HM:HoLV Any% Nature Reserve routing

Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley
Any% Nature Reserve routing
[Updated 3 Dec 2020]

NATURE
The Tale of the Blue Mist/Azure Swallowtail (Lyla)*
The Tale of the Endangered Weasel (Gwen)*
- Gwen: 90, Animal: 50
The Tale of the Golden Potato Seed (Dia)*
The Tale of the Blue Bird (Aurelia)*
The Tale of the Silver Fish (Joe/Kurt)*
The Hundred Year Old Cherry Tree (Tim/Parsley)
The Secret Fossil (Rudolph)

TOURIST
The Tale of the Harvest Goddess Dress (Gina)*
The Tale of the Cake Contest (Katie)*
The Tale of the Harvest Goddess Temple (H. Goddess)
The Rebirth of the True Harvest Festival (Woody/Wallace/Martha)
The Holy Masterpiece (Chester)
The Tale of the Horse Champion (Bob)*
Louis the Inventor King (Louis)*
The Legendary Baker (Ronald)*

GODDESS QUESTIONS
- Positive: Dia, Goddess, Louis, Bob, Joe, Wallace, Chester, and Nak
- Negative: Katie, Gina, Kurt, Ronald, Charles, Renton, Rudolph, and Nic
- Mixed: Gwen, Lyla, Aurelia, Alice, Parsley, Tim, Woody, Martha, and Flak

AFFECTION
- Intro appears to be +1 across the board
- Liked gift is +2

- Azure Swallowtail is rather slow, given that you need to water the blue mist, although rainy season might help
- Endangered Weasel is possible, but investigate how quickly you can befriend a wild animal
- Bluebird way too long
- Cherry tree seems good, but decide between Tim or Parsley

OHMALLEY ROUTE
- Cherry tree, Harvest festival, and Secret Fossil
- On this route, you reserve Harvest festival prep for year two, in order to avoid earlier (optional) cutscenes. Therefore, don't raise Wallace's AP higher than 14 before 1st Winter 16.
- Affection requirements:
	> Parsley: 65
		* No more than 29 before Y1 Fall 6
		* At least 50 by Y1 Winter 10
		* At least 55 by Y2 Spring 10
		* At least 60 by Y2 Spring 30
		* At least 65 by Y2 Summer 13
	> Wallace: 40
		* No more than 14 before Y1 Winter 16 (Fall 19 if Woody; 15 from Goddess Q's is okay as long as you don't intro)
		* At least 30 by Y2 Spring 11
		* At least 40 by Y2 Fall 1
	> Rudolph: 50
		* At least 40 by Y1 Winter 25
		* At least 50 by Y2 Summer 21
- Cherry tree required cutscenes begin in 1st Winter, so do not raise Parsley's AP above 29 before Fall 6.
- Rudolph appears to get +2 for doing part-time work. It appears anything you mine besides a mineral crystal counts toward his total, while the mineral crystals are put into your inventory. Mineral crystals are +1 for Rudolph.
- Figure out what triggers the Goddess intro cutscene at the spring (appears to be entering after noon or so).
- Each of the three NPCs are in different Goddess Q groups. Consider which to give the +15 (probably Rudolph). Wallace is ruled out because +15 would trigger his earlier optional cutscenes.
- Rudolph likes medicinal herbs (+2, easily found outside Lyla's)
- Check minute 56 of practice recording to check Rudolph affection (+1 from med herb?)
- Gift route could be something like Parsley, Rudolph (PTW), Wallace. Parsley appears behind your house on certain days. Part-time work also passes the time needed to enter the cafe, but check Wallace's day-off location too (Monday).
- Parsley loves med herbs (+3), so these appear to be the preferred gift in general. Collect plenty from outside Lyla's shop (when do they grow?).
	> Actually appears to get +2 on subsequent giftings
- Because a) you must sleep through two years, b) AP thresholds are ultimately very low, c) you cannot sleep without leaving your house, and d) you must leave your farm in order to quick sleep, some days should be spent just visiting Lyla/Louis's screen, gathering med herbs, and quick sleeping. Probably do this on Mondays.
- Rudolph gets +4 from rare metal, +2 from most other minerals (scrap metal is +1)
- Fastest way to sleep immediately is entering the sprites' bush and quick sleeping
- Check boosts from any cutscenes
	> Does this make some of the optional cutscenes worth it?

NEW ROUTE
- Cherry tree (Tim), secret fossil (Rudolph), and holy masterpiece (Chester)
- Affection
	> Rudolph: 50
		* At least 40 by Y1 Winter 25
		* At least 50 by Y2 Summer 21
	> Chester: 30
		* At least 30 by Y1 Winter 4
	> Tim: 65
		* At least 20 by Y1 Summer 13
		* At least 50 by Y1 Winter 10
		* At least 55 by Y2 Spring 10
		* At least 60 by Y2 Spring 30
		* At least 65 by Y2 Summer 13

TO TEST
- AP boosts for all cutscenes (optional as well)
- Does PTW count toward Rudolph's mining total?
- Ideal gifts--minerals for Tim?
- Goddess Q pattern? Based on how many interactions can be saved
- Will 10-3 (Tim) allow for 10-5 in Year 1?

TIM SCRATCH
- Required:
	> 10-4--Y2 Spring 9-23
	> 10-5--Y1 Winter 6-18
	> 10-6--any Winter(?) until 20th
	> 10-7--Y2 Spring 6-10
	> 10-8--Y2 Spring 26-30
	> 10-9--Y2 Summer 8-13