Rune Factory 4
Frequently Asked Questions
Last updated 10/13/2013


GENERAL

• How do I earn royal points?
1st place on festivals: 150 pts
2nd place on festivals: 100 pts
3rd place on festivals: 50 pts
Talking to everyone: 1 pt each (once a day, twice on festival days; after and before)
Shipping items: 50-125 pts (formula: 50 + number of shipped items x 0.00075)
Clearing sub-events: 30 pts
Clearing requests: ? pts
Defeating monsters: 2 pts each; Max 100 pts/day
Defeating bosses: 30 pts each

• I finished the quest the box gave me, but it just keeps telling me to do it again.
OR
• I don't remember who I was supposed to give this item to.
If Eliza is telling you to do something over and over, it means you need to deliver the item you got. Tap the diary on the bottom right of the touch screen. You can check quest information there.

• How do I get someone to go adventuring with me?
Get their relationship level to three first. Forte is the exception and will travel with you from the very beginning.

• They're at level three but won't come, what gives?
They might be busy or involved in a town event (check your diary). Doug will not come regardless until you finish the second arc.

• Where can I buy clothes?
After you've given the order for the Clothing Shop, exit the gate and go right.

• I just saved Leon and the credits rolled. Why is this so short?
You're not even halfway done. There are three arcs, and you've just finished the first.
- To start the second, wait about a week after finishing the first and exit the south gate.
- To start the third, finish the second and wait until you have a Town Event titled Memories. No, Shiny Memories is not it.

• I'm getting a glitch at the boss of the second act.
Turn off everything. Portraits, voices, music, etc.

• General Tips:
- Pick up an item and hold A to automatically pick up all nearby items of the same type.
- Hold L and touch your notebook for a shortcut to the calendar.
- Hold R and touch your notebook for a shortcut to your shipping information.
- Quickly tap R for a dash.


FARMING

• What should I farm to make the most money?
Both strawberries and tomatoes give multiple returns and are generally recommended. Get a mixer and a pot to make tomato juice and strawberry jam.

• My seeds only go up to a certain level.
Get a better scythe.

• How do I get a dungeon seed/sword seed/shield seed?
→ Dungeon Seed
After you've begun the second arc, a path will open in Sercerezo Hill, and it is ONLY open for the first five days of the month as it is blocked by mushrooms otherwise. Enter the area and go into the cave. Drop down left three times and fight the boss at the bottom. He will give you a dungeon seed. Plant it and water it as you would a normal plant.
→ Sword/Shield Seeds
Normal bosses drop these sometimes. Field dungeon bosses drop these as rewards.

• How do I get higher seeds in the shop?
After you have given the order for the General Shop or Flower Shop to carry seeds for shipped items, shipping X level produce/flower will put X level seeds in the store.

• Do I have to rotate my crops?
Yes. You will produce worse crops if you keep farming on the same land. For more info on soil conditions, see the next question.

• What do these soil parameters mean?
-Crop Lv: Crop’s level.Max lv is 10
No: How many crops you will get from it
Grw: Growth percentage. 100% is ripe
HP: Crop’s HP. Lower HP means that particular crop is more vulnerable to withering. Max HP is 255
Overall: Overall level of your soil based on the level of your Spd, Ql., No. and Sz. Max lvl is 16
Spd.: Your below Grw. number as in level. Max lvl is 16
Ql.:  Your below Ql. number as in level. Max lvl is 16
No.: Your Grw. number as in level. Max lvl is 16
Sz.: Your Sz. number as in level. Max lvl is 16
Grw.: Soil’s growth rate. Number shows how x times faster it takes for your crops to ripen from the default, which is 1.0. Below 1.0 means slower, over 1.0 means faster. Formula A, B, C can increase the value
Ql.:  How much + points your soil has to make your crops quality go up. Bigger value=bigger chance for crops to grow up in level. Max value is +1.0. All fertilizer can increase the value
No.: How much + points your soil has to make your re-harvestable crops stay harvestable. Bigger value=bigger chance for that crop to last longer. Max value is +1.0
Sz.: How much + points your soil has to make your crops grow larger. Bigger value=bigger chance for crops to grow larger. Max value is +1.0. Giantify can increase the value
Health: Soil’s health point. Affecting your overall crops resistance from withering. Max value is 255
Def: Soil resistance from typhoon and tornado. Max value is 63. Valiant Blue can increase the value


