Moon Mountain Summit: An old couple (Barley and Sydney) run a restaurant here.
Cave: The entrance to the mine is in here, as well as the home of three Harvest Sprites, supernatural creatures releated to the Goddess.Carpenter's House: The head carpenter and two workers offer home extensions here if the player has enough money and lumber.Both Karen and Kai will leave Flowerbud Villiage if not befriended by the player. Vineyard: Karen*, her mother (Sasha), her father (Gotz), and a worker named Kai live here.The Goddess Pond: If an offering is thrown into the pond between 9am and 5pm, the Goddess will appear and grant a wish.This is where Popuri* and her mother, Lilia, live, along with her father, Basil, a traveling botanist who is only around from Spring to Fall. Florist Lilia: Casually referred to as the Flower Shop, seeds for planting can be purched here depending on the season.Church: Here, the pastor teaches school on weekdays and holds a church service on Sundays.The bakery master (Jeff), Elli*, and Elli's grandmother, Ellen, live here. The bartender (Duke) is the bakery master's uncle. Bar: Open only in the evening, the bar is where many townspeople go to have a drink.Rick's Tool Shop: The owner, Rick, sells tools and furniture for the player's house.Ĭraftsman's Shop: The owner (Saibara) sells small selection of specialty items. Town Square: Many festivals are held here.Race Track: Only accessible during the horse and dog race.Mayor's House: The Mayor, his wife, and his daughter Maria* live here.Midwife's House: The Midwife, along with her son (Zack), who buys the player's shipped items at the end of the day, and his daughter, May, live here.This is where the Potion Shop dealer and his two grandsons, Kent and Stu, live. You must have an empty bottle to purchase it. Potion Shop: medicine to cure fatigue is sold here.Ann*, her older brother Gray, and their father (Doug/Hall) live here. Green Ranch: where animals and supplies can be purchased.Beach: some festivals take place here, as well as fishing.Shipping Box: where sellable items can be placed to get money. House: the player sleeps, eats breakfast, and can check the weather and store tools here.Į.
These crossover names (mostly from Friends of Mineral Town, a game made after Harvest Moon 64) are noted in parenthesis.Ī. However, due to their appearence in the other Harvest Moon games, the characters in Harvest Moon 64 are usually referred to by the names as they appear in other versions of the series. NOTE: Harvest Moon 64 did not name some of the charcters excplicity in the game. If, however, the player receives a negative evalutation, gameplay ends. If, during the third Summer, the player receives a positive evaluation from his father (based on how successfully he has restored the farm and made a good life for himself), gameplay can continue for an infinite amount of time. Currency is used to purchase items at the shops and can be obtained by selling products from the farm, foraging plants from the mountains, fishing, and mining. The game uses the currency of "g", often referred to unofficially as "gold", and the player starts out with 300g. The player begins with a house, a barn to keep cows and sheep, a chicken coop, a large field littered with rocks, weeds, and tree stumps that can be cleared for planting, a dog, and five tools: a hammer, sickle, hoe, axe, and watering can.
The main character wakes up each morning at 6am and can go to bed anytime the player chooses (writing in the diary before bed saves the game), though if the player is still up at 6am, he will be automatically transported to his house to begin the new day (the game will not save).
There are 24 hours in a day, 30 days in a season, and four seasons in a year (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter). The game operates on an accelerated time system, where each in-game hour is roughly equivalent to 15 seconds of actual playing time, though time only moves when the player is outside (time freezes once the player enters a building). The objective of the game is to lead a happy, successful life as a farmer by growing crops, raising animals, making friends, and starting a family, among other things. The story begins when main and only playable character of the game, often referred to as "Jack" among the fanbase (though Natsume names him "Pete" in screenshots of Friends of Mineral Town) inherits a farm from his deceased grandpa and moves to Flowerbud Village in order to fix it up and make a life for himself.