Harvest Moon GB Ranch Master rough notes

Harvest Moon GB Ranch Master

- Time starts at “new game”
- Choose a one-character name
- Choose the girl
- Choose cat and name it one character
- Mash A thru grandpa’s text, B thru tutorial cutscenes

SPRING 1
- get rainy day money and sleep until 10th (horse cutscene)
- name horse a 1-char name
- skip to 8a, obtain “good” fortune from church (こうちょう), buy 3 grass seeds from florist
- tool shed: ship 1 mush, gift sprite 1 mush, grab grass, grab hoe
- till land for all 4 in main area, till 28 more, then sleep
- plant and till 64 next day
- sleep until the 27th and refuse the picnic invite
- get field power berries (wood bin > E pond > SE corner > SW pond) and till 60
- next day, till 64 after ann cutscene
- sleep until summer EQ

SUMMER 1
- on EQ day, enter tool shed, grab hammer, save sprite, gift/ship
- gift sprite, ship, and till 64 next few days until power berry
- swap hammer for sickle on the way out
- cut a few rows of grass for chicken/cow feed and till 64
- till 64 per day (except when raining) up to 9 days or until 1000G total, then sleep til cake cutscene

FALL 1
- fall 10: after eating cake, buy 2 chickens and feed them
- fall 11: dupe 257 eggs, till 64 and sleep
- fall 12: till 64, buy 2 grass seeds and plant them just below southern fence, then sleep til winter 20

WINTER 1
- on winter 20, agree to look for bird, then till 64 (DON’T talk to bird)
- buy first cow on winter 20
- sleep until evaluation

EVALUATION 1
- you should have at least 35 happiness so grandpa expands your land
- note your tilled count so you can count it out for the rest of the run

SPRING 2
- spring 12 or 13: use miracle potion on adult cow, start feeding chickens and do a round of dupe to pay for additional miracle pots
- until 1600 till mostly on event days but go outside more regular days if in need of birds (need 5 total for 250 happiness)

SUMMER 2
- summer 3 or 4: buy/use miracle potion on cow and feed baby cow
- summer 24 or 25: buy/use a miracle potion on cow and feed baby cows
- do not enter cow barn again for the remainder of the run!! or cows will die.
- get another field power berry

FALL 2/WINTER 2
- DO NOT FORGET TO FEED YOUR CHICKENS FOR THE EGG CHANGE EVENT!!
- buy the two expansions eventually (8x50 lumber required)
- if you don’t have enough birds, wait outside for idle foxes to boost happiness (1 point each)