/v/ - Retard-proof Guide to Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns

This guide is a WIP.

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What is it: Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns is the latest entry into the Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons / Bokujō Monogatari / Farm Story / Whatever the fuck you want to call it series of games. This game is different in that there are multiple villages (Westown, Lulukoko, and Tsuyukusa) each complete with its own villagers, reputation system, shops, holidays, etc.

Nobody will judge you for playing these games casual and comfy, but for people who want to go balls-to-the-wall in efficiency, there's great resources out there to help you get started and prepare for what's to come; This guide is simply meant to condense the information provided by various websites and tips.

The best website to gather information is, by far, Fogu, a Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons fansite that has given details on every game in the series. It can be found here:

Fogu portal page: http://fogu.com/
Fogu's Harvest Moon portal: http://fogu.com/hm/
Fogu's SoS:ToT page: http://fogu.com/sos2/

Legend (Ctrl+F the letter / number combination to find certain sections)
	1A - General Tips from Anons
	2B - Link Ranks
		2A1 - Westown
		2A2 - Lulukoko
		2A3 - Tsuyukusa
	3C - Animals
		3C1 - Production
		3C2 - Personality
		3C3 - Unlocking
		3C4 - Breeding
		3C5 - Lifespan and Death
	4D - Crops

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Here is a full checklist of everything you will need, and how to unlock them, as provided from a kind anon. If you want a more detailed explanation, see the Link Ranks section.

Note: It's been made very clear to me that you should ABSOLUTELY UPGRADE YOUR HOME ASAP. Just fucking do it. Seriously.

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Raw Materials
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An anon kindly provided a list of all raw items you will require for maxing your rank with each village. Note: This list does not include the village-specific flowers.

- Spring
Turnip x50 - Lulukoko Rank A
Bellflower x20- Tsyukusa Rank B

- Summer
Coconut x15 - Winery farm circle
Shiso x15 - Fermenter farm circle
Hibiscus x20 - Westown Rank B
Sunflower x20 - Westown Rank B
Orange x50 - Westown Rank A
Cacao x50 - Tsyukusa Rank A
Shiso x50 - Tsyukusa Rank A

- Fall
Sweet Potato x20 - Westown Rank C
Pink Carnation x20 - Westown Rank B
Grape x50 - Westown Rank A
Hilton Daisy x20 - Tsyukusa Rank B
Grape x30 (Turn into wine) - Tsuyukusa Rank A

- Winter
Daikon radish x50 - Lulukoko Rank A
Gentian x20 - Tsuyukusa Rank B

- ASAP
Adzuki beans x20 - Tsyukusa rank C
Chili Pepper x50 - Lulukoko Rank C
Wasabi x50 - Ship to Tsuyukusa to unlock Chili pepper seeds

- Foraging
Vanilla x15 - Winery farm circle (Lulukoko)
Rosemary x15 - Winery farm circle (Lulukoko)
Thyme x10 - Jam Factory farm circle (Westown)

Another anon has provided a list on what unlocks everything required for raising village ranks.

Shipping Unlocks (and when they normally unlock)
200 Field to Westown - Soybean Seeds (B)
300 Field to Westown - Strawberry Seeds (B), Corn Seeds (B), Broccoli Seeds (B)
300 Field to Lulukoko - Melon Seeds (B)
200 Field to Tsuyukusa - Adzuki Seeds (c)
300 Field to Tsuyukusa - Burdock Seeds (B)

100 Flowers to Westown - Blue Rose Seeds (A)
200 Flowers to Tsuyukusa - Morning Glory Seeds (B)
300 Flowers to Tsuyukusa - Lily Seeds (A), Chrysanthemum Seeds (A), Gentian Seeds (C)
300 Flowers - Dahlia Seeds (Westown A)

70 Chili Pepper to Tsuyukusa - Sugar Cane Seeds (B)
50 Wasabi to Tsuyukusa - Chili Pepper Seeds (B)
100 Cotton - Flax Seeds (Tsuyukusa B)
30 Shiitake - Shimeji Spores (Tsuyukusa B)
30 Shimeji - Coral Mushroom Spores (Tsuyukusa B)
30 Trumpet Mushrooms - Common Mushroom Spores (Westown A)

