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While it’s true thatStory of Seasons: A Wonderful Lifehas plenty of things to keep you busy around Forgotten Valley, farming is, at the core, the central mechanic of the game. With an increasingly large farm, soil variations, and dozens of different crops you can grow, you’ve definitely got your work cut out for you with farming in A Wonderful Life.
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In our guide, we’ll take you through everything you need to know about farming in A Wonderful Life. From tilling to harvest, from the difference between fields to the difference in fertilizing, we have it covered down below.
Getting Ready To Plant - Soil Quality, Tilling, And The Third Field
What’s The Difference Between The Fields?
At the start of Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, you’ll havetwo fields to begin with.
Thepoor-quality soil fieldis right next to your Coop, and it has thepoorest soil quality. It’s only a6x9 field, making it ideal for growingfruit trees.
You’ll need touse fertilizer diligently hereto upgrade your crops, if you’re trying to do so.
Themedium-quality soil fieldis on the other side of the water pump from the small field. It’s also a6x9 field, but with better soil quality, it’s better for growingplanted crops.
There are even a handful ofcrops that only grow in decent-quality soil, so be mindful when planning your planting patterns.
How Do I Get The Third Field?
After you’ve begunmaking hybrid crop seeds with Vinnieover at Takakura’s house,speak to Takakurawhen you see him after you’vemade at least one hybrid seed.
It’s then thatTakakura offers to clear the back of the farmof its trees to create a third, bigger field for you. To do so,buy the Amazing Field from the Ledgerwhenever you’re ready. It’ll cost you60,000gfor the work.
After that, justwait a few daysfor Takakura to work. He’ll call you over when he’s finished, and the result is a9x24 fieldthat boastsextremely fertile soil.
This field is both thebiggest fieldin A Wonderful Life, and arguably one of thebest ways to grow better crops.
You’ll use quite a lot of energytending to the whole field, but the payout is often worth it with a large harvest of great crops!
Till Your Fields Before Planting
To get started with your fields, you need yourHoefortilling the soilbefore you can get to planting.
Your initial Hoe can only till one square of soil at once, but the Hoe can be upgraded for better efficiency in the fields.Upgraded toolscan bechargedtoclear multiple spaces at once, so it’s worth the price when the upgrades become available.
Like all tools, using your Hoe to clear your field depletes a bit of energy for each use. Be sure to keep some meals on you to keep your energy up on big planting days!
Seeds, Explained - Where To Get Seeds, Growing Seasons, And How To Plant Seeds
Where Do You Get Seeds?
Seeds can beobtained in one of three ways. To get seeds in A Wonderful Life, you can:
Be sure to water plants throughout the growing process - unwatered plants won’t grow and will wither!
Only Plant Seeds That Are In-Season
When checking thedetails of the seed in your inventory, the game gives you it’sgrowing seasons. These are the times of year when this crop will grow -crops planted out-of-season will wither.
Plenty of crops cangrow in multiple seasons, meaning you don’t have to worry about rushing to time a harvest before the end of one.
If something grows for two seasons in a row, for instance, you can safely plant a crop on your farm at the end of the first season, and the progress of its growth will be unaffected as a new season begins.
The exception to this isfruit trees. Fruit treesflower in one seasonand then can beharvested the next, but the fruit treeneeds a whole season to grow before it can flower.
For example, an Apple Seed planted on Spring One will begin to flower on Summer One, and the first harvest will be on Autumn One.
For more info on how to maximize your use of fruit trees, check out our guide on fruit trees!
How To Plant Seeds
When you have your seeds selected in your inventory, you can begin toplant your seeds after plowing the field.
If you have the Field Cursor Display on, a square you may plant in willturn blueto let you know it’s ready to go.
The highlighted area by default is one plant at a time, but you cancharge your seed throwif you’re trying toplant up to nine of the same seed in one toss. They land in a3x3 square pattern.
You can also do this with fewer than nine seeds - move around to rearrange where you’d like them to land, and release the button when you’ve found a configuration you like.
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Use Fertilizer To Increase The Grade Of Your Crops
While it’snot requiredfor crop growth, tossing someFertilizeronto your cropsonce the seeds are plantedcan work toupgrade the crop’s grade.
You’ll need tofertilize your crops several timesto reap this benefit, which adds up in cost as your farm expands.
If you’ve got low-grade seeds, you can stillgrow higher-grade cropsif you’rediligent with fertilizing the fieldsduring the growth season.
This is especially effective whenfertilizing fruit trees, as the fertilizationimpacts each harvestwhen the time comes. You’ll need quite a lot, but you can easily upgrade your lower-tier fruits this way.
For more info on crop grading, check out our Crop Grade Guide.
you may simplify this process by buying the auto-fertilizer from the ledger.
Harvest Your Crops On Time To Avoid Withering
Throughout the growth season, you caninteract with your crops to check on their growth cycle. The game will give youupdates on the growth stageof the plant this way, helping you check in on where they are to schedule your harvest.
When the time comes to harvest plants, thesquare turns yellowto let you know that this crop is ready to go.
Be sure toharvest as soon as plants are ready, lest they go bad, aswithered plants cannot be salvaged, and will need to becut down with the Sickleto clear the land.
Once everything is harvested, congrats on snagging the fruits of your labor - literally! Now you can use your crops to make meals, offer as gifts, or sell for cash.
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