Harvest Moon Forever: Seaweed

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Seaweed in Island of Happiness

Sometimes I despair of ever being able to create a truly comprehensive guide that will not require frequent updates. I included Seaweed in the Items List but forgot to create a little section for it with information on how and where it is obtained in Island of Happiness. When a gamer asked about Seaweed in an email, I was reminded of the need to devote a little section to it. It now has been added to the General Guide, but it may be worth a brief mention here as well.

Seaweed is a new item in DS Harvest Moon games, although you will find it in the upcoming Wii Tree of Tranquility as well. As an item that is almost a staple in Japanese cuisine, it certainly deserves to be included in Harvest Moon, and in fact, it is one of the most useful items early in Island of Happiness.

Go to the Beach and investigate the large boulder there. In Spring, you will be allowed to collect one portion of Seaweed from the boulder daily. If you attempt to collect another, or attempt to gather it in any other season, you will be unable to do so.

Seaweed as a raw ingredient is worth: +4 SR +2 FL or 4 Stamina Recovery and 2 Fullness. Any raw ingredient is worth far less than the same ingredient when cooked. If you take your Seaweed to Luke at the Diner, he will make Seaweed Paste with it. That is worth: +15 SR +8 FL or 15 Stamina Recovery and 8 Fullness.

You must have an expanded Diner and Cafe in order to be able to obtain Recipes from the owners. Until the restaurants are expanded, you will not be able to obtain any Recipes from Luke or Madelynn.

If you are very diligent in making progress in the game, you can have an expanded Diner and Cafe before the end of the first Spring and be able to obtain the Recipe for Seaweed Paste. If not, you will be forced to rely on Raw Seaweed until later in the game.

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As Freyashawk, I have written about 150 guides for games, most of which have been guides for Harvest Moon games. These are published on IGN. IGN has given me the title of 'Mistress of Harvest Moon' and I strive daily to earn the right to maintain that title. Although there is a link page on IGN that lists all the guides published there, they are not organised by game, but rather given in alphabetical order. I therefore created this page in order to provide links to the guides I have created for each Harvest Moon game. If you access the General Guide for any game, links should be included to all other guides for that game in a section at the end. I will try to add links to ALL guides as time permits, but until I do, you always can refer to my user page at IGN for the complete list.

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Friends of Mineral Town and More Friends of Mineral Town

You will notice that I wrote far more guides for More Friends of Mineral Town than I did for the original 'Friends of Mineral Town'. At some point, I would like to publish more specific Events Guides for Friends of Mineral Town, but players should be aware of the fact that ALL Calendar Events Guides for MFoMT can be used when playing the original FoMT. The Events are the same in most cases in both games. If, therefore, you are playing FoMT and you wish to know the events that can be experienced in the third year of gameplay, refer to the 'Third Year Calendar Events Guide' for 'More Friends of Mineral Town'.