Hero of Leaf Valley PSP General Guide/Walkthrough

By Freyashawk

Contact: To contact me with any game questions, please visit my site at:http://harvestmoonforever.blogspot.com

I am a Super Moderator on Natsume's Official Community Forum. You can askquestions about any Harvest Moon game there as well.

For details on how to search for specific information in any of my Guides usingthe most popular web browsers, please visit:http://harvestmoonforever.blogspot.com/2010/02/internet-shortcuts-to-find-information.html

Note from Freyashawk: All of my guides are based on authorised, genuinecartridges, discs or UMDS produced by Natsume. If you are using a bootleg orillegal download, expect all sorts of issues. I would urge players, even ifsome personal sacrifice is required, to support Natsume by using ONLY anauthorised version of the game.

Created on 29 April 2010

Last updated on 25 June

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Save Leaf Valley 30 Winter in the 2nd Year The Fate of the Harvest Goddess Marina's Confession Advanced Goals Total Income RequirementsSaving your GameInitial Walkthrough Making your First Choices The Harvest Goddess Quiz Effects of your Quiz Choices Meeting all Possible Characters Game Controls Exploring your Farmhouse Your Homestead Your Farm's Initial Resources The Map of Leaf Valley Navigational Resources Avoiding Illness Your Chances of Catching a Cold Watching your Energy Gauges Restoring your Energy Levels Items Found in the Wilds

List of all Items found in the Wilds How to Find Items in the WildsWanted Items Wanted Items Strategies Wanted Items Lists in Spring Wanted Items Lists in Summer Wanted Items Lists in Autumn Initial Investments Saving Money to Make Money Investing in Medals at the RacesBasic Farming and the Weather Effects of Rain Changing the Weather Early Farming Strategies The Effect of Festivals on EventsEarly Benefits of Part-Time WorkSchedules of Shops and Local Businesses All Shop Schedules and Menus Part-Time Work Leaf Valley Tutorials Part-Time Working Caring for Chickens Part-Time Work Caring for Livestock Part-Time Forestry Work Part-Time Mining Work Part-Time Kitchen Work Dining Out Sunny Garden Cafe Menu Moonlight Pub Menu Energy Resources from RonaldFarming Caring for your Crops All Crop Values Spring Crops Summer Crops Autumn Crops Winter Crops Multiple Season Crops Cultivated Flowers Mineral Crops Using Mineral Crystals Values of Mineral Crops Hybrid Crops The Sacred Land Golden Potatoes Farming in Winter Advanced Farm Options Marriage A Greenhouse Sprinkler System Zann's AccessoriesAnimal Care A Small Poultry Business Animal Friendship Levels Friendship with your Dog Ocarina Commands A Dog's Special Abilities Using the Bell

Poultry Raising Livestock Cows Caring for your Horse Riding your Horse Unlocking the Training Option Training for the Races Animal FP Bonus Animal Random Negative BonusTool UpgradesFishing Fishing Tutorial Fishing Aids Knowing Where and When to Cast your Rod Complete Fish List Unlocking new Fishing Locations Unlocking the Goddess Spring Unlocking the Underground LakeMining Mining Tutorial Finding the Explosion Pattern Mining in the First Year Unlocking New Chambers The Underground Lake Mining Puzzle Solutions Chamber I, Configurations I and II 1 Summer, 1st Year Chamber II, Configurations, I and II 1 Autumn, 1st Year Chamber III, Configurations I and II 1 Winter: 2nd Tunnel Chamber IV, Configurations I and II Chamber V, Configurations I and II Rudolph's Warning 20 Winter, Robot Mole Chamber VI, Configurations I and II Chamber VII, Configurations I and II Items for the Storeroom List of all Items from the Mine Ores Coal and Crystals Artifacts Fossils GemsForestry Work Unlocking the ForestExpanding your House Kitchen, Bath and ToiletCooking Easy Recipes Martha's Assignments Fish Recipes from Ponta Birdman's Cooking Show Trial and Error Cooking in a Basic Kitchen Small Pot Recipes Small Frying Pan Recipes

