Animal FAQ/Guide Version Final Written by:tony_fan2000 Game Name: Harvest Moon : Save the Homeland Platform:PS2(Playstation 2) Please e-mail me if you have any problems or places where you don't understand in my Recipe FAQ/Guide. My e-mail address it : tony_fan2000@hotmail.com Version History Version Final : Started the Animal FAQ/Guide Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Animals III. Sick/Death of Animal IV. Tips/Hints V. How to get the Animals outisde VI. FAQ VII. Credits/Thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Animals is part of the game in Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland. They can provide you food, money, and as a transportation. Animals can be very useful but it also takes up a lot of time. You would have to feed them, brush them, talk to them, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. Animals There are 4 animals in this game as suppose to be 5 animals in the original Harvest Moon Game (Harvest Moon Back to Nature-PSX). You can keep a certain quantities of certain animals but you can only keep one animal such as dog. You can have 1 dog, 1 horse, 6 chickens, and 5 cows. A) Horse Getting a horse is pretty easy. When you go to Brownie Farm, you can buy things, do the Time-attack, or do part-time job. If you are a beginner, you would of course pick "do part-time job", by doing so, you get to go to this Brownie Ranch and do things such as brushing the cows and horses, milking the cow, and feed them. To get a horse, simply do part time job everyday, and be friends with Bob by giving him gifts such as eggs (hint, hint). Actually, you don't have to feed them (you never have to) but this is optional. Remember $50/hr (another hint, hint). If you're a newbie, stay as long as you want and you might make buck buck bucks. There are 5 choices of Horses you want, there's the light brown horse, the gray horse, the dark brown horse, another medium brown horse and a cream-colored horse. You can have a chance of getting one of them but only one, you can't get more than one after getting one already. To get the one you want, simply talk to one of them and brush him (don't talk or brush other horses you don't want). When you first talk to the horse you want, you would say something like "I hope he doesn't bite." Now in a few days, you should notice that the FIRST horse you say something positive to, like "You are looking nice today" or "You are actually really cute" is the horse you will get! (Third hint, hint) After a few days, Bob would take the horse you want or like to your farm first thing morning and you get to take care of it. Remember (fourth hint, hint) Brush your horse everyday (most important), talk to it, if you get to the fourth heart try to call it to you, and Ride it often!!!!! You can ride it outside of your farm if you want, run around the town and REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!!!! NEVER LET YOUR HORSE STAY OUTSIDE OF RAIN!!!! That could lower your relationship with your horse!!!!! But instead, when you check the TV channel to see tomorrow's weather, if it's a sunny day, just let him stay outside without pushing him back to the barn. Last thing to remember is to FEED IT EVERYDAY!!! You won't get to ride it at first, unless your relationship is high enough, you get to ride it Heart Rates 1 Heart-We are getting along better. 2 Hearts-He can run now. 3 Hearts-He is running faster now. 4 Hearts-Top Speed. He runs like the wind. 5 Hearts-He is confident he won't lose to anyone. B)Dog Now all of you might be curious about how to get a dog. For my personal experience, it had almost taken me about 2 weeks to get a dog. I was really surprised because I saw a dog running around the forest, then I thought I would be able to pick it up. I pressed X and I didn't know I could get a dog by doing this. I named him Doggy and fed him everyday. Everyone would think that dog is just useless, but on the other hand, it can be a great help to you. The only useful way of keeping a dog is to herd the cow. You would have to get a flute first to get the dog to herd the cow (for more information on how to get a flute check out my FAQ on this game). Pretend that it's a sunny day today, and its going to rain tomorrow, you would have to push all the cows back in to their barn. That would take like FOREVER!!! So in order to make your life more easier, just play the flute note: Run-Right,Left,Right on the D- pad. Then your dog would start running to the cows and tell them to get back to their barn. You would need to have about 4-5 hearts in order for your dog to herd the cow. There's two kind of dog, one is the original red one and the second one is the new blue dog. Until you've reached about 5 hearts to your dog, it would listen to every command you say. Heart Rates 1 Heart-He is starting to like me. 2 Hearts-He comes to me when I whistle. 