DATING

• Which girl is the best?
>opinions

• Doug is stuck at three LP.
You can't raise it above 3 until you finish the second arc.

• How do I start going out?
Raise the person to seven LP, then on the BTW options, select 'I love you', and 'I really love you.' If you're lucky, they'll ask to meet you in the town square the next day. If RNG wants to rub your face in the mud, it could take a couple months. Feel free to soft reset (L+R+Start).

• How do I get married?
If you are Lest, you need a ring and a double bed. If you are Frey, you don't need either.
Before getting married, you need to see prerequisite Town Event(s) for whoever you've chosen.
(Titles are translated from the JP version, just look for a similar name)

[Females]
- Clorica: Hang in There!
- Forte: The Knight’s Horse.
- Dolce: Runaway Sign
- Amber: Amber Watson!
- Xiao Pai: It’s Contagious!, If the wind blows, the bucket maker prospers.
Meg: Concert without an Audience, Payback to Porcoline, Porcoline bond to the Elven Kingdom, Memories thrown into the lake.

[Males]
- Vishnal: Don’t fall for it, Vishnal!
- Arthur: Medical checkup, Glasses for my eyes.
- Doug: Sparkling Memory, Doug’s Secret.
- Leon: Leon’s Day.
- Kiel: The Knight’s Horse, Part-time Job at the Inn.
- Dylas: Smile Training.

If you've seen the required events and their LP is high enough, the marriage event can trigger. You'll know it's happening because there will be an animated cutscene. As usual, it's random.

• What's the best gift to give?

[Females]
Margaret:
→ Favorite gifts: Prelude to Love, Golden Juice, Pineapple Juice
→ Also likes: Vegetables, Shrimp, Lobster, Fruit, Fruit Juice
→ Hates: Squid, Squid dishes

Forte:
→ Favorite gifts: Chocolate Cake, Cake, Omelete Rice
→ Also likes: Sweets, Pot Dishes, Flowers, Egg dishes
→ Hates: Curry Dishes

Dolce:
→ Favorite gift: Cakes and Flan
→ Also likes: Medicine, Quality Cloth, Quality Fur, Spider Silk, Yarn, hot drinks
→ Hates: Vegetables and regular drinks

Xiao Pai:
→ Favorite gifts: Crystal Threads, Emery Flowers
→ Also likes: Flowers, Chinese Foods
→ Hates: Tomatoes

Clorica:
→ Favorite gifts: Apple Pie, Relax Tea, Vegetables, Platinum, Diamond, Orichalcum
→ Also likes: Baked Apple, Silver, Gold, Jewelry, Apple dishes, Hot Chocolate
→ Hates: Grapes, Grape dishes

Amber:
→ Favorite gift: Rare Flowers, Mixed Ole
→ Also likes: Juices, Honey, Flowers
→ Hates: Fish

[Males]
Vishnal:
→ Favorite gifts: Curry Rice, Gold Vegetables, Ultimate Curry, Royal Curry
→ Also likes: Fried Rice, Pot Stickers, Meat Dumplings, Raw Vegetables, Omlette Rice, Croquette, Flan, Ice Cream, Gyoza, Chinese Manju
→ Hates: Anything with Turnips

Dylas:
→ Favorite gift: Milk Porridge
→ Also likes: Fish, Carrots, Milk dishes, Sashimi
→ Hates: Sweets

Kiel:
→ Favorite gifts: Chocolate Cake, boss drops, Stew
→ Also likes: Sweets
→ Hates: Sashimi

