In the game, there are the special festivals where you can participate. It can be for pure fun, or prizes if you win some contest. Just so you know, the attending villagers are usually not random. Most people in the festivals, are ones that have highest friendships with you. So if you wish to see certain individual in some festival, just befriend her/him, and s/he will be there. It applies same for other villagers that aren't spouses. And some festivals will require you shipping a certain item. In order to ship some item, just head to Flower Bud Square, and put a item in the blue shipping bin, next to the sign. If you see "REQUIRED" in the festival lists, it means you have to ship the required item listed, in the blue shipping bin (located in Flower Bud Square) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPRING FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------. | NEW YEARS FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Spring 01 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Spring Footsteps Note" SPECIAL: n/a WHAT: It's about the villagers making their resoultions for this year. --------------------. | EGG FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Spring 08 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: Egg (only after first year) M. NOTE: "Egg Dish Note" SPECIAL: You will meet Carl who tells you about Egg Festival some days before the actual Festival. You'll also meet Gourmet during festival During first Spring, you needn't ship any Egg. Jamie will do it himslef so the Egg Festival can be held in the first year. Just do worry about shipping the egg, only in second year and after. WHAT: This festival celebrates the good eggs, and culture about eggs. However, I believe this festival is not well-known as other different festivals. It is because of that Egg Festival is only one festival that is not listed in the in-game books. --------------------. | SPRING HORSE RACE \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Spring 17 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Horse Race Note" (only if you win a horse race) SPECIAL: You will meet several new characters that will move in after a while, or you ship the required items for those characters. The people are: Dan, Doug, Duke, Ronald and Gwen. WHAT: It is the half-year horse race where you can enter your horse to race in the race, and win the prize. The prizes are different each rank of race. After you won that prize, then a year later, the prize will be different. There are four ranks of the races. You have a chance of winning the special Power Berry if your horse's heart meter is at 6 or 7 hearts. When your horse win a race, you'll be awarded with the Power Berry. But if you do not have a horse, you can't participate in the race. However, you can talk to the villagers that's attending the race. Once you win the race, you'll be awarded with the first prize. And if you win same race again, in next year, you'll be awarded with the second prize. ____________________________________________________________ | THE CUP |Required Hearts| 1st PRIZE | 2nd PRIZE | ============================================================ | FIRST CUP = 0-3 Hearts = 30 Fodder | 30 Fodder | | SECOND CUP = 4-5 Hearts = Coffee Table | 30 Lumbers | | THIRD CUP = 6-7 Hearts = Power Berry | 2000g | | FOURTH CUP = 8-10 Hearts = Cool TV | Diamond Ring | ============================================================ --------------------. | FLOWER FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Spring 23 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: Moondrop Flower (or other flowers) M. NOTE: "Spring Fragrance Note" SPECIAL: You will meet a new face and it is Lyla. After meeting her, and shipping the required items for Lyla, she'll open her Hearty Shop. WHAT: This festival is about the flowers, obviously. Many flowers decorates the festival, and fill the place with nice scents. But of late, the flower festival kept getting cancelled because of many people aren't interested so they didn't bring the flowers. So it's up to you to bring the festival to this town. --------------------. | COW FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Spring 28 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Cow Note" (only if your cow win the contest) SPECIAL: No new faces. WHAT: You can enter your best cow here, and see if your cow will win any prize. Your cow will have to be at more than eight hearts so it will win the festival. Once your cow wins, it'll become the Champion Cow. The prizes are: ================================================================== |120 Fodders -- [Only if you do not have the Makers in your barn.] |Cheese Maker - [Only if you do not have the Butter Maker. ] |Butter Maker - [Only if you do not have the Cheese Maker. ] ================================================================== (I'm unsure which the Maker you will get first if you do not have two Makers.