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Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon - FAQ/guide
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon PSP General Guide
by Freyashawk
email: castleenchanted & aol
Created on 15 May 2007
Last updated on 10 September 2009 with instructions on setting up the Railway
for automatic shipping
Note by author on 15 May:
This guide offers all the basic information you need
to farm, mine, fish, gather wild items and raise animals.
information about crops and the characters that you can meet fairly early in
It is organised in the style of an actual Walkthrough.
therefore may see more than one section with the same title as information
will be included at the various points that new options are unlocked.
best point of reference for any one who needs information about a specific
point in the game would be the Sunday Maintenance, for which specific dates
are given.
New options tend to be unlocked after Sunday Maintenance but only
if you have fulfilled all requirements.
I try to unlock options at the
earliest possible moment in order to give players an idea of the earliest
point at which any upgrade or plot point can be obtained or experienced.
do have a couple of years, however, to complete the game.
Once you save the
island, you can continue to play the game indefinitely.
You will find that
I have included much of the actual text from the game, as I feel that part of
the delight of Harvest Moon is the text of events and conversations.
'Innocent Life' is a truly wonderful life!
Note on 10 September 2009:
My guide is based on the original PSP version of
Innocent Life but in most particulars, is applicable to the later console
I have added a section that deals with a few of these new options.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Walkthrough:
First Day, 30 Winter
Your First Watering Can
Nature Sprites
Gayak's Virtual Farm
Special Shoes
Power Soles
Snow Soles
Your Rucksack
Farming Tutorial
Human Status
Your Purpose
Introduction to Vita
Walkthrough, Journey to the Easter Ruins
Introduction to Moonlight
Walkthrough, Week 1, Easter Ruins
Strange Moss
Other Initial Tasks
Explore the Grounds
Mock Strawberry Plants
Persimmon Trees
1 Spring, Day 1:
Meet some of the People
History of the Island
Shipping Pods
Time is of the Essence
Sleep Cycle
Introduction to Characters
Explore your Room
Refrigerator
Television
Controlling the Weather
Effects of Severe Storms
Herbal Garden
Cutting Flowers
Cooking Channel
Cooking Life
'Where's My Mommy?
A Kitten's Journey'
'Melancholy Woods'
'Final Z Rangers'
World Ranch
Sleep and Save Menu
Pausing your Game
Exploring the Easter Ruins
The Battlebot
Trees and Plants
Storage Area
More about Moonlight
Day 3, Wednesday, 3 Spring:
Meeting more People
Iron Sickle
Day 4, Thursday, 4 Spring:
Sealed Doors
Cooking in Innocent Life
'Dishes Made' List
Expanding your List
Cooking Lesson 1
Sunday, 7 Spring:
Your First Harvest
Maintenance
Tour of Volcano Town
Fruits and the Scale Pack
Items in the Wilds near Easter Ruins
Fruit Trees
North Mushroom Forest
Asparagus Seeds
Your first Shopping Experience
Shop-a-Million
Spring Crop Seeds
Asparagus Seeds
Cabbage Seeds
Cucumber Seeds
Potato Seeds
Strawberry Seeds
Turnip Seeds
Spring Flower Seeds
Pansy Seeds
Tulip Seeds
Description of all Seeds
Spring Crops for Sale
Basic Tools for Sale
Other Items for Sale
Scale Pack
Water Pistol
Tips on Shopping
Shipping Rules
The Spring Festival
Exploring Volcano Town
The Buildings in Volcano Town
Where to find them
The People of Volcano Town
The Branch Family
The Marco Banks Corporation
The Banks Family
The Winery
Volcano Town School
Principal Rose
Shop-a-Million Supermarket
Masami's Restaurant
The Fisherman
Week 2 at Easter Ruins:
Walkthrough
Your Hammer
Cooking Lesson 2:
Fruit Dessert
More about the Spring Festival
Sunday, 14 Spring:
2nd Maintenance
Gayak's Request
More Seed Bags
Harvest Basket
Week 3, Preparing for the Spring Festival
Farming for the Spring Festival
Bridge Repair Plan
Leveling Up your Tools
Becoming Human
New Item at the Supermarket
The Hammer and the Harvest Basket
Harvest Basket
Using the Scale Pack in Spring
North Mushroom Forest
Fly Agaric Mushrooms
Sunday, 21 Spring:
3rd Maintenance
The Key to the 1st Mine
Blue Chests
Blue and Yellow Jewels
Tool Sockets
Crimson Stone
Ochre Stone
Shipping Ores
Cooking Lesson 3: Advanced Cutting
Week 4, Easter Ruins
Length of Seasons in Innocent Life
Shipping Wild Items
Water Quality
Weird Watering Can:
Masami's WC
Harvesting Spring Crops
Cooking Lesson 4:
Curry and Rice
Sunday, 28 Spring:
4th Maintenance and Spring Festival
Week 5 at Easter Ruins
Cooking Lesson 5: Advanced Cutting
Vegetable Juice
Fruit Juice
Sunday, 35 Spring:
5th Maintenance
The Battlebot
Summer Season
Week 1 at Easter Ruins:
The Repaired Bridge and North Side of the River
New Fruit Trees and Wild Plants
Hot Springs
2nd Cave and Underground Lake
Azure Stone
Easter Ore
Blue Chests
Blue and Yellow Jewels
Breaking the Seals
Cooking Lesson 6: Cutting Drinks
Shop-a-Million Supermarket
Summer Crops and other New Items
Summer Crops
Summer Seeds for Sale
Onion Seeds
Squash Seeds
Corn Seeds
Tomato Seeds
Watermelon Seeds
Lemon Seeds
Other Items for Sale
Balloon Tent
Bas&Ket Rail
Bas&Ket Cart
Bas&Ket 20S
The Bas&Ket Railway
Designing a Railway
Riding the Rails
New Areas to Explore
The 4th Blue Jewel
Breaking the Blue Seal
Vending Machines
Green Pea Seeds
Melon Seeds
Pineapple Seeds
Rose Seeds
Sunflower Seeds
Tomato Seeds
Bas&Ket Rail 1
Bask&Ket Rail L
World Ranch Channel
Buy Livestock
About Livestock
About Shipping
About Chicks
About Livestock Ranks
The Cluck-o-Matic
Purchasing Poultry and Livestock
The Moo-o-Matic
The Baa-baa-Matic
Your Storage Area Expanded
Sheep Barn
Poultry and Livestock Barn and Pasture
Ranch Products
Animal Care
Your Buggy
The Desert and Beyond
The Peach Field
The Witch's Hut (Hermit's Hut)
Mermaid Lake
The Plains
Values of Summer Fruits
Farming Menu
Gathered Items
Other Shipped Items
Dishes Made
Navigating the Island
River Path and Raft
Suspension Bridge Paths
Repaired Bridge Paths
Northern Mushroom Forest
Heartflame Cave and Volcano Town
Hot Springs Area
3rd Cave System
Blue Chests
Jewels for Altars
Master Tools
Earth Power Sand
Impassable Mist
Exploring the Lands near the Desert
Gift for the Hermit
Cooking Lesson 7:
Sunday Maintenance, 14 Summer:
Fruits for 15 Summer
Mock Strawberry Plants
Wild Horses
Sleepovers
Cooking Lesson 8: Advanced Grilling
Sunday Maintenance, 21 Summer:
Masami's Red Jewel
Power of the Red Jewels
Walkthrough: Monday, 22 Summer
Breaking the Red Seal
Cooking Lesson 9:
Oven-Baked Dishes
Blueberries
Exploring the Ancient Ruins
More Jewels
Angel Ribbon
Water Crest
The Hermit and the Water Crest
The Mermaid and the Forest Crest
The Mist Forest
Monsoon Watering Can
Nature Sprites
Nature Sprite of Knowledge
Nature Sprite of Friendship
Nature Sprite of Memory
Poinsettias
The Hermit and the Tower