200 Tree Fruit to Westown - Almond Seedling (B), Apple Seedling (B), Olive Seedling (B)
200 Tree Fruit to Lulukoko - Kiwi Seedling (B), Coconut Palm Seedling (B)
300 Tree Fruit to Lulukoko - Lemon Seedling (A)

300 Fruit Trees (?) to Tsuyukusa - Persimmon Seedling (A)

Build 50 Farm Circles - Maple Seedling (Westown C)
Build 80 Farm Circles - Bamboo Seedling (Tsuyukusa B)

70 Wool - Suffolk Sheep (Westown C)
70 Alpaca Wool - Brown Alpaca (Lulukoko B)
70 Brown Alpaca Wool - Llama (Lulukoko B)
70 Rabbit Fur - Grey Angora Rabbit (Westown B)
100 Milk and 100 Jersey Milk - Buffalo (Westown B)

Finally, a list of objects Dessie gives you for her offerings.

10 offerings - Blue Cloth x10
25 offerings - Black Cloth x10
50 offerings - Black Lumber x30
75 offerings - Black Stone x30
100 offerings - Black Llama Cloth + x10
125 offerings - Orichalcum x5
150 offerings - Gold Pearl x5
200 offerings - Brown Alpaca Cloth + x5
250 offerings - Black Rabbit Cloth + x5
300 offerings - Angler's Luck x10

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Tips from another poster:

- Upgrade your house ASAP. Even if you have to blow all your money buying materials or something, just do it.
- You're going to want to hold onto the various herbs and plants that you find on the ground. You might need them later.
- Eventually you'll get the option to upgrade your farm tools. Hammer and watering can should be what you prioritize.
- The trait you pick during character creation doesn't really matter.
- Once summer starts you'll want to plant quite a few tomato plants. They can be used in simple recipes and let's you recover stamina easily. Sweet potatoes are the equivalent for the fall season.
- Raising the stats if your animals is a slow process, so get on that early.
- You can give Dessie gifts by both literally giving her gifts and throwing them into her pond. She likes wildflowers. Do both once a day, because she gives you stuff. Do not do it until she appears though, because otherwise it's littering. Her pond is the one she stands next to.
- Do the farming tips ASAP. They unlock a bunch of good stuff.
- For at least the earlier Town Link rank unlocks, it says you have to ship X things harvested from your fields/animals. You can just buy that shit from a store and shove it in the bin and the game doesn't care.
- To quickly up Westown's town link, if you're on Seedling, once you've upgraded your house, buy as much milk as you can afford and turn it into hot milk and sell it. Soon enough it'll stop being a slight loss and start being a slight profit, AND you're buying a shitton of stuff from Westown. Try doing the same for the other towns once you get recipes you can make easily enough.
- You want to make sure you plant sweet potatoes, adzuki beans, and chili peppers as soon as you can, and save a lot of all of them (though there's a good chance you'll know EXACTLY why before you can even get the first or the last)

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A fashion show calculator has been provided at the following Drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6GhHQ-wwA-veFNfSFVxQjI5QnM/view

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Do
- Grow the shit mentioned in the "Raw Materials" section of this Pastebin as soon as possible.
- Get animals ASAP, they're ridiculously lucrative in this game, give them Chewy Treats until they give you 20 products a day
- Upgrade your tools as soon as possible, which is to say shortly after mid-Spring.

Don't
- Choose Fisherman as your personality unless you want a shit bonus.
- Bring animals to "S" Product level (above A) until you no longer need their basic product for anything
- Sell gems when possible, they're extremely profitable and can be a good income source early on but you need a shitload for upgrades
- Marry Inari unless you understand the shortcomings of marrying a deity
- Do NOT wait on upgrading your home.

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Link Ranks are the connection you have to each village, and the people within. You start out at rank E for every town, and gradually work your way up by completing jobs, interacting with villagers, or competing in events. At the end of each rank, you get a lock on your Link Rank, that will not allow you to progress until you complete set tasks. Any task you get will not count until you receive that lock as well, so any crops or chores you complete prior to it will not count.

