22 Spring: As I have not received the Switch game yet, I am continuing in a desultory fashion with the 3DS version.
I once was an obsessive player who had to win ALL the festivals in the first year, but now I wonder if it really matters. I reloaded a number of times for the Wooly Defluffing Festival. When I won, I got more items, but when I took the time to collect the items dropped by the Wooly, I did better in terms of monetary and other value. So ultimately I saved the best result, where I came in second, instead of first, but got a backpack filled with all three sizes of Fur and the Wooly Furballs. They are quite valuable.
Barrel of Fun Event initiated by speaking to Porcoline outside the Crop Shop.
Participants: Porcoline, Margaret, Vishnal, Kiel, Arthur, Forte, Xiao Pai
Was told today that tomorrow is Illuminata's birthday. I recall she likes flowers and sweets. Will try to give her a Toy Herb.
Porcoline told me to deliver a message to Vishnal passionately that he had a bucket for him.
Meanwhile, I have all the Cooking Tools, apart from the Oven. I have a Forge, Crafting Station, Chemistry Set... all I lack is the Oven. My room is very cramped. now. You could not swing the proverbial cat here.
Polished off the Water Ruins a couple of days ago. The problem is that I do not know how I lost a day... possibly fell asleep in reality while the game went on, and saved without realising it. So I lost a day and went out to find everything slightly different from what I had seen the last time I went to my field. It does not really signify I suppose. This is the old game, still waiting for the Switch version.
I keep forgetting that time passes even in your room... very vexing.
Had to go to the Clinic to be told by Nancy that my 'monster man' woke up. He is quite rude. I love his hair, but never liked his eyebrows. Now he simply walked out, leaving us bemused and hurt.
Porcoline then showed up and Dylas was back for a dialogue with him to offer a room at his palace. Despite his hauteur, he will be a lowly waiter.
Midsummer: Not a festival. The closest I suppose is the Firefly Festival. You have to be dating a bachelor or eligible girl, having at least 7 hearts, to even get the option. I was at six. One of the nicer changes was that I knew I could keep Doug in the village if I raised his heart level before the conflict in Yokmir Forest... So I held back until I had him at four or five before I 'found' the Chipsqueek in its final location in the clearing. He never left, and I was able to place the Rune Stone at Obsidian Mansion without losing him. He told me he was muddled but would trust me. Now every one is off to find out how to get past the giant Gate so I can rescue Leon.
Metals really are the key to better tools, weapons and equipment.
With the Lava, you get access to Silver. If you have the gem merchant, you can buy as much as you wish after shipping one.
Among others:
Chaos Shield:
Lv. 25
Ingredients: Silver, Pretty Carapace
DEF +40, M. DEF. +38
Psn Res 80%, Seal Res 80%, Par Res 80%
This is a very useful piece of equipment, especially when you fight the Rafflesia who can load you down with status ailments, even when you are ultimately victorious!
You can run to the Clinic to be cured of all of them. Having a bath will not do the trick.
Bring your Psn Res to 95% with a simple Insect Carapace, and bring Seal Res to 100% with a Ghost Hood.
With Silver, you can improve all of your Farm Tools, going to the next level. I still love the Invisiblade from almost the very start of your forging ability, but you will have other options as well with Silver.
Silver Hammer:
Ingredients: Silver, Wood
Lion Waterpot:
Ingredients: Silver, Cloths and Skins
I am afraid I do not much like weapons apart from the Shortsword. I like having a shield, and it really makes matters so much easier throughout the game, especially when you are able to forge a Chaos Shield.
Saturday 7 March 2020
Saturday 29 February 2020
Rune Factory 4 Switch Guide
(Screenshot from a search... it does look like it may be the Switch though)
Saturday, 29 February: Welcome to my new Rune Factory 4 Journal and Guide. It happens to be a leap year, so I have a little question for Seaside players... what if you start a new farm today? Will you only have a 'Farm Birthday' every four years? This is not a Family Farm Seaside Guide. however. You can find THAT on my Family Farm Seaside site.
All that having been said, it is a little frustrating not to have the actual Switch version of RF4 yet, but I am trying to give tips based on the old game.
First of all, do not buy the Magnifying Glass or the Clippers. Clippers are a Trophy from Woolies, and can be shipped for a fair amount as well as keeping one for the future. Likewise, you can equip yourself from Chests in terms of Small Shield, Boots and even a Cheap Bracelet from Chests found in the Forest. So do not buy any of this stuff.
On the first day, you will not be allowed to go anywhere. I do not know why both Harvest Moon and Rune Factory do this, but it is an old tradition. You will be forced onto your field, and given only a Hoe and Watering Can. Nevertheless, clear the entire field of branches, stones and weeds, and do not ship more than one of any of these. Stash them for the future. Then use your Hoe to till every square of unoccupied soil. This will prove useful tomorrow. You will be given seeds. Sow them and water them, and then go inside.
You will be sent to bed...
