket     6 days     3 regrow days     120G

Green Peppers     150G     Won's Shop      8 days     2 regrow days     40G

Spinach      200G     Supermarket     6 days     Doesn't regrow     80G*

Magic Red Flower     600G     Won's Shop     10 days     Doesn't regrow     200G**

The most profitable are Sweet Potatoes.

*Spinach will only be available after you have shipped 100 eggplants, 100 carrots, 100 sweet potatoes, and 100 green peppers.

**The only Magic Red Flower that you can sell are the ones that grow red. The blue ones are not sellable.

Special Crops

Grass     500G     Supermarket      11 days     7 regrow days     Doesn't sell

Grass is able to be planted any season except Winter. It is used to make fodder for your cows and sheep.

Orange Cup Fruit     1,000G     Won's Shop     8 days     Doesn't regrow     60G

Orange Cup are the only plants which are only able to grow in the Hothouse.

Animals

A great way to consistently earn money is to take care of animals. Chickens are the way to start out, but cows and sheep will big in the dough. However, some of your animals are pets. Every animal doesn't like to be outside when it's raining, but they love the sunshine. Try to have all of your animals outside when it's sunny and bring them in when it is rainy. Also, you should make a fence so that stray dogs can't get to them. If you leave them outside in the rain, they could get sick (you can buy medicine from either the Poultry Farm or Yodel Ranch).

Your Dog

The very first animal that you will own will be your dog. You name him when you start the game. He automatically shows up on your farm as a puppy. At first, he's pretty useless, but he gets better as his heart level increases. Picking him up every day will help him grow to love you. He grows into an adult cow by Fall of year one: just in time for training for the Dog Race.

The Dog Race is really the only thing your dog is useful for. In order to do well, increase his heart level as high as you can and toss him the ball that Won sells to you to increase his intelligence.

There is an event where in the second year, Bailey will come visit your farm and offer to take your dog to visit with his dog. After a few weeks, he will bring back your dog and announce that his dog, Hana, is pregnant. Wait another week and give a puppy to either Stu or Harris.

Your Horse

At the first year, the first time you visit Yodel Ranch you will be met with a cut scene of Barley and May surrounding a pony basically saying that they cannot care for it. This is when he offers to let you raise the pony. You name him and take him home to raise for a year. If you take good care of him and he has high heart levels, you can keep him. If you do not get to keep him, if you plant plenty of grass, Barley will come back by with a new pony.

Raising his heart level is easy, talk to him every day and brush him. You can buy a brush from Saibara for 800G.

Owning a horse becomes instantly beneficial when he grows up. First you will notice that he now always has on a saddle. I guess he just grew it? Anyway, that means that you can now ride him. It also means that he is a walking shipment box. Throw some crops at him and it ships at the end of the day. You can also enter him into the Horse Race.

For your horse to do well in the Horse Race, ride him every day and keep his heart levels up. Doing this will make your chances of winning so much higher.

Chickens

If you manage your money well, you should be able to afford a chicken in the first few weeks in the game. You can buy a chicken at the Poultry Farm by talking to Lillia. An adult chicken is 1,500G along with some chicken feed being 10G each.

You can bypass having to pay for feed by two ways. First, during the summer if you grow some corn and place it into your water mill, you can grind it into chicken feed. The second method is bringing your chickens outside into your field where they will eat worms in the ground. Make sure that they are encircled by a fence so that stray dogs can't get to them.

At first you can only have five chickens, but when you upgrade your hen house, you can have a total of ten chickens.

Chickens are pretty easy farm animals. All you really have to do is feed them every day and they will keep producing eggs granted that they aren't sick. In order to hatch a chick, you just have to place an egg in the incubator. It will hatch three days then mature in 9 days.

In order to make more money with chickens and their eggs, you can get Saibara to build a mayonnaise maker for 20,000G and adamantite. Let me tell you, it's worth it. Mayonnaise is about double the price of a normal egg. 

During the summer, you can enter one of your feathery friends into the Chicken Festival where she will compete sumo-style. If your hen wins, the next day she will start producing golden eggs.

Sheep

After saving up some more, you should now be able to afford a sheep. You can buy one from Barley for 4,000G. Along with some feed which is 20G each. You will also want some clippers from Saibara, which he sells for 1,800G.

Potentially, you could have ten sheep at first. After you upgrade the barn, you could potentially have twenty sheep.