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Rank E → Rank D
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- Grow and ship 10 crops to Westown
- Complete 3 part-time jobs for Westown

Rank D → Rank C
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- Grow and ship 30 crops to Westown
- Complete 5 part-time jobs for Westown
- Bring Megan 10 Small Lumber, 10 Lumber

Rank C → Rank B
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- Ship 50 Fish to Westown
	- Note: This can be done with fish purchased from Lulukoko
- Earn 100,000 G from shipping to Westown
	- Note: Completing this prior to receiving it marks the task as complete
- Bring Megan 30 Lumber, 3 Gold Ore)
   - Note: Gold Ore requires a level 3 or higher hammer
- Bring Brad 20 Flour, 20 Sweet Potatoes for a new menu item
   - Note: Sweet Potatoes are a Fall seasonal crop

Rank B → Rank A
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- Ship 500 animal products to Westown (Note: This is 500 total, not each)
- Ship 100 processed goods via the Winery or Dairy Factory
	- Note: Dairy Factory requires 30 Iron, 20 Stone, 20,000 G
	- Note: Winery requires 20,000 G, 30 Lumber, 15 Coconut, 15 Vanilla, 15 Rosemary, 3 Platinum
		-Subnote: Coconut tree seedlings do not unlock until Rank B with Lulukoko, or after shipping 200 tree fruit to Lulukoko
			-Subsubnote (I fucking know, this one sucks trust me): Wine takes 48 hours to process. Put fruit in one-at-a-time instead of stacks.
- Bring Megan 70,000 G to fix the town symbol
- Bring Lisette 20 Hibiscus, 20 Sunflower, 20 Pink Carnation.
	- Note: Sunflower and Hibiscus are Summer seasonal flowers. Pink Carnation is Fall seasonal.

Rank A → Rank S
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- Have 40,000 Friendship Points (4 hearts) with each villager in Westown
	- Note: This one auto-completes if you finish before receiving the lock
- Earn 1,000,000 G from shipping to Westown
- Bring Megan 30 Stone, 10 Black Stone, 10 Pearl
	- Note: Pearls cannot be found, they must be grown via Pearl Oysters in the Fish Hatchery. They take 7 days to produce.
		- Subnote: The pearls must be white. White Pearls can randomly be produced, but you can force them by placing an Ice Light Farm Circle next to your Fish Hatchery
			- Subsubnote: This is available at Ludus' shop if you are at Rank C or higher, and have harvested at least 50 Pearls.
				-Subsubsubnote (Last one I swear): He requires 10 Crystal, 10 Stone, 50 Ice, 5 Silver Linen, 1 Adamantite before he can provide an Ice Light.

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Rank E → Rank D
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- Produce and ship 10 bottles of Milk to Lulukoko
- Complete 3 part-time jobs for Lulukoko

Rank D → Rank C
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- Ship 30 gems or ore to Lulukoko
	- Note: You are not required to mine them yourself, and may purchase Scrap Ore for 200 G each from The Log House Market in Westown to complete this task
- Complete 5 part-time jobs for Lulukoko
- Bring Tototara 10 Lumber, 10 Small Stone

Rank C → Rank B
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- Ship 10 Processed Milk to Lulukoko
	- Note: Dairy Factory requires 30 Iron, 20 Stone, 20 Milk to build
- Earn 100,000 G from shipping to Lulukoko
	-Note: Completing this prior to receiving it marks the task as complete
- Bring Tototara 10 Lumber, 3 Ruby, 10 Glass Stone
- Bring Caolila 50 Chili Pepper
	- Note: Chili Pepper Seeds can be purchased from Ra Man in Tsuyukusa once Tsuyukusa is at Rank B, or you have shipped 50 Wasabi to Tsuyukusa
		- Subnote: Chili Peppers can be grown year-round, and take 10 days to mature

