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Though the simplicity ofStory of Seasons: A Wonderful Lifeis one of the biggest things the 2023 remake of the 2003 GameCube classic has going for it, there are plenty of questions you may find yourself asking as you settle into a new life in Forgotten Valley.
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With dozens of new folks to meet, a whole catalog of crops and animal products to begin selling, and romance to be had, you’ve got a lot on your plate as a busy farmer! We’ve answered some common questions about Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life to help you while you play.
Updated on July 01, 2025:Now that Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life has been out for a full week, we’ve been listening to you asking questions online about this or that in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life. We wanted to come back to our Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life FAQ to add a few more questions and their answers, such as but not limited to info on your Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life child, some info on how long the game may take, and more.
What’s Changed From The GameCube Version?
The short answer to this question is, enough to keep things feeling fresh, but not so much that it feels like a whole new game.
The biggest and most immediate changes that veteran fans will notice are thename changesfor certain characters and places. Where’s Muffy from the Blue Bar, and who isMollyat the Bluebird Cafe?
Additionally, there have been some bigquality of lifetweaks that add to the ease of play.
These include atoolbarthat allows you to keep all your tools on you at once now, or beingable to buy buildings you used to have to earn upgrades forinstead of waiting for the right friendship to max out.
For a full list of all the changes made in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, check out ourmore in-depth lookat comparing this remake to the original!
How Many Chapters Are There?
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life plays out over the course ofsix primary chapters.
These are:
After this, however, there’s also aninfinite play mode known in other Story of Seasons titles as"Heaven Mode."
We explain it a bit morein this guide, but inChapter Seven: Beyond, your farmer has technically passed away, but you’re still able to keep playing the same far on into perpetuity, with everyone young again except for your fully-grown child.
All that said, themain storyin Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is made up of themain six chapters. The seventh is considered a bonus, and is not required unless you’re trying to get every Wonder.
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Do You Have To Get Married?
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful life doesforce you to get marriedbefore beginningYear Two, if you haven’t alreadygotten marriedof your own accord during Year One.
When you reach a high enoughaffectionlevel with a villager, the Nature Sprites will give you aBlue Feather, which has historically beengiven to someone to propose marriage.
If you have your sights set on someone early on, you can alwaysgive the Blue Feather in Year One to get married right away, provided the target of your affection likes you enough already.
But, if you stay single throughout Year One,when you go to bed on Winter Ten, the following morning,Takakuracomes into your house and tells yousomeone is waiting for yououtside.
You’re then given alist of namesof all the characters with whom youhave a high enough affection that they’d have accepted your Blue Featherhad you given it to them before.
Thankfully, there areeight marriage candidatesin A Wonderful Life, all with unique personalities and quirks, so choose your favorite and lock them down forever once you’re ready for the commitment (or when Takakura decides that you are).
Same-Sex Marriage Is Possible
Another huge change from the original release of A Wonderful Life, you can nowmarry any of the singles in Forgotten Valley, regardless of your farmer’s sex or pronouns.
Spouses are generally referred to as “partners,” which makes for seamless gameplay with the new change.
Can You Get Divorced?
If you find you’ve chosen wrong when it came time to picking a spouse, we’re sorry to say that you’re stuck with them -you may’t seem to get divorcedin Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life.
In the original game, you could get divorced by ignoring your spouse and child, and by not growing anything on the farm and earning an income to provide for them. Your spouse would leave if you hadn’t been good to them, and the game would end immediately.
This no longer seems to be the case in the 2023 remake, though. To test this,we married someoneand didn’t speak to them for five entire years, but yet they remained graying faithfully by our side.
If you’d like tochange your spouse, you’ll unfortunately need tostart a whole new game, orreload from a Year One savebefore you were made to choose a spouse.
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Do You Have To Have A Child?
Yes, your Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life child isnot optional. Your child plays acentral role in the game, meaning that you having a child in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is critical.
At your wedding, your new spouse will imply that your family will grow soon and ask if you’dprefer a son or daughter.
The answer you give your new spousedecides the sex of your child, but regardless, youhave a child to begin Year Twono matter what.
The character you marry and decisions you make early in your child’s lifeinfluence your child’s futurein a variety of ways.
