HM:StH Any% Cake Contest Notes (Stolen Milker+Forage/Chicken/Mineral Route)

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland
Any% Cake Contest Notes (Stolen Milker+Forage/Chicken Route, w/ mineral YOLO)
[Updated 25 Jan 2026]

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FULL FORAGE (SPRING)
- Carpenter's: 5VB, 5MD = 100G
- Lake: 5BB, 5MD = 200G
- Goddess: 5VB, 5MD = 100G
- Villa: 5VB, 5MD = 100G
- Total: 500G

FULL FORAGE (SUMMER)
- Carpenter's: 5VB, 5MD = 100G
- Lake: 5BB, 5MD, 5PC = 300G
- Goddess: 5VB, 5MD, 5CB = 200G
- Villa: 5VB, 5MD, 5CB = 200G
- Total: 800G

CARPENTER MINERALS
- Blue Rock: 90G
- Rare Metal: 180G
- Copper Ore: 40G
- Iron Ore: 60G
- Limestone: 40G

LOUIS MINERALS
- Moonlight Stone: 100G
- Rare Metal: 180G
- Iron Ore: 60G
- Copper Ore: 40G
- Pontata Root: 80G
- Medicinal Herb: 30G

MONEY BREAKDOWN
- "Standard" pre-mining funds: 2090G (1 Katie gift, 1 Golden Egg, no early MHs, no Ronald "flex" berries), thus 410G short
- Additional Golden Eggs: -50G each
- Summer 2/3 "bonus" eggs: +50G each (up to +100G)
- Early Herbs: +10 each
- Early MHs: +30G each
- Ronald "flex": +150G (foraging VB+CB from Goddess pond after the evening cafe CS, costs only two loading zones and a relatively quick extra shop before buying the cow)
- There are certain minerals that Woody won't buy, but Louis will; unfortunately, because Summer 29 lands on a Wednesday, you can only sell to Woody, so at least on this current route, Moonlight Stone and Pontata Root are useless

EARLY MINING STRAT
- As an alternative to a full forage on Spring 23, you could start the morning off mining, then forage only 5VB+5BB. This loses 200G, but as long as you dug up at least that much in minerals, you break even, with the potential to make even more with better luck.
- With early mining, you are also able to sell Louis-only minerals (Moonlight Stone, Pontata Root) that would otherwise be wasted if you dug them up on the night of Summer 28.
- You would still mine on Summer 28, but this is just an alternative early-game strat, and gives you more opportunity to potentially skip bonus eggs if you got good luck.
- This also saves a little extra time because, with a full forage, you actually reach the cafe at like 12:30-1:00pm (~12-25s lost). You also save two loads (entering/exiting Goddess pond).
- With early mining, you do have to intro+gift Katie inside the cafe though, which is a small loss. You also give up three MH checks (in Goddess pond).
- With early mining and the lighter forage, you're short 610G for the cow, to be made up between minerals, Herbs/MHs, flex berries (+150G), and bonus eggs (+50-100G)

MH:
GH:
BE:

Woody/Louis
RM(180):
IO (60):
CO (40):

Louis only
MS(100):
PR (80):

Woody only
BR (90):

Woody/Lyla
Limestone (40):


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- Goddess Questions: NEGATIVE
- Spring 2: Sleep until Spring 23
- Spring 23:
	> While foraging, grab Herbs/MHs if they are directly on your path, but don't go out of the way for them
	> Forage order: carpenter's (VB+MD, reset for weed), weed intro+gift Katie, lake (BB+MD), Goddess (VB+MD) = 400G
	> Enter the cafe to trigger CS1 (it's likely just past noon after forage)
	> Re-enter the cafe after the CS and show Katie the weed 7 times before leaving (toss the weed)
	> Ronald's: Sell all VB, buy 3 eggs (-50G=350G)
	> Incubate an egg and sleep until Spring 26
	> GET THE RECIPE!!!
- Spring 26:
	> Hatch egg, incubate another, and put the chick outside
	> Sleep until Spring 29
- Spring 29:
	> Hatch egg, incubate another, and put the chick outside
	> Sleep until Summer 4
	> Summer 2/3 can be used to get 1 egg each; you can choose to grab them or skip them depending on MH luck and your desired level of YOLO
	> Probably grab 2 if you get 0 MH, 1 if 1-2 MH, and 0 if 3+ MH
- Summer 4:
	> Grab 1 egg (+50G=400G)
	> Hatch egg and bring chick outside
	> Do chicken escape and spam Gina 49 times
	> Put the chick back on the farm
	> Sleep until Summer 26
- Summer 26: Grab eggs
- Summer 27: Grab eggs
- Summer 28 (part 1):
	> Grab eggs; if you didn't get a Golden Egg over the last three days, reset
	> While foraging, grab Herbs/MHs if they are directly on your path, but don't go out of the way for them
	> Villa: Forage CB, sell eggs to Martha (+500G=900G; -50G for every extra Golden Egg)
	> Forest: Forage at carpenter's (VB) and lake (PC, BB) (+300G=1200G; -50G for every extra Golden Egg)
	> Enter the cafe at NOON SHARP for CS2, then head to the Villa
	> Enter Villa to trigger CS4
	> Sell at Flower Shop (MD, PC)
	> Sell at Tool Shop if you have any MH
	> Sell at Ronald's if no flex (VB, CB, BB); otherwise, just sell all on Summer 29 when you would sell flex berries
	> Enter cafe by 5pm for cutscene
- Summer 28 (part 2):
	> Consider foraging at the Goddess pond now (VB+CB=150G), especially if you got particularly many Golden Eggs
	> Grab regular Herbs if you see them, but these are just a backup in case you barely miss the required money
	> Head back to the farm to start mining (need +410G under "standard" conditions, i.e., 1 Golden Egg, no early MHs, no Ronald flex)
	> You can't mine until you collapse or else you will catch a cold; swing NO MORE than 34 times after sundown!!! (must have <70 fatigue)
	> Once you're done mining, if you've met the money reqs, pause once to make note of the time
	> Get into position to store the town load and pull out an item, then use your timer to get close to ~4:45am (25s per in-game hour)
	> Assuming you leave the cafe at ~4:30pm, you'll arrive on the farm at ~5:30pm
	> Pause "buffer" as necessary and pocket the item at ~4:57am to store the load
- Summer 29:
	> Make note of the weather--sunny or cloudy?
	> Sell minerals to Woody
	> Talk Katie at the lake
	> Sell late Herbs to Lyla if necessary (~15s after the door closes behind her)
	> Head to Brownie Farm, sell 3 chickens, and buy a cow
	> Start PTW, then do PTW escape (whistle)
	> Back on the farm, put the cow out to pasture
	> If the current weather is sunny, sleep until Winter 6; if cloudy, sleep until Winter 7
	> On the last sleep, save, quit, and reload (this is necessary to reset the PTW flag; otherwise your cow will only produce Milk S)
- Winter:
	> Dry season ends on Winter 7, so YOLO!!!
- Once you have Golden Milk:
	> Give Golden Egg and Golden Milk to Katie outside the cafe on a non-rainy non-Monday
	> Enter/exit/re-enter the cafe at noon (~45s after the door closes behind her) until the successful cake cutscene
	> Head home, sleep a week, and exit the house to finish the ending
	> Mondays are Winter 9/16