Rank B → Rank A
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- Harvest 50 Lulukoko flowers.
	- Note: Only Hibiscus and Pulmaria qualify for this. Pulmaria is a Spring flower, and Hibiscus is Summer-only. This task cannot be completed in Fall or Winter, as wild flowers do not count
- Harvest 50 tree fruit native to Lulukoko
	- Note: This includes Kiwi, Lemon, Lychee, Orange, Mango, Starfruit, Coconut, Banana, and Cacao
- Bring Tototara 30 Lumber, 10 Black Lumber, 10 Brick
	- Note: Black Lumber is gained from chopping Black Branches, or purchasing from The Log House Market in Westown at Rank B or higher, for 1,250 G
- Bring Mithra 30 Wool, 15 Alpaca Wool, 10 Rabbit Fur

Rank A → Rank S
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- Have 40,000 Friendship Points (4 hearts) with each villager in Lulukoko
	- Note: This one auto-completes if you finish before receiving the lock
- Earn 1,000,000 G from shipping to Westown
- Bring Tototara 70 Lumber, 20 Black Lumber
- Bring Iluka 50 Rice Flour, 50 Turnips, 50 Daikon
	- Note: Rice Flour can be made via a Grain Mill, however it is cheaper and easier to purchase it for 200 G at Ittetsu's shop in Tsuyukusa Town
	- Note: Turnips are Spring seasonal, and take 3 to 5 days to grow
	- Note: Daikon is Winter Seasonal, and take 3 to 5 days to grow

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Rank E → Rank D
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- Produce and ship 10 Eggs to Tsuyukusa
- Complete 3 part-time jobs for Tsuyukusa

Rank D → Rank C
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- Produce and ship 30 bottles of Milk to Tsuyukusa
- Complete 5 part-time jobs for Tsuyukusa
- Bring Ginjiro 10 Small Lumber, 5 Lumber

Rank C → Rank B
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- Ship 20 Tree Fruit
- Earn 100,000 G from shipping to Tsuyukusa
	-Note: Completing this prior to receiving it marks the task as complete
- Bring Ginjiro 75,000 G
- Bring Komari 20 Flour, 20 Adzuki Beans, 20 Honey
	- Note: Wheat can be produced with a Grinder, however it is easier to buy from Bon Marche in Westown for 130 G each
	- Note: Adzuki Beans can grow in any season, but take up to 37 days to fully grow
	- Note: Honey can be produced from a Bee Hut, which can be constructed starting Spring Year 2, and requires 10 Small Lumber, 3 Lavender, 3 Chamomile. Place a flower in the box to attract bees, which produce honey every four sunny days, aside from Winter. If you have upgraded your house at least once and have Westown at Rank C or higher, you can purchase it from Bon Marche.

Rank B → Rank A
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- Harvest 50 Tsuyukusa vegetables.
	- Note: These include Turnip, Shiso, Spinach, Burdock Root, Eggplant, Daikon, and Nappa Cabbage
- Harvest 50 flowers native to Tsuyukusa
	- Note: These include Lily, Sunflower, Pink Carnation, Chrysanthemum, and Gentian
- Bring Ginjiro 15 Lumber, 30 Red Cotton
	 - Note: Red Cotton must be produced from Cotton grown on your farm run through a Sewing Studio
- Bring Yuzuki 20 Hilton Daisy, 20 Gentian, 20 Bellflower
	- Note: Hilton Daisy is a Fall flower, Gentian Winter, and Bellflower a Spring flower. Lisette will also sell these once Westown reaches Rank C or higher, aside from Gentian which also requires you ship 30 or more Gentians to Westown.

Rank A → Rank S
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- Have 40,000 Friendship Points (4 hearts) with each villager in Tsuyukusa
	- Note: This one auto-completes if you finish before receiving the lock
- Earn 1,000,000 G from shipping to Tsuyukusa
- Bring Ginjiro 80 Stone, 5 Jade, 100,000 G
- Bring Kasumi 30 Grape Wine, 50 Cacao, 50 Shiso
	- Note: Cacao is a Summer seasonal tree fruit. You can purchase the seeds from Lulukoko once you hit Rank C
	- Note: Shiso is a Summer seasonal Tsuyukusa crop. The seeds can be purchased once you hit Rance D, and take 4 to 9 days to produce.
	- Note: Regarding Grape Wine, I'm not typing this shit out, so I'm gonna copy and paste what Fogu says.