Selling your Cooked DishesThe Horse Races List of Exchange Prizes Strategies in Choosing PrizesMaking a WishSocial Interactions Raising Friendship Levels Birthday Gifts Harvest Goddess Festival Gifts Suggestions for Easy Gifts Delivery Requests and Friendship Point Totals and Heart LevelsRomantic Festivals Harvest Festival Dance New Year's Eve Sunset Heart Level WarningPerpetual Calendar Spring Summer Autumn WinterCharacters List and Profiles Your Character All Eligible Girls All Magical Characters All Other CharactersItems List

Introduction

Many Harvest Moon games allow your Character to take his/her time in restoringa Farm and bringing prosperity to the neighbouring village and Land. Hero ofLeaf Valley, as the name implies, is NOT one of those games. Similar in itsgoal to 'Save the Homeland', your Character has two years to save the Landfrom the ambitions of a corporation with the ambition of transforming the areainto an enormous Funpark.

To do this, you can save 50,000G and purchase the land from the FunlandCompany, transform it into a Nature Preserve in order to protect rare,endangered species or transform the area into a desirable Tourist destination.

The game begins with a letter from your father and your father, althoughabsent, will influence your destiny even after you 'save the land' fromdevelopment. He will give you an advanced goal in the 3rd and 4th years inthe form of a directive to make 100,000G. You therefore do have specificguidelines both in the first two years and in the two years after that, in

terms of income totals.

In 'Hero of Leaf Valley', unlike 'Save the Homeland', you can complete morethan one Story Quest. One of the factors that will determine how you 'savethe land' is whether or not you have 50,000G on 30 Winter in the 2nd Year.

In fact, the first Story Quest or Main Story Quest will branch into threeseparate paths in the second year. Your actions as well as your intentionswill determine which Path your game will follow.

If you wish to be able to persuade Alice to stay in Leaf Valley and have theability to court and marry her, you need to complete 'Path A' in the Shoot forthe Stars!' Story Quest. In order to do so, you must defeat every Robot thatFunland sends into the Valley at various points in the story. Although youneed to have a total income of 50,000G on 30 Winter for this result, Aliceultimately will allow you to keep the money. This therefore is considered bymany to be the 'best' result for the Quest to save the Valley.

When you have the opportunity to try to save Alice and the Funpark employeesfrom drowning, you must choose to do so. If you do not care at all aboutAlice's future in the Valley, you can refuse to help and this will set you onPath C. Experiencing all the Robot confrontations but failing to defeat evenone, if you still try to save Alice from drowning will set you on Path B.

Although there are 16 different Story Quests, many of them are linked. Bob'sQuest for a Champion Race Horse in fact intersects with the Main Story Quest. Most of Tim's Events actually are hints about Story Quests connected to otherCharacters. Many Events have requirements in terms of Friendship Levelseither with Individuals or with your Animals, Farming totals, Mining Totals orFishing Totals.

As in any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game, you will achieve the greatestsuccess if you attempt to explore every path, speak to every Characterfrequently and experience all possible Events. As indicated, the various

traditional Harvest Moon activities in HoLV such as farming, ranching, miningand fishing are connected to many of the Story Quests and you may findyourself unable to continue if you have not been fairly diligent in growingcrops, raising animals, mining and fishing.

Most of the main Events in the 'Shoot for the Stars: The Greatest Farm in theWorld!' will be experienced automatically by your Character, whether or notyou have any intention of trying to earn sufficient income to buy the landfrom the Funpark Corporation. The threat of development of the land by theFunpark Corporation is the main Story of 'Hero of Leaf Valley' after all.

If you do not have 50,000G at the end of the 2nd Year or you prefer to save theLand by creating a Nature Preserve or Tourist Destination, you need tocomplete at least three Story Quests connected to that goal. In fact, you cancomplete as many Quests as you wish in both categories. The Event thatdetermines the way the land is saved will be determined by the greatest numberof completed Story Quests connected to either goal.

After saving the land, you will have a choice either to move forward into thethird Year, where you can pursue advanced goals of courtship and farming, oryou can choose to start the game again. If you save your game in more thanone slot, you can do both!

A player who did not experience all Events in every Story Quest may wish tostart again in order to experience the Events he/she missed. When you choosethis option, you will keep all of your assets in your 'new' game.

Note that if you fail to have 50,000G on 30 Winter and have failed either tocomplete three Nature Preserve Story Quests or three Tourist Attraction StoryQuests, the game will end and you will be forced to begin a new game. Evenwhen you fail, however, you will be able to keep some of your assets in yournew game.