MBC Construction in the Temple Cave
Wild Items to be Harvested
Sunday Maintenance, 28 Summer
Accident at the Construction Site
A Nasty Odour
Cooking Lesson 10:
Oven Baked Treats
New Items Unlocked
Earth Power Sand
Herb Seeds
Rosemary Seeds
Lavender Seeds
Sunday Maintenance, 35 Summer
A Pregnant Cat
Bas&Ket Rail Upgrades
Preparing Your Tools
Walkthrough: 1 Fall
Shop-a-Million Supermarket
Autumn Seeds
Sweet Potato
Green Pepper
Hot Pepper
Crops for Sale
Other Items
Vending Machines in Autumn
Cat's Tail Seeds
Sweet Potato
Green Pepper
Hot Pepper
Organising your Fields in Autumn
Wild Items in first Week of Autumn
Sunday Maintenance, 7 Fall
The Cat had Kittens
An Experience of Sorrow
Monday, 8 Fall
Wild Items to Harvest
Mining Strategies
2nd Week in Autumn
Mushroom Cooking Contest Announements
The Herbs and the Noxious Gas
Your Reward for Growing Herbs
Battlebot Upgrades
Collecting Porcini Mushrooms
Spirit Water
Mushrooms in Cooking
Matsutake or Truffles
Daily Tasks in Autumn
Sunday Maintenance, 28 Fall
The Doctor's Health
Mushroom Cooking Contest
Your Reward for helping Nana
Sunday Maintenance, 35 Fall
Dorothy's Request
Snow Soles
Winter Season
Growing Crops in Winter
The Monsoon Watering Can
Spirit Water
The Christmas Party
Poinsettias and the Sprite of Memory
The Importance of Kale
Winter Activities
Fishing in the Winter
Lily Bells
Cooking with Dorothy, 23 Winter
The Christmas Party
Unfinished Romances
Another Seed Bag
Nature Sprite of Memory
Giant's Forest
Nature Sprite of Memory
Forest Spirit
The Path to the Mermaid's Tower
Giant's Axe
Earth Hammer
Enchanted Hoe
Reunion with the Hermit
The Water Spirit
Blue Chests in Mist Forest
Breaking More Seals
Green Jewels and the Green Seal
The Green Door
The Fire Crest
Rising Jewels
Jewels in Tools
Jewel Strategies
Transforming Jewels
Creating New Purple and Green Jewels
Other Aspects of Life
Professional Cake-Making
The Angel Ribbon
Visit to Dr. Hope
The Life Arm
Using the Life Arms
The Ice Grail
The Fisherman's Romance
The Fire Crest
Quenching the Anger of the Fire Spirit
A Hero's Welcome
Certificate of Citizenship
Appearance of an Alien
A Sad Farewell
The Credits Roll
Time Limit for Appeasing the Fire Spirit
Life Continues
A New Area to Explore in the 2nd Cave
The Construction Site
A New Challenge
The Wasteland Farm of the Fire Spirit
A Haiku for Dr. Hope
Strategies for Farming in Spring
Supermarket in Spring
Peppermint
Vending Machines in Spring
Hyacinth Bulbs
Peppermint
Bas&Ket Upgrades
A New Wildflower
Fishing in Spring
Level 3 Tools
Strategies in using Gems and Jewels
Shipping 1000 Crops from Wasteland Farm
New Tenants at Easter Ruins
Pink Mask Representative
Mother's Touch
Shiny Coat
Healthy Colour
Surprising Seeds
World Ranch 'Star' Animals
New Bas&Ket Railway Upgrades
Daily Tasks in Ring 2
The Future of Dr. Hope
Boosting Values for Harvest
Mushroom Festival
Winter, Ring Two
Poinsettias and Christmas Party
Completing your List
Giant Wood
Introduction
Innocent Life:
A Futuristic Harvest Moon is based on the same general
philosophy found in all Harvest Moon games.
Your goals are threefold:
help your Village, to restore a farm to its former glory and finally to become
the best person that you can be.
In this game, there are elements that remind
one of the story of Pinocchio.
Your character is a robot who can become a
'real person' only if he learns to feel emotions and to care about life and
all that is on this earth.
As his creator and 'father' will tell him, he
needs to learn about 'the human heart and the value of life'.
Your character not only is a robot, but is a child as well.
In time, he will
grow and mature but at the beginning of the game, many villagers will remind
him of this fact.
For exmple, more than one individual will tell him that he
is not yet old enough to drink wine.
Note that your character never will be
able to realise the promise implicit in his 'growth' as he always will remain,
for all intents and purposes a robot.
Marriage, therefore, is not possible in
an Innocent Life.
The game is set on a gorgeous island.
Like Lost in Blue 2, however, there is
danger in Paradise as the island is volcanic and an eruption could destroy all
Automation and technology are part of the problem.
The Spirits of the Island
have become angry at what they perceive as neglect of Nature.
Those who rely
on automation in farming and ranching have distanced themselves from the
natural world and the spirits who rule it.
Dr. Hope, a famous scientist,
has conceived a plan to save the island by
creating a robot, proposing to teach him farming and other skills, in the hope
that he will be able to find a solution to the threat that faces every one.
It is ironic that a robot, created with the ultimate technology, must be the
one to renew respect and attention towards the spirits of Nature.
You have two years to avert the threat of the eruption of the volcano.
guide will show you how to complete the goal before the end of the first
Winter, but you actually can complete the goal in the second year if you do
not manage to do it in the first Winter.
The goal can be completed only in
Winter, by the way.
If you fail to appease the Fire Spirit by the end of the
second Winter, disaster will strike.
The later console version of Innocent Life may be slightly different in terms
of the amount of time you have to realise your goals.
This Guide is written in the form of a detailed Walkthrough, which means that
it is organised according to the Calendar.
It is based on my own game, where
my character experienced new options in the course of his weekly 'Maintenance'
and through the manner in which he acted.
In other words, if you do not
follow this Walkthrough religiously, you may experience new options at a
different time.
Do not despair if, at the end of the 1st year, you have not unlocked all the
options that are given in the 1st year of this Walkthrough.
Events that can
occur only in Winter will have to wait until the 2nd Year if you do not
experience them in the 1st Winter but do not think that you are doomed to
Be aware of the basic premise of Harvest Moon games which is farming.
Harvest Moon games, farming is central to the plot.
By planting, harvesting
and shipping all crops, herbs and flowers, you will unlock more options in the
I have tried to include all options at the earliest point in the game
when they can be unlocked.
If you find that you have not been able to unlock
an option and you have spoken to all characters in the village and done
everything else that the guide instructs, then you should look at your
shipping list, to see if you have shipped all possible items.
Dr. Hope lives in a large mansion at the southern end of Volcano Town.
housekeeper Vita lives there in her own little flat upstairs in the back.
You will discover that most of the characters are members of one of three
families who live on the island.
These are the Banks family, the Branch
family and Gallion's family.