Sheep only require being fed every day (unless outside with grown grass). However, you can raise the heart levels if you talk to her and brush her every day. You can make a sheep pregnant by buying S.M. Potion for 3,000G from Barley, but it's not really worth it. You will be down a sheep's production for a month for 1,000G less than buying an adult sheep. A sheep will become an adult after 15 days.

Every seven days, you can sheer a sheep. The wool is quite a bit on its own, but like the mayonnaise maker, you can have a yarn maker. It also costs 20,000G from Saibara along with adamantite. Like the mayonnaise, the price of yarn is double the amount of wool.

During the Fall, you can enter the Sheep Festival with an adult sheep with wool who is not pregnant. Your sheep will have a high chance of winning if she has high heart levels. The next day, she will start producing golden wool.

Cows

The cow is probably the biggest money-making animal that you will own. One costs 6,000G from Barley along with 20G each for some feed. You will also want a milker from Saibara, which he sells for 2,000G.

Like, the sheep, at first you can have up to ten cows. When you upgrade the barn, then you could have up to twenty cows.

Cows also only require to be fed every day (unless outside with grown grass). You can also raise their heart levels by talking to them and brushing them. A cow can become pregnant if you buy and use C.M. Potion on her from Barley for 3,000G. I still do not recommend doing this. The pregnant cow will stay pregnant for about a month where she won't produce milk all that time. A cow will mature in 15 days.

Milking will become your best friend. Even starting out with s milk, you can ship it for as much as s wool. Of course you can buy a cheese maker from Saibara for 20,000G and adamantite which will also double the price.

During the Summer, you can enter your cow in the Cow Festival if she is not pregnant. Your cow will have a high chance of winning if she has a high heart level. If she does win, she will produce golden milk.

Bees

While these aren't really a pet or an animal for that, they do produce products for you to sell. While you don't directly interact with them, they do live on your farm.

When the first flowers you plant bloom on your farm, a bee will set up shop in your apple tree and start making some honey. You can get one honey every day.

If you give a honey to Louis, he will come to your farm shortly after and tell you that the bees on your farm are rare. As a result, honey will now ship for a little more.

Recipes

WARNING: In order to make every recipe in the game, you will need to save a stone from when you are clearing out your field. Also, you will need 2 chocolate from the Winter Thanksgiving Festival.

This part of the game is definitely not required, but it can be pretty fun to accidentally make a recipe by putting together some ingredients. You will get a kitchen with your second house upgrade. No, you can't begin cooking as soon as you upgrade it. You need some cooking utensils. To buy these, just watch the Shopping Channel on Saturday. When you see an item you want, go to the Inn, and talk on the phone (next to where you order) to buy it.

Knife     3,000G

Frying Pan     2,500G

Pot     2,000G

Mixer     2,500G

Whisk     5,000G

Rolling Pin     1,500G

Oven     5,000G

Seasoning Set     5,000G

The item you ordered will take three days to get there, so hopefully you're not in a hurry. Ironically, Zack shows up with it on Tuesday, which is also the day that the Cooking Show airs. Sometimes you have to get a villager to tell you how to make a recipe before you can make it. Just give them gifts until they tell you. Now, let's go through some recipes. Since I have not made all of these recipes, I have looked at another site: harvestmoonbacktonatureguide.com They are pretty informative.

Apple Jam

Learn this recipe from Louis

Utensils: Pot

Ingredients: Apple

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Honey, Wine

Apple Pie

Utensils: Knife, Oven, Pot, Rolling Pin

Ingredients: Apple, Butter, Egg, Flour

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Honey, Wine

Bamboo Rice

Utensils: None

Ingredients: Bamboo Shoot, Rice Ball

Seasoning: None

Optional: Knife, Salt, Soy Sauce

Boiled Egg

Utensils: Pot

Ingredients: Egg

Seasoning: None

Optional: Salt

Butter

Utensils: Mixer

Ingredients: Milk

Seasoning: None

Optional: None

Cake

Utensils: Oven, Whisk

Ingredients: Butter, Egg, Flour

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Knife, Apple, Honey, Pineapple, Strawberry, Wild Grape

Cheese Fondue

Learn this recipe from Doug

Utensils: Pot

Ingredients: Bread, Cheese

Seasoning: None

Optional: Knife, Wine, Salt

Cheesecake

Utensils: Oven, Pot, Whisk

Ingredients: Cheese, Egg, Milk

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Honey

Chirashi Sushi

Utensils: Knife

Ingredients: Rice Ball, Sashimi, Scrambled Eggs

Seasoning: Vinegar

Optional: Cucumber, Soy Sauce

Chocolate Cake

Utensils: Oven, Whisk

Ingredients: Butter, Chocolate, Egg, Flour

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Knife, Apple, Honey, Pineapple, Strawberry, Wild Grape