If you choose to move forward to the third year, you can continue your life inLeaf Valley without any strict requirements to meet further specific goals,apart from a directive from your father to make 100,000G in the next two

years. In this respect as in the ability to court an Eligible Girl and pursueother activities, Hero of Leaf Valley differs from 'Save the Homeland'.

Note that the basic requirement to make 50,000G to achieve the Main Story Questgoal at the end of the 2nd Year as well as the advanced goal to have 100,000Gat the end of the 4th Year to meet your father's requirements are easily met.

One example of an easy way to make money is by having three Cows in youroriginal Barn. If you care for them properly, each Cow will give you oneLarge Milk daily. That Milk can be processed into Cheese in a Large Pot andsold for 500G. If you process all your Milk into Cheese, at the end of asingle season, you will have 45,000G from the sale of Cheese alone. Fourseasons of Cheese sales at this level will give you 180,000G. You have twoyears to meet the Funland requirement of 50,000G and another two years tomeasure up to your father's standard of what a successful farmer should earn.

Although true Courtship leading to marriage cannot occur until you have 'savedthe land' at the end of the 2nd Year, you can experience a Courtship Eventimmediately afterwards in the form of a 'Confession' by the Eligible Girl whohas the highest Heart Level. Her Confession, similar to the declarations inAnimal Parade, is an indication of her desire to marry you one day. Hearing aGirl's Confession does not obligate you to marry the Girl, nor is it the solerequirement for marriage. You still must meet the usual requiremends.

There is one special Confession Event that can change a Charactersignificantly. If the Harvest Goddess' Heart Level is higher than that of anyother Girl, you will experience 'Marina's Confession', wherein she actuallybecomes human. Although she still will be at the Spring and will accept yourOfferings, she no longer will be a true Goddess with wings. If you wish tomarry her, she has to become human. Hero of Leaf Valley PSP General Guide/Walkthrough

By Freyashawk

Contact: To contact me with any game questions, please visit my site at:http://harvestmoonforever.blogspot.com

I am a Super Moderator on Natsume's Official Community Forum. You can askquestions about any Harvest Moon game there as well.

For details on how to search for specific information in any of my Guides usingthe most popular web browsers, please visit:http://harvestmoonforever.blogspot.com/2010/02/internet-shortcuts-to-find-information.html

Note from Freyashawk: All of my guides are based on authorised, genuinecartridges, discs or UMDS produced by Natsume. If you are using a bootleg orillegal download, expect all sorts of issues. I would urge players, even ifsome personal sacrifice is required, to support Natsume by using ONLY anauthorised version of the game.

Created on 29 April 2010

Last updated on 25 June

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Save Leaf Valley 30 Winter in the 2nd Year The Fate of the Harvest Goddess Marina's Confession Advanced Goals Total Income RequirementsSaving your GameInitial Walkthrough Making your First Choices The Harvest Goddess Quiz Effects of your Quiz Choices Meeting all Possible Characters Game Controls Exploring your Farmhouse Your Homestead Your Farm's Initial Resources The Map of Leaf Valley Navigational Resources Avoiding Illness Your Chances of Catching a Cold Watching your Energy Gauges Restoring your Energy Levels Items Found in the Wilds List of all Items found in the Wilds How to Find Items in the WildsWanted Items Wanted Items Strategies Wanted Items Lists in Spring Wanted Items Lists in Summer

Wanted Items Lists in Autumn Initial Investments Saving Money to Make Money Investing in Medals at the RacesBasic Farming and the Weather Effects of Rain Changing the Weather Early Farming Strategies The Effect of Festivals on EventsEarly Benefits of Part-Time WorkSchedules of Shops and Local Businesses All Shop Schedules and Menus Part-Time Work Leaf Valley Tutorials Part-Time Working Caring for Chickens Part-Time Work Caring for Livestock Part-Time Forestry Work Part-Time Mining Work Part-Time Kitchen Work Dining Out Sunny Garden Cafe Menu Moonlight Pub Menu Energy Resources from RonaldFarming Caring for your Crops All Crop Values Spring Crops Summer Crops Autumn Crops Winter Crops Multiple Season Crops Cultivated Flowers Mineral Crops Using Mineral Crystals Values of Mineral Crops Hybrid Crops The Sacred Land Golden Potatoes Farming in Winter Advanced Farm Options Marriage A Greenhouse Sprinkler System Zann's AccessoriesAnimal Care A Small Poultry Business Animal Friendship Levels Friendship with your Dog Ocarina Commands A Dog's Special Abilities Using the Bell Poultry Raising Livestock Cows Caring for your Horse Riding your Horse Unlocking the Training Option