The Banks family consists of Gayak and Marlene,
patriarch and matriarch, Marco Banks, their son, and his family, Lucia, Big
and Marcia.
Marco Banks is in charge of the Marco Banks Corporation, a
business that supplies technologically advanced equipment and appliances to
the entire island.
Gayak is Marco's father.
There is a philosophical and sociological conflict
between them.
Gayak and Marlene are old-fashioned, preferring to lead a
simple, uncomplicated life.
They are proud of the labour of their own hands.
Marlene sews Seed Bags by hand and her husband grows his own produce.
Gayak who will teach you how to farm at the start of the game.
Gayak's son Marco, on the other hand, is the master of technology and
automation.
Marco's house is fully automated, a huge edifice filled with
machines, rather stark and barren compared to the cozy clutter of Gayak's
Marcia, Marco's daughter, spends Saturday nights at her grandparent's
house and always wishes that she could live there instead of being forced to
return to the sterile environment of the MBC.
The Branch family are ranchers and own a large fully automated ranch.
of the family, Jonathan, is in charge of the ranch.
His wife Vanessa is an
accomplished artist.
They have three children, Becky, Simon and Lionel.
Gallion's family are merchants.
Gallion himself appears to be retired, but his
wife Masami owns and runs the local restaurant.
His son Million runs the
local supermarket, the 'Shop-a-Million Supermarket'.
The other business on the island is the local winery, owned by Liberta and run
by Jean and Emma.
The Volcano Town School is the other large building in the village.
Max, Bobby
and Sharon teach at the school, presided over by Principal Rose.
The regular
students at the school are Big, Marcia, Becky, Simon and Lionel.
On weekends, there are special classes for adults and children.
On Saturday,
Vanessa Branch teaches an art class.
On Sunday, Max's wife Nina teaches
Essentially, your character will be given a ruined farm to restore.
game progresses, you will be given more and more opportunities to automate
your tasks rather than performing them by hand, and part of the challenge is
to remain close to the land while doing your utmost to increase the
productivity of your farm.
There is a time limit on the first goal, which is to appease the Fire Spirit in
order to prevent the eruption of the volcano.
In this guide, that goal will
be accomplished before the end of the first Winter.
Once you have achieved the first goal, you will unlock a second goal, which is
to ship 1000 Crops from the Wasteland Farm, a large field controlled by the
Fire Spirit.
Again, you will be given two years to complete the goal.
Unlike the first goal, however, completion of the second early in the game
will not unlock any new missions or goals.
In other words, after shipping
1000 crops from the Wasteland Field, you still will be obliged to wait for
other time-related plot points to occur in order to move the plot forward.
The console version of the game evidently has a couple of additional optional
Walkthrough:
First Day, 30 Winter
At the start of the game, you will see the island on which you will spend your
You then will be required to choose a name.
Using the text system is a
little difficult at first, but it is a combination of two buttons:
You then discover that you are a robot who is being introduced by 'Dr. Hope
Grain', a scientist, to life on the island, required to interact with 'real'
people and to restore a farm.
If you succeed, you will become a 'real'
Moreover, many areas both on the island and on your farm are 'locked'
behind seals.
In order to restore the farm and island to its full glory, you
need to break the seals and unlock these areas.
In this game, you must be taught how to farm before you will be able to begin
Your first teacher is a Farming Instructor named Gayak.
Walk through Dr. Grain's office and open the door in the west to find Gayak and
Dr. Hope seated there.
Press the Triangle button to speak to any one.
Gayak explains that the soil in Volcano Town isn't the best, so no one farms by
hand but despite this fact, Dr. Grain has purchased a 'nice piece of land' for
you on the east side of the island.
Dr. Hope is the other person seated in this room.
When you speak to him he
will tell you that the land he purchased for you is 'Easter Ruins' on the far
east side of the island.
Gayak begins to drag you from the room, but Dr. Hope stops him and says he must
give something to you before you go.
Your first Watering Can
'Here is my old watering can.
You can use it to water your crops.'
You received the Doctor's Watering Can!
This is your first basic tool.
As in other Harvest Moon games, a basic tool
has only the power to be used on a single square of land at a time.
You first will spend a day with Gayak to learn how to farm, and only then will
you be introduced to your own farm.
Nature Sprites
As you walk with Gayak towards his farm, you will pass a spot where you will
overhear a conversation between creatures who suspiciously resemble the
Harvest Sprites from other Harvest Moon games.
'What is it?
What is it?
A new human?
We'd better tell her.
Yes, we'd better tell the Spirits!'
Marcia will speak of these Sprites again and again.
The Doctor will tell you
that he saw them himself when he was young, but that they only appear to the
'pure of heart'.
Gayak's Virtual Farm
The game begins on 30 Winter.
As it is Winter, Gayak has a Virtual Farm which
will allow you to learn how to perform farming actions even though snow is on
the ground elsewhere.
He gives you an Iron Hoe and tells you to till the soil.
You now have two
tools, a Watering Can and a Hoe.
To open your 'Rucksack' in order to equip the Hoe or any other tool or item,
use the L button.
Use the Directional button to cycle through the items until
you find the Hoe.
Equip any tool with the Triangle Button.
Special Shoes
In this game, you need special shoes if you wish to run.
Opening your 'rucksack' you will see the following:
Power Soles
If you put these on your toos, your body will feel light and you can run by
pressing the directional buttons.
But in the winter you'll need to use Snow
Snow Soles
Put these on your boots and you can move quickly across snow using the
directional buttons.
Once spring returns you'll need to change to Power
As it is 30 Winter, equip the Snow Shoes now.
Your Rucksack
Other items in your rucksack at present include:
Doctor's WC
Dr. Hoe's small watering can.
When you highlight an item, you will see its description and its level.
the watering can, Tool Lv 1.
PP Used: 2 per use
Equip it and press Triangle to water crops.
Waters up to 25 soil squares.
A small hoe give to you by Gayak.
Equip it and press the Triangle button to
till the soil.
Press the Triangle button again to unequip any equipped Tool.
Farming Tutorial
In other Harvest Moon games, you usually could access a special 'Tutorial' film
or television channel in order to learn about farming.
Perhaps Natsume
thought that too many players were ignoring the tutorial option, as in this
game, you have no choice but to go through the lesson.
Equip your Hoe and till the soil.
When you have tilled the 9 squares of soil,
Gayak will give you a bag of Potato Seeds.
The bag contains nine squares
worth of potato seeds.
Equip the seeds like you did the Tool and plant seeds in each of the nine
Gayak then will place some water from his Thermos in your Watering
Can and ask you to water the seeds.
Never fear.
This method of obtaining water is not the usual one.
Gayak will tell you:
'This is a one-time-only thing.
When you go to the
Easter Ruins, you'll have to get water by yourself.
Gayak then presses a button on the machine that controls the 'Virtual Field'
to advance the crop growth by three days to show you what three day old potato
plants will look like.
Let's take a look at five days!
And on the 6th day, they're ready to be harvested.
As you may have suspected, you will harvest the crops the same way you planted
or watered them, by using the Triangle Button.
Use the Triangle button again to put the crop into the Shipping Pod at the top
of the screen, which is the 'bottom of the hill'.
Sadly, as it was only a 'virtual crop', it disappeared as soon as it entered
the Shipping Pod.
Now you will meet Gayak's wife Marlene as she comes out of the house.
Whenever events occur that you do not experience directly, the screen will turn
black and a narrative about the event will be given:
Narrative:
You were invited to their house where you enjoyed their
hospitality.