Day 2: Now you can begin life in earnest. First, go throughout the village and explore every spot that has a lit indicator. You can find some valuable stuff. Ship it or store it. That's up to you. I can't recall, but I believe it includes Rice and Chocolate. If you find any Bamboo Shoots on your field, cut them with your sword and stash at least one for the Cooking Contest on the 6th. One of your first acts as Prince or Princess should be to order that Contest.
Okay, I now actually have the Switch version of the game. I found a Small Shield in the Forest, and some Leather Boots. Thus equipped, and with Forte, who was rather useless here, I fought Ambrosia and defeated her. No trophy the first time, but I was able then to go back on the 3rd to fight her again and obtain Ambrosia's Thorns for shipping.
You HAVE Escape but you must equip it or it will stay uselessly in the menu. I was a little bemused about that on the second day when I was able to move about.
Go to the Inn and get the Simple Cooking furniture and take it home with you. There are a few dishes you can make for the Cooking Contest I believe, unless the new version is vastly different. For a start, you will have Turnips and can make Pickles. You do not need Recipe Bread theoretically, just the Recipes, although it will take a lot of your energy that way. I believe my old guide does give the Recipes. If not, I will find in my files and copy here.
Pickled Turnips are simply Turnips. You should be able to combine Rice with a Bamboo Shoot for Bamboo Rice and if you use Rice, you can make Onigiri. I do not know if the new version features Simple Dishes the first year or not.
I personally like to grow a dozen Turnips, but then turn my gaze towards the forest, and go from screen to screen to gather trophies and open chests. Go back and forth from one screen to another and you often will find a chest. I do not know if this is true in the new version, but you will destroy a Chest and its contents if you slash at it with a weapon. Just use the A button to open it. I have destroyed many a chest accidentally by using B.
Tools and Crafting Stations: You will receive most of the tools free if you wait and simply complete requests, but I am impatient always and buy the Fishing Rod and the Hammer. The axe given in the first couple of days so wait for that, but the other two take longer to receive, and if you have them, you can begin fishing, collecting Material Stone and Ores like Iron, Scrap, Amethyst, and the rare Invisible Stone. The first Invisible Stone I got I threw at Forte by mistake and she did not even appreciate it. I find it most often in the chamber with the Save point before you fight the Butterfly Amber. The Round Stone can be caught when fishing if you stand on the bridge and fish straight down.
The Refrigerator showed up at the Inn on Day 5, so I bought that, after making certain I had 30 Lumber. Very useful, as it freed my backpack a little.
Day 6, Cooking Contest. I was able to win it with a Bamboo Rice to which I added Green Grass, Purple Grass and the Medicinal Herb, giving it 175 points I believe. Cost in RP a lot higher than a plain Bamboo Rice. Had to reload a few times to win 1st Place. In other instances, won 3rd place more often, but nothing at all once. So it is up to you, but it can be done! Now certain if it is the same for the Switch version, however.
Had a terrible time collecting enough Lumber for ANYTHING, to be honest. It is random though, whatever lands on your farm, so if you are willing to reload again and again, you probably could obtain enough Lumber for the initial items and Requests. I anticipated the Fishing Rod and Hammer by two days by simply buying them before the Requests were made, as I wanted to begin collecting Material Stone and fish and always need money. I am not certain what triggers the option to purchase a Forge, but I got it earlier than I ever had before.
You have to make an Order for the Cooking Contest and one for the Bean Throwing Contest as well or they will not occur. I personally hate the bean throwing but all of these are important.
When you are awakened in the night by Venti's moaning, go see her in the morning to unlock the Water Ruins. Volkanon will break the barrier, so you can take the path. You will find new Monsters now that will make it worth your while to build a Monster Barn and possibly buy the Brush. These are the Monsters that give Milk and Eggs respectively. You need to actually enter the Water Ruins to obtain a Fireball from Doug. Veni gives you her feather charm when she tells you about the Water Ruins. You can find a Shirt in the Hut, by the way, and a Spear in a Chest with another item I cannot recall... possibly the better Shield.
I foolishly acquired the Licence for the Forge and bought it because I wanted to forge better tools. You can certainly gain experience and raise your levels as early as the second Week of Spring. Making Broadswords with a single piece of Iron is useful, as it only uses 10 RP. Remember that the Recipes often will show more than one material. You can choose between them. For example, for the Broadsword, it is Iron/Bronze, so use Iron, as you will be fortunate if you have a single Bronze at this stage.
So to start:
I bought the Cooking Tool from Porcoline to make Simple Dishes, and made a Bamboo Rice using Rice I found and a Bamboo Shoot from my field, adding three different grasses to raise its value points, and I was able to win the Cooking Festival. I make most of my Turnips into Pickled Turnips and sell them or use them to replenish my HP and RP.
I focused on the Forge next to be able to make better Weapons and Tools as quickly as possible. Start by making Broadswords again and again.