Chocolate Cookie

Learn this recipe from Sasha

Utensils: Oven, Rolling Pin

Ingredients: Butter, Chocolate, Egg, Flour

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Honey

Cookie

Utensils: Oven, Rolling Pin

Ingredients: Butter, Egg, Flour

Seasoning: Sugar

Optional: Honey

Curry

Utensils: Pot

Ingredients: Curry Powder, Rice Ball

Seasoning: None

Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Chocolate, Corn, Egg, Fish (any size), Grape Juice, Green Pepper, Potato, Mushroom, Oil, Pumpkin, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Truffle, Turnip, Vegetable Juice, Wild Grape, Wine, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar

Curry Noodles

Utensils: Knife, Pot, Rolling Pin

Ingredients: Curry Powder, Flour OR Curry Powder, Noodles

Seasoning: None

Optional: Bamboo Shoot, Cabbage, Carrot, Egg, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Mushroom, Onion, Sweet Potato, Turnip, Truffle, Miso Paste, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar

Dinner Roll
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Bread, Butter
Seasoning: None
Optional: Honey

Fried Noodles
Learn this recipe from Zack
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Noodles, Oil
Seasoning: None
Optional: None

Fried Rice
Learn this recipe from Harris
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Egg, Oil, Rice Ball
Seasoning: Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar
Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Boiled Egg, Cabbage, Carrot, Corn, Cucumber, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Grilled Fish, Mushroom, Onion, Sashimi, Scrambled Eggs, Spinach, Stir Fry, Truffle, Wine

Fries
Learn this recipe from fishing at the Beach
Utensils: Frying Pan, Knife
Ingredients: Oil, Potato
Seasoning: None
Optional: Ketchup, Salt

Fruit Juice
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: At least one of these: Apple, Pineapple, Strawberry, Wild Grape
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Honey, Sugar

Fruit Latte
Learn this recipe from Basil
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Fruit Juice, Milk
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Honey, Sugar

Grape Jam
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Wild Grapes
Seasoning: Sugar
Optional: Honey, Wine, Salt

Greens
Learn this recipe from Manna
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Spinach
Seasoning: Soy Sauce
Optional: None

Grilled Fish
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Medium Fish
Seasoning: None
Optional: Salt, Soy Sauce

Happy Eggplant
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Eggplant
Seasoning: Miso Paste, Sugar, Soy Sauce
Optional: None

Hot Milk
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Milk
Seasoning: None
Optional: Sugar

Ice Cream
Learn this recipe from Barley
Utensils: Pot, Whisk
Ingredients: Egg, Milk
Seasoning: Sugar
Optional: Knife, Apple, Pineapple, Strawberry, Wild Grape

Jam Bun
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Bread, at least one: Apple Jam, Grape Jam, Strawberry Jam
Seasoning: None
Optional: None

Ketchup
Learn this recipe by digging it up in the Winter Mine
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Tomato, Onion
Seasoning: Salt, Sugar, Vinegar
Optional: None

Mayonnaise Small
Utensils: Whisk
Ingredients: Normal Egg (low heart level chicken), Oil
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: None

Mayonnaise Medium
Utensils: Whisk
Ingredients: Good Egg (medium heart level chicken), Oil
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: None

Mayonnaise Large
Utensils: Whisk
Ingredients: Excellent Egg (high heart level chicken), Oil
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: None

Mayonnaise Extra Large
Utensils: Whisk
Ingredients: Gold Egg, Oil
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: None

Miso Soup
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: at least one: Bamboo Shoot, Cabbage, Carrot, Corn, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Mushroom, Onion, Potato, Pumpkin, Small Fish, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Turnip
Seasoning: Miso Paste
Optional: Knife, Salt, Soy Sauce

Mixed Juice
Learn this recipe from the Doctor
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Fruit Juice, Vegetable Juice
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grape Juice, Green Pepper, Mushroom, Onion, Spinach, Tomato, Truffle, Turnip, Salt, Sugar

Mixed Latte
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Mixed Juice, Milk
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Salt, Sugar

Mushroom Rice
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Mushroom, Rice Ball
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Salt, Soy Sauce

Noodles
Utensils: Knife, Pot, Rolling Pin
Ingredients: Flour
Seasoning: None
Optional: Bamboo Shoot, Cabbage, Carrot, Egg, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Mushroom, Onion, Sweet Potato, Truffle, Turnip, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar

Omelet
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Egg, Milk, Oil
Seasoning: None
Optional: Whisk, Bamboo Shoot, Cabbage, Carrot, Cheese, Corn, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Onion, Potato, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Truffle, Salt

Pickled Turnips
Learn this recipe from Saibara
Utensils: Knife
Ingredients: Turnip
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: Salt, Soy Sauce

Pickles
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Cucumber
Seasoning: Salt
Optional: Knife

Pizza
Utensils: Oven, Rolling Pin
Ingredients: Cheese, Flour, Ketchup
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Corn, Egg, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Mayonnaise, Mushroom, Onion, Pineapple, Potato, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Truffle, Salt, Sugar

Popcorn
Learn this recipe from Kai
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients; Corn
Seasoning: None
Optional: Butter

Pumpkin Pudding
Utensils: Oven, Pot
Ingredients: Egg, Milk, Pumpkin
Seasoning: Sugar
Optional: Honey, Wine

Raisin Bread
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Bread, Wild Grape
Seasoning: None
Optional: None

Relaxation Tea
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Relaxtion Tea Leaves (you get them from the Harvest Sprite's Tea Party)
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Apple, Blue Grass, Green Grass, Honey, Milk, Orangecup Fruit, Pineapple, Red Grass, Wild Grape, Wine, Sugar

Rice Omelet
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Egg, Milk, Oil, Rice Ball
Seasoning: None
Optional: Whisk, Bamboo Shoot, Cabbage, Carrot, Cheese, Corn, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Mushroom, Onion, Potato, Pumpkin, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Truffle, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar

Roasted Potatoes
Utensils: Oven
Ingredients: Small Stone, Sweet Potato
Seasoning: None
Optional: Salt, Sugar

Salad
Utensils: Knife
Ingredients: Cabbage, Carrot, Cucumber, Tomato
Seasoning: None
Optional: Apple, Boiled Egg, Cheese, Corn, Green Pepper, Mayonnaise, Mushroom, Oil, Pineapple, Potato, Strawberry, Truffle, Turnip, Salt, Vinegar

Sandwich
Learn this recipe from Ellen
Utensils: Knife
Ingredients: Bread, Cucumber, Tomato
Seasoning; None
Optional: Apple, Boiled Egg, Butter, Cababge, Carrot, Cheese, Corn, Cucumber, Fish (any size), Honey, Mayonnaise, Mushroom, Onion, Pineapple, Potato, Strawberry, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Truffle, Wild Grape, Wine, Salt

Sashimi
Learn this recipe from Greg
Utensils: Knife
Ingredients: Large Fish OR Medium Fish
Seasoning: None
Optional: Soy Sauce

Scrambled Eggs
Learn this recipe from Lillia
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients; Egg, Oil
Seasoning: None
Optional: Whisk, Butter, Mayonnaise, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar

Stew
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Flour, Milk
Seasoning: Salt
Optional: Knife, Apple, Bamboo Shoot, Chocolate, Fish, Grape Juice, Green Pepper, Honey, Oil, Pineapple, Spa-Boiled Egg, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Turnip, Vegetable Juice, Wild Grape, Wine

Stir Fry
Utensils: Frying Pan, Knife
Ingredients: Cabbage, Oil
Seasoning: Soy Sauce
Optional: Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Mushroom, Onion, Potato, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Tomato, Truffle, Turnip

Strawberry Jam
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Strawberry
Seasoning: Sugar
Optional: None

Strawberry Milk
Learn this recipe from Carter
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Milk, Strawberry
Seasoning: None
Optional: Honey, Salt, Sugar

Sushi
Utensils: None
Ingredients: Rice Ball, Sashimi
Seasoning: Vinegar
Optional: Soy Sauce

Sweet Potato
Learn this recipe from Chef (the red sprite)
Utensils: Oven, Pot
Ingredients: Butter, Egg, Sweet Potato
Seasoning: Sugar
Optional: None

Tempura
Utensils: Frying Pan
Ingredients: Egg, Flour, Oil
Seasoning: None
Optional: Whisk, Boiled Egg, Cabbage, Carrot, Chocolate, Cucumber, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Green Pepper, Mushroom, Pineapple, Poisonous Mushroom, Potato, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Truffle, Turnip

Tempura Noodles
Utensils: Pot
Ingredients: Noodles, Tempura
Seasoning: None
Optional: Cabbage, Carrot, Egg, Fish, Mushroom, Sweet Potato, Turnip, Truffle, Miso Paste, Salt, Sugar, Soy Sauce