Arthur:
→ Favorite gifts: Salmon Onigiri, Turnip Heaven, Gold Turnip
→ Also likes: Turnips, Onigiri, Sandwich, Curry Bread
→ Hates: Grilled Fish

Leon:
→ Favorite gifts: Grilled Rainbow Trout, Grilled Lamp Squid
→ Also likes: Cooked fish, Blue Lamp Grass
→ Hates: Anything with milk

Doug:
→ Favorite gift: Tempura Bowl
→ Also likes: Rice dishes
→ Hates: Bread dishes, especially Curry Bread and Steamed Cheese Bread


FORGING
•How does upgrading work?
-Each material has its own unique bonus attribute. Using the same material cuts its bonus in half with each use.

Ex.
Fiery Scale gives +300 ATK for 1st upgrade
Fiery Scale gives +150 ATK for 2nd upgrade
Fiery Scale gives +75 ATK for 3rd upgrade

• How can I grind my forging/crafting levels?
-Talk to Raven or Jones and buy a ton of Iron (200 or so). Craft a couple of short swords/shields using single pieces of iron, then use the rest of the iron to upgrade each of them to Lv.10. If neither of them sell Iron, find them in dungeons, then buy other cheap junk they sell. By the time you get to Lv.80, switch from upgrading with Iron to Orange Grass to speed up the grinding.

MONSTERS:

• How do I tame a monster? / I can't tame this monster!
To tame a monster, you must first build a monster barn (you'll get one through Eliza). Next, give some items to a monster; if you're successful, a heart will form over their head.
If you've failed after multiple tries, your monster barn may be full (4 per room), you may be too low level, or you may not be giving it the right item.

In the case of bosses, they have special wants:

Ambrosia: Super Toy Flower, King Pink Cat Flower, Giant Charm Blue, Big Moondrop Grass
Thunderbolt: Royal Carrot
Marionette: Cake, Chocolate Cake, Cheese Cake, Apple Pie
Sarcophagus: Gold Juice, Mixed Juice, Mixed au Latte
Grimoire: All Giant Golden Vegetables, Pumpkin is the easiest/cheapest kind
Terrable: Turnips Heaven
Fiersome: Gold Juice
Aquaticus: Yosenabe/Chowder (Pot cooking lvl 94)
Greater Demon: Giant Fireflower, Giant Autumn Grass
Chimera: Royal Curry, Ultimate Curry
G. Golem: Orichalcon
Siren: Big Four-Leaf Clover
Terror Tree: Formula C, Steady Green Fertilizer (Best Fertilizer with green pack)
Octopirate: Grilled Snapper, Grilled Lover Snapper, Grilled Glitter Snapper
Bane Dragon: Rockfish Stew
Crystal Mammoth: King Pineapple
Crimsone: Grilled Char, Grilled Lover Snapper, Grilled Glitter Snapper
Amaranthine: Grilled Char, Grilled Lover Snapper, Grilled Glitter Snapper
Death Wall: Ice Cream

MISC
• List of events: http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&ie=EUC-JP&langpair=auto|en&rurl=translate.google.com&tbb=1&u=http://wikiwiki.jp/rf4/%3F%25A5%25B5%25A5%25D6%25A5%25A4%25A5%25D9%25A5%25F3%25A5%25C8&usg=ALkJrhiGgNAnjcVB32unZOss6sD06GzOoA
(Original page: http://wikiwiki.jp/rf4/?%A5%B5%A5%D6%A5%A4%A5%D9%A5%F3%A5%C8 )
• Where can I find X item?
-Someone on Fogu wrote up a list of item drop locations: http://fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=160113
-There's also the monsters page on the RF4 Wikia: http://therunefactory.wikia.com/wiki/Monsters_%28RF4%29
• Someone on GameFaqs discovered a nice money-making solution involving cooking curry. It requires a lot of RP and time, though: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/635388-rune-factory-4/67450600