Training for the Races Animal FP Bonus Animal Random Negative BonusTool UpgradesFishing Fishing Tutorial Fishing Aids Knowing Where and When to Cast your Rod Complete Fish List Unlocking new Fishing Locations Unlocking the Goddess Spring Unlocking the Underground LakeMining Mining Tutorial Finding the Explosion Pattern Mining in the First Year Unlocking New Chambers The Underground Lake Mining Puzzle Solutions Chamber I, Configurations I and II 1 Summer, 1st Year Chamber II, Configurations, I and II 1 Autumn, 1st Year Chamber III, Configurations I and II 1 Winter: 2nd Tunnel Chamber IV, Configurations I and II Chamber V, Configurations I and II Rudolph's Warning 20 Winter, Robot Mole Chamber VI, Configurations I and II Chamber VII, Configurations I and II Items for the Storeroom List of all Items from the Mine Ores Coal and Crystals Artifacts Fossils GemsForestry Work Unlocking the ForestExpanding your House Kitchen, Bath and ToiletCooking Easy Recipes Martha's Assignments Fish Recipes from Ponta Birdman's Cooking Show Trial and Error Cooking in a Basic Kitchen Small Pot Recipes Small Frying Pan Recipes Selling your Cooked DishesThe Horse Races List of Exchange Prizes Strategies in Choosing PrizesMaking a WishSocial Interactions

Raising Friendship Levels Birthday Gifts Harvest Goddess Festival Gifts Suggestions for Easy Gifts Delivery Requests and Friendship Point Totals and Heart LevelsRomantic Festivals Harvest Festival Dance New Year's Eve Sunset Heart Level WarningPerpetual Calendar Spring Summer Autumn WinterCharacters List and Profiles Your Character All Eligible Girls All Magical Characters All Other CharactersItems List

Introduction

Many Harvest Moon games allow your Character to take his/her time in restoringa Farm and bringing prosperity to the neighbouring village and Land. Hero ofLeaf Valley, as the name implies, is NOT one of those games. Similar in itsgoal to 'Save the Homeland', your Character has two years to save the Landfrom the ambitions of a corporation with the ambition of transforming the areainto an enormous Funpark.

To do this, you can save 50,000G and purchase the land from the FunlandCompany, transform it into a Nature Preserve in order to protect rare,endangered species or transform the area into a desirable Tourist destination.

The game begins with a letter from your father and your father, althoughabsent, will influence your destiny even after you 'save the land' fromdevelopment. He will give you an advanced goal in the 3rd and 4th years inthe form of a directive to make 100,000G. You therefore do have specificguidelines both in the first two years and in the two years after that, interms of income totals.

In 'Hero of Leaf Valley', unlike 'Save the Homeland', you can complete morethan one Story Quest. One of the factors that will determine how you 'save

the land' is whether or not you have 50,000G on 30 Winter in the 2nd Year.

In fact, the first Story Quest or Main Story Quest will branch into threeseparate paths in the second year. Your actions as well as your intentionswill determine which Path your game will follow.

If you wish to be able to persuade Alice to stay in Leaf Valley and have theability to court and marry her, you need to complete 'Path A' in the Shoot forthe Stars!' Story Quest. In order to do so, you must defeat every Robot thatFunland sends into the Valley at various points in the story. Although youneed to have a total income of 50,000G on 30 Winter for this result, Aliceultimately will allow you to keep the money. This therefore is considered bymany to be the 'best' result for the Quest to save the Valley.

When you have the opportunity to try to save Alice and the Funpark employeesfrom drowning, you must choose to do so. If you do not care at all aboutAlice's future in the Valley, you can refuse to help and this will set you onPath C. Experiencing all the Robot confrontations but failing to defeat evenone, if you still try to save Alice from drowning will set you on Path B.

