Hints and Tips (Harvest Moon: GB)
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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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