Forging Tip:
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Remember you can ADD any materials to the basic 'recipe' to improve the quality and attributes. You need to watch the effect on the amount of RP that will be required when an extra material is added, however. For example, make a Broadsword with one Iron. ATK +5 DIZ +6
Add more ingredients and you can get, even at the start of the game: ATK +8, DEF +1, M DEF +1, DIZ +6, as an example, just by using materials like Amethyst, Cheap Cloth, Stick and so on. Look at the attributes of the items you collect. You will not be able to use a really great item like Ambrosia's Thorns because the Difficulty Level is 30. You basically can use, I seem to remember items that are up to 10 ABOVE your Level in any situation. In other words, to use Ambrosia's Thorns as am additional material, your level at the Forge or Craft Station would have to be 20 at least.
12 Spring:
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Clorica's Birthday. If you do not have the Mixer, give her an Apple. You should have plenty of those from trophies from the Pomme Pomme Monsters.
Take the Request to build a Monster Barn. When you accept the Request, you will be given 100 Lumber and 80 Material Stone, so you need not even collect the Materials. When you make the Order, and speak to Eliza again, you will receive a Brush.
Second Field
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I basically have avoided the Boss Fight in Water Ruins so far. I did pull the switch that allowed access through the first red pillar, and I fought the four Minotaurs, but that is as far as I went to date. I was unable to access the Summer Field because there was a boulder in the path. Now I have access. I believe the access is linked to the switch in the Water Ruins or to something I did there. Would like confirmation, however.
13 Spring:
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It was only after I completed the requests for the Fertiliser Bin and the one to Mine Ore that Eliza told me that I would be able to complete 3 instead of 2 the next day and the two requests for Princess Point rewards (shipping Turnips, shipping Fish, defeating X number of Monsters, making a Delivery and so on) appeared on the Board, but it would have to wait until tomorrow. Also a Request to raise all Friendship Levels to 1, and a little chat with Eliza.
Barrett showed up today in Venti's chamber. I was reminded I could improve the levels of all of my gear and weapons. Need a Crafting Table for the Accessories, and I think I might use Lumber and Material Stone on more Cooking implements first. I have the Order for the Professional Cooking items now.
Wednesday 7 October 2015
Pajama Party Event
This is a 'Town Event' initiated randomly when you speak to Margaret. She will ask you to come to her house on the following evening for a Pajama Party. I mention this in a post primarily because it is one of the few events where, once you go to the Party, you will not be able to leave until 6.00 a.m. the next morning. It therefore became rather important to discover the times when you could go to the party and how late... If you go between 9.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m., it appears that you first need to speak to Margaret to choose the sort of music she will play. You then need to speak to her again to initiate the Pajama Party.
If you go between 11.00 and midnight, you will be able to enter her house but she will be asleep, giving you no opportunity to initiate the party event. If you go after midnight, her door will be locked.
I tried to sneak Leon into the house with me but not surprisingly, she told me to get rid of my companion and return later...
The dialogues of the party are not interesting in the least, all about weight loss and weight. The most interesting detail was the fact that you, Dolce and Pico were the last to fall asleep, but that is random as well as when I replayed the event, the last to sleep were Clorica (rather surprisingly), Margaret and I. Really the best part is seeing all the girls in their nighties, a pretty sight indeed.
I do believe this is an Event that can occur more than once, but will confirm that if it happens again.
Pico: Dolly, Next time, why don't you bring a silkier, more see-through pair of ... MPGH!
Dolce: Why would I wear something like that/
Actually, the dialogues, if you speak to different girls in the morning before they shoot out the door are fascinating.
In one, Clorica suggests telling scary stories, although it is the wrong time for that sort of thing. She says Volkanon told her a good one. The story is from the beginning of the original Rune Factory where a boy who has lost his memory appears, wants water and is given some by a girl with a watering can. Each time you replay the event, there will be a different result in terms of the group dialogues that can be experienced.
If you go between 11.00 and midnight, you will be able to enter her house but she will be asleep, giving you no opportunity to initiate the party event. If you go after midnight, her door will be locked.
I tried to sneak Leon into the house with me but not surprisingly, she told me to get rid of my companion and return later...
The dialogues of the party are not interesting in the least, all about weight loss and weight. The most interesting detail was the fact that you, Dolce and Pico were the last to fall asleep, but that is random as well as when I replayed the event, the last to sleep were Clorica (rather surprisingly), Margaret and I. Really the best part is seeing all the girls in their nighties, a pretty sight indeed.
I do believe this is an Event that can occur more than once, but will confirm that if it happens again.
Pico: Dolly, Next time, why don't you bring a silkier, more see-through pair of ... MPGH!
Dolce: Why would I wear something like that/
Actually, the dialogues, if you speak to different girls in the morning before they shoot out the door are fascinating.
In one, Clorica suggests telling scary stories, although it is the wrong time for that sort of thing. She says Volkanon told her a good one. The story is from the beginning of the original Rune Factory where a boy who has lost his memory appears, wants water and is given some by a girl with a watering can. Each time you replay the event, there will be a different result in terms of the group dialogues that can be experienced.