Although there are 16 different Story Quests, many of them are linked. Bob'sQuest for a Champion Race Horse in fact intersects with the Main Story Quest. Most of Tim's Events actually are hints about Story Quests connected to otherCharacters. Many Events have requirements in terms of Friendship Levelseither with Individuals or with your Animals, Farming totals, Mining Totals orFishing Totals.

As in any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game, you will achieve the greatestsuccess if you attempt to explore every path, speak to every Characterfrequently and experience all possible Events. As indicated, the varioustraditional Harvest Moon activities in HoLV such as farming, ranching, miningand fishing are connected to many of the Story Quests and you may findyourself unable to continue if you have not been fairly diligent in growingcrops, raising animals, mining and fishing.

Most of the main Events in the 'Shoot for the Stars: The Greatest Farm in theWorld!' will be experienced automatically by your Character, whether or notyou have any intention of trying to earn sufficient income to buy the landfrom the Funpark Corporation. The threat of development of the land by theFunpark Corporation is the main Story of 'Hero of Leaf Valley' after all.

If you do not have 50,000G at the end of the 2nd Year or you prefer to save theLand by creating a Nature Preserve or Tourist Destination, you need tocomplete at least three Story Quests connected to that goal. In fact, you cancomplete as many Quests as you wish in both categories. The Event thatdetermines the way the land is saved will be determined by the greatest numberof completed Story Quests connected to either goal.

After saving the land, you will have a choice either to move forward into thethird Year, where you can pursue advanced goals of courtship and farming, oryou can choose to start the game again. If you save your game in more thanone slot, you can do both!

A player who did not experience all Events in every Story Quest may wish tostart again in order to experience the Events he/she missed. When you choosethis option, you will keep all of your assets in your 'new' game.

Note that if you fail to have 50,000G on 30 Winter and have failed either tocomplete three Nature Preserve Story Quests or three Tourist Attraction StoryQuests, the game will end and you will be forced to begin a new game. Evenwhen you fail, however, you will be able to keep some of your assets in yournew game.

If you choose to move forward to the third year, you can continue your life inLeaf Valley without any strict requirements to meet further specific goals,apart from a directive from your father to make 100,000G in the next twoyears. In this respect as in the ability to court an Eligible Girl and pursueother activities, Hero of Leaf Valley differs from 'Save the Homeland'.

Note that the basic requirement to make 50,000G to achieve the Main Story Quest

goal at the end of the 2nd Year as well as the advanced goal to have 100,000Gat the end of the 4th Year to meet your father's requirements are easily met.

One example of an easy way to make money is by having three Cows in youroriginal Barn. If you care for them properly, each Cow will give you oneLarge Milk daily. That Milk can be processed into Cheese in a Large Pot andsold for 500G. If you process all your Milk into Cheese, at the end of asingle season, you will have 45,000G from the sale of Cheese alone. Fourseasons of Cheese sales at this level will give you 180,000G. You have twoyears to meet the Funland requirement of 50,000G and another two years tomeasure up to your father's standard of what a successful farmer should earn.

Although true Courtship leading to marriage cannot occur until you have 'savedthe land' at the end of the 2nd Year, you can experience a Courtship Eventimmediately afterwards in the form of a 'Confession' by the Eligible Girl whohas the highest Heart Level. Her Confession, similar to the declarations inAnimal Parade, is an indication of her desire to marry you one day. Hearing aGirl's Confession does not obligate you to marry the Girl, nor is it the solerequirement for marriage. You still must meet the usual requiremends.

There is one special Confession Event that can change a Charactersignificantly. If the Harvest Goddess' Heart Level is higher than that of anyother Girl, you will experience 'Marina's Confession', wherein she actuallybecomes human. Although she still will be at the Spring and will accept yourOfferings, she no longer will be a true Goddess with wings. If you wish tomarry her, she has to become human. _____________________________________Making your First Choices

Even at the very start of the game, the choices you make will affect yourFriendship Levels with Characters in Leaf Valley, although you have not metany of them yet.

When you first exit your Farmhouse, the three Harvest Sprites who inhabit LeafValley will be at your door. They will be quite agitated as the FunparkCorporation intends to destroy the natural beauties of the Valley to constructan enormous Funpark.

Nac: Please! Can you help us stop it from being built here?

Flak: Yeah! Maybe you can help us save this land! Will you hear us out?

