HM:StH Advanced Cutscene Guide

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland
Advanced Cutscene Guide
[Updated 9 May 2020]

This guide is intended as a comprehensive follow-up to my original paste on the subject, found here: https://pastebin.com/zEXhvHfH

That original paste was an attempt to be as general as possible in detailing the prerequisites and results of each cutscene in the game which was required to complete any of the nine alternate endings. This was for the purpose of getting started routing and running as quickly as possible. However, as StH speedrunning has developed, various discrepancies in both cutscene triggers and the affection system (as well as their mutual interactions) have made it clear that more exhaustive documentation is needed.

This paste aims to improve on the original in a few ways. First, by being much more specific regarding the triggers for each cutscene, e.g. affection, location, time of day or day of the week, prerequisite prior cutscenes, etc. Second, by providing a brief description of that cutscene, so it can be identified by more than just number. Third, by including certain optional cutscenes which, though associated to a certain ending, are not required to reach that ending's final cutscene. Finally, by identifying the apparent "order of priority" by which the game decides which cutscene to play when the conditions are satisfied simultaneously for more than one cutscene.

Although I assign a number to each cutscene classified under a given ending, this ordering is in some sense arbitrary, since a casual playthrough may inadvertently trigger some of them in an order different to a speedrun. The ordering does, however, tend to reflect the order in which a speedrun would likely trigger them. Where one cutscene requires another cutscene to have been triggered first, naturally it follows its antecedent in the ordering. Cutscene numbers are given as a combination of an abbreviation for the associated ending, and the cutscene's ordinal number, e.g. "AS3" means "Azure Swallowtail cutscene 3".

AZURE SWALLOWTAIL

BLUEBIRD

CAKE CONTEST

1. Katie tells Jack she wants to revive his grandmother's delicious cake recipe, and asks him to look for it. He then exits the cafe and sees Gwen, who tells him Katie wants to use the recipe to win a cake contest so she can escape Sugar Village with the prize money.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- Katie: 30
	- Gina: 10
	- Enter the Sunny Garden Cafe between 12-5pm

	RESULTS
	- Katie gets +2
	- 10 min pass after Katie's dialogue
	- 10 min pass after Gwen's dialogue
	- Jack loads outside the cafe

2. Jack delivers the recipe to Katie. He asks about the contest, and she explains she thinks it could make the village famous, thus saving it. They review the recipe, which calls for a Golden Egg, Golden Milk, and the Moondrop Dew.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- CC1 triggered
	- Enter the Sunny Garden Cafe between 12-5pm
	- Have the recipe in your key items

	RESULTS
	- Katie gets +3
	- 10 min pass

3. Katie asks Jack to taste-test a cake she baked using ordinary ingredients.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- CC2 triggered
	- 1 day passed since CC2
	- Enter the Sunny Garden Cafe between 12-5pm

	RESULTS
	- Katie gets +2
	- 10 min pass

4. Katie asks Jack to wait a moment for her next cake to finish baking so he can taste-test for her again.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- CC3 triggered
	- 1 day passed since CC3
	- Enter the Sunny Garden Cafe between 12-5pm

	RESULTS
	- If the player answers "yes", Katie gets +5
	- If the player answers "no", Katie gets -3
	- 10 min pass

5. Jack meets Dia inside the Villa and asks about the Moondrop Dew. Either she or Gina gives him an old book that describes how to obtain it.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- CC2 triggered
	- Enter the Villa before 10pm
	- Dia OR Gina OR Gwen OR Katie OR Lyla: 120

	RESULTS
	- Obtain the old book
	- If Dia > 50, Dia gets +5 and 10 min pass
	- If Dia < 50, Gina gets +5 and 20 min pass

6. Jack gives the old book to Katie. They read it and discover the secret of the Moondrop Dew. She either asks Jack to meet her on the next full moon, or tells him to meet another girl.
	REQUIREMENTS
	- Enter the Sunny Garden Cafe between 12-5pm
	- Have the old book in your key items

	RESULTS
	- Katie gets +3
	- 10 min pass
	- If Katie > 49 and > Dia, Gina, Gwen, and Lyla, she will ask you to meet her
	- If Dia OR Gina OR Gwen OR Katie OR Lyla > 49 and Katie </= the other highest girl, Katie will ask you to meet someone else
	- If Dia < 50 AND Gina < 50 AND Gwen < 50 AND Katie < 50 AND Lyla < 50, Katie will tell you to make better friends with a girl

	NOTES
	- Overridden by either CC3 or CC4

7. Jack meets a girl at the Goddess Pond to make the Moondrop Dew.
	REQUIREMENTS
	-

- clock ends at 5411 (9:35?)

ENDANGERED WEASEL

FISHY STORY

GODDESS DRESS

HORSE RACE

TREASURE HUNT I

Sacred Land CS:
   - Cutscene 1+2
    - Dog at 100
    - Tim: 140
    - Bob: 50
    - Lyla: 50
    - Gwen: 50
    - Gina: 50
    - Woody: 50
    - Parsley: 50
    - Louis: 40
    - Martha: 40

TREASURE HUNT II