3 Hearts-I think he's starting to run faster now. 4 Hearts-He is getting smarter and he listens to what I say. 5 Hearts-A man's best friend. He is my buddy. C)Chicken Chickens are usually the first animal you buy. They are easy to take care of and cheap! They can be bought at Brownie Farm(Farmer's Shop) for 500G each, and then the rest you can get for free by incubating the egg! You have to buy feed for your chicken (10bucks only). When you remember to feed your chicken and take care of it, it will lay eggs for you! You can then sell the eggs for 50G each. You can always check its stat by picking it up and pressing the SELECT key. Price-500G Sell Price-300G Produces: Egg, Golden Egg(Sunny Days) You can sell your egg for 50G at the Food Shop or the Bar/Cafe Grow Up Egg hatch-3 days Chick turn into a Chiken-6days First Saying-I'll take good care of you. Second Saying-Are you getting stronger? Third Saying-You are one happy chicken are you? Fourth Saying-Maybe you will produce a Golden Egg... D)Cows Cows are the best animal in this game. For my own personal experience, almost all of my money comes from the cow's milk. They can be bought at Brownie Farm (Farmer's Shop) for 2500. First of all, before you even buy a cow, you MUST buy a milker and a brush. Now, after you've bought one, brush it everyday, talk to it, feed them, and put them outside when it's a sunny day. After it's gone up to about 2 hearts, you can start milking them. Buy-2,500G Sell Price-3,000G Produces: Small Milk-150G, Medium Milk-200G, Large Milk-300G, Grand Milk-400G Grow Up Calf turns into adult- 7 days Adult Cow give birth- 12 days (including first day, last day) Small Milk Cow turns into a Medium Milk Cow- 11 days Medium Milk Cow turns into a Large Milk Cow- 11 days ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. Sick/Death of animal If you don't take care of your animals well, they will eventually be sick, and will die. The reason could be: 1) You don't feed them 2) You tried to harm it (using hoe or sickle on them) 3) Left them outside when it's raining The Chicken and the Cow will die sooner than the Horse and the Dog. When you first purchase a chicken, they will die (they must!!! It's one of the storylines, don't start crying), in fact them must die. (don't know why but they must!)You can buy a Animal Potion to cure your Chicken, or your Cow from being sick. But you can never prevent death from coming upon your animals. So take care of them well! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Tips/Hints 1) Never leave your animals outside when it's raining 2) Don't wake your animals up at night 3) Feed animals everyday 4) Put it outside when it's sunny 5) Brush them(Cow), Milk them, Ride them(Horse), and talk to them everyday 6) You can steal some fodder by doing Brownie Farm's part-time job 7) You can ride your horse out in the town 8) NEVER use the hoe or the sickle on your animals 9) You don't have to buy a Chicken, just buy an egg and put it in the incubator 10) Put the fodder and the Chicken Feed at the right place 11) Grab your dog, and talk to people while holding your dog and the affection rate with townspeople will increase ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. How to get the Animals outside Many people are having problems with getting their animal outside. Heres the answers. 1)Dog - just grab him up and put him wherever you want, you can bring him inside your house 2)Horse - You can ride him around your farm, the stable and around the town. You can push his back to wherever you want in your farm (you can't do this outside of your farm). Do this by pushing him outside or back inside of the stable. 3)Chicken - Same as Dog but you can't bring them inside your horse 4)Cow - Same as Cow, push their back inside or outside of the stable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Q: How can I get a dog? A: You can get a dog by being friends with townspeople, and one day, if you encounter a dog, try to chase and grab it by pressing X. Q: How can I get the Horse? A: Do Animal Shop's Part-time job, pick your favorite horse, talk and brush to it first. Be friends with Bob and one day he will bring the horse you wanted the most. Q: Can I choose which horse I want? A: Sure, just talk to the horse you wanted the most and Bob will bring it to you. Q: If my animals die, can I get another one? A: I am not too sure about this questions. You can always buy new Chickens or Cows if they die. You can probably get another Horse or Dog by doing the same thing you did to get them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. Credits/Thanks Thanks to GameFAQ's for posting up this Animal FAQ, you can always check the Recipe FAQ, and the game FAQ for more information. If you have any problems e-mail to Tony at tony_fan2000@hotmail.com Wish you all luck in playing this game.