You now have to make your first choice. Your options:

Yes.No.

You actually can choose either. The game will not end if you reject theSprites now.If you choose 'No':

Nac: What?! Don't say that! We just want you to listen!

You then will have no further option to reject the proposal but will be forcedto listen.If, however, you choose 'Yes', you will receive a little compliment from theHarvest Goddess when she first appears, which will occur now.

Harvest Goddess: Excellent! What a promising young man!

The Harvest Goddess now will appear in all of her splendour and beauty. Irrespective of your initial response, her dialogue now will be:

Harvest Goddess: Hello. As they said, I am the Harvest Goddess. I watch overthis land. And what is your name? Glad to meet you, Freyr. I wonder ifyou're the one who can help us... I have a few questions for you. _______________________________Your Homestead

A path bisects your Farm from North to South and another from East to West. The western border of your Farm encloses the Pasture area. The two pathwaysform a cross, dividing your Farmland into four sectors.

In the southwest quarter, to the right of the Pasture is the Chicken Coop. Onthe other side of the pathway, in the southeast quarter is your littleFarmhouse. To the right of the Farmhouse is the Cave where the HarvestSprites dwell. Behind the Cave but still in the southeast quarter is aStorage area.

The northern half of your farmland contains the Barn and a Field. The Barn isin the northwest sector, to the right of the Pasture. On the other side ofthe pathway, in the northeast corner is the Field where your Crops will begrown.

Your Farm's Initial Resources

When the initial Introduction to the Harvest Goddess ends, you will hear a dogbarking. This dog is a stray and, although you can whistle for it by pressingL and then the Left Directional Button, he will not respond to this until hisFriendship Level has increased substantially.

You cannot interact with the Dog directly at this point except by feeding him. You will see a food bowl to the right of your Farmhouse entrance. This can befilled with almost ANY edible item in order to be transformed into Pet Food. Feeding the stray dog daily is the only way to persuade him to allow you to'adopt' him.

Tip: Any edible item will be transformed into Dog Food when placed in the Bow. When you can afford to do so, place Milk or Fish in the bowl to earn moreFriendship Points with him.

The Dog is the key to the discovery of important special items such as PowerBerries. Like the Pig who finds Truffles in other Harvest Moon games, yourFriendship Level with your Dog will determine his willingness to search forthese items. As in 'Save the Homeland', a special musical instrument willallow you to play melodies that correspond with commands to perform specifictricks. In 'Hero of Leaf Valley', it is an Ocarina that can be purchased atLouis' Item Shop.

There are a total of five Power Berries to be found. Each one will raise yourmaximum Stamina by 20 points and your maximum Fatigue Resistance by 10 points.

The Dog therefore is a potential resource rather than an actual one at the

start of the first Spring. Feed him daily in order to gain his trust and begiven the option ultimately to adopt him. When his Friendship Level reaches31 FP, you will be able to pick him up. You therefore will be given a choiceto adopt one of the two stray dogs that wander through the valley and eat fromthe bowl. Note that it does not matter which one of the two strays appears onyour farm at any given time to eat from the bowl. You will be able to chooseto adopt the one who appeals to you the most.

Actual resources include a full set of basic Tools, 4 Potato Seeds and 120G. How you choose to spend this meagre sum is your business, but as an aspiringfarmer, you may wish to use it to purchase additional seeds from Lyla.

Other initial resources include a basic Chicken Coop, a Barn, a Field forfarming and a Meadow filled with ripened grass that can be cut with a Sickleto create Fodder. You will not have any ranch animals at the start of thefirst Spring, but the Chicken Coop contains an incubator where ANY Egg can beplaced to hatch.

Eggs are sold by Ronald at the local market for 70G, but if you agree toperform part-time work for him, he will give you 230G AND a fresh Egg. Mostof the local merchants offer part-time labour opportunities but you must applyat the proper time in order to be given the job! The old adage of 'the earlybird catches the worm' applies.

The reward for performing the simple tasks of collecting 6 eggs and filling 6feeders is a good incentive to apply to him for part-time work as soon aspossible. Any part-time work takes a set amount of time. The clock willchange automatically when you choose to end the job and you will receive yourpayment then. The Part-Time Work takes about two hours and the clock willreflect that.