Having been invited to stay the night, you went to bed and went to sleep.
You need to go downstairs to see Marlene.
She cooks for you and sets a meal on
the table.
She tells you to eat it even if you don't really need it.
then you will have the option to tell her if the food is good or not.
Obviously you will wish to respond in a positive way.
Human Status
Now you will see a new prompt:
By eating that meal, your abilities increased a tiny bit!
Love increased!
Cooking increased!
Humour increased!
As you may have surmised, performing 'human' actions will increase your
character's abilities.
Speak to every one and explore every object that you
find in order to advance your ratings.
Ordinarily, your abilities will be assessed and increased when you go to sleep
at night, but in certain specific instances like this one, you can receive an
increase directly after you perform an action.
Incidentally, if you press O next to any individual, you will be able to see
that person's ratings in all 'Human' Abilities.
Go to Marlene and speak to her.
She will give you a Seed Bag, then explain
'You can only put one kind of seed in a Seed Bag at a time, so have
several of them.
I haven't made many of them recently, so that's all I have
right now.
If I make more, I'll give them to you.'
Seed Bags are an aspect of farming that is new to Harvest Moon.
Harvest Moon games, if you purchased seeds, you could take them to the field
and plant them.
If you had a Tool Box, seeds that you purchased would be sent
directly to the Tool Box, but all you had to do then was access the Tool Box
at your home and remove them in order to take them to the field for planting.
In this game, all Seeds will be sent to the Seed Box but you will not be able
to remove them unless you have an empty Seed Bag for them.
Each type of seed
needs to be placed in a separate Seed Bag.
Seed Bags are kept in your Item
Box when they are not in your Rucksack.
If you have only one Seed Bag but
wish to plant more than one type of crop, you will be obliged to plant the
Seeds that you have placed in the Seed Bag or otherwise empty the Bag again
before you can fill it with a different variety of Seed.
Fortunately, provided you ship every possible crop that you can grow in Spring,
you will have seven Seed Bags after the Spring Festival has ended.
Nature Sprites
Marlene then will tell you:
My husband should be in the basement.
Go down to the basement now and you will find a new character named Marcia.
Introduce yourself to her.
I've seen some Nature Sprites around here...
You probably don't
believe me, but you might just see them yourself...
Let's go, Freyr!
Your purpose
Before you embark upon your journey to the Easter Ruins, Dr. Hope will give you
a lecture about your role in life.
Frey, I know you probably don't understand everything that's going
on, but please listen to me.
There is an incredible amount of knowledge in
these books.
And that knowledge is also in your head.
But all the knowledge
in the world won't help you understand some things.
Perhaps the most diffcult
things to understand are the human heart and the value of life.
agree, Freyr?
You have a choice of response.
Respond positively.
Yes, you're my son all right!
I'm sure after nurturing the plant and animal life on your farm, you'll grow to
understand this.
And you'll eventually unlock the seals in the ruins as well.
In any case, your new adventure begins tomorrow, after you arrive at the
Easter Ruins...
The 'Shine Pod' is the place where your Maintenance is performed.
Usually, the
procedure takes only a few moments.
It is not a substitute for a bed.
fact, you do have your own room in Dr. Hope's house if you care to spend the
night at any point.
Any 'Shine Pod' will fully restore all PP when you enter it.
There are other
Shine Pods elsewhere on the island.
If you find Vita upstairs cleaning the large guest room on any morning, she
will tell you that your room is the room in front of (south) of
Stand next to the bed and press the Triangle button in order to
obtain the option to sleep there.
When you awoke the next day, your abilities increased because of the things you
did yesterday.
Love Increased!
Intelligence increased!
You come out of the Shine Pod.
Are you awake, Master Freyr?
It's late.
The Doctor went out to the
garden just a bit ago.
Your escort to the Easter Ruins hasn't arrived yet, so
why don't you go and see the doctor?
The man coming to get you is an artist and a little odd...
But don't let it
bother you.
Talk to Vita and she will say that the doctor went to see one of his relatives
in the west part of the garden.
This is the site of the family graveyard.
Vita usually has useful information to impart.
When you visit Dr. Hope each
Sunday for your weekly maintenance, Vita will stand next to the Shine Pod.
Always speak to her a couple of times in order to learn something new.
Go left across the bridge to find Dr. Hope.
He will tell you: All of the depearted members of the Grain family are here are
hoping for your success.
Let's go back to the house.
Your escort should be
arriving soon.
When you return to the house, a strange personage will be waiting for you at
Walkthrough:
Week 1, Easter Ruins
Introduction to Moonlight
There are two individuals who live at the Easter Ruins and the person who will
take you to the Ruins is one of them.
Moonlight is the 'resident artist' on
the Island.
Moonlight:
It's me, Moonlight!
I've come to take your precious son to his new
Hmm... You're Freyr?
I can see the total sum of the Doctor's
knowledge glimmering in those eyes of yours!
Moonlight:
Come, Freyr!
Let's depart for the Easter Ruins!
Don't you want to have a cup of tea before you go?
Moonlight: I'd love to, but if we don't leave now, the sun will set.
air isn't good for your health, you know.
O-of course.
I wasn't thinking.
Well, take good care of Freyr for me.
To you: Make sure you have Moonlight tell you all about the Easter Ruins,
And don't forget to come and see me here every Sunday!
Tomorrow Winter will
end and spring will begin.
It will be your first Monday on your farm!
As you walk, Moonlight will give you information about the island:
carefully.
This is a cave on the south side of Heartflame Island.
probably never been in a cave before, so watch your step!
When you emerge from the cave:
Moonlight:
Stay close to me, okay Freyr?
Once we get through this area, we're practically at the Easter Ruins.
Suddenly you will run very fast with the bizarre artist named Moonlight.
go south then east.
Now you go north to the door of your farm.
Moonlight:
Look, Freyr!
this is the Easter Ruins!
It's still beautiful, even
in decay...
No, it is precisely because it is ruined that it's so beautiful!
This place never fails to move me.
The echoes of a distant past...
breath of a fertile land...
what's wrong?
You look a little confused.
Oh, I'm sorry. You probably can't undersand the concept of beauty yet.
You're going to be growing more crops than you'll know what to do
do you know what that means?
You're creating life!
Why, it's a
veritable art form in and of itself!
Once you experience that for yourself,
you'll be able to talk to me about art and beauty!
Now let me show you where
you're going to be living from now on.
You go up in a lift to your room.
Moonlight:
This is your room.
Not bad for being in the middle of some ruins,
You can thank the Doctor for that!
The fields are above and the storage
area is down below.
Just perfect for farming, no?
The ancient country of
Easter was quite advanced in agriculture, so the buildings are made for it.
It may not seem like it, but this place is now your home.
Why don't you rest
tonight and get used to it.
By the way, Freyr.
There's something I'd like to say to you.
I'm not sure
that you're going to be able to bring life to this land.
And I think the
people of Volcano Town feel the same way.
To us, you're still a stranger who
suddenly appeared at the Doctor's house.
But if you could really revive these
ruins that every one else has given up on...
I'm sure the people of Volcano
Town would look to you as a hero.
I hope that day will come.
good night,
Narrative on the black screen:
You finally arrived at your new home.
Tomorrow will be the first
day of Spring and your first day on the farm.
Your abilities increased because of the work you did the day before.