Monday 7 September 2015
Romantic Dates in Rune Factory 4
When you first become eligible to accept dates with bachelors, there are only a couple of options, and they are fairly standard, but later, you will have new options. One is a date at the Blacksmith.
Here things become far more entertaining. When you choose the Blacksmith, Bado has a diverse number of dialogues wherein he will address you both at the start of the Event.
Bado: Have fun love-birds. Oh yeah, and don't forget to equip whatever you make. Won't do you any good otherwise! Not that you'd pass up the chance to equip each other's precious craft works, of course!
Vishnal: Princess, let's do it!
Freya: Hope we can make it right.
Vishnal: Don't worry! I did some special training in the art of the forge!
Freya: Ooh, sounds grueling! (I like 'em well-trained...)
Vishnal: I didn't exactly... do any firled training. I practiced only in my mind. But I think that's enough! I feel confident that I can succeed in this endeavour, so please, discard your worries!
Screen darkens, then:
Created Silver Pendant!)
Vishnal: It's done!
Freya: Yaaay!
Vishnal: It's thanks to your assistance that it's turned out as well as it has. I would not have been able to accomplish this on my own. Love truly is almighty!
Now you have a chance as always during a date to make a move on the bachelor either by getting closer physically or holding hands, or 'pat on the head' or 'poke in the cheek'...
Hold hands
Vishnal: Ah!
Freya: You don't like it...?
Vishnal: N-no! No no no no no! I-I mean, that's not it! I do! I really do1 I've wanted to hold your hand this whole time and I was so focused on that... I-I'm so glad to be here with you like this...
(Displays big red heart)
Vishnal: Shall we go home? I'll walk you.
Now you can accept or say you wish to spend more time with him, in which case he will attach himself as your companion for 'an adventure' .
Note that the dialogue from Bado can occur with any bashelor but that the dialogue with the bachelor changes with the particular bachelor.
The actual accessory made is random and if you reload will be different.
Other Bado introductions to the event:
Bado: All right... everything's ready to go. Forge to your hearts' desires! And if the furnace isn't hot enough, you two can always use your fiery love as a bellows!
At first I thought that the type of accessory in terms of Level requirement would be based on the experience level or personality of your date, but that isn't the case. Kiel, one of the least experienced, created a 'Dolphin Brooch' and Vishnal at one point created a 'Platinum Bracelet', a fairly decent accessory.
This is one of the better Date prospects as you receive Accessories instead of a mere Flower or whatever... will go through the others again though to see if gifts improve now that Freya is high level LP with all the bachelors.
Baths
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Although this is not a Date situation, it is interesting. Whenever you have a companion with you, he/she will take a bath when you choose the same option and afterwards may give you a Gift.
Vishnal: Aah! There is nothing better than an Ice Cream after a nice, hot soak.
Note that you can have two companions, both of whom can be Characters or tame Monsters or one of each. When they are human, as previously stated, they will take baths when you do and all of their energy will be restored as well.
Date at your own Room
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As you continue to have dates with bachelors, the list of venues will expand to include, for example, the Blacksmith where you can craft a random Accessory that can be quite valuable. At some point, having had a few dates with Kiel, I asked for another and HE suggested my room. I met him in the Square and experienced the following:
Kiel: So this is your room, huh? It sure does have the feel of a girl's room!
Freya:: It does?
Kiel: So what do you usually do when you're at home?
My choices:
Housework
I mostly sleep
Chose Housework
Kiel: Oh, that makes sense! You're royalty, so I b3et you have a lot of paperwork and stuff to do here in the castle.
Freya: Erm, no, that's not what I meant...
Kiel: Huh? ... Oh, you mean... actual housework? Like, cleaning and stuff? That didn't even cross my mind. I just couldn't picture it!
Freya: Really? Why not?
Kiel: well, you're so cool and stuff, it just didn't seem very ... you
Freya; ..
Then the usual: Now's my chance...
We hold hands... then when I choose 'talk'
Kiel: I guess I should stop sptreading all these rumours.
Not certain how to end this, I craft an Engagement Ring and attempt to give it to him... He won't take it. I then try to give it to Volkanon who happens to have wandered into my room:
Volkanon: WHAT?! That will NEVER do! Miss Freya!! You ALREADY have... ... A very fitting! Appropriate! Loving! Partner! (Growling loudly now) To say you choose me on such a whim is utterly scandalous!!
Kiel: Ooh, I can have it? Thanks! Wait, this is a Wedding Ring. I really can't accept one of those.
Sorry.
Can't get rid of the bloody thing.
Mistress Turpin: After all, I may or maya not have some one waiting for me.
Clumsy Jimmy: i cant accept this. Besides, isn't this meant for some one else/
Doug: Hey, what do you think you're doing? This is the guy's job! But never ind that! This isn't the time for that stuff anyway!
Porco: OOOH@ Have your feelings finally come through? I... I... I'M SO HAPPY! ... by which I mean I'm sorry.
Freya: Wha...?
Dylas; What the hell is this? Come up with a better prank next time!