Tomato Juice
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Tomato
Seasoning: None
Optional: Salt

Truffle Rice
Utensils: None
Ingredients; Rice Ball, Truffle
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Salt, Soy Sauce

Vegetable Juice
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: at least one: Cabbage, Carrot, Cucumber
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Corn, Cheese, Egg, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Onion, Spinach, Truffle, Turnip, Salt

Veggie Latte
Utensils: Mixer
Ingredients: Milk, Vegetable Juice
Seasoning: None
Optional: Knife, Bamboo Shoot, Cheese, Corn, Egg, Eggplant, Green Pepper, Onion, Spinach, Truffle, Turnip, Salt

Veggie Pancake
Learn this recipe from Gotz
Utensils: Frying Pan, Knife
Ingredients: Cabbage, Egg, Flour, Oil
Seasoning: None
Optional: Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Cheese, Cucumber, Eggplant, Fish (any size), Mayonnaise, Milk, Mushroom, Potato, Pumpkin, Spinach, Truffle, Salt, Soy Sauce

More Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Guides!

First Few Days
Tools, Foraging, Fishing, and Mining
Villagers, Shops, and Festivals
Events, Fatigue, Power Berries, and Harvest Sprites
Marriage and Rivals

Harvest Moon Back to Nature Guide: Villagers, Shops, and Festivals

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Villagers, Shops, and Festivals

WARNING: This guide could contain spoilers! Please keep that in mind as you read.

Villagers

It wouldn't be a Harvest Moon game without villagers to populate the town. While almost all the characters are the exact same ones from 64, majority of them have different roles in little Mineral Town. Since there is another guide separate about the girls and the rivals, they will not be mentioned in this guide.

The names listed will be in order of walking through the town.

Saibara: The town's master blacksmith. Along with upgrading your tools, he sells more tools and makes machines for use on your farm. He is Gray's grandfather. His birthday is Spring 11.

Duke: This man makes the local wine and enjoys it often. Besides offering you a week-long job every Fall, he only sells wine and grape juice. He has a wife, Manna, and a daughter, Aja, whom he talks about often. His birthday is Winter 15.

Manna: This lady is quite the talker. She's the one who actually runs the winery shop. Her birthday is Fall 11.

Basil: While he doesn't own a shop or anything, he has written all of the books in the Library in town, most of which are about plants. His wife is Anna and his daughter is Mary. His birthday is Summer 11.

Anna: Basil's wife and Mary's mother, she loves to bake cakes and talk to the other older ladies of the town. Her birthday is Fall 23.

Ellen: An old lady who spends her time in her rocking chair, watching her grandson, Stu, while her granddaughter, Elli, works. Her birthday is Winter 13.

Stu: A little boy who spends his time playing in Ellen's house or in front of the Church with May. His grandmother is Ellen and sister is Elli. His birthday is Fall 5.

Thomas: The big-shot mayor of the town. Well, not really. He's very friendly and tries to help you out in town. He tells you of most of the festivals the day before they occur. His son is Harris. His birthday is Summer 25.

Harris: If there's a crime, he's the one to call since he's the policeman. He patrols all day long, taking a break at various locations. His father is Thomas. His birthday is Summer 4.

Kano: One of the more mysterious members of the town, he lives with Thomas and never really talks to anyone else. He claims to have taken many pictures throughout the years in the town. His birthday is Winter 2.

Jeff: The owner of the Supermarket. He is a pushover and often times complains of being sick. He sells majority of seeds, cooking supplies, and various other things in his shop. He has a wife, Sasha, and a daughter, Karen. His birthday is Winter 29.

Sasha: She loves to visit other villagers and gossip with them. She is married to Jeff and has a daughter, Karen. Her birthday is Spring 30.

Carter: The town's pastor, he lives in the Church and watches May and Stu on certain days. He is a kind man and is there for you when one of your animals die. His birthday is Fall 20.

Zack: He picks up all of your produce and goods at the end of every day (except festivals). He also delivers your cooking utensils when you order them. His house is the only house that you can never enter in the game. His birthday is Summer 29.

Greg: A local fisherman who lives with Zack. His only real purpose is to give you fishing rods. His birthday is Spring 29.

Doug: The owner of the Inn and the chef. He wants his daughter, Ann, to marry one day. His birthday is Winter 11.

Won: A traveling salesman who often times tries to swindle you. He does sell some seeds that are unattainable at the Supermarket. His birthday is Winter 19.

