

And although I wasn’t rich, I had enough gold to invest in produce so that I could in turn sell the fruits of my labor at a higher value. By creating a routine I was quickly able to rake in a steady income. I gathered minerals, collected items dropped by my slain enemies, and leveled up considerably. I spent a number of days going back to Privera in order to do some scavenging and mining. After all, I had spent almost all of my cash on some new strawberry seeds, so I was going to make sure to keep the sprouts healthy. Like other Harvest Moon games, I found myself doing a lot of farming. Because the game runs on an accelerated clock, I had to manage my time wisely, do as much as possible, and make sure to get some rest in order to regain my lost Rune Points, which expend with physical activity and regenerate with sleep. Gold is absolutely necessary in the game, and in order to make money, I had to really push myself. Rune Factory 3 may be a spin-off, but it still shares many similarities with the Harvest Moon games it originates from. I foolishly spent most of my hard-earned gold, and that’s when I realized that I was going to have to start managing my money wisely as well as seeking a way to make some serious income. Defeating the Privera Forest boss unlocked some new items, and I now had more seeds at my disposal.

Not surprisingly, many of the townspeople approached me with a bit of fear.Īfter I had some fun creeping people out, I went to the town shop (in human form, of course) and purchased some seeds. First, I talked to the villagers in wooly form to see the kinds of reactions I would get. I went back to town and decided to do a number of things. At the end of the last entry in my Rune Factory 3 travelogue my character gained the ability to transform into a wooly, a sheep-like creature with a couple of mean attacks.