Challenge increased
Love increased
Intelligence increased
Walkthrough:
Week 1, Easter Ruins
Your first week at Easter Ruins is in the nature of a Tutorial.
You will not
be allowed to leave the farm at all, and you will find that you have hours to
fill with few tasks to perform.
Strange Moss
If you wish to make your tasks even easier, explore the area outside the
Entrance to the Ruins a little BEFORE you plant your 9 seeds.
You will find a
path to the left (west) of the Ruins that leads to the river.
On the river
bank, you will see golden plants.
These are 'Strange Moss'.
Collect as many
as possible and take them back to your farm.
When 'Strange Moss' is spread on
tilled soil, it retains water when you water any crop.
This means that you
will not be required to water your crops daily on any square where Strange
Moss has been spread.
You must spread the Moss BEFORE you plant any seeds,
You cannot do it afterwards.
Strange Moss description:
If you take this and spread it on your fields, the
soil retains water longer.
Each one is good for 9 squares of land.
more when the season changes.
Strange Moss, as you may have surmised from its description will not outlast
the season on a till square.
Once it is spread on a square of soil, it will
remain throughout the season, however, even after you have harvested a crop.
Strange Moss can be stored indefinitely, however, so you can collect all that
you find and keep it for later use.
Strange Moss, once placed on a square, cannot be removed until it disappears at
the end of the Season.
In your first Spring, this is not a concern, but once
you have the option to build a Railway, you will find that you will be unable
to place tracks on any square where Strange Moss has been spread.
therefore would be best to design and place your railway tracks at the
beginning of a season BEFORE you spread any Strange Moss or plant any crops.
When you are allowed to leave your farm after this week ends, you will
find more Strange Moss on the riverbank to the east of the suspension bridge.
Other Initial Tasks
Once you have planted your 9 seeds and watered them, there will be little to do
but clear the field of stones by moving them to spots in the field that cannot
be tilled.
You do not have a hammer or axe yet, so simply move stones to
paved spaces and wait until Day 3 to acquire a Sickle from Franco so that you
can use it on the weeds growing everywhere.
Although the manual that comes with the game will tell you that you can
throw unwanted stones into the pool of water to dispose of them, it is far
better to use a hammer on them.
Placing them on paved areas will not affect
anything, and you will gain tool experience by smashing them with the hammer
when you obtain one from the Supermarket.
Explore the Grounds
Explore the grounds outside the Entrance to find some Mock Strawberry Plants
that can be harvested on 15 Summer and some Persimmon Trees that can be
harvested on 15 Fall.
Speak to Franco whenever possible at different periods
of the day and speak to Moonlight after the Evening Bell when he awakens.
1 Spring, Day 1
Freyr. Wake up.
It's been light out for ages.
You must be surprised to have a strange old man wake you up like
Franco. My name's Franco.
I live here in the ruins.
Dr. Hope told me
all about you.
He then enters the pod lift and it goes up.
When you walk up to the Pod, you will see the following options:
Go up to your farm.
Go down to the storage area.
Go to the ruins entrance.
You will find yourself at the farm at the top.
Meet some of the People
This is the top of Easter Plateau .
And it's all yours.
There are two shipping pods on either side of the Lift Pod, a little in front
Shipping Pods
The Shipping Pod
for crops is on the left and the one for shipping other
things like ore and lumber is on the right.
Franco gives you information about two Spring crops:
Potatoes will be ready for harvest in 5 days and turnips in 6.
Time is of the Essence
The passage of time is going to have an important effect in your life
from now on.
You'll want to make the most of the time you have each day and
not waste it.'
Any one familiar with Harvest Moon will know that farming is seasonal.
are season-specific and will die when the season changes.
Some of the items
in this game are even more specific, becoming ripe for harvest on specific
days in one Season.
In some cases, the fruit will be available for harvest
only for a few days.
Sleep Cycle
Time in 'Innocent Life' is marked by bells.
There is a morning bell at 6.00
a.m., an afternoon bell at 10.00 a.m., an evening bell at 16.00, a night bell
at 20.00 and a late night bell at 23.00.
The narrative description that
accompanies the late night bell will advise you to go to bed, as it is 'very
If you try to stay up all night, you will receive a message from Dr.
Hope via your 'ear receiver' ordering you to bed.
You then will be put to bed
forcibly and awaken late the next morning.
Oversleeping effectively means
that you will awaken at 8.00 a.m. rather than 6.00 a.m.
The controls used in this game can be rather annoying sometimes.
The Triangle
button is the primary button to use when talking to some one, using a tool,
investigating an item on the ground or petting an animal.
It becomes natural,
therefore, to use the Triangle button whenever you approach any object.
This is where there is an annoying variation in the system.
Whenever you
approach your Item Box or Seed Box, you need to use the Circle Button instead!
If you use the Triangle Button, you simply will access a lengthy description
of the object.
If you wish to interact with the object in any fashion, you
must press the Circle Button in order to do so.
As far as the Shipping Pods are concerned, pressing the Triangle Button will
have the same effect if there are no items in your rucksack that can be
Otherwise, if you press the Triangle Button, you will be given the
option to ship the items in your rucksack.
It really is not complicated, but one acquires the habit of pressing the
Triangle Button for every action.
One then forgets to press the O button
instead, and finds oneself being obliged to read the same long description of
these Boxes again and again...
The menu that is the most frustrating in this game is the one that is accessed
when one needs to purchase seeds at the Supermarket.
First, one is asked if one wishes to purchase the specified seeds.
must answer 'Yes', then choose a number between 1-9.
Nine seeds is the limit.
If one wishes to buy more than 9 seeds, one then must press Triangle again.
The first question that is asked this time is whether or not one wishes to put
back the seeds one has in the cart.
One therefore must answer 'No' this time.
You then need to answer 'Yes'
to the question of whether one wishes to add
more seeds to the order, then give the number between 1-9 that one wishes to
ADD to the first order.
When one has made all one's choices, one has to go to
the cashier to buy the items ordered.
The entire process is the most tedious
and time-consuming aspect of the game, in my opinion.
Buying seeds from the
Vending Machines is a little faster, but one still has a limit of 9.
I wish it were like other Harvest Moon games when one can purchase 99 items at
The Local Schoolteacher
If you have gathered Strange Moss, spread that on the squares that have been
tilled, then
plant your Turnip Seeds in the plot that Franco tilled for you and water them.
Find Sharon to the right and introduce yourself.
She is a teacher at the
Volcano School.
She said you would be welcome to visit the school even though
you aren't a student and that she brought her students here on a field trip
today to introduce them to you.
Introduce yourself to Simon, one of her students, now.
He will remark that you
are very intelligent and invite you to visit him at his house.
My family runs the Branch Farm.
It's an autofarm.
History of the Island
It was the spirits who sealed off these fields.
You see, long ago the Easter
People and the Voclano people fought a terrible war over control of this land.
The behaviour of the humans angered the Spirits. And so they decided to seal
off this fertile land.
The Easter People then left the island, never to
But the spirits did leave us one chance to make up for what we did.
If some one could once again love this land and nurture life on it with his
own hands, the seals would break.
But the people in Volcano Town only care
about autofarming.
I'm afraid they've given up on this land...
And I doubt
that there is any one left in this day and age who still believes in the
existence of the Spirits.
But if something isn't done, sooner or later the
anger of the spirits could destroy this entire island.
Do you understand,
You are the only one who can save this island.
