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Harvest Moon: Back To Nature

Hints & Tips

Save money
Do not obtain the fourth and final upgrade for the watering can. The third upgrade get's to the same amount of squares as does the fourth.

Always full watering can
In the Winter, get to the mine on the island in the lake. Dig down until you see a cave on the north wall. Go in and fill your watering can from the pond. After that, your watering can will never run out of water.

Easy money
Note: This trick needs two memory cards and a file which has some kind of animal (preferably cows or sheep). Copy the file to memory card two, then play the game on either file. Go to your diary and choose to trade animals. Have an animal come in from the second memory card. When this is finished sell the animal and redo as many times as desired.

Run like an Olympic runner
To run like an Olympic runner, go outside of the mine positioned behind the waterfall. Stand at the top of the steps, face away from the mine and press Circle.

Strong fence for animal pasture
At the start save the rocks in the bottom corner or other place. When you clear the fields, use these to make a fence.

Quick tool upgrades
Use your tool until it is 400%. Then mine for a Blue Stone and make sure you have a minumum 5000G. Take the stone, the 5000G, and the tool wish to upgrade to the blacksmith, and he will upgrade it.

Power Berry locations

Obtain 1001 medals in horse races.

Present an egg to the water fall and everyday the Harvest Goddess will appear. One day she will give you the Power Berry.

Triumph in the swim festival.

In Winter, get to the cave in the lake. Then press X to the left of it and you will find it.

In the cave behind the waterfall.

In the cave in the center of the lake.

Purchase one from the home shopping channel.

Fish in the ocean and locate one.

Try to chop down the cedar tree. It will ask " Are you really going to chop me down?". Answer "No" and you will receive a berry.

Plant lots of flowers and Ann will appear and give you one.

Obtaining the recipes

Ice Cream: Give egg to Yodel.
Potato Pancakes: Give bamboo shoot to Gotz.
Fries: Caught in a bottle when fishing off a pier.
Mixed Juice: Give a blue medicine plant to the Doctor.
"Ohitashi" Greens: Give a Pink cat flower to Manna.
Sandwiches: Give Pink cat flower to Ellen.
Chocolate Cookies: Give Pink cat flower to Sasha.
Popcorn: Give an ear of corn to Kai.
Pickled Turnips: Give an ear of corn to Saibara.
Fruit Latte: Give a Tomato to Basil.
Cheese Fondue: Give a Tomato to Doug.
Pastor's afternoon snack: Give an egg to the Pastor.

Get another horse
If you lose your horse and have a good pasture, you can obtain another one.

Choose who wins Cooking Festival
When you go to the Cooking Festival, the first person you talk with will win. If you want to win do not talk to anyone and start judging.

More ore while mining
This trick needs the Harvest Basket and the Final Rucksack. Bring the Harvest Basket with you to the mine. Set it down and begin mining. You should be able to deposit ore into the Harvest Basket. The basket can get full after a time. Empty it out by facing a bin and pressing Square. When you are tired, just heal at the Hot Spring Pool. This also works well in winter.

Other seeds
There are seeds you can plant that are not found at the Supermarket. In any weekday, after 8:00 a.m., go to the Inn (this is also the bar). The peddler will be located to the right of the stairs. Talk to him, and he will sell you seeds not available at the Supermarket (Pinneapple, Cabbage, Green Pepper, and assorted flower and fruit).

Karen
Use this trick for an easy way to get Karen to like you. Obtain the biggest rucksack, and get the winery lady to sell you as many wines as you can hold. Then give them all to Karen. If you are quick you can make two trips in a day.

This trick needs the largest house and icebox (refrigerator) and the largest rucksack to work. Go to the wine maker's house and purchase nine bottles of wine. Bring it home and put it in your icebox. Keep this until they are closed for the day. When they are closed, take nine bottles out and give them to Karen. This works very well.

Anniversary
Your anniversary will not appear on your calendar. If you are aware of the date, enter your house at 12 o'clock in the day. There will be food on the table. Speak to your wife. go outside and when you go back inside, the food will be gone. Also, your anniversary is activated after 12 in the day.

Make your wife leave
Offer your wife many things that she hates preferably weeds until her heart becomes black, and she has no hearts on the start menu screen. Then go to sleep. The next day the game will state that your wife has left and you will shake your head. Note: If you make your wife leave you cannot marry another girl. They will all be gone until you apologize to your old wife.

More money for honey
If you plant flowers on your farm and have a beehive present some honey (worth 10G) to Louis. A day later he will say that it was a rare species and you will receive more money for the honey.

Free chickens
When Rick asks if you can look out for his chickens, answer "Yes". When you take one egg and put it in the incubator, he will take the chickens away but not the egg. The egg will become a chick and grow up and lay eggs.

Non-stop help
This is really useful when you are full on animals and it becomes hard to feed them, talk to them, and tend their products. Give the harvest sprites flour bags every day for the first year so their heart-o-meter is full. Then in two sections of four, send them every other week to help the animals. While one group is helping you, give flour bags to the four that are not. They will do an excellent job of taking care of your animals and you do not need to fret about them until the end of the day when, if you like you can talk to them to raise their heart levels slightly faster.

Recycling garbage
If you cook garbage you get from fishing, you can give it to May or cook it and give the ruined food to Karen.

Prevent hot house from being destroyed
To prevent your hot house from being demolished just put your dog inside.

Throw items far
If you are holding an item, stand on top of some steps and throw the item. This also works if you stand on a bridge.