Barley: The owner of Yodel Ranch, he sells cows and sheep as well as fodder, medicine, miracle potions, and a bell. His granddaughter is May. His birthday is Spring 17.

May: A little girl who was left by her mother in her grandfather's, Barley, care. She plays at the Church with Stu often. Her birthday is Winter 26.

Lillia: The owner of the Poultry Farm who has an illness that causes her to be weak. Her husband, Rod, left town in order to search for a cure. She sells you chickens and chicken feed. She has two children: her son, Rick, and her daughter, Popuri. Her birthday is Spring 19.

Gotz: A carpenter and lumberjack who upgrades your farm and house. He is a lonely man who lives in the woods. His birthday is Fall 2.

Louis: He lives with Gotz and is in the town to study bees. His birthday is Spring 2.

Harvest Goddess: She looks over the town and loves offerings from your farm. She's a beautiful lady who resides under the waterfall.

Kappa: A water sprite who lives in the lake on Mother Hill. His only purpose is to give you the mystic berry.

Gourmet: A man who loves food and only shows up to the Cooking Festival.

Shops

Above there were brief listings of what a person would sell at his or her shop. This is a more detailed list.

Blacksmith's

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Closed Thursday

Copper tool upgrade     1,000G     Requires a copper ore

Silver tool upgrade     2,000G     Requires a silver ore

Gold tool upgrade     3,000G     Requires a gold ore

Mystrile tool upgrade     5,000G     Requires a mystrile ore

Girl's Present     1,000G     Requires a orichalcum ore

Brush     800G     Gains more hearts when used on your horse, cows, and sheep

Clippers     1,800G     Use to obtain wool off of your sheep

Milker     2,000G     Use to obtain milk from your cows

Mayonnaise Maker     20,000G     Requires a adamantite ore

Cheese Maker     20,000G     Requires a adamantite ore

Yarn Maker     20,000G     Requires a adamantite ore

Aja Winery

9:00AM - 12:00PM

Closed Saturday

Grape Juice     200G

Wine     300G

Supermarket

9:00AM - 5:00PM

Closed Sunday and Tuesday

Oil     50G     Used in recipes
Flour     50G     Used in recipes
Curry Powder     50G     Used in recipes
Rice Ball     100G     Used in recipes
Bread     100G     Used in recipes

Grass Seeds     500G     Plant in Spring, Summer, and Fall     Can cut for fodder
Turnip Seeds     120G     Plant in Spring
Potato Seeds     150G     Plant in Spring
Cucumber Seeds     200G     Plant in Spring
Strawberry Seeds     150G     Plant in Spring*
Tomato Seeds     200G     Plant in Summer
Corn Seeds     300G     Plant in Summer
Onion Seeds     150G     Plant in Summer
Pumpkin Seeds     500G     Plant in Summer*
Eggplant Seeds     120G     Plant in Fall
Carrot Seeds     300G     Plant in Fall
Sweet Potato Seeds     300G     Plant in Fall
Spinach Seeds     200G     Plant in Fall*

*You can only buy these seeds if you have shipped 100 of each season's crops. For instance, if you ship 100 Turnips, 100 Potatoes, 100 Cucumbers, and 100 Cabbages you can buy Strawberry seeds.

Fish Food     20G     Used to grow fish in your pond
Basket     5,000G     Makes gathering produce easier
Medium Rucksack     3,000G     Expands the amount of items you can carry
Large Rucksack     5,000G     Expands the amount of items you can carry
Blue Feather     1,000G     Used to propose to a girl when she has a red heart
Wrapping Paper     100G     Used to wrap an item as a present

Clinic

9:00AM - 4:00PM

Closed Wednesday

Checkup     10G     Doctor tells you if you are fatigued

Bodigizer     500G     Recovers stamina

Turbojolt     1,000G     Removes fatigue

Bodigizer XL     1,000G     Recovers stamina*

Turbojolt XL      2,000G     Removes fatigue*

*The XL items become available when you ship 51 Blue Grass for Bodigizer and 51 Green Grass for Turbojolt.

Inn

8:00AM - 9:00PM

Closed only on Festivals

During the day:

Set Meal     500G

Salad     300G

Apple Pie     300G

Cheesecake     250G

Cookie     200G

Water     0G

During the evening:

Grape Liquor     500G

Pineapple Juice     300G

Milk     200G

Water     0G

All meals and drinks sold at the Inn removes fatigue and/or recovers stamina.

