DARK RANGER'S HARVEST MOON DS GUIDE Good day and welcome to my guide about harvest moon DS. It's Darkranger again and I am writing on harvest moon DS this time. Okay, the nickname is corny as all get out, but there is a long story behind it that I don't want to share here. Anyway as many of you know, the game was just released the second week of September and there aren't too many guides out for it yet. I have been playing it quite a bit since I bought it and I am starting to get a little ways into the game. So, I thought I would throw this guide together to help everyone out a little bit. If you would like to contribute any information that can be accurately verified, please feel free to email me at the address listed in the legal section at the bottom of the guide. Several of my friends and siblings have also purchased the game and we have learned quite a bit about how to find the harvest sprites and some other useful information between us. This guide will be a work in progress which means that I will update it as more information becomes available. So, without further ado here we go. !Again thanks to everyone who sends information along for the guide. This work would not be possible without all your contributions. I really appreciate your input into it. 0. Updates This is just another section that I am adding to keep track of the progress of the guide as it develops. Listed below are the version numbers and the updates made during each one. v 1.00 The original version of the guide. I released this about a week after I got the game. I had enough information to provide a little useful information, but nothing all that special except the quick start mining trick. It contained basic information on crops, animals, tools, some of the buildings, how to find several of the harvest sprites and a quick section about the copy write and contact information available for the guide. v1.01 After another week or two of play, I found quite a bit more about the game. I decided it was time for an overhaul to update the existing sections of the guide with the new information I have available, and it was also time to add some new sections that I finally have enough information to construct. I added the mining and home shopping sections and updated the crops, tools, animals, and building's sections. V1.02 Another much needed update. I am adding a couple of new sections this time and finally adding some of the email input to the game. Keep it coming. Also, a new section this time is an Analytical look at harvest moon. If you have some time on your hands and want to see what makes the game tick inside have a read over it. Sorry its so long but it is a complex topic that needs explaining and exploring. I have also updated most of the major sections with new information and added the credit do some others whom without this guide would not be possible. Additionally, I added some new sections including the much requested marriage section and an outline of how to hire the sprites and their casino games. Keep the submissions coming. V1.03 Another week and another update. The guide is finally starting to take its final shape. I added a four more new sections this time on the information I had available and updated a couple of older sections. The guide is finally starting to take its final shape now that most of the major sections are in place. I will continue to update them as more information becomes available. I will also begin working on the walkthrough in the near future as well as the family life. v1.04 Another much needed update to the guide. This time I added several new sections including recipes, fishing, resource management, accessories, and a FAQ. Additionally, I updated several older sections slightly. We now have all the harvest sprites and how to unlock them and I finished updating the price list for the home shopping network. All the major sections of the final guide are now in tact except for the walkthrough, which I plan to start working on soon. This will be the last major update to the guide for a while. The walkthrough will take some time and I need to get deeper into the game before I can write a complete one. I will update some of the other sections as information becomes available periodically. But, I won't be adding any more new sections until I have a child or finish the walkthrough. Keep the emails coming thanks to everyone who contributed. You have made this guide a success. v1.05 Well, we have another update to this growing guide. I have done quite a few corrections this time. I have also update several sections including information on animals and tools. I have also finished the marriage section, though I still need to write one on family life once I available periodically. But, I won't be adding any more new sections until I have a child or finish the walkthrough. Keep the emails coming thanks to everyone who contributed. You have made this guide a success. v1.05 Well, we have another update to this growing guide. I have done quite a few corrections this time. I have also update several sections including information on animals and tools. I have also finished the marriage section, though I still need to write one on family life once I have a family. I am married currently and expecting a child in about a season. I also added a section about the remaining town's people and their likes and dislikes. Finally, I got around to starting on the walkthrough for the game. It is located as the last section down below. The walkthrough is currently in it's beginning stages, but there is still some useful information there so take a look. This guide has come a long way from my original intentions of just sharing some useful information about the game. But, were getting there. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the guide keep the emails coming. I also converted the guide to a website format at . Check it out if you want to. v1.06 Hello again everyone. Another couple of weeks and another update to the ever popular growing guide of harvest moon DS. This is a simple update in contrast to the last few of them. I am adding only one new section which, deals with events in the game. I have been playing a few other games and got away from harvest moon DS for a while, but I am back now. I am also expanding the several existing sections of the guide with new information. Finally, I am redoing my legal agreement do to the confusion I have been receiving in emails over the last month. If you submitted something or are hosting this guide please take a look at the updated and revised legal section concerning the new rules. Not much has changed, but I wanted to be a little more precise this time. Also, I finished the first season in the walkthru in case anyone would like to look at it. v1.07 Well, another month gone by and another update to my growing and popular guide to harvest moon. I am sorry that it took so long, but I have been busy with the holidays recently. I have added quite a bit to the guide this time. I updated the crops, animals, and harvest sprite sections of the guide with new information and correcting the names of the harvest sprites. I also updated the marry the mermaid section and added some names to the Thanks and Acknowledgements sections. The credit given there is long overdue. If I missed you, send me an email stating what I owe you credit for. I apologize in advance if I missed you. New to the guide this time are a couple of new sections. First, I finally got around to writing the section on the 4th mine in the mining section. I am also adding a new section to the guide similar to the marry the mermaid section of the guide. This is a section to acknowledge the players who reach the bottom floor of the third mine. See the mining section and the new section "Explores of the 4th mine" for details. Also, the walkthru is now done through year 2. That required most of my typing time. I will add more to the guide in the near future. Thanks to everyone who helped make this guide such a great success. Also, check out the coming soon section to see what is up next. I still need information about families and the various children. v1.08 Well, another month gone by and another update to the guide. However, this will be the second to last update to the guide. I plan to do a final release once I have finished correcting errors and rearranging a few things for looks in a few months. To hear more about that, read the in conclusion section at the bottom of the page. Don't worry, I will still answer emails about the game after the guide is complete. As for this update, several sections have been updated or completed. The walkthru section is now down and I added the family life and in conclusion sections to the guide. I have also added updates to the Building, Mining, Glitches, and Thanks and Acknowledgements sections of the guide. Take a look around and let me know what you think take care guys until next time. Table of Contents: Sections: 0. Welcome and Updates 1. Crops 2. Animals 3. Tools 4. Buildings 5. Unlocking the Harvest Sprites 6. The Harvest Sprite Casino and Medal System 7. Mining 8. Marriage 9. Shopping Network and Other Items. 10. Fishing 11. Resource Management 12. Accessories 13. Cooking and Recipes 14. Quick Start Mini Guide 15. The People of the Valley 16. Festivals and other events 17. Legal Stuff and Contact Info 9. Shopping Network and Other Items. 10. Fishing 11. Resource Management 12. Accessories 13. Cooking and Recipes 14. Quick Start Mini Guide 15. The People of the Valley 16. Festivals and other events 17. Legal Stuff and Contact Info 18. Email questions I will not answer 19. Thanks and Acknowledgements 20. Linking to Harvest Moon Friends of Mineral Town 21. Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) 22. Glitches and secrets. 23. An Analytical Look at Harvest Moon 24. Marry the Mermaid 25. Coming soon 26. Website Version of the Guide 27. Family Life 28. Explores of the 4th mine. 29. Walkthrough 30. In conclusion 1. Crops Crops are nothing new to the harvest moon series. They are one of the best ways to make money early in the game and they can provide you with a multitude of income later in the game. Crops come in two varieties, ground crops and trees. You can buy ground crops from either the supermarket or Vesta's farm. However, you can only get trees from Vesta's farm. In order to grow crops, you need to have both the hoe and the watering can. The process is the same as it has been in the last few harvest moon games. I am going to cover the basics and provide some information on crops and profits in this section. Later, I will provide you with which crops to grow to make the most of your time and effort. For now just go with the one with the highest profit margin. The profits assumes that you harvest the bag once, but some crops regrow so, you can harvest them multiple times and make more money. Ground crops: These are the crops that you plant in the ground and they grow for one season and die off. Note, grass seed is the exception because it grows for multiple seasons and years. In order to grow on of these crops you need to take the how and plow a 3X3 area and sow a bag of seeds over it. You should also leave one space between the areas, so that you can reach all of the plants, unless you want to use the harvest team to gather the crops for you. You might also want to leave one of the outer spaces on the pattern blank so you can reach the middle crop until you get the silver watering can or better. This way you don't have to wait for the middle crop to finish growing if you want to plant the same plot of land multiple times. If you are growing a renewable crop, you probably won't harvest the center plant until later anyway. You need to water the crops for the specified number of days and then you can pick them and ship them or sell them to Van for a profit. They can also be used as cooking ingredients or as gifts. Trees: You can purchase tree sees from Vesta's farm and plant them anywhere you could grow crops. To prepare the area, plow out a 2X2 area with the hoe. Stand in the upper left hand corner of the plot and spread the seeds over the area. Make sure you leave one space all the way around the outside of the tree. Once the tree matures, nothing will be able to grow in that area anyway. ...