Ln Fa: Oh my! A wedding ring? Why thank you! It's lovely. Tee hee! I'm just kidding. I already have Papa, you see.
Margaret: Wha? Hey, What is this for? This isn't something you can just hand out to people, you know.
And even the love of my life, Leon: ... An Engagement Ring? I'll pretend I never saw this. It's not, after all, something I could accept right now.
Barrett: What the hell is this?
My choices: Marry me, Teacher.
Just kidding.
For the hell of it, Marry me, Teacher.
Barrett: You can't be serious!
My choices now:
Students deserve love.
Just kidding.
Students deserve love.
Barrett: Not like that, they don't. Sorry, but I can't do this. Especially if you're pretending to be a student.
My choices now:
Can I at least get a hug?
I was just kidding.
Can I at least get a hug?
Barrett: ?!.. Will that get you to give up?
Now, my choices:
I was just kidding.
It was just a joke.
I was just kidding.
Barrett: Hey!... Don't make fun of teachers, all right?
Here things become far more entertaining. When you choose the Blacksmith, Bado has a diverse number of dialogues wherein he will address you both at the start of the Event.
Bado: Have fun love-birds. Oh yeah, and don't forget to equip whatever you make. Won't do you any good otherwise! Not that you'd pass up the chance to equip each other's precious craft works, of course!
Vishnal: Princess, let's do it!
Freya: Hope we can make it right.
Vishnal: Don't worry! I did some special training in the art of the forge!
Freya: Ooh, sounds grueling! (I like 'em well-trained...)
Vishnal: I didn't exactly... do any firled training. I practiced only in my mind. But I think that's enough! I feel confident that I can succeed in this endeavour, so please, discard your worries!
Screen darkens, then:
Created Silver Pendant!)
Vishnal: It's done!
Freya: Yaaay!
Vishnal: It's thanks to your assistance that it's turned out as well as it has. I would not have been able to accomplish this on my own. Love truly is almighty!
Now you have a chance as always during a date to make a move on the bachelor either by getting closer physically or holding hands, or 'pat on the head' or 'poke in the cheek'...
Hold hands
Vishnal: Ah!
Freya: You don't like it...?
Vishnal: N-no! No no no no no! I-I mean, that's not it! I do! I really do1 I've wanted to hold your hand this whole time and I was so focused on that... I-I'm so glad to be here with you like this...
(Displays big red heart)
Vishnal: Shall we go home? I'll walk you.
Now you can accept or say you wish to spend more time with him, in which case he will attach himself as your companion for 'an adventure' .
Note that the dialogue from Bado can occur with any bashelor but that the dialogue with the bachelor changes with the particular bachelor.
The actual accessory made is random and if you reload will be different.
Other Bado introductions to the event:
Bado: All right... everything's ready to go. Forge to your hearts' desires! And if the furnace isn't hot enough, you two can always use your fiery love as a bellows!
At first I thought that the type of accessory in terms of Level requirement would be based on the experience level or personality of your date, but that isn't the case. Kiel, one of the least experienced, created a 'Dolphin Brooch' and Vishnal at one point created a 'Platinum Bracelet', a fairly decent accessory.
This is one of the better Date prospects as you receive Accessories instead of a mere Flower or whatever... will go through the others again though to see if gifts improve now that Freya is high level LP with all the bachelors.
Baths
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Although this is not a Date situation, it is interesting. Whenever you have a companion with you, he/she will take a bath when you choose the same option and afterwards may give you a Gift.
Vishnal: Aah! There is nothing better than an Ice Cream after a nice, hot soak.
Note that you can have two companions, both of whom can be Characters or tame Monsters or one of each. When they are human, as previously stated, they will take baths when you do and all of their energy will be restored as well.
Date at your own Room
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As you continue to have dates with bachelors, the list of venues will expand to include, for example, the Blacksmith where you can craft a random Accessory that can be quite valuable. At some point, having had a few dates with Kiel, I asked for another and HE suggested my room. I met him in the Square and experienced the following:
Kiel: So this is your room, huh? It sure does have the feel of a girl's room!
Freya:: It does?
Kiel: So what do you usually do when you're at home?
My choices:
Housework
I mostly sleep
Chose Housework
Kiel: Oh, that makes sense! You're royalty, so I b3et you have a lot of paperwork and stuff to do here in the castle.
Freya: Erm, no, that's not what I meant...
Kiel: Huh? ... Oh, you mean... actual housework? Like, cleaning and stuff? That didn't even cross my mind. I just couldn't picture it!
Freya: Really? Why not?
Kiel: well, you're so cool and stuff, it just didn't seem very ... you
Freya; ..
Then the usual: Now's my chance...
We hold hands... then when I choose 'talk'
Kiel: I guess I should stop sptreading all these rumours.
Not certain how to end this, I craft an Engagement Ring and attempt to give it to him... He won't take it. I then try to give it to Volkanon who happens to have wandered into my room:
Volkanon: WHAT?! That will NEVER do! Miss Freya!! You ALREADY have... ... A very fitting! Appropriate! Loving! Partner! (Growling loudly now) To say you choose me on such a whim is utterly scandalous!!
