Hints and Tips (Harvest Moon: GB)

This section is for little tidbits of information that you may or may not know.


 * Grass doesn't need to be watered.
 * Plant crops near watering hole.
 * Plant crops near shipping bin.
 * You don't need to water plants when it's raining.
 * If you can't buy livestock grow and cut more grass.
 * Chicks don't need food; they eat scraps off the ground.
 * Picking up weeds or rocks doesn't use up any energy.
 * Plant grass away from your shipping bin.
 * Don't plant any crops after the 25th of each season because they won't mature.
 * You don't need to water seeds the day you plant them.
 * Look on your desk by your bed before expanding your house to find 1,000 Gold, also known as "Grandpa's Rainy Day Money".
 * When you talk to the Harvest Sprites make sure you don't have any tools in your hand.
 * Holidays boost your happiness rate.
 * Breeding cows boosts your happiness rate.
 * Don't try to kill Harvest Sprites or they won't work for you.
 * Your grandfather comes on the 30th of Winter and the evaluation takes a day, but the Harvest Sprites will feed your animals.
 * Don't use tools on livestock.
 * You only need to give a mushroom to a Harvest Sprite every other day.
 * Pray at least ten times a day every day from day one to bless a cow.
 * Catch at least twenty fish a day and you'll have at least 2,400 units shipped, that's more than half of what you need to ship in a year.
 * If you run out of food you will only drink water during meal times, which gives you very little energy.
 * Milk and Meat dumplings give you the least recovery during meal times.
 * Green Tea and Rice cakes give you the second most recovery during meal times.
 * Wild Grape Juice and Croissants give you the most recovery during meal times.
 * Go to all special events/festivals/parties.
 * Some special events take all day, don't forget to feed you livestock afterwards or before.
 * You can still pick up rocks and weeds when you don't have any energy.
 * To do the Blessed Cow Code you have to pray everyday starting on the first day.
 * While in a store press Select to see your current amount of Gold.
 * If you have a pet dog keep him outside during good weather and night so wild dogs don't break your fence.
 * Weeds to not grow back like in other Harvest Moon games, so pluck 'em all.
 * Your sickle never solves problems, although you think it does.
 * The Harvest Sprites will put an egg in the incubator unless there is one in it already, even if you have four Chickens.
 * You can't keep your animals outside.
 * The Harvest Sprites won't work for you until after the Earthquake.
 * Snow waters your plants.
 * Your foal grows up on the 20th of Summer.
 * You don't need fences.
 * You can't name your chickens.
 * If you have four Chickens and there is an egg in the incubator it will hatch the day after you sell a Chicken or one dies.
 * Eggs hatch in three days.
 * Cows give birth after 22 days.
 * If you keep your dog outside it keeps moles from appearing when you dig.
 * ALWAYS have food and drinks.

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