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUMMER FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------. | BEACH FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Summer 03 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Moonlight Beach REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Blue Sea, White Clouds" (only if you win a Swimming Contest.) SPECIAL: You will meet Nami here, and possibly Louis if you're lucky. He'll participate in the Swimming Contest so you can see him at there. But chance of him being there is pretty rare. WHAT: Come here to get some tan, and have fun. Well, the major point of this festival is Swimming Contest where you can participate to win the prize. Swimming Contest is the mini-game, and there are three swimmers (four including you) to compete to win. =========================== Win the swimming contest to get the prize. = 1st PRIZE : Power Berry = You can compete again in next year to win =========================== next prize. SWIMMING CONTEST MINI-GAME The objective of the Swimming Contest, is to touch all four bouys. There are the challenges in your way, and they are the competing swimmers, currents, whirlwinds, and the dolphin. CURRENTS = The ocean will change the direction, and push you in one direction. You can use the current to your advantage, giving you more speed to reach the bouy. But sometimes, they'll pop up suddenly or change the direction, pushing you in wrong direction. So watch out. WHIRLWINDS = They'll pop up in one place, and stay there until it disappears. Whatever you do, avoid the whirlwinds. If you got too close, it will pull you in and hold you for few seconds. DOLPHIN = It swims around the ocean, and you can hitch a ride. But you can't control the direction where a dolphin is going, so you may end up going in wrong direction. I suggest that you do not use the dolphin. HOW TO WIN - Press [A] to swim, but do not smash [A] repeatedly fast as you can. You need to hold down [A] until your swimmer finished its one swim, then press [A] again for you to swim once again. That way, you will swim quickly. Use the current to move you to the intended target, and try to not bump into another swimmer. If you do, you'll stop swimming so it slows you down. If you still lost, you can always reset the game and try again. Repeat this until you win. --------------------. | STAR FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Summer 07 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Boat Sailing" Note SPECIAL: It's good way to increase your affection with your love. WHAT: A person with highest heart will come to your house and ask if you can go with her/him in this festival - If you agree, come to visit the location. After that, both of you will watch your little boat sailing away on the river. If you said no to your love, she/he will leave. And you can continue your day as usual. --------------------. | FIREFLY FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Summer 15 TIME: 06:00am - 00:00pm WHERE: Moonlight Beach REQUIRED: Moonstone M. NOTE: "Firefly Flower Note" SPECIAL: nothing... WHAT: This festival is about honor your ancestors by sending the glowing flowers to the ocean. They attached the lantern to the firefly flower with moonstone so they would glow brightly. Other than that, it's nothing special. Just have a nice chat with all attending villagers. --------------------. | FIREWORKS FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Summer 25 TIME: 06:00am - 00:00am WHERE: Moonlight Beach REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Fireworks Note" SPECIAL: You will meet Louis here. Afterward, he'll be there for the weekends, long as the weather's good. WHAT: This festival is about watching the beautiful display of the fireworks during the night. Come to the Moonlight Beach, and the person of the highest heart, will come to watch with you. After the display scene, your friendship with a person that watched with you, will be increased. There're no prizes awarded. (NOTE: You can watch with a person that has a highest affection for you, meaning you can watch with ANY person in the town. It can be bachelor, bachelorette, or any villager, even if you're a boy, you can still watch with a bachelor, such as Joe.) --------------------. | SHEEP FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Summer 29 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Sheep Note" (only if your sheep wins the contest) SPECIAL: n/a WHAT: Enter your sheep in the contest, so it would be judged by the various people. There are some rules in order to participate in this contest, and those are: 1. Your sheep needs to have the wool. Do not shear your sheep. 2. Your sheep can't be pregnant, or it'll be unable to attend. 3. TO WIN, your sheep has to be at 8 hearts, or more. If you win the contest, you will be awarded with: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ YARN MAKER - Only if you do not have the Yarn Maker ~ ~ OR ~ ~ 120 FODDERS - If you have the Yarn Maker already. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AUTUMN FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------. | MOON FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Autumn 09 TIME: 06:00am - 00:00am WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Moon Viewing Note" SPECIAL: A date with your love. WHAT: On the day of the festival, your love of highest affection will come and ask if you can go out with her/him. If you say yes, head down to Flower Bud Square. From there, both of you will witness the full moon that is nearest at that day, and you share a sweet moment. --------------------. | FALL HORSE RACE \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Autumn 17 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Horse Race Note" (If you win a race) SPECIAL: If you missed the Spring Horse Race, you will meet several new characters and they are: Dan, Doug, Duke, Ronald and Gwen. If you didn't miss the Spring Horse Race, nothing new at here. WHAT: It is the half-year horse race where you can enter your horse to race in the race, and win the prize. The prizes are different each rank of race. After you won that prize, then a year later, the prize will be different. There are four ranks of the races. You have a chance of winning the special Power Berry if your horse's heart meter is at 6 or 7 hearts. When your horse win a race, you'll be awarded with the Power Berry. But if you do not have a horse, you can't participate