Kiel: Ooh, I can have it? Thanks! Wait, this is a Wedding Ring. I really can't accept one of those.
Sorry.
Can't get rid of the bloody thing.
Mistress Turpin: After all, I may or maya not have some one waiting for me.
Clumsy Jimmy: i cant accept this. Besides, isn't this meant for some one else/
Doug: Hey, what do you think you're doing? This is the guy's job! But never ind that! This isn't the time for that stuff anyway!
Porco: OOOH@ Have your feelings finally come through? I... I... I'M SO HAPPY! ... by which I mean I'm sorry.
Freya: Wha...?
Dylas; What the hell is this? Come up with a better prank next time!
Ln Fa: Oh my! A wedding ring? Why thank you! It's lovely. Tee hee! I'm just kidding. I already have Papa, you see.
Margaret: Wha? Hey, What is this for? This isn't something you can just hand out to people, you know.
And even the love of my life, Leon: ... An Engagement Ring? I'll pretend I never saw this. It's not, after all, something I could accept right now.
Barrett: What the hell is this?
My choices: Marry me, Teacher.
Just kidding.
For the hell of it, Marry me, Teacher.
Barrett: You can't be serious!
My choices now:
Students deserve love.
Just kidding.
Students deserve love.
Barrett: Not like that, they don't. Sorry, but I can't do this. Especially if you're pretending to be a student.
My choices now:
Can I at least get a hug?
I was just kidding.
Can I at least get a hug?
Barrett: ?!.. Will that get you to give up?
Now, my choices:
I was just kidding.
It was just a joke.
I was just kidding.
Barrett: Hey!... Don't make fun of teachers, all right?
Saturday 5 September 2015
White Day, Year 3
Years skip ahead when you 'beat' the game. Freya therefore remains unmarried, although all bachelors, including Doug (who went through a period when LP could not be raised) are at 10 or above.
I accepted Leon's invitation to a Date on one file where I have had three proper dates and hope to experience his proposal soon. He told me to meet him in Selphia Plaza at 18.00 hours and not to be late. Of course I was late because I had to finish Meg's music event at Obsidian Mansion in the morning and accept Cookies from all other males.
Leon: There you are.
My choices: So what's up?
Um, is this for...?
Um, is this for...?
Leon: Yes. Don't stare so much. It's disconcerting. I hope you like it.
Freya: A Cookie...?
Leon: Yes.
Freya: Thank you.:
Leon: You're welcome.
Freya: Hee hee....
Leon: ...
Freya: Darling?
Leon: Stop. Don't look at me with those puppy eyes.
Freya: You're bright red. You know that?
Leon: As are you.
Freya: hee hee hee.
Leon: You look ridiculously happy right now. ... Ah, well, I guess it isn't a bad thing to indulge every once in a while.
He then LEAVES!
I waited all day for THIS????
I chase him down.
Leon: How was today/ Did you have fun? So this event is held ever year then? ... I'll just worry about next year when next year arrives.
Freya: (...He's blushing.)
All Cookies given are plain and Level 1 even this year, even from Leon. No Choc. Cookies as in other games from higher level LP Bachelors.
I accepted Leon's invitation to a Date on one file where I have had three proper dates and hope to experience his proposal soon. He told me to meet him in Selphia Plaza at 18.00 hours and not to be late. Of course I was late because I had to finish Meg's music event at Obsidian Mansion in the morning and accept Cookies from all other males.
Leon: There you are.
My choices: So what's up?
Um, is this for...?
Um, is this for...?
Leon: Yes. Don't stare so much. It's disconcerting. I hope you like it.
Freya: A Cookie...?
Leon: Yes.
Freya: Thank you.:
Leon: You're welcome.
Freya: Hee hee....
Leon: ...
Freya: Darling?
Leon: Stop. Don't look at me with those puppy eyes.
Freya: You're bright red. You know that?
Leon: As are you.
Freya: hee hee hee.
Leon: You look ridiculously happy right now. ... Ah, well, I guess it isn't a bad thing to indulge every once in a while.
He then LEAVES!
I waited all day for THIS????
I chase him down.
Leon: How was today/ Did you have fun? So this event is held ever year then? ... I'll just worry about next year when next year arrives.
Freya: (...He's blushing.)
All Cookies given are plain and Level 1 even this year, even from Leon. No Choc. Cookies as in other games from higher level LP Bachelors.
Wednesday 2 September 2015
You Learn Something New Every Day or Tips from Minor Characters...
Before Rune Factory, Harvest Moon was my favourite series, but I have to admit that once Rune Factory appeared, it instantly assumed that status. I found the combination of Farming, Forging and Fighting irresistable. And still love the series.
If you do not like dialogue and random events, Rune Factory 4 is not for you but if you do, it is even more packed with special surprises than any previous game in the series.