There's a shop called Shop-a-Million. The guy who runs it is nice enough, but
maybe a little unreliable.
Anyway, I'll show you the shop the next time you
go to visit Dr. Hope.
North of the field where you planted the seeds is a pool of water.
A man named
Big is standing there.
Big: I'm analysing the water in this spring right now, so don't talk to me.
If you go to the right, you will see a girl inside a square formed by stones.
Her name is Becky.
I feel kind of like a princess locked up in a tower here.
these fields were sealed off long ago, but I guess there's still a bit of land
that can be used.
Lionel can be found to the right:
When you ask somebody their name, you're
supposed to say yours first.
Mine's Lionel.
They say that this big stone
thing is actually an altar used to break the seal on the field.
Everybody in
Volcano Town knows that.
There is a large man named Max who is racing back and forth in front of the
place where Becky stands.
Max: Hi there, Freyr!
I'm a teacher at Volcano School.
Big finally will tell you that the water is 'safe enough, but can't compare to
Brilliant Water.
My father invented that.'
Lionel sure is dumb.
I can't believe I'm his sister!
Marcia promises she will show you around.
Just wait at the Doctor's house for
her next Sunday.
Introductions to Characters
Where introductions are concerned, this game has an anomaly whereby it is only
in certain locations at specific times that a character actually will
introduce himself or herself to her.
You may have spoken to the character
three or four times before you will be given a 'proper introduction'!
Most of the characters you meet on your farm in the first week will introduce
themselves to you properly later, when you meet them again in Volcano Town.
Explore your Room
Go to your room.
You will find an Item Box there.
You can find an Item Box on
the roof, in the storage area and in your room.
This is the item Box
Use the O button to view the Menu.
Take out an item.
Put away an item.
Look in box.
Refrigerator
If you go to the Refrigerator or any Refrigerator anywhere for that matter, you
will see the following message:
You open the Refrigerator.
But you close the doors quickly to prevent the food
from spoiling.
Television
One cannot overestimate the importance of television in any Harvest Moon game,
and in this one, more than one channel on the television plays a vital role in
your life.
When you stand in front of the television and press Triangle, you will see the
following menu:
What channel do you want to watch?
Weather News
Herbal Garden
Cooking Life
World Ranch
Weather Channel
The weather channel is run by Neo, a scientist who has moved to Heart Island,
because his instruments have told him that Flame Mountain will erupt within
Neo will give the weather prediction for the next day and he will ask that you
contact him if you wish to assist in his research.
You will find Neo in the
tall tower accessed from the ramp in the tunnel.
When you reach the roof of
the tunnel, you will see two buildings:
one to the north and one to the
The building to the south is the one in which Neo works.
The building
to the north is the MBC, the Marco Banks Corporation.
Marco is responsible
for most of the automation on the Island and is Marcie's father.
Accessing the Weather Channel should be the very first act you perform each
The Weather prediction for the following day can be critical.
severe storms are predicted, you must harvest crops early if you do not wish
to lose them.
Controlling the Weather
As in other Harvest Moon games, weather is one of the most important aspects of
farming life and success.
It is possible to 'control' the weather, however,
if you are diligent in watching the Weather Channel as soon as you awaken, but
only if a severe storm is not predicted.
The best way to do this is as follows:
Save your game before you go to your room to sleep.
When prompted, you can
sleep without saving, watch the Weather Channel immediately upon awakening and
if the Weather prediction is bad, simply reload your game to the point of your
last Save.
As you cannot save your game inside any building except at the
point of going to sleep, save your game immediately upon reaching your Farm
after you have achieved a good Weather result.
The only reason to do this in Innocent Life actually is if you want rain in
order to not be obliged to water your plants.
In this game, you actually can
plant seeds in the rain.
In other Harvest Moon games, seeds planted in the
rain often wash away.
If one could prevent a severe storm from occurring, one
really would have an interest in changing the weather, but it is possible that
severe storms are programmed as certainties into the game.
Reloading a file in Innocent Life is a little more time-consuming than it is on
a game for the DS or GBA.
As you may notice, loading any screen is slower
than it would be on another system.
The advantage of the PSP is the ability
to have as many Save files as you like for the same game.
On a single memory
stick, you have about nine slots for the game.
If you wish to use a different
memory stick as well, you double your slots.
Players who use more than two
slots for a game generally do so in order to create vastly different
situations on each slot once they achieve the basic goals of the game.
It appears to be impossible to change the forecast when a severe storm is
predicted.
Furthermore, you may notice that severe storms occur in the same
time frame every year.
In Spring, I noted that there were no severe storms
either in the first or the second year.
There were three severe storms in
Summer, however in the first three weeks, not only in the first year but in
the second year as well.
They did not occur on the same day each year, but
within the space of the same week in both years.
There was one more storm in
the 5th week of Summer in both first and second years.
The incidence of severe storms in 'Innocent Life' appears to be far more
certain than in other Harvest Moon games.
From a remark that Neo makes about
having recordings of weather predictions for the next 1000 years, one
wonders...
I would welcome any research done by other players to prove or disprove
the theory that the weather will follow the same pattern in the first two
In my own games, it has followed the same pattern both in the first
and the second years.
Effects of Severe Storms
In most Harvest Moon games, if a severe storm is in progress, your character
will be unable to leave the house.
In 'Innocent Life', your character can
leave the house and even visit shops and homes in Volcano Town.
Business will
be conducted as usual.
Your movements, however, will be extremely slow,
whether you are on foot or using a buggy.
It takes longer to go anywhere
outside the Ruins.
You will be able to harvest ripe plants DURING a severe storm and if any
flowers or herbs are fully mature, you can make an order with the Herbal
Garden to have them cut.
This effectively prevents them from being destroyed
in the storm.
It is AFTER the storm has ended that you will be able to see its results in
terms of destruction.
The number of plants destroyed in a severe storm is
significant.
Obviously, more fragile plants have a greater chance of being
destroyed but even hardy crops often will not survive.
It is a good idea to
plant as many crops as possible, and to plant more of the fragile ones than
the hardy ones.
For example, with 20 roses planted, there is a very good
chance that 1 will survive a severe storm.
With only 7 or 8 roses planted,
you may discover that all have been destroyed the day after a storm hits.
In Innocent Life, once a crop is planted, you will be unable to remove it from
your field until it dies at the end of the season.
A severe storm often is a
way to 'clean the slate' to free squares on your field for possible use in
your Bas&Ket Railway.
Herbal Channel
The Herbal Channel is vital if you grow flowers on your farm.
Flowers cannot
be harvested in this game in the same manner as crops.
You need to contact a
specialist at the Herbal Farm who will cut flowers for you when they bloom.
The flowers then will be shipped automatically.
Here is the information that the Herbal Channel gives when you access its menu:
Items in your order will be cut by the following morning after placing the
If you have fully grown flowers, quickly place and order to avoid any possible
storm damage.
Remember that how you care for seeds affects the selling value of the flower.
When making a shipment, flowers are priced by variety.
Flower earnings are
transferred to you the morning of the day they are cut.
Buy flower and herb seeds at a nearby store.
We only buy items.
sell products.
If you grow high quality flowers, high quality seeds will
appear in some stores.
Buying those high quality seeds may allow you to grow
better quality flowers.
We pay top dollar for high quality items.
We are looking foward to doing
business with you!
You can check the number of flowers you're growing and the number available for
shipment tomorrow.
Place a shipping order for herbs and flowers as soon as
they bloom.