Part-time Work in general is an excellent way to make money at the start of thegame. Part-Time Jobs tend to be the keys that unlock important activitiessuch as Mining and Chopping Lumber. You actually can persuade Bob to give you

a Horse rather than being forced to pay 5000G for one if you work for himregularly at the Ranch. Another section gives the locations and times forevery Part-Time Job.______________Avoiding Illness

In 'Hero of Leaf Valley', you can become ill if you go to sleep with a highFatigue Level. When you become ill, you catch a Cold and with a Cold, youwill be unable to perform for a full day._______________________________________________our Chances of Catching a Cold

The following are the percentage levels that determine your Character'sprobability of catching a Cold when he goes to Bed at night:

0 - 50% Fatigue: No Chance of Catching a Cold51% - 75% Fatigue: 25% Chance of Catching a Cold76% - 99% Fatigue: 35% Chance of Catching a Cold100% Fatigue: Dead Certainty of Catching a Cold!

To reduce or eliminate the risk of awakening with a Cold, restore your FatigueResistance Levels before you go to bed at night. In the early days of thegame, even a 99% chance of catching a Cold is better than a certainty. Certain items found in the Wilds will reduce Fatigue Levels. Among these areRed Herb, Green Herb and Pontata Root. You will find the Energy Values of allItems found in the Wilds in another section of this Guide._________________________________________Energy Tips from Dialogue

You may be surprised at first when Characters tell you to go home to bed at7.00 p.m. but in HoLV, 7.00 p.m. is the time when all the Animals fall asleepand it is possible that Stamina and Fatigue levels are affected more afterthat hour. Your Energy levels definitely are depleted faster if you continueto work late at night.

Woody: It's not good to work a lot when it rains...I told Gus that a lottoo...But he'd usually say that you couldn't tell that to the plants andanimals.

When he builds your Dog House, Woody will advise you of the link between badweather and sickness in animals when he says:

Woody: Well, we're ready to build you that dog house. Dogs are smart animals. They'll take cover in their dog house if it rains, so they won't catch acold.

Bob: When you're working on a farm, you've got to be careful when it rains. Something to think about. Business gets so slow when it rains.

Then: When it rains, the customers don't show and the animals get stressed. There's just nothing good about it.

His attitude is that of a man whose livelihood entirely depends on Animal Carerather than Crops.

It is Katie who will give you the most precise information about the effects ofrain on your Energy Levels.

Katie: I can't believe you're out in this rain. You know working in the rainburns twice as much energy. So you be careful.

Woody will give you a hint as to the benefit of restoring your Energy BEFOREyou go to Sleep at night when he tells you:

Woody: Oh, hey, Freyr. You sleep better if you get a drink right before bed.

When you speak to other Characters at night, they often will advise you to gohome in order to conserve your strength:

Kurt: What do you need all the way out here? Good night. Get to sleep so itdoesn't affect your work.

As a matter of fact, when your Character reaches dangerously low Energy Levels,every Character he meets will comment on the fact.

Dia's remark is one of the more entertaining, demonstrating her ratherself-centred attitude:

Dia: Oh, it's you again. What have you come to do in such a tired state? Please get yourself home right away. It really would be a nuisance if youdecide to collapse here.

Of all the items that you can purchase from the start of the game, it is the APMedicine sold by Louis at the Items Shop that restores the most Energy andwill act both on your Stamina Recovery and your Fatigue Resistance giving +100points to each. The price, at 1000G, however, is quite high and it is betterto use lesser items to advantage whenever possible.

Super AP Medicine, which you can 'buy' at the Races with your Medals, is theone item that will restore both your Stamina and your Fatigue gaugescompletely.Locations of Fruit Trees

Some of the Fruit Trees that are found on the Map are as follows:

One of the Trees near Ronald's Grocery yields Grapes.

The Tree outside the door that leads to Katie's Room at the Cafe/Pub yieldsOranges. The Tree that is near the place where you can find a Full Moon Berryis a Cranberry Tree.

There are two Trees in the Forest area that yield Fruits. The one closest tothe path that leads to the Carpentry Area yields 3 Oranges. The one closestto the path that leads to the Mine leads one Apple.

The Trees to either side of the plot in the Goddess Spring area where the BlueMist is planted yield Apple and Cranberry. The one on the left yields 2Cranberries and the one on the right yields a single Apple.