in the race. However, you can talk to the villagers that's attending the race. Once you win the race, you'll be awarded with the first prize. And if you win same race again, in next year, you'll be awarded with the second prize. ____________________________________________________________ | THE CUP |Required Hearts| 1st PRIZE | 2nd PRIZE | ============================================================ | FIRST CUP = 0-3 Hearts = 30 Fodder | 30 Fodder | | SECOND CUP = 4-5 Hearts = Coffee Table | 30 Lumbers | | THIRD CUP = 6-7 Hearts = Power Berry | 2000g | | FOURTH CUP = 8-10 Hearts = Cool TV | Diamond Ring | ============================================================ --------------------. | HARVEST FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Autumn 24 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: Any crops (you can buy a crop from Spring Farm and ship it) M. NOTE: "Harvest Note" SPECIAL: Gourmet will teach you a new recipe - "Truffle Saute." WHAT: This festival is about the celebration of the good harvest. All villagers rather here, and share their crops. There is no prize to win, unfortunately. So it's just a social visit. --------------------. | PUMPKIN FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Autumn 30 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Pumpkin Note" SPECIAL: You will get the Power Berry for attending this festival. It is for only once, so don't expect to get more power berry at next year. WHAT: It's the halloween-themed festival celebration. All people gather here to have some fun and celebrate the festival. There is no prize to win, it's just a social gathering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WINTER FESTIVALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------. | CHICKEN FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Winter 07 TIME: 06:00am - 06:00pm WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Note" (only if your chicken wins) SPECIAL: A prize for winning the contest. WHAT: You can enter your chicken in the contest here. Your chicken will be judged by the people, and if your chicken is good enough... You will win the prize, and your chicken will be ranked as "Champion Chicken" In order to win the contest, your chicken has to be at 8 hearts or more. PRIZES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ MAYO MAKER - Only if you don't have the Mayo Maker. ~ ~ OR ~ ~ 120 BIRD FEED - Only if you do have the Mayo Maker. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------. | THANKSGIVING DAY \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Winter 12 TIME: 06:00am - 05:00am (all day) WHERE: Anywhere REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Popular Note" (if you recieve a cake from five different people) SPECIAL: Free cakes! Yay. This festival is not like others. The shops are still open, and people are still around. So it's like the normal day. WHAT: Today is the day where you make your cake with help of your kitchen, of course. You can give the cakes to all people you want to raise their affection for you. The cakes are well-liked items during this day (even those people that normally despised the cakes, would love to get the cake during this day) All people (including villagers, bachelors and bachelorettes) will give you a cake when you talk to them. Of course, they have to be at three hearts or more so they would give you some cakes. You can collect the cakes, and give them back to people (or to other people you want to give a boost in the affection). They won't be upset with you if you used their cake for other person. "Thanksgiving used to be a day when you baked cake to thank the head of hosehold, but now it's changed to a day where you send cake to anybody." - Winter Festival Book --------------------. | FIRE FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Winter 19 TIME: 06:00am - 00:00am WHERE: Moonlight Beach REQUIRED: Stake (take a stake from your lumber supply) M. NOTE: "Flame Note" SPECIAL: A date with your love, somewhat. WHAT: To pay the respect for the dead, the villagers build the large bonfire, and talk for a while in the chilly winter. Enter the Moonlight Beach, and your love (one with highest affection) will be there with Mayor Theodore. Mayor Theodore will abandon you for a while, so you talk with your love, and increase the friendship between you two. --------------------. | STARRY NIGHT \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Winter 24 TIME: 06:00am - 00:00am WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "Starlight Note" SPECIAL: Special date. WHAT: It is simliar to the Moon Festival, except you guys will watch the stars instead of the full moon. A person with highest heart will come to your house, asking you out. Say yes, and head down to the Flower Bud Square to meet your love. From there, you will witness the bright stars during the night. You and your love will share the very sweet moment. --------------------. | YEAR END FESTIVAL \________ ------------------------------------ WHEN: Winter 30 TIME: 06:00am - 05:00am WHERE: Flower Bud Square REQUIRED: n/a M. NOTE: "New Year's Sunrise" SPECIAL: Special date WHAT: It is to celebrate the rebirth of a new year. Next day is new year, so people gather to watch the sunrise. The Harvest Sprites will appear at your doorsteps, and asks you which one you want to go out with. They will list the three names (ones with highest hearts) Pick your love, and share the very sweet moment between you two. WARNING: The festival will continue until 5:00am, so you better take care of your livestock, crops, and all other things that need your attention, before attending the festival.
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