"You will need to grow Grape Trees to collect the fruit needed to make wine. Grape Tree Seedlings are sold at the Gulliver's in Westown once you reach Rank D with Westown. The tree will produce Grape during Fall season. In order to flat-out buy Grapes you'll need to reach Rank C with Lulukoko, Rank D with Westown, and ship at lest 30 Grape to any of the towns. The fruit will then be for sale at the Santo de Mango fruit stall in South Lulukoko for 620 G each during Fall.

The Winery Farm Circle is at Ludus' shop for 20,000 G and 30 Lumber, 15 Coconut, 15 Vanilla, 15 Rosemary, and 3 Platinum. Lumber you can collect on your own, but Coconut is a little trickier.

You can't buy the Coconut fruit from any shop, and the tree seedling doesn't unlock until you have reached Rank B with Lulukoko or you have shipped at least 200 tree fruit to Lulukoko. Another way to unlock the seedling is to participate in the Lulukoko Fruit Fiesta on Fall 26, where giving fruit to the villagers will result in you receiving fruit in return. If you happen to receive a Coconut from someone, place it in the Seed Maker Farm Circle to produce a seedling to plant on your farm. Coconut Trees produce fruit during Summer.

Vanilla is a wild-grown item you can find in Lulukoko. Look for the two small trees just south of Ludus' stall. You can pick wild Vanilla pods every five days during Spring, Summer, and Fall.

Rosemary is a wild-grown item found on the ground in South Lulukoko or North Lulukoko in any season.

Platinum can be found while mining at the mining point next to the Postio in Westown.

After you place the Farm Circle on your farm, you can produce Grape Wine by placing a Grape into the machine. Wine take 48 hours to process. You will want to place each Grape into the Winery one at a time instead of a stack, as the Winery takes less time to process each one rather than as a mass group."

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This game is different from most Harvest Moon games in that animal husbandry is actually VERY profitable. The amount and quality of materials directly scales for every half heart of friendship you have with an animal, and as a result, you can earn thousands of G per day by a single animal, if cared for properly.

Remember to purchase animal treats ASAP, and feed them daily to your animals. It greatly raises affection for very little G, and pays for itself in no time.

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Every animal produces more product over a set amount of time.

Cows - Daily
	- Note: Failing to milk a cow will waste the milk
Chickens - Daily
	- Note: Chicken eggs do not need to be collected daily. The eggs will pile up.
Sheep and Suffolk Sheep - Every 3 days
Angora Rabbit and Grey Angora Rabbit - Every 4 days
Alpaca and Brown Alpaca - Every 5 days
Llama - Every 6 days

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Personality of animal effects what it can produce.

- Timid
	- Affection: Harder to gain
	- Byproduct Amount: Easier to gain
- Active
	- Stress: Easier to gain
	- Byproduct Level: Easier to gain
- Gentle
	- No Negatives
	- Coat: Easier to gain
- Cheerful
	- No Negatives
	- Affection: Easier to gain
- Calm
	- No Negatives
	- Stress: Harder to gain
	- Size: Easier to gain

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You can unlock animals through alternative routes than simply raising Town Links.

- Buffalo
	- Ship 100 Milk and 100 Jersey Milk to any town
- Suffolk Sheep
	- Ship 70 Wool to any town
- Brown Alpaca
	- Ship 70 Alpaca Wool to any town
- Llama
	- Ship 70 Brown Alpaca Wool to any town
- Grey Angora Rabbit
	- Ship 70 Angora Rabbit Wool to any town

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Gestation lasts different amounts of time for each animal. In most situations, it is most likely best to simply buy another, instead of breeding. Babies will have the same personalities of the mothers, and be born with half its affection.

Livestock animals or rabbits - 21 days
Birds - 7 days
	- Note: For some reason, you don't put the eggs into the incubator, but the bird itself. Nobody fucking knows why.

After that, the baby will not product goods until maturing into an adult. This takes a VERY long time, and generally contributes to why it would be easier to buy more animals.

Note: Failing to feed a baby animal will cause it to skip one day in maturing. IE: If I failed to feed a calf four days during maturation, it would take 44 days instead of the usual 40.

Livestock animals - At least 40 days
Birds and rabbits - At least 32 days

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