There are three Fruit Trees in the Sacred Land. One yields an Apple andanother yields an Orange.

Cranberries are found on the Tree closest to the path to the Plaza on the Villascreen.Effects of Rain

The effects of rain can be either positive or negative, depending on thesituation. On a rainy day, you will not need to water any of your Crops. Onthe other hand, in Leaf Valley, you run the risk of losing a Crop if youplant the seeds on a rainy day. Rain can cause seeds that have not sproutedto be washed away.

Lyla: Freyr, even if you bought seeds today, you shouldn't plant them rightaway. There's a chance that the rain will wash them away. Just be careful ofthat.

The chance of a Seed being lost on a rainy/snowy Day is 50% unless the soil hasbeen fortified with a Mineral Crystal. The risk then decreases to 25%.

Animals who are taken outside or left outside in the rain are unhappy and maybecome ill. Your own Character is more susceptible to illness if he works inthe rain. Stamina loss and increase in Fatigue both are greater when toolsare used on a rainy day.

Note that you cannot visit the Forest on a rainy day nor can you acceptPart-Time Work from Bob to care for his Livestock.

Chester makes an interesting comment on the Weather:

Chester: Rainy seasons, dry seasons...People tend to focus on negative aspects,but it's all about perspective. If it's dry, you know that you always can letyour animals outside. If it's rainy, you know that your plants will notrequire watering. It's all up to how you approach things. That's why I'dlike to tell you a wonderful story about the Harvest Goddess. It should onlytake about 60 hours, so just let me know when you want to hear it.

Another very important effect of bad weather is the depletion of your Energy. As Katie will warn you:

Katie: I can't believe you're out in this rain. You know working in the rainburns twice as much energy. So you be careful.

Finally, fine Weather is a Requirement for many Events in HoLV. The Weather isset only two Days in advance, however. You therefore can change the Weatherwithin the rules that pertain to the current Weather 'Trend' as displayed onyour Calendar. Even during a Wet/Rainy Trend, however, chances of Rain orSnow, however great, are not guaranteed, and if you are patient, you canobtain a Cloudy Day that will allow you to experience any Events that cannotbe triggered in foul Weather.Part-Time Labour

Part-Time Labour is a wonderful way to augment your income at the start of thefirst Spring. Many businesses offer the option if you visit at the propertime and speak directly to the owner or manager. Examine all of the posters onthe walls of any Shop or signs posted in any area to discover if and whenpart-time jobs are being offered. When part-time labour is available, you willsee the following choices when you confront the owner/manager:

TalkPart-Time Work

When you choose the part-time work option, you will be given instructions andthen transported, if necessary, to the site where you are expected to work. When you are finished with all the tasks you were asked to perform, eitherspeak to your employer or attempt to leave the site. You then will be askedif you have finished work for the day. If you respond that you have, you willbe paid. Each part-time job offers a sum of money and a bonus in the form ofa useful item or items that are connected with the job.

When you work for Ronald caring for his Chickens, he will give you an Egg as abonus. Bob will give you Small Milk. Rudolph at the Dig Site will give youany Mineral Crystals you find in the rocks. You can work in the Kitchen atClove Villa. When working for Woody, you will be able to keep any Mushroomsthat you find, but will not be allowed to keep the Lumber.

In terms of the wages you receive, each employer has different rules by whichto calculate the total. Bob pays by the hour. You therefore can arrive asclose to 8.00 a.m. as possible and hang about until 6.00 p.m., even after thework is done, to obtain about 1000G from him in wages as well as the bonus ofthe Milk from the Cow if you milked her.

Martha pays according to your success in making the required number of Dishes. The 'bonus' in terms of all the leftover ingredients is entirely random.

In some case, the amount of money you will receive as your wage will depend onthe amount of work that you complete. If you quit while tasks remain undone,

you will be paid but the amount will be less than it would be otherwise.

Furthermore, as previously indicated, this is the only way to unlock the Mineand the Forest. Once you unlock the Mine, Part-Time Work no longer will beavailable from Rudolph. Part-Time Work will not be available from Woody onceyou have unlocked the Forest, but you still will need to apply to him wheneveryou wish to go to the Forest to chop lumber for yourself.

Bob's Part-Time Work will be an option even after you receive your Horse fromhim, by the way.