Won's Shop

1:00PM - 4:00PM

Closed only on Festivals

Located in the Inn

Cabbage Seeds     500G     Plant in Spring

Moondrop Seeds     300G     Plant in Spring*

Toy Flower Seeds     500G     Plant in Spring

Pineapple Seeds     1,000G     Plant in Summer

Pink Cat Seeds     200G     Plant in Summer

Green Pepper Seeds     150G     Plant in Fall

Magic Red Seeds     600G     Plant in Fall

Orange Cup Seeds     1,000G     Plant anytime in Hothouse

*Only available when Karen gives you Moondrop seeds.

Seaside Lodge

8:00AM - 12:00PM

Closed Monday

Only open during Summer

Located at the Beach

Snowcone     300G

Roasted Corn     250G

Pasta     300G

Pizza     200G

Water     0G

All meals and drinks sold at the Seaside Lodge removes fatigue and/or recovers stamina.

Yodel Ranch

9:00AM - 3:00PM

Closed Monday

Fodder     20G     Feeds your cows and sheep

C.M. Potion     3,000G     Makes an adult cow pregnant

S.M. Potion     3,000G     Makes an adult sheep pregnant

Cow     6,000G

Sheep     4,000G

Animal Medicine     1,000G     Cures an animal of sickness

Bell     500G     Calls the animals to you

You can also sell cows and sheep to Barley.

Poultry Farm

11:00AM - 4:00PM

Closed Sunday

Chicken Feed     10G     Feeds your chickens

Chicken     1,500G

Animal Medicine     1,000G     Cures an animal of sickness

You can also sell chickens to Lillia.

Gotz's Shop

11:00AM - 5:00PM

Closed Sunday

Lumber     50G     Used to build buildings*

Hen House Upgrade     5,000G     450Lumber     Expands chicken house by 5

First House Expansion     4,700G     370Lumber     Expand for a kitchen

Barn Upgrade     6,800G     500Lumber     Expands barn by 10

Second House Expansion     10,000G     750Lumber     Expands for a bedroom

Hothouse     30,000G     580Lumber     Builds a hothouse for crops to be grown any time

*Lumber is really only bought when you are feeling too lazy to chop down lumber yourself.

Festivals

One of my favorite parts of Harvest Moon games are the festivals. It's just a day to look forward towards to greet fellow villagers and partake in some sort of mini game. Whenever you talk to a villager during these festivals, their heart levels go up more from this interaction; their heart levels also go up if you win during a mini game.

Spring

New Years Day: Spring 1: Starts 6:00PM: Square or Inn

This is the only festival that you are unable to attend the first year in the game. You have two options on where you would like to spend the first day of the new year: the Inn or the Square. The Inn has all of the adults drinking and partying it up. The Square has all of the unmarried guys and gals partying and dancing around a fire. If you go to the Square, you can dance with a girl.

Goddess Festival: Spring 8: Starts 10:00AM: Square

A festival where the villagers celebrate the ending of Winter. The day before, you can ask a girl to go with you. This is difficult to do the first year, but it is possible. Each of the girls are dressed in these pink dresses and adorned with flowers. After you talk to the mayor, the girls start dancing for the entire festival. This is a date festival. After dancing, the girl whom you took to the festival will ask you to go somewhere afterwards. You will get lots of affection with her if you do.

Spring Thanksgiving: Spring 14: Starts 6:00AM

This is an all day festival where the town will go about its daily business. This is the day to give the girls a sweet for more affection.

Horse Race: Spring 18: Starts 10:00AM: Square

You are unable to participate the first year in the game. During this festival, you can bet during each race on a horse by talking to the mayor. You can begin the race by talking to Barley. The most likely to win are the ones with the lowest odds. You can also race with your horse when he is grown. He is more likely to win if his heart levels are maxed out and you ride him every day.

Cooking Festival: Spring 22: Starts 10:00AM: Square

It is almost impossible to enter the first year (I have not tested it, but Spa-Boiled Eggs might work). For those who love to cook, this is your festival. You have five opponents who each have brought a dish: Doug, Ann, Anna, Karen, and Manna. Usually the winners are Doug or Ann. After you talk to the mayor, Gourmet will begin tasting dishes, commenting on each one. If you enter Relaxation Tea, you have a very high chance of winning. This is the only time that you are able to talk to Gourmet.

Summer

Opening Day: Summer 1: Starts 10:00AM: Beach

To celebrate the first day of Summer, why not have a race in the ocean? This is a fairly difficult race without practice. Talk to the mayor to begin. He will give you a brief explanation. Your opponents are: Gray, Kai, Jeff, Harris, and Doctor. The best way that I have found to win is to keep hitting X until your speech bubble face turns a dark yellow and looks displeased, then hold triangle to rest to full health. Do this again. Now, you should be over half way, mash X until you reach the finish line and stand up. The first time, you will win a power berry.