Apart from the many little mini-dialogues and events that occur between characters randomly, there are new tips from minor characters that I discover even now:
Angry Ev: Rare Can looks like nothing but trash. But if you use it to strengthen a weapon, it'll make monsters drop rare items more often.
When I used the bath with Doug as companion, he was waiting in the foyer with Onigiri for me afterwards, complaining it took a long time!
Trader Scott: Do you know what happens when you raise healing spells like Medipoison to their maximum level? It heals various types of status ailments. Not just poison.
Smart Brit: When you get a high level seed, it's best to ship it first. Once it's shipped, the shop might get in seeds of that level, too.
If you do not like dialogue and random events, Rune Factory 4 is not for you but if you do, it is even more packed with special surprises than any previous game in the series.
Apart from the many little mini-dialogues and events that occur between characters randomly, there are new tips from minor characters that I discover even now:
Angry Ev: Rare Can looks like nothing but trash. But if you use it to strengthen a weapon, it'll make monsters drop rare items more often.
When I used the bath with Doug as companion, he was waiting in the foyer with Onigiri for me afterwards, complaining it took a long time!
Trader Scott: Do you know what happens when you raise healing spells like Medipoison to their maximum level? It heals various types of status ailments. Not just poison.
Smart Brit: When you get a high level seed, it's best to ship it first. Once it's shipped, the shop might get in seeds of that level, too.
Friday 24 July 2015
Early Forging and Crafting Upgrade Tips and Values
Playing through the game a second time as a boy, I find myself returning to my old, more careful ways of noticing things and oddities. Rune Factory, like Harvest Moon requires a lot of time, energy and patience. You cannot forge the weapons you would like to make at the beginning, nor can you craft armour and accessories that are very powerful, even if you find potent upgrade materials in the dungeons. The first of any item found, by the way, really ought to be shipped as you then will have an opportunity to purchase it in the future, even if that option does not exist quite at the start. Later, merchants can be enticed to the village who will offer any item you have shipped (apart from a couple of odd exceptions) randomly for sale.
So, what is a poor farmer/adventurer to do? You may have a wonderful Lightning Mane, but the difficulty value is far too high to use it. Here is a list of items that are found easily at the start that can be used either to upgrade weapons and accessories you actually intend to use or to use simply to raise your experience level at the Forge and Crafting Table.
Note that the items listed below are NOT War Trophies or items that one would expect to carry increased abilities or potency. They are the items that do NOT give any values when you hold them or look at them on their own. You have to insert them in the Materials box at the Forge or Crafting Table to see what would happen if you were to use them.
A very happy discovery here was that the lowly Spinach carries with it the power to increase the item's poetncy by +2 Magic Attack. I do not think there is any War Trophy that has a Difficulty Level of 9 that has the same potential at the start of the game.
Note furthermore that this list is not exhaustive. It is simply a little project that I undertook using whatever was in my Backpack, Fridge and Storage in the middle of Spring in the first year. It is not the potency of the Items that make them useful particularly but the fact that they can be used with very little forging or crafting experience. Obviously, you will obtain many War Trophies with far greater potency but you will be unable to use them as your total RP will be insufficient. These all require little RP to use.
Toyherb: Vit +1, Ftg Res 5%
Moondrop: Int +1
Pink Cat: Int +2
Medicinal Herb: Ftg Res +1%
Antidote Grass: Psn Res +3%
Rock: Critical 1%
Branch: ATK +1
Can: Knock +1%
Lumber: ATK +1
Material Stone: Critical +1
N.B. The stats of Lumber are no different from Branch, nor is Material Stone any different from Rock... no point in processing the raw material if using in forging or crafting.
Potato: Vit +2
Turnip: Str +1
Spinach: Mag Attack +2
Radish: Vit +3
Bamboo Sprout: ATK +1
Roundoff: Seal Res +7%
Paragone: Para Res +7%
Food items can be used to raise the level of the Weapon or Accessory but will not give any increased stats to it. The value of the food item in terms of those stats will accrue only if you eat it. I am speaking here of Cooked Dishes and Ingredients purchased at the Market. Crops, on the other hand, DO affect stats as do Medicines.
Another tip that may be helpful in terms of acquiring Materials that you cannot access through dungeon hunts or 'dungeon farming' near the start is to take any unusual item that is given as a Reward for completing a Request and shipping it rather than using it. You can use your Prince/Princess Points early on to bring a Gem Merchant to the village. He will stand in the northwest corner of the main chamber of the Bathhouse and will sell random Gems, Crystals and Ores that you have shipped previously. He will NOT offer any item that has not been shipped.
Thus, for instance, when you complete the Request that carries Silver as a Reward, make certain to SHIP that piece of Silver if you are at a point in the game where you have not reached a dungeon that contains any Silver. Silver is needed in almost all the Weapons and Armour that can be made early in the game above the level of those made with Bronze.
