Harvest Moon DS Hints Part 3 (DS)

The Witch Princess conjured up a prank that went too far! Now it's up to you to restore the magic of Forget-Me-Not Valley. Seek out all 101 Harvest Sprites as you plant fields, tend livestock and find the right wife to share your farming dreams! As you find the missing Harvest Sprites, they can help with chores around the farm... some might even unlock various activities or important information! The game takes place in Forget-Me-Not-Valley, 100 years after Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. Unlike the previous games in the series, which create new characters based on old ones, the characters in Harvest Moon: DS are exactly the same as the ones in A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.

The story of the game mirrors that of Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody for the GameCube while the gameplay follows Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town for the Game Boy Advance. The Harvest Goddess has been petrified and sent to another world by the Witch Princess, and it is up to the player to restore her. In Magical Melody, this is done by collecting magical music notes, but in Harvest Moon: DS, the player must find and rescue the Harvest Sprites from the other world by doing various tasks. Once the player finds 60 sprites, the goddess will be revived, and the player will be able to propose to any of the potential wives. (Wikipedia)

GAMEPLAY HINTS

Change weather
To change the next day's weather, reload the previous day and go to bed. This works best if you save before you go to bed and check the weather the first thing in the morning so you do not loose any work. It may also require a few attempts. You can also avoid a collapsing building or animal death by doing this.

Saving time
While in a building, equip a tool from your rucksack. Then, access your map via the touchscreen. For example, if you have your watering can while using the map, touch one of your crops with the stylus to water that specific crop. This is a great way to take care of crops, gathering building materials, etc. while wasting no game time whatsoever.

Easy upgrade
Buy lots of Bodigizers or XL and Turbojolt or XL. Then, go in house and milk/shear/hammer/axe/sickle/fish/hoe/water the air (press Y) until you almost passed out. Then, drink the Bodigizer or Turbojolt and use your tool again. Repeat this process until it is upgraded. This saves lots of time.

Easy watering can upgrade
When trying to upgrade your watering can, fill it with water a lot of times. Release the water on anything. You can watch the meter go up by at least 10 every time. Also, Bodigizers and Turbo Jolts might be needed.

Can Food Maker
After you get the maker shed, try to buy the Can Food Maker as fast as you can. Putting shipable items in it increases your profit by 25%. This really helps with high level crops. If you put a level 100 pineapple in it you will get an extra 2,500,000 G.

Pets
To get as high a friendship as you want with anyone in town, repeatedly try to give them your pet. If you have the Love Bangle equipped (not necessary for the effect), you will see that every time you talk to a person with a pet in your arms their friendship score will increase one point. If you do this inside and have a lot of patience, you can get someone to as high a score as desired within one day. This method is also useful for unlocking the Channel 7 Harvest Sprite, who will appear the day after you earn at least 100 friendship points with someone. If you do not have the Love Bangle equipped, then just show your pet to someone 100 times.

Watering can
To increase the rate at which your watering can powers up, repeatedly fill it up at any water source, such as the pond at your farm. When you have filled it up enough times for your taste, use it once and your experience with it will increase significantly. Even when it is near Mystrile level, each time you fill it will count as one value better then the three to four uses per value it took before. This is easiest if you have a basement, because you can use the watering hole in it to avoid passing time during the day.

Leia
The first step in marrying Leia is to befriend Daryl. An easy to do this is to go to Daryl's lab (located near the beach) with your dog. Keep trying to give him your dog. Every time you do this his friendship goes up by 1. Keep doing this until his friendship reaches 101. Select the basement door and you will unlock Leia and her Grey Heart event. Leia loves Sashimi and Large Fish, which gives you 800 affection. She favors other fish (they earn 300 affection). She also really likes jewelry (giving her 500 affection).

In order to do Leia's Yellow Heart event you must fish out a bottle in the ocean at spring. Part of her Yellow Heart event is her returning to the ocean. This means you will no longer be able to see her in Daryl's lab. Instead, you can find her along the sea shore at midnight on Wednesdays. In order to marry Leia you must have the double bed, have found 60 Harvest Sprites, and bought back the Harvest Goddess. You also need a pond for Leia to stay in.

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