And always remember to check before you leave for a few days
during stormy seasons.
As long as your flowers and herbs are cut by the morning of a stormy day, they
will be intact.
Cooking Channel
On the first day, the Cooking Channel is off the air.
You should be able to
access it by Day 3.
Drama Channel
The Drama Channel and the Anime Channel provide entertainment.
They air on
alternate weeks.
In the first week, it is the Drama Channel that will air a
programme entitled:
'Where's my Mommy?
A Kitten's Journey, Part 1'
This show alternates with 'Melancholy Woods'.
Anime Channel
The Anime Channel will show its first episode in the Week 2.
It has two
different shows:
Final Z Rangers
Miss Cute, Witch in Training
Big, one of the students at the local school, is obsessed with Anime.
he speaks to you, he will ask you if you have seen the latest episode either
of 'Miss Cute' or 'Z Rangers'.
World Ranch Channel
The World Ranch Channel is your contact for all ranching business.
It is here
that you can buy or sell poultry and livestock once you unlock the Barn.
this point, however, all the 'Rancher' will tell you is that you are in the
Easter Ruins with good water, with a barn that still is sealed off but which
exists, and that he can't help you until you become a Rancher.
Your Kitchen
There is a kitchen.
Stand in front of it for the following options:
Cutting (Advanced)
Cutting Drinks
Boiling (Advanced)
Grilling Advanced
Oven Baked Dishes
Oven Baked Treats
A Cooking option will become available only after the corresponding 'lesson'
has aired on the Cooking Channel.
Dorothy Gremley, the wife of the Mayor, is
the 'star' of the Cooking Channel.
A different lesson will air each week.
After watching the weekly lesson, go to the kitchen to cook the recipes that
have become available.
This will boost your 'human' status.
More details
about cooking are given in the section that deals with the first Cooking
Sleep and Save Menu
When you press Triangle next to your Bed, a menu will open:
Save and go to sleep.
Go to sleep without saving.
You have one more option if you go to sleep before the last night bell:
Do you want to get up earlier than usual tomorrow morning?
There is another way to save your game in progress.
Whenever you are outside a
building, you can press R, then highlight the Save option to save your game at
that point.
As this is the PSP, you can have multiple save files at different
Pausing your Game
There is no 'Pause' button per se in this game, but you can pause your game at
any time by accessing the Save screen.
Please note that time will pass
anywhere inside the Ruins, although it does not pass when you enter other
buildings on the Island, so do not make the mistake of standing in your room
without pausing the game.
Exploring the Easter Ruins
In front of the the Ruins, you will find an odd machine lying on its side.
you examine it:
This is an ancient Battlebot.
However...
You cannot do anything with the Battlebot at this point, but it will be
significant a little later in the game.
Trees and Plants:
On the land outside the entrance to the Easter Ruins, you will find a number of
Persimmon Trees and Mock Strawberry Plants.
Strawberry Plants:
Harvest on 15 Summer
Persimmon Trees:
Harvest on 15 Fall
Wild items, including the fruits from Mock Strawberry Plants and Persimmon
Trees can be harvested and shipped in this game, but only when you have a
special container for them known as a Scale Pack.
This will be discussed in
detail later.
Storage Area:
Take the lift to the Storage Area.
It is an enormous chamber with only three
small bins in the centre.
There are two locked doors along the southern wall
of this area, however.
When you break a Blue Seal, the doors will open.
The Item Box is shaped like a cylinder and is in the centre of the room, to the
left of and below the Trash Box and Seed Box.
As the season has changed from
Winter to Summer, store your Snow Soles here now, as well as any excess
Strange Moss.
Empty Seed Bags should be stored in the Item Box.
If you wish to store a Seed
Bag that still has seeds in it, you can take it to the Item Box.
attempt to store it, a prompt will appear, informing you that the Seeds will
be sent back to the Seed Box, and that the Seed Bag, when empty, will be
stored in the Item Box.
You will find two other important storage bins here:
Trash Box:
Items placed in the Trash actually can be removed if you decide
that you need them again.
After the passage of some time, the items will
disappear, but they do remain in the Trash temporarily.
If you are mining and have no more space in your rucksack for an item, it
will be sent to your Trash Box at the farm.
You then can retrieve it and ship
it when you return to the farm, but do not wait too long or it will disappear.
It will remain in the Trash Box for quite a long time, however.
This is where your Seeds are stored.
When you wish to plant seeds,
you must take them from the Seed Box and place them in a Seed Bag.
makes Seed Bags for you, and you will have two of them when you first go to
the Easter Ruins.
To access these storage bins, stand in front of them and press the O button.
menu will open, allowing you to place items in the bin, remove items from the
bin or simply look at all the items in the bin.
To throw items into the rubbish at any time, simply press the Square button.
Go see Moonlight in the evening when he awakens and he will suggest inviting
people from all over the world to come see the farm.
He will confess that he comes truly alive at night, then:
'I wish I could
share some of the limitless energy I feel.'
Moonlight is an artist and you will find his 'Pieces' all over the Island.
Day 3, Wednesday, 3 Spring:
Meeting More People
There are two chaps dressed in orange outside your field when you visit your
farm in the morning.
Speak to them.
Hey, you're Freyr, right?
My name's Million.
I run a store in town.
probably be selling your crops at my place, so I thought I'd come and check
your farm out.
He asks you to grow many tasty vegetables for him.
When you speak to Million's assistant Lenny, he is rude.
Why do you always have to be like that?
You're never going
to get anywhere with that attitude!
Why can't you be more like Emma?
Here we go again.
You always have to compare me to my sister... Fine.
Million then disciplines Lenny and drags him away with him.
Iron Sickle
Go see Franco now downstairs in his rooms.
Franco: Are you used to farm work yet?
Your options:
Respond positively, of course.
That's good.
Then maybe you'll be able to use this.
Franco gave you an Iron Sickle.
Use it on grass or weeds.
Then he asks if you've ever seen a sunset.
He tells you to head to the
northern cliffs of the field of your farm to watch the sunset at 4.30 p.m.
Human Emotions
Go see Moonlight after dark.
Moonlight: Are you starting to miss Dr. Hope yet?
Your options:
As always, respond in a positive fashion.
Moonlight: Wonderful!
That means that you have feelings for him.
Take your new Hoe up to your Farm field, and clear away all the Weeds.
can be placed in the Trash as well, but that will not boost your experience
with the Sickle.
Day 4, Thursday, 4 Spring:
In the morning, you will find Franco in your field.
At noon, however, he will
be in the lobby Entrance to the Ruins.
Sealed Doors:
Franco will tell you there that:
'The doors through here are sealed off, just like some of your fields.
live in these ruins for some 40 years, and those doors have been closed all
that time.
I wonder if they'll ever open.'
Speak to him again and he will say:
'I heard that there's a cave on the other side of that door.
It drives me
crazy, living right next door and not knowing what's inside.
But I guess
there's no way they'll open until the seals are broken on the fields outside.'
During the day, you will find Moonlight sleeping in his bed.
Moonlight is
How scary.. Purple tomatoes... Ugh!
(Note that Moonlight's dream about purple tomatoes is a hint as to a farm aid
you will be able to purchase and use in the future.)
When you no longer have any PP to work, return to your room and watch the
Cooking Channel.
Cooking in Innocent Life
Cooking in this game is fun despite the fact that the dish is prepared
automatically once you choose it from the Menu.