We won’t spoil the ending for you, but you’llwatch your child grow upand develop into their own person, and that’s an experienceyou can’t opt outofin Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life.
Is The Goat Still Useless After A Year?
Kind of,but Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life has provided players with the option tosell your animalsnow, instead the old method of getting rid of unwanted animals.
Instead of simply letting (ormaking) your animals die, you can nowsell animals for half of what you paid for them.
After selling an animal at theLedger, they’ll be gone from your farm the following morning. You can cancel the sale at anytime before then if you change your mind.
When youbuy the Goat from Van, a female Goat willproduce milk for one yearafter you buy her.
You can choose tobreed the Goatto increase the quality of her milk and potentially even get a new female Goat when she gives birth for a fraction of what Van asks for them.
Animals that have just given birth givehigher-quality products, so even if you don’t keep the baby, it’s a good way toboost product quality.
Van sells Goats in the Spring of every year, so you’ll have multiple chances to buy, butheonlysells them in the Spring, so buy while you can.
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Which Crops Make The Most Money?
While growing a variety is great for use in recipes or requests, there will always becertain cropsthat bring inmuch more moneythan some of the others.
These will usually be yourhybrid crops, as well as anything thattakes a while to grow, to make up for how long it’s taking up that specific plot in your field.
You canmake more money off your cropsbyusing Fertilizerfrom Vesta’s Farm to fertilize your crops,boosting their grade.
Crops with higher gradesearn more moneywhen sold, so it’s worth the extra work toimprove your crop grades.
It’s also helpful tobreak down fruits into seeds in theSeed Makerto increase your earnings from your fruit trees, asseeds often sell for more than the cropwith the doubling in the Seed Maker.
We’ve got a full breakdown ofcrop sale pricesfor you to consider when planting your fields for the season.
What’s The Bulletin Board?
New in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life,the Bulletin Boardright beside the Lei-Over Inn offers occasional side-quests for you to do that see you trading goods with the townsfolk to help fulfill their requests.
Villagers can ask for anything fromanimal productstocropsto specificmeals, with each request being different from the last.
You’ll havea few requests each season, and while some havetime limits, others that take more time have either a longer time limit, or no time limit at all.
There isno penalty for not completing a request, other than missing out on the bevy ofrewardsyou may earn for finishing them.
You have the chance to earn some pretty helpful stuff, likehigher-grade crop seeds,tools, and more, so be sure to stay on top of your requests in A Wonderful Life.
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Why Won’t Gary Take My Gifts?
One of the biggest and most startling changes when youbegin Year Twois that you’ll notice immediately that, while Forgotten Valley has gained a new family, it’s also lost an iconic resident - Nina has passed away.
Since her passing in the time between Years One and Two, Gary moves over to Oceanview Hill.
He has a memorial to Nina in the house, but Nina is buried out front by the gravestone overlooking the sea.
Polishing the gravestone is anoptional minigamefrom Year Two onward.
And when you speak to Gary during Year Two, you’ll find him pretty flat and defeated - he’s just lost the love of his life, after all.
Gary will not accept presents during Year Twoas he mourns the loss of his wife, no matter what you may offer him.
This does change when hetakes presents again from Year Three onward, after having some time to cope with his loss - he was simply depressed during Year Two, but your kindness and Nina’s memory is enough to push him on.
In short, don’t mind Gary during Year Two. Give him time to readjust to his loss - he’ll come around next year.
Should You Donate To Pui?
Though he spends almost every day taking donations to get back to Coco Island,Pui stays in Forgotten Valleyno matterhow much money you give him.
He’ll in factnot take donations from you past a certain amount, simply talking to you casually even when he’s on the bridge begging for gold.
However, although Pui sticks around despite your consistent donations, this is how youget a major tool upgrade, so long as you’vedonatedandbefriended Pui.
Then, keep your eye on theBulletin Board in Year Four, as this is when Pui willpost the requestto theBulletin Board.
You need to accept the quest before he’ll give you the Sickle, so be sure to check often. The questdoes not have a time limit, but it’s easy enough to finish.
Pui may also occasionallysteal from your farm, which he’ll doregardless of your friendship level.
you may, however,chase him offbytraining your dog, who will then refuse to let Pui near your goods.