Chicken Festival: Summer 7: Starts 10:00AM: Square

Bring your best chicken (the one with the highest heart level) to the festival in hopes of winning. In order to enter, hold your chicken and talk to Rick. He will go through an explanation. It's pretty easy if your chicken has a high heart level. It takes some getting used to, but try to force your opponent's chicken off the edge of the circle. If your chicken wins, she will produce golden eggs.

Tomato Festival: Summer 12: Starts 10:00AM: Square

This is the hardest festival in the game. There are four teams in the Square. Elli, Stu, and optional member May are the Sheep Team. Manna, Duke, and optional member Cliff are the Coconut Team. Ann, Doug, and optional member Gray are the Star Team. Finally, Popuri, Rick, and optional member Kai are the Chicken Team. The optional members do not play if you join the team. The mini game begins when you have joined a team. I have not found a really good strategy for this mini game. Just watch to see if someone is throwing a tomato at you while you are hiding, if not then throw one at someone.

Cow Festival: Summer 20: Starts 10:00AM: Yodel Ranch

The day before, Bailey will come to ask if you want to enter an adult, nonpregnant cow in the festival. Choose the highest heart level in order to win. Attend the festival and talk to Barley to begin the judging. If your cow wins, she will produce golden milk.

Fireworks Display: Summer 24: Starts 6:00PM: Beach

Weeks before the festival, you can ask Kai to go watch the fireworks with you. If you don't want to go with a fellow guy, you can always ask a girl at the beach. This is another date festival, but you do not go anywhere afterwards.

Fall

Music Festival: Fall 3: Starts 6:00PM: Church

The day before, Carter will ask you to play the ocarina during the festival. Attend and talk to Carter for the music to begin. Ann and Elli play the flute, Mary plays the organ, and Karen sings while you play your blue ocarina.

Harvest Festival: Fall 9: Starts 10:00AM: Square

The day where a bunch of villagers bring random ingredients and place them into a hotpot. Sounds like it could go horribly wrong. Bring an item for the soup. I usually just bring a mushroom. There are rumors of players putting their dog or a chicken into the soup. Supposedly you get it back the next day in the Square. Also, you can supposedly fish in the soup.

Moon Viewing Festival: Fall 13: Starts 6:00PM: Mount Moon

While you cannot ask a girl to go with you, if you show up, the girl with the highest heart level will be there waiting for you. It's another date festival, but you cannot go somewhere afterwards. All you really do is look at the moon and talk.

Sheep Festival: Fall 21: Starts 10:00AM: Yodel Ranch

The day before, Barley will ask if you want to enter a sheep. You can enter an adult who is not pregnant and has her wool. Pick the one with the highest heart level. Attend the festival and talk to Barley to begin the judging. If your sheep wins, you will start getting golden wool from her.

Winter

Dog Race: Winter 10: Starts 10:00AM: Square

The day before, Zack will come to ask if you want to enter your dog, accept and he will be gone for a full day. Attend the festival and talk to Zack to begin the race. Your dog has a higher chance of winning if he has a high heart level and a high intelligence. To increase the intelligence, Won will sell you a ball. Throw it to him every day. Now, if he has a high intelligence, you should be able to run the entire time all the way to the finish line with your dog not far behind.

Winter Thanksgiving: Winter 14: Starts 6:00AM: Your Farm

WARNING: Do not get married or propose if you want gifts from the girls in the town.

Try to make sure every girl has at least a purple heart level before the holiday begins. Stay on your farm all day and wait for the girls to come give you sweets. A girl will come by at 6:00AM, 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 1:00PM, and 3:00PM. This is the only way to get chocolate in the game.

Star Night Festival: Winter 24: Starts 6:00PM: A girl's house

The day before, when you talk to a girl, if she likes you enough, she will invite you to have dinner with her family for the festival. Accept and attend the dinner. If you are married, just show up to your own house. It's another date festival.

New Years Eve: Winter 30: Starts 12:00AM: Mount Moon

Late into the night, the villagers like to gather to watch the sun come up for the new year. Attend and talk to Saibara to watch the sun rise with your neighbors.

More Harvest Moon: Back to Nature Guides!

First Few Days
Tools, Foraging, Fishing, and Mining
Crops, Animals, and Recipes
Events, Fatigue, Power Berries, and Harvest Sprites
Marriage and Rivals