Finally, there is a good use for Scrap Metal and all the Iron that you find everywhere at the start. Use it to upgrade any cheap item made at the Forge or Crafting Table, NOT in order to equip the finished product but to ship it only. You need to practice your forging and crafting (as well as cooking!) in order to raise your Level to the point where you actually can use GOOD materials and make powerful weapons and accessories. One way to do this is by making hundreds of Broadswords and Small Shields and so on, upgrading each to Level 10 before shipping them. As I wrote at the very start of this post, any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game imitates life in the sense that nothing is easy, and everything good takes time, energy and patience!
N.B. I have written about this elsewhere, but it probably is worth repeating for the player who is unfamiliar with the game. Any Material used to upgrade a Weapon, Tool, Armour or Accessory will give its value ony ONCE to that item. In other words, it is only the first piece of Iron that you use to upgrade an Item that will increase the potency of it. You can use 8 more Iron Ore on a Level 1 item and the LEVEL will increase to the maximum of 10 but the stats will not change after the first piece is used.
Iron by the way is useful stuff where increasing your own Skill Levels are concerned, because you find it everywhere. I ship very little in the initial stages of the game, choosing to store it for use in Forging and Crafting instead.
So, what is a poor farmer/adventurer to do? You may have a wonderful Lightning Mane, but the difficulty value is far too high to use it. Here is a list of items that are found easily at the start that can be used either to upgrade weapons and accessories you actually intend to use or to use simply to raise your experience level at the Forge and Crafting Table.
Note that the items listed below are NOT War Trophies or items that one would expect to carry increased abilities or potency. They are the items that do NOT give any values when you hold them or look at them on their own. You have to insert them in the Materials box at the Forge or Crafting Table to see what would happen if you were to use them.
A very happy discovery here was that the lowly Spinach carries with it the power to increase the item's poetncy by +2 Magic Attack. I do not think there is any War Trophy that has a Difficulty Level of 9 that has the same potential at the start of the game.
Note furthermore that this list is not exhaustive. It is simply a little project that I undertook using whatever was in my Backpack, Fridge and Storage in the middle of Spring in the first year. It is not the potency of the Items that make them useful particularly but the fact that they can be used with very little forging or crafting experience. Obviously, you will obtain many War Trophies with far greater potency but you will be unable to use them as your total RP will be insufficient. These all require little RP to use.
Toyherb: Vit +1, Ftg Res 5%
Moondrop: Int +1
Pink Cat: Int +2
Medicinal Herb: Ftg Res +1%
Antidote Grass: Psn Res +3%
Rock: Critical 1%
Branch: ATK +1
Can: Knock +1%
Lumber: ATK +1
Material Stone: Critical +1
N.B. The stats of Lumber are no different from Branch, nor is Material Stone any different from Rock... no point in processing the raw material if using in forging or crafting.
Potato: Vit +2
Turnip: Str +1
Spinach: Mag Attack +2
Radish: Vit +3
Bamboo Sprout: ATK +1
Roundoff: Seal Res +7%
Paragone: Para Res +7%
Food items can be used to raise the level of the Weapon or Accessory but will not give any increased stats to it. The value of the food item in terms of those stats will accrue only if you eat it. I am speaking here of Cooked Dishes and Ingredients purchased at the Market. Crops, on the other hand, DO affect stats as do Medicines.
Another tip that may be helpful in terms of acquiring Materials that you cannot access through dungeon hunts or 'dungeon farming' near the start is to take any unusual item that is given as a Reward for completing a Request and shipping it rather than using it. You can use your Prince/Princess Points early on to bring a Gem Merchant to the village. He will stand in the northwest corner of the main chamber of the Bathhouse and will sell random Gems, Crystals and Ores that you have shipped previously. He will NOT offer any item that has not been shipped.
Thus, for instance, when you complete the Request that carries Silver as a Reward, make certain to SHIP that piece of Silver if you are at a point in the game where you have not reached a dungeon that contains any Silver. Silver is needed in almost all the Weapons and Armour that can be made early in the game above the level of those made with Bronze.
Finally, there is a good use for Scrap Metal and all the Iron that you find everywhere at the start. Use it to upgrade any cheap item made at the Forge or Crafting Table, NOT in order to equip the finished product but to ship it only. You need to practice your forging and crafting (as well as cooking!) in order to raise your Level to the point where you actually can use GOOD materials and make powerful weapons and accessories. One way to do this is by making hundreds of Broadswords and Small Shields and so on, upgrading each to Level 10 before shipping them. As I wrote at the very start of this post, any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game imitates life in the sense that nothing is easy, and everything good takes time, energy and patience!
N.B. I have written about this elsewhere, but it probably is worth repeating for the player who is unfamiliar with the game. Any Material used to upgrade a Weapon, Tool, Armour or Accessory will give its value ony ONCE to that item. In other words, it is only the first piece of Iron that you use to upgrade an Item that will increase the potency of it. You can use 8 more Iron Ore on a Level 1 item and the LEVEL will increase to the maximum of 10 but the stats will not change after the first piece is used.
Iron by the way is useful stuff where increasing your own Skill Levels are concerned, because you find it everywhere. I ship very little in the initial stages of the game, choosing to store it for use in Forging and Crafting instead.
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