Every dish that you make,
including those that are not entirely successful, is entered in a section of
your Farming Menu in the 'Dishes Made' section.
You usually need to make a
dish three times before it will be completely successful.
You will not be
able to make a specific category of recipe until you have seen the
corresponding lesson on the Cooking Channel.
Items that you grow, produce or gather from the wilds will expand the range of
dishes that you can make.
In some cases, you will be able to create a new
Dish entirely.
For example, when you have caught a fish or two, fish dishes
such as Sushi and Boiled Fish will appear under the categories of 'Cutting'
and 'Boiling' respectively, provided only that you have watched the
corresponding Cooking lessons.
In other cases, a new ingredient simply will
allow you to vary an existing recipe.
An example of this is the 'Fresh
Papaya', a variety of 'Fruit Dessert' that you will be able to prepare when
you have gathered at least one Papaya from the wilds.
Whenever you prepare a dish, a prompt will appear with a description of the
The description will give you a good idea of whether or not the dish
has been prepared well.
When you see a new description, a new dish will be
entered in your 'Dishes Made' List.
Dorothy's Cooking Life, Part 1
Watch the Cooking Channel to obtain your first Cooking Lesson.
Dorothy's Cooking Life
Dorothy Gremley here.
On Cooking Life, I explain the basics of cooking
in a way that even beginners can easily understand.
I'm sure many of your
rarely do anything in the kitchen.
Perhaps some of you have never cooked
But aI want you to realise that cooking is not difficult.
you start by getting in the kitchen and boiling some water?
That doesn't
sound too hard, does it?
You can use that water to make a relaxing cup of
And you'll be learning about the wonderful world of cooking at the
same time.
When this programme is over, why not go right into your kitchen
and try out some of the dishes I talked about?
You might just find that you
enjoy cooking.
it oculd make your life even more enjoyable.
In the upcoming
weeks, we will be introducing 4 main kinds of cooking:
cutting, boiling,
grilling and baking.
We will be learning something new each week, so I hope
you'll look forward to our time together.
Our time for today is up, but I
hope you'll try making yourself a cup of tea today.
You'll like it!
Se you next week!
Enjoy your Cooking Life!
In order to make a cup of Tea, you must choose 'Drinks' rather than 'Boil'.
The Drinks menu will contain the following:
Herbal Tea
Making Tea
Choose Tea first:
You made tea!
It seems a little weak.
Maybe you didn't let it marinate
You drank the tea.
Now make it again:
You made tea!
It seems very strong.
Maybe you let it steep too long this
You drank the tea.
Try once more:
You made tea.
You made some milk tea.
It has a strong, sweet scent.
You drank the tea.
You now have mastered 'Tea'.
From now on, whenever you make tea, it will be
This is the way any recipe works.
You must make it three times in
order to master it.
Try Herb Tea next:
There is some sand in the bottom of the cup... You should probably wash the tea
leaves before using them.
The second time you make Herb Tea:
It's incredibly bitter.
Maybe you shouldn't have added herbs at random like
Try once more:
You made some chamomile tea.
It has a sweet, refined scent.
You have mastered Herb Tea.
Finally, try to make coffee.
You did your best, you're not sure this is what coffee's supposed to look like.
You drank the coffee.
The second time you make coffee:
It seems a little weak... maybe you need to add more coffee grounds.
As they say, 'third time is a charm'.
You made cafe au lait his time.
The smell of the coffee and milk blend
perfectly!
When next you make any of the Drinks recipes you have mastered:
You made tea!
It smells very nice.
You did a very good job.
You made coffee!
The sight of the fresh cream floating in the coffee cup makes you happy for
some reason!
You made Herb Tea!
You made some mint tea.
Just smelling it seems to clear your head.
Sunday, 7 Spring:
Your first Harvest:
On Sunday morning, Day 7, the 7th of Spring, both Franco and Moonlight will be
waiting when you first awaken.
Moonlight will be sleeping on his feet, but
Franco will be alert.
He will suggest that you harvest the Turnip crops you
have grown.
Maintenance
When you have harvested your first crop of Turnips, you will be able to go to
Moonlight will take you to see Dr. Hope.
The Doctor will perform his
first 'Maintenance' on you, and you will fall asleep in the Shine Pod during
the process.
'Maintenance' is a task that must be performed every Sunday.
If you fail to
visit Dr. Hope for your weekly Maintenance on any Sunday, you will not be
allowed to go to sleep until you visit him and submit to the examination.
When you go for your first Maintenance, Dr. Hope will direct you:
Now then, please get into the Shine Pod.
The narrative on the black screen will inform you:
'As you step into the Shine Pod, you can feel power surging through your body.
It's almost like you can feel Dr. Hope's affection surge through you.'
This is a hint as to the power emitted by the Shine Pod.
If you vist Dr. Hope
at any other time during the week, you will discover that you can enter the
Shine Pod whenever you like.
When you exit from the Shine Pod, your PP will
have been fully restored!
You will find Shine Pods in other locations later in the game.
Any Shine Pod
will fully restore your PP when entered.
Tour of Volcano Town
The next morning, Vita will explain that Million and Marcia have offered to
take you on a tour of Volcano Town, after which they will return you to your
Million has a car and will point out many of the important locations in the
town, including his supermarket.
You will not be able to visit any of these
places during the tour.
On the way home, as he drives through the Cave,
Million will say:
Oh, I almost forgot.
Please come by my store the
next time you come to town.
I got a rare shipment of Iron Hammers.
These days, you're probably the only
one around who will use them.
What do you use them for?
Well, you can
smash rocks in your fields...
And if you find some boulders in a cave
somewhere, you might try smashing them.
You never know what you'll find.
Anyway, if you ever need one, you can buy them at my shop.
Fruits and the Scale Pack
In the car, you will pass a tree, and Marcia will exclaim:
'Oh, this is an
apple tree!
They'll bear fruit sometime in the fall.'
Very good , Marcia.
You should remember that too, Freyr.
pick fruit, you can ship them along with your other crops.
But you have to
make sure you follow the rules of this island when gathering things like wild
fruits and flowers.
You always have to use a special pack.
It's supposed to
prevent people from gathering too many wild things.
The pack you have to use
is called a Scale Pack. It's got a scale built right in.
You can buy them at
Of course, not very many people gather wild fruits and flowers these
We're almost to the Easter Ruins.'
The Scale Pack is rather expensive at this point as it costs 2980G.
have explored the land near your farm, you will have discovered a number of
fruit trees and a few wild plants as well as a forest filled with Mushrooms.
Strange Moss, which grows on the banks of rivers and the Lake, does not require
a Scale Pack.
You can collect as much as you like.
Items in the Wilds near the Easter Ruins
Other fruit trees that are near or in the grounds of the Easter Ruins are:
Persimmon Tree
Harvest on 15 Fall
Mock Strawberry Fruit
Harvest on 15 Summer
Apple Tree 8 Fall
PawPaw Tree Sometime in Fall
Across the suspension bridge on the bank of the East Lake, you will find:
Strange Moss
Pawpaw Tree
Blueberry Bush
This is a Blueberry Bush.
It should bear fruit around the 22nd day of summer,
with a short harvest period.
There are three blueberry bushes along the path at East Lake and two Pawpaw
Trees, as well as Piece No. 5:
Southern Constellation.
Southeast Bank of East Lake
This is a chestnut tree.
It should be ready for harvest around the 8th of
There are two Chestnut Trees in the area east of